Governor Brown and Mrs Brown Move to Executive Mansion
Governor and Mrs Joseph M Brown are now located in the executive mansion at the corner of Peachtree and Main streets and will reside there for the rest of Brown's term. They moved in from Marietta yesterday despite rain and settled in their new home after the mansion underwent plaster repairs and repainting during the past month.
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Mra
Joseph M. Brown
Peachtree
Main Streets
Brown
Maritta
Marietta
First Free Lecture On The Grand Operas Opens Series
Beginning Thursday night Dr Percy J Starnes will give a series of free lectures at the Auditorium Armory on operas to be presented this spring by the Metropolitan Opera Company under Music festival auspices. Tomorrow night he will discuss Ti Prvatore illustrating with selections from the opera played on the great organ.
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Percy J. Starnes
Auditorium Armory
Metro-polian Opera Company
Starnes
Man Shot to Death by Demented Wife in Spencer NC
Walter A. Harrison, a Southern Railway employee, was shot and killed by his wife at Hickory Street in Spencer under a demented state. The incident occurred as Harrison was off guard, and authorities are investigating details of the fatal shooting.
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Spencer
N. C
Walter A. Harrison
Em Southern Railway
Hickory
Jury to decide if railroad linked to 1907 Tallulah lynching
In New Orleans a jury must determine if the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific Railroad Company conspired in the 1907 Tallulah lynching of Robert T. Rogers. The United States Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling that favored the railroad in the damages suit brought by Rogers’s widow Annie May Rogers. The appeal holds that jury fact finding is required on whether the railroad participated as conspirator or otherwise.
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New Orleans
St Pher
Vicksburg, Shrew and Pacife Rattrond Company
Robert T. Rogers
Tallalab
United States Atrault Court of Appeals
Rogers
Court of Appeals
Railroad Company
Tallulah
Brown
Ana
Annie May Rogers
Jurors End Kimmel Trial Amid Bitter Disunity
In St Louis the third hearing of the Kimmel identity and Insurance contest ends in a mistrial after jurors, out 73 hours, show no hope of agreement and rising factional strife. Foreman says no verdict possible. Me Myler notes non unanimity. Violence in tone and religious lodge affiliations cited as factors. In Chicago, Stimson condemns jingoism and warns it risks slaughter of foreigners if US troops are seen as near Sobel land.
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St. Louis
Amidon
Kimmel
George A. Kimmel
Mee Myler
Judge Amidon
McMyler
How ard Proposes Parole For Life Prisoners
Representative William Schley Howard of Georgia sponsors a bill to extend parole eligibility to life term prisoners after fifteen years of service. The measure, backed by the judiciary committee, aims to give inmates a humane chance to rejoin society if they have a clean conduct record. Howard says the bill offers hope beyond executive pardons and reflects existing parole principles. Washington, March 8, 193?
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United States
House
Judiciary Committee
William Schley Howard
Georgia
Washington
March
Coupled Grasshoppers and Insurgents Stir House Debate
In Congress, Rep Louis B Hanna urged an agricultural bill amendment to fund grasshopper research troubling western soils. Rep Hughes quipped adding church bugs and insurgents. Rep Heflin resisted unless Jennies and doodle bugs were included. The House rejected the proposal.
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Washington
Louis B. Hanna
North Dakota
Hughes
New Jersey
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
House
Democrats Clash Over Free Sugar Bill in House
A heated House clash centers on the free sugar tariff bill as Representatives Garner Texas and Martin Colorado trade charges. Amendments proposing $5,000 for sugar plant research in the Rio Grande valley and for Colorado were defeated, with both sides accusing the other of political maneuvering. The dispute ended with an apology from Martin.
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Washington
House
Garner
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Martin
Colorado
Mandell
Wyoming
Lever
South Carolina
Priest of Sun Cult Arrested Second Time
Chicago reports that Dr Groman Zarh Adusht Hanish high priest of the Mazdaznan sun worship cult was rearrested on a state warrant after posting a $10,000 federal bond. He appeared before Judge Goodnow on a charge of conspiring and circulating obscene literature and posted $1,000 to return to his temple.
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Chicago
Groman Zarh-Adusht Hanish
Express
Wayman
Hanish
Goodnow
Worker killed by fly wheel at saw mill
Fred Ezell, a mill worker, was caught in a belt and hurled into the fly wheel. Every bone in his body was broken and his body was thrown 26 feet into the air. The accident happened so fast that rescue was impossible. Bizell leaves a wife and several children.
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Enterprise
Mias
Fred Ezell
Bizell
Lace Victory Decreed By Southern Shoe Dealers
Southern Shoe Dealers Association adopts lace instead of button shoes for its members. Debate over prices charged by Elliott Button Company prompts move toward lace. Resolution committee to oppose a congressional bill mandating manufacturer name stamping. Chattanooga selected for 1913 meeting. rain delays afternoon auto tour and city drive to Piedmont. luncheon and banquet praised.
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Southern Shoe Dealers’ Association
Elliott Button Company
Mendoza
W. B. Buck
Atlanta
J. C. Vaughn
New Orleans
Standing Committee
Congress
W. T. Cox
Birmingham
M. and M. Club
Piedmont
Brown denial ends rumor of Wright appointment
Governor Brown flatly denied a circulating rumor that J J Brown of Bowman Elbert county would be appointed assistant to the commissioner of agriculture. He said no such agreement entered into the decision to appoint J J Connor of Bartow as commissioner to succeed T G Hudson on May 1 1912. The only condition was that Connor not run in the 1912 primary.
