Arlos Mason Reappointed Police Board Chairman
Arlos Mason is again elected chair of the police board by fellow commissioners. A veteran of five years as a commissioner, Mason previously served as chair and has broad support from council members and the police force. He pledges to maintain the department’s high standing and continue protecting citizens and property.
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OL ‘Mason
Nan
Police. Com
Magen
Canon
Wom
Mason
Carlos Mason
Georgia Law and Pool Playing Spark Legal Question in Atlanta
In Atlanta a pool and billiards game is described as a harmless pastime yet deemed gaming under Georgia law. Judge Calhoun cites the statute as two men playing for stake could be guilty, but a jury found two defendants not guilty after acknowledging the practice. The piece notes widespread participation and hints at higher officials’ affinity for billiards, urging stricter enforcement or reversals.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Calhoun
Etittinal Court
Atlante
Supreme Bench
Fortunes Teller Promises Jewel Reunions for Chicago Woman
Mrs. Helen D. Roseboom of Chicago, who lost diamonds and stones worth about 2000 last Monday at the Georgian Terrace hotel, reports a fortune teller predicts swift recovery. The unnamed adviser described the jewels exactly and claimed they will be returned soon, despite no press coverage yet. The heirloom pieces include diamonds handed down through generations and valued at as much as five figures.
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Helen D. Roseboom
Chicago
Georgian Terrace
Harlem Post Office Controversy Ends In Name Swap
A lengthy Harlem Ga statement outlines the postmaster dispute. John M Barnes, a Republican backer of national figures, sought to replace Mra McMillan with J P McCord but faced opposition from Senator Hoke Smith and Mr Hardwick. Eventually Mrs McCord’s bid faltered, and a petition backed by McMillan supporters prompted debate about Miss Willingham’s appointment. EF H Phillips signs the note.
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Harlem
John M. Barnes
Tenth Congressional District
Mra. McMillan
Mra
Mc Millan
Barnes
Hoke Smith
Hardwick
J. P. McCord
Brown
Mrs. McMillan
McMillan Side
Miss Willingham
John T. West
BE. W. Hawes
Thomson
Will Reed
C. H. Stone
Crawfordville
Horace Holden
Augusta
Wilkes
Lincoln County
A. B. Barnett
Sharon
J. A. Sturgess
Glasscock
Pilcher
Warrenton
G. A. Ray
Norwood
P. W. Godfrey
Covington
Davidson
Atlanta
Smith-Hardwick
Powers Receives Twenty Year Sentence in Nameless Crime
Madison Ga March 12 Special Powers was found guilty with mercy recommendation in superior court for a crime against his 14 year old daughter. He was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary.
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Madison
BH. CG. Powers
Mercy
Great progress made on St Andrews Canal
Columbus Ga March 12 Special Excellent progress is being made in digging the canal turning the Chattahoochee system into St Andrews bay one of the Gulf of Mexico’s largest harbors The first of two channel cuts at Lake Wimico is done and a second cut begins A government fleet of dredges and snag pullers is at work To Vote on Hondas Columbus Ga March 12 Special A strong citizens committee will mobilize voters for bonds to finish a concrete bridge across the Chattahoochee at Dillingham Street A New Enterprise G Strupper will establish a monumental marble works here The site is chosen To Build Apartment House David S Goldberg awarded contract for a handsome apartment house Architects Busy Columbus Ga March 12 Special architects report heavy local and regional building plans in west Georgia with many substantial improvements and increased activity.
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Columbus
Chattahoochee
St. Andrews’ Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Apalachicola
St. Andrews
Lake Wimico
Chattahoochee River
Dillingham Street
Columbus, Ga
G. &. Strupper
David 8S Goldberg
West Georgia
Tax deadline notice from E E Williams Tax Col
March 15th is the last day for giving in taxes. E. E. Williams, Tax Collector.
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E. E. Williams
Bulletin on State Farm Schools to be published
Athens Ga March 12 Special C B Lane of the U S government's experimental station will work with the State College of Agriculture and University of Georgia officials to publish a bulletin this year detailing the work of Georgia's twelve agricultural schools in congressional districts The federal department expands to include state colleges and high schools and reports from Alabama and Wisconsin are cited as precedents for the new Georgia publication
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Athens
C. B. Lane
United States
Agricultural Department of Washington
Andrew M. Lauie
State College of Agriculture
Joseph S. Stewart
Lane
State College
Alabama
Wisconsin
Georgia
Funeral for Miss Sarah Frierson Fills Athens Church
Large throng attends the funeral of Miss Sarah Frierson, longtime librarian at the University of Georgia. The service at the church, led by Rev. Troy Beatty and Rev. J. Co. Davis, honors her decades of service as students and faculty from UGA gather. Burial occurs at Oconee cemetery as flowers blanket the grave.
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Atheny
Apedtal
Sarah” Frierson
University of Georgia
Athens
Grouth
Georgia
Troy Beatty
Oart
J. Co. Davis
Miss Frierson
Oconee Cemetery
Russell Arrested for Goulds Injury in Rome Georgia
Rome Ga March 12 Spectal reports Clarence Russell a young white man was arrested and later released on 500 bond charged with assault with intent to murder Captain George Gould a noted steamboat man found Saturday night on the Alabama road badly wounded Russell says his wagon horses stumbled as he passed the scene and denies any assault A. H Gould son of the injured man says Russell ran over him with a wagon
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Rome
Spectal
George Gould
Clarence Russell
Gould
Alabama Road
Russell
A. H. Gould
Bacon Introduces Bill For Dr. Geo. F. Payne
Washington report states Senator Bacon has introduced a senate bill to raise pharmacist status in the regular army and national guard on an army footing. Dr. George F. Payne of Atlanta, former state chemist and now chairman of the American Pharmaceutical Association military affairs committee, backs the measure. The bill follows Surgeon General recommendations and renames the hospital corps as the medical corps with higher salaries matching duties.
