Social items from Newnan greetings and visits
Social notes recount Misa Martha Lawshe and Miss Fannie Joe Dent of Maryland visiting Newnan for several days with Misses Bes sie and Florence Dent. Mrs. W. A. Speer has been unable to go out for a week. Mrs. Susan Alen and Mrs. John L. Thomas of Dalton plan to return home today after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Allen. Miss Madnas Freeman of Greenville has returned from a visit to Mrs. Sage. Colonel and Mr John J. Woodside will return next week from New York. Miss Ruth has returned home in Warrenton after a visit to Mrs. Paul Baker. Mr. Charles Browder and sons from Sweetwater, Tenn. joined Mrs Browder, who had been a guest locally.
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Misa Martha Lawshe
Fannie Joe Dent
Maryland
Newnan
Bessie
Florence Dent
Greenville
Ban Y ¥. Sage
John J. Woodside
New York
Ruth
Hag
Warrenton
Paul Baker
Charles
Browder and Sons
David Duncan
Sweetwater
Tenn
Browder
Duncan parents visit for week after Thanksgiving
Dr and Mrs Duncan will stay for a week after Thanksgiving with their child. The visit continues through the holiday period as family time.
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Mrs. Duncan
Old Oglethorpe story to be folded Sunday
The Rev Thornwell Jacobs will speak at St Mark's Methodist church Sunday at 11 o'clock on the history of Old Oglethorpe University and plans to refound it in Atlanta. A A M Hughlett will lead the service at Peachtree and Fifth streets, inviting all denominations to attend, with expected record attendance.
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Oglethorpe University
Atlanta
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Thornwell Jacobs
A .A. M Hughlett
St. Mark's
Dr. Jacobs
Bankruptcy Petitions Filed In Federal Court
Three voluntary petitions were filed yesterday in the bankruptcy department of the federal court. Hill Olin Davis of Atlanta, a broker at the Austell building, lists liabilities of 1293.29 with 300 assets. Jose Oscar Smith shows 528.40 liabilities and no assets. A J Ward, a Carroll County farmer, reports debts of 1629 and assets of 663.
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Federal Court, Bankruptcy Department
Hill Olin Davis
Atlanta
Austell
Jose ‘Oscar Smith
A. J. Ward
Carroll County
Red Men to Meet in Rome on November 26
Members of the Order of Red Men from nine north Georgia counties will gather in Rome November 26 and 27 for the Blue Ridge division annual session. J W Greenwood leads Lackawanna lodge hosts with a light parade and degree contest among lodge teams. A public courthouse demonstration will feature speakers including Judge Moses Wright and Col. M B Ewbanks among others. about 150 delegates are expected.
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Rome
Order of Red Men
North Georgia
Blue Ridge
Lackawanna Lodge
J. Wi. Greenwood
Sachém
Moses Wright
M. B. Ewbanks
C. BE. Mc. Lin
Ingenious devices used in illicit distilleries described in court
In Rome Georgia a federal court heard evidence about clever devices for operating illicit distilleries. Brothers Grover and J M Jordan ran a still at a Southern Railway pumping station near Tallapoosa, using the same steam system to pump water. They operated three years undetected and were fined $260 each. T B Hulsey of Rockmart, aged 75, had a still in his smokehouse and sent smoke through an underground chimney to surface far away. no sentence due to age. Over eight moonshine cases were tried that week, delaying civil business. A special term begins January 5 for civil trials.
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Rome
Grover Jordan
J. M. Jordan
Southern Railway
Tallapoosa
T. B. Hulsey
Rockmart
Hulsey
Government Highway Route Is Changed With Rome Added
Rome Georgia November 21 Special Congressman Gordon Lee meets Floyd County Commissioners about a government highway from Fort Oglethorpe to Fort McPherson. He says the route may run through Walker Floyd Chattooga Bartow Cobb counties to Atlanta, replacing the original path through Whitfield Murray and Gordon. Counties will finance half the cost with the U.S. government, Walker and Chattooga planning immediate funding, Floyd already has its share.
