Anvass Begins for Oglethorpe Campaign in Atlanta
The city gears up to raise 250000 for a new Oglethorpe University with a morning meeting at the Chamber of Commerce led by Captain James W Erg and chaired by ttan GD Allen. Committees will organize a citywide drive starting Monday, counting on renewed and doubled subscriptions from past donors and new supporters alike.
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Mal
Atlanta
Oglethorpe Unisver
Commerce Hall
James W Erg
Ttan GD Allen
Oglethorpe
Atlon
Yesterdiay
Hastings & Co
Wilhel Ragan
Garrett
Gorman & Ry
Wornth
Iarrolk
Carrall
Lanna Eliott
Fudasul
Hamblee Trealty Improvement Company
Chamberlain
Chamblee
Peachtree Road
Ofner
Drner
Georgia Normal
New Oslethorpe
University Fund
Atlanta Daily
Giethorpe
Couth
Roy
Columbus Ga
Isechurch
Ogtepe University Fund
Ethope University
Act of Georgia
Atlante
Dendy Leads Rock Hill Church Toward Oglethorpe Board
Rev J Fosebh T Dendy of Ebenezer Presbyterian Rock Hill SC joins the Oglethorpe board of trustees after a $1 000 gift from John J Steele, with church members contributing a total of 2 900 in subscriptions averaging 10 each. The pastor praises the effort as vital for the church and Atlanta's canvass for re establishing Oglethorpe.
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Rock Hill
J Fosebh T Dendy
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church
Rock Hil
Oglethorpe Board of Trustees
John J Steele
Atlanta
Oglethorpe
Bennett May Run For Waycross Judgeship
From Waycross Georgia observers report attorney John W Bennett former solicitor general of the old Brunswick circuit will enter the race for judge of the Waycross circuit subject to the next primary. His entry would make the contest three cornered with Wills of Pouloglas J J Summerall of Waycross and Blackshear already candidates.
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Waycross
John W . Bennett
Old Brunswick
Bennett
Wills
Poeuglas
J J Summerall
Waycross and
Blackshear
Tennille Man Dies While At His Work
Tennille Ga November 25 Spe 21 A Mims machinist for the Wrightsville and Tennile railway dropped dead this morning about atlock while at work Mr Mims came from Free SC and his body was taken there this evening for burial He was a highly respected citizen and his death is regretteds by the community.
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Tennille
J "A Mims
Wrightsville and Tennile
Atlock
Mims
Free
Albany Realty Man Hurt In Auto Wreck
Randolph Shaffer, a well known Albany real estate man, was seriously injured when his car overturned near Newton. He was thrown from the vehicle, suffering a broken arm and injuries to the head and face. He was brought to Albany and admitted to a hospital.
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Albany
Randolph Shaffer
Newton
Rome Woman Injured When Team Runs Away
Miss Helen Merkleham aunt of Captain P Merkleham of the Massachusetts mills at Lindale was badly hurt yesterday when a team she was driving behind ran away and threw her from the carriage. She was taken to Captain Merhleinang home and will recover.
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Rome
Helen Merkleham
Plairry P Merkleham
Wassachusetts Mills
Lindale
Merhienam G
Sheriff Shooting Report Denied by Alexander Candidate
J W Alexander, candidate for sheriff, denies a local report that he shot Sheriff M A Wimpee in the hand. He says he was present but the pistol belonged to Wimpee and accidentally discharged by the officer, injuring his campaign.
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Sammeniuera Awovemmuer
J W Alexander
M A Wimpee
Wimpee
Alexander
Red Men Adjourn in Rome After Successful Session
The semi annual Blue Ridge division of the Improved Order of Redmen adjourned in Rome on November 25 after a productive meeting. Officers elected for the next term include J W Fitzpatrick of Lindale as prophet, J A W Willizems of Rome as sachem, J W Garrett of Ball Ground as senior sagamore, H R Sertegins of Marietta as junior sagamore, Alonzo Wrogles of Aragon as chief of records, and J Barker of Catawba Springs as keeper of wampum.
