Savannah to Atlanta Trip by Frank Watkins in Touring Car
Frank N Watkins of Dublin left for Atlanta in a four cylinder EM automobile traveling via Savannah to Dublin then Macon Swainsboro Statesboro Adrian and Dublin. he praises this direct route as shorter and more reliable than the Milledgeville path. He notes a weather friendly route with few hills and minimal skidding risk despite one rough Emanuel county stretch. He expects the Constitution and Savannah News endurance contest in November may drive officials to adopt the Dublin Macon path as a preferred option if weather worsens.
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Dublin
Frank Watkins
Atlanta
Macon
Watkins
Bavannah
Swainshore
Tmblin
Forest City
Savannah
Statesboro
Swainsboro
Duplin
Pavanneh
Swalnstorm
Adrian
Emanuel
Stlanta
Enurst
Milledieside
Appeal Planned by Commission in Missouri Rate Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission will appeal to the United States Court as soon as possible after a conference held since the circuit court decision. Members believe the high court did not fully grasp the Commission’s points contested in the trial, as the order promulgation relied on powers conferred openly by the Interstate Commerce Act.
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Interstate Emate Commission
United States Circuit Courts
United States Court
No Rain Ahead In Athint District Meteorologists Say
Weather bulletin reports no showers for today in Athint and surrounding areas. Forecasters describe conditions as hopeless for rain for the next twenty four hours with temperatures rising from 68 to 81 degrees as a warm spell continues.
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Bartts
Conler
Priest in pistol duel with burglars in Jackson
In Jackson Michigan on September 7, Rev Joseph F Herr pastor of St Joseph's Catholic church surprised two burglars in his house. He fired five shots while the men returned fire three. Bullets narrowly missed the priest as the robbers fled. A music box in the house was triggered when one burglar collided with it, revealing their presence.
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Jackson Mich
Hil House
Joseph F Herr
St Joseph's
Father Herr
Threats Made Against Life of Taft in Chicago
In Chicago Captain Porter and local police face threats against President Taft during his visa. Secret Service involvement increases security as officials prepare to guard the president, with Porter inclined to lead precautions to prevent an attack on Taft and to make him highly protected during his visit.
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Ohage
Taft
Chicago
Captain Porter
Secret Service
Naion
Porter
Bette
Zebulon School Opens New Year With Large Attendance
The Griffin District Institute opened its fall term last week with strong turnout, augmented this week by additional pupils. A corps of efficient teachers works in harmony with the board of trustees, setting favorable conditions for the new year.
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Zebulon Wa
Griffin District Institute
Seaboards Excursion to Birmingham From Atlanta
The Smooth-on-time Line offers a round trip by train from Atlanta to Birmingham on September 14 leaving in the morning and arriving at 22:15 noon. Fare is 32.50 for the trip.
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Birmingham
Atlanta
Government backs rat clubs to curb rodent menace
Washington reports rat clubs and other systematic warfare groups may gain favor as the government sanctions rodent extermination. An official statement from the Department of Agriculture notes rat activity spreads disease and causes multi million losses yearly. Dr David E Lantz says ordinary house cats are unlikely to curb brown rats and urges organized hunts with rewards to spur participation.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
David E. Lantz
Bureau of Biological Survey
Department
inne@ bulletin
Religious Training Structure Aimed For Durham School
Durham Wake, September 2. Dr James B Shepard outlines a National Religious Training School and Chautauqua for the colored race modeled after Winona and Northfield. Ground worth 412,000 donated. Durham white citizens pledge funds. local subscriptions total 2000. Advisory board to meet in October to plan support and programs for ministers, youth, and community services.
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Durham
Jamea B Shepard
Winona Assembly
Northfield Bible School
Julian Carr
George W Watts
Brodley Duke
Shepard
3000 Clerks Wanted by the Census Bureau
Washington announces examinations for about 3000 temporary clerks for the thirteenth census. Tests will be in October. appointments start at 600 dollars annually with potential rise to 900 for satisfactory service. Probation applies and appointments end June 30, 1912 by law.
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Washington
Cut Throat With Razor In The Gils ey House
Theodore L Schmidt, a New Orleans business man formerly with Schmidt & Zeigler, committed suicide in the Gilsey House New York by cutting his throat. Papers show his past role in the firm. despondency from financial reverses blamed. He leaves a widow and one child. body to be sent to New Orleans.
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New York
T L Schmidt
New Orleans
Gilsay
Schmidt & Zeigler
Theodore L. Schmidt
Schmidt
Kennedy dies after shot at Hotel Jefferson in Birmingham
J. 3 Kennedy proprietor of the Hotel Jefferson in Birmingham dies from a shot fired Saturday by his steward A. Lichtenfels. Kennedy was a well known Southern figure with interests in several slave works. His body will be taken to Memphis for burial.
