Build for Future Atlanta Indorsed by Business Leaders
Atlanta business men aligned with The Constitution urge a bond issue to fund permanent city improvements using idle credit. They argue rising property values will offset higher levies, and that a $5,000,000+ bond plan could finance street upgrades, utilities, and other essentials as Atlanta grows toward a stronger future.
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Atlanta
Honda
Bankers Indorse Movement
Ove
W. J. Blalock
Fulton National Bank
Wiliam Hurd Hillyer
Hubert J. Lowry
W. L. Peel
Robert F. Maddox
F. J. Paxon
Bulla
Henny S Johnson
Some Would Bar Men of Family At Georgia Conference
Savannah readers heard a heated debate at the South Georgia Methodist conference over admitting James McFerrin Clark of Pelham on trial. Backers argued ministers must bear burdens, while critics warned of debt and family strain, with the vote turning in Clark's favor after sharp exchanges. The session also noted late arrivals and a greeting from South Carolina.
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Savannah
South Georgia Methodist Conference
James McFerrin Clark
Pelham
Billie
J. M. Cutler
Thomasville
Vote Offer in M and M Contest in Atlanta Demonstrations
Demonstrations showcase contest products at the Jewish Alliance Central Congregational West End Presbyterian churches with women registering to cast 500 votes for their chosen organization. Previous events at Thanksgiving and Friday drew many attendees and votes, promoting pleasure and profit in the big free show.
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Constitution
Atlanta
Jewish Alliance
Capitol Avenue
Alliance
Central Congregational Church
West End Presbyterian Church
Bridegroom Nabbed at Wedding Reception in Wisconsin
LaCrosse Wisconsin November 29 1929 William Owen a Minneapolis office worker was arrested during his wedding reception to Miss Mare Phillips a wealthy heiress. He spent his wedding night in jail and remained there over Thanksgiving awaiting extradition papers from the Wisconsin governor. He faces charges of deceiving Miss Gertrude Strickland a University of Minnesota co ed.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Mare Phillips
Wiliam Owen
Minneapolis Corporation
Wisconsin
Gertrude Strickland
University of Minnesot
Children’s theater to open in New York next month
A new children's theater in New York, the only playhouse worldwide devoted to child entertainment, will open next month. Funded by William Vanderbilt, the project is expected to be self supporting.
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New York
William
Vanderbilt
Duels in Heard County Leave Father Foe Wounded
Franklin Ga November 29 Special Bob McWaters dies and son Frank gravely wounded after a pistol duel at a Thanksgiving night party six miles from Franklin. Sheriff Lee Taylor and his brother Dawson allegedly fought with the McWaters. McWaters fired back, wounding none of the attackers. Both Taylors released on bond as rumors of further trouble spread.
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Franklin
Bob McWaters
Frank McWaters
Lee Taylor
Heard County
Dawson ‘Taylor
McWaters
Taylor Brothers
Lberty
Bond
Lame Halt and Blind Seek Damages for Hurts
Five damage suits totaling 50,000 were filed in the local court against Atlanta corporations. Ruth Rhoeburts seeks 5,000 from Ernest L. Rhodes Co. and Morrow Transfer for a fall into a coal chute on South Pryor Street on October 29. The transfer firm allegedly stored coal in a passage and left a fence slot open. T. H. Griffies, a Louisville and Nashville car inspector, requests 20,000 for a crushed foot. O. H. Wilkerson, a Southern Railway fireman, sues for 16,000 over loss of his right eye. N. Rudasill sues Atlanta Steel Co. for 6,000 claiming internal injuries from a belt break at the company’s gin on September 13. Mr C. Smith sues Foote and Davies for 5,000 after an auto truck struck a wagon he rode, causing internal injuries.
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Atlanta
Ruth Rhoeburts
South Pryor Street
Ernest L. Rhodes
Morrow Transfer Company
T. H. Griffies
Louieville
Nashville
O. H. Wilkerson
Southern Railway
N. Rud@asill
Atlanta Steel Company
Mw. C. Smith
Foote & Davies Company
Confession Clears Suspect In Decatur Street Murder
Robert Lee Sloan, a teamster, confessed after hours of third degree questioning to a murder and robbery at 224 Decatur street that killed WI Franklin the aged miser. He implicated fellow prisoner Frank Risley known as Shot, who denies involvement. Sloan and Miss Chloe Austin were taken into custody as Sloan’s companion is detained as a witness.
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WI Franklin
Decatur Street
Robert Lee Sloan
Frank Risley
Chewning and
Norris
Sloan
Chloe Austin
Austin
Pratt Street
No. 224
Franklin
Risley
Shot
Prominent Physicians Attack Atlanta Public Schools
At a Fulton County Medical Association meeting at Carnegie Library, doctors condemned Atlanta public schools as a menace to child health. They claimed 1000 pupils are anaemic or nervous wrecks, criticized long hours and harsh discipline, and urged tearing down and rebuilding the system. The debate continued with no attendance from Dr. Campbell Not. Present.
