Prominent Atlantans Meet to Launch Clean City Drive
A city wide cleanup movement is planned in Atlanta. Health committee members of the Chamber of Commerce will host prominent citizens to discuss public education, motion pictures on dirt and disease, district education workers, and district sewer projects to reduce costs. Charles J. Haden praised The Constitution editorial backing the effort.
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Atlanta
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Committee
Charles J. Haden
Committee
Health Department
Constitution
Rate Advances Suspended for Coal Transport
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed rate increases for coal shipments in carloads from Galveston Texas to Louisiana points. The new rates would have taken effect March 8 but are halted until July 6.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Galveston
Texas
Louisiana
Winter rainfall in Albany far exceeds recent years
Albany Georgia March 7 Special indicates the winter of 1911 12 has been the wettest in years with Albany weather bureau data showing December January February rainfall totals that exceed the four year average. Farmers report boggy fields delaying plowing and fear acreage curtailment will hit food crops more than cotton.
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Albany
South Georgia
Weather Bureau
Athens Trust Officers To Be Prosected
Athens Georgia March 7 Special Immediate prosecutions are expected and civil and criminal suits will be begun against officers of the Athens Trust and Banking Company now in the hands of a receiver. A shareholders meeting instructed a committee to pursue those responsible for losses and deficits. Depositors will be paid dollar for dollar and creditors in full while stockholders are protected. The bank plans a reorganization with new officials and hopes to reopen soon. Prosecutions to begin in a few days.
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Athens
Athens Trust and Banking Company
L. H. Harvey
Atlanta
Dolar
Southeast Georgia Meeting Set for April 24 in Waycross
Waycross Ga March 7 Special April 24 is the date for the southeast Georgia get together meeting to be held in Waycross. The gathering aims to form the Southeast Georgia Industrial and Commercial Association with talks by Georgians. Congressmen Charles G Edwards and William G Brantley will be invited. About twenty four counties from Berrien to Laurens and along the Atlantic coastline will be asked to participate.
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Waycross
Southeast Georgia
Albany
Southeast Georgia Industrial and Commercial Association
Charles G. Edwards
William G. Brantley
Berrien Ung Tift
Laurens
Atlantic
Harlem Postmaster Shuffle Delays McCord Appointment
In Harlem Georgia the appointment of Mrs J P McCord as postmaster to succeed Mrs McMillin is held up pending investigation of charges against the latter. Officials say the charges do not reflect on her character. Mrs McMillin has served eight years amid surprise at a new appointment. Mrs McCord is the wife of Conductor J P McCord and a brother in law of Governor Brown. she was formerly Miss Cary.
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Harlem
J.P. McCord
Federal prisoners begin brief freedom after two-year term
A group of federal prisoners completed two-year terms and left the penitentiary for Fulton county jail en route to Dallas Texas to face charges for defrauding via mail. J F Batten alias J B Jones completed his term yesterday but was rearrested on a postal law violation and held on a $1000 bond. Charles Gregory alias James French and Henry L D Bartram alias Henry Douglas, both from Dallas after federal court convictions for breaking into a post office, will finish their sentences today and will be met by federal officers on exit due to ongoing Dallas warrants.
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Federal Penitentiary
Fulton County
Dallas
Texas
United States
J. FR. Batten
J. B. Jones
Jones
O. C. Fuller
Charles Gregory
James French
Henry LD. Bartram
Henry Douglas
W H Loftin of Dixie Dies at Brunswick
W H Loftin a Dixie Ga resident died at his daughter Mrs A D Gale in Brunswick today after months of illness He was 68 born in Rocky Mount Ga Civil War veteran He lived in Atlanta long time served as deputy clerk of U S court Also postmaster at Dixie for six years Survived by wife two daughters four sons Funeral tomorrow and burial at Palmetto cemetery in this city
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Brunswick
W. H. Loftin
Dixie
A. D. Gale
Lollie Hulsey Loftin
A.D. Gale
W. Cc. Ham
Cairo
H.A. Loftin
Atlanta
Loftin
Montgomery
H. H. Loftin
Carrollton
Palmetto Cemetery
Tick Eradication Drive Gains Farmer Support in Georgia
Ringgold Ga March 7 200 farmers attended an all day meeting for tick eradication unanimously pledging to push the effort. Dr E M Nighbert of the U S Bureau of Animal Industry spoke on breeding and marketing and urged better stock. Dr Peter F Balingan Georgia state veterinarian discussed Georgia tick eradication and Dr Cooper Curtice reported progress across the south. W B Hunter tied the work to Coweta County and Dr William Bradford spoke on the Boys Corn Club program.
