Bishops Elected at Conference First Ballot Triumphs
Summingham Ala May 17 After a day of balloting at the Detho vist Episcopal general conference three new bishops were elected Dr Seth Ward Dr John J Tigert and Dr James Atkins Tigert won on the first ballot Ward on the third and Atkins twelfth The committee adopted a $50 000 educational extension plan and efforts were made to keep clergy from dispensing medicines
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Summingham
Ala
Dethovist Episcopal General Conference
Seth Ward
John J. Tigert
James Atkins
Tigart
Ward
Atkins
J Wight
Denny
Klige
McMurry
Murrah
W. F. McMurry
St. Louis
Orce
Beeny
Rigo
Adurrah
Atias
D. Tigert
Loutaville
Vanderbilt University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
J.L. D
University of
Bible Teachers’ Study Circle
M . Br
Leon County
Texas
Southwestern University
Board of
Missiong
Twenty Minutes Spent In City By Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks vice president and ex-officio senate president spent twenty minutes in Avipata last night in a terminal station visit. He arrived on a special Southern train not usually used for passengers and departed for Birmingham to attend the Methodist Episcopal church south conference as fraternal delegate. He will address the conference today and return to Atlanta tomorrow for a full day.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks
Indiana
United States
Senate
Avipata
No. 97
Southern
Birmingham
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Episcopal Church
Atlanta
Cumberland Presbyterians Fight Union at Assembly
Decatur Alabama May 17 The Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly opened under Rev J M Hubbert with anti unionists holding secret meetings and reporters barred They discussed withdrawing injunctions but the group unanimously decided to press the suit Judge Fus sell was chosen to nominate an anti union candidate for moderator.
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Decatur
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
J. M. Hubbert
Marshall
Fussell
Tax Committee Denies Book Licenses At Revivals
Rev C P Bridewell reports a book selling issue in Atlanta near a Torrey revival. Chief Jennings halted book sales in front of the skating rink at the revival site. City tax committees recommended no license, leaving the book sellers no option but court action.
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C. P. Bridewell
First Presbyterian Church
Atlanta
Bock Spielery
W. J. Campbell
Tax Committees of Council
Patterson
Mrs Davis Suffered Relapse After Illness at Girard Hotel
New York May 17 Mrs Jefferson Davis wife of the Souther Confederacy president remained serious after a relapse at the Hotel Girard. Oxygen supported her during the morning and she improved by noon though pneumonia looms due to age. Her daughter Mrs J Addison Hayes and grandchildren Jefferson Hayes Davis and his sister kept vigil as Mrs Davis marked her eightieth birthday two weeks earlier at a drive and cold infection followed.
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New York
Jefferson Davis
Girard
J. Addison Hayes
Jefferson Hayes Davis
Princeton University
Sutton defeats Burger-Wallach in invitational singles
Miss May Sutton of California, world women’s tennis champion, defeated New York champion Mrs. Harge Wallach at Longwood today 6-2 6-2 in the invitational singles.
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Miss Sutton
Mrs. Burger- Wallach
Boston
May Sutton
California
Harge- Walach
New York
Longwood
Tigert's rise from grocer's driver to bishop and professor
John J. Tigert, Louisville native, rose from driving a grocery wagon to Vanderbilt professor and now bishop. He married Amelia McTyeire, daughter of Bishop McTyeire, and later led Vanderbilt religious work, editor of the Bethany Quarterly, gaining high rank in religious literature.
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John J. Tigert
Amelia
Tyeire Gishop McTyeire
Vanderbilt University
Tigert
Louisville
J. J. Tigert
Broadway Street Methodist Church
R. H. Rivers
Vanderlei
Bethoast Quarterly
Charges Against Captain Z B Moon for Misconduct in Ward
Police Matron Mary Bohnefeld accuses Captain Zadoc T Moon of repeated visits to the female ward, improper familiar talk, and interfering with reform efforts. The document lists specific incidents from March and April 1906 including meetings with Fannie May Parker and Edna Rexford, plus a false report to The Atlanta Constitution. Witnesses are named to support the charges.
