State suffragists to have final say
In Asheville on November 13, the National American Woman Suffrage Association voted nearly two to one that its congressional work next year will extend beyond the Bristow Mondell amendment. The convention also decided its congressional committees must not campaign against state candidates without local suffrage groups’ consent, a move amid sharp debate and factional tension.
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Tuan
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Congress
Rational Associate
Suffragists Debate Strategy At National Convention
The National Woman Suffrage Association under James Lees Laidlaw weighs approaches for federal and state actions this year. Debates center on Shafroth and Bristow Mendesell amendments, funding limits, and concentrating on the Susan B Anthony measure to win state ballots and constitutional changes.
Atlanta Can Profit From Bond Issue for Paving and Sewers
Keith Compton of Baltimore, head of the Baltimore street paving committee, warns Atlanta that a $12,500,000 bond issue funded by a property tax is the quickest path to modern streets. He cites Baltimore’s success repaving cobble streets with sheet asphalt brick macadam and cresote bricks while charging a front-foot assessment over ten years. Compton speaks at the good roads contest and plans to return to Baltimore after his Atlanta visit.
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Atlanta
Keith Compton
Baltimore
Mr. Compton
Compton
Suffrage talk at mass meeting urges state and national amendments
In ererville and Wisconsin, Senator Lea urged suffragists to push for state constitutional amendments and also to back the federal amendment. He claimed woman voting has opened more schools and closed saloons in states where it is allowed, and election of officers will be held next.
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Erville
Mississippi
Missiona Gale
Wisconsin
Lea
Boston Lawyer Denies Killing as Trial Near
Charleston reports George Batchelor Perkins of Boston, held on murder charges from the Mohawk voyage, insists he remembers nothing of the shooting that wounded F W R Hinman and Captain Ingram. His brother in law plans to travel here. Captain Ingram shows progress, Captain Wright improves, and Perkins awaits transfer to county jail ahead of the December federal term.
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George Batchelor Perkins
Boston
High Seas
F. W. R. Hinman
Jacksonville
4. D. Ingramanda
B. H. Wright
Utica
N. Y
Perkins
Mene
I. H. Holton
Ingram
Wright
Soo
Sack Race to Decide The Winner in Primary In Waycross
Waycross Ga November 13 Special One county official who wins the sack race next Wednesday will be returned to office in the 1815 primary without opposition for a four year term. The Georgia Products day celebration at Foetkston features a hairy show for all ages up to two years with prizes for girls and boys. A nail driving contest for ladies and a slide face between Huddenbeery taxes are planned. A fish fry and Georgia barbecue will follow a basket dinner. Haes J I Summerall will judge the Waycross event with Congressman J R Walker among expected attendees.
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Charlton County
Foetkston
Georgia
Elde Haes
J. 1
Summerall
J. R. Walker
20 Join Conference in Fort Gaines Georgia
The AME conference of southwest Georgia met in Fort Gaines with Bishop J S Flipper leading a largely attended session. About twenty people applied to join the conference, six will be ordained and ten will receive elders. A memorial urged raising 22,000 members to cover a 1,389 shortage by January 13, 1918. Four deaths were reported. Principal speakers on leadership and higher education included W A Fountall Morris Brown, PB W Great Heart, and A J Codner. The pulpits will be filled Sunday.
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AME
Southwest Georgia
Stsion
J.S Flipper
William Decker Johnson
General Conference
Sinant
Episcopal
Ioseboro
B. Lofton
Copper
Stranger
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R. Ward
E.C. Foley
C.D Dixon
Committee On Sunday Schools
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W- A. Fountall
Morrs Brown College
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Rev W T Johnson Dies at Grady Hospital
Rev W T Johnson pastor of the First Baptist church colored of Macon Georgia died Friday at Grady hospital after a short illness. He was in Atlanta on a visit and was president of the state Baptist convention, vice president of the national Baptist convention and general manager of the state reformatory at Macon for colored youths. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 PM at Wheat Street Baptist Church Auburn Avenue and Fourth Street, with the body taken Tuesday to Macon for interment.
