Democrats on FK ANE central committee in Alabama
The Democratic state central campaign committee opened headquarters at the Metropolitan hotel in Birmingham to run the state and congressional campaigns. Chairman E. K. Campbell and secretary J. Fugh lead a slate including W. W. Brandon and others. Focus will be on the Seventh district where results are expected without doubt. Also notes a new Woodward Construction Company planning a twelve story building at Second Avenue and Twentieth Street funded by First National Bank, with offices and banking space. a worker, C. Tipsitt, dies after a fall on First Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
State Central
Metropolitan
E. K. Campbell
John ©. Fugh
W. W. Brandon
Robert J Lowe
Jones G. Moore
Iek, Jackson
Witsor BR. Brown
George W Jones
B. F. Roden
Woodward Construction Company
Second Avenue
Twenieth Street
First National Bank
Cordele area social notices and weddings unfold
A jumble of names and events from Cordele and nearby towns is noted including engagements, weddings, guests, and community happenings. The text references Sparks, Cordele residents, Crystal Bay guests, and local ceremonies with several pairs of names and locations, highlighting social ties and upcoming nuptials across the region.
Florida Export Company Formed In Naval Stores Merge
Savannah Georgia October 19 special report The organizers of the Florida Export Company closely allied with the Consolidated Naval Stores Company held a conference here yesterday when plans
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Naval Stores Consolidation
Savannah
Special
Florida Export Company
Consolidated Naval Stores Company
Oratorical Contest Draws Newton County Boys
Fourteen youths aged 12 to 18 from Newton County militia districts were chosen to compete for oratorical honors in Covington on November 15. Plans spearheaded by County School Commissioner G. Adams, who organized the effort, include district contests held August 2. Prize details include a gold medal and a 2.50 gold piece from The Georgia Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton County
Covington
Roscoe Coogier
Brewers
Gwen Gibson
Brickstore
Carlton Wicks
Cedar Shoals
1Auther Palmer
Frank Carry
Downs
Charles Dick
Gaithers
Robert Byrd
Gum Creek
Henry Starr
Hays
Frank Meadors
Confederate Veterans Home Funding Sparks Texas Speaker Fight
In Texas a clash over funding for the Confederate Veterans Home pits Louis Schluter against Pat M. Heit for the speakership as Schluter defends his stance against appropriations. The dispute centers on aid to maintain the state home and its inmates amid a broader Confederate reunion in Columbus and Jefferson. A separate dispatch notes Children of the Confederacy planning events and seeking school holiday recognition during the reunion.
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Falal
Confederate Veterans’ Home of
Texas
House
Tex
Sterling Price
Louis Schluter
Schluter
Dick Taylor
Jefferson
Pat M. Heit
Waco
The Delineator Promotes a Perfect Cyclopedia for Women
A promotional note describes The Delineator as the one perfect cyclopedia of information for women, claiming every subject is mirrored in its pages and urging readers to consult it for guidance and knowledge.
Delineator Highlights Fashion and Daily Life for Women
The Delineator chronicles every phase of a woman's life from war to recreation, wardrobe, kitchen, drawing room, and society. It offers health, nursery, and domestic advice, with wise counsel and clever negotiation for all aspects of a woman day and night.
November issue of fashion magazine praised as finest of today
Illustrations of the modes are unrivaled and copied in Paris London and Vienna as part of the American invasion of Europe. Its stories items and literary papers are high quality deserving a full column. November Number just out at 15 cents. Barreries Co. 17 W Isth St New York ships annual subscription for $1.00.
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Paris
London
Vienna
Europe
Aves
Utterick
The
Barreries Co
Isth St
New York
Jacksonville Naval Stores Company Formed
Material changes were made in tentative plans to form a naval stores company in Jacksonville. Capital stock raised from 200000 to 500000 with a general export business. Officers include W F Coachman and John R Young. directors list H L Covington E C Patterson W Powell. Headquarters in Jacksonville with principal branch in Savannah.
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Jacksonville
W. F. Coachman
John R. Young
Savannah
H. L. Covington
Pensacola
E. C. Patterson
W. (. Powell
Great Devotion Of Wife For Drunken Husband
Richmond, Virginia October 12 special report tells of Annie Flasher aged 60 who trailed her drunk husband from Baltimore sleeping at police bars and walking home with him. After years of hardship she remains devoted as he sobriety returns and they plan to resume life together. She says God gave her a loving husband and will not desert him in need. he pledges to fight his battles with her.
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Richmond
Baltimore
Police Barracks
Annie Flasher
Flasher
Watson to Lecture at Mercer in Macon Georgia
Hon Thomas E Watson former Mercer student will give a new lecture on The South at Mercer University Macon Ga soon. Professor Sidney W Hatcher resigns as Mercers representative due to newspaper duties. a new student pick will be chosen to represent the college for the contest heading into fall spring term.
