Clever theft game ended by the police
Officers Cheshire and Butler captured G. B. Hargrave and Bessie Brown, a black couple who posed as a white couple and lured servants with an advertisement. They were sentenced in Atlanta to twelve months in the stockade. Police recovered goods worth nearly a thousand dollars from their home, including items from multiple victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire and
Butler
Atlanta
G. B. Hargrave
Bessie Brown
Criminal Court of
Hargrav
M. W. Mandan
Grand Opera House
Pepin
Cornered Black man fights officers over chicken looting
A large Black man cornered by Officers Turner and Duncan in a blind alley after looting a chicken coop on Houston and Butler streets threw a three pound chicken at Officer Duncan, fought officers, bit them, grabbed a public safety item, then was knocked out by a punch and taken to police headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Duncan
Florence Green
Houston
Butler
Yarner
Trever to Preach at Jackson Hill Baptist Church
Pr George H Trever of the Gammon Theological Seminary will preach for Dr Barton at the Jackson Hill Baptist church next Sunday morning The arrangement aligns with a campaign led by white pastors for the benefit of the MC A work among the Negroes at the Colored Central M E church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Trever
Gammon Theological Seminary
Barton
Jackson Hill Baptist Church
Colored Central M. E. Church
Roosevelt Praises Americas Ties and Warns on Demagogy
In Rio de Janeiro Roosevelt urges closer North South American links and stable prosperity as key for the western world. He lauds Brazil Argentina and Chile and rejects colonial aims while stressing mutual respect among nations and avoidance of new Old World interference.
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Rio de Janeiro
North
South America
North America
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Government University
Roosevelt
America
Eingland
France
Algiers
Egypt
Panama
Brazil
Argentine
Chile
Brams
South
Council of Nations
Farmer preacher argues own case to Supreme Court
Rev. O A Moore former Heard county state senator and county board member argued the boards dispute with local school district trustees. Trustees faced former attorney general Hewlett Hall as counsel. Moore sought discretion in distributing state school funds while trustees urged pro rata census share. He won the lower court and impressed the justices with his legal argument.
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Supreme Court
O. A. Moore
Heard County
Board of Education
Hewlett Hall
Thomas &. Welder
Moore
Georgia Supreme Court term docket of argued cases
The Georgia Supreme Court list shows argued and submitted cases from multiple counties including Douglas Poll Polk Haralson Heard Pike Fayette Henry Troup Spalding Butts and others. Plaintiffs include L. J. Brewer A. L. Waddell J. M. Brown J. H. Haynes and P. H. Hutchinson with defendants various companies railways banks and city authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Winn
Ned Simmons
Douglas
L. J. Brewer
A. L. Waddell Et al
Poll
EL RR
Gary v. Securities Company Et al
R.'A Bradley v. Central of Georgia Raiilway Company
Haralson
Southern Railway Company
American Whip Company
Scabbard Air Line Railway
Simmerville Et al
Polk
W. O. Cleveland
J. M. Brown
Poarl
J. H. Wests
J. H. Philpot
Heard
I. T
Shelnutt
Whitesburg Banking Company
P. H. Hutchinson
Columbus Power Company
Troup
A. B. Bostwick
City of Griffin
Spalding
J. E. Eppinger
Final Musical Program by Sheldon at Trinity Church
Trinity church hosts a ninth anniversary service for Charles A. Sheldon Jr. as he performs a full morning program and a self composed service of music in the evening. The event marks the church’s first anniversary in the new edifice with Sheldon’s improvisations praised in Synagogues and concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Charles A. Sheldon, Jr
Pope
Arthur Postlude
Tablet To M Goodman Unveiled At West End Church
A ceremony will be held at the Church of the Immaculation Lea Street West End Sunday at 11 am before service to unveil a tablet in memory of the late Charles M Goodman. W D Luckie Lodge F and A M members, of which Goodman was secretary, will attend. He served as first senior warden and first Sunday school teacher and superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Incarnation
