Revival of trade throughout Dixie
Columbus Georgia September 1 Special A decided revival of commercial activities is reported across Georgia and adjoining states in The Industrial Index. More new firms and corporations appear than since the war began. Merchants open doors and old institutions renew life as optimism returns and conditions are seen to improve.
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Columbus
Georgia
Southeast
South Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Gets Another Chance On Promise to Leave Atlanta
A rheumatism plagued college graduate and school teacher, HH 3. Clark, was arraigned in the police court after another drunken spell. With a wife and four children in the Home for the Friendless, he asked for mercy and pled to leave Atlanta for his father’s country home to begin anew. The recorder stayed all three cases on his honor and urged him to go.
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Clark
Kitie
Rhinehardt Street
Jamias
730 Georgia Doctors Neglect to Register At Revenue Office
A total of 730 Georgia physicians have not registered with the internal revenue collector as required by the Harrison narcotic act since the last fiscal year ended June 39. Officials warn that noncompliance may lead to government prosecution and note that prior registrations for physicians, druggists, dentists, hospitals, educational institutions, manufacturers, and others expired with the year end.
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Georgia
Internal Revenue Collector
T'ailore
Atlanta
Decatur Public Schools Open With Record Attendance
Decatur Ga September 1 Special The Decatur public schools opened with the largest attendance and brightest prospects in their history Superintendent B E B Treadwell says enrollment will rise by more than one hundred and possibly two hundred pupils The system will likely need another teacher to handle overflow from fifth and sixth grades Three more teachers are employed over last year Total enrollment expected around 1200 White grammar grades use two school buildings along with Oakhurst church and the Donald Peaser building pending the Mead road new school completion
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Decatur
Decatur Public
B. EB. Treadwell
Oakhurst
Church
Donald Peaser
Mead Road
Arnow to enforce impartial state game wardens plan
Arnow Charles L. Arnow new State warden arrived at the capitol and announced a campaign to require county game wardens to enforce Georgia game and fish laws impartially. He will observe wardens statewide, weed out partial enforcers, and establish headquarters at Macon while moving his family from St Marys.
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Charles
Arnow
Charles L. Davia
State Capitol
Atlanta
St. Marys
Kimball House
College ‘Street
Macon
St. Mai
Game and Fish Department
Mr. Arnow
Jake
Georgia
Friends
Barney Butler Moves to Carlton's Store
In a town amid greetings Barney Butler announces his move to Carlton's Store. He asserts his performance will improve the business and questions how Eiseman Bros. departure affected the field, claiming his disposition is back in the game and ready to excel.
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Eiseman Bros
Barney Butler
Ney
Barney
Carlton's
Pythians Honor New Commander at September Rally
At a banquet in the Auditorium Armory Colonel Charles A. Stokes of the second regiment Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias led plans for a September 16 rally honoring the new commander. The effort aims to mobilize all uniform rank units from Atlanta Lin dale West Point and Augusta with October events honoring Major General E Pomeroy. Committee members listed include Capt W G Moore Capt A Cruickshank Capt Young I Fraser and Lt J M Waters.
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Auditorium
Charles A. Stokes
Knights of Pythias
Stokes
Atlanta
Lindale
West Point
Augusta
E. Pomeroy
Georgia
W. G Moore
A. Cruickshank
Colonial
Young I
Jitney Driver Fined After Near Miss At Peachtree and Ellis
Paul Harrison, a jitney bus driver, sped around a trolley to rush passengers near the Bell Park area. He appeared before the recorder and was fined 6.75 dollars as the judge warned that haste makes waste.
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Basebell Park
Paul Harrison
Peachtree and
Ellis Streets
Harrison
Recorder
McCombs Names Reed to National Finance Committee
William F. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, announced Reed of New Hampshire as a member of the finance committee to succeed A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania, who resigned. Reed previously served in the United States House of Representatives.
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New Yorkeoq
William FE. McCombs
National Democra Committee
Eugene AM. Reed
New Hampshire
Democratlc
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsy
Villia
Heed
United States
House of Representatives
Landrum Praises Holmes Institute Work for Colored Children
Atlanta superintendent J D Landrum visited Holmes Institute on Wednesday morning and praised the sewing circle and other departments for teaching trades to unhappy colored children. He commended the program as worthy and noted the institute opens its day school on Monday September 13 inviting students unable to attend public schools.