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Rome
Gordon Lee
Floyd County
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort MaPherson
Walker
Floyd
Chattooga
Bartow
Cobb
Atlanta
Whitfield
Murray
Gordon
United States
Washington Attorney James A Twohey Dies In Ottawa
James A Twohey a Washington D C attorney and chief counsel for the Canadian Pacific railway in Washington was found dead in a Grand Union hotel room in Ottawa Ontario A razor lay beside the bed and a letter addressed to Mrs James A Twohey was taken by the coroner He arrived in Ottawa on a business trip two weeks ago and had been in seemingly good health prior to the incident
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Ottawa
Ontario
James A. Twohey
Washington, D. C
Grand Union Hotel
Twohey
Canadian Pacific Railway
Washington
Canadian Pacific
Federal
Interstate Commerce Commission
West
Titanic Unseaworthy Claim Brought in U S Court
In New York on November 21 charges that the steamer Titanic was unseaworthy were presented in federal district court to determine owners liability for the loss of life. The claims total about 17 million dollars and potential damages could be unlimited if the liner was improperly built or equipped. Lawyers argued that seaworthiness should be decided after the district court, with the circuit court of appeals ruling on liability limits. All counsel involved appeared to discuss these questions.
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New York
Federal District Court
District Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Funston Demands Apology From Japanese Editor
Honolulu reports Brigadier General Frederick Funston in the Hawaii department demands a formal apology from the Nippu Jiji after its report accusing American soldiers of insulting local women. He calls the piece a malicious untruth that threatens harmonious race relations. The item notes a ladies' orchestra and soloists at the Piedmont Hotel after theater hours.
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Honolulu
Nippu Jiji
Frederick Funston
Department of Hawaii
Ladies’ Orchestra
Soloists of
Real Merit
Piedmont Hotel
Mob Visits Vengeance On Arson Suffragettes
At Oxford a lumber yard near the Thames was set ablaze and offices of the suffragette society were raided as the fire burned. Damage reached about 100000 dollars. Placards suggested a militant arson squad and blamed Lloyd George as the target of the attack.
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Oxford
England
Thames
Suffragette Society
Lloyd- George
Lloyd-George
Panic on Steamship Ancona After Alcohol Heater Explodes
Passengers aboard the steamship Ancona arriving from Naples faced a scare when an alcohol heater exploded in a pantry. The fire spread quickly to the saloon passageway and foyer. Officers and crew used extinguishers to control the blaze in about thirty minutes. Most passengers had retired, but officers reassured them the ship was safe.
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New York
Ancona
Naples
White House Luncheon Given Wedding Party
President and Mrs. Wilson hosted a dinner at the White House in honor of their daughter Jessie Wilson and Francis B. Sayre as they prepare to marry next Tuesday. The guest list included senior officials and a number of invited guests such as Winifred Dennison Major Blanton Winship John Knapp Cary Grayson Felix Frankfurter Lt. B. O. Dunn and several young women from Washington and New Orleans.
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John Corrigan, Jr
The
Constitution
Washington
White House
Europe
Bureau of Insular Affairs
B. O. Dunn
U.S. Ny
Misses Maitland Marshall
Ruth Hall
Lucy_and
Mary Smith
New Orleans
Eleanor and
Margaret Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Four contractors testify on 1911 Fowler payments in Syracuse
Four up state contractors told Assistant District Attorney John K. Clark they contributed 250 to the fund run by Everett B. Fowler the alleged Tammany bagman now indicted for extortion. They were examined as the John Doe inquiry resumed into state highway graft linked to former Governor Sulzer’s investigator. The payments were made in Syracuse around 1911 with Seneca P. Hull also cited for a similar 250 contribution.
