City League Seeks Funds For School Books For Children
Resolutions filed by the Civic Educational League urge city action to provide books for children unable to attend public schools due to lack of funds. Eugene Oberdorfer president and B Wilder secretary lead the push, with 310 names supplied by the Associated Charities as needing books to enter school this year.
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Civic Educational Alliance
City
Civic Educational League
Eugene Oberdorfer
B. Wildauer
Isaac Schoen i
League
Atlante
Civic
Yewlah Alliance
Federation of Jewish Charities
Esther
THE
Eugene Oberdarter
B. Widauer
Jaane Schoos
Caramilites
Joe Logan
Associated Charities
Night School Students Get Free Use of Shops
Prof J N G Nesbit dean of the free night school at Georgia Tech announced that wartime cotton and financial conditions will not affect the policy. The shop usage and tuition are extended to all who wish to take the night courses. Registration is now open with applications to Nesbit at Tech between 7 30 am and 9 30 pm nightly this week or through next Thursday. It is best to come this week.
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J. N. G. Nesbit
Georgia Tech
Tech
Professor_Nesbit
Tach
Hale files voluntary bankruptcy petition in district court
ROM Hale filed a voluntary petition in the United States district court on Thursday stating liabilities of 1111.36 with no assets.
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Rom. Hale
United States District Court
Wallet Will Head Life Underwriters
Hugh M Willet of Atlanta was unanimously nominated for president of the National Association of Life Underwriters in Cincinnati. Georgia's Oscar Palmour helped back the move as the Georgia delegation celebrated the Atlanta leader, a Bagley Willet firm member and Penn Mutual agent. Willet was elected president. other officers include Edgar Woods Pittsburg first VP J N Russell Jr Los Angeles second VP A J Michel Toronto third VP J H Johnson Oklahoma City secretary and H W Spence Detroit treasurer. B E Rittenhouse of New York urged caution on government and private ownership of capital. The convention closed with a banquet.
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Hugh M. Willet
Atlanta
National Association of Life Underwriters
Cincinnati
Georgia
Oscar Palmour
Georgia Association of Life Insurers
Georgia Insurance Fraternity
Willet
Bagley’ & Willet
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
South
Wiltet
Cincinati
Hugh M. Wiltet
San Francisco
Edgar A. Woods
Pittsburg
J. N. Russell, Jr
Los Angeles
A. J. Micheljohan
Toronto
Ontario
J. H. Johnso
Oklahoma City
H. W. Spence
Detroit
B. E. Rittenhouse
The
Life Extension Institute
New York
Taft
Rittenhouse
United States
Attack in Movie by Jealous Husband Punished by Fine
C. J. Nash of Kale Street was fined ten dollars and costs after he attacked G. W. Withers at the Bonita theater Wednesday evening, provoking a public disturbance. Nash claimed Withers assaulted his wife, while Mrs. Nash testified her husband intervened to protect her and Withers had allegedly pressured her.
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C. J. Nash
Kale Street
G.W. Withers
Bls
Bonita Theater
Withers
Recorder
Nash
Sinclair
Mrs. Nash
Wesley House Night School Needs Books and Help
Wesley House Night School seeks second hand school books to meet demand as studies expand. Mise C Warlick offers to add a music course for working boys and girls. educational committees chaired by Mrs Henry Tucker offer prizes for top students in punctuality courtesy neatness reading writing and mathematics.
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Wesley House
Mise C. Warlick
Henry Tucker
George Muse
O. J. Noel
J. W. Hughes
A.c.mauck
Governor Slaton Defends Response To Nelms Criticism
Governor Joan M. Slaton said Mrs. John W. Nelms was unjust in criticizing him for not aiding locating her two daughters or pursuing the suspect in their murder. She stated no Georgia law was violated and no crime occurred in the state, while federal law may have been violated. she added she would have acted if possible.
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John W. Nelms
Joan M. Slaton
Eata
Georgia
Simpson Acquitted in Municipal Court Shootout
James E. Simpson was acquitted by Judge McClelland after a municipal court session yesterday. The shooting occurred Monday morning on Greensterry Avenue and Ashby Street while Simpson supervised a roadwork crew. Witnesses testified Simpson fired as Boynton advanced with apparently homicidal intentions. a revolver was found on Boynton after the search.
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James E. Simpson
HE Boynton
McClelland
Simpson
Greensterry Avenue
Ashby Street
Boynton
Weather Outlook Mixed Cloudiness. Light Rain Possible
A storm along the south Atlantic coast tracked west into southern Georgia causing light precipitation near Atlanta. Expect lingering clouds into Friday morning with clearing by Friday afternoon. Winds shift from north to northwest as the system departs. Temperatures rise to around 80 degrees later Friday.
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South Atlantic
Georgia
Atlanta
Slaton to Washington for farmers cotton issue talks
Governor John B. Slaton said he would travel to Washington at the invitation of Charles B Barrett to attend the banking and currency committee meeting with southern planters. He seeks farmer opinions on remedies after Texas lawmakers urged buying cotton at 10 cents per pound. Slaton departs tomorrow.
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John B. Slaton
Washington
Charles 8. Barrett
Farmers’ Union
Committee On Banking and Currency
Slaton
Rta
Austin
Texas
House
Senate of
Senate
Union
Georgia
Farmers of Brooks Seek U S Law to Cut Cotton
Brooks County Farmers union endorses a resolution urging a federal law. It would grant six acres tax free per plow unit and tax any planting over five acres at ten dollars per acre with penalties for noncompliance. The note adds a pledge by attendees to plant no more than five acres next year.