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Ringgold
E. M. Nighbert
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Peter F. Balingan
Georgia
Cooper Curtice
South
W. B. Hunter
Georgia Bureau of Industries and Immigration
Coweta County
William Bradford
State College of Agriculture
Sugar Bill Sparks Minority Charge At House Hearing
Washington dispatch reports Ferdney of Michigan accusing the House Ways and Means majority of drafting the free sugar bill to aid refiners. He calls the majority report an admission that domestic beet and cane sugar cannot survive free sugar and notes the refining industry is heavily controlled. McCall of Massachusetts submits a minority report warning the bill would lose $63 million in revenue and shift taxes to workers, criticizing the majority for undue protection of refining interests.
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Washington
House
Ways’ and Means
Ferdney
Michigan
Underwood
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Waya and Means Committee
United States
Moore & Sons Oculist Prescriptions Eyewear
MO L MOORE & SONS offer accurate eye glass prescriptions and the latest frame styles at 42 North Broad Street.
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MO. L. Moore & Sons
North Broad Street
Loss of Eye Verdict Upheld Against Western Union
Ada Mac Fort of near Moultrie won a $5,000 judgment in Colquitt County for delayed delivery of a telegram summoning an eye specialist. The message from Barney to Quitman and on to Moultrie arrived more than twenty four hours late, allegedly causing corneal ulcer and loss of sight. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the verdict after appellate confirmation on demurrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Court of Appeals
Colquitt County
Ada Mac Fort
Moultrie
Western Union Telegraph Company
Barney
Quitman
Quitman Man
Court of Appeals
Mra. Fort
Colquitt Superior Court
Supreme Court
Jackson County Forms Club for John Holder
Jackson county organizes a general campaign committee to back Hon. John M. Holder for the U S House seat in the ninth district. J E Randolph is president, R S McGarrity vice president, Sam Bell secretary, with district committees and mail and field campaigning planned from Randolph building.
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Athens
Jackson County
John M. Holder
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Tom Bell
W. A. Chartera
J. E. Randolph
Holder Club
R. 5
Americus Electric Plant Appraisal Completed
Americus Ga March 7 Special G R Solomon Atlanta expert engineer sent by the railroad commission to Americus to appraise the local electric company property has completed his work and will submit his report Monday. The company seeks 340000 in bond securities but the council protests the figure as excessive given the property value per Solomon’s valuation for the commission�s guidance.
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Americus
G. R. Solomon
Atlanta
Railroad Commission
Electric Company
Solomon
Jolly Your Husbands Says Judge To Wives
Chicago March 7 Judge Co N Goodnow of the Chicago court of domestic relations urged Women Aid and Loan Society members to jolly their husbands reminding that married couples often forget the small niceties like affectionate patting. He warned that neglect of these acts can harm the harmony of marriage.
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Chicago
Co. N. Goodnow
Chicago Court of Domestic Relations
Goodnow
Atlanta to become southern magazines hub after July first
Atlanta would serve as the southern distribution hub for all major magazines if planned postal authority changes and publisher plans succeed. If a trial proves feasible, magazines would be shipped in freight cars to Atlanta then repacked for lines in consignments and small lots for final delivery, effective July 1 if tests are satisfactory.
