Five Cities Back Cotton Movement in Georgia
Representatives from Americus Cordele Rome Athens and Atlanta endorsed the buy a bale of cotton movement aiding southern growers during the war disrupted market. A 200 member committee led by Harrison Jones will canvass cities to secure purchases while Columbus women join the effort urging use of cotton goods. Cotton rose about a quarter cent today as citizens buy bales and store them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
South
Americus
Cordele
Rome
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Albany
Macon
H. A. Wheeling
Rome Chamber of Commerce
G. A. Armstrong
Athens Chamber of Commerce
C. J. Williamson
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Harrison Jones
Colum
Colunbua
Spegith
Columbus Federation of Women's Clubs
Susgested
State Federation
Dlao
Greek fruit dealer puts $1000 in cotton
Americus, September 10. George Nassau, a Greek fruit dealer, bought 30 bales, investing 1000 dollars in cotton. The buy-a-bale movement gains momentum as local merchants eye distress cotton buys while Americus warehouses hold about 7,000 bales with light offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
George Nassau
Nassau
Americas
Boy Runaway Held In Macon Police Custody
A three year old runaway, Frank Waters, is held by Macon police after a court hearing on vagrancy. Authorities were told the youth ran away from his home in Athens and was brought before the recorder this morning. His parents are to be contacted to arrange his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Frank Waters
Tin Hone
Athens
Supply and Fertilizer Men Aid Cotton Farmers in Campbell County
In Union City Georgia on September 10, farmers are helped by 10 cent cotton campaigns. J T Braswell buys cotton at 10 cents per pound from his customers to settle accounts, while fertilizer agents suspend pushing accounts. Farmers hold cotton almost indefinitely as storage and settlements proceed. last year a hundred bales shipped, this year none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Campbell County
J. T. Braswell
Arrangements Made for Atlanta Primary
City primary set for September 18 with designated managers clerks and polling places. Ward by ward lists include Second Ward South Pryor Street and others. long roster of ward managers across ten wards with names such as Alverson Ball Marbury Carey Wall and Callaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riven
Holling Places
Eira War
Hunter and
Liaison Avenue
Nor Lee
Eter
Tearhtree
Bert Eourcroom
Wight Wied
Hemphil
Avenue
West Tenth
Edgewood Avenus
Couth
Tucker & McMurray
Winlsland
Stewart Avenue
Wirst Ward
Mr. Alverson
Sam Wardlaw
Ianey Hecoml Wames Ball
J. 1
Fool
Teard Cruselis
BG. Saume
Stovall U Faltn
Fatn
Wart W. Himenaugh
Wesley Taylor
Rank Hill
James Bettie
Lotte Gregg
J. B. Marbury
J. W. Dubbing A
J. Sironn
Featherstone
W. A. Dodge
Pitth
Charles Pitts
John A. Bar
Grorgn Boynton
van B. Pinon
G. A. Snith
Tigar Latham
Cpadson
Tom Tom
W. B. Borplit
RH. Culuwell
Hanbury
Marcutius Anderson
Z. EL Bubb
Dan Carey
Julian v. Beshm
Sims Bray
VO Mightty Werd
Francis Xin
Biritls
Pineher
AL Ww
Sallanas
Mottett
AL Mollowsll
TE. P. Cements
DAL
Macon Druggist Fined For Selling Cocaine
Macon Ga September 10 Special The sale of cocaine is a serious offense in Macon with several convictions recent. The latest is Linton B Coleman a Macon druggist who after his conviction today received a fine of 800 dollars. An appeal has been noted but it is believed the fine will be paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Linton B. Coleman
Judge Wright Knocked in Grand Jury Report
Rome Ga September 10 Special The Floyd county grand jury adjourned after a sensational presentment blasting county officials including Judge Moses Wright. It faulted leniency in liquor-case fines and sentences, urging lower probation officer pay and noting engineering and overseer doubts. Perry High School opened term with 125 pupils, to grow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Floyd County Grand Jury
Moses Wright
Floyd Superior Court
Hhen
Wright
Grand Jury
Inia
Court of Justice
Weight
Floyd County
K. Windsey
Perry, Ua
Sevremperp
Perry High School
Milner promoted and indorsed by Atlanta Ad Men
The Atlanta Ad Men at a lunch in Hotel Winecoff heartily endorsed The Atlanta Constitution’s push for congressional action to relieve the cotton situation. A committee drafted resolutions praising the Constitution and pledging Ad Men support, including urging return of Ft. McPherson’s Seventeenth regiment. Milner to Houston as traveling passenger agent. D. W. McDonald to succeed in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitution
