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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1909
Page
10
Emory College Endowment Surpasses 238000 With Americus Subscriptions
The Emory college endowment rose to 238008 dollars after Americus district subscriptions totaling 34600 were added. Numerous donors from Shellman Lumpkin Richland Dawson Rochette and other Georgia towns contributed amounts ranging from 10 to 355 dollars, with funds filed through local ministers and professors to support the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Emory College
Shellman
James E. Dickey
W. K. Dennis
H. A. Crittenden
R. 8. Crittenden
B. F. Crittenden
H. Te Dozter
M. W. Cox
W. L. Allen
R. BF. Crittenden, Jr
J. M. Wootten
J. T. Gunnar
Graves Station
Lumpkin
Professor Smith
H. Hollis
T. T. Jaman
E. T. Hickey
Richland
Harry Allen
E. I. Carter
F. N. Carter
Johnson
N. C Coffin
Rochette
A. W Reese
F. J. Cook
Taev Smith
Frvor
Joe, McAllister
Leslie Ga
C. Mo Ledbetter
H. C. Baas
W. A. Wilson
Perry
W. A. Mclain
T. Lamer
R. L. Maville
T. W. Martinston
W oPnagter
B. M. Davidson
Porter
J. A. Lewta
J. Laing
J. G. Parks
CO. L. Mize
A. Petty
PB. Hornadyston
J. M. Ball
A. J. Fti
Seaboard Railroad Hearing Ends Before Commission
The Railroad Commission concluded the hearing on Sea board Line’s 1910 plan to issue 2 750 000 in bonds for improvements and betterments. Atlanta attorney Alex King and H Hix appeared for the road under receivers. The commission wants yearly limits and detailed use of proceeds. Changes to trains 67 68 to Athens were denied for one schedule and tentatively approved for another, with protests from pension office employee C D Wayne noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Commission
Seaboard Ahine
Honda
Alex King
Atlanta
H. Hix
Semhourii
Athena
J. A. Coffee
Lewranceville
The
Pension Commission
Canito
C. D. Wayne
Governor Brown Nominates Sixty Delegates to Tennessee River Meeting
Governor Brown named sixty prominent north Georgia citizens as delegates to the Tennessee River Improvement Association convention at Harriman Tennessee on November 5 and 6. The assembly, focusing on river improvements, will discuss the Coosa Etowah and Oostanaula waters and the Atlantic and Great Western canal linking the Tennessee valley to the Atlantic Ocean passing Rome Atlanta and Macon. Delegates listed include Gordon Lee Chickamauga J. H. Atley Blairsville W. T. Day Jasper F. E. Conney Blairsville Logan R. Pitts Calhoun and many others from Rome Cartersville Dalton Summerville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
North Georgia
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Mesta
Harriman
Tenn
Tennessea River
Coosa
Etowah
Oostanaula
Tennessee Valley
Atlantic Ocean
Rome
Atlanta
Macon
Bates Sre
Gordon Lee
Chickamauga
R .¥. Rudlen
Summerville
W. T Day
Jasper
F. E. Conney
Blairsville
Logan R. Pitts
Calhoun Ga
J. ¥. Wood
Cedar Grove
E. S. Griffith
Buchanan
J. H. Atley
Nacoochee
ES. Ault
Cedar Town
T. N. Berry
Blairaville
S. A. Brown
Eton
William Butt
Blue Ridge
O. Catbeck
Calhoun
C. BE. Cannon
Clayton
BH Edmondson
G. W. Harms
Dallas
W. C. Hallender Ringgold
J. F. Johnson
Hiewassee
Ft. EB. Smith
Enjay
MC Tarver
Dalton
Barry Wright
W. W. Cureton
Rising Fawn
G. B. Holder
M L. Johnson
Cartersville
C. HH. Porter
J. A. Price
J. N. King
J. Lindsay Johnson
John H. Reynolds
W. Cc. Bunn
Cedartown
Joseph James
Couglasville
W. L. Hillhouse
B. L. Hartil
T. J. Lyon
G. T. Fite Calhoun
F. T. Hardwick
Daton
R. B. Everett
Rockmart
B. Walker
George Glenn Dalton
Sam P. Maddox
Dalton Ga
P. D. Wright
Lafayette
Weasley Shropshire
John B. Lacy
W. J. Spinks
John Bentley
Tallapoosa
N. Waltes
Rockmart Ga
F. H. Enright
Carteraville
T. E. McBride
W. H. Williamson
Bremen
J. Dodigan
Buchanan, Ga
C. Napier
J. P. Bowdoin
Adairaville
W. T. Coleman
D. BH
Freeman
Mul Kerr
Spring Place
Aldrich Invited to Address Atlanta Chamber on Monetary Issues
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, chair of the U S monetary commission and noted for his role in the tariff law, is invited to Atlanta to speak on global monetary conditions. Secretary Walter G. Cooner extended the invitation after a Chamber resolution. The date will be announced if he accepts, with plans for several addresses nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson W. Aldrich
