Members Arrive Early for Georgia Assembly Session
In Atlanta for the approaching session, House and Senate members arrive in unusual numbers. Burwell of Hancock is favored for speaker, with Hardeman and Sheppard contesting. Several freshmen seek favorable committee assignments, while a pro tem race with four candidates looms after the speakership ballot.
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Senate
House
General Assembly
Atlanta
Sheppard
Harwell
W. H Burwell
Hancock
Burwell
Hardeman
Hest
E H McMichael
Marion
J. Stovall
Elbert
John Foster
Floyd
John P Cheney
Cobb
McMichael
Piedmont
Keep the Babies Cool and Cosy
Mothers seek baby clothing and care tips in hot weather and food matters. The Constitution ads guide purchases and savings, suggesting cutting out baby clothing notices and visiting reputable stores when items appear at attractive prices. Safe buying is advised when ads originate from trustworthy houses.
Aged Man Drops Dead in Church During Sunday Sermon
Willam FB Maner aged 65 collapsed and died of heart failure at Collins Springs Baptist church as Rev HG Mitchell began the sermon on Think Ye of the Lord While Yet Ye May Be Found He was a watchman on Western and Atlantis roads and left four wives and eight children Perry Sanford James Mandy and Johnnie May Maner plus several other relatives Funeral from 1 Guyton Street at 10 39 this morning with interment in Collins Springs church yard
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Collins Springs Baptist Church
Willam FB Maner
HG Mitchell
Maner
Western
Atlantis Road
Perry
Sanford
James
Mandy
Johnnie May Maner
J B Byheld
Jesse Simpking
Bob Grizzara
Guyton Street
Gelock
Collins Springs Church
Rail train wreck injures fifty near Sterning station
Rochester, June 22 fifty people were injured when a Pennsylvania excursion train derailed near Sterning station at 930 am. Most residents of Rochester suffered non fatal injuries. several taken to Sonyea and Rochester hospitals. District Attorney Cook sought access for inquiry into alleged faulty track ties and possible railroad action to burn wreckage sparked calls for immediate investigation.
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Rochester
Pennasylvania Railroad
Sterning Station
Olean
Rock City
Fradford
Sonyea
Frank K Cook
Ballrosd
Cook
Barber of Macon Barber Ends Life by Poison
Macon Georgia June 22 Special John D Lester a barber drank carbolic acid and died in his Melberry street shop. He left a note to his wife saying he could not endure it any longer and regretted his actions. He had been drinking heavily and in debt. He married Mary B Stevens six years ago remaining childless. He moved to Macon from Alabama eight years ago.
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Macon
John D Lester
Melberry Street
Lester
J.D
Misa Mary B. Stevens
Alabama
Festival of Turnerbund Opens in Denver at Bundes Turnefest
The thirty first annual Turnerbund festival opens in Denver on the state capital rounds Wednesday. Receptions for incoming visitors begin, with athletes gymnasts and singers taking part in drills choruses and exhibitions over the first two days of the week.
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Denver
Cal
Clasping Hands Boys Meet Death At Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls June 28 two Niagarans Donald Roscoe 10 and Hubert Moore years old died in a small flat bottom boat in whirlpool rapids after the rope broke. Crowds watched as the boat drifted toward the rapids and the boys clasped hands in farewell before being engulfed by a great wave. Bodies not recovered. Rescue attempts failed amid the crowd’s distress. The tragedy followed a long river drift and the boat disappeared in the rapids.
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Niagara Falls
Donald Roscog
Hubert Moore
Eldridge Stanton
Tolgate
Burrell Peacock
Cleveland
Repid
Roscoe
Mother Finds Two Sons Dead With Rattlesnake Between Them
Beach North Dakota June 22 Mrs Dave Grant living fourteen miles southwest of Beach found her two sons aged 5 and 7 dead in bed this morning with a rattlesnake lying between them. Authorities believe the reptile entered the bed clothes during the day while the boys were aired outdoors the previous evening after they had retired.
