Macon Saloon Killings Leave One Dead, Three Injured
In Macon Georgia at a Fourth street saloon a pay day melee left John Vaughn a negro fireman dead from a heart wound and O M Perry and Henry Simmons wounded. R Edward Lockhart the car builder fired in defense after bottles flew. Lockhart surrendered to police as coroner began an inquest with witnesses summoned. Simmons grimly listed as possibly not surviving.
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Macon
Central Shops
Fourth Street
John Vaughn
Megro
Central of Georgia
O. M Perry
Chappell Street
Henry Simmons
Hanson Street
R. Edward Lockhart
Vaughn
Lockhart
Simmons Perry
Lindsey
T. F. Young
At & O'Clock
Simmons
Gray held for killing father in Hartwell Georgia
Robert Gray is held for the killing of his father John A. Gray in Hart County. Justices remanded him to bond under one thousand dollars for preliminary trial. James H. Skelton acted as counsel for Gray while the prosecution was represented by Attorneys McCurry and McCurry. The fatal dispute followed a quarrel over chickens scratching a torn.
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Hartwell
C. H. N. Brown
J. F. Dungan
Robert Gray
Hart County
Gray
Augusta council fights over abolishing offices and new civil engineer post
Augusta Ga June 11 Special city council held a stormy session abolishing the offices of superintendent of streets and drainage and scavenger department. It created a supervisor of streets and highways under a civil engineer yet to be filled. Longstanding factional tensions and heated lines marked the votes as the city moves toward a new administration era amid upcoming campaigns.
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Agusta
City Council
John H. Hayes
Harry Eaver
Sandy Reaver
Almost Dead in Munich I Now Alive in Savannah
Savannah Ga January 11 May Barth once a Munich resident and to be declared dead by Munich courts to divide his father s estate appeared in Savannah living as Mike Brown. A search for Max Barth led to Brown Barth who admits he chose Brown due to mistaken English. Munich authorities have been notified and further advice awaited.
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Savannah
Barth
Munich
Mike Brown
Max Barth
Brown
Hav
Heavy Fine Imposed in Slot Machine Case
Savannah Georgia June 11 Two hundred and fifty dollars or six months on the chain gang was the sentence imposed by Judge Freeman in the city court today on James Rahal. Wolf Jacobson was fined the same amount. Rahal was found guilty of operating a slot machine in his place of business. Jacobson was charged with selling gin in his store near the Tybee depot. Counsel argued that the mere fact that whisky was found there by the police did not mean that he was selling whisky.
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Savannah
Freeman
James Rahal
Wolf Jacobson
Rahal
Jacobson
Tybee
Governor Experiments with Cotton Plants
Governor Joseph M. Brown leads experiments on his Cherolkes farm to study cotton plant response amid scarcity. The effort tests ideas once dismissed, seeking practical chances to boost yields and stability in the South.
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Mach
Joseph M. Brown
Third Trial Pushes Toward Verdict in Childers Case
Americus Ga June 11 Twenty three state witnesses testified as Mort S Childers faces a charge of killing his wife by strychnine poison. The crowded court heard Smithville residents and relatives as the state rested at 5 pm. Childers spoke a fifteen page typed statement renewing his innocence. The defense then rests and will present opening and closing arguments tomorrow.
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Americus
Mort S. Childers
Williams
H. A. Wilkerson
Dawson
Joseph B.hudson
Frank Hooper
William W. Dykes
James A. Hixon
Smithville
Childers
Laworn
Wilkerson
Hixon
Frank A. Hooper
Atlanta
Southwestern Judicial Parous
Leesburg
Georgia druggists convene in Savannah in June
Savannah Ga June 11 Two hundred delegates from across the state attend the annual Georgia Pharmaceutical Association convention at the De Soto hotel chaired by J W Ridout Macon with H E Wilson as welcoming speaker W S Elkin Jr of Atlanta responds A banquet follows and 22 candidates passed the state pharmacist board exam J B Woodcock of Register Ga earned the top honors receiving a pharmacist license Sophie Garner colored of Macon and B A North of Ashburn were licensed as apothecaries plus 22 other successful druggists among 38 candidates and several failed.