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Washington
Bacon
Senate
National Guard
George F. Payne
Atlanta
American Pharmaceutical Association
Sur-Geon
Atlanta Asked to Join International Chamber
Secretary Cooper of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce received a letter inviting the local association to join the International Congress of Chambers of Commerce. The Boston meeting in September 24 to 28 will be the first in America with Taft and other officials attending. A resolution to recognize the association is before Congress.
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Cooper
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
International Congress of Chambers of Commerce
America
Boston
Taft
United States
United States Congress
International Association
Gold headed cane given to Adamson
Washington March 12 Representative Adamson receives a gold headed cane from jewelers and the committee on interstate and foreign commerce as a souvenir of the canal zone tour. The cane wood comes from a log found 56 feet below sea level during Gatun locks excavations, and the gold head was donated by the party members. Although presented on the Cristobal, the cane’s formal handover occurred today after weeks to prepare the wood.
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Washington
Adamson
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commérée
Canal Zone
Gatun Locks
William L. Sibert
Vision
Charles L. Deardorff Dies in Florida Home
Charles L. Deardorff of St. Augustine Florida died after several weeks illness. He directed The Record Company plant and helped its growth to become Florida’s best equipped. Survived by wife and two daughters, one married in 1911. Body to be taken to Springfield Ohio for burial.
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Nova
Atlanta
Charles L. Deardorff
St. Augustine
Fla
Deardorff
Record Company
Wasa
Showalter Printing Company
Dalton
Florida
Dearhorff
Morida
Ohio
Springfield
Big Rate Hearing to Be Held in Atlanta
The Atlanta freight bureau filed two complaints with the Interstate Commerce Commission over railroad rates to and from Atlanta and several eastern and western cities. Commissioner Meyer will attend on April 22 to hear testimony from the majority of respondents gathered for the session.
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Atlanta
Atlanta ‘Freight Bureau
Interstate ‘Commpere Commission
Meyer
Oagen
Houston county Boys Corn Club organized with sixty-one members
Perry Ga March 12 special sixty one Houston county Boys Corn club organized with W C Watson Wells ton elected president Jank Stubbs and Felix Orsett first and second vice presidents Parly Cheek secretary and treasurer Government agent James assisted organization W Lems county agent spoke prizes to October county residents sponsor contests. 1911 records show some boys yielded over one hundred bushels per acre.
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W. ©. Lems
Roosevelt briefly seated then excused from juror duty
Mineola March 12 Theodore Roosevelt was drawn as juror No 7 in Michael Carmody versus New York Central railroad but was eliminated by plaintiff counsel John J Graham who challenged him peremptorily. Roosevelt expressed willingness to serve but was excused as a busy man to spare the court days.
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Mineola
L. I
Theodore Roosevelt
Michael Carmody
New York Central Railroad
John J. Graham
Carmody
Roosevelt
Women in Clash Over Suffrage in New Jersey Capitol
In Trenton on March 12 rival groups of women debated suffrage in the state capitol. Leaders included Mrs. Clara Laddy for the suffragists and Mrs. Clara Fisher for the opposition. Speakers from Newark and Trenton argued for the ballot to aid women’s industrial and legal interests, while opponents challenged the rationale.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Clara Laddy
Clara Fisher
Fisher
Malinda Scott
Newark
Charlotte Gilman
America
Miss Hronson
Federal Bureau of Labor
William J. Davis Dies Sudden in Marietta
William J. Davis, 66, longtime Cobb County farmer, died suddenly at his Marietta home today at 6 oclock after being found on the hall floor. He leaves eight children and his wife. Funeral and burial are set for Thursday at 10 in the morning. Davis moved to Marietta from a farm near McLand four years ago.
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Marietta
William J. Davis
Cobb
McLand
Jury to Decide Packers Conspiracy Guilty or Not
Chicago March 12 United States District Judge George A Carpenter denied removing the Packers case from the jury. The panel will determine if the ten defendants violated the Sherman law in a conspiracy case based on circumstantial evidence. Arguments centered on prior records and connections to Morris & Co and personnel. Trial expected to start tomorrow with a six week defense presentation.
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Chicago
United States
George A. Carpenter
Defendats
Carpenter
J. Ogden Armour
Thomas J. Connors
M. W. Borders
Mdward Norris
Louis Heymann
Morris & Co
New Jersey
Maine
Navy Budget Set At 220 Million In Coming Year
London March 12 The government report laid before the House of Commons shows the estimated expenditure for the British navy in the coming year at 220,427,000 dollars, a decrease of 1,525,000 from last year.
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London
House of Commons
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International Chmber
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National - Guard
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Nformal
John Corrigan, Jr
Charles L. Deardoff
Houston
Beacon Shoes
Goodyear West
F. M. Hoyt Shoe Co., Makers
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Beacon Shoe Store
Peachtree Street
New Jersey Capitol
Packers
U. S
Meat Kings
Wn Mas
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Oppenheim
Chattanooga
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