Fulton County Opens Independent High School for 150 Pupils
Fulton County Georgia opens its own high school Monday at 174 1 2 Whitehall Street in the former Boynton home with 150 pupils. Principal William Hopkins leads three departments English history science mathematics and languages. A future vocational wing will add bookkeeping geography and domestic science.
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Fulton County High School
Georgia
Whitehall Street
Boynton
Ben
County Board of Education
William Hopkins
Stony Mountain
RB Brewton
College Park
Katheryn King
Fulton County
County x Grammar
Frofessen
Edwin C. Merry
Fulton County Schools
Central County High School
Atlanta
Petition to Tear Up Spur Track Prompts Court Fight
A petition by Receiver Lamb to tear up ten miles of spur track between Irwinville and Ocala on the Atlanta Birmingham Atlanta line sparked a court fight in the U S court of appeals. Property owners Howard Iuca Edward Cutts and Quints oppose the move while Lamb and Brandon argue the line is unprofitable and should be discontinued. The spur runs past the model farm of Representative Clements in Irwin County whose farm would lose value if tracks are torn up. A decision is pending.
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Irwinville
Ocllz
Atlanta, Birminghind Atlanta
Lamb
United States Court of Appeals
Parize
Yyesterda
Howard » Iuca
Edward Cutts
Pitzgerala
He. Quints
Ocala
T. Lamb
Moczis Brandon
Representative Clements
Irwin County
Sptu
Clements
Escaped Prisoners Flee East Point Convict Camp
County and city police pursue three inmates who escaped from the East Point convict camp Thursday noon after concealing files in their clothing and bending jail bars with a crowbar. Names of the three escapees remain unknown to authorities.
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East Point
Louis Higgins
A. Longino
James Willams
Funeral for Caplan J. M Liddell Held in Rock Springs
The funeral for Caplan J. M Liddell aged 82 who died at his Rock Springs home will be at Hock Springs Presbyterian Church today at 2:00 p.m. Rev Linton Johnson will officiate with interment in the church yard. Liddell born in Gwinnett County moved to Peachtree district fifty years ago and served as captain of Company I Sixteenth Georgia Regiment in the Civil War. Survived by one daughter Mrs Johnson six sons F A Liddell of Lakewood Texas D W M F G Drew and T Joy Liddell of Atlanta and sister Mrs M Z Reeder.
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Caplan J. M Liddell
Rock Springs
Hock Springs
Big Lumber Property in Screven Is Sold
Sylvania Georgia September 10 The property of the Southern Seaboard Timber Corporation in Screven County was sold under foreclosure here today. G Ito Muller of Baltimore bid $30,000. The property includes timber on 2795 acres and the franchise of a railroad to be built from Newington on the Savannah and Northwestern railroad. The sale was conducted by Mr O Byrne commissioner under foreclosure of the Baltimore Trust Company of Baltimore.
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Sylvania
Theroperty
Southern Seaboard Tiber Corporation
Srevon County
G. Ito Muller
Baltimore
Newington
Savannahand Northwestern
Modern Skyscrapers Worth Billions At Atlanta Convention
The eighth annual convention of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers opens in Atlanta Tuesday for four days. Delegates from Chicago and other cities bring figures claiming more than five billion dollars in skyscraper value will be represented. Local officials promise southern hospitality with barbecue at Stone Mountain, theater party, auto rides, and other entertainments at the Piedmont hotel.
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National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Atlanta
C. A. Batterson
Chicago
Patterson
Stone Mountain
C.F. Wilkinson
Horine
3. Gibbs
George W. McCarty
Adison’é Relub
Piedmont
Francis Price
C. A. Patterson
Chicago, Ill
Buildings and Building Management
National Convention
Atlanta Association of Building Owners and Managers
Fred Shaefer
C. F. Wilkinson
E. M. Horine
May trial for poison mystery suspects in DeKalb
A special term of court is expected in DeKalb county to try Dr Bryce Sprayberry and John Ormer for the murder of William Sprayberry and William Schley Howard. Howard, acting as attorney for Sprayberry, doubts a conviction citing weak evidence. Sprayberry, ill, claims he never recovered from a May attack as he remains at Mills district home after bond set at 15000.
