Atlanta Phi Delta Theta Banquet Honors Founders Day
College days will be saved tonight as Atlanta Phi Delta Theta alumni host a Founders Day banquet at the Aragon hotel at 8:30. Invitations were sent to all reachable Atlanta Phis, with others urged to contact Grover C. Middlebrooks to reserve plates. Delegates from Georgia, Emory and Mercer attend. Mayor Winn declined due to travel.
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Atlanta
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Aragon Hotel
Phi
Phosa
Grover C. Middlebrooks
Candler
Ohio
United States
Canada
Benjamin Harrison
Frederick Funston
Ray Stannard Baker
Eugene Field
E. J. Spratling
Legal Alumni Club
Marcus W. Beck
N. M. Reid
William M. Slaton
W. A. Speer
Charles A. Gaskill
Walter O. Marshbush
Harry Thompson
Gaskill
Georgia
Old Oglethorpe University
Dixie Flyer To Florida Departs 8 30 P M From Atlanta
Going to Florida Dixie Flyer sails at 8 30 p m while South Atlantic Limited departs 10 10 p m from Atlanta. Sleeping car reservations available in advance. Baggage checked from hotel or residence. City Ticket Office at Peachtree and Marietta Streets. Contact Bell Phone Main 63 and Atlanta Phone 157. W H Fogg district passenger agent Atlanta Ga.
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Florida
Atlanta
Central OF Georgia
Peachtres
Marietta
Bell Phone
W. H. Fogg
Atlanta, Ga
Clarke County announces candidates for office in Athens
Candidates for Clarke County offices announced in Athens. Opposition appears only to Judge Wingfield Sr for ordinary. others unopposed or only preliminary bids for state senate solicitor general and congressional seats. Two candidates, Woolver M. Smith and Frank A. Lipscomb, will contest the two Clarke seats for representative. Underwood club to be formed as campaign for $200,000 courthouse bonds begins.
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Athens
SB. Wingfield Sr
Robert C. Orr
E. J.crawford
Walter E. Jackson
H. H. Linton
H. Dorsey
E. [. Smith
Woolver M. Smith
Frank A. Lipscomb
Clarke
DuBose
dJonn B. Gamble
A. O. Nix
Gwinnett
W. H. Quarterman
Winder
H. L. J. Smith
Commerce
W. A. Stevens
Congress
Samuel J. Tribbie
Underwood Club
Local engineers form city branch of ASCE
The Local Society of American Engineers met at the University Club yesterday and organized a local branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. About 25 members attended. Arthur Pew was chosen temporary president, with W A Hansell as secretary and Alex Bonneyman and James N Hazlehurst named to the executive committee.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
University Club
Arthur Pew
W. A. Hansell
Alex Bonneyman
James N. Hazlehurst
Son of Oil Magnate Remarries Step-Sister in Palm Beach
West Palm Beach Fla March 14 Rev E Pierce son of H Clay Pierce oil magnate and Miss Virginia Burrows were married last night by Rev Edwin A Waldo at the Congregational church Pierce's prior marriage to Mrs Elizabeth Berry Chapmaen is said to have been annulled Pierce aged 29 Burrows 20 Pierce's father declined to comment on the marriage
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West Palm Beach
Fla
E. Pierce
H. Clay Pierce
Oll
Virginia Burrows
Edwin A Waldo
Congregsgional Church
Pierce
Elizabeth Berry Chap- Maen
H. Ashton Henry
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Mies Burrows
HS Clay Pierce
Bibb county leans Underwood in primary race
Macon reports strong Underwood sentiment dominating Bibb county with Judge W H Felton shifting to support a southern candidate. Bibb executive committee schedules May 1 primary and outlines cost plans. Macon health officials complain of police noncooperation on pure food regulations. Grace remains in critical pneumonia state. New dog catcher Pliny faces Albany appearance after alleged hoodoo pattern in city history.
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Copa
Macon
Macon Board of Health
Board of Health
South Georgian Train Schedule to South Georgia
The South Georgian of the A B and A departs at 10 18 for all paints in South Georgia. Sleepers to Thomasville and Waycross available for occupancy at Union Station at 9 00 pm. The beat route. Try It.
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South Georgian
All Paints
South Georgia
Thomasville
Waycross
Union Station
Two youths sentenced to federal prison in Ludville break-in
Steve Calahan and Veri H Cape, youths from Pickens county Georgia, were sentenced by Judge Newman to two years in federal prison and fined 3100 each for breaking into the port office at Ludville on the night of January 20. Both are described as large, in their youth and with favorable appearances, and one may not be old enough to vote.
