Convictions Secured in Macon Prohi Cases
In Macon on September 1 the city court secured several liquor law convictions. Alex Taviar, former secretary of the Seminole Club, was found guilty of selling whisky and awaits sentence. Holsmith, a club clerk, pleaded guilty to selling whisky and keeping a Sunday closing tavern, receiving nine months and a fine totaling $17 on the first charge and $73 on the second. Charles D Halsey, another clerk, was arraigned and later pleaded guilty, sentenced to six months or $210.44 on the first charge and three years or $350 on the second. A mistrial occurred in the case of Devin, charged with selling whisky, due to conflicting testimony.
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Macon
Todas Alex Taviar
Holsmith
Charles D Halsey
Esther Ferme
Felar Lin Tas
JP Devin
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Atlanta Chamber Sets Plans For Traveling Men Group
Atlanta chamber board authorized a committee to devise methods to engage traveling men as a strong advertising force for the city. Officials expect a September visit by Barrett and Owens and a Macon meeting on September 16 to recruit delegates and secure entertainment for visitors. W. T. Winn and Fred Houser plan to push for Detroit 1914 road congress.
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Atlanta
Leahy
Ne Chamber
Rie City
Wins
Mouser
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Park kissing debate stirs at city park board meeting
Park Commissioner Green defends kissing in public parks amid questions on enforcement. Superintendent Dan Cares and Chief Heaters discuss possible arrests for car drivers backing onto grass at Grant Park. Members joke about kissing, while others urge discretion and avoid inviting public displays.
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Improvement Committee
Grant Park
Dan Cares
Heaters
Kissers
J Oe Lochran
County decides to rent Thrower building for courthouse use
At a county commissioners meeting the Thrower building was leased at 5 dollars per month with a six day notice termination right though a previous lease was 460 dollars monthly and a new courthouse is hoped by spring. The county also rents the old city hall for 430 dollars monthly and has spent about 9000 dollars on the Thrower building and half that on the old city hall to prepare them for use.
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Clifford Anderson
Rettben R. Arnold
Cry Hall
O Neals Caustic Rebuke of Hobson in Alabama
Governor O Neal rebukes Captain Hobson in caustic language over conduct and the senatorial vacancy. He accuses Hobson of cowardice and coarse language, questions his suitability, and cites divine teaching while labeling Hobson a “Peckeniff” of Alabama politics and a publicist in hollering campaign.
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O'Neal
Hobson
Gathright Sentenced to Hang for Murder in Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville Ga September 11 Special Will Gathright the man convicted of murder here yesterday was brought into court this morning and sentenced by Judge Brand to be hanged on October 10 The defendant and his attorney agreed that the verdict should be rendered in his absence and this was done last night The step was taken to prevent possible trouble The man was taken to a private place during the jury’s absence and later returned to the Lawrenceville jail.
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Lawrenceville
Will Gathright
Brand
Lawrencevile Jall
D A R Chapter Torn By Prohibition Fight
Rome Georgia September 10 Special Prohibition debate stirs Daughters of the American Revolution circles as Navier chapter plans Friday meeting over the army canteen issue. A letter from Anti-Saloon League officials asked the chapter to condemn endorsement of the canteen adopted at the last general convention.
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Rome Ga
Loral Daughters of the American Revolution
Navier
W. B Chidsey
Xavier
Girl Arrested at Rome Returned Home by Father
On September 10 a 17 year old girl named Cora Jenkins ran away from Jacksonville Alabama to Rome with an older woman. Her father James Jenkins then promised to move the family to Georgia and urged authorities to take the pair into custody. The girl agreed to return home under the assurance the family would relocate to Georgia next week.
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Rome
Cora
Jacksonville
Ala
James Jenkins
Georgia
Lindale
Miss Jenkins
Mary Smith
Adams Will Not Make Congressional Race
Gainesville Ga September 19 Colonel J O Adams denies reports that Senator Hoke Smith would stump for him against Congressman Bell. He says he has no intention to run for Congress, has not conspired with Smith, and that the Atlanta papers are not responsible for the tale stirring district talk.
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Gainesville
J_O Adams
Atlanta
Hoke Smits
Congress
Bell
Constitutions
Adams
Smith
Senator Smith
New Road Machinery for Laurens County
Dublin Georgia September 10 Laurens county has recently put in some of the latent and most improved road working machinery now built The machinery includes a large gasoline traction engine a scarifier dirt pulverizers road scrapes and shapers road rollers and drag With the outfit the work of twenty hands and thirty mules is done each day with only seven hands and the county convict gang used The labor cost is reduced considerably.
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Dublin
Laurens County
Too Many Colonels Declared by Rome Bar Members
Rome Ga September 1 Special To stop the misuse of honor titles by the Rome Bar association members. An investigation found twenty three people in Rome habitually using the title judge though Rome bar has forty one members. The real title holders are the present and past judges for city or county and superior courts, a dozen at most. Lawyers protest against applying colonel to all bar members regardless of status and ask friends to refrain from calls of colonel.
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Rome
Rome Bar Association
Wikense
Beardie
Witness Sent to Jail in Perjury Case at Macon Court
Murray McLain, one of four witnesses in a prairie town case in Macon city court, was jailed for five days after Judge Hedges found him guilty of perjury. He had told the grand jury he saw whiskey sold at saloon owned by J B Devin, but on the docket day testified he thought it was vinegar.
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Macon Ga
Murray McLain
Daughi
Hedges
MeLain
Wisky
J B Devin
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