Macon Council Refuses Open Third Street Parks to Wagons
Macon Georgia March 11 special report: city assessors show real estate gain of 9 202 227 and personal property gain of 5 946 222 totaling 15 008 750 an increase of 316 113 over last year while public property valued at 82 800 is not included. council votes to keep parks on Poplar street open to wagons but voids opening on Third street after 22 of 31 owners object. park issue and Master Baptist church encampment matter noted as settled.
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Macon
O Sots
Morris, Harrix
John F. Toole
Council
W. B. Chapman
Third Street
Poplar
Mulperry Streets
Poplar Street
Emanal
of & Co 4
Many Jewels Shown to Her in Valuation Case
Miss Mary E. Loughran tests in Savannah city court to set the value of diamonds stolen from her trunk at the DeSoto hotel in 1893. Jewelry experts compare prices from 1850 to present to determine the loss and the potential damages Watson & Powers, hotel proprietors, may owe.
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Loughran
Savannah
Mary E. Loughran
DeSoto Hotel
Eges
Primary set in Macon and county offices at stake
Wincon County holds a county primary on April 7 in Ogiethorpe Ga to choose county officers. Hon BE Ha faces no opposition for the feature. In Cochran Ga on March 11 a special report notes Officer BR I Lyles captured Floyd Burton, jailed, accused of breaking and entering the depot and post office at Coleys last week. Lyles says sufficient evidence may convict.
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Wincon County
Ogiethorpe
Macon County
BE. Ha
Cochran
BR. I. Lyles
Floyd Burton
Metro
Coleys
Uyles
Burton
Dance in Dublin Honors Visiting Young Ladies
A lively social event entertained local youths Friday night in Henry hall. About fifteen couples danced in a cordial gathering honoring several visiting young ladies, described as one of the prettiest serial dances in recent memory.
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Dublin
Mtaren
Thighty
Henry Hall
Instant Relief and Cure Claim for Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Dr Redwell describes a remarkable chronic stomach case eased by a new discovery Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. He notes the patient, a man with years of dyspepsia, improved after using the tablets though the remedy is not a patent medicine.
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Redwell
Stuart
Augusta Union Station depot plans reshape Walker street
Augusta March 11 Special. Building the new depot requires closing Walker street and creating a short new street across the Harison block. A new avenue will run from the depot front to Telfair street, bisecting one block, as bids for construction are advertised and pole removal discussed with utilities.
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Augusta
Walker Street
Harison
Telfair Street
Thomas K. Scott
Augusta Union Station Company
Telephone, Telegraph, Electric Alarm
Union Station
Golf Fever Grips Augusta as Spring Cup Opens
Augusta Ga March 11 Special Links attract prominent locals and visitors as golf rises in popularity among lawyers doctors merchants and financiers. A spring tournament offers two prize cups for the best record with thirty entries in opening play for the first sixteen places. Weather is ideal and large crowds attend each afternoon.
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Augusta
WeGro Boy Robs Uncle Sam in Savannah Substation
Henry Bruce colored aged 17 pleaded guilty in U S court to stealing postal funds from a Savannah substation post office. He was sentenced to three years in a government reformatory in Cheltenham Md for a total theft of 60 dollars, spread over weeks. He said his stepfather urged the theft. half the money went to the stepfather and the rest to buying a watch and two bicycles.