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Thomas E. Watson
Mercer
Mercer University
Macon
T. J. Wooster
Girl's Normal and Industrial College
Muledgeville
Farmers' Congress
Thomas ©. Watson
Sidney W. Hatcher
Epring
Nacogdoches man confesses to Hicks killings near Attoyac
A Black man in Nacogdoches Texas confesses to fatally harming Mr and Mrs Hicks and their daughter near Attoyac. He wounded the young woman. A posse of about 20 armed men with dogs pursues the fugitive, who has entered San Augustine county and is expected to be caught tonight.
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South
Cordele
Sparks
Ordele
Bryant
Icon
Atlanta
Nacogdoches
Tex
Duncan Hicks
Attoyac
San Augustin County
Italian hurt in Sunday Griffin liquor raid
On Hill street in Griffin Georgia a Sunday disturbance at G W Aycock Co corner led to several arrests after police raided W G Berry rooms finding beer and liquor. Italian laborer Lewis Park suffered a head injury from a pistol butt and Joe Waldrone was charged with the blow.
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Lewis Farmi
Griffin
Hil Street
G. W. Aycock & Co
Hill and Slaton Avenues
W. G. Berry
Berry
Lewis Park
Borer
Joe Waldrone
Negroes Fight for Franchise First to Supreme Court
In Montgomery Alabama on October 12 judge Jones refused J W Gilles injunction to stop registrars from sending voter lists without Gilles and other qualified colored voters. The ruling rests on lack of jurisdiction, with an appeal filed and certified direct to the U S Supreme Court.
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Montgomery, Ale
Jones
United States Court
J. W. Gilles
Supreme Court of the United States
Negro Fires Five Bullets Kill Brother-In-Law in Athens Ga
Thea Boyd, a colored man, killed his brother in law Henry Oliver with five shots to the head on Hancock avenue near the home of Thadogd Sr in Athens Georgia. Reports vary indicating Oliver was beating Boyd or Boyd grabbed him and shot him after a confrontation. Five bullets struck Oliver. Boyd was captured and jailed.
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Athens
Thea Boyd
Henry Oliver
Hancock Avenue
Thadogd, Sr
Oliver
Boyd
Patriarch of Brooks Married at Sixty Three to Now Ninety Two
Quitman Ga October 12 Special Correspondence There are perhaps few more interesting characters in Brooks county than Norman Campbell A Scotch descended pioneer born 1810 he learned English late and never married until age 63 when he wed 36 year old Miss Wilkes of Berrien county They have three children and three grandchildren He was Brooks county first tax collector and recounts 1836 Creek Indian encounter He cured rheumatism by self made steam treatments and remembers Mount Zion camp ground as a religious hub He remains serene and outdoors in old age under a chinaberry tree
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Quitman
Brooks County
Norman Campbell
North
Carolina
Isle of Skye
Mr. Campbell
Campbells
Telfair County
Campbell
Wilkes
Berrien County
Krex
Coupe
Brooks
Berrien
Lowndes
cClinch
Hchols
Florida
Ods
Indiana
Mount Zion
South Georgia
Miss Minna Strother Queen at Columbus fall carnival
Miss Minna Strother has been chosen queen of the Columbus fall carnival by a committee of gentlemen. Ten maids of honor were also selected: Mattie Hayes Owsley, Sadie Hunt, Vera Hatcher, Mattle Hatcher, Fannie Berry, Lacey Hill, Eula Henry, Kate Halstead, Mere McKinley, and Pauline Shepherd.
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Minna Strother
Columbus, Ga
Columbus
Mattie Hayes Owsley
Sadie Hunt
Vera Hatcher
Mattle Hatcher
Fannie Berry
Lacey Hill
Eula Henry
Kate Halstead
Mere McKinley
Pauline Sheperd
Mistrial Declared in Penny vs Atlantic Coast Line Suit
In Wilmington on October 12 a major court battle over a $20,000 injury claim against the Atlantic Coast Line concluded without a verdict after twenty-five hours of jury deliberation. The trial, which began Monday, ended with the jurors unable to reach an agreement and a mistrial declared.
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Wilmington
N. C
B. F. Penny
Atlantic Coast Line
Ase
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Was
Gretaa
Saung Lauy
Alo Onmers
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Nala Ani Linnie
Glass
Thora
Peppel
Iselty
M. Flynt
Waercross
Ksenville
the Press
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Deen
W. A Lowther
Ley
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Charles Hugh
Jessie Lanier
the Baptist Willams
Wabeth Willis
Cohomak Mayo
Wells
Williams
York World
California
Lifornia
Attile
Tacoma
Ates
Intermedi
Rers
Atlante
Francisco
Ap Peachtree
Ieee Ree
Florida Exfort Company
Phese Brigs
Nlwton County
Newton
G. . Adams
Jean Ozburn
Sonneu Queue
de de Adolas
POL
Alands
Children of the Confederacy
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Daughters of the Confederacy
Muse’s
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
Whitehall
Ha As
Norman Camcbean
Porter
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Sunaars
Tor Lynch
Zorna
W. Schonst
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