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Savannah
Georgia Pharmaceutical Association
de Soto
J. W. Ridout
Macon
H. E. Wilson
W. 5. Elkin, Jr
Atlanta
State Board
State Board of Pharmacy
J. B. Woodcock
Register
Sophie Garner
B. A. North
Ashburn
San Didates
N.S. Arthur
Athens
W. A. Blasingame
Moultrie
J.B. Carter
Douglas
Etta L. Stillson
Colored
A. M. Swift
Metcalf
S. 1
Thompson
Albany
J. W. Fuller
R. H. Weaver
Mays
Fla
rEradma IL. Webb
Sumter
Sophie c. Garner
Emory to Build Dormitory for 125 Students
Emory College in Oxford Georgia sets plans to erect a dormitory for 125 boys during the coming summer. Trustees Asa Candler and others formed a committee to finalize details. Alumni day featured speeches by Jawton Evans and Dr. Stewart Roberts Hyer. Graduation exercises for 32 seniors planned for Wednesday in Allen Memorial church.
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Emory College
Oxford
Emory
Asa Candler
Dickey
H. ¥. McCord
R. J. Guinn
Jawton Evans
Stewart Roberts
Atlanta
Roberts Hyer
Methodist University of Texas
Allen Memorial Church
Joe Hill Hall Opens Gubernatorial Campaign in Americus
Joe Hill Hall spoke at the Sumter courthouse in Americus Georgia addressing a large crowd of several hundred voters. He appeared unexpectedly and outlined his campaign platform emphasizing his clear positions on key issues. The visit drew a cordial reception as the first gubernatorial candidate to address the local voters.
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Americas
Joe Hill Hall
Sumter
Hall
Childers
Unknown motorist injures J M Fogg and son in Macon
In Macon Georgia on June 11 a motorist struck J M Fogg and his young son on the Forsyth road as Fogg, a Howard district farmer, drove into the city with peaches. The driver fled and left no plate number. Both were badly bruised.
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Macon
M. Foss
Howard District
Forsyth Road
Fogg
Colvin B. Brown Sees Southern Involvement in San Francisco Exposition
Colvin B. Brown, head of the Panama Pacific International Exposition department of domestic exploration, travels to Atlanta to interview Southern governors about state participation in the 1915 San Francisco exposition. He notes Georgia’s prior impact at Jamestown and cites California’s $17.5 million mobilization for the Panam a Canal celebration, with early state site selections and commissions already formed across several states.
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Colvin B. Brown
Department of Domestic Exploitation
San Francisco
Union
Colvin
Atlanta
Piedmont Hotel
Georgia
Jamestown
Virginia
California
Panama Canal
Golden Gate
Trans-Bay
Board of Architects
United States
New York
Arizona
Hawaii
Idaho
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
Colorado
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Philippines
South Carolina
Texas
Meas
Massachusetts
New England
Vermont
World-Wide Baraca Philathea Delegation Leaves
Seaboard at Atlanta sends away a delegation departure at 1 15 p m on Friday June 21 with pullman reservations urged through the City Ticket Office 88 Peach Street.
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Seaboard
Atlanta
Street Music and Alms Proposed Ban by Atlanta Agencies
The Atlanta council committees discussed an ordinance to curb street music used as a cover for begging. Proposed by Tanton Hopking for the Associated Charities of Atlanta, the measure would prohibit street performances that accompany begging.
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Council On
Tanton Hopking
Charitibe
Atlanta
Winder Citizens Convene Over Watson Arrests
A large assembly in Winder Georgia gathers at the town hall to address the arrest of Hon. Thomas E Watson by the United States government. Rev J J Shed presides as chair with T Maughan elected secretary. A committee on resolutions is appointed to draft action.
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Winder
Winderland
J. J. Shed
T. Maughan
Thomas E. Watson
United States
Committee On
Resolutions Decry Arrest of Mr Watson in Press Case
A Methodist church in Winder adopts resolutions protesting the arrest of Mr Watson and offering him moral support amid what is called a prosecution aimed at suppressing press and free speech. The document fears courts are being used to curb civil liberties, and cites Maddox and Lemore as signatories.
Fire Claims 59 Laborers in Central Russia Barn
Fifty nine field laborers were burned to death early this morning while asleep in a barn near Tambov on property owned by Count Orloff Davydofft. The blaze began without a known cause and investigators search for the origin.
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St. Petersburg
Tambov
Russia
Orloff Davydofft
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A. M. Bergstrom
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Goenick
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Ble
Maier’ &. Bekele, Inc
Augusta
Council
Igeorgia Druggists
Essig Bros. Co
Whitehall Street
Joe Hill
J. M. Fogg
Secret Society
Watson
Fulton
Empire Building
Carlton
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