Dr Percy J Starnes Leaves Atlanta City Aug 1
Dr Percy J Starnes city organist of Atlanta for three years announced last night he will end his engagement August 1 after Atlanta Music Festival Association funds run short. He plans an extended concert tour to Canada and the eastern cities, with westward plan next spring. He leaves amid warm appreciation for his talent and genial personality.
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Percy 3. Starnes
Atlanta
Atlanta Music Festival, Association
Stamey
Starnes
Canada
Tr. Starnes
Sham Battle Fought and Won at St Simons
Camp Brown St Simons Ga June 27 Another sham battle occurred near Camp Breen Friday morning Captain O J Rudisall of the Governors Horse Guard commanded the successful force Lieutenant Homer Ashford commanded a company under Rudisall and was in charge of outposts with one private capturing two of the enemy patrols including one captain one first lieutenant and seven men The advance and rear guard work favored Rudisail and the engagement ended in his easy victory
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Ogle Grice
Camp Brown
St. Simons Esland
Specia
Camp Breen
O. J. Rudisall
Governora Horsa Guard
Homer (. Ashford
Governor's Horse Guard
Caviala Rudisail
Leutenant
Frudisail
Theather
Rudisail
Coal Miners Ordered to Strike After Talks Fail
Charleston West Virginia June 27 negotiations to settle the New River coal field strike at July 1 stalled and a general strike call was issued and mailed by United Mine Workers officials. Governors and operators failed to resolve the dispute. efforts to renew talks are planned. Cabin Creek remains quiet as Eskdale mass meeting preparations proceed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hiver
United Mine Workers of America
Cabin Creek
Ers
Eskdale Sund
House Slips One Over On Texas Congressman
Washington June 37 Representative Galloway of Texas had backed a $4,000 appropriation to send District of Columbia veterans to the Gettysboro celebration. He was called from the house chamber for a few minutes and returned to roaring laughter as the resolution unanimously passed.
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Washington
Galloway
Texas
District of Columbia
Gettysboro
Closing Exercises of the Ry YMCA at West Alabama
The Railroad Young Men's Christian Association invites all men to the closing service for the season at 118 West Alabama Street Sunday afternoon at 4 20 o clock. Meetings pause for the heated term and resume in the fall. Prayer prose and testimony will form the program with an orchestra and song service.
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The
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
West
Alabama Street
Esual
Venable Shot In Stone Mountain Altercation
Walter Venable assistant manager of Venable Stone Works was shot three times in the abdomen by BI Callum an engineer. Venable rushed to Grady hospital where surgery removed the bullets. Callum, arrested, allegedly insulted Venable prompting the attack. Venable Sr said injuries not serious.
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Stone Mountain
Walter Venable
Venable Stone Works
New York School of Technology
BI Collum
Stone Plant
Grady Hospital
Quivker
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Callum
Venable
Venable Works
Constitution
Efe
Drux
Aid
Mayor Woodward Urged to Sign Destruction Plant Contract
Health board hears criticism of Mayor Woodward over a proposed crematory contract. Attorney Thomas Goodwin warns of $159,000 in damages if action is not taken. Citizens urge relief from intolerable conditions and a council contract to resolve the dump and fly problem.
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Health Board
Woodward
Br. Glider
Destructor Company
Nore Auxtus
Cornell
Thomas Goodwin
Milton Avenue
Claude L. Ashley
Vedado
Touchi
Aldermanic Board
George ©. Spence
Evins, Moore & Once
Us7
Spence
Escape ends in death as officer killed in Dougherty county
Albany Ga Luna Special following the killing of Officer Harris an all night search failed to find the killer until about 9 am at Walters Crossing on the G and W railroad Lee county. John Land captured after a pistol threat and a struggle in an automobile. Deputy Marshal Conaghan fatally shoots Land, identified as the man who killed his father near Sycamore Ga years earlier. Funeral set for Officer Harris with burial at Old Pine Bluff.
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Albany
Luna
Hav- Tig
Walters’ Crossing
Harri
Abany
Fve
Harris
R. M. Conaghan
John Land
Robert Land
Sycamore
Sur
Qld
Pine Bluff Burying Ground
Dougherty County
Legislators Asked to Hear Sermon on the Convict Camps
Dr Dunbar Ogden returning to Atlanta after meetings in Acworth Ga will preach Sunday night at Central Presbyterian on Christ In the Convict Camp Carina The address invites Georgia lawmakers to attend and may address the incident of a prison evangelist barred from county convict camps Ogden will speak Sunday morning on Preparation for the Coming of the King continuing parable sermons at Central Presbyterian.