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J. DL. Landrum
Miblicagiouls
Atlanta
Holmes Institute
Bummer “Sewine
Sebog
Paris Workshops Aid Soldiers in War Relief Drive
Atlanta readers learn of Paris relief efforts led by Mrs. Greene and other American women aiding the Ouvroite phone workshop near 116 boulevard Haussmann. Since August 1914, 46,000 francs have clothed soldiers and funded work for widows and orphans, with donors receiving notes of thanks and options to contribute by cash or checks.
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Atlanta
Paris
McClellan
Greene
Michigan
Mr. Greene
New Yor Herald
Boulevard Haussmann
Macy King Waddington and
Airs
Fundy
Mme. Waddington
Bira
Mygutt
Leneften
Ft Fy
Phang “Auveair
Phang “Auveair,” Morgen
Tories & Co
Iboulevard Gavaamann
Parle
Convict's Widow Sues Fulton County Over Husband Death
Mrs. A. M. Bell, widow of a twenty year convict killed in an East Point convict camp explosion, sues Fulton County for ten thousand dollars. Bell had earlier been convicted of holding up and robbing Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Kelly on their way home to 82 Sinclair Street.
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Fulton County
A. M. Bell
East Point
Bell
W. L. Kelly
Sinclair Street
Noted evangelist coming to Atlanta
T. T. Martin of Blue Mountain will begin evangelistic services at Jackson Hill Baptist Church on Tackoon Street and East Avenue in Atlanta. He is billed as a striking personality and possibly the greatest living preacher of Christian fundamentals. Services start next Sunday at 10 a.m. in Sunday school and 12 p.m. in the church service, with evening sessions at 10 p.m. daily.
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T. T. Martin
Blue Mountain
Carolina
Goloyade
Jackson ‘Hill Baptist Church
Gorner Tackoon Street
East Avenue
Evangelist Martin
Bathing Season At Piedmont Park Breaks Inland Records
As the bathing season ends at Piedmont Park next Monday Atlante will have broken inland bathing records. Estimates place the total visitors between 90,000 and 109,000, surpassing previous seasons and many seaside resorts. Officials foresee more facilities next year and expansion of the lake area beyond the bridge into the bathing section.
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Piedmont Park
Atlante
Piedmont
Baaling
Atlanta Playgrounds Close Best Year Yet
Atlanta reports 1913 playground attendance at 145,542 from Mrs Florence M Tibbetts. She urges at least 1 dollar for more playground apparatus and notes plans for phany phs installations across grounds. Mayor Woodward favors postponing the bond election until spring.
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Atlanta
Mra
Florence M. Tibbets
Tibbets
Meeting to Boost Tobacco in Sumter County
A mass meeting of Sumter County farmers will be held at the courthouse on Saturday to boost tobacco. The Americus Sumter Agency Chamber of Commerce calls the gathering with representatives from Seaboard and Central of Georgia railways to present advisory experts.
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Americus
Siummer
Americus and
Sumter County to Grow Tobacco. Nichols to Demonstrate
Nichols will demonstrate tobacco growth in Sumter County at a meeting. He says about a thousand acres will be planted next year with financing from bankers who back the crop as they do cotton. The event underscores local support for expanding tobacco farming.
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Nichols
Sumter County
Try Cuticura For Your Skin
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for itching burning and rash relief. It claims a hot bath followed by ointment gives immediate relief and quicker healing when other remedies fail. Ad mentions free sample and a collectors item.
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Dixie
Mater &Berkele,inc
Faduen J
Diamond Merchants
Whitehall St
Francis E. Price
Charles 5. Arnow
Carlton’s
Biseman Bros
Carlton Shoe and Clothing Company
Pythians
McCombs
Reed
Landrum
Daniel Bros. Co
Peachtree St
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Earl & Wilson
Daniel
Nettleton and Howard &Foster
Woodward
General Council
M. Schoen
A. M. Schoen
Magnr Woodward
Smoke and Gas Commission
David
Ashby
Schoen
Frank Smith
Orville Tl
Fred C. Woodall
E. I. Harding
T. Camp
Mr. Woodall
George Freeman
Woodall
Seawright
J. R. Seawright
Ma Tax Committee
Eainman
Reawright
Wort
Sumter
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
W L. Douglas
W.T. Douglas
Toy Sek Siena Seoee Aes
Spark Street
Brocknell
Peaghtree ST
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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