Southern Railways Tax Returns Show Small Rise
The Southern Railway Company files Georgia property valuations for taxation totaling 10 510 000 this year, up about 52 700 from the previous period, but comptroller general Wright has not yet accepted the figures amid disputes over Atlanta Macon and Rome real estate values and cross state bridge assessments. Plant System figures also under review as Savannah assessors contest wharf and real estate values, with Wright aiming to harmonize two sides and finalize returns after potential arbitration.
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Southern Railway
Georgia
W. A. Wright
Southern
Swstats
Comptreller General
Atelanta
Macon
Rome
Mecoa
Home
Wrieht
Augusta
South Carolina
J. HW. H. Osborne
City Tax Assessors
Savannah
Comptrailer
Osborne
Mace
Wright
Savannnah
Ele
Unruly Hat, Blind Mann Bluff Highlight Court Scene
In a rambling courtroom vignette, Wiley Talley stands hatless yet hands in pockets as officers urge him to remove his headgear. Albert Pope, a blind woodworker, faces a license inspector amid jokes about sight and honesty in a Briles era proceeding. Christine Wood, charged with stealing a ballroom dress, defends her act as borrowed finery, ending with a jail term and a Cinderella quip.
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Belle
Tha Trisoner
Leesa
Chaingang
Albert Pope
Tal
Pope
Cand
Recorder Broyles
Pepe
Nebker
Jerge Fries
Suman Berry Privat
Racorder Broyles
Steve Wood
Fulton Club Holds Annual Meeting Elects Officers
The Fulton Club elected officers for the coming year at a meeting last night. Dr. D. J. Arnold was named president with Major Joseph Van Holt Nash and James L. Key as first and second vice presidents. Charles B. Carriot and others joined the executive committee. James A. Trafitte received a watch as retiring superintendent, and the club praised its prosperous condition. The Fulton Club ranks as a leading state organization with around many members.
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Fulton Club
D. 3. Arnold
Joseph van Holt Nash
Wice
James L. Key
Treaures
Sharles O. Sisson
Charles B. Carriot
de. B. W. Bissell
J. N. Goddard
Thomas J. Peeptes
Lafitte
Ge Getive
Southern to Launch Upgraded Vestibuled Limited Trains
On June 1 the Southern will debut a top tier vestibuled limited between New Orleans and New York, matching the Washington and Southwestern Vestibuled United schedule. The Pullman consist features club cars lounging rooms barber shop bath and smoking rooms with strict Pullman sleeper access. Through Atlanta the train will run on its current timetable with the New York express maintaining a twenty minute earlier departure. the new service mirrors the Pennsylvania system NY Chicago limited in equipment and standards.
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Southern
Southwestern
Southern Railway
New Orleans
New York
Washington and Southwestern
Atlanta
Pullmann
Pullman
New York Express
Atlanta Businessman Green T. Dodd Ill With Fever
Word from Hot Springs Arkansas reports Green T. Dodd a prominent Atlanta businessman ill with malarial fever after traveling there with Mrs. Dodd seeking relief from rheumatism. His heart was weak on arrival and fever set in though now under control, his overall condition remains a concern.
Short Honeymoon Ends in Police Court
Claude Campbell, a butcher by trade and newlywed to Annie May Knight, faced the police court after a drunken brawl with his father in law at the Exposition hotel. Annie May testified of abuse and near-starvation. Campbell denied charges, claiming she misled him. The court sentenced him to 70 days with limited work prospects.
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Claude R. Campfoci
Annie May Knight
Annie May
Claude Campbell
Campbell
Claude
Exposition Hotel
Tve
Tam
Hopeymoon
Chatne
Abe Prefers the Park to a Wild Free Life
Abe the park buzzard roams Grant Park as a valued, tame fixture despite park commissioners attempts to remove him The bird dominates grounds, eats about 47 cents worth of food daily and has become a celebrated local attraction while his mate vanished months ago.
