Phi Delta Theta Banquet in Atlanta Tonight
Atlanta Phi Delta Theta alumni gather at the Aragon hotel for an 8:30 banquet to celebrate founders day. Grover C. Middlebrooks urges unlisted members to RSVP, with speakers including Judge Beck and W. A. Speer among others.
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Atlanta
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Aragon Hotel
Phi
Grover C. Middlebrooks
Candler
Ohio
United States
Canada
Benjamin Harrison
Frederick Funston
Ray Stannard Baker
Eugene Field
B. J. Spratting
Marcus W. Beck
H. M. Reid
William M. Slaton
W. A. Speer
Charles A. Gaskill
Walter QO. Marshbush
Harry Thompson
Gaskill
Georgia
Old Oglethorpe University
Georgia University
Hmary
Mercer
Winn
Dixie Flyer And South Atlantic Limited Train Schedules
Going to Florida. Dixie Flyer leaves 8 30 p m. South Atlantic Limited leaves 10 10 p m. Two trains described as modern in every particular departing from Atlanta ve Central of Georgia. Sleeping car reservations advance. Baggage checked from hotel or residence. City Ticket Office Peachtree and Marietta streets. Bell phone Main 63, Atlanta phone 157. W H Fogg, District Passenger Agent.
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Florida
Dixie Flyer
South Atlantic
Central OF Georgia
Peachtree
Marietta
BELL
Atlanta
W. H. Fogg
Clarke County Candidates Announce For Office
Athens Ga March 14 Special Today the candidates for county offices announced with only one opposition so far Judge S BE Wingfield Sr will face Dr Robert C Orr for ordinary Other offices appear unopposed Clerk E J Crawford Sheriff Walter B Jackson Tax Collector H H Linton Tax Receiver J H Dorsey Treasurer E J Smith Sr and surveyor coroner seek reelection For representative Woollver M Smith and Frank A Lipscomb for two Clarke seats DuBose will run for state senator Five seek solicitor general Joan B Gamble A O Nix W H Quarterman R L J Smith and W A Stevens For congress Samuel J Tribble plans to run with no opposition An Underwood club will be formed this week After courthouse bond vote politicking in Clarke will warm up.
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Athens
S. BE. Wingfield Sr
Robert C. Orr
E. J. ‘Crawford
Walter EB. Jackson
H. H.’ Linton
J. H. Dorsey
E. J. Smith
Woollver M. Smith
Frank A. Lipscomb
Clarke
DuBose
Joan B. Gamble
A. O. Nix
Gwinnett
W. H. Quarterman
Winder
R. L. J. Smith
Commerce
W. A. Stevens
Congress
Samuel J. Tribble
Underwood Club
Local society forms branch of civil engineers group
Local members of the American Society of Civil Engineers held a meeting at the University Club yesterday afternoon and organized a local branch. More than 25 people attended as charter members with Arthur Pew named temporary president W A Hangzeli secretary and Alex Bonneyman and James N Haziehurat as executive committeemen.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
University Club
Arthur Pew
W. A. Hangzeli
Alex Bonneyman
James N. Haziehurat
Son of Oil Magnate Marries Stepparent's Kin in Palm Beach
Roy E. Pierce, son of oil magnate EH. Clay Pierce, wed Misa Virginia Burrows his step-sister in Palm Beach. The ceremony was led by Rev Edwin A Waldo after Pierce's previous marriage to Elizabeth Berry Chaplan was said to be annulled. Pierce listed ages as 29 and 20. HH. Clay Pierce refused comment on the marriage.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Roy E. Pierce
EH. Clay
Pierce
Misa Virginia Burrows
Edwin A. Waldo
Congregatonal Church
Elizabeth Berry Chaplan
H. Ashton Kenry
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Miss Burrows
HH. Clay Pierce
Bibb County Supports Underwood in Primary Fight
Macon Ga March 14 Special Bibb county leans to Underwood by a large majority with conservative leaders voicing support Judge W H Felton who backed Wilson shifts to Underwood citing Southern identity May 1 primary date set Bibb county executive committee to meet to arrange expenses Cops Won’t Enforce Pure Food Laws Macon health board protests police help for inspections Grace in critical state pneumonia attack New dog catcher arrested Albany jail breaking charges dog catcher office open to applicants
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Macon
Bibb County
Underwood
Wilson
W. H. Felton
Superior Court of the
Macon Circuit
Woodrow Wilson
Macon Board of Health
Board of Health
James Pliny
Albany
Trgl
Lne
Evening South Georgian train offers sleeper service
Every night at 10 15 the South Georgian of the A B A runs to South Georgia with sleepers to Thomasville and Waycross. Passengers may occupy at Union Station from 9 00 p m. The best route. Try it.
