Atlanta Macon interurban line to be completed soon
Brown House Macon Ga May 21 Special from promoters of interurban electric railways report dirt breaking soon for Macon Atlanta line with promise of completion this year. Officials say business plans are settled and construction will move quickly once details are finalized. The Macon Albany line also under consideration with active promotion ongoing.
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Macon
Albany
Brown Houses
Atlanta
Cobb Elected Editor of Christian Index in Jackson
Rev. A. J. Cobb of Barnesville Georgia has been chosen editor of the Christian Index published in Jackson Tennessee. He will start soon, receiving a good salary, regarded as a top church appointment. Cobb started the Helena B Cobb Industrial Training Institute here last year with about 180 pupils this year from several states. his wife will continue the work.
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Barnesville
A. J. Cobb
Christian Index
MEL
Jackson, Tenn
Cobb
Helena B. Cobb
Georgia farmer hopeful of good crop year says Hawes
Hon. Peyton M. Hawes of Elbert, candidate for state treasurer, reports Georgia will have a good crop year despite unpromising conditions. He cites severe weather, increased fertilizer use, and broader planting of corn and cereals. He expects reduced grain imports and a strong harvest in fall. Hawes continues campaigning in south Georgia.
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Georgia
Peyton M. Hawes
Elbert
South Georgia
Mr. Hawes
Atlanta
Dauphin a Coal Port Plan Moves Forward
Capitalists from Alabama Illinois Ohio and Tennessee form a syndicate in Birmingham to invest over 1,000,000 in Dauphin Island south of Mobile to create a major gulf coast coal port. Plans include a railroad connection to the Mobile and Ohio and Louisville and Nashville systems, with 2900 acres to be developed and 500 additional acres to be reclaimed by drainage.
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Mobile
Alabama
Illinois
Ohio
Tennessee
Dauphin Island
Gulf Coast
Birmingham
Louisville
Nashville
Herbert Choate Elected Director in Credit Men Group
Herbert E. Choate of Atlanta was elected a director at the fourteenth annual convention of the National Association of Credit Men held last week in New Orleans. The selection honors him and the Atlanta Association of Credit Men, as he becomes the first director from the city.
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Herbert E. Choate
Atlanta
National Association of Credit Men
New Orleans
Choate
Atlanta Association of Credit Men
Choate elected to southeastern credit group post
Choate, treasurer and credit manager of J K Orr Shoe Co, selected from southeastern states for a two year term as a prominent member of the credit men's association. He helped with amendments to the Sherman bill and was honored despite not attending the New Orleans meeting. Delegation members who returned included Rosenbaum, Wey, Schlesinger, Moors, Meador, Harlan, Brady, Boynton, Cooledge, and Collingsworth.
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J. K. Orr Shoe Company
Credit Men's Association
National Association
Sheriey
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Choate
New Orleans
Atlanta
Ralph Rosenbaum
Atlanta Credit Men’s Association
H. B. Wey
H. L. Schlesinger
Harry T. Moors
J. Frank Meador
J. W. Harlan
W. D. Brady
George H. Boynton
F. J. Cooledge, Jr
H. 8. Collingsworth
Lawrenceville Public Schools Close for Term
Lawrenceville Ga May 21 Special Lawrenceville public schools closed Friday for the term. A class of ten will receive diplomas. Professor W P Martin re-elected principal but will have a new faculty. Lawrenceville has one of the best schools in this section of the state.
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Lawrenceville
W. P. Martin
Heavy hail storms visit Gulf Coast region
Houston reports heavy rains and severe wind and hail across southwest and central Texas. Over twenty towns lose houses with minor injuries reported. In Gonzales a man named Beto Hernandez was struck by lightning and killed as streams rise and levees break. Some crops benefit, others are washed away.