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Beach
N. D
Dave Grant
Income Tax Favors Babies Over Bachelors and Old Maids
Washington reports that the tariff income tax provisions favor married couples by raising exemptions for wives and children, while bachelors and old maids face higher effective taxes. Senator John Sharp Williams backs taxing bachelors. families with multiple children reduce taxable income less than single individuals, prompting questions over whether marriage lowers tax.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Wilson to Speak on Currency Before Congress
President Wilson will address Congress in a joint session to urge currency reform. Secretary Bryan issued unreserved endorsement, stating the bill benefits banks and people, with McAdoo and Chairs Glass and Owen backing the plan. The session opens with senators in front and representatives behind, Wilson arriving for the delivery.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Wilson
House
Senate
Clark
Bryan
Nosiflan
Cas Rf
McAdoo
Banke
Prisoners Sing Ragtime At Police Station Sunday
Police headquarters echoed with a Sunday musical program as inmates across wards joined in ragtime tunes and ballads from dawn to midnight. Ward 4 and Vale of Sighs led the chorus with vaudeville style routines and a surprising harmony that drew applause throughout the day.
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Bill
Mississippi
Angel's
Vale of Sighs
Anplaine
Sonn
Vale of Bighs
Quarrel Over Cat Ends in Shooting of Woman
In a Sunday incident at 21 Mariham street AL Griffin shot Mamie Rice after she cursed the couple during a row about care and chickens. Rice was stabbed in the abdomen and taken to Grady hospital in serious condition but expected to survive. Griffin was arrested on assault with intent to murder charges.
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AL. Griffin
Mariham Street
Mamie Rice
Grady Hospital
Griffin
Polge Headquarters
Paltca Gay
Sentenced to Hang Slayer Sings in Prison at Fulton Tower
Oscar Dewberry, a negro, sentenced to hang on July 11, amuses fellow inmates by singing. Once a choir singer, his clear tenor echoes through Fulton tower as he and two other black prisoners perform religious songs for crowds. Dewberry killed a white youth on Decatur Street near Pratt. his is Fulton county's first expected execution this year.
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Oscar Dewberry
Dewberry
Volca
Decatur Street
Pratt
Fulton Tower
Dewherry’s
Fulton County
Sam Swatson
Columbus
R. L. Clay
Stinson Appeals for Practical Education at Bethel
Rev Richard D Stinson principal of the Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute spoke at Bethel Bethel church today to a large audience, stressing that practical education is the demand of the times to produce decent and useful citizens.
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Philadelphia
Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute
Bethel
Sharch
Richard D. Stinson
Dublin Sheriff Foils Lynching Bid in Georgia
Sheriff J J Flanders moved three Black suspects from Laurens County jail to Macon by train as a mob of several hundred demanded surrender. The killings of J T Hewell and his wife prompted the raid on the jail and the swift removal of the prisoners to safety. authorities and locals described a violent confrontation with the mob a tense, deadly night in Dublin Georgia.
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Dublin
J.T Hewell
J. J. Flanders
Macon
Eastman
Laurens County
Howell
Long Branch
Smith Hariig
Joe May
Henry Kitchens
Beitig
Ocen
Daced
Smith Harris
Aliza Frank Harris
Jos May
Harris
Phoea
Weather Prophecy Forecast For Southern States June 22
Washington forecast notes local thunder showers for Georgia on Monday and likely Tuesday. Virginia sees clouay weather with local showers and light variable winds on Monday and Tuesday. North and South Carolina Alabama and Florida expect local thunder showers starting Monday through Tuesday. Mississippi and Louisiana general rain may occur Monday and Tuesday. West Virginia expects local showers by Tuesday.
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Washington
Georgia
Virginia
Ught
North Carolina
South Carolina
Aliabama
Florida
Mississippi
West Virelula
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William B. Maner
Donald Roscoe
Brunswick
St. Simons Island
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Slayer
Stinson
Fr. T. Howell
Kitchens
Hewell
Cobera
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