City files $8100 claim over Atlanta crematory plant
City files cross action against New York Destructor Co claiming accrued damages of 8100 for failure to put the Atlanta crematory plant in useful operation by August 15 1913. The city seeks payment of 8100 and a receiver for the plant with arguments over contracts tests and penalties. Mayor Woodward's stance is defended and the city asserts the plant is incomplete and not operating.
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New York
Catys Ples
Citys Cross Action
Destructor Company
DHL
Woodward
Atlanta
Lesa
Saya
City & Answer
Federal District Court
Garrard Appointed to Succeed Jackson in State Sanitarium
Governor John M Slaton appoints Frank Garrard as trustee of the state sanitarium to replace J N Jackson of Muscogee county. The action expands the board and clarifies leadership at the facility.
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Garrard
Jackson
John M. Slaton
Frank Garradd
State Sanitarium
J. N. Jackson
Muscogee County
Home cotton display to urge Southern use by federation women
Tifton Georgia September 9 special. Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs seeks to boost cotton by showing a home demonstration. District school boys build a miniature house with cotton furnishings and draperies under Prof Thrash. Miss Jones and domestic science pupils will complete the exhibit with cotton upholstery to illustrate creating a Southern cotton market.
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Tifton
Mra. Z I. Fitzpatrick
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs
Tiki County
Albany
Wrong Will Russell trial ends in conviction for mistaken identity
In the new courthouse a trial of Will Russell ends with a guilty verdict and two year sentence. The accusers identify the wrong man, and the other man named Wil Russell remains to face a future trial.
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Will
Robert Viewig
Boulevard Place
Grover Fain
Hugh Dorsey
Chappellear
Tift School Hous es Made Social Centers
In Tifton Georgia on September 9 a rural school improvement club formed at Oxcemor school led by Mrs N Paterson of the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs The first club in the state elected Miss Lizzie Sutton president and Mary Patrick vice president They plan a Clean Up day at the school and hope to establish a Camp Fire girls chapter with Mrs Banks assisting and visiting for the event.
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Tifton
North Carolina
National Education Board
Tift County
Oxcelmor School
N. Paterson
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs
Peterson
Albany
Lizzie Sutton
Mary Patrick
Fannie Claire Lyon
R.A. Patrick
Foreacre Brantley Dies in N C Home
Mrs Percival Sneed received a telegram announcing the death of her nephew Foreacre Brantley at his parents summer home in Hendersonville North Carolina. Funeral and interment will be in Blackshear Georgia. he was a University of Georgia graduate and died after a long illness. He is survived by his parents two sisters and many prominent state connections.
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Percival Sneed
Brantley
Hendersonville
Sneed
Hendersonvile
Blackshear
Georgia
Archibald Brantey
J G.forenere
Atlanta
William Forencra
Charlotte
Market Complicated By Early Cotton In Tifton Ga
In Tifton Georgia on September 9 a special report notes the cotton market is strained by unusually early maturity. About 75 percent of the crop is open in the fields and nearly 50 percent has been picked. One planter with an early variety gathered and ginned during August, producing 176 bales from 475 acres. He has nearly half his crop picked. Hawkes Kryptors ad presents bifocal lenses from Hawkes Co. opticians at 14 Whitensi St.
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Tifton
Governor declines to save Miles Cribb in Georgia death sentence
Governor Igha M. Linton rejected clemency for Miles Cribb, convicted in Turner Superior Court of murdering his wife’s mother, shooting his wife’s sister, and attempting to kill his wife. He found Cribb mentally responsible and urged execution, despite pleas of insanity and calls for commutation.
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Igha M. Linton
Miles Cribb
Turner Superior Court
Cribb
Governora
Florida
Ber
Ifather
Crib
Tle Wees
Turner County
Georgia
Falsone
Bianc
South
Supreme Court
Priaon Commission
Two Gires Found by Constitution Story
Palmer Brace and Annie Tomlinson, missing girls from Birmingham Alabama, were located in Conyers Georgia by Sheriff W L King. They rode a morning tram, confirmed by Chief Beavers, and were brought to Atlanta. They said they left Birmingham after mistreatment to live with Mrs Warren and hoped to work in Millstead Cotton Mills. They were not detained after officials vouched for their well being.
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Palmer Brace
Annie Tomlinson
James Tomlinson
Birmingham
Ala
Reavers
Conyers
W L King
Mra Warren
Palmer Bruce
Millstead
King
Americus Saloon Fight Draws City Hall Crowd
Americus Ga September 8 six hundred women and local business leaders packed the city hall to oppose repealing a ban on free lunches in saloons and keep electric pianos to attract trade. The protest signals a broader campaign to influence city politics and potentially remove barrooms in forthcoming council elections.