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DeKalb County
Bryce Sprayberry
John Ormer
DeKalb
Wiliam Sprayberry
William Schley Howard
Dr. Sprayberry
Sprayberry
Mills
Auto driven by woman injures boy on cycle
Blacon Ga September 10 Special Roger Kilburn son of I J Kilburn former member of the legislature injured about noon today when motorcycle he rode collided with an automobile driven by Mrs Milton Heard at the intersection of Carling and Lawton avenues. Kilburn’s right ankle dislocated and he may have internal injuries. Automobile slightly damaged.
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Blacon
Roger Kilburn
I. J. Kilburn
Milton Heard
Carling and
Lawton Avenues
Young Kiiburn
Gordon County Grand Jury Returns 119 Indictments
Gordon County grand jury, after a two week session, returned 119 bills of indictment. During its adjournment they sent a telegram to Governor Harris urging inclusion of prohibition measures in a special legislative session.
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Carhoun
Gordon County Superior Court
Harris
Candidates for council busy holding meetings in seventh ward
Candidates for seats in the general council are busy holding meetings with friends in city wards. An open meeting for J N Landers in seventh ward against incumbent S L Dallas was at Howell Park on Thursday, with another planned next Thursday. Speakers included Councilman J White and ex Councilman J H Andrews, plus Dr T D Longing JW Crenshaw Marcellus M Anderson W B Distro and Ro N Burrett.
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J. N. Landers
Common Council
S. L. Dallas
Howell Park
J. ©. White
J. H. Andrews
T D. Longing
Seventh Ward
Reverend Harris to Speak Twice at Wesley Memorial
Reverend Hugh H. Harris will preach at both Sunday services at Wesley Memorial Church. In the morning J Abner Sage, newly appointed director of music at Hmory University, will sing the vocal solo Open the Gates of the Temple.
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Hugh H. Harris
Wesley Memorial Church
J. Abner Sage
Hmory University
Dr Spalding to Preach at the Second Baptist
Dr A Spalding, a noted Southern Baptist preacher and former Second Baptist pastor, will occupy the pulpit at both morning and evening services. Dr Dunbar H Ogden of Central Presbyterian plans three sermons Sunday with an afternoon open air service on Marletta Street near Five Points.
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DR. Spalding
Second Baptist
Second Baptist Ghareh
A Spalding
Spaulding
Second Baptist Church
Ogden
Dunbar H Ogden
Central Presbyterian Church
Marletta Street
Piedmont College opens with record enrollment in Demorest
Demorest Ga September 10 Piedmont College reports the largest attendance in its history with dormitories filled and overflow housed at Demorest Springs hotel. Dean Rogers voices plans for new buildings to handle patronage, while the library expands to 9,000 volumes and laboratory equipment upgrades bolster the science facilities.
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Demorest
Piedmont
Cellege
Demorest Springs
Dean Rogers
Piedmont College
Unique Features Highlight Rosedale Park Auction Sale
Unique features will mark the Rosedale Park sale opening at 1:30 pm under James Logan. An old-fashioned southern barbecue with Brunswick stew roast pig and lamb accompanies the sale of lots and three houses. After refreshments, Major Woodward and other officials will give five‑minute speeches.
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Rosedale Park
James Logan
Woodward
Havers
Cady
Parks Cochran
East Fall Street
White City Cary
Cordele Warehouse Destroyed By Fire
Cordele Ga September 10 Fire believed to be incendiary destroyed the cotton warehouse of H C Wheeler at 1 am today along the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad line. About 200 bales of cotton were burned with an estimated loss around 210000. The fire department arrived quickly but the building and most of the cotton were consumed within minutes. Insurance coverage is reported on the building and much of the cotton.
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Cordele
H. C. Wheeler
Georgia Southern
Florida Road
Sermons for Young People by Dr Charles O Jones at Trinity
Dr Charles O Jones will preach at both services in Trinity Sunday night beginning a series addressed to young people on The Model May The first four sermons cover The Choice of a Wife The Choice of a Husband The Duties of Wives The Duties of Husbands Jones praises Atlanta spirit but says greatness lies in proper training of children and in pure homes He will teach that church and state fail when the family falls apart
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Charles O. Jones
Trinity
Jonés
Atlanta
Atlanta Firm to Erect Nashville Office Building
The Nashville Property company awarded the contract for a large three story office building to the Atlanta Southern Ferro Concrete company. Work will begin soon on the 13 by 145 foot site at Polk avenue and Church street with a terra cotta exterior and a structural steel arched floor frame. The bid totaled 123,002 dollars.
