Southern Railway reports large gains in improvements and mixed 1915 gains
Despite revenue declines from war related slow business, Southern Railway shows February 1915 roadway and structure improvements totaling 764 545 dollars, up from 173 282 the prior year. For eight months ending February, improvements reach 6 208 681 dollars, vs 1 855 561 last year, with operating income lower though.
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The
Southern Railway
Southern Railway Company
H. W. Miller
Ncollectible Railway
Witness Escapes After Pistol Duel With Policemen
Milliard Stephens an 18 year old white youth wanted for failing to appear in police court was seen on Decatur street early Sunday by Patrolmen Lasseter and Whitley. When he tried to escape the officers a pistol duel followed with shots fired by the officers none hitting the mark and Stephens escaping. Police say he fired once at the patrolmen and is wanted on a blanket charge of disorderly conduct.
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Milliard Stephens
Loousy Milam
Decatur Street
Lasseter
Whitley
Stephens
Cox
Arthur K. Barge Dies in Bengal Area at 438 Years
Arthur K. Barge, long time area farmer living on the Campbellton road near Ben Hill, died Sunday at his residence. Funeral services set for Monday at 11 a.m. at Owl Rock Methodist Church with Rev. L. C. Dame officiating. Interment in church yard. Survived by wife, two sons Roscoe and Woodrow, four daughters Ruby Mazel Helen and Edna, one brother Moscoe, and four sisters Mrs. L. De Toor in Atlanta and Mrs. R. J. Cannon Mrs. W. J. Graves and Mrs. J. Henry in Los Angeles California.
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Arthur K. Barge
Campbellton Road
Ben Hill
A. O
Joy Donewag
Owl Rock Methodist Church
L. C. Dame
Barge
Bengal
Roscoe
Woodrow Barge
Ruby
Mazel
Helen
Edna Barge
Moscoe Barge
L. de Toor
Atlanta
R. J. Cannon
W. 3. Graves
J. Henry
Los Angeles
Cal
Dr Proctor Preaches Trail of Blood in Path of Progress
Rev H H Proctor at the First Congregational church colored yesterday morning spoke on The Trail of Blood in the Path of Progress. He argued history shows man rises gradually from a lower to a current imperfect state through industrial, moral, political and spiritual progress, but this path is stained with blood through self-denial and sacrifice.
State-Wide Conference On Water And Sewerage
Athens Georgia hosts a civil engineering backed conference on water supply and sewerage set for April 19 and 20. Mayors, engineers, contractors, and health officials from Georgia towns are invited to exchange ideas and study purification and disposal practices.
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Athens
Spetia
Boards of Health
University of Georgia
School of Civil Engineering
Chamber of Commerce
Council of
Thaga
Charles M. Strahan
Labor Union Mass Meeting Planned for April 18
Representatives from all Atlanta local trades unions met in the Labor temple to finalize arrangements for the mass meeting on April 18. The group praised three weeks of labor movement work and eyed expanding the initiative beyond the Alamo theater success. A visiting committee will attend union meetings nightly and arrange speakers for two open sessions.
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Atlanta
Labor Temple
Labor Forward Movement Committee
Alamo Theater No. 2
Farm experts speak to South Georgians
Thomasville March 28 large turnout of representative farmers from the area attended the meeting at the Experiment station. Commissioner J D Price urged farmers to provide for their homes first when planting crops and noted last year 1 850 000 tons of fertilizer sold in the state about 26 000 the half of cotton crop value. State entomologist Worsham and Ira Williams spoke along with other leaders on pests fertilizer and improved farming methods.
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Thomasville
Spemall
J.D. Price
Berckmans
State Horticultural Society
Smith
Department of Agriculture
Cobb
State Agricultural Society
Worsham
Ira Williams
Atlanta Jews Begin Passover Week Celebration
Orthodox Jews in Atlanta start Passover Week with six grand services planned by Ahavath Achim and Temple congregation. Specific services include 6 tonight at the Temple and 10 o clock Tuesday morning with many Jewish businesses closing during the observance. Rev Dr Salo H Goldstone and Charles Sheldon Jr lead music with a choir of sixteen.
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Temple
Charles ‘Sheldon, Jr
Atlanta Hebrews
Ahawathachim
Fiedmont and
Gilmore
Salo
HH. Goldstone
Vien Austria
Booker Washington Will Speak Tuesday at Auditorium Armory
Book er Washington to address a large audience at the Auditorium Armory Tuesday night in support of the name for homeless Negro servant girls. His speech was strongly urged from colored church pulpits yesterday and by the mammoth gathering of Negro Pythians at the Anditarum yesterday afternoon. Five hundred Pythians in uniform will escort him from First Congregational Church colored to the Auditorium. Tickets go on sale at First Congregational Church colored at corner Central avenue and Hunter street, also at Philips & Crew and the Cable Piano company, starting Tuesday morning at 10.
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Booker Washington
Audicorture Armory
Anditarum
Dr. Washington
First Congregational Church
Central Avenue
Hunter Street
Philips & Crew
Cable Piano Company
Police Hold Hazel on Robbery Charge
Hazel Bailes, a 14 year old girl, is held on suspicion of robbery at the juvenile detention home after city detectives traced a diamond brooch bought at a Decatur Street pawn shop. The brooch has been recovered and money is held. Hazel admits robbing a man near Watton and Spring streets Saturday night. Detectives seek the money owner to return it.
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Hazel Bailes
Crew, Street
Fesleuths
Decatur Street
Hazel
Watton
Spring Streets
Curtain War News Reforms in Press Pages
Report notes newspapers restoring normal appearance after upheaval. War coverage resumes, general subjects return, The Times resumes daily essay, and women’s pages reappear. The Manchester Guardian adds a women’s page with fashion and food topics in its Monday issue.