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Savannah
Henry Bruce
United States
Cheltingham
Young Bruce
Tie
Farmers Begin Their Work in Southern Georgia
Cordell Ga March 11 Special The sun has spurred corn planting to accelerate across southern Georgia after a cold spell delayed operations for weeks Farmers say winters grow colder and more severe each year while the pine forests' removal and farm expansion reshape the region Immigrants arriving in south Georgia bring changes and improvements to the countryside
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Georgia
Cordell
South Georgia
Denss
Many Seek Carroll County Tax Collector
Carrollton March 11 Special The contest for Carroll county tax collectorship at the primary grows by the day Incumbent Tr P Kingsbery is opposed by E Creel J T Jones and W S Craven A new candidate M P Maxwell J D Sewell of this city pushes for the Democratic renomination Sewell has been a populist leader but the populist paper is no longer published in the county and a ticket may not be issued this year
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Carroll
Carrollton
Gay
Carroil County
Tr. P. Kingsbery
E. Creel
J. T Jones
W. 8
Sewell
Much Work for City Court in Carrollton GA
The Carrollton city court begins its civil docket with substantial business. The court’s efficiency draws cases away from the overcrowded superior court, which now lacks four weeks of docket space. Farmers welcome good weather as hungry for work, trucking in fertilizers. Farmers from Alabama and nearby counties haul wagons long distances to the market, bringing thousands of tons of commercial fertilizer amid clear spring conditions.
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Tarroliton
City Court
Carrollton
Carrolton
Alabama
Cleburne
Randolph
Heard County
Oxford Boy Still Missing in Oxford Georgia
Clyde Giles, 11, is still missing with no trace found. He is the son of Joan Gilles, a leading Newton County farmer, who lives near Oxford. He disappeared between January 2 and midnight January 2, and has not been seen since.
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Oxford
Oxford Ga
Clyde Giles
Joan Gilles
Newton County
Mineral Bluff Guaranties and Local Agreements
Mineral Bluff Georgia reports on March 11 special dispatch detailing financial guarantees and commitments involving 277 Blue Ridge entities and local committees. The item notes recent payments and bound obligations affecting municipal projects and community funds.
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Mineral Bluff Guarantines
Miner
Bluff, Ga
Blue Ridge És Gecomit
Paalipoes
Fleming Declares Duty Calls Prevent Joint Debate
Special correspondence reports Georgia congressman Fleming saying he cannot quit his Washington duties for a district debate unless constituents request it. Hardwick pressed for a joint meeting and set tentative schedules. Fleming cited public duties and travel costs, promising to meet on the stump before the primary if feasible.
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Bleming
Washington
Fleming
Hardwick
T. W. Kate
Tennille News
Congress
Denen
Thomson
Appling
Columbia County
Irwinton
Wilkinson County
Warrenton
Warren County
Lincolnton
Lincoln Court
Louisville
Jefferson
Glascock
Hancock
Weming
Amleas
Education of Negro Boys at Toccoa Mechanical and Industrial School
In Toccoa Georgia March 11 a new mechanical and industrial school for negro boys has begun, with ground broken for a modest frame building. Rev J B Dintuis leads the effort aided by J Everhardt and H H Owen, with Caplan Cooper donating land and support from Captain George A. Canper. Plans call for twenty five pupils to study woodwork blacksmithing fruit raising and farming to self support while in school. Fort Valley work continues after a fire. a new three story building is planned with dormitory for boys. George Foster Peabody and G B Branson visit and advise on curriculum aligning with Tuskegee model.
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Toccoa
J. B. Dintuis
J. Everhardt
HH. C. Owen
Toolcca
George A. Canper
Dowa
Caplan Cooper
Augusta
Fort Valley School
Fort Valley
Fort Valley High and Industrial School
Musfort
Te School
George Foster Peabody
New York
BG. C. Branson
Stain Normal School
Athens
Eropteser Branson
Davison
J. W. Davison
Fruit
Georgia
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School of Alabama
Elzabeth Lahey
Edward George Lowry
Atlanta
Church of the Holy Comforter
Kate Campbell
Nell Williams
Greenville
Beatrice Caldwell Johnson
Birmingham
Montgomery
Jeannette Robinson
Montevallo
Charles IX Moritz
Daughters of the Confederacy
Mountain Creek
Camp Falkner
J. D. Beale
Phelan
Sid Phelan
Misa Letitia Williamson
Macon
A. H. Williamson
If. F. Vandiver
Annie Lyte Smith
Tuskegee
Caroline
Louisa Hannon
T. L. Sowell
Jasper
Prominent St Louis official Hobbs dead pioneer business figure
Wiliam A Hobbs republican member of the St Louis board of election commissioners and a leading businessman dies. Born in Kentucky in 1854 he lived most of his life in St Louis.
