Mutiny Threat Flares as Fulton County Convicts Grow Restive
Si Pondeton reported to the County Commissioners that Fulton County chain gang convicts show mutinous sentiment and refusal to work after learning of their town outings. He warned guards may need readiness to quell violence, though no immediate trouble was foreseen.
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Grand Jury
Board of County Commissioners
Si Donpideon
Department of Public Works
T. J Donaldson
Public Works Committee
Thrower
Donaldson
Dixie League ties with Federal League threaten 1915 expansion
William C. Bacon, Dixie Baseball League president, said if the Southern League refused to recognize the new league, plans were made to align with the Federal League, expanding to major Southern cities by 1915. Southern League president Kavanaugh declined recognition. Separate item reports Mrs. Hazel Herdman died after confessing to slaying Harriet Manning over a love affair in Newark, detailing the motive and confrontation.
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Memphis
Tenn
William C. Bacon
Dixie Baseball League
Southern League
Dixie League
Federal League
Bacon
Kavanaugh
Newark
N. J
Hazel Herdman
Pompton Turnpike
Harriet Manning
Mountainside Hospital
Herdman
Charles I. Manning
Mrs. Manning
Savannah War Over $600,000 Storm Sewer Award
A bitter political fight centers on the $600,000 storm water sewerage contract in Savannah. Mayor R J Davant alleges irregularities and says the award went to the highest bidder, while the Drainage Commission disputes this and seeks to compel him to sign the contract. The council backs the mayor and may seek mandamus to force action.
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Mayor
Drainage Commission
Savannah
R. J. Davant
R. S&s. Cope
Davant
Mystery deepens in Atlanta double tragedy tied to Amerson
Detectives hunted a man named Bigbie after a photograph bearing the caption From Papa to Louise surfaced in the dead Mrs Amersons room at 84 Trinity avenue. W T Amerson of Washington County arrived in Atlanta as the father of a man accused in the killing of the woman and herself. Police probe whether Louise is the Amerson child while a missing $1000 diamond engagement ring and other jewelry add to the tangle.
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Andrew J. Amerson
Lemmie Fulton
Alaga
Ala
Amerson
Louise
Horace Grant
Masonic Relief Association
Macon
Ciildren
Grant
Nttle Louise
Estelle Pitman
Trinity Avenue
Orson
Harry G. Poole
Atlanta
Augusta
Alabama
Bow
Boy Whipped After Mother Dying Tells Georgia Tale
An 18 year old, who spent ten months in Adamsville camp under Captain Clyde Thomason, recounts being whipped hours after learning his mother was dying. He recalls guard Mr Brooks urging harsh punishment, then being released days later as his mother passed. He now works to support his siblings. He notes prior burglary time and lessons learned in crime. Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
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Adamsville
Clyde Thomason
Brooks
Cristmas
Father of Girl Sues Over Alleged Drinking Ordeal
Agnes Meara aged five through her father William D. Meara sues Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Byrd for 5000 dollars claiming they compelled the child to drink liquor the day before Christmas causing convulsions and unconsciousness. Meara, a jargonist on Forsyth street, accuses them of violating state penal laws. Byrd is a barber.
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Agnes Meara
William D. Meara
Superior Court
Henry E. Byrd
Byrd
Meara
Forsyth Street
Railroad Man Sues for 10000 Over Alleged Illegal Arrest
Edward Smith, a track walker for Southern Railway, files suit in Superior Court seeking 10000 against the railway, special agent C W Burke, and City Detectives Shaw and Vickery. He alleges arrest on February 17 1912 for alleged box car burglary, confinement in a filthy cell, and removal to Fulton County jail for eight days without outside contact before release on bond.
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Edward Smith
Southern Railway
C. W. Burke
Road
Shaw and Vickery
Woman Seeks Pardon for Federal Prisoner
Mrs. Isaac Springer, active in prison reform, will travel to Washington to urge Attorney General McReynolds to pursue a pardon for William Hendrix, now serving life at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for homicide. She carries recommendations from Warden Moyer. Hendrix shot his father in law in Oklahoma. his wife is a Atlanta servant and his four children are in the Home for the Friendless.