HH. Milner
Houston
Winecoft
Atlanta Constitution
Congress
W. W. Orr
George Moicheon
Sidney Wellhouse
Henry le DeGive
J. F. Letton
L. D. Hicks
Ingvement
David Marx
Dr. Marx
America
Woodrow Wilson
Ad Men's Club
Ad Men's Cit
Atlanta
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Ft. McPherson
Georgia
B. St. Goodhart
Hubert Anderson
Lindsay Hopkins
Hupert Anderson
EB. H. Cone
Goodhart
George M. Hohn
Toie
Jernigan
W. HH. S Smith
Fred Houser
Heauchamp
Kysor
Tran
Allen
Edwin W. Ehney Dies at Son's Home in City
Edwin W. Ehney a retired phosphate miner died Thursday at his son’s residence 15th Street. He was 85, survived by his wife and one son. A Charleston, D. C. import moved here 28 years ago to live with his son and had been in frail health. He fell Sunday, a factor in his death. Funeral this afternoon at two from the residence Rev. H. M. Du Hose officiating. Burial will be private in West View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilwin W. Ehney
Money
Mr. Ehney
Charleston
D. C
To'elack
H. M. du- Hose
Weat View
Rat Soup Mighty Fine Declares Tony Cutro
Macon Georgia September 10 Special Tony Cutro a Torker club proprietor of Macon says he would welcome a Paris siege repetition He recalls eating rat in 1870 1871 and praises rat soup and stew noting food scarcity made it palatable He urges patience before judging the delicacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Tony Cutro
Paris
Mr. Cutre
Dr Hogg Found Dead In His Bed Tuesday
J A Hoge of Senoia a prominent physician in that region was found dead in bed Tuesday morning at his home. He was 62 and survived by five children and two brothers with details naming A Roy Hogg Gay Robert A Hogg Mrs John Hurt Mary Lee Hoge and Joe Hoge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hoge
Senoia
A. Roy Hogg
Haralson
Robert A. Hogg
Atlanta
John Hurt
Fort, Worth
Texas
Mary “Lee Hoge
Joe Hoge
Senvin
Dra. Bob and
Jarrell Hoge
Weet Point
Reverend Shuler Returns to Pulpit with Revival Messages
East Side Tabernacle leader Reverend Shuler resumes preaching after a weeks long revival period. He will speak Sunday night on The Most Indulged Sin In Atlanta. Rally day for Sunday school occurs in the morning with a sermon titled How to Save Young People. A special evening service is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raw. A
Shiller
East Side Tabernacle
Atlanta
Tabernacle
Fire in West Point Cotton Warehouse
Fire broke out in the cotton warehouse of Eady Beker Grocery Co in West Point last night but caused little loss. The blaze caused a great commotion and destroyed their stock of goods in April this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eady Beker Grocery Co
Haynes Auto Six Exhibition At Ansley Hotel Lobby
Charles W. Pivay, factory representative for the Haynes Auto Company, promotes a Haynes Six on exhibition in the Ansley Hotel lobby. The display has drawn hundreds of auto enthusiasts admiring the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W.pivay
Haynes Auto Company
Haynes
Ansley Hotel
Steiner and Steinau Fight on Whitehall
Ira Steider of the Atlanta Brewing and Ice company collided with Julian Steinau yesterday at Whitehall and Alabama due to a naming mix up. Officers arrested them for disorderly conduct and their recorder's court appearance is set for 8:30 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Steider
Atlanta Brewing and Ice Company
Julian Steinau
Whitehall
Alabama
Stigall and
Hill
Conios
Recorder's Court
East Alabama
Sturday
Steinau
Steiner
Whitehall Street
Vhursary
Nose of Victim Broken by Negro Highwayman
Dr. Benjamin Mintzer was attacked at Washington Street and Woodward Avenue by four men described as negro thugs. He was struck on the face and nose broken, a watch chain snatched, and he staggered to the Standard Club entrance for help. Police are investigating. Mintzer recently moved to Atlanta and runs a drug store at 162 Whitehall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Mintzer
Washington Street
Woodward Avenue
Mintver
Washington
Mintzer
Standard Club
Graay Hospital
Cmse
Atlanta
Whitehall
Trinity
Auxiliary Meeting Of Y M C A Ladies Urged Attendance
The ladies auxiliary of the Y M C A holds its regular meeting Friday at 3 30 p m in the auditorium of the new Y M C A building. A full attendance is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies' Auxiliary
The
State Committee Meets in Atlanta to Set Meeting