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South Georgia
Thomasville
Waycross
Union Station
Two youths sentenced to federal prison in post office breakin
Steve Calahan and Levi H Cape, both Georgians from Pickens county, were sentenced by Judge Newman to two years in federal prison and a $100 fine each for breaking into the Ludville post office on the night of January 20. Both are described as large youths with decent appearances and one may not be eligible to vote yet.
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Steve Calahan
Levi H. Cape
Pickens County
Newmen
Ludville
Calahan
Cape
State Board Frames a Reply to Charges
The state board of health met in regular quarterly session at the state capitol and discussed a forthcoming reply to charges published by Dr. Wits F. Westmoreland. The document will vindicate secretary and executive officer Dr. H. F. Harris and cover every feature of the charges. Routine matters were also discussed.
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State Board of Health
State Capitol
Wits F. Westmoreland
H. F. Harris
Jury complete in Crawford murder trial
New Orleans reports the jury for Annie Crawford’s murder trial is sworn after three days of veniremen selection. The state will present the first witnesses including Dr. A L Metz, chemist, and coroners Dr J A O’Hara and Dr C W Groetsch while the defense awaits Dr H D King’s testimony and other material.
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New Orleans
Annie Crawford
Misa Crawford
H. D. King
A. L. Metz
Elissa Crawford
J. A. O'Hara
C. Wiliam Groetsch
Record Tobacco Sale Breaks Thirty-Year Price Peak in Louisville
Heavy tobacco sales in Louisville Kentucky on March 14 shattered thirty year records as a barley hogshead sold at 45 dollars per hundred pounds and another at 43 dollars. Competition among buyers for several firms following the supreme court ruling dissolving the tobacco trust spurred lively bidding and the high prices.
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Louisville
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
Water Declared Ok In Griffin Georgia
A Georgia state board of health report finds Griffin water sanitary with three wells and a spring supplying ample water for years. Citizens faced branch-water last summer, but current conditions promise plenty of pure water this summer.
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Grifin
Georgia State Board of Health
E M F 30 for cash or swap in Atlanta
Car in good condition and fully equipped offered for sale due to illness. Willing to exchange for a city lot or house and lot in Atlanta and pay the difference. Address: Box 324 Rockmart Georgia. Send notes or cash offers.
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City of
Atlanta
Box 324
Rockmart
Native Born Scots Will Hold Meeting Tonight
The Atlanta Scottish Society will hold a meeting in the Knights of Pythias hall in the Kiser building tonight at 8 o'clock. A report on future organizational business will be read and the annual election of officers will be held. During the meeting, a smoker will be tendered to guests and officials.
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Atlanta Scottish Society
Knights of Pythias
Kiser
Reese Montgomery Dies After Prolonged Illness
Revess Montgomery a prominent figure in Atlanta during reconstruction died Wednesday afternoon at his home after an extended illness. The funeral is set for 2 30 this afternoon at Allen Temple church. Known as Uncle Reese he counted scores of white friends across Atlanta among his acquaintances.
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Revess Montgomery
Darky
Atlanta
Allen Temple
Reese
Receivers Named for Cleaner Concern Chicago
McCrum Howell Company a vacuum cleaner firm once active in trading centers has fallen to federal receivers in Philadelphia and Chicago. H B Pfahler of Philadelphia holds 310,300 in stock and Edward R Stettinius of Diamond Match and Walter D Updegraff of Philadelphia were named receivers in ancillary proceedings. The case stems from a government suit linked to the bath tub trust.
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Chicago
McCrum- Howell Company
Philadelphia
H. BR. Pfahler
United States
Sanborn
Edward R. Stettinius
Diamond Match Company
Walter D. Updegraff
No breach of peace to dance turkey trot in New Britain
Judge James T. Meckill ruled in New Britain Connecticut that dancing the turkey trot does not constitute a breach of the peace. The decision was issued after a young man was arrested at a local dance hall for dancing the trot and later ejected.
