Five Injured as Auto Overturns Near Macon
In Bibb County Georgia on September 24 Ike Winship county commissioner sustained a broken rib and four friends were bruised when Str Winship's touring car overturned near Seven Bridges on the Houston road. The party returning from a barbecue at Jackson mill involved Herbert Smart Jack Nihan Jack Lee and Frank Coates. A negro pedestrian caused the crash by stepping into the road prompting the car to veer into a ditch. Sheriff Winar of Houston County saw the injured to Macon.
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Maton
Ike Winship
Bibb County
Winship
Seven Bridges
Macon
Houston Road
Herbert Smart
Jack Nihan
Jack Lee
Frank Coates
Jackson Mill
Mr. Winship
Winar
Houston County
Roddenbery May Not Live Until Morning
Thomasville Georgia September 24 Special physicians state it is probable congressman S A Roddenbery will not survive the night he has been sinking all day unconscious except rare moments when he cannot talk and only one person is recognized his mother and his Cairo brother are with him and Mrs Roddenbery is prostrated by her husband’s illness
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Thomasville
S.A. Roddenbery
Cairo
Rs. Roddenberg
Birthday of Mrs J A McCord
A quiet birthday celebration honored Mrs Joseph A McCord wife of the Third National Bank vice president at her home 209 Ponce de Leon avenue. Intimate friends and family gathered as Henry McCord presented a cake with a candle for each year since her name first appears in the family Bible.
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Arm
Joseph A. McCord
Ponce de Leon Avenue
McCord
Third National Bank
Henry ¥. McCord
Contractor Denton Held as Kidnapper in Alabama Case
J L Denton a contractor in the Empire building was arrested on charges of kidnapping two 11 year old girls Elsie Eliott and Eunice Dease to Birmingham. He was released on bond then re-arrested on warrants and the hearing set for 10:20 Saturday morning. The girls have not yet been located.
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J. L. Denton
Empire Building
Elsie Eliott
Eunice Dease
Birminghama
Mayson
Diggs
Caminetti
California
Reno
Nev
Lewis W. Thomas
George L. Bell
John G. Pollock
Wichita
Kan
Pollock
Lee Baker
Peabody, Kun
Baker
Denton
Misa Elliott
Tri
Birmingham
Atlanta
Work for Widows Pension Campaign Moves Ahead
Associated Charities will press for a council pension appropriation despite City Attorney Mayson ruling it illegal. A Tuesday committee meeting yielded no action, its silence signaling consent to Secretary Lagan’s pension ideas. Rotary club fundraising nears the $1,000 goal, to be handed to Associated Charities at a special meeting next week.
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Associated Charities
Counsil
Mayson
Associated Charities Committee
Pilin
Lagan
Rotary Club
Atlanta
Birmingham
Hotel Winecoff Furnishings Being Installed
Furnishings for the new Hotel Winecoff on Peachtree Street are installed daily with van after van of tables and room fixtures placed on upper floors. Sidewalks in front have been resurfaced and manager Harrell says the hotel should be ready for business about October 15.
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Winecoff
Peachtree Street
Harrell
Wild beasts terrorize Austrian Sty ria with cubs and wolves
Dispatches from Gratz report Ugness the bear with cubs and several wolves and hyenas escaped from a menagerie and settled in a 400 square mile mountain area in central Sty ria. They have killed 200 cattle and 400 sheep, driving residents to bar children from remote schools.
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Berlin
Styria
Austria
Ugness
Gratz
Cupid Faces Four Matrimonial Spats in Superior Court
Four divorce petitions flood the superior court docket as Nannie Cobb seeks alimony and custody of Lillian Cobb from Henry Cobb, Myrtle A. Young seeks divorce and support from G F Youngs, Mary Lucy Griffin petitions for alimony against W S Griffin, and Clara Johnson files for divorce from Roy Johnson alleging post marriage drinking began in 1811.