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Kennedy
Birmingham
Ala
J. 3 Kennedy
Jefferson
A. Lichtenfels
South
Memphis
Death Calls Gen Shackelford Hero Of Mexican War
General James Shackelford veteran of the Mexican war and Union Army officer died at his summer cottage in Port Huron. A native of Kentucky born July 1827, he chased and captured Confederate leader John Morgan after a long pursuit. He later helped organize the first U S court in Indian Territory and served as judge for the Choctaw nation.
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Port Huron
James Shackelford
Louisville
Shackelford
John B Morgan
Morgan
Lincoln County
Kentucky
Four Men Arrested in Coal Land Fraud Case
New York September 7. George W Dells Rufus Ireland Wilberforce Sully and Frank T Wells were arrested by U S Marshal Henke on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government of 1700 acres of coal lands in Lander W306. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner Glirlach and posted $5,000 bail each. Sully, a lawyer, serves as vice president and a director of the American Malt Corporation and chairs the board of the American Malting Company, both NY based with large capital.
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New York
George W Dells
Rufus Ireland
Wilberforce Sully
Frank T Wells
United States
Henke
Lander
Glirlach
American Malt Corporation
American Malting Company
Engineer Injured In Savannah Train Wreck
A passenger train No 49 on the Southern railway from New York to Jacksonville collided with a freight six miles from Savannah. Engineer Thompson sustained serious injuries as the freight attempted to depart for a siding to allow the passenger train to pass.
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Southern
New York
Savannah
Lin&inner Hoe Thompson
Southern Railway
Jacksonville
Daughter joins army as mother drinks poison in Alabama
In Montgomery Alabama Mrs Kate Crowe consumed a large dose of laudanum amid a family crisis after her 15 year old daughter ran away to enlist. She is hospitalized and expected to die.
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Alb
Salvation Arms
Montgomery
Kate Crowe
Many Men Killed in Chicago Saloons Parade Feature
Chicago temperance council held a meeting to arrange a parade on September 25. A key feature will be fifty seven marching men each carrying a banner with the name of a man killed in a Chicago saloon on a Sunday.
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Chicago
A Remarkable Catarrh Cure Promised by Testimonials
A newly issued testimonial book claims Eclipse Catarrh Cure, a vegetable preparation, relieves stubborn catarrh by soothing air passages. A reader from Osuna, Florida reports dramatic ear discharge relief and improved hearing after three weeks of use. The firm offers a week of treatment for 28 cents and a $1.00 package with patent details, guiding readers to request by mail from SeDIGINE AND MANUFACTURING CO, Atlanta, Ga.
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I. A. Wear
Osuna
Flo
Eclipse Catarin Cura
Rbuet Pee Sedigine and Manuufacturing CO
Atlanta
Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union Convention Planned in Macon
The Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold its twenty first annual convention in Macon from October 5 to 8. The executive committee meets October 5 at 9 30 am and the regular session starts that morning. Each union gets four delegates plus one for every twenty paid members. Delegates must obtain certificates, and state representation is expected to be complete. Send delegate names to Mrs. Benjamin B Renitz at the Hotel Arcadia in Macon.
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Macon
Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Benjamin B Renitz
Arcadia
Pritchard Brothers Acquitted of Murder
In Caldwell county North Carolina on February 28 Robert and Keith Pritchard mountaineers were acquitted in superior court at Lenoir of the murder charge in the shooting of Honeycutt and the wounding of Revenue Officer Garland. The brothers claimed self defense but the court rejected that defense and set the stage for a possible fiat or second degree verdict. the jury delivered a surprise acquittal.
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Charlotte NC
Robert
Keith Pritchard
Honeycutt
Garland
Caldwell
Lenoir
Noneycutt
Gareland and
Smith
Pritchards
Honeycutts
Quiet Now Prevails in Mississippi County
Clarksdale reports a return to normal after the killing of Policeman Walter Marshall Saturday night. The lynching of the brother of the man held responsible and a subsequent accidental death of another man ended the unrest. The pursuit of Nathan McDonald, alleged Marshall slayer, and the later wounding of McDaniele marked the night as authorities moved implicated suspects to prisons elsewhere in the state. A sheriff’s posse had been tracking McDonald into Jackson, with Nathan McDonald’s actions becoming clearer as the chase continued.
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Clarksdale
Pius
Poiceman
Walter Marshall
Marshall
al Mangan
McDaniele
Jackson
Nathan McDonald
Bryan to speak on tariff in Texas visit
Definite arrangements set for William J Bryan to address Democracy and tariff topics in Texas on September 14. He is expected to outline his Democratic tariff view. Bryan will lecture in Fort Worth in the afternoon and in Weatherford at night.
