Mayor Opposes Amendment to condemn sidewalks and sewers
Mayor James G Woodward campaigns to defeat a proposed charter amendment granting city council power to condemn sidewalks gutters street pavement and sewers without owner consent. He warns the measure could cost property owners 15 20 million and plans to lobby legislature with statements to papers and copies of current law. The council approved the amendment but he vetoed it. council overrode. The piece ends with a dated moral aside about chivalry.
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James G. Woodward
Woodward
Atlanta
Fate of Negro Boys Argument Against Liquor Says Pastor
Rev HH Proctor told First Congregational church listeners that the gallows confession of a drunk killer who murdered a white woman proves liquor must be banished from borders. He urged expanded popular education, improved country life as a city vitality reservoir, and a strong Christian home foundation to counter materialism.
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HH Proctor
First Congregational Church
Doctor Proctor
Ad Men of Atlanta Visit Niagara Falls Disappoints at Conference
By W F Parkhurst the Atlanta Ad Men club was hosted in Buffalo at the Hotel Statler by Harry N Dutton formerly of the Piedmont hotel Atlanta. They enjoyed Niagara Falls and the gorge before heading to Toronto to join proceedings for the 1918 Associated Advertising Clubs of America convention. A group of English visitors teased the caged possum as the delegation planned their future agenda.
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W. F. Parkhurst
Citton House
Niagara
Ontario
Atlanta Ad Mena Club
Buffalo
Hotel Statler
Harry N Dutton
Piedmont Hotel
Atlanta
Niagara Falls
Atlanta Ad
Toronto
Ito
Atlantas
Associated Advertising Clinit of America
Blind Tigers Dominate Sundays In Atlanta League Meeting
In Butler Street CME church a citywide meeting of Allen Endeavor leagues of colored churches was held Sunday evening. BRE Holmes, president of Holmes Institute, urged leagues as tools for good citizenship and reducing crime linked to Sundays. He cited cafes, restaurants, and amusements degrading the race and noted thousands of youths frequented such places, contributing to crime and the rise of blind tigers.
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Allen Endeavor Leagues
Colored Methodist Episcopal
Butler Street
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Bre Holmes
Holmes Institute
R L Lytle Found Dead In Bainbridge Home
R L Lytle of Bainbridge Ga reportedly died in his sleep at home after an illness noted as sudden. A New York native, he settled in Decatur County over forty five years ago and built a long career in the mercantile trade with the Flint River store. He was 60 years old and highly regarded in the county. survived by his wife and several siblings.
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Banbridge Ga
New York State
Decatur County
Flint River
Bainbridge
Kellerman Movie Stirs Local Censors in Atlanta
The Grand theater faces new pressure from the Atlanta censorship board after exhibiting Kellermann's Neptune's Daughter and diving Venus without prior submission. President Peacock warns future Grand pictures must be reviewed by a censor committee before release. The manager declines public comment, citing prior exhibitions to thousands.
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Annette Kellermann
Atlanta Bureau of Censorship
Grand Theater
T Rees
Sumsay
Peacock
Proving Picture Censor Board
Kellermann
Maneser
Harry B Hearn
Puble
Board of Movie Critics
Grand Heart
Record of Men Preacher Warns About A Life’s Record
Rev A C Shuler of the Fast Side Fabernacle preached to a large youth gathering about gin and moral ruin. He warned that every man writes a personal record on his heart and that conscience will confront him with its truth at dawn, no matter how one hides it.
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A C Shuler
Fabernacle
Hera
Cicles
Wild Oats Sermon Dr DuBose Warns On Young Habits
Dr F M DuBose preached on sowing wild oats at the First Methodist Church yard in Atlanta. He warned that what a man sows he will reap and stressed the certainty of a harvest, urging ministers to save the youth amid rising saloon licenses and temptations. He spoke of hellfire as a real possibility and menaced the audience with personal responsibility.
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F M ‘DuBove
Dubosc
Atlanta
Churen Lawn
Cotton Mill Strikers Hold Mass Meeting in Atlanta
Striking operatives of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills held a Sunday mass meeting at White City Park attended by many citizens. Louis P Malquardt and Charles A View spoke, with Mrs h Smith condemning labor conditions and mistreatment by mill officials. Church leaders and local ministers urged support, while mill officials disputed failure of the strike.
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Fulton Bag Ima Cotton Mills
White City Pail
Wee Louis P Malquardt
Charles A View
H Smith
I Bor
Mrs Smith
Mail
Atlanta
Baby Sewage Plant At Sanitarium Nears Finish
The Battle Hill sanitarium prepares to receive a compact sewage disposal unit described as the world’s most unique pocket edition of Peachtree and Intreshhment Creeks plants. Costing about $3,000 it uses Imhoff tanks sprinkling filtration beds and sludge drying beds with a 1000 gallon per day capacity expected to serve the sanitarium for years. Engineers call it the baby plant and note its design and supervision by city engineers.
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Battle Hill Sanitarium
Peachtree
Intreshhment Creeks
Imhoff
Crisp Tax Equalizers Estimate Tax Increases In Crisp County
Cordele Georgia June 21 Special The Crisp County board of tax equalizers expects tax returns and assessments on unreturned property to push up the digest by about 750000 with roughly 300000 added in the Cordele district There is also note that over two thirds of unreturned property is personal property owned by major holders and the work remains tedious with several weeks needed to finalize dollar figures.