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Americus
Spcial
Law and Order League
Propese
Grand Jury Urged to Return True Bills Only for Good Reason
Judge Hil condemns frivolous indictments and cautions the first grand jury in the new million dollar courthouse to weigh every indictment thoroughly. Judas Benjamin Ho GT voices the warning that a grand jury’s bill should be backed by a substantial reason. The judge vows strict enforcement of the law with clean hands and fearlessness to uphold righteousness.
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Judas Benjamin Ho
Hil
Ake
Removal of Recorder in Macon Urged in City Fight
Macon Georgia September special reports a push to remove Recorder T J Cochran amid accusations he hind ers police in cracking down on illegal whisky. Aldermen Taylor Hay and Schaeffer criticize his support of the force while Cochran vows to battle the charges and complete his term. A.C Hayes, city electrical inspector, faces removal pressure as managers accuse him of threats regarding the Grand theater and annual passes.
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Macon
T J. Cochran
Polices Department
Recorder’s Bench
Recorder
Alderman Taylor
Alderm
A.C Hayes
DG Philips
Grand Theater
Opera House
Phillips
Council
Georgia Normal and Industrial College Opens Fall Term
Milledgeville Ga September 9 Special The Georgia Normal and Industrial College opened today with the largest student body in its history Dormitories are at capacity and overflow is housed in a rented building President Parks said some early admitted students may drop out for war reasons but more admission cards were given than space allowed and the college now has Georgia’s largest student body ever assembled.
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Milledgeville
Georgia Normal Ana Industrial Collesa
Parks
Letton Hosts Press Banquet At Hotel Winecot
Jack Letton, manager of the Hotel Winecot, will give a banquet next Friday at 7 oclock for members of the Atlanta area. Managing editors and publishers of major papers in the state have been invited. The event is an annual Fourth Estate banquet hosted by Letton.
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Jack Letton
Winecot
Atlanta
Letton
Death of Woodland resident Kellum at age 66
G O Kellum of Woodland Ga died suddenly in town on business at a race. He was 66 years old and had lived in the county most of his life. He served as justice of the peace of Roughedge district for many years. Remains to be interred at Matthews Chapel cemetery tomorrow.
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Woodland
Kellum
Roughedge
Mathews Chapel
Willacoochee School Opens With New Principal
Willacoochee Ga September 9 Willacoochee High School opens with unusually large attendance under principal Professor J O C Linney of Cochran Ga. The event marks the start of a new term and signals strong community interest in the school’s future.
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Willacoochee School
Willacoochee Ga
J OC Linney
Cochran, Ga
Innes Identified by Chauffeur in Missing Sisters Case
Marshall Nelms reports a San Antonio chauffeur who drove Victor Innes and his wife to a roadhouse near the city before an outgoing train to Laredo with two young women matching the Nelms sisters. The driver says Innes was identified in the San Antonio frame. The probe traces movements toward Mexico with no conclusive trace of the sisters.
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Marshall Nelms
San Antonio
Texas
Victor Innes
Southern Pacific
Nelms
Innes
International
Great Northern
Laredo
Oelock
Mexico
Rio Grande
United States
Constitution
Monterey
the Constitution
New York
T. E. Innes
Summerville
James A. Lynch
Chambers Street
T E Innes
T. HL. Innes
Navy
San
Beatrice Nelan
Wilkins Avenue
Wilking
Beatrice Nelms
Miss Nelms
Mr McClain
Burns Detective Agency
New Orleans
Burns
Atlanta
Houston
Los Angeles
Prisco
Portland
Women of Cuthbert to Buy Five Bales Cotton
The Cuthbert Woman's Club met to discuss aiding farmers suffering from hardship. Seventy five members contributed funds to purchase five bales of cotton at ten cents per pound, totaling 250 dollars for a public relief loan.
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Cuthbert
Cuthbert Woman's Club
Hazlehurst Firm in Receiver's Hands
Hazlehurst turpentine operators Barbee Brothers fled a voluntary bankruptcy petition. The Producers' Naval Stores Co of Savannah is the largest creditor with a $20,000 claim and security. The firm is composed of JP and FW Barbee. Estimated assets total $30,374 with mobility at $83,222. Savannah, September 9.
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Savannah
Barbee Brothers
Hazlehurst
Turpentine
JP and
FW Barbee
Naval Stores Company of
Southeastern Roads Get Time Extension
Washington September 9 The interstate commerce commission granted the Southeastern railroads an extension of time until April 1 1915 to meet its order for readjustment of trains rates and routes across their system delaying required changes for several months as the industry reorganizes operations and schedules under evolving regulatory guidance.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southeastern Railroads
Ita
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G.N
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G. O. Kellum
E. G. Griffin
Gate City
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Vater
L. W. Robert
Hazlehurst Firm
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