Macon Opens Modern Freight Terminals Boosting Regional Trade
Striking evidence of commercial advancement in Macon and south Georgia is shown by new freight terminals opened by the Southern railway and the Georgia Southern and Florida railway. The facilities include separate inbound and outbound warehouses each 492 feet long, seven tracks serving seventy cars, a 250 foot cotton platform, team tracks for 100 bulk cars, three paved driveways, and extended loading areas. Located in the heart of the business district, the terminals will aid shippers and spur city growth, signaling anticipated substantial business expansion.
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Macon
South Georgia
Southern Railway
Georgia Southern and
Florida Railway
Boatnessa
Southern
Georgia Southern
Florida
Bualneas
Young Dexter Pupil Wins High Honors for Stories
Miss Clyd q Bags, 12, of Dexter High School in seventh grade, has won top honors in composition over the past year. She earned the highest mark for general excellence and the gold medal for effort and improvement in scholarship. Parents: Mr and Mrs J D Bass. Followed by her story.
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Clyd@q Bags
Dexter High School
J. D. Bass
Right Will Succeed By Clyde 3 Be
A poor country boy Charlie Green travels to the city for schooling while supporting his widowed mother. He endures ridicule, clears his name after being falsely accused of stealing library funds, wins late trust, and earns a college bound future with Louise Garfield’s help and his mother’s pride.
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Clyde
Charlie Green
Charlie
C. K. Jones
Fred
Louise
Fred Wiggs
Sunity
Garfield
Methodist Conference Debates Clergy Itineracy Return
At the Minneapolis session of the great Methodist conference, debate focuses on restoring itinerant ministry. Officials consider permanent pastorates in large cities, while lay voices warn that lowering moral standards could harm church and community. James E. B. Fuge notes the Men and Religion Movement pushes gospel outreach to factories, creating a factory parish with community influence.
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New York
Minneapolis
Methodist Church
General Conference
James EB. Fuge
St. Louis
Rome
Thearistine Chapel
Sealed Proposals for Bank and Office Building Erection
Sealed proposals to furnish all material and labor for a six story fireproof bank and office building with basement on Market and Jeffersgan Streets Dublin Ga will be received until noon June 2 1912. Proposals require certified checks and bids on special blanks with 2 percent deposit and 50 percent contract bond. drawings available from First National Bank Dublin and architect A Ten Eyck Brown Forsyth Building Atlanta Ga.
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Market
Jeffergan
Dublin
Wm. R. Brigham
First National Ban
A. Ten Eyck Brown
Forsyth
Atlanta
Makter
First National Bank
Dubln
A. Guiantee
Ownela
Home Mission Week to Promote Church Driven Social Reform
The Home Missions Council and the Council of Women for Home Missions plan a nationwide campaign to fund and educate on social religious problems. Starting this fall with Home Mission Week from November 17 to 24, committees will organize in 2500 American cities to mobilize churches and allied groups in immigration, temperance, labor, and urban issues.
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Federated Churches
United and Federated Church
America
Home Missions Council
Council of Women For Home Missions
Protestant Home Mission Forces of America
Home Mission
Church
Clube
Chambers of Commerce
First Municipal Woman Detective Promoted in New York
The first municipal woman detective, Mrs. Goodwin, is promoted to detective of the first grade with a $2,256 annual salary. Her twenty years of police matron service and undercover sleuth work culminate after the taxicab robbery arrests, marking a milestone in U S policing and the creation of a female detective force.
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Charles A. Logue
Leslie
Altra
Serbel Ia Goodwin
Rhinelander Waldo
Alloy
New York City
United Stntes
George la Liougherty
Palmulata
Crystal
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Grawer
Achool
Tom
A. &M. School
Americus
San
Heath
Howar
Isa Finis Taylor
Gilbert' L Young
Fitzgerald
Greena Sons
Atlanta, Ga
Et National Bank
Montgomery
Bell
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mothe
Virginia
Bosman & Lohman CO
Makers
Sonrotx
Vincinia
South
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Jrerhives
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