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Steve Calahan
Veri H. Cape
Pickeng County
Newman
Ludville
Pickens County
Calahana
Cape
State Board Prepares Reply to Charges
The State Board of Health met in the capital and discussed its forthcoming reply to charges raised by Dr. Wims F. Westmoreland. The document will defend Secretary and executive officer Dr. H. F. Harris and cover every feature of the allegations. Only routine matters were otherwise discussed.
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State Board of Health
Wims F. Westmoreland
H. F. Harris
Jury Panel Finalized In Crawford Case In New Orleans
The jury to decide Annie Crawford’s fate was completed after three days of selection. Tomorrow the state will begin presenting witnesses to prove Crawford died of morphine poisoning administered by her sister. The twelve jurors are about the same age as the defendant.
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New Orleans
Annie Crawford
Miss Crawford
Cape
A. L. Metz
Ellisa Crawford
J. A. O'Hara
C. Wiliam Groetsch
Record tobacco sales in Louisville set three decade highs
In Louisville Kentucky on March 14 the burley leaf market broke 30 year records as a hogshead sold for 45 dollars per hundred pounds and another for 43 dollars. Competition among buyers from several firms surged after a buyer represented by a firm prior to a Supreme Court decision that dissolved the tobacco trust.
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Louisville
Burley
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
New Officials in Griffin Georgia Face Water and Politics
A Georgia state health board report in Griffin declares the water system sanitary with ample supply for years, ending fears of branch-water drinking last summer. Reports also note Col. W E H Searcy being discussed as a possible state senator from the twenty sixth district with rivals in Spalding and Payette counties.
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Grifin
Georgia State Board of Health
Searcy
J. B. Bell
Spalding
Native Born Scots Will Hold Meeting Tonight
The Alanta Scattlah Society will meet at 8 o'clock in the Knights of Pythiss hall in the Kiser building. A report on future conduct of organization business will be read and annual officer elections will be held. A smoker will be tendered to guests and officials.
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Alanta Scattlah Society
Knights of Pythiss
Kiser
Reese Montgomery Dies After Long Illness In Atlanta
Died Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta at his home after an extended illness. Funeral set for 2:30 PM at Allen Temple church with many white friends mourning the loss of Uncle Reese, a prominent figure from the city’s reconstruction era.
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Recht Montgomery
Darky
Atlanta
Allen Temple
Reese
Receivers Named for Cleaner Concern
The McCrum Howell Company a vacuum cleaner concern now in federal receivers hands after filings in Philadelphia and Chicago. H E Pfahler of Philadelphia holds 310 300 in stock and Edward R Stetinius president Diamond Match and Walter D Updearn stockholder were named receivers in ancillary actions. The case ties the firm to the government suit against the bathtub trust as a cause of its distress.
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Chicago
McCrum- Howell Company
Philadelphia
H. EB. Pfahler
United States
Banborn
Edward R. Stettinius
Diamond Match Company
Walter D. Updearn
No breach of peace to dance turkey trot
New Britain Conn March 14 Judge James T Meckill rules no breach of peace in dancing the turkey trot A young man arrested at a local dance hall after being ejected for dancing the trot was involved in the decision by the judge preserving the right to dance the popular step
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New Britain
Conn
James T. Meckill
Columbus Aids Boys Corn Club Efforts In West Georgia
West Georgia counties push boys corn club movement with strong local support from Columbus. Agent C M James reports growing club organization, cooperative education backing, and rising prize lists despite weather delays. Plans also include enlargement of National Shaw Case Company plant and hotel remodeling. Dr W W Wadsworth to preach at St Pauls Methodist Church. W Bazemore to open a large electrically operated ginnery, one of three in Columbus area.
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Columbus
Boys’ Corn Club
West Georgia
C. M. James
National Bhaw Case Company
James Aa. Lewis
Lewis
Aso
First Avenue
Eleventh Street
Wadsworth
W. W. Wadsworth
Atlanta
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Detectives Arrested On Conspiracy Charge In Pittsburg
Pittsburg, March 14. Harry H. Perkins and James McKane, detectives, were arrested by Erie officers on conspiracy charges linked to the desecration of Congressman W. L. Scott's mausoleum in Erie in February 1911. Mortimer Hall, Perkins relative, arrested in Erie on the same charge. Bail set at $1,000. Gilbert Perkins and Charles Franklin, former agency head and manager, were also charged. both convicted of blackmail and sent to Leavenworth last Tuesday.
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Pittsburg
Harry H. Perkins
James McKane
Erie
Mortimer 3i Hall
Perkins
W. L. Scott
Gilbert Perkins
Horry
Charles Franklin
Philadelphia
Charles Strong
Leavenworth
Alleged Forged Killed by Deputies and Citizens Posse
In Houston Mississippi on March 14 Hube A Dobbs, indicted for alleged forgery, was shot and killed near Ancho when deputies and local citizens surrounded his hiding place. He fired first with an automatic pistol and the posse returned fire, killing Dobbs as they sought his surrender. His bond had been forfeited about a year earlier.