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Georgia Supreme Court orders State Mutual Life case reargued
The Georgia Supreme Court ordered the State Mutual Life Insurance case reargued next Wednesday at 9 am. Judges Evans and Lumpkin are disqualified for the hearing. Governor Slaten to appoint two superior court judges in their places, Ben Hii and W Freeman appointed. The reason cited involves alleged relatedness of the tyro judges.
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Lumpkin
Supreme Court
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Ben Hii
Juaze
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Lump
Mortuary notices list Covington deaths and burials in area
Several Covington residents are named in obituaries and death notices. Mrs Kora Carr waiver died Friday at a local sanitarium and funeral plans were set for Covington. Hattie Tosh died Friday morning at her home with burial planned in McMinnville. Mrs M A Scarborough died Thursday night in West Point and is survived by husband and children. Harriet Gossett, 60, died Sunday morning. body at Poole's chapel. Howard Dewberry, 12 weeks, and Benjamin Herndon, 18 months, died in their homes. Rebecca Caldwell Rowe of Rome and Rebecca Nichols Ozilwel of Thomas Calgves noted as deceased with service forthcoming.
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Covington
Frank M. Oliver
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J. P. Garr
Albertville
Ala
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Atlanta
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Brookline Street
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Henee
Brown
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W. H. Brown
Chattanoora
McMinnville, Tenn
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A. Scarborough
Ware Street
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Yarborough
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J. W.' Tankeraley
East Poor
Harriett Gossett
Holly Springs
F. Gossett
Childdren
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D. §. Honea
I. A. Stewart
Poole's Chapel
Howard Dewberry
Howard
C. R. Dewberry
West ‘Third Street
Rebecca Caldwell
Rowe
Rome
Rebecca Nichols Ozilwel
Thomas D. Calgves
U S Troops to Leave Vera Cruz by November 23
United States plans evacuation of Vera Cruz with about 8,500 garrison including first brigade jet infantry and marines. Five transports are in port awaiting orders to complete the withdrawal within forty eight hours after the order. Payment assurances and political guarantees accompany the departure amid regional uncertainties.
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Bassetts Nabbed for Prairie Creek Battle
Wartford Arkansas November 13 Deputy U S Marshal Tom Black arrested Frank and John Baggsett on warrants charging conspiracy connected with the battle at Prairie Creek on July 11 Troop D Fifth Cavalry under Captain Taylor was in town but little excitement Camp Garrison Prairie Creek November 13 developments in the strike situation await Franklin Bache president and federal receiver of the Bache Denman Coal Company return from the east Special grand jury investigating lawlessness in Hartford valley to resume Tuesday Everything quiet Deputy Black with Billups Harri fled the camp with subpoenas and warrants Several arrests expected Information says Ethlebert Stewart special investigator told by President Watson to proceed to Prairie Creek
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Ark
United States
Tom Black
Frank
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Praire Creek
Fifth United States Cavalry
Taylor
Garrison
Prairie Creek
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Bache-Denman Coal Company
Bache
Fort Smith
Grand Jury
Hartford Valley
Billups Harri
Department of Justice
Hartford
Black
Eithlebert Stewart
Watson
Prairie Reek
Two Land Promoters Indicted for Fraud in Tennessee
Federal grand jury indicts Colonel Georg Wilkinson and attorney Mahida Van Booskirk of Philadelphia for a promoting scheme at Spring City Rhea County Tennessee. Indictments allege use of the mails for fraudulent purposes. They will be arraigned Monday with trial date to be set.
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Mahida van Booskirk
Philadelphia
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Robbers Confess in Holland Store Theft
Rome Ga November 15 Special three men Will Reynolds Robert Greene and Evelbert Lett arrested by Sheriff Dundas for breaking into J N Ratliffe store at Holland confessed to Chattahoochee authorities they had stored loot from the robbery.