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Cupid
Nannie Cobb
Henry Cobb
Lillian Cobb
Myrtle A. Young
G. F. Youngs
Myrtle Young
Dargon Street
Mary Lucy Griffin
W. 8
Upshaw to Lecture at Tabernacle Next Friday Night
Will D. Upshaw billed as The Georgia Cyclone on Crutches presents John’s Hat or John the citizen at the Tabernacle under Civic League of America auspices. Atlanta school children will attend a student demonstration with a triple introduction by Rev Lincoln McConnell, W. S. Witham, and Robert A. Broyles as each speaks. Upshaw recently returned from a praised lecture tour from New York to Texas, drawing a large crowd expected.
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Will D. Upshaw
Georgia
Robert A. Broyles
Mr. Upshaw
New York
Texas
Thomasville Woman Dies in Bathoom
Thomasville Ga September 24 Special Ars W J Howell a prominent woman of this city was found dead from heart failures in the bathroom of her home at noon today. She had been dead about two hours. Members of the household thought she had gone to a neighbor's home. When her daughter went to summon her to dinner a search was begun, leading to the discovery of the body. Mrs Howell had lived in Thomasville for ten years.
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Whcomasville
Ars
W. J. Howell
C Sarmon
Battle Hill Sanitarium vacancy discussed at city conference
A conference in Mayor Woodward's office addressed filling the Battle Hill sanitarium vacancy after Dr. Merritt's resignation. Four physicians were named as candidates, with no selection made. The committee planned another meeting and will decide Thursday who will be appointed, with salary discussions possibly rising to 2500 or more. Names included Dr. Gall, Dr. Bryant, Dr. Pruitt, and Dr. Hollander. Judge Candler and Drs. Kennedy and Smith chaired the process.
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Woodward
Battle Hill Sanitarium
Cendler
Ttia
Taler
G. G Gall
Hall
W. G. Bryant
Bryant
Atlanta
Marion Pruitt
Louie Hollander
Candler
Battle Hill
New York
Griffin Hearing Postponed in Athens Banking Trial
Athens Ga September 24 The hearing on the motion for a new trial for J W Griffin president of the Athens Trust and Banking company convicted in the superior court of violating banking laws was postponed The court of appeals denied a new hearing and the hearing set for Thursday the 25th will not occur The record of the case spans 262000 words and has not been transcribed into narrative form and is not ready for the hearing date.
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Griffin
Athens
J. W. Griffin
Athens Trust and Banking Company
Court of Appeals
Kingman Likely Named Chief of U S Army Engineers
Savannah Ga September 24 Colonel Dan C Kingman appears set to be appointed chief of engineers of the United States Army with brigadier general rank A telegram from General Leonard Wood to Colonel Kingman summons him to Washington. General Russell retires October 10 and his successor will take office then. There is speculation on who will lead the Savannah district engineers.
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Savannah
Dan C. Kingman
United States Army
Kingman
Leonard Wond
Washington
Russell
Le A B and A Changes Schedule for Sunday September 28
The notice lists travel changes for the line from Atlanta through Brunswick Waycross Thomasville and back to Waycross with daily departures and revised times for Sunday September 28.
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le A
Atlanta
Brunswick
Waycross
Thomasville
Talbotton Tiger Fined in Hard-Fought Case
Talbotton Georgia on September 24 reports a special court decision fining a local figure nicknamed Tiger after a hard-fought case. Details remain scarce as the article provides limited readable content.
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Talbotton “Tiger
Talbotton
Spcial
Prohibition Case Verdict in Talbot County Court
Huey Burt was found guilty of violating the Prohibition law by selling whisky in Talbot County. The judge sentenced Burt to six months in jail but suspended the sentence on payment of a $300 fine. A motion for a new trial was filed, and Burt remained free on bond of $1,000 pending ruling.
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Superior Court
Talbot
Huey Burt
Burt Fa
Woodliff Injured Getting Off Train in Dublin
Macon Georgia September 34 A Woodliff an Atlanta hat salesman was brought to Williams sanitarium in Macon with a bruised shoulder and body injuries after falling while alighting from a train at Dublin this morning. The impact pulled him over as he descended the steps.
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Macon
A. Woodlif
Atlanta
Williams Sanitarium
Woodliff
Dublin
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la &. Price
H. ¥. McCord
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Tabernacle
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