Capitol View Homes Offer Quality and Value Near Atlanta
A local housing ad praises Capitol View as a growing Atlanta suburb with homeowners who invest in beautified homes. It contrasts it with field pine constructions and touts selected yellow pine for framing, weatherboarding, and finishes. Prospective buyers are urged to contact W. Do. Beatie at 207 Equitable Building or call 3520 to tour the area today.
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Atlanta
Capitol View
W. DO. Beatie
Equitable
Lali
Experts study effects of Sherman raid in Georgia inquiry
Edward B Krehbiel and L L Hill arrive at Piedmont hotel to assess feasibility of a detailed study on war impacts. They plan to begin in Georgia tracing Sherman’s march from Chattanooga to Atlanta, consulting governors and parties to map a possible nationwide investigation.
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Edward Benjamin Krehbiel
Leland Stanford University
David Starr Jordan
L. L. Hill
World Peace Congress
Piedmont Hotel
Atlanta
Krehbiel
Brown
Georgia
Chattanooga
Sherman
Vice Commission to Target Cheap Hotels First
The vice commission plans a second meeting in days to outline steps to eradicate the social evil. It will first focus on closing alleged hotels and lodging houses used for assignation, seeking charter powers to regulate via investigations and permits.
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Humphrey
Police Board
Council
T Jo
Atlanta
Two Great Highways Planned From Cornelia To Atlanta And Asheville
arans Cornelia Ga May 23 Special Two great highways running from Greenville through Stephens Habersham Hall Gwinnett and Banks to Peach tree road Atlanta and another path from Cornelia to Asheville via Tallulah Falls Rabun Gap and Tennessee valley will be advanced at a Cornelia meeting May 28 hosted by the Habersham County Good Roads Association. The crest route passes Toccoa Mount Airy Cornelia Baldwin Alto Lula Gainesville Norcross and offers river-free scenic safety with railway telegraph links. The second route traverses Demorest Clarkesville Turneraville Tallulah Falls Clayton Rabun Gap Lake Toxaway and the French Broad to Asheville linking with the New York and Atlanta highway in Virginia.
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Cornelia
Greenville
8. C
Stephens
Habersham
Hall
Gwinnett
Banks Counties
Peachtree Road
Atlanta
Asheville
N. C
Tallulah Falls
Rabun Gap
Tennessee Valley
Habersham County Good Roads Association
Toccoa
Mount Airy
Baldwin
Alto
Lula
Gainesville
Demorest
Clarkesville
Turneraville
Clayton
Highlands
Lake Toxoway
French Broad
North Carolina
Virginia
New York and Atlanta
Last Chance for Kinemacolor Picture at Grant Park
Tonight at Grant Park two performances of a kinemacolor film conclude with an 7:30 start and an 8:30 encore lecture on civic improvement. Admission is free.
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Grant Park
Coal price hike marks 25 cent rise for June 1
New York reports a 25 cent coal price increase to 5.25 per ton at tidewater, adding 10 percent wage advance for anthracite workers. Separately, a vice commission member calls for closing illicit lodging houses and hotels as vital steps to reform Atlanta’s moral scene.
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New York
Tidewater
Auction Tomorrow at 3 P.M. for Lots and Bungalows
A sale is scheduled tomorrow at 3 p m featuring lots and bungalows located at the intersection of North Boulevard and Eighth Street. The event is open to bidders and details specify property types available.
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North Boulevard
Eighth Street
Georgia Bankers Convene at Atlantic Beach with National Figures
A large party of eastern bankers and Atlanta and north Georgia financiers, including U S treasurer Joe McClung, left for Atlantic Beach to open the twenty first annual Georgia Bankers Association convention. The visitors, led by Robert Maddox, were hosted in Atlanta clubs and included executives from Chase National, Merchants National, National Bank of Commerce St Louis, First National Philadelphia, and others. Delegations came from Elberton Athena and Macon with a Macon special car joining the main train.