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J. J. Brown
Bowman
Elbert County
R. F. Wright
Department
Brown
J. J. Connor
Bartow
T. G. Hudson
Connor
Tona Vita touted as cure for modern debility in Atlanta ads
A physician endorses Tona Vita claiming urban life drains vitality and nervous energy. The ad urges readers to try Tone Vita, promising quick relief from debility with a money back guarantee. Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta distributes Tona Vita and Lee's Rhubarb Laxative for families.
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United States
Deblllty
Jacobs
Tona Vita
Atlanta
Tee
Eyidren
Demands of the Miners Refused by Operators
New York March 6 The anthracite miners demands for higher pay union recognition shorter working day and changes were unanimously rejected by forty seven operators. An appointed committee was empowered to inform the United Mine Workers and prepare a counter proposal by March 13.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Fiehds
Relief Promised to Grain Dealers by Cabinet Leaders
Washington March 6 Secretaries Nagel and Wilson advised representatives of the National Grain Dealers Association that pure food orders on transport of grain in its natural state may be suspended. No final decision given. Wilson to take up the question with his agency. Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company offers a mail box with special savings plan, promoting mail delivery and encouraging accounts with one dollar to start and 40 percent interest paid twice yearly.
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Washington
Nagel
Wilson
National Grain Dealers’Association
Graiin
Georgia Savings Bank and Trust
Company
Atlanta
Bank
Father Acquitted Under Unwritten Law in Dallas Case
Patrolman J. K. Yates of Fort Worth was found not guilty of murdering Claude Styers, a Dallas accountant, after claiming his 15-year-old daughter had been improperly approached. Yates traveled to Dallas and shot Styers fourteen times. trial began yesterday and ended today.
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Dallas
Texas
J. K. Yates
Fort Worth
Claude Bstgera
Yates
Styers
Tossed Fifty Feet Boy Lands Unharmed
Conors Barrett a switchman on a fast freight train was thrown about sixty feet from a box car that jumped the track near Armour. He landed on telegraph wires then in mud without a scratch, walked to the city and resumed his run after medical aid arrived.
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Conors Barrett
Barrett
Armour
Patterson
Child Swept From Deck Drowns Near Port Limon
In Costa Rica harbor a 17 month old baby of Mr and Mrs A J Brooks of Kansas City Missouri was swept from the deck of a ship during a lurch and drowned. The mother and father arrived in New Orleans aboard the Orleanian and planned to continue to Kansas City where they will grieve. Chief Steward Dixon, who was escorting the child, was injured in the fall and the body's recovery was not accomplished.
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New Orleans
A. J. Brooks
West Thirty-ninth Street
Kansas City
Ateam
Orleanian
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Orleantan
Dixon
White Slave Law Upheld by Court in Cincinnati
The U S Court of Appeals ruled that interstate commerce and traffic in chattels can be regulated under the white slave law. The conviction of three women on the charge was upheld and they were ordered to serve their sentences. The defense indicated plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Cincinnati
March
Acs
United States Court of Appals
Denniseon
Supreme Court of the United
Seatend
Fate of James Jefferson in clemency review for Columbus murder
James Jefferson of Columbus seeks executive clemency from Governor Joseph M. Brown after a prison commission hearing. He faces potential commutation to life imprisonment for the murder of Policeman Marion Marchant. Petitions from about 4000 locals and officials advocate mercy. opposing voices from Columbus police and Muscogee county officials call for denial. Brown will decide by week’s end after reviewing new evidence claims and witness nonattendance.
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James Jefferson
Columbus
Marion Marchant
Prison Commission
Joseph M. Brown
Jefferson
Brown
Marchant
Wes
Stuccogee
Wal
Munto- Bee
Bank
W. R. Jones
Greenville
Walter P. Andrews
H. If Cabaniel
Atlanta
J. I. Heard
Dooly
EB. J. Wynn
B. Hatcher
L. M. Colson
A. M. Cozart
F. W. Uarrard
T. Hicka Fort
Muscogee
Mayor Gaynor Urged to Speak in Atlanta
Mayor Winn of Atlanta and the Young Men's Democratic League extend an invitation to New York Mayor William J. Gaynor to visit Atlanta and address the league at a convenient time. The Atlanta mayor urges acceptance and a possible near date, noting many local friends would enjoy hearing him discuss any subject.
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Winn
Young Men’s Democratic League
William J. Gaynor
New York
Atlanta
Young Men's Democratic League
League
Courtland S. Winn
Montgomery Plans Big Packing House
A $300000 packing house for Montgomery, Alabama, is close to realization as the Business Men's League pushes for a stock company with $306000 capital to establish the plant. The group has sustained efforts for over a year, mobilizing sentiment in Montgomery and surrounding counties for the new industry, with construction anticipated within months.
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Montgomery
Ala
Business Men's League
League
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Tia
W.E. Lavely
J. G. Oliverd
Bibb County
Writing Machine Co
Stimson
Mexico
China
Sobbleland
Howard
SUN Cult
Fly Wheel
Muse Tailoring Department
Southern Retailers
City of Chattanooga
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Gaynor
Daniel Bros. Co
Risbie
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