United States Monetary Commission
Congress
Atlanta
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Walter G. Cooner
Josent T. Orme
Loggy National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Aldrich
Europe
Murph Named Peach Leader in Georgia Fruit Exchange
Marshallville peach grower F Murph is a leading candidate to succeed H C Bagley as head of the Georgia Fruit Exchange after Bagley resigned. Meeting November 8 will elect a successor and plan the second season while Fleming remains general manager. The article urges wide grower attendance and outlines Murph’s strong credentials and popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Murph
Marshallville
H. C. Bagley
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Bagley
Murph
Murph & Baldwin
Georgia
Mr. Murph
Fleming
T. M. Fleming
Armours
Exchange
Immigrant Train Collision Injures 35 in Fort Wayne
In Tocala on the Chicago and Brie line a west bound immigrant train collided with an east bound freight. Thirty five immigrants including men women and children were injured. The freight fireman was badly hurt. Air brakes failed and the immigrant train was standing when struck, tearing a coach and wrecking others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Tocala
Brie
Gypsy Pony Drawn at Bijou Theater Ticket A267
The Bijou last night held a pony drawing with ticket A267 to win Gypsy the pony. Holders may claim at the Bijou within ten days. if unclaimed, A484 is next, then A133 after a longer period, with delivery to 267 Edgewood Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawsh
Edgewood Avenue
Sent Threatening Letter Arrest in Kansas City Case
Thad deus Whigon, a Garnett Kansas school teacher, admitted writing a letter to Lawrence Jones of a large dry goods store in Lawrence two months earlier demanding 1000 dollars to save his father Rev Wilson of Earlton Kansas. He was arrested in Kansas City on October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Thaddeus Whigon
Garnett
Kans
R.A. Leng
Lawrence Jones
Hare
Wilson
Rev
W. E. Wilson
Earlton
Dr Frederick A Cook Claims Amber Glasses Eased Arctic Torment
Dr Frederick A Cook credits amber colored glasses with removing one of his greatest Arctic travel torments. The ad notes their effectiveness for sun and coast and promotes Walter Ballard Optical Co at 75 Peachtree Street with various styles and noted success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Cook
Walter Ballard Optical Co
Peachtree Street
May call out troops to quell night riders
Lexington Kentucky October 29 Advices from Mason county say night rider raids spark fever heat and troops will be requested from Governor Willson After raids on the homes of Benjamin Longnecker and George Kreitz wealthy farmers every tobacco grower not entering the Burley Tobacco Society pool armed himself The sheriff and posse scour the vicinity seeking citizens identified by Kreitz who battered his door and shot his daughter with a shotgun
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Mason County
Willson
Benjamin Longnecker
George Kreitz
Burley Tobacco Society
Kreitz
Filleut
New York Debt Limit Boost Prompts Subway Expansion
New York City officials cited a court ruling confirming a debt capacity above 50 million dollars and moved to extend the subway system. The board of estimates allocated 15 million for Fourth Avenue tunnels in Brooklyn and signed the related contracts. The project aims to provide a faster link to Coney Island. Also, Dr. Wiegand announced an exclusive excavation deal with the Prince of Samos for Berlin Museum on the island of Samos through 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Limelight
New York City
Court of Appeals
Board of Estimates
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Berlin
Dr. Wiegand
Archeologial
Indian Cotton Trials At South Carolina Mills
Anderson D C October 29 President Ellison A Smythe of Pelzer cotton mills and President Townsend of Townsend twine mills ordered several hundred bales of Indian cotton. The plan is to test the shorter pliable fiber versus upland cotton amid high American prices. If satisfactory, large orders may come, with direct shipments from India to Charleston cutting costs about two cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anderson