In Atlanta on Thursday Judge E F Reagan of McDonald and Gen Walter Harris of Macon conferred with St Elmo Massengale secretary of the state democratic executive committee to call a meeting in the late part of the month. Appointments to fill vacancies will be announced Monday. The Tallapoosa Circuit judgeship contest is expected to be decided at the upcoming meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. IF. Reagan
McDonald
Walter Harris
Macon
Atlanta
St. Elmo Massengale
Massengale
Tallapoosa Circuit
Gillis Nominated in Sixteenth District for State Senate
Dublin Georgia November 10 Special N J Gillis of Emanuel county was formally nominated state senator from the sixteenth district at the convention there today Gillis carried every county in the district by a majority of 1337 votes R A Flanders acted as temporary chairman and S W Royntree as temporary secretary H P Howard R A Royntree and B J Wiggins were selected to notify Gillis The convention kept current nomination rules for two more years A new executive committee was appointed with Emanuel R Fe Rountree A Flanders N L Gillis Jr J W Rountree Laurens S B Hicks H P Howard L L Porter T E Hightower Johnson B J Wiggins B B Blount as chairman and S Blount as vice chairman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Spember
N. J. Gillis
Emanuel
Gillis
R.A. Flanders
S. W. Royntree
Mr. Gillis
H. P. Howard
H P. Howard
L.L. Porter
T. E. Hightower
Johnson
B. J. Wiggins
B. B. Blount
B.A. Flanders
Blount
T.E. Higtower
D V Maroney Dying After Knife Wounds In Joke
Rome Georgia September 10 Special D V Maroney an engineer with the Southern railroad lies in a local hospital at the point of death from knife wounds inflicted by S H Cox another railroad man in a cutting affray over a joke Cox attacked the leader among his tormentors with a pocket knife stabbing the engineer in the abdomen further details unavailable two dozen lines of text in OCR style mention teasing over several days and a violent conclusion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
D. V. Maroney
Southern Railroad
S. H. Cox
Cox
Funeral Notices Bates and Ehney Families
Friends of Mr and Mrs J M Bates invite attend funeral Friday afternoon September 11 at the residence Bolton Ga. Interment Hollywood cemetery. Mhoctaw Tribe and Hed Men direct. Confederate veterans invited. Flowers to Green berg Bond Co. Also funeral of Mr Edwin W Ehney at 3 pm today from 107 East 15th Street Rev H M Du Bose officiating. Interment West View cemetery. Pallbearers meet at HS Patterson Son chapel at one o clock: George S Lowndes James B Hickey R A Hempill Robert Glenn R A Smythe and D Harria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.S. Ehney
Edwin “W. Fehney
East 15Th Street
H. M. DuBose
West View
HS. Patterson, & Son
George S. Lowndes
James B. Hickey
R. A. Hemphill
Robert Glenn
R. A. Smythe
D. & Harria
Rhodes Scholar to Go Abroad Despite War
Ben Holtclaw of Perry, a Mercer student who won a Rhodes scholarship, travels from Macon to New York to sail September 33 for England and Oxford on October 8. He will be met in Atlanta by Harry Branscomb and go with him. A professor advised against going, but Holtclaw insists the trip will be more interesting amid current excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Europe
Rhodes
Ben C. Hottclaw
Perry
Mercer
New York
England
Oxford
Atlanta
Harry Branscomb
Alabama
Moltclaw
E. B. Murray
Merger University
Holtclaw
Iron Workers Barred From Labor Unions Report
Los Angeles report on September 10 shows E. Timmons testifying before the federal industrial relations commission that Baker Union and Llewellyn Ironworks employees attending union meetings imperil their jobs. He cites wage disparities with non union plants earning about 1.76 to 2 dollars per day versus 6 dollars daily in San Francisco and a local union scale of 4 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Baker, Union
Llewellyn Ironworks
E. Timmons
Gentral Labor Council
Federal Industrial “Relations Commission
Timmons
San Francisco
Also Mentioned on This Page
Floyd
Perry High
Willy
Elks
H. H. Milner
P.O. By
Milner
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Texas City
D. W. McDonald
Pensacola
Gate City
Lodge of Elks
H. Milner
Edwin W. Ehney
DR. Hogg
Shuler
West Point
Vusnes
Lee Abd
Polson
Lowah Spaund
Bundy
Hughes
Grarietts
Hank
Georgi
E. J. Reagan
Gen. Walter Harris
St. Elmo
L. Gillis
Masonic Temple
AM Masona
R. Sparks
W. M. M. Wood
Barclay & Brandon CO
Ivy St
Brandon
I Investment
Marietta Street
Forrest
George Adair
Peachtree Street
Woodside
Sharp, Boylston
DAY
Auburn Avenue
Ar & Connors
el Saas
Ares
Foote & Davies Company
Jgel Hunter & CO
Certified Public Accountants
Fulton Investment Company
Bell Phana Ivy
Hurt Building
Atlante
Dickert-Higgins CO
IVY
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!