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Wiliam A. Hobbs
Board of Election Commissioners
St. Louis
Mr. Hobbs
Kentucky
York
Benjamin Butler
Pennsylvania Agricultural Works
Butler
Iron Molders’ Union
Parkersburg
W. Va
Joe Daly
Johnyle
Prince
Kyle
Daly
Edict Sends General Ma to Punish Bandits Near Feehel
An imperial Chinese edict orders General Ma to proceed to Fee hel about a hundred miles northeast of Fekin to personally supervise the punishment of bandits who killed a Belgian priest. The strikers at St Johns N F caused two sealing steamers Terra Nova and Neptune to elude them and head to sea. The Bank of St Petersburg at Azov is insolvent with government oversight. Severe earthquakes at Shamakav Trans Caucasus left about 12000 destitute since mid February.
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Feehel
Fekin
Neptune
St. Johns
N. F
Bank of
Shamakav
Trans-Caucasis
Big Money in Fertilizers at Virginia Carolina
Virginia Carolina Chemical officials met New York financiers in conference today. No talk of consolidation with American Cotton Ol or Kindred companies appeared. Management cited excellent trade and said last quarter earnings rose, predicting net earnings of at least 3 million dollars for the year ending June 15. A second meeting was planned with a formal statement likely at a later time.
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Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
New York
Mrs Scott Entertains in West Point Ga March 11
Mrs Fannie Scott hosts a Sunday school class gathering in West Point with fern and buttercup decorations. Highlights include a goober walk won by John Davidson and a consolation by Alfred Pritty. Refreshments at 11 finish the evening assisted by Susie Hayes Louise Scott and Dr T E Barker. invited guests listed.
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Scott
West Point
Fannie Scott
John Davidson
Alfred Pritty
Miss Loudle Lindley Visits Douglasville Social Circles
Southern society notes from Douglasville and nearby towns recount Miss Loudle Lindley of Power Springs visiting social circles, upcoming weddings and engagements, visitors from Atlanta and Savannah, charity events, and local club meetings across Georgia communities including Montgomery and Thomson celebrations.
Reception in Elberton Honors Guests at Armand Home
Elberton Georgia March 11 special report describes a Thursday afternoon reception hosted by Mrs C J Armand at her College Avenue residence. The lower floor was decorated with palms ferns and jonguils in a white and yellow scheme with courses of refreshments and a long guest list including many Elberton residents and friends from nearby Burtons Huntsville and other locales.
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Sparta
Especial
Eunice Thomas
Home Damatio Club
Claude Lewis
Bessie Lewis
Plorence Clancy
Lmy Vardeman
Bessie Vardeman
T. M. Jones
Carl Fleming
Bitet Lamar
John Roberts
A. G. Vardeman
Rockmart
Robert Cochrane
Twentieth Century Club
Fannie Newcombe
Ela Heard
Rome
R R. Beasley
Bb. H. McGinnis
Stileshoro
J. & Roberts
Mise Pearl Camp
Kate Kirton
D. M. Russell
Embrey
Cedartown
Elberton
C. J. Armand
College Avenue
Julien Brewer
J. M. Wester
John Charles Righard
L. G. Swift
H. K. Gardner
J. E. Asbury
H. P. Hunter
Algienon Clem‘ons
BE. A. Cason
Fitch
Burton
Palmer
Huntsville
Ala
EB. B. Heard
J. ¥. Swift
Blood Balm claims cure for blood poison and diseases
A vintage advertisement promotes Boranic Blood Balm as a universal cure for blood poisons cancer ulcers boils and skin eruptions. It asserts 30 years of use and promises a sample mail order to Atlanta Georgia with medical advice in a sealed letter.
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Blood Balm Co
Tog S
Forsyth St
Atlanta
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