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Turkey
New Britain, Conn
James T. Meckill
Decatur Elects New Officials
Bainbridge Ga March 14 Special An unusually spirited primary election for county officers was held yesterday in Decatur county. Consolidated returns show Wimberly as clerk Butta as tax collector Jackson as tax receiver elected without opposition. Spooner defeated Harrel for city court judge ONeal defeated Byron Bower for solicitor. Maxwell defeated Talbert for ordinary Emanuel defeated Griffin for sheriff McNair defeated Parker Drake and Ballou for treasurer Mill a defeated Blalock for surveyor Sellers defeated Monroe for county commissioner Gray defeated Miller and Wells for county commissioner Frederick re-elected coroner About two thousand votes polled
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Bainbridge
Decatur
Co. W. Wimberly
J. W. Butta
T. J. Jackson
H. B. Spooner
Harrel
O'Neal
Byron B. Bower
Columbus Aids Boys Corn Club Effort in West Georgia
In Columbus Georgia March 14 special reports that the boys corn club movement gains momentum across west Georgia with strong local support, school cooperation, and many contest prizes. Weather slows work but participation remains high and the contest promises to be spirited. Columbus acts as a hub for the effort. The same day plans to enlarge the National Shaw Case Company plant are announced by owner James A. Lewis including a remodel of the Hacine hotel and a new business building on First avenue. Dr Wadsworth of Atlanta will preach at St Pauls Methodist Church next Sunday morning and evening. W Bazemore announces a large electric gin mill with four 70 saw bins, third electric driven gin nery in Columbus area.
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District Missionary Meeting
Griffin
Columbus
West Georgia
C. M. James Hag
National Shaw Case Company
James A. Lewis
Lewis
Hacine
First Avenue
Eleventh Street
Wadsworth
W. W. Wadsworth
Atlanta
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
W. ©. Bazemore
Detectives Arrested On Conspiracy Charge In Pittsburg
Pittsburg, March 14. Harry H. Perkins and James McKane, detectives, were arrested in Pittsburg by Erie officers on conspiracy charges connected to the desecration of the late Congressman W. L. Scott mausoleum in Erie during February 1911. Mortimer H. Hall was arrested in Erie on the same charge. Bail set at 1006. Gilbert Perkins and Charles Franklin were also charged. both had prior blackmail convictions and were sent to Leavenworth. The arrests stem from a plan to employ the detective agency to unravel the alleged mystery.
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Pittsburg
Harry H. Perkins
James McKane
Erie
Mortimer H. Hall
Perkins
W. L. Scott
Gilbert Perkins
Harry
Charles Franklin
Philadelphia
Charles Strong
Leavenworth
Easter Hats Prize For Women Politicians In NY Primary
New York voters hear a curious prize offer as Easter bonnets become awards for women political workers in the March primary. James J. Hines a democratic insurgent posts an Easter bonnet for every woman worker who detects an attempt to record an illegal ballot with no cap on hat price selected at any New York shop by the winner.
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New York
James J. Hines
Alleged Forger Dobbs Shot by Deputies and Citizens near Houston
In Ancho near Houston Mississippi on March 14 Rube A. Dobbs, under indictment for forgery, was shot and killed by a posse of deputies and citizens when they surrounded his hiding place and he opened fire with an automatic pistol. His bond had been forfeited about a year earlier.
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Houston
Miss
Rube A. Dobbs
Ancho
Dobbs
Obbs
Dean, Walter Lofthouse, Marine Artist, Dead at 58
Gloucester Mass March 14 Walter Lofthouse Dean famed marine artist died at his home in Gloucester after a long illness first noted in November. He studied in Paris under Boulanger and Jules Lefebra and had multiple works acquired by the federal government including a painting of Vigilant skimming past the Valkyrie in the October 13 1893 race.
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Dean
Gloucester
Masa
Walter Lofthouse Dean
Hagt Gloucester
Paris
Boulanger
Jules Lefebra
Albany Armory Forced Admittance Sparks City Hall Fray
Albany Ga March 14 Special Demanding admittance to the quartermaster room of the Guards Armory on the top floor of city hall last night Mayor H A Tarver called in Chief Brennan and ordered the door forced open. Entrance gained with a fireman's axe. A banquet below was disrupted as ladies claimed others hidden in the room spat down on workers. Three guardsmen S. B., J. L. Sunday, and B. D. Saye faced charges. they denied misconduct. A violent late evening scene ensued between Mayor Tarver and Captain G W Saye, who accused the mayor of criminally trespassing. The city attorney supports the mayor. Captain Sage reported to the state Inspector General for instructions.
