Local City Election Quiet as Votes Cast in Small Polls
Polls opened for the annual city election with few voters at the boxes and no excitement expected. Democratic mayoral candidate James G. Woodward complains about Socialist influence while city clerk Walter Taylor reports orderly polling places. A major issue is whether council may deed Lakewood park to an exposition company to issue 500000 in bonds for a yearly fair, with Woodward opposing the transfer and the council in favor.
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James G. Woodward
Walter Taylor
Lakewood Park
Woodward
General Council
Slaying Charge Involving Sloan and Risley in Decatur Street Killing
The case centers on Robert L. Sloan of Roswell and Frank Risley of Atlanta accused in the Decatur Street murder of William Franklin. Sloan partly confessed and implicated Risley, who denies involvement. Recorder Broyles found Risley innocent but held him on Sloan's claim. Sloan's wife and children reunited tearfully at the police station. Chloe Austin, the dressmaker, was released after denying complicity.
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Broyles
Robert L. Sloan
Roswell
Frank Risley
Atlanta
William Franklin
Decatur Street
Fulton Tower
Sloan
Risley
Chloe Austin
All Peace Again in Longworth Family told to Taft
In Washington on December 4, Representative Longworth assured the President that a Democrat would win the Cincinnati district, yet peace returns to the Longworth family. He recounted Mrs Longworth, formerly Alice Roosevelt, donating about four thousand dollars to the Bull Moose cause. Mrs Longworth and Longworth Sr clashed over in law relations, and campaign missteps left the district lost.
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Washington
Longworth
Congress
Cincinnati
Alice Roosevelt
Long Worth
Bull Moose
Roosevelt
Augusta Holds Corn and Canning Festival
Augusta Georgia hosts annual corn and canning festival with over 3000 in premiums including a grand piano two buggies and a $200 mule. Prominent ag experts from state and national clubs attend led by O B Martin and W M Soule as 200 plus boys from Hancock Baldwin Putnam Oconee counties participate. Tomorrow designated Gird’s Canning Club day with events continuing this week.
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Augusta
O. B. Martin
Corn Club
United States
W. M. Soule
Col Agriculture
A. G
South Carolina
Hancock
Baldwin
Putt Oconee
Bank cashier sentenced to seven years hard labor
Former Bank of Manistee cashier John W Sit pleads guilty to embezzling $44,300 from the bank. Judge Sessions imposes seven years and six months in a federal prison at Fort Worth, with safety to be determined by authorities.
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John W. Sit
Bank of
Girl shoots self after elopement plan with actor in Alabama
Miss Gussie Harmon, sixteen, wounded critically at Lovett Alabama after a thwarted elopement with a stock company actor who appeared here last week. Relatives pursued the couple to Lanett then returned home where she locked herself in and shot herself in the breast. Doctors say she has a chance to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Gussie Harmon
Lovett
Ala
Chattahoochee
Harmon
Opelika
Lanett
Miss Harmon
Gas Men Meet in Philadelphia 19138 Event Notes
Visitors to the National Gas convention toured exhibits with no business session today in Philadelphia. A F Krippner will speak on artificial gas for home heating and John S Welch will discuss developing large consumers. The next convention is set for December in Philadelphia after the city won 1913 hosting rights. President C L Holman hosted a dinner at the Piedmont hotel with a cup presented by the directors. St Elmo Massengale will address the gathering tomorrow. no official entertainment is planned for tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Krippner
St. Louis
John S. Welch
Philadelphia
The
Gas Association
C. L. Holman
Piedmont Hotel
Government Seeks Game Wardens for Georgia Reserve
The government seeks several educated foresters to serve as administrative assistants in game preservation duties for a new 30 000 acre Georgia reserve. Salaries reach 2500 dollars with Georgia only eligibility. Civil service exams occur nationwide at offices including the post office on December 30.
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North
Georgia
United States
William Barry Plans Coaching Like Rockefeller Kin
Chicago December 4 William Barry of Winnetka learned Fowler McCormick Rockefeller grandson and Harvards Harold F McCormick son is coached by Mor Decai Brown in shooting ins and outs He announced his son William Barry Jr a prospective Harvard student would begin training possibly with Christy Mathewson star pitcher for the Giants
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Chicago
William Barry
Winnetka
John D. Rockefeller
Fowler McCormick
Harold F. McCormick
Mordecai Brown
Harvard
Christy Mathewson
New York Giants
Receiver Named for 33.5 Million Firm
Central Power Company of Colorado, capitalized at 22.5 million and bonded for 11 million, was placed in receivership by Federal Judge Lewis on petition by a New York trust company. The petition says the firm lacks 150 thousand to cover interest and that officials allowed heavy liens to be filed against the property.
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Denver
Colo
Central Power Company
Colorado
Lewis
New York Trust Company
$100,000 Rare Stamps Found in Waste Paper
Edward D. Hemingway a Philadelphia junk dealer found rare stamps worth over $100,000 hidden in five dollars of waste paper He sold them to a syndicate.