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United States
Atlanta
North Georgia
Atlantic Beach
Georgia Bankers’ Association
Joe McClung
Robert F. Maddox
Bankers’ Association
McClung
Capital City
Maddox
Woodhaven
Chers
Mississippi
Alabama
Bankers
John Co. Wheatley
Harris, Forbes & Co
Piedmont
W. 2. Purdy
Chase National, Bank
New York
B. Hays
Merchants’ National Bank
Baltimore
G. R. Baker
National Bank of Commerce
St. Louis
H. J. Haas
First National Bank
Philadelphia
Carl Coomley
Coal
Elberton
Athena
Seaboard
Southern
Macon
City urged to donate Piedmont park lot for Ansley Park school
The board of education adopted a resolution asking Atlanta City Council to donate a 300 by 400 foot parcel cut from the northwest section of Piedmont Park for a new Ansley Park school. The committee says the unused park area is ideal, conveniently located for Ward Eight residents, and would not affect park beauty. Funds totaling 20,000 already approved by the bond commission and council would finance the site, with no other site yet agreed.
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Board of Education
Ansley Park
Cit of
Atlanta
Piedmont Park
Piedmont Avenue
Shepard Bryan
George M. Hope
James L. Key
Domestic Economy Gains Favor With School Board
The board of education unanimously backed domestic economy work in public schools. It approved a resolution urging council to appropriate 190 for purchasing cooking school equipment at Girls High and 1500 to maintain the cooking department in two high schools for the year. The move followed Miss Nettle Sergeant's request for 100 to buy 500 worth of equipment lent by the gas company for three weeks.
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Publc
Board of Education
Counel
Eounch
General O'Bear Attends Guardsmen Meeting
Adjutant General Obear left for Washington to join the national guard executive committee meeting pushing for militia pay legislation. The measure, likely to be taken up by the House soon, would grant pay to officers and men for services rendered nationwide.
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W. G. Obear
Washington, D. C
National Guard
Congress
You Can’t Help Having a Good Time at Warm Springs
A brisk, breezy note invites readers to enjoy constant activities at Warm Springs with plenty of options to keep visitors entertained and engaged. The piece highlights the lively social scene and recreational offerings available in the resort town.
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Warm Springs
Americus High School Graduates Twenty Three
In Americus Georgia on May 23 twenty three pupils received diplomas at the public school commencement exercises. The class is the largest in years with a crowded auditorium and about seventeen hundred pupils enrolled this session. Superintendent Augustus Miller resigns to join Waycross. Professor J Edward Mathis, current Americus mayor, to succeed him.
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Americus
Americas
Austem
Augustus Miller
Waycross
J. Edward Mathis
Lineman at Marietta Killed by Live Wire
Marietta Georgia May 23 Special Lewis Shewmake a lineman with Bell Telephone Company was killed while climbing a pole when his body touched exposed electrical wires. He fell to the ground taking the wires down with him. He had recently moved from Woodstock and leaves a wife and a small child.
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Marietta
Lewis Shewmake
Bell Telephone Company
Woodstock
Parents protest against teacher at East Atlanta school
East Atlanta residents petition the board of education not to return Professor Merchants as principal, warning that the school may close if he is reinstated. The petition cites concerns over his suitability and communication with students. Superintendent Slaton will investigate. five committee members led the outreach.
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8. A. Merchanta
East Atlanta
L. P. Gibson
Board of Education
Professor Merchants
Gibson
William M. Slaton
PF. Fincher
LL A Rivers
C. B McDaniel
A. R Young
Atlanta Chosen To Host Hardware Dealers Convention
The Georgia Renal Hardware Association closed its seventh annual convention in Athens Ga with Atlanta named as next year s meeting site among four A towns Athens Americus Albany and Augusta Savannah and Waycross were praised for fine participation Atlanta won a close race over Americus for hosting duties Officers elected include President T G Greene Hatenton First VP J R Hall Moultrie Second VP J Sapp Albany and John J Mobrey Madison Re-elected treasurer Representatives to the National Retail Hardware Association convention in Detroit in June are C B Thomas Griffin and P S Twitty Dublin alternates T W Brabston Athens and W G Raines Statesboro The executive committee includes J R Hall Moultrie George W Woodruff Winder W W Robinson Thomasville J L Moore Madison J S Hardeman Commerce and J E Sapp Albany
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Athens
Georgia Renal Hardware Association
Georgia
Atlanta
Americus
Albany
Augusta
Savannah
Waycross
T. G. Greene
Hatenton
J. R. Hall
Moul‘trie
J. #. Sapp
Lof Albany
John J. Mobre
Madison
National Retail Hardware Association
Detroit
C. B. Thomas
Griffin
Statesboro
Moultrie
George W. Woodruff
Winder
W. W. Robinson
Thomasville
J. L. Moore
J. &. Hardeman
Commerce
J. E. Sapp
Newly Named Committees At Georgia Odd Fellows Home
The sixty ninth session of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Georgia concluded in Gainesville, delegates returned home, and a special train carried them to Atlanta area. Morning and afternoon sessions focused on routine business. Newly elected officers were installed and new committees named for the coming year after debate on establishing a permanent Odd Fellows home in Georgia.