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Albany
City ‘Hall
H. A. Tarver
Chiif Brennan
Fire Department
Tarver
S. 2
J. L
D. Saye
G. W. Saye
Sage
State Troops
Georgia Supreme Court Rules No Suspension Of Sentence Except Review
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that no judge may suspend a criminal sentence except to review judgment. In St Daniels v Persons, Daniels pleaded guilty in Monticello to carrying concealed weapons and was sentenced to twelve months on the chain gang. suspension for good behavior was voided after six months, and he sought habeas corpus, which was denied. The court affirmed the lower court, stating that execution must proceed despite suspension orders.
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Georgia
State Supreme Court
St. Daniels
Persons
Daniels
Monticello
Daniela
Supreme Court
General G. P. Harrison Carried To Hospital
General George F. Harrison of Opelika and 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 taken to a local hospital. Dr L L Hill said the general is quite sick but better today and that no operation was yet determined.
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Montgomery
Ala
George F. 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 27 killed his sweetheart Lena Klein 19 in her Brooklyn home shortly before midnight then shot himself He was taken to a hospital in a dying condition The woman had refused to walk with him and told him she no longer cared for him
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New York
Deputy Norton to Serve Life Sentence for Murder
W W B Norton a Bibb county deputy sheriff was ordered by the supreme court to serve a life term for murder. He pursued men into Jones county aiming to arrest a white man he mistook for a Negro and shot R W Smith in the hip causing his death. Norton and Sliven had been convicted with life terms upheld. The court found no grounds for reversal and Norton must go to the penitentiary.
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W.W. B. Norton
Bibb County
Supreme Court
Norton
Jones County
R. W. Smith
Smith
Dent Named Receiver for Walker Bowden Co in Bankruptcy Proceedings
H W Dent of Henry county was appointed by Judge Newman as receiver for Walker Bowden Company of Mc Donough amid involuntary bankruptcy proceedings filed in federal court by Meador-Cauthorn Company Rice Hutchens Atlanta Company and Floyd Lohman Company all of Atlanta. Dent must post $4 000 bond with petitioning creditors posting $2 000.
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H. W. Dent
Henry County
Newman
Federal District Court
Walker-Bowden Company
McDonough
Meador-Cauthorn Company
Rice & Hutchens Atlanta Company
Floyd-Lohman Company
Atlanta
Dent
Deputy Grand Regent Royal Arcanum Here in Atlanta
James Hooper of North Carolina arrives in Atlanta as deputy grand regent of the Royal Arcanum fraternal order. Delegated by Supreme Regent F. T. McFaden of Richmond, Va, Hooper plans to make Atlanta his permanent home and expects to organize the order’s members and councils in the city.
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James 8. Hooper
North Carolina
Atlanta
Royal Arcanum
F. T. McFaden
Richmond
Hooper
K. of Phali
Road from Georgetown to Atlanta via Chattahoochee Valley rail line
The Columbus Chattahoochee Valley and Gulf Railway Company filed for a charter with Secretary of State Philip Cook. Capital stock is set at 5 million dollars to build 180 miles from Georgetown Quitman county to Atlanta passing through Quitman Stewart Chattahoochee Muscogee Harris Troup Heard Coweta Campbell and Fulton counties. Named applicants hail from Muscogee county.
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Columbus
John D. Little
Atlanta
Jogia Flournoy
J. J. Wiliams
EL. BL Chappell
Arthur Bussey
P. J. Willliams
B. Humber
Henry FR. Goethius
T. T. Miller
B. PL Gwaley
Muscogee County
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South Broad St
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Federal
Crawford
O.K
Searcy
Pi Griffin
W. B. H. Searcy
Spalding, Fayette and
Butts
Spalding
Frank Flynt
J. B. Bell
Middle Georgia
Kell
John McIntosh Kell
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Larza
Alex Driver
Akkin’s
Hutson
Reese Montgomery
Clothin
Guarante
Lbany Armory
Quartermaster's
G. P. Harrison
Walker-Bowden CO
Georgetown
Auburn Ave
Akhon
South
Arnold Shoe Company
North Abington
Mass
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