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Br. Dunbar Ogden
Atlanta
Acworth
Central Presbyterian Church
Georgia
Oeden
Ogden
Central Presbyterian
Mayor insists on explicit bond in new incinerator contract
Mayor Woodward demands a clearly stated bond and protective terms before approving any new agreement with the Destructor Company. He cites the 1912 contract as illegal and insists on specific payments and conditions governing the crematory’s turnover to the city. Attorneys Evins and Spence defend the proposed contract, arguing it aligns with law and emphasizes the city’s bond.
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Harwell
Colcord
Saya
Tech
Elis
Woodward
Tie
Destructor Company
Council
Woodward Stitl
Jlawyer
Eving and
Spence
Masor
American Surety Company
Evins & Spence
Messrs
Evins
Atlanta
Milwaukee
James G. Woodward
G. A. Bading
Famed officer says corruption in dive case sparks action
Patrolmen Wood Bailey and David allegedly drank with inmates at Auburn avenue dive as Moon and Adams testified. Chief Beavers suspended Wood Bailey and David for suspected perjury, promising formal charges before the police commission. Moon and Adams admitted drinking to gather evidence, while Evans claimed David did not enter the house. Commission hearings target protection rumors and potential discipline for others tied to the case.
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Adams
Lon W. Evans
David
Evans
Wood
Bailey
Beavers
Negro Resort
Board of Commissioners
Chst
2 Constitution
Broyles
Ife
Reavers
Blalock Nomination Confirmed by Senate
John Corrigan Jr reports that A. Sla Blalock of Fayette was nominated by President Wilson to be Georgia collector of internal revenue and the Senate confirmed the appointment. The role will gain scope under the new tariff law as income taxes shift to collectors, with added clerical staff and a $1,200,000 enforcement amendment pending adoption.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Slalock
Fayette
Wilson
Internal Revenue
Georgia
Senate
Aary State
Williams
Dynamite Ties Birmingham Street Car Strike to Violence
In Birmingham Alabama police and detectives monitor rising violence during the street railway strike. A dynamite charge on a Boyles car damaged a wheel while a stick on the East Lake line was run over without exploding. Bricks and missiles are hurled from upper-story construction sites as trains run with guards on each car.
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Birmingham
Ala
Boyles
East Lake
Hne
Smiths School Bill Passed by Senate
The senate approved Senator Hoke Smiths proposal to form a nine member expert commission to study governmental aid for founding vocational educational schools. The commission would report to the next session and act as a temporary pause on related bills, excluding agricultural extension work, with commissioners appointed by the president and serving without pay.
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Washington
Senate
Hoke Smith
Congress
Police quartet tied to city inquiry in Atlanta
The report details four police officers connected to a misconduct probe. Youngest, Evans, 24, recently married to a victim’s daughter, lives at Lake Avenue. Wood is around 34, married, at 411 Piedmont. Batley, 28, married, 662 Woodward Avenue. Jackson and McDaniel questioned as the inquiry, led by Chief Beavers and Captain Terry, widens. Judge Jackson backs the suspended men, predicting exoneration, while Beavers vows thorough action with no favoritism. The patrols discuss visits to a local Auburn avenue resort amid denials of misconduct. many officers questioned late at headquarters about knowledge of the resort’s activities.
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Atlanta
Board of Police Commissioners
Fury
Constitution
Auburn Avenue
Beavers
L. Jett
W. S. Terry
Terry
L. J. Milam
Milam
Wood
J. J. Jackson
J. W. McDaniel
Sayn Beavers
Beavera
Board of Commissioners
Aptein
Simple Inaugural Ceremony Marks Georgia Transition
The article outlines the inauguration day events for the governor and the sequence of exercises including invocation, oath by Chief Justice William H. Fish, seal presentation, and the governor’s inaugural address. It notes the dinner at the mansion and a home-coming reception in Marietta, with weather indicating no disruption to the day’s plans.
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Crawford Wheatley
R. N. Hardemban
R. F R. Blackburn
John T. Allen
M.E. Austin
J. B. Robins
General Assembly
Senate
William HB. Fish
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Staton
Brown
Peachtree Street
Grant
Marietta
McMichael Bill to Pay Teachers Move Stirs State Votes
The proposed amendment to Article 7 Section 1 would levy 1 mill on state property for two years to fund public school salaries. If two thirds approve, voters next general election will decide Ratification or Against Ratification. A McCrory resolution seeks prioritized state payments, excluding wages and sanatorium appropriations.
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General Assembly
Slade
Muscosce
McMichael
McCrory
Representative McCrory
Schley
Mrs. W. S. Parker Dies at Decatur Home
Mrs. W. S. Parker of 33 Ponce du Geon avenue Decatur died at her residence at 9 15 o clock last night She is survived by her husband W S Parker and three children Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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W.S. Parker
W. S. Parker
Ponce du Geon Avenue
Decatur
Tax Payment Deadline Noted by City Officials
June 30 marks the last day to pay the second installment of city taxes, per E. E. Williams, City Tax Collector.
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E. E. Williams
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