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Houston
Texas
Gonzales
Beto Hernandez
Democratic Victory Predicted By Bryan
William Jennings Bryan said before sailing for Europe that a Democratic Congress would likely win more votes, predicting a full million more to secure a Democratic president. He sails as delegate at large to an International Missionary Conference in Scotland, with Judge George Gray aboard.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
Europe
West
Bryan
United States
International Missionary Conference
Scotland
George Gray
Monroe county tax sale nets 80 cents bid by city
La Crosse Wis May 21 The Monroe county courthouse was solid at tax sale yesterday for an unpaid weed tax of 30 cents levied by the city of Sparta The building and grounds were bid in by the city attorney for 80 cents the amount of the tax and the certificate will be held until the county makes provision for redeeming it.
TRY THIS ECZEMA CURE Imperial Eczema Remedy ad
An advertisement claims Imperial Eczema Remedy permanently cures eczema for thousands in Texas and the south. The liquid is described as penetrating the skin with antiseptics like wintergreen and carbolic acid, stopping itching, soothing, and restoring normal skin. It offers mail order $1 with express delivery from Imperial Medicine Co, Houston.
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Texas
South
Imperial Medicine Co
Houston
Texan
Southern 10 to Build Large Freight Terminal in Atlanta
President Finley announced at Samuel Spencer statue unveiling that Southern Railway plans a 700 by 60 foot two story freight terminal on Madison Avenue between Mitchell and Peters streets. The 65,000 square foot facility will extend from Mitchell to Peters viaducts, set back 87 feet to widen Madison Avenue, with four stories at the Mitchell end for offices, and will serve as a key part of the original Spencer plan for a city freight hub.
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Southern Railway Company
Madison Avenue
Mitchell Street
Peters Street
W. W. Finley
Samuel Spencer
Atlanta
Finley
Acheme
Spencer
Atlanta Terminal
Mrs J D Self of Dacula Dies at 36 in Forsyth Burial
The body of Mrs J D Self of Dacula was brought to Lawrenceville for embalming by Undertaker Sammon before interment in Forsyth County. Wife of Professor J D Self, a noted county teacher, she leaves a 12 year old son. Funeral conducted by Rev T M Luke.
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J.D. Self
Dacula
Lawrenceville
J. D. Self
Pellagra
Sammon
Forsyth County
T. M. Luke
ODD FELLOWS MEET IN ATHENS
Reduced rates via Ledboard. Round trip tickets on sale May 21 to 4, and for 70. m. tania of May 26.
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ODD Fellows Meeting
Athens
M. Tania
Heirs of Washington Seek $305000 Settlement
Washington heirs press their bid for $305000 in gold in lieu of Virginia military land. Lawrence Washington led the argument before the House private land claims committee, which may report a favorable bill next week.
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Washington
George Washington
House
Ohio
Virginia Military Lands
Congress
Lawrence Washington
Quick Time to Birmingham
Leave Atlanta at 5 85 pp. m. via Sea board for Birmingham arriving 10 p. m. The shortest quickest time with Pullman and dining car service. City Ticket Office 8 Peachtree Phones 100.
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Atlanta
Seaboard
Birmingham
City Ticket
Peachtree
Yale Students Held For Stealing Auto
Waterbury Connecticut May 21 Robert Kelly and Earl Hale Yale students are under arrest charged with stealing a car owned by G C Prentiss of New Haven. Police say the vehicle was taken from a street corner near Yale buildings after a party in which five were present. only Kelly and Hale were arrested while the others waited outside the garage.
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Waterbury
Conn
Robert Kelly
Earl Hale
Yale
G. C. Prentiss
New Haven
Xenia
Ohio
Sheffield Scientific School
Connecticut
Prentiss
Kelly
Hale
A. W. Brannan Dies at 66 in Macon Ga
A. W. Brannan of Macon aged 66 died this morning at his Flint street home after a brief illness. Survived by two daughters Mrs. L. W. Burkett and Miss Hattie May Brannan and a son Cullen Brannan. Funeral at First Baptist Church tomorrow afternoon conducted by Dr. EB C. Dargan. Interment Riverside Cemetery. Brannan served on the city board of health and was widely liked.
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Hay
A. W. Brannan
Flint Street
L. W. Burkett
Hattie May Brannan
Cullen Brannan
EB. ¢. Dargan
First Baptist Church
Riverside Cemetery
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