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Atlanta
Southern Distributing
Hitchcock
Postag
Columbus Watchman Missing in Georgia Mystery
The Night Watchman A N Lawson of the Bible Manufacturing Company vanished after leaving duty early Sunday. Police and family search yielded no clues despite inquiries about two strange men. A hack driver later reported seeing Lawson toward the railway station. he is 60, married, with a one year old son.
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Columbus
A. N. Lawson
Bible Manufacturing Company
Lawson
Clarke Bond Election Registration Closed in Clarke County
Clarke County voters registered until last night for a bond election to authorize 204000 dollars for a new site courthouse jail and jailer's house. A second election on the subject follows a narrow defeat by 106 votes. 1158 votes are needed to carry bonds with a unique plan to badge supporters by number and plus sign. The campaign will identify backers and prepare for a celebration if the count reaches 1158.
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Athens
Clarke County
Man Slays Master of Schooner in New Orleans Quarrel
In New Orleans on March 7 Henry Caruso an inspector of weighing and measuring shot and killed Joseph Cirrino master of the schooner St Rosa after a dispute over a small debt The shooting happened aboard the schooner in the old basin canal Caruso surrendered claiming self defense
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New Orleans
Henry Caruso
Joseph Cirrino
St. Rosa
Old Basin Canal
Caruse
Lynn Woman Kills Neighbor in Street Shooting
In Lynn Massachusetts on March 7 Mrs Florence Ingalls was shot six times by neighbor Mrs Jessie Chapman as she spoke to her on the street. Ingalls died on the sidewalk. Chapman was arrested and confessed saying her life had been ruined by Ingalls. Chapman claimed mental imbalance and her husband Charles Chapman stands by her. Ingalls, widow and mother of three, was about years old. Chapman, 46, is childless and married to a shoe factory worker.
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Lynn
Mass
Florence Ingalls
Jessie Chapman
Railroad officials visit city in tourist and colonist business
Cincinnati based J H Webster and Harry Harlow of Erie Railway visit. C D Boyd Louisville and Nashville general freight agent from Knoxville arrives. H H Hunt Rock Island district passenger agent travels to Birmingham. Thomas Henry Richelieu and Ontario Navigation traffic manager from Montreal with W F Cloney Rochester leave for Birmingham. J D Carter Santa Fe southern agent travels to North Carolina and West Virginia for colonist work. A P Matthews Frisco division passenger agent joins transcontinental line reps seeking tourist business.
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J. H. Webster
Cincinnati
Erie
Herry Harlow
C. D. Boyd
Louisville and Nashville
Knoxville
Tenn
H. H. Hunt
The
Rock Island
Birmingham
Thomas Henry
Montreal
Canada
Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company
W. F. Cloney
Rochester
N. Y
J. D. Carter
Santa Fe
North Carolina
West Virginia
A. P. Matthews
Frisco
Longshoremen Strike Disrupts Gulfport Piers
Gulfport Mississippi March 7 longshoremen on the piers walked out in a strike over alleged faulty time-keeping. Only a few returned to work as officials expect a formal declaration today. Stevedores plan to hire outside labor.
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Gulfport
Misa
Brother of Kitchener Dies in Bermuda
Hamilton Bermuda March 7 Lieut enant General Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener governor and commander in chief of Bermuda died last night after an operation for appendicitis Born 1858 he was brother of the famed field marshal Viscount Kitchener of Khartum now British agent and consul general in Egypt He was appointed Bermuda governor and commander in chief October 31 1908 and had a long military career including Afghan war 1878-80 the Dongola expedition 1896 the Sudan expedition 1898 and the South African War 1899-1902 He later held high command in the Indian army
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Frederick Walter Kitchener
Viscount Kitchener of
Khartum
Egypt
Frederick
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ISON
McMillin
Catoosa County
Muse
Knox
Imperials
Anthiye
John Holder
Americus Electric
Will
Clarke Bond
Sai
Mrs. Chapman
Tern
WTLK
Gold Cross
Snowhilia Aare Bank Pratt
Swift
Cash Grocery Co
Whitehall
Brother
Kitchener
Besa
Fairbank
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