Justice Gaynor hints at independent mayoral run
New York on September 7 reports Justice William J Gaynor of the state supreme court who has been floated as a potential candidate on Democratic independent and even Republican lines says he would accept an independent nomination to run for mayor.
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Gaynor
Supreme Court
New York
William J Gaynor
State Supreme Court
Teckers
Alabama Carriers Close Sessions at Anniston Convention
State convention of Alabama Rural Letter Carriers adjourned at noon after selecting Dothannon as 1910 meeting site. Old officers reelected. Merritt, R C Beaver and W F Curvin chosen as delegates to the national convention in Rochester, NY, on September 21 and 22.
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Anniston
Ala
Alabama
Dothannn
Merritt
R C Beaver
W F Curvin
Rochester
Prof Peck Takes Another Wife in New York
The marriage is announced of Harry Thurston Peck professor of Latin at Columbia University and Miss Elizabeth H Dubois, a classics teacher at the same institution. Peck is noted for his radical criticisms of women and his divorce from his first wife in Dakota two years ago drew comment.
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Peck
New York
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Mies Eilizapath H Duboiss
Dakota
Special train Atlanta to Birmingham return notice
A 2.50 fare from Atlanta to Birmingham and back departs at 8 00 a m on a special train via Southern nook with stops. Arrival in Birmingham is 12 30 noon. For details call Main 142 or 1142.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Southern Nook
Refuses to Offer Will for Probate in Crawford Estate
In a filed exhibit in Rome, J J Barge claims administrator rights to the Crawford estate valued at £300000, disputing relation and heir claims by Susan Ghlan. The will bequeaths £1000 to brothers Columbus and William Crawford, a share to great niece Helen Crawford, and the remainder to Charles Z Crawford, Tallulah Miller, and George W Crawford's children, while issues of a potential second marriage and legitimacy are contested.
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Joshua B Crawford J J. Barge
Crawford
Susan Ghlan
Rome
Barge
Ehlan
Crawford Barge
Columbus
William Crauford
Helen Crawford
Charles Z. Crawford
Tallulah Miller
George W Crawford
Helen Harry Cecil
George the Witch
Mr Crawford
Susan Ethan
All Night Drug Store Fight Moves At Druggists Meet
Louisville September 7 The National Association of Retail Druggists debates ending all night operations and the post card trade. Nellie Florence Lee of Chicago and William Elkin of Atlanta press to ban Sunday sales except emergencies, with a push to end patent medicines. Delegates argue patent makers force overstock and losses on unsold goods as Wheeling W V contends for next year’s convention site.
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Louisville
National Association of Tetail Druggiste
Mra
Nellie Florence Lee
Chicago
Womans Auxiliary
William Elkin
Atlanta
Druggists’ Association
Elkins
Nellie Lee
Womens Auxiliary
National Association of Retail Druggists
Wheeling
W Va
Railway Schools for Mexico to instruct in railroad knowledge
Mexico City September 7 announces three railway schools to be established with national railway approval. They will offer two thorough grounds in machinery, train running, and general knowledge relating to the handling of treing.
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Mexico
Mexico City
National Railway
Delay in October federal term court session in Atlanta
Judge Newman may sit with Judges Pardee and Sheibs causing the district court term to extend over a week. Arrivals at the Kimball included Cooley official stenographer Charters solicitor general as well as local figures from Athens Jackson and Gainesville. The Salary Purchasing Company filed for a charter with capital of 1000, later potential to rise to 25000.
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United States District Court
Newman
Federal Weircuit Court
Fifth Radical Circuit
Atlanta
K. Cooley
Athens
W A Charters Sallcitor
Kimball
HH. Tally
M. Herzberg
WE. Currie
Court activity and personnel shifts in early proceedings
The report outlines court sessions in the criminal and civil divisions, with Judge Pendleton and Judge Lilies preparing juries, Judge Reids handling city civil cases, and Judge Calhoun confronting a heavy dock in the criminal docket while Judge Bell completes weekly motions. It notes a wasp sting on the Crown Prince and mentions staff changes, including James W. Goldsmith as deputy clerk and Wills division transfer to Judge Bell.
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Superior Court
Pendleton
Judge Lilies
Reids
Judes
Andy Calhoun
Fall Capes
Bell
Guperior Court
James W. Goldsmith
Lills
WH Abbott
Tudee Wills
Bells Division
Mr Goldsmith
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promoted as Family Remedy
An advertisement touts Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as the best cure for constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches. Sold by druggists at 50 cents per bottle or 100 2 for a dollar, marketed as a household remedy for all family members.
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Caldwell
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