Macon Elks prepare two day convention with committees
Macon Georgia May 14 special reports that Elks prepare for a two day state convention with 48 items of program and arrangement completed. Committees cover finance entertainment transportation decorations parade meeting visiting lodges uniform for Macon lodge and more. The program lists a public meeting city tour barbecue reception business sessions and a band concert with a grand parade and memorial services. Prizes totaling hundreds of dollars are offered for parade performance uniforms and decor.
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Macon
Jesse B. Hart
BE. B. Coates
Joseph N. Neel
John Schofield
Dave Hill
Ches Jones
Eden Taylor
J. Rob Massenburg
T. F. Mulline
O. H. Weaver
John Blount
G. R. Petit
C. B. Rhodes
Morris Happ
Mallory Taylor
J. F. Nyhan
T. 8. Steed
Herbert Smart
Jank R. Happ
Henry Jones
Randolph Jaques
Henry Lamar
John W. Blount
M. L. Corbett
L. A. Tharpe
Horace Newman
Joe Wilson
Macon Lodge
Augustin Dedly
Miller G. White
C. R. Wright
Cc. R. Wright
W. H. Martin
J. B. Rau
JH. Alexander
Reb Massenburg
P. H. Gambrell
L. J. Kilburn
State Association
City Auditordut
The
Elks
Volunteers’ Armory
Elks’ Club
Volunteers
Brand
Macon Lodge of Elks
Gilmer County Farmer Shoots Himself Dead
Sam Craig a 24 year old Gilmer County farmer shot himself near Ellijay at sunset after mentioning death by own action a week earlier. His wife found him with a pistol. the bullet passed through the mouth into the brain. Coroner W J Plumley is absent. inquest by Esquire P H Milton. He leaves a wife and one child.
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Billijay
Sam Craig
Ellijay
County of
W. J. Plumley
Esquire
P H. Milton
Craig
Cordele Officials Praised in State’s Best City Court Election
Cordele Georgia May 14 Special 1 In Strozier and Eakes the people of Cordele feel they have two of the state s best city court officials. Strozier born near Greenville Meriwether educated in local schools moved to Cordele admitted to the bar in 1889 served as mayor and city attorney before becoming first judge of Cordele city court. He won a second term by 422 votes over D A R Crum. Eakes born November 6 1880 in Forsyth county Emory College graduate 1900 taught school three years and since 1903 has practiced law in Cordele. Appointed solicitor of Cordele city court in 1906 he was reelected by 1231 votes carrying every precinct in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
E B. F. Strozier
Mathew M. Bakes
E F. Strozier
Greenville
Meriwether County
City Court of
Vienna
Crisp
D. A. R. Crum
Mathew M. Eakes
Farsyth County
Georgia
Emory College
Joseph M. Terrell J
Stop-overs Will Help Roads and Cities, Says Wilson
W S Wilson president of Sterling Lumber argues stop-overs boost regional growth and would benefit both roads and Atlanta by attracting home seekers and increasing rail traffic. He criticizes railroads for delaying stop-overs, citing city protection and the high value of Atlanta’s annual business as justification for granting the privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Wilson
Sterling Lumber Company
Middle West
Mr. Wilson
Cordele tailor kills merchant after family quarrel
Cordele Georgia May 14 Following a family quarrel B W Wheeler proprietor of a meat market was shot and killed by August Myers a tailor at 11 last night Wheeler allegedly intoxicated wife fled to a neighbor Myers wounded Wheeler in the neck and body and surrendered to the sheriff pleading self defense a coroner's jury will decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
W. Wheeler
August Myers
Wheeler
Myers
Albany Faces Mad Dog Scare And Muzzled Dogs
Albany Georgia May 14 Special Albany has a mad dog scare at an acute stage. An ordinance to require all dogs at large to wear muzzles and a dog catcher added to city staff is under consideration. Alderman Jones opposed immediate effect, delaying action until the next regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Jones
Campbell Case Postponed in Augusta Forgery Charge
Augusta May 14 A. Campbell financial secretary of the Augusta lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen faces forgery charges. He allegedly raised lodge vouchers to cover a cash shortage of 50 to 100 dollars and promised repayment. An auditing committee found receipts he raised and refused to return. M Gray of the committee had a warrant against Campbell, and the magistrate postponed the preliminary hearing indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
