City News and Church Services Scheduled for Sunday
Pastor Dr Daniel returns to First Baptist to lead both morning and evening services with themes The Ideal of Christian Character and The Christian and Other Men Whats the Difference. Wabernacle Baptist to host guest speakers Rev J R Gunn and Dr E M Poteat while absent pastor Dr MacArthur is replaced.
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Daniel
First Baptist Church
South Georgia
Wabernacle Baptist Church
MacArthur
J R. Gunn
E M Poteat
Atlanta
Tabernacle
One Dead Two Injured As Train Hits Auto At Grade Crossing
At a grade crossing near Dewell ten miles north of Charlotte a car stalled on the tracks was struck by a northbound Southern railway freight train. James Jamison, part owner of the Stonewall hotel, was killed instantly. Mrs W M Bagwell and her seven year old son were seriously injured and taken to a local hospital. Mrs Jamison and the children escaped injury as they moved to the track side before the crash. A bystander witnessed the event. Jamison reportedly tried to steer the car off the track but misjudged. The Bagwells are in precarious condition.
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N. C
J M Jamison
Stonewall
Charilotte
W M Bagwell
Hamlet
Dewell
Toen
Southern Railway
Jamison
Mr. Bagwell
Con
Miner Escapes Georgia Prison Again The Old Bandit Flees Milledgeville
Milledgeville Ga June 28 Special old Bill Miner the pandit and train robber serving a twenty year sentence at the Georgia penitentary again escaped his guards this morning after choking Night Guard Bloodworth and breaking the bed shackles and window bars He seized W Widencamp and Wiggins two fellow prisoners and vanished from the state farm He claims no locks or bars can hold him and police in Atlanta and across Georgia are on look out to prevent another flight Miner is 70 with a long criminal record and has boasted of twenty seven prison stints and a taste for frontier days crime He was captured after a railway hold up near Gainesville and previously escaped last fall choking a guard and seizing his gun The authorities describe Miner with his light chestnut hair blue eyes and slight build as the likely source of new trouble as he plans to cross into another state or foreign country.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Miner
Georgia
Widencamp
Tattnall County
Om Wiggins
Wiggins
Southern Railway
Gainesville
Tom Moore
John Watta
Pulaski County
Milledgeville
State Farm
Bloodworth
Moor
Dohaina
Ola
Billi Miner
Jaller J Mo Suttles
Fulton County
Suttles
WL Haygood
Warden Williams
Sutties
Bui
Sutton
Bill
Atlanta
Miher
Southern Fast Mall No. 36
Newwquarters
Kitty Cobb Pictorial Story by Flagg to Start Sunday
The New Adventures of Kitty Cobb a pictorial romance by James Montgomery Flagg begins in next Sunday's Constitution. Flagg is hailed as a leading American artist and this serial promises a strong start with the first installment.
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Ketty Cobb
Flagg
Kitty Cobb
James Montgomery Flagg
America
Widow’s 2500 dollar allowance from bankrupt husband case
In Macon Georgia Judge Emory Speer ruled that a widow and four children may claim a year's allowance from the estate of L E Dicks Augusta wholesale merchant who went bankrupt before death The decision aligns Georgia law with federal statutes and protects widows and orphans even when the debtor’s property is in bankruptcy court A likely wave of similar claims may follow.
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Macon
Angela
Emory Speer
United States District Court
L. E Dicks
Augusta
Broad Street
Thia
Speer
Georgia
Will Not Marry Divorced Persons in Macon
Macon ministers are placing a ban on marrying divorced individuals. Protestant ministers, led by Baptist and Methodist leaders, have quietly agreed not to officiate such marriages except for scriptural reasons. A prominent Baptist minister recently refused to wed a divorced woman, and others have refused or escalated to civil officiants amid discussions of a wider action.
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Justice of the Peace
Boy found dead near railroad tracks in Macon
The 14 year old Tom Jones of 320 Roises Street was found beside the Southern Railway tracks two miles east of Macon. The body was identified as his grandfather Mrs Bertha Jones’s grandson later in the day. He and other boys had gone fishing. it is believed he fell or was kicked from a moving train while attempting to steal a ride. He died at noon after being rushed to a hospital. The coroner will delay an inquest until others involved are found.
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Macon
Tom Jones
Roises Street
Southern Railway
Bertha Jones
Western Union Buys 10000 Underwood Typewriters
Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Western Union purchased 10 thousand Underwood typewriters. The paper notes a quoted remark about Maud and a board decree that girls wear simple graduation costumes, with Maud reportedly laughing at the idea.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Two Die in Dormitory Fire in Louisville
In Louisville on June 28 two persons died and three were seriously hurt when a second floor dormitory in a business building burned early today. A homeless woman identified as Saidla Day died in the kitchen. the other deceased was Crome Van Mort. One of the injured is chauffeur Cro me Van Mort and Charles Rogers, a newspaper man, is not expected to survive.
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Saidla Day
Crome van Mort
Charles Rogers
Old Sims Claim Stirs Up House in Georgia
The old claim for 1175.40 of Sherman J. Sims heirs from Jackson County surfaced in the Georgia House on Friday. Joe Hill Hall of Bibb and Hooper Alexander of De Kalb traded strong remarks as debates over the bill intensified. The House voted against the bill with 85 for and 35 against, halting a bid Hall argued was a state debt owed and to be paid.
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Bibb
Hooper Alexander
DeKalb
Bill
Hall
House
Alexander
Bill Hall
Representative Hall
Smpie
Northeastern Railroad
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Mayaville
One Dead and Four Injured in Louisville Rooming House Fire
A small fire in a Louisville rooming house left one man dead and an unidentified woman dying in hospital. Three others were seriously injured, with two possibly dying. Frank Dunn jumped from a second story window, while Charles Rogers, a newsboy, was burned severely.
Birth of baby postpones hearing of locker case
A 65 hours old baby forced a Fulton county court delay in the state case against the Central Club. Judge Roan postponed the trial to the July term after a physician certified a new birth in Mrs. FR Ward's family, leaving the locker club proceedings suspended and both sides awaiting next month.
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FR Ward
Central Club
Fulton County
Locker Club
J R. Ward
Ward
Roan
Atlanta
Ag Tt
Samuel Gompers Files Appeal Over Jail Sentence
Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor filed an appeal from Justice Wrights ruling after being sentenced to one year and nine months in jail for contempt of court. Bail execution was stayed as the cases stem from an alleged boycott of the Bucks Store and Range Company.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Justice Wrights
Bucks
Five Georgia National Guard Units Disbanded
Adjutant General W G Obear ordered the disbandment of Cedartown Rifles Waycross Guard Emmett Rifles of Savannah Valdosta Dettes and Thomasville Guards after failed inspection and enrollment standards. No new companies will be formed or absorbed until the War Department approves required equipment.
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W G Obear
Cedartown Rifles
Waycross Guard
Emmett Rifles
Savannah
Yvaidosta
Thomasville Guards
War Department
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