Charleston
Weather man promises another ideal Atlanta day
The local forecaster predicts a near perfect day for Atlanta with temperatures just under yesterday. Skies stay mostly clear though thin high clouds may drift in. The forecaster notes a one degree temperature difference at most and urges light outdoor activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Gopher
The Book Agent Who Met His Match in A City Lady
A middle aged woman, renowned for a vast library, charmed a book agent who tried to sell the Memoirs of Hiram Hookg. She invited him in and read selections from Socrates to Bret Harte, covering poetry, prose, politics and religion. The startled agent fled, and no book peddler has entered since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Homer
Kipling
Hiram Hookg
Socrates Plum
Bret Harte
Thia
Nashville court convicts Dock Frye in attempted assault case
Dock Frye of Willacoochee pled guilty in Nashville city court to attempted assault on 14 year old Dorothy Boons of Sparks Collegiate Institute. He was fined 150 dollars and paid it. The incident began on a Georgia Florida train as Frye befriended the girl and followed to a vacant house where the alleged assault occurred. The girl reported to the Sparks school principal leading to arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
Gaz
Nashville
Dock Frye
Willacoochee
Dorothy Boon
Sparks Collegiate Institute
Sparks
Frye
Georgia
Florida
Hazleburnt
Sparka
Authentic Advance in Price of Diamonds
Cable advices in September announce two advances of 5 percent each on rough diamonds at the hands of the miners, taking an increase in finished diamonds value slightly over 10 percent. We anticipated the advance and made contracts with cutters months ago, and are therefore offering investment values.
Pleased With Visit to Academy for the Blind
Representatives Calbeck and Woodliff visited the Academy for the Blind in Macon with about 26 of 30 committee members. They praised Superintendent G F Oliphant and the school’s discipline, facilities, and teaching, noting plans to have the state cover pupil transportation. The visit highlighted a new academy building erected in 1906 costing 94000 on twenty acres, near the city suburb, with seventy-nine white and eighteen black pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calbeck
Gordon
Woodliff
Hall
Legislative
Academy For the
State Capitol
G. F. Oliphant
Calveck
Academy
Macon
Esspei
Phant
Paulk
Minter Joiner
Bagley
Rogers
Jones
Laurens
Wood
McConnell
Watkins
Atherton
Meadows
Telfair
Carter
Walters
Whitley
Holder
Floyd
Tracey
Vans
Godley
Griffin
Twiges
Persons
Cannon
Howell
Couch
Waddell
Rally Held at Fort Gaines Ex Gov Smith and Prof Fain Speak
Fort Gaines Ga Oct 29 special Hoke Smith of Atlanta and Professor J R Fain of Athens spoke at the third Clay county public school agricultural fair. Fains morning address drew interest and Smith spoke at 2 pm for an hour and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Gaines
Smith
Fain
Athens
Fort Gaines
Hoke Smith
Atlanta
J. R. Fain
Clay County
Walter Ballard Optical Co Presents Invisible Bifocals
A southern leading eyewear house advertises invisible bifocals as superior. Walter Ballard Optical Co at 75 Peachtree Street markets premium glasses and offers other brands but recommends the best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Walter Ballard Optical Co
Peachtree Street
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American National Bank
Alabama
Broad Streets
Atlanta, GA
Americus Dis
Lumekin Lo Richland Rochetter
Waslie
Dawson
Smithville
Dawson Bro Americus
READE
Seaboard R. R
Sikty
Tenn. River Improvement Association
Maier
Berkele
PEACH
Big Peach Man
Carolina
Weather Man
Sam
Rountree
Z. Turner
Whitehall St
Miss Boon
Harry L. DIX, Inc
Diamond Merchanta & Mfg. Jewelers
Candler
American Hosiery Co
Cloud-Stanford Co
Shop of Quality
Peachtree St
Eiseman Bros
Manhattans
Ekiseman Bros
Whitehall
Baltimore, Md
Washington, D. C
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