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Z. B. Moon
Zadoc
B. Moon
Mary Bohnefeld
Atlanta
Olive Department
Moon
Henge
Police Department
Fannie May Parker
Lula Claiborne
Mamie Klein
Hutsey
Captain Moon
Trinity
Langford
Sala
Fuatron
Said -Ward
Vannie May ‘Parker
Fuonie Mey Parker
the Good Shepherd
Edna Rexford
Lading
Hana Rexfora
Edna Flex
Beleving
John Corrigan
F. M. Robinson
John C. Wilkins
Arch Avary
Henry Simmons
Nash R. Broyles
T. D. Longino
Gordon Noel Hurtel
Irene Garret
Maggie Garrett
Bonnell
Ozbury
Bostwick
Conley
Rosser
Rowan
Chandler
Gloer
Mothers Endorse Police Matron Cause in Georgia
The Georgia Congress of Mothers approves sustaining the police matron office and supports incumbent Mrs. Bahnefeld. Resolution cites protection and uplift of women and children and urges the police commission to maintain the matron’s role, signed by prominent members including Mrs. Zahner and others.
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Moon G
Georgia Math Congress
Mary Bohnefeld
Ton
Congress of Mothers
Georgia Congress of Mothers
Police Commission
Bahnefeld
Congress
Robert Zahner
Georgia
Theodore Burney
National Congress of Mothers
A. McD. Wilson
R A. Harris
W. R. Prescott
L. B. Clark
Hugh Richardson
S. E. Collis
W. M. Haynes
Henry Hudgins
Alex. Stirling
Elijah Williams
P. Cobb
O’keefe Nelson
Smith
Longley
John W. Berry
I. L.‘strickland
W. T. Elmer
John Harry
Lews
Corbett Chosen Moderator by Presbyterian Assembly
Des Moines May 17 After a spirited contest Rev Dr Hunter Corbett a noted missionary to China was elected moderator of the Presbyterian general assembly late this afternoon Three ballots were needed with final totals Corbett 429 Barkley 308 Hendy 0 from Missouri.
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Des Moines
Lai
Hunter Corbett
China
Presbyterian General Assembly
Corbett
J. U. Barkley
Detroit
J. H. Hendy
Missouri
Negro Lynched in Florida After Jail Break
A mob in Inverness Citrus County Florida entered the jail late at night, seized Frank Jordan colored and accused of robbing and murdering a white peddler named Sweeney near Stage Pond two weeks prior. Jordan was hanged by the mob at a tree just outside town with no disorder and no shots fired. The body showed no mutilation.
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Tampa
Fla
Inverness
Citrus County
Frank Jordan
Sweeney
Stage Pond
Atlanta Police Trial Opens Over Moon Bahnefeld Charges
The long anticipated police board trial of Captain Z B Moon began in the recorder's court with Mrs Mary Bahnefeld accusing Moon of improper conduct and familiar visits to her ward. Attorneys argued postponement for key witness Gordon Noel Hurtel, but the proceedings continued toward a conclusion expected to span days.
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Captain Moon
Bahnefeld
Atlanta
Whem
Mary Bahnefeld
Z. B. Moon
Board of Police Commissioners
McElreath
Bonneféit
Gordon Noel Hurtel
Hurtel
Moon
Bohnefeld
Smith Is Frustrated Amid Tide Dispute
Smith expresses anger over a dispute with Tide, while Howell offers applause or support. The brief note highlights a tense exchange and public reaction.
Howell address draws Dooly crowds in Georgia primary discourse
In Albany Georgia on May 17 Special Clark Howell condemned Hoke Smiths charges of corruption in the recent legislative primaries before a large Dooly county audience. Applause greeted his critique of disfranchisement and campaign tactics. Supported by local leaders the speech energized supporters and promised continued effort to carry Dooly in the governor race.
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Fred Lewis
Albany
Clark Howell
Hoke Smith
Dealy County
Mr. Howell
Dooly
Doply County
Howell
Doply’ County
Court House
Mr.Lowell
W. H. Lester
Lester
Georgia
Weather Forecast for Georgia on Friday and Saturday
Washington dispatch notes forecast for Friday and Saturday in Georgia with fair conditions. Mentioned are light variable winds and temperature figures including highest, lowest, and mean temps, along with normal expectations and precipitation data from the past 24 hours and monthly totals.
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Washington
Georgia
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