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Cordele Ga
Board of Tax Equalizers
C O Perry
Cordele
Wedding Day Blessings at First Baptist Church
A very beautiful wedding united Ahss Mamie Dean and Wr E Pas chal Jr at First Baptist Church with a large guest list. Ushers included Crouch Baldwin Brono Steve Ben yon Carl Melton D Cocke and John Henry Crouch. Bridesmaids listed were Atissds Florella Crouch Trances Camp bell and Louise McNulty with attendants John I Den nard J C Dukes and Raymond Do zier. Nellie Farguson served as maid of honor and J E Morris as matron of honor Rev T W Calloway officiated in a solemn ceremony.
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Dewsor
Ahss
Mamie Dean
Wr E
Paschal Jr
Firstaptist Church
Messrs
Crouch Baldwin
Charley Brono
Steve Benyon
Carl Melton
D Cocke
John Henry Crouch
Florella Crouch Trances Campbell
Louise McNulty
John I Dennard
J_C Dukes
Raymond Dozier
Nellie Farguson
Epworth League Ends Sessions at Waycross
Waycross Ga June 21 Special Tonight s consecration service conducted by Rev Arthur J Moore of Blackshear brought the thirteenth annual conference of the South Georgia Epworth league to a close It was the most successful and largely attended conference in the thirteen years of the gathering Reports from every district showed better growth in the past year than ever before. This afternoon a mass meeting was attended by delegates and citizens of Waycross addressed by Dr R Jenkins president of Wesleyan college and former pastor at the First Methodist church Here visiting ministers filled pulpits in city churches today Rev W A Brooks of Blackshear was named editor of the Epworth league year book
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Waycross Ga
Arthur J Moore
Blackshear
South Georgia Epworth League
Epworth
Hirst
Baptist Young People’s Union Opens Convention in Sandersville
Augusta delegates to the annual state Baptist Young People’s Union convention depart Tuesday for Sandersville for the three day gathering Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday Only two local churches Woodlawn and Curtis will be represented Woodlawn delegates include Miss Edna Verdery Miss Leah Bates Miss Mary F Harris and Walter Blanchard Curtis delegates include Mrs JD McGowan Miss Florrie Miler JD Warren and D B Hammond
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Augusta
The
Baptist Young Peo- Pleas
Sandersville
Nave
Woodlawn
Curtle
Woodlawn Church
Edna Verdery
Leah Bates
Mary F Harris
Walter Blanchard
Curtis Church
JD McGowan
Florrie Miler
JD Warren
D B Hammond
Site not yet chosen for Flint River bridge
Crisp and Sumter counties boards failed to pick a site at the Friday Flint River meeting for the Cordele to Americus bridge. Several locations were deemed suitable and a second session will decide the final location and prepare cost figures for the structure.
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Gordele Ga
Crisp
Sumter
Flint River
Giael
Cordelo
Americus
Tomato crop moves into Thomasville area shipments rise
The tomato crop around Thomasville is improving after late rains. Shipments have been via express but next week carload shipments are expected. An estimated forty to fifty cars will be shipped from the surrounding territory, with one grower planning about twenty carloads.
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Thomasville
Express
Captain Barnes speaks at First Christian Bible school
Captain W H Barnes of San Francisco, 1809 First Christian Bible school member, addressed the Atlanta school Sunday morning. He praised the school’s record, noted his Georgia visit to see the great institution, and highlighted the new system that has drawn national interest among Bible school workers despite the heat.
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W H Barnes
San Francisco
Christan Bible School
Atlanta
L. O Bricker
California
Georgia
Bible School
Tickets for pageant go on sale today
Mrs W Peel announces tickets will go on sale this morning for the coming pageant at the Cable Fianc company and Philips Crew with prices 50 cents 1 and 1 50. A pamphlet detailing the story of the pageant featuring 900 performers is available for 24 cents at Cole Book company and Lesters Hook store.
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W . Peel
Cable Fianc Company
Philips & Crew
Cole Book Company
Lesters Hook
King George Birthday Honors List Draws Notables
London June 21 The King announced a large Birthday Honors list including Lord Kitchener of Khartoum Earl Herbert Cozens Hardy Sir Edgar Vincent Major General John Field Brocklehurst and Sir Leonard Lyell raised to peers. Albert Hi Stanley manager of the London underground becomes a baronet. other baronets include Sir Joseph Beecham George Henschel and Sir T Vanstittate Bowater. Also named are Robert L. Borden George Foster and Walter with details of Canadian ministers.
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Lord Kitchener of
Khartoum
Ligypt
Herbert Cozens Hardy
Edgar Vincent
John Fielden Brocklehurst
Leonard Lyell
Albert Hi Stanley
London Underground Railways
United States
Stanley
Detroit
Joseph Beecham
George Henschel
T Vanstittate Bowater
Robert L. Borden
Canada
George E. Foster
Walter
Beautiful and Impressive Mng Ceremo ny
A formal ceremony marks the marriage vows of the contracting parties in a dignified setting. Guests witness the exchange of vows and the couple's commitment to unite in marriage with family and friends in attendance.
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