Mercer Accepts Coach's Tears and City Ordinance
Macon Ga September 19 special W W Mackall attorney for owners of Consolidated Street Railroad Company Macon Electric Light and Railroad Company and Metropolitan Street Railroad Company writes to Macon mayor and council that the properties will consolidate despite objectionable provisions and anticipated hardship The owners pledge fair treatment and prompt transfer system implementation while preserving the city’s interests and citizens’ benefits. A white primary date is planned with premiums announced for the Farmers Congress exhibits in October.
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W. W. Mackall
Savannah
Consolidated Street Railroad Company
Macon Electric Light and Railroad Company
Metropolitan Street Railroad Company
Mackall
J Council
City of
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Mercer University opens sixty-fifth session in Macon
Mercer University in Macon opens its sixty-fifth session with about 130 new students and 12 returning. Dr J G Harrison and Dr J L White offer scripture and prayer. The college expands scholarship standards, ends the preparatory department, and plans a trained gymnasium director as enrollment aims to match last year.
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Mercer University
Macon
Mercer
J. G., Harrison
Tattnall Square Baptist Church
J. L. White
M. L. Keith
Harry Stovall
Atlanta
Fred Eden
Monroe
Young Men's Christian Association
Sany Preparatory Department
Georgia
Pollock
Emory College resumes full attendance and class activity
Emory College in Oxford Georgia reports full enrollment this year with aim for about 300 students. Seniors elect football committeemen, caps and gowns arrive for Sunday use, and finance leaders George Winship and Asa G. Candler visit for campus improvements. Fraternity houses expand as chapter houses become central to student life. Primitive Baptists’ Echeconnee Association plans to meet at Blue Springs camp ground with Harmony church as the venue.
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Oxford
Chapel
Davin Anderson
Tampa
Fla
Anderson
E. ¥. Davis
Florida
Brooty
George Winship
Asa G. Candler
Atlanta
Emory Colege
Emory
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Siedd
Alpha Tau Omega
Phi Delta Thetas
Hardeman
Thomas
Sigma Alpha Epsicons
Chi Phi Fraternity
Primitive Baptists
Zebulon
Echeconnee Association of Primitive Baptists
Blue Springs Camp Ground
Harmony Church
Exposition Notes and Local News From Macon
Exhibition exhibits can be sold but not delivered until the final day when premiums are awarded. Detectives arrest a man for resisting arrest. he is fined twenty five dollars and sentenced to three months on the chain gang after a gunshot wound. Macon notes include John P. Knight reelected to the legislature, Major W L Glessner visiting for cattle lands, McWilliams and Dodson inspecting the Southern road, Mrs Addie Carter's funeral in Ka ma, Murray and Mack to perform on Broadway at the Academy of Music with a matinee Monday.
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Recorder’s Court
Anderson
Roberts
Macon
Hion
John P. Knight
Berrien County
Knight
W.L. Glessner
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad
Palatka
McWilliams
Dodson
Southern Road
Macon Todey
Addie Carter
New York
Kama
First Baptist
The
Academy of Music
Murray and Mack
Shorter College Opens With Bright Prospects
Rome Ga September 19 Special The fall session of Shorter college opened with impressive chapel exercises. Speeches by Colonel D B Hamilton ex President Gwaltney and President Simmons and church pastors were well received. Enrollment exceeds previous years and new dorms and a modern heating plant expand capacity. New faculty include Professor George Anderson Foote named assistant president and bursar. Overall prospects are brighter than ever with enthusiastic alumnae and friends.
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Shorter College
D. B. Hamilton
Gwaltney
Simmons
Apie “ Ac Thres
George Anderson -Foote
Herty Talks to College Boys on Turpentine Reform
Dr Charles A Herty spoke to a large Athens audience outlining improvements in gathering turpentine from pine forests. He praised Chancellor Hill, noted his renewed university ties, and warned that waste could end pine forests. He traced past declines in Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina forests and the industry’s shift westward. Junior class elected officers and sports captains.
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Charles A. Herty
Engineering Society
Ufe
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Panama
Schasissipp
Mortuary notices and a new Masonic Temple in Columbus
A string of obituaries from Talbotton and Huntsville notes the deaths of Mrs. Emmie Stephenson Mrs H H Wood and Mrs R Barnwell Rhett in September with burial plans and family details. Little Worrill Beal dies at seven. interment at Oak Hill. Columbus reports a new Masonic Temple on Twelfth Street nearing completion with four stories electric elevator and tenants due October 1.
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Talbotton
Zach Stephenson
Undis
George W. Bly
Montgomery
Hill Stephenson
Mattie and
Bramie Stephenson
H. BE. Weed
Griffin
H.H. Wood
Lansing
Mich
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The
Central Railroad
Michigan
B. B. Rhett
Huntsville
Ala
R. Barnwell Rhett
Worrill Beal
Little Worrill Beal
Oak Hill
Masonic Temple
Columbus, Ga
Twelfth Street
Curing Men for 19 Years
An Atlanta physician claims a unique home treatment system for male ailments including venereal diseases, constipation, and skin issues. Dr J R Shatherman advertises 800-602 Austell Building, Atlanta, offering self-administered cures and asserting personal, in-house care.
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Atlanta
Austeil
J. R. Shatherman
M. D
Judge Russell at Buford Ga September 19
Judge R B Russell candidate for associate justice of the supreme court to succeed Hal Lewis passed through Buford en route to south Georgia. He had spent months in mountain counties and is optimistic about his prospects.
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Buford
R. B. Russell
Supreme Court
Hal ‘Lewis
South Georgia
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