Physician Slain by Jealous Wife in Cedar Springs Blakely
Blakely Georgia March 30 Special Mrs T E Sheffield of Cedar Springs shot her 35 year old physician husband to death today. Her condition is hysterical and a self destruction risk. The couple had three children, eldest 11, youngest 5. No warrant issued for Mrs Sheffield’s arrest as of late hour.
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Blakely
T E Sheffield
Cedar Bprings
Dr Sheffield
Sheffield
Urs Sheffields Wrest
Testimony of Terrier Delivers Tail in Court Case
In a humorous case, Revell a Boston terrier testified by wagging his tail, aiding Miss Calhoun in claiming ownership. Judge McClelland ruled the dog’s wagging testimony sufficient to grant ownership to Calhoun.
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Revell
Boston
Stu
Ebitortt
Qwen
Gibert
Ware County Purchases 206 Acres for County Farm Near Waycross
Waycross district officials voted this afternoon to buy 206 acres northwest of Waycross for a county farm. The land owner is OS Williams. The total cost appears to be about $10,000, with a wall of uncertainty in the OCR text. The purchase aims to establish a county farm facility on the site.
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Waycross
Ware
OS Willaims
Gost
Neaberhood
Funeral of Hardwick Takes Place Today
Marvin Hardwick a cousin of United States Senator Thoms W Hardwick and son in law of PoP Welmner, died Tuesday near 121 Gordon street. The body was moved to Greenberg chapel. The funeral at the residence 780 Atlack will be led by Reverends Purse and Jones. Interment at West View. He was 34, survived by wife, mother, brothers John W Hardwick of Atlanta and Tom Hardwick of Chattanooga, and four sisters Eddie Hardwick, Mrs A We Mortin, Mes Paul Wright, and Mrs Mary Bloodworth.
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Marvin Hardwich
United States
Thoms W .Hardwick
Pop Welmner
Atlanta
Vierngen
Gordon Tree
Theody
Greenberg
Atlack
CO Jones
West View
Hardwick
Tis
M L Hardwick
Johu W Mardwick
Tom Hardwick
Chattanooga
Eddie Hardwick
A We Mortin
Paul Wright
Mary Bloodworth
Eclectics Meet in Atlanta April 7
The Goorgic bok tig Me tre tl a: than well old tts continual meeting in Atlanta April 7. The Kimbill house chosen as association headquarters. An estimated 50 members from across the state expected. A banquet will be held the evening of the 7th at the local house with plates for two hundred. Dr John E. Dewel of Atlanta is president and Br I House of Kirkwood as secretary.
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Tts
Lanta Anil
Kimbill House
Iirex
Ns & Tong
Ioc Ul
John EE Dtewell
Atlinia
Br I House of
Kirkwood
Dixie Highway Convention Chattanooga Round Trip Rates
Round trip rate is $40 via Wabash Rand N U and St Louis Railway leaving Atlanta at 800 am and arriving Chattanooga around 400 pm. Local sleeper from Atlanta to Chattanooga is $2 50. Governor Slaton and party depart Atlanta at 60 pm on April 3. For information call J A THOMAS City Pass and Ticket Agent.
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U & St
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Slaton
J A Thowas
Women to Show Needs of Atlanta Schools
Mrs ROM Walker, president of the Atlanta Womens School Improvement association, announced a Thursday meeting at 2 PM in the chamber of commerce. The event invites the public, parents, and council members to hear a study of Atlanta public schools and discuss improving school buildings with President R J Guinn attending.
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Mra Rom Walker
Atlanta Womans School Improvement Association
Chamber of Commerce
General Council
Atlantas Public Schools
R J Guinn
Board of Education
Guinn
Walker
Trolley Inspector Charged With Using Vile Language
Georgia Railway and Power inspector J L Hoirman faces charges for abusive language about jitney buses. Recorder George L Johnson will hear the case tomorrow afternoon. Prosecution names Byron Huie, J T Gresham, and Hardwick company officials among prominent College Park residents who were present during the overheard discussion about tacks on Marietta and Decatur streets.
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J .L Hoirman
The
Georgia Railway
George L Johnson
Byron
Huie
College Park
J T Gresham
Parks Chambers Hardwick Company
College Park Street
Hoffman
Marietta
Decatur
Juneys
Last Rites Given For Markham Friend
The funeral for Markham Friend, who died Monday morning at the Vilton hotel, was held Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the hotel. Dr J Sproule Lyons conducted the service. A quartet sang The Isle of Somewhere and Lived by Grace. Interment followed in Oakland Cemetery. Pallbearers included Thomas J Peeples, Robot Shedden, Hugh Me Hoe, Di J G Earnest, Wajor John Parrott, John Meador Jr, Henry Moser, Barnest Scoville, and others.
