Sugar lobby probes reveal free sugar campaign details
Washington June 18 Senate committee heard Frank C. Lowry of the Federal Sugar Refining Co describe efforts to mobilize support for free sugar. He testified about compiling data for a Democratic platform and organizing a wholesale grocers committee while noting costs and resistance from other refiners.
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Federal Sugar Refining Company
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Overman
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific Board of Directors
Lewry
Daniels
Resolutions Committee
Baltimore
Lowry
American Sugar Refining Company
Trust
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Afr
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Weekend Specials Add Fresh Deals on Women and Men Wear
Continued on Page Fourteen. Don’t Miss These Specials, today and tomorrow. Women’s dresses 2.75 to 10, originally 4 to 18, now discounted. Men’s Mohairs 13.59 from 20. Also grocery and sundry items: Snowdrift 8824c, sugar 1, potatoes 34c, tomatoes roc qt, butter 34c, hats 1.50, lemons, shoes, suits, and hats for men and women.
lynching and burning of Black man in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas on June 19 a Black man named Will Norman was seized after a mountain search, accused of raping and killing a 14-year-old girl, and was hanged from a telephone pole in the main business district as thousands watched. The victim, the daughter of former Circuit Judge C Floyd Hut, suffered skull fractures from a clubbing and was left in a closet. Norman surrendered but was lynched before a jail transfer.
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No taint of graft on the ministers
The British House of Commons resolves after hearing the attorney general and chancellor of the exchequer on Marconi Company shares that the ministers acted in good faith and rejects corruption charges as false. The substitute motion by Sir William Rankin Dent Adkin adopted 346 to 266, closing the Marconi affair.
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John
Marconi Company of America
William Ryland Dent Adking
House of Commons
Tanlent
Marconi
Mr. Asquith
Edward Grey
A. J. Balfour
Andrew Bonar Law
Lloyd- George
Robert Cecil
Balfour
Law
William Rankin
Queen Victoria of Spain birth sixth son reported
Madrid June 19 Queen Victoria of Spain gave birth to a son tonight marking her sixth child The report notes the couple is King Alfonso and Victoria Eugenie Princess of Battenberg and recalls their marriage on May 31 1906
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Victoria of
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Victoria
Alfonso
Victoria Ena
Princess of
Battenberg
Oil Inspector Campes Dies at Savannah
Gavannah Georgia June 19 Frank F Campes state inspector state vice president National Association of Master Plumbers and secretary of the Chatham county democratic executive committee died after midnight from injuries from an automobile accident June 7 when his car crashed into a tree injuring him and two children.
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Georgia
Frank ‘F. Campes
National Association of Master Plumbers
Chatham County Democratic Executive Committee
State convention to discuss W and A railroad
A Taft hall chamber of commerce meeting adopted resolutions calling a state convention in Atlanta to decide the future use of the Western and Atlantic railroad after the lease expires. A five member committee was appointed to set a date and arrange details as lawmakers meet next week.
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Taft Hall
Wilmer L. Moore
Wileen
Resoluta
C. H. McKinney
Atlasis
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Wimbish
Murphey Canaier
Railroad Commission
Ta Priveta
Tas
Elderly husband ordered to pay alimony to young wife
In a Superior Court decision the 80 year old husband of 45 year old Martha Cowart was ordered to pay 25 dollars monthly in alimony and 95 percent of the rent for her home at 959 North Boulevard. Cowart sought divorce and permanent alimony, but only temporary relief and attorney fees were resolved. Colonel Jasper N. Smith attended. the case highlighted the odd, half comic, half tragic nature of the 26 day marriage.
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Martha Cawart
North Boulevard
Nat
Oakland Cemetery
Cowart
Trains Collide in Vallejo Killing Fourteen
In Vallejo California a head on crash of two electric trains at high speed today leaves fourteen dead and over thirty injured. Eleven killed immediately and three die later as officials investigate miscommunication and dispatcher orders. Most victims are Vallejo residents and nearby communities report casualties.
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Yleintty
Receiver Sought for Painter Organs in Baltimore Case
In Baltimore on June 19 the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company sought a court appointment of a receiver for Edward O. Painter’s organs. The request aims to authorize independent examination after the organs were sent to Baltimore for chemical testing. Judge Duffy set next Wednesday for heirs to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed.
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Edward O. Painter
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Johns River
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Painter
Duffy
Guaranty Company 2 Legen
Angerenta
Wieson and Bryan Nearing a Split
Washington report says tensions may arise between President Wilson and Secretary Bryan over currency reform. The president has consulted many Democratic leaders but not Bryan, who reportedly favors his own plan for currency changes. Rumor Shareholders expect discussion could widen into a split in the near future.
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Washington, D. C
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Mgr. Bryan
Congress
Pastor Spurns Pulpit To Enter Georgia Bar
Griffin Ga June 19 Special after more than twenty years as a Presbyterian minister Dr Dent Atkinson quit the ministry and switch from Republican to Democrat while in town for chautauqua. He passed the Georgia bar exam before Judge Robert X Daniel of the Flint River circuit and plans to locate in Atlanta next September to practice criminal law or corporate work. Atkinson, born in England, has lived in the U S thirty five years and holds a Ph D from the University of Illinois and a diploma from Harvard. He studied law at Ohio Northern and Chicago universities and has traveled worldwide.
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Dent Atkinson
Robee
Republican Party
Democratic
Bar of
Georgia
Robert x. Daniel
Flint River
Atkinson
Destructive Hail Storm Hits Knox County Fields
Destructive hail storm reported in Knoxville Tennessee on June 19 damages large areas in Hamton Jin Carter county. Wheat and corn fields destroyed as windows broken and two houses unroofed. Gardens damaged and fruit stripped from trees. Estimated damages run into thousands.
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Engineer Not Guilty. Hornell. June 19
William E R Schroeder an engineer of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western is acquitted in a Hornell case. Details from the June 19 proceeding describe his role and the charges dismissed. The outcome marks a notable verdict for the local transportation worker.
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Hornell
William Eri Schroeder
Delamere
Lackowenna
Western
Norwood Civil War Hero Dies at Harrock Hall
Savannah Ga June 19 Judge Thomas M Norwood former United States senator and Georgia political luminary died at his country home Harrock Hall on La Roche avenue at about 10 70 pm after months of illness Born April 26 1830 in Talbot County he rose from Emory College to a distinguished legal and political career guiding Georgia through Reconstruction and serving in Congress and the state legislature His eloquent defenses of Southern rights and memorial speeches made him a national figure in the late 19th century He retired from public life to practice law and farming before his death at age 77
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United States
Georgia
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la Roche Avenue
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Abot County
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Culloden
Monroe County
Emory College
George F. Pierce
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Cladus C. Wilson
Norwood & Wilson
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Abolition
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Dellaware
Hullock
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Weather summary from Georgia reports
Frayed lines describe a general weather forecast for Friday and Saturday in Georgia with variable winds. It notes a low near 69 and a high near 90 with mean temperatures and rainfall deficits since the start of the year.
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