Lea Street
West End
Charles M. Goodman
W. D. Luckie Lodge
A. M
Goodman
PRESENT GAME WARDENS KEEP THEIR JOBS IF
Brunswick Ga October 24 Special Charles L Davis of Warm Springs to be state game commissioner succeeding Jesse Mercer spent yesterday in Brunswick mingling with locals and noting that no immediate sweeping changes are planned He will not remove wardens who satisfy the people and enforce the law and will visit many counties to assess performance and retain good wardens while removing the bad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Charles L. Davis
Warm Springs
Jesse Mercer
Mr. Davis
Tam Sing
Rockefeller Bonds Taken by Young Bride
Evelyn P Rutherford, a month old bride, was arrested in New York on an indictment for cashing hundred dollar twenty coupons on John D. Rockefeller’s Southern Pacific 4 per cent bonds. She allegedly used her former coupon clerk position to deposit the coupons, confessed spending 400 on her transseau, and credited the remainder back to the railroad company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evelyn P Rutherford
Southern Pacific
John D. R Rockefeller
Southern Pacific Railroad
James A. Rutherford
Transseau
Southern Pacific Company
Convict Made Bagging Admitted Free Under Tariff
Washington reports the treasury department refuses to bar entry of convict made cotton bagging from Great Britain under new tariff law. Assistant Secretary Hamlin says only waste material prep involved. no manufacturing. Imports total about 1.06 million dollars yearly and future entries of linen towelings and bags may also be challenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Great Britain
Hamlin
American Manufacturing Company
New Orleans
Galveston
Two Alleged Burglars Jailed at Dawson
Dawson Ga October 24 Special Burglars attempted to rob the store of Dismuke Davidson of Iraves breaking down the wooden door and blasting the heavy lock with explosives. Ben Shead a village blacksmith and watchman Ben Orr confronted them as they fired but the shots did not hit. They fled toward Dawson and were captured near the Terrell and Lee county line by Sheriff Hill and Branwood officers. Identified by Orr and Shead as Will Evans and Hil lard Timmons both about twenty from Rome.
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Dawson
Dismuke & Davidson
Iraves
Ben Shead
Ben Orr
Williamson
Branwood
Sheriff Hill
Terrell and
Lee
Will Evans
Hilliard Timmons
Rome
Orr
Shead
Perry Corn Club prizes awarded in Perry Georgia
The Houston County Boys Corn Club met in Perry with fifteen participants who each brought ten ears and sworn yield affidavits. Prizes went to Henry Watson 65.7 bushels scholarship to the State Agricultural College. John Story 64.9 bushels trip to Atlanta. Jack Lewis 63.5 bushels third prize. Howard Cox 68.81 bushels Berkshire pig. Arthur Watson 58.20 bushels cultivator. Roy Whitehead 56.7 bushels $3. The winning corn was boxed for shipment to the Georgia State Fair in Macon and then to the Georgia State Corn Show in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Houston County Boys’ Corn Club
G. Oliver
Henry Watson
State Agricultural College
Central Railroad
John Story
Atlanta
Jack Lewis
Howard Cox
Arthur Watson
Roy Whitehead
Macon
Missionary Union Meets at Tifton
The Woman's Missionary union of the Mell Baptist association gathered at Tifton Baptist Church for its annual meeting. Delegations from Nashville Willacoochee Oak Grove Salem Zion Hope and Tifton attended. Officers elected included Superintendent Mrs J Hart Jr and secretary treasurer Mrs John Lamb. Next meeting set for Nashville Ga on October 22, 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tifton
Gao
Woman's Missionary Union of the Mell Baptist Association
Tifton Baptist Church
Nashville
Willacoochee
Oak Grove
Salem
Zion Hope
J. Wyilart, Jr
W. S. Cobb
John Lamb
W.S. Cobb
Tiiton
Geawin Cberry
W. B. Goodman
Titanic Liability Case Before U S Supreme Court
New York October 24 The United States Supreme Court was asked to decide if Titanic owners must face suit for over 16 million dollars for loss of life and property or be limited to 91 thousand dollars plus lifeboat value. Judges Lacombe Coxe Ward and Noyes sat as the federal court of appeals and submitted questions from a district court ruling by Oceanic Steam Navigation Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Lacombe, Coxe, Ward and Noyes