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Maccedus
Kland
Palibe
Thomas J Peeples
Robot
Shedden
Hugh Me Hoe
Earnest Wajor
John
Johen
George W Parrott
Thomas 2
Meador Jr
Henry Moser
Budward
Tf Barnest
H Scoville
John T Hall
Gunby and
Joseph Thompson
Plaintiff Loses Suit Against Aetna Life
The Aetna Life Insurance Co. won a verdict yesterday in a large civil action in the federal court. The suit claimed unpaid life insurance held by the plaintiff’s husband who died by his own hand. Evidence suggested suicide and unpaid policies at death. Defense argued by the firm Smith Hammond & Smith.
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Aetna Life Insurance Company
Wis
Ymit
Hatlie T Hodnett
Smith Hammond & $m
Cordele man jailed in murder case from eight years ago
Cordele police arrested Tosh Iversen after weeks of tip warrants linked to an Adel murder claim. Investigators said Iversen, living in Cordele for years, implicated himself by describing the crime and timing, with his wife supporting statements.
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Cordele
Tosh
Iversan
Adel
Sunnet
Iversen
bin Reds
Recre
Ani
Bartow Tax Collector Joseph Shaw Dies After Illness
Joseph Shaw longtime Bartow tax collector dies at home after a prolonged illness. He leaves a wife and several children. Interment at Hall Station planned for Wednesday. He enjoyed the confidence of the people and was a church member in Ida Vason.
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Adairsyilie
Joseph Shaw
Bartow
Ida Vason
Halls Sta Hon
Blind Free Admission to Grand Opera in Atlanta This Season
The Atlanta Music Festival and the Metropolitan Opera offer blind patrons free admission and seats behind the sight line for all performances, provided each blind person is accompanied by a paying ticket holder who can assist them. The arrangement applies to all sections and dates of the season, with coordination by Rey J F Baukright.
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Atlanta Music Festival Association
Metropolian Opera Company
Atlanta
The
Music Festival Association
Rey J F Baukright
Farewell Banquet for Judge Lambdin in Waycross
Under the Waycross Bar association, a farewell banquet honored Judge William Wallace Lambdin. About 150 guests attended as Judge Sweat served as toastmaster. Remarks praised Lambdin’s judicial service and featured letters of regret from state officials and colleagues, with many distinguished figures reading tributes.
Man Guilty in Nashville on Serious Crime Charge
Special dispatch from Nashville Georgia reports a 40 year old man named DJ Meuce found guilty in superior court of attempting a serious crime against a 13 year old girl. Jury deliberated about an hour. judge WE Y Thomas imposed a twenty year sentence with mercy recommended by the jury. Defense was led by Chistian and William Story with assistance from Knight. prosecution by Solicitor General John A Wilkes.
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Nashville
Meuce
Ythomas
Chistian
William Story
J Knight
Solicitec
John A. Wilkes
Convicted of Sending Obscene Letter in Georgia
Charles R Collins bound over to the U S grand jury on a charge of sending an obscene letter through the mails to Mrs George Brown formerly Miss Georgia Thomas. Post office inspectors testified the handwriting matched a letter Collins wrote while he claimed he was drunk. Brown, about 17, reportedly plans to marry and has a young child.
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Macon
March
Charles R Collins
Dublin
United States
Grand Jury
Wyn Martin Jr
George Brown
Georgia Thomas
Collins
Post Office
Brown Collins
Brown
Rome Council Rejects Bids On City Bonds
On March 30 the Rome council rejected all bids for tomes of 75 000 municipal building bonds at 4 percent interest. The best bid was 93.4 average. Bidders planned to raise offers on Wednesday. A Cincinnati bond house protested the rejection, alleging bad faith, while others withdrew in protest.
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Tome
Tomes Seve
Eta Council
Cincinnati Bond House
Council
Chinang
Slayer of wife attempts suicide during pursuit in Rome
In Rome Georgia Maren 30 Special reports a man named Howard Richardson killed his wife with a knife or similar weapon and then fled toward the Etowah river. Bloodhounds tracked him to a cemetery where he tried to blow out his brains against a wall before being captured.
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Rome
Howard Richardson
Tlie
Etowah
Fually
Macon Office Building Shooting Sparks Mystery
On the seventh floor of the Georgia Life Insurance building in Macon a shooting occurred involving Will Y Pursley and J J McKinney. The confrontation followed a report Pursley planned to elope with McKinney's daughter, leading to a single shot that prompted Pursley to retreat into the law office of Leakein & Han cool. Parsley, a married dry goods clerk, is linked to the incident. McKinney is described as a railroad man.
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Wacen
Georgia Life Resurance
Will Y Pursles
J J? McKinney
Purster
Leaein & Hancool
McKinnes — Helimns
McKinnex
Tram Wrecker Seen Near Americus Station
March 30 report describes a Black farm laborer at Whittle plantation who pulled spikes from a rail on the Central of Georgia line near Americus, delaying a tram. Authorities pursued with dogs but could not capture him after a miles long chase.