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Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Property Company
Southern Ferro Concrete Company
Atlanta
Atlanta Builders' Exchange
HR. E. Smith
HR. E. Smith, Is A Daily Visitory To the Office of
the Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
EE. Dougherty
Thomas W. Gardner
Nastville
Polk Avenue
Church Street
Southern Ferra Concrete Company
Mother's Friend Promises Ease For Expectant Mothers
A sewing circle discusses pregnancy as the stork nears, praising Mother's Friend for relaxing abdominal muscles and easing morning sickness. Advertisers claim it lubricates nerves, relieves strain on ligaments, and helps expectant mothers endure with comfort, urging readers to contact Bradfield Regulator Co. for more information.
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Ferreck
Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Bldg
Atlanta, Ga
Cotton at Midland Brings 978 Cents
Cotton at Midland sale in Columbus Georgia today drew futures of 97 and 98 1/2 cents per pound. Market active in Columbus and surrounding towns as buyers pressed prices amid strong demand across the region.
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Midland
Columbus
Park Street Church to hold morning and evening services
At Park Street Church West End the pastor Dr Wallace will preach at both the morning and evening services Sunday. The morning sermon is A Great Business and the evening sermon is The Dead Line.
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Wars Ourese Srecnonist Church
West End
Wallace Ogers
Congregationalists to Hear Dr Tenney Tomorrow
The Central Congregational church on Carnegie way will hear Rev. William Tenney D. D. of Brooklyn tomorrow. Tenney, recently ending an associate pastorate at Plymouth church Brooklyn, is widely known as a popular preacher. The congregation and friends are invited to hear him Sunday school at 9 30 a. m.
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Central Congregational Church
Carnegie Way
Tomorow
William Tenney
Brooklyn
Tenney
Plymouth
Gentral Congregational Church
Self Confessed Robber Sentenced to the Pen
Harry Mason, a self described expert robber who bragged of more than a hundred robberies, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by Judge Ai on Friday morning. Irwin Wadds, his alleged accomplice, drew a two year term. Mason later claimed his confession was extorted by third degree tactics and void.
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Harry Mason
Judee Ai
Irwin Wadds
Mason
Dr Gordon Returns From North Vacation Visit
Dr A B Gordon pastor of Ponce de Leon Avenue Baptist church returns Friday from his summer place in New Hampshire and will be in his pulpit Sunday morning. The regular chair members are back from summer vacations and a special musical program has been arranged.
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A. BH. Gordon
Ponce de Leon Avenue Baptist Church
New Hampshire
Boy Drives Auto Over Augusta Girl in Accident
Augusta Ga September 10 11 Little Annie Mae Wilkerson nine was run over by an automobile driven by a boy claiming sixteen years old He was driving the hack and says the girl on a bicycle swerved into him on the right side of the street The car passed over the girl but no bones are broken Physicians say further time is needed to determine internal injuries.
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Augusta
Littie Annie Mae Wilkerson
Pries
Gir
Irl
Dr Rowlett to Preach to the Universalists
Rev John W Rowlett former pastor of the Unitarian church will preach at 11 o clock Sunday at the First Universalist Church on Hast Harms street The pastor Rev Fred A Line is conducting special services in Massachusetts
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John W. Rowlett
Unitarian Church of This
First Universalist Church
Iff Hast Harms Street
Fred A. Line
Massachusetts
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BIG Lumber
Screven
Macon
L. B. Hunt
Dempsey
Hunt
Hodges
Decal Barbers’ Union
Gordon Grand Jury
H. H. Harris
Rosedale
Atlanta Company
Nashville, Tenn
Maier & Beckele,iInc
Whitehall St
Park Street Church
Congregationalists
DR. Tenney
DR. Gordon
DR. Rowlett
Ryastone
Beacon Shoe Store
Peachtree Street
Parks-Chambers-Hard Wick CO
Hardwick
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia
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