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Abe
Buzzard
Board of Park Commissioners
Grant
Old Abe
Park
Park Board
Avanta
Lake
Abena
Park Handa
Hartwell Institute Commencement and Railroad Ticket Sale
Texas and Indian Territory vie as the Katy line offers low round trip rates from Merghis from May 2 to 29. The Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets to Hartwell, Georgia, for the Hartwell Institute commencement. Autentic details and maps available from P Daly in Atlante, GA.
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Indian Territory
Katy
Merghis
P. Daly
Atlante, Ga
Hartwell
Etherton Hnes
Hartel
Hartweil Institute
Parlor and Dining Cars to Birmingham and Memphis Via Southern Railway
May Hut Southern Railway inaugurates through Parlor and Chestnut Car service between Atlanta Birmingham and Memphis on trains 35 and 24 leaving Atlanta at 6 00 a m and arriving 10 15 p m respectively. The service provides a pleasant day ride to Birmingham and Memphis without change and marks a welcome improvement for travel on the Memphis Route.
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Birmingham
Memphis
Southern Railway
May Hut
Atlanta
Birminam
Will Decorate Soldiers Graves Memorial Day Observances Plan
Special trains from Atlanta and North Georgia will carry Grand Army of the Republic units to Marietta and Andersonville for Memorial Day ceremonies to decorate soldiers graves. A Ga. Memorial Day program at Marietta national cemetery includes services, singing, prayers, readings, and an address. Tickets: adults 50 cents, children 25 cents. trains depart May 20 from Atlanta Union Depot. A companion Blue Ridge to Marietta train runs similarly, with officers guarding crowds to prevent trouble. A memorial service is also planned at Universalist Church in Atlanta May 26 with Rev W N McGranffin delivering the sermon.
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Marietta National Cemetery
Mitchel
Grand Army of the Republic
Union
Adlants
Marietty
Atlants, Knoxville and Northern Railway
Blue Ridge
Marista
Atlanta
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Women's Resist Gorps
Sons of Veterans
Marietta
Blue Ridge Post
Jasper
Women’s Austilary Post
Women's Relief Corps
O. M. Mitchel
J.B. Steedman
Tak Japoosa
Lincoln
S.A. Darnell
Gur Deac
P. Breitenbucher
Q. H. Shinn
R. B. Beecher
America
Andersonville
Georgia
Candler
Sumter County
Universalist Church
Harris Street
Peachtree Ereet
W. N. McGranffin
D. D
Grand Army
Woman's Relief Corps
Seaboard Schedule Changes Time of Northbound Arrivals
Beginning May 26 new Seaboard Air Line schedules affect only arrival times from the north not departures. Trains from Atlanta at 12 noon and 2 PM will arrive northbound at 9 AM and 2:30 PM replaces 5:30 AM and 8:30 PM. Train numbers 2 and 403 change to 24 and 18 while 38 and 41 become 65 and 27.
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Sea- Beare Air Line
Atlanta
Pan-American Route to Niagara Falls and Lake Chautauqua
Railway notice promotes a 1901 Pan-American Exposition route linking Niagara Falls Lake Chautauqua and the three sites via a single line. It advertises a free souvenir folder and directs inquiries to W. and A. and Southern railways or agent H G Holauld in Cincinnati. Also touts Hous Sarsapana medicinal tonic as a health invogorator.
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Niagara Falls
Lake Chautauqua
Deier
Southern Railways
Atlanta
Welte
H. G. Holauld
St. Cincinnati
Review of Trade and Crop Prospects in May Trade Department
The Weekly Review of Trade notes mixed signals across sectors. Manufacturing shows firmer prices and steadier demand, with iron and steel from eastern furnaces likely into July. Cotton receipts and exports rise, wheat remains firm, and leather and textiles face uneven conditions amid cautious optimism on crop yields and futures.
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York
G Dun & Co
Torayfrew Wall
Geerrase Ia
Beenemer Thormly
Pittsbore
Irens
Lizitt
Atlantic
Teriar Oitien
Hibtic
United States
Sanada
Bradstreet
New York
Braustreet’s
Ruperts
Kansas
Chile
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Hot Springs, N.C
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