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Gainesville
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Georgia
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Odd Fellows
Georgia
Secon E
Yesterdoy
Silk Lisle Sox Sale From Old Lines
A local ad proclaims 300 dozen men’s silk lisle and isle thread socks drawn from 25c, 50c, and 75c stock. Offers all colors including stripes and embroidery with strict six pairs per customer policy and no C O D or phone orders.
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Lisle and Isle
World unity urged by Methodist conference in Baltimore
The Methodist Protestant general conference in Baltimore took steps toward world Methodist unity after a report from the ecumenical Methodist congress commission. Plans for a permanent commission would include about fifty members from ten or more Methodist bodies worldwide, white and colored, to exchange information and promote fellowship and moral causes. The report was sent to a committee for final action. the anticipated election of the union commission was not held today.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Protestant General Conference
Commission On Ecumenical Methodist Congress
Methodist Episcopal and
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Georgia to Add Naval Recruiting Offices in Macon and Savannah
Plans to expand naval recruiting in Georgia include new branch offices in Macon and Savannah. The Macon site will open July 1 with a likely Atlanta staffer in charge, while the Chattanooga office closes July 34. No Savannah station orders yet, but expected daily due to strong Georgia enlistment results and high quality recruits.
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Georgia
Macon
Savannah
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Mysterious Georgia Mine Heir Worth Multimillion Estate
Governor Brown received a letter from the widow of Joseph Salzer of Luxembourg seeking information about the late Gaspar Brewer Wirtz. She claims he was a Georgia mine proprietor with an estate reportedly worth 28 million dollars. No local sources confirm the miner’s existence or wealth.
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Brown
Joseph Salzer
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Gaspar Brewer-Wirtz
Georgia
Salter
City allocates funds for Girls High School building
The aldermanic board voted to appropriate 25000 for the commercial department of the Girls High School to help erect a new building. Council approved 45000. The measure returns to the council for ratification.
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Aldermanic
Girls’ High School
Francis Charged as Professional Bondsman in Whisky Case
The council clashed over Francis acting as a professional bondsman for J. R. Noland and J. W. Jones in police court on whisky selling charges. Alderman McCiels land accused him of profiting by signing bonds. The claims committee allowed Francis to pay 500 in ten of the two 1,000 bonds, sending the matter back to council for further discussion.
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Aldermanic Board
T. L. FrAncis
J. R. Noland
J. W. Jones
McCielsland
Francis
Ex-Mayor of Athens Seeks Clarke Legislature Seats
Athens Ga May 23 Specially vw Frank Rhodes former mayor of Athens tonight announced his candidacy for one of the two Clarke district seats in the legislature. The field includes C B Griffith Frank A Lipscomb S J Bailey and Cobb Lampkin. Clarke will also elect a senator with R T Du Bose unopposed.
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Athens
Frank Rhodes
Clarke
C. B. Griffith
Frank A. Lipscomb
J. Bailey
Cobb Lampkin
R. T. DuBose
Senate
Piece of Green Sod Prescribed for Ills
Waycross Georgia May 23 Special A panacea for human ailments marketed as a cure all is being sold locally. A purported prescription instructs to lift a piece of green sod before sunrise, hold a caret in the hand, breathe on it three times, then replace it. If illness is long standing repeat two to three times.
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Waycross
Tompkins Respite Granted in Georgia Death Case
Dublin Georgia May 23 Special Lja Steve Tompkins will not hang tomorrow due to illness. Tompkins' attorneys asked for more time to prepare for the motion for a new trial. Judge Hawkins granted the request and the motion will come up on May 27. If a new trial is refused the case will be appealed to the supreme court and a decision will take several weeks.
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Dublin
Steve Tompkins
Tompkins
Senators Strike $15 Million Land Purchase Bill
Only thirteen senators were present when the senate passed Senator Heyburn's measure to appropriate 15 000 000 for buying land south of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington for public buildings. The plan aims to concentrate executive offices in one area.
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Washington
Senate
Heyburn
Pennsylvania Avenue
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