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Rome
Tia
Blue Ridge
Redmen
Aragon
Fullony
Fitspatrick
Lindale
Willizems
Sachem
J W Garrett
Ball Ground
Sagamere
R Sertegins
Marletta
Alonzo Wrogles
Changes Hands Social Circle Cotton Mill
Social Circle Georgia November 23 special The cotton mill was bought out and W P Wallace of Social Circle was named president W C Richardson of Was ley and C was elected superintendent The mill is being renovated and will start operating Monday The plant was purchased for about one third of its original cost Prospects for the new company are bright
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Social Circle
W P Wallace
W C Richardson
Wasley, & C
Rome Masons Meet in Tlome Ga Special Gathering
Three hundred Royal Arch Masons attended a Rome Georgia chapter gathering with Grand High Priest Bowdon of Adairsville and Grand Lecturer McHam of Atlanta as guests. A banquet was served and several speeches made. A class of fifteen candidates was initiated.
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Tlome Ga
Irch
Rome
Gaunt Drug Company Sold to Miller, Nee and Sams
Marietta Ga November 28 The Gaunt Drug company a major local drug concern was sold yesterday to HL Miller RW Nee and WA Sams in a completed transaction confirmed by company records and local business officials.
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Marietta
Marietta, Ga
the Gaunt Drug Company
HL Miller RW Nee
WA Sams
Urge Tax Collectors to Remit Early After Conference
After talks with Governor Slaton Comptroller Wright and State Treasurer Speer, a circular urges county tax collectors to speed remittances to the state treasury just after December 20. The state must meet urgent obligations including a $475,000 emergency loan and $250,000 in semi annual debt interest, with December receipts needed to cover these and school payments.
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Slaton
William A Wright
W J Speer
Atlanta
New York
Trade review signals quieter trade and mild weather
New York reports quieter conditions in trade and industry with unseasonably mild weather dampening demand for winter wear. Dry goods show healthy volume for quick delivery and better year over year comparisons, while holiday trade remains cheerful though iron and steel demand lags. In labor, 6000 electrical workers in Schenectady drive union related tensions, with strikes smaller than last year. 279 business failures this week compare to 247 in 1922. Wheat and flour exports total 5,896,067 bushels versus 6,086,017 last year.
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New York
Biadstsets
Schenectady
Alaska Railway Proposal Aims For Resource Access
Washington reports a government built Alaska railroad to run from the southern coast near Coer dAlene or Seward to the Yukon via Fairbanks. It would traverse the interior valley, connect Tanana and Yukon rivers, and include two short branches to Behring River and Matanuska coal fields.
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Washington
Houston
Territories Committee
Coerdova
Seward
Yukon River
Fairbanks
Tanana
Yukon
Behring River
Matanuska
Believed Fire at Joe McDaniel Grocery Destroys Store
Investigators probe possible break in after both doors of the Joe McDaniel grocery were found open following an early morning blaze. The store, owned by Vann Company, was destroyed and a theft motive is suspected with no clues yet found.
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Maycioss
Joe McDaniel
T Lo
Toi. Vann Compans
Birds and weevil control urged at Audubon meeting
James Henry Rice Jr addressed Atlantans at the Piedmont hotel urging bird protection to curb the Mexican cotton boll weevil. He cited birds as natural insect controllers and detailed the weevil’s spread from Guatemala to Texas Louisiana and near Georgia, arguing birds can keep the pest in check rather than eradicate it.
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The
Audubon Society
Piedmont Hotel
James Henry Rice, Jr
New York City
Rice
John C Hart
Guatemala
Cuba
Mexico
Mextco
Coahuila
Rio Grande River
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Alabama
Carolinas
South
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Albany Realty Man
Rome Masons
Alaska
ZW Grove
Bix
Eiseman Bros
Eiseman Bros., Inc
Fast Black Sox
J. M. High CO
Mike Donahue
Auburn
Isma Dooly
Miss Dooly
Ned McIntosh
Ned
Pada
London
Constitution
Foreign Service
Frieda Hempel
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Britt Craig
St. Petersburg
Kuprin
Tolstoy
Madrid
Machaquito
England
Herbert Tree
Church
Joseph
News of the World
Associated Press
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Standard Southern Newspaper
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