Federal Court of Appeals
District Court
Oceanic Steamship Navigation Company
Hill to investigate condition of Negro
Athens Ga October 24 Special Walter B Hill son of the late Chanelor Walter B Hill has been appointed to the Phelps Stokes fellowship at the University of Georgia and will begin work in a few weeks. The fellowship provides several hundred dollars a year for research into Negro conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Walter BK. Hill
Walter B Hill
Phelps-Stokes
University of Georgia
Savannah records broken by cotton receipts at port
Savannah Ga October 24 Cotton receipts for the week ending today broke local records. A total of 143,263 bales were received, surpassing the previous record of 131,192 bales set the week ending September 29, 1911. The receipts this week exceed those of any other port, with an estimated value of about $10,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Alleged Raised Check Lands Two in Georgia Jail
Columbus Georgia October 24 Special. Co L O Pri or 22 of Chatta hoochee county and Sam Sparks a Negro are held in police jail on a charge of raising a check from 60 82 to 600 82. O Pri or sold a bale of cotton to W C Bradley company for 60 82 and gave a check on Third National Bank. He raised the amount and Sparks went to bank to cash it. teller alerted officers and both prisoners were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
L. O'Prior
Chattahaochee County
Sam Sparks
O'Prior
W. C. Bradley Company
Third National Bank
Neatp
O’friagr
Militia Officers Named in Quitman Ga
Militia officers for Quitman’s newly organized company are listed as Colonel L. W. Branch Captain C F Cater First Lieutenant A Gates Second Lieutenant The officers are prominent in social and business life with about seventy names on the roll and strong local enthusiasm for the unit’s success
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitman
L. W. Branch
C.F. Cater
A. Gates
Wagon tongue pierces brain of auto driver in Georgia crash
In Macon Georgia Ivan Starbuck 0 years old yes. died instantly when his car collided head on with a wagon carrying three negroes outside Macon. J D Watson 15 injured along with the three negroes. Coroner: car and wagon demolished. mules cut loose. Watson was the deputy sheriff's son heading to the state fair to see a circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Ivan Starbuck
Perry
Starbuck
J. D. Watson
Houston County
Watson
Young
Quitman Plans Big Cue For Farmers Rally
Quitman Ga October 24 special A M Verner of Atlanta a leading cueist in the south advised the local committee on preparations for cueing meats for the truck growers rally and entertainment for the farmers union to be held in Quitman November 7
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitman
A. M. Verner
Atlanta
South
Farmers’ Union
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Harry Lowman
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Walcott
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Vesper Club
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Augusty
L. S& Mattingly
Baby
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Thomas
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Juli Peachtree Street
Rawson
Clément Hall Ashford
Margaret Louisa
Arthur Preston Flowers
St. Mark's Methodist Church
East Torth Street
Charles G. Adsit
Tallulah
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Adsit
BE. W. MecCerren
Natchez
Miss
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Texas
Russian Far East
Geo. H. Trever
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
HAGAR
Mary Johnston
Miss Johnston
Houghton Mifflin CO
Dokstares
Gary
Chicago
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
American Iron and Steel Institute
Farmer
Supreme Court OF GA
Sheldon
M.goodman
Rockefeller
Corn Club
Missionary Union
Hill
Faust Macaroni
St. Louis, Mo
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Vanderbilt
Park Ave
New
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Beacon Shoes
Pinadvan
Beacon
Beaconize
Alrott Hoe CO
Beacon Shoe Store
Peachtree Street
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M Mediate
Atlanta Gas Light Co
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