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Philadelphia
Edward D. Hemingway
Red hot ingot kills Gary boy at steel works
John White sixteen was employed at the Gary steel works when a red hot two ton ingot toppled and instantly killed him. The accident occurred in Gary Indiana in December.
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Gary, Ind
John White
Gary
Blease claims pardons shield white women from negro attackers
Governor Blease asserts in Norfolk that South Carolina will not deploy militia to protect white women against black assailants. He says pardons will continue, and that lynching and race-based violence will go unpunished as he touts his liberal pardon record. Governors Mann of Virginia joins the Fifth Annual Conference. the group tours Cape Henry and Norfolk before resuming talks on organization and next year’s executive committee.
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Richmond
Cole L. Blease
South Carolina
Jim Roberts
Charleston
Mann
Virginia
Norfolk
National Guard Association
Cape Henry
Old Dominion
Clarence Haverty
Bureau On Municipal Research
I. N. Ragsdale
Board of
Firemasters
George H. Boynton
Albert Thomson
James W. Maddox
J. J. Greer
Jesse Wood
A. H. Baskin
S. A. Wardlaw
Roy Abernathy
J. D. Sisson
W. D. White
J. T. Kimbrough
Sam Shepard
Mn Woodward
Slaters
W. G. Humphrey
A. John EK. McClelland
Jar J. B. Everett
C. D. K. Hall
Claude L. Ash
J. H. Harwell
400 Pound Turtle for Bankers Banquet Soup
A 400 pound turtle that will be used for soup at the American Bankers Association banquet was brought to New York today from Bermuda.
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Bankers
New York
American Bankers Association
Bermuda
Womans Wedding to Poor Man Faces Annulment
Beverly New Jersey December reports that Miss Albertine Bidwell’s parents seek annulment of her marriage to Charles F. E. Roberts, a poor machinist, claiming the ceremony was improper.
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Beverly, N. J
Charles FE. Roberts
Albertine Bidwell
Eleven Die as R R Wreck Tears Train Apart
Eleven passengers are dead and several injured after a rear collision on the Pennsylvania lines ten miles east of Zanesville near Dresden Ohio. A westbound passenger engine plowed into a car on the Cleveland division and telescoped the train setting off scalding steam amid crushed seats.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Here
Dresden
Cleveland
Alienists examine condemned slayer in Georgia
Drs J W Mobley E M Greene and N P Walker sent from the state sanitarium to assess J Edward Brazell who is on death row for Carrie Bell Duncan's murder have returned to Milledgeville. They will report to Governor Brown, with local belief that Brazell is insane.
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Augusta
J. W. Mobley
E. M. Greene
N. P. Walker
State Sanitarium
J. Edward Brazell
Carrie Bell Duncan
Milledgeville
Brown
Brazell
Georgia Girls Handiwork Display at Capitol
A Capitol showcase features Georgia girls handiwork, highlighting skill and craft. The display inspires optimism among spectators and local supporters, turning skeptics into believers through vivid examples of regional talent and creativity.
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Georgia
Capitol
Packers Formed National Packing Company to Secure Loan
In St Louis on December 4, Attorney Ralph Crews argued that the packing houses were hard up in 1902 and created the National Packing Company to obtain a loan. He said Armour, Morris, and Swift, heads of the Missouri owned concerns, organized the firm to secure an $8 million loan from Kuhn Loeb & Co. to meet obligations to the First National Bank of New York.
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ST. Louis
National Packing Company
Ralph Crews
Packers
Revelle
Missouri
Crews
Charles Armour
Edward Morris
Gustavus F. Swift
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
First National Bank of
New York City
Hammond Packing Company of
St. Joseph
Armour, Morris and Swift Ag
Girls Pickles and Preserves Steal the Capitol Show
In Atlanta, the girls pickles and preserves exhibit outshines the boys corn show, drawing visitors with jars of tomato, wax bean, corn, beets, and curious mixes. The display ranges from sour to sweet, with jams evoking grandma days and fruit juices that rival commercial products.
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Capitol
Atlanta
State Capitol
Grandma
Sidewalk Fireworks Stands Put Under Ban
Macon Georgia bans sidewalk fireworks stands for the holidays and prohibits crackers or torpedoes over two inches. The mayor backs a quiet safe and sane Christmas campaign and the council also bans loud explosives. A parade of public and Sunday school children is planned for Christmas Eve.
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Macon
John T. Moore
Conquest Is Complete at the Pickles and Preserves Show
A vivid tribute praises the Concord girls for a splendid pickles and preserves display. The writer admires the event, calling it a victory that turns pessimism to optimism and enhances visitors with a strong appetite. Visitors are urged to plan a long tasting visit.
Council Split Over Woodward Appointments Sparks Factional Clash
City council factions clash as Woodward loyalists push a slate of appoints, threatening to seize control of committees while Chambers supporters vow retaliation. Key chairs held this year by non Woodward members face sidetracking, with rivalry risking a brittle council unity and mayoral powers.
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Chambers
Woodward
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Longworth Family
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Taft
Girl
Lovett, Ala
John D
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R. R
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Aldermanice Board
John S. Candler
James R. Nutting
Claude C. Mason
Charles W. Smith
F. J. Spratling
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