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Houston, Misse
Hube A. Dobbs
Ancho, Miss
Houston
Dobbs
Wiis
Artist Dean Dead in Gloucester at 58
Walter Westhouse Dean a marine artist of international reputation died last night at his home in Gloucester. He had been ill since November. Dean studied in Paris under Boulanger and Jules Lefebre. Several of his pictures were purchased by the federal government. One work depicts the Vigilant skimming peat the Valkyrie in the race of October 13, 1892.
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Gloucester
Maas
Marco
Walter Westhouse
Dean
Et Gloucester
Paris
Boulanger
Jules Lefebre
Georgia Court Rules No Suspension Of Criminal Sentences
The Georgia Supreme Court held that no court may suspend a criminal sentence except to review judgment. In Daniels v Persons, Danielia pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons in Monticello and was sentenced to twelve months on the chain gang. The court suspended the sentence for mood behavior, later ordered arrest, and sent to the chaingang. The high court affirmed denial of habeas corpus, stating suspensions are void and execution must proceed despite court orders.
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Georgia
Sayr
State Supreme Court
Tke Daniels
Persons
Daniela
Monticello
Daniele
Daniels
Supreme Court
Tower Court
General G. P. Harrison Carried To Hospital
General George J. Harrison of Opelika, commander of the Alabama division United Confederate Veterans and general counsel of the Atlanta and West Point railroad, was brought to Montgomery on a special car and admitted to a local hospital. Dr. L. L. Hill reports he is quite sick but better today. decision on an operation is pending.
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Montgomery
Ala
George J. Harrison
Opelika
Alabama Division
United Confederate Veterans
Atlanta and
West Point Railroad
L. L Hill
Harrison
Hil
Shot Girl and Self in Brooklyn Tragedy
Isidor Shar aged 27 shot his sweetheart Lena Klein 19 in her Brooklyn home shortly before midnight and then fatally shot himself. He was taken to a hospital in a dying condition. Klein refused to walk with him and told him she no longer cared for him.
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New York
Deputy Sheriff Norton Granted Life Sentence for Murder
The Mississippi Supreme Court yesterday upheld a life term for W. B. Norton of Bibb County for murder. Norton, while pursuing men alleged to be firing pistols near a farmhouse, crossed county lines to arrest R. W. Smith, a white man he mistook for a Black suspect, and shot Smith in the hip, causing his death. Norton had been convicted in lower court and the high court declined reversal.
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Griffin
Alex Driver
Akin
Hutson
Spalding
W. B. Norton
Bibb County
Supreme Court
Norton
Jones County
R. W. Smith
Smith
Dent named receiver for Walker-Bowden Co in bankruptcy case
H W Dent of Henry county was named by Judge Newman as receiver for Walker Bowden Company of McDonough Henry county after involuntary bankruptcy proceedings begun in federal court Wednesday by Meador Cauthorn Hire and Watchens Atlanta and Floyd Lehman Company credititors all of Atlanta. The receiver must file a bond of four thousand dollars while petitioning creditors posted a bond of one thousand.
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H. W. Dent
Henry County
Newman
Federal District Court
Walker-Bowden Company
McDonough
Meador-Cawthorn Company
Hire & Watchens Atlanta
Floyd-Lehman Company
Atlanta
Deputy Grand Regent Hooper Arrives in Atlanta
James Hooper of North Carolina comes to Atlanta as deputy grand regent of the Royal Arcanum fraternal insurance order, delegated by Supreme Regent F. T. McFaden of Richmond Virginia. It is the first time a deputy regent has been located here and Hooper plans to make Atlanta his permanent home after meeting Atlanta Arcanum members at K of P hall.
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James Hooper
North Carolina
Atlanta
Royal Arcanum
F. T. McFaden
Richmond
Hooper
K. of P. Hall
Columbus Chattahoochee Valley and Gus Railway Charter Filed
The Columbus Chattahoochee Valley and Gus Railway Company filed for a charter with Secretary of State Fhilig cook. Capital stock is $5,000,000 to build a 184 mile railroad from Georgetown in Quitman county to Atlanta passing through Quitman Stewart Chattahoochee Muscogee Harris Troup Heard Coweta Campbell and Fulton counties. Applicants include John D. Little Josiah Flournoy J Williams L H Chappell Arthur Bussey P J Williams L F Humber Henry B Goethlus T T Miller and E P Owseley, all of Muscogee county.
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Columbus, Chattatoochee Valley and Gus Railway Company
Fhiligcook
Georgetown
Quitman County
Atlanta
Quitman
Stewart
Chattahoochie
Muscoges
Harris
Troup
Heard
Coweta
Campbell
Fulton
John
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