Pistol Duel Victim Identified In Columbus Shooting
In Columbus Georgia a pistol duel Sunday morning left M T McGee of Raymond Georgia, a Coweta county teacher and Emory College graduate, dead. Police identify the slain man amid evolving theories as colleagues investigate a cash drawer robbery and a fatal exchange with Officer N H Gibson. Funeral for Officer Gibson slated. he left a wife and three children.
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Columbus
N. H. Gibson
M.T. McGee
Raymond
Coweta
Emory College
North Georgia
McGee
Chestnut
Tom Mctlec
Forsyth
Cdy
Terminal Inn
J. . Milton
Atlanta
Milton
Conexa Board of Education
MT. McGee
M. L. Brittain
Bon
N HA. Gibgon
Gibson
Force
Department
Night school enrollment breaks records at Georgia Tech
More than a hundred men and boys enrolled in the free Georgin' School of Technology night program. Registration continues through Thursday with lectures starting Monday September 20. The $3 contingent fee covers light heat and power. use of facilities is provided free by the state. The school offers thirty four courses spanning the curriculum of a first class technical school.
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Georgin’ School of Technology
Georga
Firstlass Technical School
of Georgia School of Technology
Ga. Tech
J. N. G. Nesbit
Creditable Exhibit By Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute
Chicago reports a large display by Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute during the Lincoln celebration in the Coliseum. Some 87 pieces by Atlanta students drew wide comment as the only Georgia school with an exhibit. The showcase bore the label Practical Education for Negro Masses. Also noted is a tax rate description for the current year, detailing state and county portions and totals.
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Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute
Chicago
Speela
Seeing Georgia Tour to Be Welcomed in Athens on Oct 1
Athens hosts the second Seeing Georgia tour with about 600 autos across north Georgia. The Chamber of Commerce plans a gala open air fete with lights, two band stands, and refreshments. Nearly two thousand students and residents from Commerce Jefferson Danielsville Lexington Elberton Madison Greensboro Washington Crawford Monroe and others will send five to twenty cars to join the festivities. Cars from Athens will escort visitors to Milledgeville Eatonton and back to Athens.
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Athens
Georgia
Ava
South Georgis
Chamber of Commerce
Atheny
Home Coming Day At First Christian Proves Big Success
The First Christian Sunday school marked a near nine hundred attendance for its Home coming Day. Superintendent L E Rogers and workers express pride in the turnout and set aims to reach a thousand members with an average attendance of 260. An orchestra provided music and a duet by Mrs Winefield and Mrs John Cooper impressed, with brief talks by Superintendent Rogers and Dr L O G Bricker.
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First Christian Sunday School
L. E. Rogers
Winefield
John Cooper
L. B. Rogers
Rogers
L. OG. Bricker
John I Tibbs Dies Pioneer of Whitfield County
Dalton Ga September 123 Special John I Tibbs aged 3 years died this morning at his country home after a short illness He was a son of the late Colonel William H Tibbs who served with distinction in the Confederate Congress Tibbs was born in Cleveland Tennessee at 14 was captured and imprisoned in the old Ocoee house escaped joined Wheeler's cavalry later promoted in agricultural matters and helped organize the Whitfield county fair He is survived by his wife of a second marriage two sisters Mrs Joseph Kenner Fresno Cal and Mrs W H Kenner Sr Clarkston Ga and ten children five at home He was a Cumberland Presbyterian church member and held memberships in Mason Elks Odd Fellows and United Confederate Veterans Funeral at First Methodist church Tuesday at 2 Interment West View cemetery.
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Dalton
John I. Tibbs
Here
William H. Tibbs
Confederate Congress
John J Tibbs
Cleveland
Tenn
Fresno
Cal
W. H. Kenner, Sr
Clarkston
Tibbs
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Masonite
Elks and
Odd Fellows
United Confederate Veterans
West Lew Cemetery
Burglars Make Haul on Freight Train Near LaFayette
A night raid on Craig & Son store in Lyerly Georgia yielded merchandise stolen. Police traced suspects to Hilldale west of LaFayette using bloodhounds and believe the thieves boarded a passing freight train before escape.
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Lyerly
Craig & Son
LaFayette
Hilladale
Bloodhounde
Bere
Tri-Weekly Sleeping Car Service Atlanta to Asheville
The Billdars Southern Railway opens occupancy for a tri weekly sleeping car route from Atlanta to Asheville on Mondays and Wednesdays. The service targets travelers seeking overnight comfort with direct connection options along the southern corridor.
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Atlanta
Asheville
Southern Railw
Burned by Steam as Tank Explodes at Tripure Plant
T E Harmon manager of the Tripure Water company, age 35, living at 514 Peachtree Street, suffered severe burns from steam and hot water when a syrup tank exploded at the Tripure plant at 370 Hedgewood avenue. A workman reportedly shut off the steam valve without warning. Harmon was taken to Grady hospital and, while in pain, doctors expected he would be able to leave hospital in a few days.
