Raid on Childs Hotel by Atlanta vice squad
Detectives raid Childs hotel on South Broad street at 430 pm. They arrest hostelry occupants including Hance Brown, a woman identified as Lillian Wright, the hotel porter, and the proprietor. Brown released on 100 dollar bond, Wright on 390, porter on 300. Proprieter to face charges of running a low house.
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Atlantas
Childs Hotel
South Broad Street
Green
McKibben
Hance Brown
Browns
Brown
Polar Station
Lillian Wright
Miss Wright
Lawrenceville to Build Modern Sea Board Depot
April 3 work began at the Lawrenceville Georgia depot with demolition of the old passenger station. AM Walkup of Richmond Va won the contract for $10 000, and the new facility should be ready within ninety days, giving Lawrenceville an up to date passenger station aligned with the city’s progressive growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceville
Vwork
Seaboard
Réeomond Va
Two Camels to Visit Ansley During Shriners Week
White Sands and Pyramid, two camels from Galveston Texas, will stay at Hotel Ansley during Shriners Week. White Sands, acquired by the Galveston shrine six years ago, is the dam of Pyramid and will lead the animals to nearby tented accommodations set up behind the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansley
White Sands
Pyramid
Galveston
Texas
Galveston Shrine
Death hangs over Lillian Nordica in Batavia
In Batavia Java on April 30 Madame Lillian Nordica and party faced a severe relapse as illness worsened. The famed soprano, after a perilous voyage and a prior return from a world tour, is reported near death with pneumonia and nervous prostration while under care at Thursday Island. Her husband George W Young of New York remains in contact as doctors express little hope for recovery.
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Batavia
Java
Madame Lathian Nereice
Genoa
George W Young
New York
Madame Lillian Nordics
Gulf of Papua
Thursday Island
Iland
Nordica
Houtman
Farm Extension Bill Moves to President
Waarington April 30 The senate refused to reconsider its vote approving the conference report on the agricultural extension bill. The measure now goes to the president.
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Waarington
Senate
Berner Contests Akerman DA Seat In Georgia
Colonel Robert L. Berner of Macon arrives in Washington to contest the Southern District of Georgia’s United States district attorneyship. The piece notes friction among Senator West Senator Hoke Smith and Representative W Hardwick with various Savannah and Cordele figures named, and mentions Akerman’s Republican incumbency and related political maneuvering.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
United States
Southern
Georgia
Robert L. Berner
Macon
West
Hoke Smith
Department of Justice
RM Hitch
Savannah
T N Saussy
D A” R Crum
Cordele
Weet
Berner
Colonel Berner
W_ Hardwick
Charess L. Bartlett
Smith
Hitch
McReynolds
Prate Adams
Mless
Hitch & Denmark
Adams
W . Covington
Moultrie
Alexander Akerman
Mike Smith
Walter G Cooper
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Aguas Calientes
Decatur High Schools Hold Meeting in Decatur
Decatur high schools from districts including Douglasville Fairburn Palmetto Stone Mountain Lithonia Fifth District A and M school Monroe Conyers and Decatur gather Friday for two day program of declamations music and recitations plus athletic events such as sprints jumps and hurdles. A noon dinner on court house lawn and a Saturday baseball game Fairburn vs Fifth District A and W are planned with prizes awarded after the dinner.
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Ath
Decatur
Douglasville
Fairburn Palmettown
City
Stone Mountain
Lithonia
Agricultural and Mechanical School
Monroe Conyers
Court House
Ladies of
Fairburn
Ffth
A & WW
Athens Bank Shortage Not Yet Explained
April 30 Athens officials report a 27000 shortage at Citizens Bank and Trust Co. turned over to the state treasurer. State Bank Examiner J Anderson and President W H Shelton acknowledge the issue while cashier W McCrary, later at Athens Trust and Banking, faces embezzlement charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
J . Anderson
Citizens Bank and
Trust Comany
Shelton
McCrery
McCraty
Athens Trust and Banking Company
Hardaway Elected McDuffie Court Clerk and Local Officials
The McDuffie County political update notes Hardaway elected as court clerk and lists elected local officials for the clerkship ward, sheriff, tax collector, tax receiver, treasurer, surveyor, coroner, and a Democratic executive slate. Incumbent T McGahee re elected, with Crawford also reelected. several candidates faced opposition.
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Thomson
Etna
McDuffie County
Prt
Lert Superior Court
Wardawat Coy
Sherif
Ulary
Wallin & Watson
Rob Giwford
W Bailey
Porter
Davis Democratic Executive Committee
Johnson
Gheesling
Mo Haywood Pobingan Whitaker
Sol Jones
Hunter
Reese
Dunn
Hailes
Incumoent
McGahee
Crawford
Tan
Increase Oil Content by Breeding Cotton
Georgia State College of Agriculture installed an oil testing plant in its cotton laboratories as Professor Lo Rast leads tests to breed cotton with higher oil content. The goal is to produce cotton that yields the heaviest fiber and most oil, allowing mills to pay a premium. It notes wide variation in oil content among varieties and aims to raise the best oil producers to the highest efficiency.
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Athenic
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Cotton Industries
Lo Rast
Shine Pennant with a Young Window Hangs Officially
A local ceremony marks the hanging of the official Shine Pennant aboard a new window installation. Officials note the event symbolizes community pride and continuity as the decorative piece is presented to residents and visitors alike.
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Fiat
Russa Calf
Oxford Brewe
Slexarm Mre
Blackstock, Hale & Morgan
Marietta St
Death
Lillian Nordica
VIA
Georgia Railroad
Wilmington
Wrightsville
North Carolina
Virginia
Charleston
South Carolina
Augusta
Teave
Uanta
Atlanta
Atlanta-Augusta
Carolinas
Tricket
P. Billups
Akerman
Southern District of Georgia
Cooper
Wilburn
John R Cooper
Supreme Court
Mek Wilburn
Jones County
Bacons
Decatur High Schools
Hardaway
M’duffie Court
Trust Company OF Georgia
Treasury Department
the Trust Company of Georgia
Atlanta, Ca
Department
National Banks of
Ernest Woodruff
John E. Murphy
J. H. Nunnally
W KE Chapin
Charles d Bk. Currier
J W English, SR
J. N. Goddard
Chas. A. Wickersham
Frederic J Panon
Charles R Winship
Geo. B. Pendleton
Sec’s and
Treas
John K. McDonald
John W Grant
A V Gade
Robert J. Lowry
Robert £. Naddox
WM. J. Davis
Thomas Egleston
Thomas B. Paine
EH Inman
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