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Updagn
Times
Manchester Guardian
Jones Denounces Dancing Propaganda in Revival Talk
Rev Will O Jones, amid revival meetings at the Old Baptist tabernacle, challenged Dr John R Atkinson on dancing. He warned against dancing as harmful, saying the statement that there is no harm is foolish or ignorant. He planned Tuesday to discuss The Modern Dances and Monday Sin Lieth at the Door. Jones, a Welsh preacher, has led large Welsh revivals.
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Will O. Jones
Old Baptist Tabernacle
John R. Atkinson
Rev. Jones
Dr. Atkinson
Battle at Columbus reenacted for new film
Columbus Ga March 28 In front of thousands the last civil war battle on North Highlands was reenacted for a motion picture titled The Spirit of Columbus 1865 1915 Local troops and Woodmen of the World participated in the scene with charges and counter charges The film will depict historic Columbus events with prominent residents portraying past figures and will be shown during April home-coming week.
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Columbus
North Highlands
Convict Recaptured After Escape in Georgia
Rome Ga March 2 Special Will Davis an escapee from the county chaingang was captured at Bus Harlee Bartow county and returned to the chain gang Davis was convicted of assault with intent to murder and regarded as a desperate character Three other fugitives who escaped with him remain at large
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Rome
Will Davis
Chaingang
Busharlee
Bartow
Davis
Losing Hope Woman Very Ill Bellevue Ohio
A Belleview Ohio reader reports severe back pain nervousness and weakness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with rapid improvement and renewed health. The ad urges women with such symptoms to write for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bellevue
Ohio
Teally
Cuas
Chapman
R. F.D
Bellevue, Ohio
Lydia E
Detective Moon shoots assailant after knife attack on streetcar
City detective Moon fought a drunken assailant on an Edgewood avenue streetcar. The man slashed Moon with a bowie knife, injuring the detective and ripping his coat. Moon fired once, hitting the attacker in the left leg below the knee, breaking the bone as they moved toward a police box at Howell street.
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Moon
Edgewood Avenue
I Macon
Howell Street
Mrs A R Callaway Dies At Home In LaGrange
Mrs A R Gallaway aged 78 died at Young apartments LaGrange after weeks of grip illness. Funeral at First Baptist church followed by burial in Hillview cemetery. Widow of Rev Abner Callaway, sister of late Hon Robert Ely, she leaves two sons Ely and Harry W Callaway of LaGrange and a daughter Mrs J D Allen of Savannah. She was stepmother to Howard R Callaway and Fuller Callaway and Pope F Callaway of LaGrange.
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LaGrange
A. R. Gallaway
Young Apartments
Richer Avenue
Grip
First Baptist Church
Hillview Cemetery
Abner Callaway
Mary W.W. Ely
Robert X. Ely
Georgia
Value of Cleanliness Stressed by Educators
During National Negro Health week teachers and students at Atlante Normal and Industrial Institute heard Dr Thomas H Slater and Dr W H Nelson urge greater appreciation and practice of the learning freedom education brought the negro race. Slater warned against false notions of freedom seen in foolish dress and reckless living noting higher mortality among colored residents and comparing white and black death rates. Nelson urged preaching the gospel of cleanliness industry and common sense to negroes for fifty years.
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Atlante Normal and Miduatrial
Thomas H. Slater
Wv. H. Nelson
Slater
South
Atlanta
Nelson Bel Lieved
Cossack Leaves Rome to Fight for Russia
Rome Georgia March 28 Special Amare Daresky a Cossack living in Rome and employed as a cook left today for New York to sail for Russia and join the Russian army He has saved his $18 monthly salary to fund his return to Anssia for military service.
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Rome
Amare Daresky
New
Prominent Merchants Photographs Taken by Lewis Phillips
The Lewis D. Phillips photographic studio at 36 Whuitengl street has opened and already gained many friends. In a symposium of interviews with leading businessmen documented in The Constitution Sunday, about half of the merchants’ portraits were captured by Phillips. Figures named include Fred Law, K D. Barksdale, Sam Asher, F. B. Wilson, James G. Hale, C. R. Long, and Storris Biseman.
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Lewis D. Phillips
Hirshburg & Phillips
Phillips
Whuitengl Street
Federal Prison Orchestra Captivates Atlanta Crowd
Atlanta crowds packed the assembly hall of the federal prison yesterday for the eleventh concert by the prison orchestra. About 25 to 30 inmate musicians performed under J. P. Wilhost, with new brass band pieces joining the program. Encore after encore showed strong audience approval for ragtime mandolin duets by Hugh Martelio and Joseph Brown and marching numbers featuring national airs.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Prison
Federal Prison
J. P. Wilhost
Hugh Martelio
Joseph Brown
Death by Self Inflicted Wound At Plainville Farm
Calhoun Ga March 28 Special W J Miller a leading Plainville resident and former postmaster died by cutting his throat with a razor in his home yesterday His daughter tried to stop him and was cut on the hand He had owned a farm and timber lands and recently operated a mill reports say ill health may have driven the act
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Calhoun
W. J. Miler
Gordon
Plainsville
Miller
St Ig
Plainville
Robbery at No 1 Witheson Place Targets Medlin
H A Medlin was robbed early Sunday near his home at No 1 Witheson Place as he returned home shortly after midnight. A large Black man armed with a pistol seized $465 from him during the hold up.
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H. A. Medium
Wiatheson Place
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