Encampment Favors Atlanta Park Move by Grand Army
The Georgia and South Carolina Grand Army of the Republic held its twelfth annual encampment in Atlanta with two sessions. Officers for the coming year were elected and a unanimous resolution endorsing a Peachtree Battlefield Park near Atlanta was adopted to urge national action at the Chicago encampment in August. The afternoon session named S A Darnell as department commander, F A Jones as senior vice commander, and Edward Wallace as junior vice commander. The event included an evening entertainment by the Ladies Auxiliary of the O M Mitchel post at Nonesuch.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Georgia
Atlanta
Nonesuch
Woman's
O. M. Mitchel
Chicago
Georgia Department
C. T. Watson
O. M. Mitchell Post
Northoad Street
Alex Mattison
Georgia
South Carolina
Mattison
Peachtree Battlefield Park
Thia Department
8. A. Darnell
Jasper
F. A. Jones
Tallapoosa
Edward Wallace
Buford
S. C
Dr Hathaway Electric Belt Offer in Atlanta Office
Dr Hathaway M D announces electric belt and cabinet electrical machine as treatment for varicocele and chronic ailments. He cites many cures and invites office or mail consultations at 24 A South Broad Street Atlanta with hours 9 am to 8 pm daily and Sundays 1 to 3.
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Manly LN Hathaway
Atlanta
Newton Hathaway
Dr. Hathaway, & Co
South Broad Street
Orcs
Tos Tod
Georgia Grand Army of the Republic Encampment Held in Atlanta
Medical director Dr G W D Patter and other officers were noted as installed in Atlanta with resolutions mourning Generals J R Lewis. The Georgia Grand Army of the Republic set the 13th annual encampment for Fitzgerald in March next year, with invitations from Fitzgerald and Tallapoosa. The Ladies Auxiliary hosted a program at the Nonesuch with confederate veterans and several speeches and musical numbers.
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G. W. D. Patter
Atlanta
Dr. Shinn
Atlante
James P. Averill
Alex Mattison
J. R. Lewis
Paia
C. T. Watson
Department of Georgia
Grand Army of the Republic
Fitzgerald
Tallapoosa
Nonesuch
Woman's Auxiliary
O. J. Nave
Lucius Perry Hills
Malvina May
H. K. Scott
Vivian Marsh
van Hunter
Ume
Lowndes Calhoun
Darnell
Mr. Long
Obert O. Rodgers
Dr. Coe
A. J. McBride
South Carolina
Avanta
Labor Notes Previewing Atlanta Trade Lectures and Unions
Fully 800 tickets have been sold for a lecture by 8. M. White at Federation hall on North Forsyth street. The subject is Political Economy and Sociology and proceeds go to federation improvements. An orchestra from the federation will perform. John J. Connolly of Boston is in the city aiding machinist organization. The Street Railway Employees' Union meets at Federation hall to aid wider organization. The Georgia Federation of Labor plans its Augusta convention with delegates from locals including Glassblowers' Union of Tullapoosa and Atlanta will send delegates. The Brotherhood of Electrical Workers meets at Federation hall. The Carpentry Union also meets there. C. C. Joustes travels for the Internat ional Typographical Union. An official federation time board is being prepared for year round meeting schedules.
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M. White
Federation Hall
North
Forsyth Street
White
Atlanta Federation of Trades
John J. Connolly
Boston
International Association of Machinists
South
Atlanta Union of Machinists
Atlanta
Street Railway Employees' Union
H. F. Garrett
Georgia Federation of Labor
Augusta
Glassblowers’ Union
Tullapoosa
Carpenters’ Union
C. C. Joustes
Atlanta Journal of Labor
Montgomery
Ala
International Typographical Union
Board of Trustees
The
Brumby Monument Group Sees Growing Fund Drive
Brumby Monument Association met yesterday afternoon to receive reports on the effort. Members expressed strong enthusiasm as subscriptions climb with about $2,000 already raised and more contributions daily. Today a $5 donation arrived from F. S. Singer of Stewart County and another anonymous donor from the state sent funds.
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Brumby Monument Association
F. S. Singer
Stewart County
College for catechists planned near Montgomery
Very Rev. J. R. Slattery of Baltimore, for the Fathers of St. Joseph's Society, bought 210 acres five miles from Montgomery to build a college for Negro catechists. It will be the first school of its kind in the region, aiming to train students who will later teach rural schools. The effort has the patronage of Cardinal Gibbons.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. R. Slattery
Baltimore
Fathers of St. Joseph's Society
Cardinal ‘Gibbons
Countess Schimmelmann Tells of Her Life Work
Countess Schimmelmann speaks in Atlanta on her life of charity and faith. She recalls spending about 12000 dollars in America, plans to travel west after leaving for Asheville, and emphasizes salvation through Jesus Christ paired with practical love to aid both souls and bodies.
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Schimmelmann
New York
Countess Schimmelmann
Jesus Christ
Europe
Christ
Adeli Mann
Countess Scitimmel
Lecture on Cyrano by Prof H S Clark at Grand
Professor H S Clark of the University of Chicago will present a dramatic reading from Cyrano de Bergerac at the Grand for the Atlanta Lecture Association next Monday night. The analysis emphasizes poetry romance and bluster, with Clark famed for Lear renditions and a year and a half study of Cyrano. The piece is hailed as the century’s greatest drama and has sweeping international appeal with productions in Paris Madrid and beyond. Box office opens this morning for Lecture Association members to reserve seats.
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Clark
America
5. H. Clark
University of Chicago
Atlanta
Mr. Mansfield
Professor Clark
Hostrand
Shakespeare
Cyrano
Roxane
Coqueln
Paris
Sweden
Servia
Lecture Associaton
Decatur Seeks New Union Passenger Depot
Decatur Alabama residents press for construction of a new union depot following Alabama Railroad Commission discussions with Louisville and Nashville and Southern railroad authorities. A new facility is badly needed to serve the growing city.
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Decatur
Ala
New Decatur
Alabama Railroad Commission
Louisville and Nashville and Southern
Halifax Hotel Destroyed in Morning Fire at Halifax
The Halifax hotel in Halifax, Raleigh area, burned early today. All guests escaped including many lawyers and a sitting judge. Estimated loss about twelve thousand dollars. city term of court adjourned due to the blaze.
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Raleigh
N. C
Halifax
Death of R. T. Smillie in Brooklyn
R T Smillie, once a prominent Atlantian, died of pneumonia in Brooklyn on Tuesday night after a brief illness. He lived in Atlanta from 1871 until five years ago, leaving a wife and five grown children. His body will be brought back to Atlanta for interment. funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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Brooklyn
R. T. Smillie
Mr. Smille
N. Y
Atlanta
Smillie
Prank C. Smillie
Elia W
H. A
I. R. Smillie
E. 3. Tupman
New York
Mail robber charged in Decatur case
Charles Dyer a veteran railway mail clerk is in the toils for robbing the United States mail in Decatur Alabama He was well known in the boom days as a high roller and all around sport with local ties to the area charged March 8 Special report
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Decatur
Ala
Charles Dyer
United States Mail
Dyer
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O. M. Mitchel Post
DR. Hathaway
Labor Notes
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Constitution
Asheville
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Sloan
Chamberuin
Insondubose Co
Wamsutta
Smyrna
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