Barclay Memorial Home for Wayward Girls Expands
The Barclay Memorial Association’s home near Maxwell Station, two miles from Hapeville, rapidly fills its 60 acre site with 25 inmates and two more expected. Rooms are full, extra cottages are becoming sleeping quarters, and plans aim for larger, nearer-city quarters, with a laundry and factory hoped to aid self-support. Inmates come from Rome, Columbus, Jasper, Jeffersonville, Cartersville and Atlanta, aged 12 to 22, with sentences from one to five years and treated uniformly under nonsectarian care.
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Barclay Memorial
John F. Barclay Memorial Association
Maxwell Station
Hapeville
Reformatory
Atlanta
Barclay Remorial Association
South
BE. H. Peacock
Rome
Columbus
Jasper
Jeffersonville
Cartersville
Peacock
Lbr. Atkinson
Central Congregational Church
C B Wilmer
St Luke's Church
Ww. Daniel
First Baptist Church
French
First Methodist Church
Moore
Harris Street Presbyterian Church
Home for Wayward Women Aids Growth Seeks Funds
Barclay Memorial Association plans for over 200 inmates within a year and seeks funds to buy or lease larger quarters. Rev. Mr. Peacock is bonded as agent to assure proper use of funds. The home, founded by Mrs Frank R. Logan, opened March 18 with strong city church support and women donors.
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The
Evangelical Association
Peacock
Barclay Memorial Association
Frank R. Logan
Atlarfta
Sta Usafulness
Players' Club aids Cafe Chantante benefit in Rome Ga
Mrs Frank Ellis leads a Cafe Chantante fundraiser on May 21 and June 1 in Rome Georgia for the Martha Berry Social and Home for Incurables. The event at Peachtree and Harris roof garden features vaudeville acts, music, dance, recitations, and costumes by Mrs Ellis with club support and publicity by the Home for Incurables society ladies.
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Frank Ellis
Martha Berry
Rome
Players’ Club
Firs
Peachtree
Harris Streets
Ellis
Peonage Charges Arrests in Macon Case Against Carroll and Ellington
Macon Georgia May 21 Special accused of holding Robbie Meridith a negro girl in bondage Edmund Carroll a white farmer and EM Ellington a negro laborer were arrested and brought to Macon to secure bond of 300 each under indictments for peonage They were released to return at the October term of the court The two men were indicted yesterday by the federal grand jury. New World's Pistol Record in New York May 21 A. M Poindexter of the Monmouth Revolver Club Red Bank New Jersey claimed a new world mark for .22 caliber pistol shooting He sent his target and witness affidavits to the United States Revolver Association at Springfield Massachusetts to prove scores of 160 in ten shots 160 in fifteen shots and 189 in twenty shots.
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Macon
Robbie Meridith
Edmund Carroll
EM Ellington
Pinehurst
New York
A. M. Poindexter
Monmouth Revolver Club
Red Bank
N. J
Cigar Factory Destroyed in Tampa Fire
Fire of likely incendiary origin destroyed the newly completed cigar factory of Samuel J. Davis & Co in Tampa Florida. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. The factory was one of the largest cigar making structures in the world and was being prepared for occupancy.
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Tampa
Fla
Samuel J. Davis & Co
Alumnae Benefit a Wesleyan Success in Macon
May 21 Macon Georgia special report states that Mrs Church Berryman and Wesleyan friends organized a college chapel alumnae benefit. A large crowd attended and the program was arranged to deliver a fine feature at every turn. Visitors and friends enjoyed the affair, which proved a successful event.
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Macon
Church Berryman
Wesleyan
College Chapel
Columbus Board of Trade backs New Orleans exposition site
The Columbus Board of Trade declared in favor of New Orleans as the logical venue for the exposition celebrating the completion of the Panama Canal, signaling regional support for the event.
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New Orleans
Columbus Ga
Columbus Board of Trade
Miles Defeats Lytton in British Court Tennis Final
London May 21 Eustace H Miles amateur British court tennis champion defeated Lytton three sets to one in the championship round of the tournament today.
Mediation Plan in Peru Ecuador Dispute Accepted
Washington May 21 The Arbitral mediation proposed by Secretary Knox is accepted by Ecuador and Peru demonstrating the success of the plan as the Ecuadorian government adopts the offer.
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Washington
Knox
Peru
Ecuador
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Francis EK
Price
Efme
Gall
Carlton Shoe Co
Whitehall St
B. H. Peacock
Cafe Chantante
Rhodes
Whitehall Street
Revenue Officer
Rose
Georgia
Bond
Chattanooga
Jacksonville
R. M. Rose Company
Distillers
Chattanooga, Tenn
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