T. A. Campbell
Campbell
M. Gray
Wasp
Gray
Thweatt Regrets Shooting Himself in Americus
Americus Georgia May 14 Special L A Thweatt a 35 year old man shot two bullets through his breast in front of his wife at home yesterday evening He is alive but in precarious condition One bullet passed through his body the other lodged near the heart and in the backbone He recently moved from Jacksonville to work for the Seaboard railway and now regrets the act with no apparent cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
L. A Thweatt
Thweatt
Jacksonville
Seaboard Railway
Roberts and Land Indicted by Jury in Fenn Death
Cordele Ga May 14 Special R H Roberts of Tifton and J S Land of Syemore were indicted by the Decatur county grand jury in the death of A J Fenn reported drowned in the Apalachicola river Florida on April 2 Land and Roberts accompanied Fenn on the Bainbridge Ga trip to the drowning point late April 21 Land has been arrested and jailed awaiting transfer to Bainbridge Roberts is also believed arrested both men contend Fenn died in an accident
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Cordere
R. H. Roberts
Tifton
J. S. Land
Syemore
Decatur County
A. J. Fenn
Apalachicola River
Florida
Cordelo
Feggn
Land
Roberts
Fenn
Bainbridge
Cason
Turner County
Jall
Mr. Fenn
Mountain resort in Virginia hosts June 1 1910 opera
A historic Summer resort at 2000 feet elevation in Virginia advertises superior water for diabetes and stomach issues. It promotes an opera on June 1 1910 and offers booklets with information from manager Charles LL Jonn and hostess Mrs R M T Hunter Ostess Pulaski Va.
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Virginia
Charles LL Jonnon
R. M. T. Hunter
Ostess
Pulaski
Bostwicke Island Resort in the Thousand Islands
Bostwicke Island Resort, among the finest felande in the Thousand Islands, lies close to the mainland. It uses vegetables, butter, eggs, and milk produced on the Bostwicke Island Resort Farm. Reachable by railroad and steamboat. For details contact CAPT. JOHN KEITH, Box 35, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada.
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Bostwicke Island
Thousand Islands
Judge Pendleton rules custody access and civil actions in Atlanta
Judge J T Pendleton issued orders in multiple matters including a custody provision for Willie Payton requiring the mother to bring him to see his father Sunday 3 30 to 4 00 while the father is bed bound. He also ruled a verdict for Nancy E Mooney in a Georgia Terminal case awarding 200 plus 7 percent interest and set May 28 for further hearings in several matters. A petition against the Dixie Auto Company led to a temporary restraining order and a May 28 hearing. investors claimed false representations by Hardy and associates to swindle $800. A contempt hearing was set for May 21 in a bank suit over unauthorized filing. A reform school commitment was ordered for Roy Lee Turner for forging a 15 cent check. The Church Extension Society received incorporation papers under the Atlanta diocese to extend Christ’s kingdom. The Atlanta Gas Company demurrer in Violet West v. Atlanta Gas was sustained for lack of legal grounds.
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J. T. Pendleton
Josie Payton
W. C. Payton
Willie Payton
Nancy E. Mooney
the Georgia Terminal Company Et al
Dixie Auto Company
Smith Z Hancock
Pendleton
George F. Hardy
Frank M. Payne
Co. E. Miller
John F. Brastow
George A. Bradley
W. H. Wynn
Hardy
T. B. Scott
W. E. Davis
Scott & Davis
Germania Savings Bank, Trustee
Richard Cheatham
C. K. Nelson
Episcopal Diocese of
Savannah
C. T. Pise
C. B. Wilmer
W. W. Memminger
J. J. Perry
Russell K. Smith
C. K. Weller
W. F. Parsons
Milton Dargan
Williford H. Browne
Thomas Egleston
F. B. Dancy
Z. D. Harrison
Bernard Sattler
Fred A. Anderson
Robert C. Alston
E D. Henderson
Eustis Day
Church Extension Society
Atlanta
Women win universal municipal suffrage in Norway vote
In Christiania on May 14 the electorate approved universal municipal suffrage for women over 25 by a large majority. The measure becomes effective at the next elections and will raise the number of women voters from 379,000 to about 500,000.