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Will Reynolds
Robert Greene
Ebert Lett
Sin
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Uney
J. N. Ratliffe
Holland
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Ocoort
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Silver service presented to Joseph A McCord by bank workers
The Third National Bank employees presented former Vice President Joseph A McCord, recently elected governor of the federal reserve bank to be established in Atlanta, with a handsome silver pitcher and six goblets and a tray. The pitcher is engraved with a dedication reading Presented to Joseph A McCord.
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Joseph A. McCord
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Joseph A
McCord Honored by Third Nationall s Bank Employees
The directors presented Mr McCord a silver loving cup upon his retirement from the bank. All employees contributed to the gift, recognizing him as a popular and respected official who was admired by patrons and staff alike in Atlanta.
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Third Nationolls Bank
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Mr. McCord
Jam
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Blames Rival for Alleged Theft and Wins
Chicago, November 13. Thomas B. Stone, 24, formerly a messenger for United States Express, is arrested and charged with stealing jewelry from a parcel in 1913. He allegedly blamed his rival for the theft to win a girl’s hand in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Stone’s route was Little Rock to Alexandria, with Fort Smith as a frequent visit. He supposedly mailed an anonymous letter to post office inspectors, naming his rival as a parcel post thief. The rival, unnamed, gave the jewelry to inspectors. Stone later moved with his wife to Chicago and awaits his “medicine.”
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United States Express Company
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Little Rock
Ark
Alexandria
Fort Sith
Grand Jury Delays Adjournment in Macon Inquiry
In Macon on November 13 a U S grand jury said it would not adjourn and plans to meet tomorrow to consider indictments. One minor offense indictment has been returned. observers expect broader action, including possible charges related to Citizens' National Bank of Americus in Sumter County and Commercial National Bank in Macon. Deliberations involve missing assistant cashier George D Wheatley Jr and alleged improper director loans, with stockholders facing potential losses.
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United States Grand Jury
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Citizens’ National Bank of Americas
Sumter County
George D.wheatley
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Villa orders troops to attack Tampico
General Villa orders an assault from San Luis Potosi toward Tampico as American interests in the port prepare to withdraw. Villa’s movement follows rumors of Vera Cruz’s possible fall, with troops poised to seize railway lines and supply depots while American citizens seek safety. A separate note from Mexico City reports Villa’s removal from command debated by the Aguascalientes convention as General Gutierrez resists.
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Friday the Thirteenth Amuses Atwater Tragedy
Atwater Ohio November 13 Friday the 13th marked by three deaths and one injury in two accidents at the Pennsylvania railroad crossing. Robert Wasson was killed instantly when a fast train struck a wagon he rode in, two hours later John A Joiner and Edward Cobb were killed and R K Reeder injured when a freight train collided with their automobile. Two other men in the auto escaped harm.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Robert Wasson
Mung
John A. Joiner
Edward Cobb
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Loss of Monmouth Aboard British Cruiser Off Chile
It is officially announced that the British cruiser Monmouth, recently destroyed by German ships off Chile, carried forty two officers and 658 men. Captain Frank Brandt was in command.
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Not Enough Uniforms for State Militia Warned
Washington reports the War Department warned national guards that if called into service they would lack sufficient uniforms and gear. A circular by Brigadier General A J Mill cites last inspection showing nine states lacking one uniform per 400 enlisted militiamen and 39 states short on clothing for the minimum force.
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United States Service
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College Night at the Atlanta and Peg o My Heart
Tonight features College Night at the Atlanta with the charming play Peg o My Heart urging attendance. The event combines a campus oriented program with a popular stage production for theatergoers tonight.
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Peg O
Note on Home Treatment for Rheumatic Ailments
A letter from a Notre Dame woman offers a free home treatment for rheumatism and related pains. It claims to remove uric acid, loosen stiff joints, purify blood, and restore vitality, urging sufferers to write for the cure.
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