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T. E. Harmon
Tripure Water Company
Hdgewood Avenue
Grady Hospital
Harmon
Constitution
Tripure Plant
Hamon
Peachtree Street
Sity Hospital
Commission to review Ocilla branch line condition today
The Georgia State Railroad Commission will open its regular meeting with a report by Commissioner Perry on the Ocilla Southern railroad's deteriorating track from Swinville to Ocilla. Inspector Kollock walked the line, amid earlier petitions to tear up the tracks and local complaints of decay and danger.
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State Railroad Commission
Perry
Opilla Southern Railroad
Tenenlles Ilong
Swinville
Ocilla
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ocifla
Kwinvite
Atlantic
Kollock
United States Crcuit Court
New
Police Seek Sister of Clay McCasland in Spokane
Spokane police urge Chief W M Mayo to locate H Clay McCasland's sister in Atlanta after reports the man died in Spokane and left a message for his sister. The aim is to notify the undertaker and inform relatives.
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W. M. Mayo
H. Clay McCasland
Spokane
Wash
Mayo
McCasland
Atlanta
Atlanta Welcomes National Building Owners Convention Delegates
Preston 8 Arkwright and Gov Nat E Harris preside at the Piedmont hotel to greet delegates of the eighth annual National Association of Building Owners and Managers. Atlanta reports 17.06 million dollars of its expected share among 85 billion in large office building investments. Delegates from Chicago Cleveland Detroit Cincinnati St Louis arrive by train amid illuminated Atlanta skyscrapers.
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Atlanta
Nat Harris
Preston Arkwright
Preston
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Middle West
Terminal Station
West Motorea
Piedmont Hotel
C. F. Wilianson
Atlanta Association of Building Owners and Managers
Convention Welcomes National Building Owners Delegates in Atlanta
The National Association of Building Owners and Managers gathers in Atlanta with J E Randell of Chicago as president, praising the city as The Detroit of the South and The New York of the Southland. Delegates from Seattle to Chicago hear welcome by Atlanta officers as sessions begin at the Piedmont hotel. Gov Harris presides at an initiation event featuring a Georgia film and a 3 000 000 viewer plan.
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Doyle
J. E. Randell
Chiego
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Chicago
Claude B. Ricketts
Railway Exchange Building
St. Louis
Atlanta
Detroit
New York
Southland
Seattle
Charles EB. Morton
Seattle Association of Building Owners and Managera
Dred T. Bradley
National Association
Sharies BE. Doty
Cleveland
H. Gd. Loomis
Omaha
W. M. “Maclachian
L. &. Banks
Titteburg
John A. Stephenson
Duluth
Patterson
Georgia
Ste Georgia Film
Charles J. Haden
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
The
Moving Picture of Georgia
Harris
Randell
A.D. Harper
Fletcher Sav Iage and Trust
Indianapolis
Ind
Millener
Claude GB. Wicketts
Railway Exchange
Mra. B. M. Horine
Piedtrout
Valdosta Capitalist Shows Improvement At Local Hospital
A. W. West, Valdosta capitalist and lumberman, was reported slightly improved at a local hospital on Monday. He had been brought in last Saturday in critical condition.
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A. W. West
Valdosta
Jocal
Notre Dame of Maryland A College for Women
Notre Dame of Maryland presents a portrait of a college for women with splendid buildings set in a 70 acre park on Charles Street Avenue Baltimore Maryland. Instructors are specialists across all courses including music and arts catalog.
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Notre Dame of Maryland
Musi Ar
Charles Street Avenue
Baltimore
Maryland
Lightning Strikes Mule and Cow in Georgia Storm
During a severe rainstorm near Fairburn Georgia lightning struck the herd of J A Henderson coroner of Campbell county killing one mule and a milk cow and burning Burn' end.
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Fairburn
J. A. Henderson
Campbell County
Farm Barn Burned After Hay Harvest Fire Ravages Buildings
A barn was completely destroyed by fire shortly after it was filled with well cured hay. The hay and barn contents were burned, with insurance partially covering the loss. Names Warren and Dietrich Forsyth are noted in the report.
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M. T. McGee
Tech Night School
Walker County
Maier & Berkete, Inc
Gold and Silversmiths
Whitehall St
Owa PE
Francie KE. Price
Standard Oil Company
Whitehall and
Forsyth Streets
South Georgia
Boosters
Pioneer
Whitfield
Grady
Commission
Ocilla Railroad
Clay M’casland
Washington, D. C
Southern Railway
Alfred Benjamin & Co
Carlton
Alfred Benjamin
Benjamin
Carlton’s
Knox
Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co., Winds S
Warren and Dietrich
Reliance
Stewart
Stowni
FRED
Stewart CO
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