Rural free delivery carriers to get annual fifteen day vacation
Washington May 29. A Senate vote approved an amendment to the post office appropriation bill granting rural free delivery carriers a fifteen day annual vacation excluding holidays and Sundays. Senator Clay lauded the service’s growth from 83 routes in 1897 to over 38,000 today and urged continued support and fair pay for rural carriers.
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Ohi
Washington
Clay
Senate
United States
Somalang
Mouinfon
Cliy
King
Georgia
Texas
Tennessee
Sac
Rapiass
Operaton
Clay Saia
Healay
Smith Speaks in Fitzgerald Irwin County Address
Fitzgerald Ga May 29 Smith addressed citizens at 1 PM at Central Ave and Grant St. He was introduced by Colonel D B Jay. The speech drew a respectful hearing but few votes were thought to change. Howell supporters predicted a welcoming reception when he visits Colony City.
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Fitzgerald, Ga
Hion Hole Smith
Irwin County
Central Avenue
Grant Street
Smith
D. B. Jay
Howell
Clark Howell
Atlanta, Constitution
Evry
Brenau Summer Session Opens June 1 at Brenau College Conservatory
Brenau College Conservatory announces a six week summer session starting Tuesday June 1 with top faculty including Olle Pfefferkorn and August Geiger. English French German History and Latin will be taught by specialists. Miss Florence Overton remains head of the Oratory program. Facilities include fifty pianos and a concert hall. outings cover Lake Warner Tallulah Falls Mount Yonah. The Southern Music Teachers Association meets June 4. full information at Brenau Summer School Gainesville Ga.
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Brenan College Conservatory
Brenan
Olle Pfefferkorn
Brenay
August Geiger
Sida Bartholomew
Grace Lee Brown
W. R. Holder
Florence M. Overton
Brenau School of Oratory
Prenau School of Oratory
Routh
Brenau
Lake Warner
Tallulah Falls
Mount Yonah
Judge Wiley Is President Of Georgia Ordinaries Association
Macon Georgia May 29 Speriad Ordinary M. Wiley was made president of the Georgia Ordinaries Association at the reorganization meeting here today Captain John A Cobb of Americus was named vice president and JFK Butler of Irwinton Ga secretary and treasurer There were nearly thirty members present and the meeting proved an interesting one Plans were made for the next annual meeting at Indian Spring The body is permanently reorganized and will meet regularly.
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Macon
M. Wiley
Georgia Ordinaries’ Association
John A Cobb
Americus
Jfk Butle
Irwinton
Indian Spring
New Furniture Factory Planned in Columbus Georgia
Columbus May 29 special Columbus may have another industrial venture with J H McClellan buying the Cardson Company lot on the Southern railway Rose Hill and considering furniture manufacture. The move follows a previously projected factory by John F Weathers and associates and hints of further industrial growth in the area.
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Columbus
John F. Weathers and Associates
J. H.mcclellan
Cardson Company
Southern Railway
Rose Hill
Wesleyan Alumnae Urge Million Endowment In Macon
At Wesleyan Female College in Macon Georgia alumnae day featured Miss E F Andrews urging a one million endowment to launch Wesleyan into a leading southern women’s college. The program included music prayers and speeches plus plans to expand faculty and chairs in biology geology and chemistry. Tomorrow will bring graduation exercises with about one hundred seniors to receive diplomas and certificates as President Dupont Guerry delivers the baccalaureate address.
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Friends of
Wesleyan
South
Misa Andrews
iMiss Andrews
A.J Andrews
Georgia
Washington
Tia
Montgomery
Margaret Callaway
W. S. Ainsworth
Lena Uigideman Chappel
Murdaghson Davis
New York
Aliie Heater
Carl Soheska
Mra. Cooper
C. Benson
Vielin Sola
Misa
Martha Willams
van Dyke
C. Winney
America
Fla
Margaret Callawsty
Macon
Wesley
Wlnmhse Association
Clem Steed
Maaination
Perdue
Avlanta
Margie Burke
Treisurer
Bonnell
Sciencea
Mercer Waa
Mercer
Charles Lee Smith
Guerry
Lisa E. Fanny Andrews
Ala
Alice Baxter
Atlanta
W.L. Rogers
Mollie Mason
Octa Ja Burden
Nona Hendry
Eliza Hill
Louie Manning
Devonport
Dupont Guerry
Marjin Beckham
Argent Bethea
Janie Hradley
Nellie Bryan
Octavia Burden
Agnes Chapman
Anne Jean Cutbreath
Estelle Darden
Lonie Fenn
Elizabeth Hollis
Annabel Florne
Laura Smith
Myra Stubbs
Roberta Tayaeeee
No Maee
Louise Thoman
Wilcot
Tommie White
Dalsie
Mob Lynchings White Man in Tallulah Louisiana
In Tallulah Louisiana on May 29 a white man, Robert T. Rovere, awaiting his third murder trial, was lynched by a mob that broke into the jail with locked and unguarded access. The mob strung him to a telegraph pole after dawn and dispersed. The crime involved Rovere and accomplices Anderson and Womack who shot merchant Jesse N. Brown of Girard, Richland Parish, and set his body on fire to cover a robbery attempt.
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Tallulah
Robert T. Rovere
Jesse Brown
Girard
Richland Parish
Rogers
Anderson
Womack
Jessel N. Brown
Thi Parish
Remarkable longevity marks Georgia family line
Dublin Ga May 29. Mrs Elizabeth Billley of Wilkinson County celebrated her 98th birthday. The Fordham Billley lineage spans generations with fourteen children born to Benjamin and Mrs Fordham. Several lived into the 70s, 80s, and 90s, all widowed lifespans, and many relatives remain in Dublin and nearby. The clan is noted as highly respected lifelong citizens.
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Ublin
Elizabeth Billley
Wilkinson County
Benjamin Fordham
Georgia
North Carolina
Man
Simeon Ellington
Daniel Dominy
Tom DuPree
Salathiel Fordham
Frank Fordham F
Hubert Fordham
Wiley Fordhard
Zenus Fordham
Billieu
Shave
Mary Ann Dominey
Martha Rawls
Simeon Hllington
Dublin
J. R. NB
F. Rawls
W. T. DuPree
Lynching Ends Long Rodger Case in Hot Springs Parish
The Rogers case, tried multiple times since 1905 with mistrials and pleas of former jeopardy, ended when a lynching settled the matter after appeals to the supreme court. The long trial history, venue changes, and illness delays culminated in a lethal outcome near Madison parish and Hot Springs.
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Courl
Supreme Court
Optician Frames Fit Experts At 42 Broad Street
MO L MOORE & SONS specialize in eyeglass frame adjustment in their ocular department with skilled opticians. Scientific opticians operate from 42 N Broad Street in the Prudential Building. Men Album Postcards offer 12 pages and 13 views of Atlanta and nearby sights for mailing to friends, available for sale by Miller Co at 39 Marietta Street.
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North Broad Street
Prudential Puiding. Ae
MO. L. Moore & Sons
Scientific Opticians
N. Broad St
Prudential Building
Atlanta
Inc
St Miller Co
Marletta St
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York City
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Arkansas
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