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Brooks
U. S
Airman
Brooks County Farmers’ Union
L. M. Rogers
No Cotton for Sale on Augusta Market
Augusta Ga September 17 With warehouse stock higher than last year and daily receipts steady there is virtually no cotton on the local spot market. The past two days bids are about one eighth of a cent above quotes with little demand. Most bales go to storage as the market stands today at eight and one half cents.
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Augusta
Negro H man’s hands crushed in local mill accident
At Cordele Georgia on September 27 Arthur Lowe a Black man suffered severe injuries when his hands were caught in a cotton seed cake compressor at a local oil mill. He was feeding the machine when the accident occurred and both hands were crushed.
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Cordele
Arthur Lowe
North Ave Church Day School Opens Sixth Session
The North Ave Church Day School enters its sixth session with over 200 pupils and 15 teachers, up from 21 pupils and one teacher five years ago. Major R J Guinn lauds the school as near ideal, while Judge E C Honts notes a new full-time physical instructor and expanded playground supervision. Rev Richard Orme Finn urges community playgrounds and nondenominational Bible study to mold good citizens.
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North Avenuna Church Day School
R. J. Guinn
EC. Honts
Board of Trustees
Richard Orme Finn
Bis Schoola
E. C. Kents
Marlon McH. Hall
Hoke Smith
Wilmer L. Moore
K. G. Matheson
Tohn & Cameron
CN. Anderson
Sarah Converse
Vassar
Sha
Young Boy on Cycle Killed in Georgia Dray Collision
Eight year old Robert Compton of Americus was instantly killed when his bicycle struck a crossing dray on Jackson street. An obstructed view caused by a corner billboard prevented him from stopping in time, rupturing his left lung in the crash.
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Dray
Americus
Robert Compton
Jackson Street
Bill
Young Compton
Albany Blind Tiger Gets Heavy Sentence
Albany Ga September 17 Special To pay a fine of a thousand dollars and serve twelve months on the chain gang was the sentence imposed today in the city court of Albany on Andrew McAllister a negro merchant twice convicted of violating the prohibition law. More than usual interest attached to this case owing to the determined fights made by the negro's lawyers. He secured a new trial after his first conviction when evidence against him was secured by the sheriff after the officer had had McAllister's case opened by force. Whisky was found in the gate.
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Albany
Andrew Mec-Allister
McAlisters
Petition in Bankruptcy Filed by DeWitt Spraberry in Georgia
DeWitt W. Spraberry a stone cutter of Stone Mountain Georgia filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the U S district court claiming liabilities of 154 12 dollars and assets of 5 dollars reflecting a small debt case in the bankruptcy docket.
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DeWitt W. Spraberry
Stone Mountain
United States District Court
A Good Oculist Advises On Glasses Or Treatment
An advertisement notes that a good oculist determines if treatment or glasses are needed. Glasses are not pills but relieve many head troubles. It urges bringing an oculist prescription to John L. Moore & Sona at 42 North Broad Street.
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John L. Moore & Sona
N. Broad Street
St Simon Damaged by Northeast Gale in Georgia
A strong northeast wind swept through Brunswick and nearby islands causing severe gale conditions yesterday. The new wharf and pavilion at Hotel St Simon were blown away and landed on Jekyll Island beach. One or two cottages on the island were unrooted with minor additional damage reported.
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Brunswick
St. Simon
Jeky
Locust Grove Institute Sees Prospective Strong Year
Locust Grove Ga September 17 Special Enrollment at Leacust Grove Institute remains steady with new pupils arriving daily. If conditions improve as hoped, the school is on track for one of its best years in history with everyone at work toward that goal.
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Locust Grove
Leacust Grove Institute
Eastman Woman Writes Two Notes Then Kills Self
Eastman Georgia September 17 Mrs H P Diggs longtime Francess theater worker in this city committed suicide last night after attending a show where she sold tickets. She resided at C W Rawling home and was found dead this morning with a pistol near her body. Two notes were found one to her husband who is touring a Dublin show and one to her mother in Baltimore Maryland.
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Eastman
H. PB. Diggs
Francéss Theater
Dublin
Baltimore
Notes Found In House Point To Fatal Affair
Notes discovered on a dresser under a box of es reveal requests to be delivered to addresses. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of suicide. The body was to be sent to Baltimore for interment tomorrow. The deceased was married and reportedly took her own life after a troubled stay in Batman.
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Baltimore
Batman
Women Fight Democrats Campaigners Sent West for Suffrage
Washington September 17 Campaign workers to oppose democratic congressional candidates were dispatched by the Constitutional Union for Woman Suffrage. Pinckua of New York heads a section with quarters at Phoenix Arizona and Virginia Arnold of North Carolina directs one at Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Washington
Congress
Union
Pinckua
New York
Phoenix
Arizona
Atlas Virginia Arnold
North Carolina
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sumter Hay and Cotton Hurt by Heavy Winds
Americus Georgia September 17 Special The equinoctial storm prevailing this morning caused severe damage to cotton and hay fields in Sumter and nearby counties. Fields were white with cotton as about 5 000 bales were opened and awaiting picking with much blown out or damaged by the gale and heavy rain. Thousands of tons of hay cut this week lay in the fields likely lost.
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Americus
Sumter
Veterans of Foreign Wars Elect Commander in Chief
Pittsburg September 17 veterans of foreign wars closed their convention electing officers Thomas S Crago Waynesburg Pa a Spanish American war veteran was selected commander in chief
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Pittsburg
United States
Thomas S. Crago
Waynesburg
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