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New York
Upstate
John K. Clark
Everett B. Fowler
Tammany “Bagma
John Doe
John A. Hennessy
Sulzer
Syracuse
Seneca P. Hull
Cortland
Fowler
Tennessee Liquor Law Declared Invalid by Chancellor
Nashville November 21 Chancellor John Allison struck down key parts of the state liquor shipping law. The ruling voids the one gallon interstate personal use limit and the requirement to disclose consignments to the county clerk. The decision allows Tennesseans to order alcohol from outside the state for personal use without carrier disclosure, while upholding some Webb-Kenyon act provisions. An appeal will be filed by the plaintiffs led by W. O. Palmer.
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Nashville
Fenn
John Allison
Walla
Allison
Tennessee
W. O. Palmer
First Presbyterian to Build New Church
The First Presbyterian church plans a $100,000 edifice at Peachtree and Sixteenth Streets. It will borrow $75,000 on the Marietta Street site, sell the property by auction in spring to repay, and rush plans by architect W T Bowling. The lot fronts 200 feet and a large Sunday school room and a rear manse costing around $15,000 are also planned.
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First Presbyterian Church
Peachtresand
Sixteenth Streets
Marietta Street
W. T
Peachtree
Barber Colleges Battle Branning in Superior Court
Peter Anderson doing business as Moser Barber College sues G. Branning in superior court seeking 5300 damages. He alleges Branning enticed over 60 Moler imitates students away August to October, depriving his schools of tuition from Embryo barbers learning the trade. Caleb Clarke represents Anderson.
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Peter ©. Anderson
Moser Barber College
G. 2
Branning
Nis
Anderson
Caleb Clarke
Train Near Plunge Into Lake Superior Drowns Fireman
Biraman P. O'Connor of Schreiber Ontario drowns when the Imperial Limited derails near Coldwell Ont 175 miles east of Fort William. The engine jumped a ledge above Lake Superior and plunged into the lake while the engineer escaped. Passenger cars and Pullman carriage stayed on the grade with wreckage and fatalities among crew.
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Winnipeg
Dr Neighbour to Speak Three Times Sunday
Dr Neighbour of Athens will speak three times at Central Baptist Church on Sunday. He will address the Sunday school at 10, speak at 11, and again at night. Splendid crowds attend the services and he is delivering powerful sermons.
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Neighbour
Athens
Central Baptist Church
Neidbour
Ridley
Indian Uprising Soon to be Quelled in Shiprock Area
Durango Colorado November 21 Hope for a speedy adjustment of the Navajo situation in northwestern New Mexico was expressed today by W T Shelton agent at the Shiprock Indian Agency. Shelton said that only a few Indians remained on Beautiful Mountain with the seven braves wanted in connection with indictments returned in the federal court. Today the situation was quiet at Shiprock and Shelton was confident the recalcitrants would yield without resistance on the arrival of troops.
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Durango
Colo
New Mexico
W. T. Shelton
Shiprock
Musical Comedy Couples Wed on Dublin Stage
In Dublin Georgia two theater companies staged weddings on their stages this week. James Alexander and Rose Russell of the Walkefield Musical Company married on Wednesday at Crystal Palace in front of a crowded audience. The following night leading lady Elsie Mack and leading man Ben H Reid of the Mack Musical Company wed on stage officiated by Rev Father McLean. The events drew large crowds and marked three such marriages in Dublin this year.
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Dublin
Crystal Palace
Walkefield Musical Company
James Alexander
Rose Russell
L. A. Chapman
Elsie Mack
Ben H. Reid
Mack Musical Comedy Company
Father McLean
Preventive Medicine Triumph Under Army Doctors
Colonel William C. Gorgas led sanitary work on the Isthmus of Panama during canal construction transforming the zone from a pestilential death-trap to a place where workers could toil with life risk only as at home. The Panama Canal sanitation victory proved tropical diseases controllable, enabling broader work and hope, as praised by Frederic J. Haskin in his book The Panama Canal, now distributed by The Constitution for six coupons and 50 cents.
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William C. Gorgas
Panama
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