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Whittle
Georsid
Americus
Three Counties Pledge Roads for Highway
Summerville March 2 Special Three counties Chattooga Floyd and Walker pledge support for the Dixie highway. Floyd reports its share under construction and nearing completion Walker County commits to extend the link from LaFayette to Chattooga line Chattooga officials join in the pledge to connect the Floyd line to Walker and push the Chattooga link. At a county meeting a five member committee from each county will travel to Chattanooga to press for routing during the governors’ meeting. The enthusiasm at the court house shows strong local backing for connecting Walker Chattooga and Floyd counties to the national highway. Martow Wants Highway Adalraville Bartow enthused over the Dixie highway with local leaders pledging support.
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Summerville
Chattooga
Floyd
Walker Counties
Court House
County Board of Roads
Floyd County
Walker County
Board of Roads
LaFayette
Chattooga County
Walker Counts
LaFarette
Chattanoora
Board of Roads and
Walhe County
J M. Bellap
Moses Wright
Mf Gammon
Mark Dubanks
Floya County
Prinday
Walker Chattooga
Floyd Counties
Ita
Field
Chattanooga
Fairy Dreams of Appetite Elixir Adverts Digestive Relief
An old advertisement touts Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets claiming they aid digestion after meals and restore appetite quickly. It urges readers to take nine tablets and warns of evil effects if not used, noting druggists carry the product and a trial offer via coupon.
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Counon
Stuart Co
Cure for Pellagra Promised by Local Remedy in Alabama
Local Arkansas readers urged to seek Baughn’s Pellagra cure as doctors claim it is a real remedy. The appeal cites a Alabama source and offers a pamphlet via American Compounding Co Box 1062 Jasper Alabama, promising refunds if ineffective.
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C _ H Vaughn
Ablivine Ark
Pellagra
Alabama
American’ Compounding Co
Jasper
Whitfield Seeks Dixie Highway Link Through Johnston Sherman Route
Whitfield county boards push to choose the Johnston Sherman route for the Dixie highway at the government conference in Chattanooga. The plan envisions a first class all year road connecting Chattanooga and Atlanta. Bartow county advances road work, northern end started two months ago, southern end contracted and six months active. The route traces Sherman’s historic march, a draw for tourists and a major traffic link.
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Chattanooga
Adairsville
General Sherman
Johnston
Bartow County
Whitfield
Delion
Mare
Board of Roads and Revenues
Whitfield County
Atlanta
Barfield Wins Bibb County Seat By 47 Votes In Special Election
March 20 special election in Macon as H L Barfield a Macon merchant defeated former State Senator W D McNeil by 47 votes out of 2207. Barfield 1127 McNeil 1080. Barfield campaigned on land title reform. Bibb’s other representatives JR Ayers and B J Fowler noted. Also notice George Washington Wilkes editor of The Flow Gerald died aged 31 in Biloxi.
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Macon
Lee Barfield
Bibb
Wallace Viller
Barfield
McNeil
Taat
Bar- Hela
Bibbs
JR Ayers
B J Fowler
Biloxi
Suns
George Washington Wilkes
Princeton
Ind
The
Gerald
Insult claim ends in fatal harm in Clinton Road incident
Morgan of 310 Sixth Avenue struck and killed Albert Wells, a Black man, after two girls reported insult by Wells to their father. The incident followed Wells allegedly threatening the girls. Morgan reported the encounter and fled the scene, later exonerated by a coroner's jury.
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Macen Ga
Sardhsa
Morgan
Sixth Avenue
Albert Wells
Asterday
Clinton Road
Mr Morgan
Eat Less and Take Salts for Kidneys Advice
The ad urges Americans to guard against kidney trouble from overindulgent eating and rich blood. It promotes Jad Salts a grape and lemon acid lithia beverage to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, reduce irritation, and prevent bladder disorders, claiming easy at home use.
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T. E. Sheffield
Ware Commissioners Purchase County Farm
Trolley Company
Aetna Life
Singk
Maier & Berkele, Inc. Gold and Silversmiths
Whitehall Street
Grand Opera
Lambdin
Waycross Bar
M’gee
Rome Council
Chattooga, Floyd
Martow
Hishywaz- Adalraville
Stuart
Qatar
Stite
Shin
Doctora Way
H. L. Barfield
W.D. Mpneil
Miller
Bibb County
Wilkes
Peachtree and
Decatur Sts
Peachtree St
Rotterdam
Wimmeter N.C
City of
Memphis
Edgewood
Rons
Wight
Philatelphia, Ea
Wotner S Pryor and
Hunter Sta. Atmata Gs
Marco Gadsionte
Atlanta For Christ
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