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Atlanta
Board of Education
Fulton
Fulton] County Medical Association
Carnegie Library
de. Campbell
I. B.campbell
Pensions bill faces near $200 million need in new session
Washington report states appropriations of nearly $200 million for veterans pensions are required at the short session opening Monday to cover a $20 million deficit from the Sherwood Dill increase and general pension raises. The regular bill may reach about $175 million, with debate on widening widow eligibility threatening higher outlays.
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Washington
Congress
Pension Bureau
Senate
House
$140000 Bond Loss Recovered From City Dump
Bonds with a face value of 140000 along with checks and coupons disappeared June 5 when two registered mail sacks were stolen from a mail trolley en route to the railway station. They were Waco city paper shipped by Commerce Trust and Guarantee Trust, insured by an English concern for full value. Three laborers found the bundle on the city dump in Kansas City on November 29, with authorities uncertain about the original theft and no trail for recovery.
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Kansas City
Waco
Texas
City Paper
Commerce Trust Company
The
Guarantee Trust Company
New York City
Taurance- Sourbany
Dynamiters Nabbed After Five Months of Investigation
Indianapolis report describes witness testimony detailing the five month period from November 2, 1910, to April 22, 1911, leading to arrests of James B. McNamara and Ortie McManigal in the dynamite conspiracy case linked to the Los Angeles Times blast that killed twenty one. The narrative follows tip origins in Chicago and Kenosha and tracks the detectives’ surveillance of the conspirators. It notes ten explosions occurring before arrests and mentions Hockin Burns and Lindsey Jewel as key informants guiding police to McNamara and McManigal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
Chicago
Herberts. Hockin
Tran: Workers’ Union
Raymond J. Burns
McNamara
Ortie E. McManigal
Raymond Burns
McManigal
Conover
Wis
Kenosha
Wia
William J. Otts
Benjamin F. Damon
Frank Sullivan
Raymond Burne
Hockin
Lewellyn
John J. McNamara
Lindsey L. Jewel
Pittsburg
Jewel
Panama
Bockin
Burns
Mej thet.Brice
Lynching chase for Chesley Williams near Rhine Ga
Armed men pursued Chesley Williams after a shooting and assault near Rhine. He was captured by Dodge County sheriff and deputies, placed in a car for safekeeping as mobsters chased toward McRae. The mother and daughter, wounded, are in serious condition. Williams had been a farm hand on the plantation.
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Cordele
Chesley Williams
Rhine
Dodge County
McRae
Southern
Wiliams
Blacks Fatally Burned Acting For The Movies
Tampa Florida November 29 Will Jones a negro died here today from burns received in a mob scene by moving picture makers Henry Makers another negro is expected to die from injuries received at the same time The flimsy dress worn by the negros depicting cannibals in Africa caught from torches used in the torch dance Makers saved himself by jumping into a stream nearby
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Tampa
Fla
Will Jones
Burne
Moving
Henry Makers
Africa
William P. Jackson Named Rayner Successor in Md
Governor Goldsborough announces William P. Jackson a Maryland Republican national committeeman to fill the late Isidor Rayner’s unexpired Senate term. He will serve until the January 1914 legislature fills the three year term. Jackson, of Salisbury, heads Maryland Taft forces and is a lumber businessman reputedly worth millions. His father and uncle held prominent Maryland offices. The move shrinks Democratic Senate tally near the 48 vote line, with the vice president breaking ties.
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Baltimore
Goldsborough
William P. Jackson
Maryland
Isidor Rayner
John Walter Smith
Taft
Jackson
Mr. Jackson
William H. Jackson
Elihu E. Jackson
Washington
Rayner
Senate
William A Richardson kills self after telephoning brother
New York on November 29 William A Richardson a member of a prominent family shot himself in his apartment after telephoning his brother to say he would take his own life. Police and the brother found him dead beside a mirror with a note ordering the library book Misery and its Causes returned. In Georgia Clifford Patrick hunting near Watkinsville was entangled in vines fell on rocks and his gun discharged injuring his leg badly.
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New York
William A. Richardson
Charles
Richardson
Greensboro
Clifford Patrick
Watkinsville
Atlanta power floodgates loom as Hurt vows private public clash
Joel Hurt, Atlanta Realty president, leads a push to erect a 150000 dollar power plant. Preston Arkwright of Georgia Railway and Power counters by denying private street permits and threatening a public utility firm to rival the company. Hurt taunts opponents, pledges cheaper electricity and vows to gain streets access if blocked.
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Public Service Power Corporation
Joel Hurt
Atlanta Realty Corporation
Preston Arkwright
The
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Hurt
Street Committee of Council
Edgewood Avenue
Arkwright
Atlanta
Mr. Hart
Georgia Hallway and Power Company
Mr. Hurt
Ark
Wright
Spalding
James L. Mayson
Street Committee
Power Company
Hart
President Arkwright
Weather Prophecy and Local Report Forecast
Local weather summary notes a fair Saturday with Sandage reporting the lowest temperature around minus five degrees. Highest temperature near minus eight degrees, mean about 39, normal 43, and rainfall reading shows .00 inches in the last 24 hours. Deficiency since month start 3.18 inches with excess since January 1 at .15.84 inches.
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