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Christiania
Odtesting
Printing City Code for Atlanta Sealed Bid Requested
Notice to Publishers in Atlanta dated May 14 1891 requests bids to print and bind 1000 copies of the City Code with 500 cloth and 500 law binders. Specs include 6 by 9 inch size 60 pound paper 10 point body type 8 point index and chapter heads, run in section heads, heavy caps. pricing per page and a separate bid for numbering 1000 typed pages. Delivery time to be stated. Copy available in City Attorney J L Mason’s office at Atlanta National Bank. Dr S D Warnock chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
S. DD. Warnock
J. L. Mayson
Atlanta National Bank
D. Warnock
Bankrupt Sale Under Judge’s Order in Georgia
A bankruptcy sale by trustee Barnes Allen of J H W Friedman of Blue Ridge Ga is set for May 18 1910 at 10 am. The estate includes dry goods groceries clothing shoes notions hardware furniture and more with notes and accounts offered as a whole or in parcels. Sealed bids due by 10 pm the day of sale and final sale subject to referee confirmation. inspection by bidders beforehand.
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Geo. D. Anderson
Miire
Joseph H. Friedman
Bills Ridge
East Main Street
Blue Ridge
Ga. X
Anto
BAM
Allen
J. H W
Winder
Percy BH. Adams
Arthur Wilson
Bald
West Fair Street
Atlanta
Azid
Grant Building
T. 7
Ripley
Bond bids sought for North Carolina refunding bonds
State treasurer of North Carolina calls for sealed bids by May 18, 1910, for 3 430 000 in refunding bonds dated July 1 1910 payable July 1 1950. Interest 4 percent semi annual. Principal and interest at National Park Bank New York. Legal opinion by Hubbard Masslich. Also Georgia notices of court removal of disabilities and a custodian sale in Atlanta with bids opening May 17 1916.
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State OF
North Carolina
National Park Bank
New York City
Raleigh
N. C
Hubbard & Masslich
New York
Hubbard & Masalich
Leprosy Rumor At Zanesville High School
In Zanesville Ohio on May 14 this special report says two Zanesville High School girls were rumored to have leprosy after leaving school days earlier. Authorities would not confirm details and sources suggest the disease arose from wearing false hair made to resemble rats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Ohio
Zanesville High School
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Grand Lodge
Gilmer County
Cordele City
Mathew M. Wakes
E. F. Strozier
Citiea
West
B. W. Wheeler
Lake Warner
G. Holman Gardner
Box
Gainesville
Brenau College Conservatory
Gainesaville
Eplenéth
Brenan Chaitaugue
Thewatt
Wigwam
Indian Springs
Southern Railway
Scoville Bros
Morris Hotel
Birmingham
Ala
Pulaski, Va
Temple Rental CO
West 34Th St
MT. Clemens
Detroit
R. Eastman
Chamber of Commerce
Mich
Bostwicke Island Resort
John Keith
Gananoque
Ontario
Canada
Mary Dickert
J. Dickert
Roy Lee Turner
O. LE. Turner
Reformatory
Andrew Calhoun
H. M. Reid
Atlanta Gas Company
Violet B. West
Sharon Springs, N. Y
Baden Baden of
America
John H. Gardner & Sons
W. H. Craig
Delta Chemical Co
St. Louis
B. R. Lacy
State OF Georgia
Fulton County
Bilvey Dorria
Lee Ward
Lee Derris
W. D. Ellis
Arnold Bnoyles
Moore & Pomeroy
Srichton-Shumaker
Crichton
Atlants
Perecn
Aatalog Crishten-Shumaker Greinece Coft Ca
Vieze
T. Alex Baxter
Greenbrier County
W. Va
HOTEL
Tarrymoore
Wrightsville Beach, N. C
Wrightsville Beach
W. J. Moore
S. A. L. Railroad
Chicago Beach
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Great South Park
Lake Shore
Chicesa
Arkansas
United States
Business Men's League
Hot Springs
Ark
U. S
Tate Spring
E. E. Hoss
Methodigh Church
Nashville
Tenn
John
Bey
Tate Spring Company
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