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Isaac Springer
Washington
McReynolds
William Hendrix
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Moyer
Hendrix
Oklahoma
Atlanta
Carbolic Acid Thrown On Wife Divorce Suit
Mrs. Ter Chambliss sues Joel Chambliss for divorce claiming he threatened her life and poured carbolic acid on her burning arms and throat. Married 1906, lived together to 1913. She cites habitual drunkenness and neglect, seeks total divorce and custody of their six year old daughter Christie.
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Ter Chambliss
Joel Chambliss
Ms. Chambliss
Christie
Want Ad Tip in The Georgian or American
A compact notice urges readers to place want ads in The Georgian or American to reach buyers. It emphasizes not discarding items of potential value and notes there are buyers willing to pay fair worth.
Rules Committee Makes Only Minor Changes in Football
The intercollegiate football rules committee finished its labors in New York on February 7 detailing minor changes. Key points include removing coaches from sidelines, prohibiting shifts into neutral territory after lineups, counting a goal post rebounding ball as a touchback, eliminating a kickoff after a touchback, optional fourth official as field judge, a ten yard penalty for intentional grounding, and five yard penalties for every out of bounds offense after the first. The 1914 control board members named include J A Babbitt chairing, with Walter Camp, Eli K Hall, Park Davis, Percy Haughton, Alonzo Stagg, H G Cole, and C W Savage.
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New York
Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee
J. A. Babbitt
Haverford
Walter Camp
Yale
Eli K. Hall
Dartmouth
Park Davis
Princeton
Percy Haughton
Harvard
Alonzo Stagg
Chicago University
Trades Federation to Celebrate Organized Day in Atlanta
The Atlanta Federation of Trades will celebrate Organized Day Monday in the Labor Temple. George Berry president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union and the Rev W C Schaeffer pastor of the Church of the Redeemer will address. J B Hewitt president of the Atlanta Federation of Trades will be master of ceremonies. Speakers will review the past year and outline plans for the coming year.
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Atlanta Federation of Trades
Labor Temple
George Berry
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
W. C. Schaeffer
Church of the Redeemer
J. B. Hewitt
Rotarians Plan Sunday Service Visit in Atlanta
The Rotary Club of Atlanta will attend Rev. Dr. John E. White's Sunday night service in a body with members and their spouses. Club president Hubert Anderson has named six ushers for duty at the Second Baptist Church event.
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The
Rotary Club
Atlanta
John E. White
Second Baptist Church
Hubert Anderson
Rotary
Negro Bishops to End Meeting Sunday
Closing sessions of the council of negro bishops at Bethel A M E Church run this week, with Sunday morning and night services expected to draw large crowds. A special collection will aid Morris Brown University. Speakers include Ira T. Bryant, W D Chappell, J Flipper, W Hendricks, L J Coppin, R D Rawson, W T Vernon, J C Caldwell, J E Jones and Sidney Woodward.
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Council of Negro Bishops
Bethel A. M. E
Morris Brown University
Ira T. Bryant
The
Sunday School Union
Nashville
W. D. Chappell
J. &. Flipper
Thirty Saved After Grounded Queen Louise Disaster
In thick fog the British tramp freighter Queen Louise ran ashore near Manasquan New Jersey. The Manasquan life saving station crew waged a fierce storm to rescue all thirty crewmen using the breeches buoy. The ship remains in a perilous position as heavy seas pound it.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Manasquan
Stoe’s Plea for New Trial Postponed to March 6
A motion for a new trial by Samuel A. Stoe, sentenced to five years for white slavery, was postponed from Saturday in the District Federal Court to March 6. The delay changes nothing about his sentence as the technical prison term starts only when he enters the penitentiary.
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Samuel A. Stoe
District Federal Court
Stoe
Man Fined For Calling Fire Dept After Wrong Number
In Atlanta a man from Selma to Charlotte, R. H. Westbrook, was fined 15.80 in Recorder's Court for summoning the entire Atlanta fire department at 2 am after repeatedly dialing the wrong number. He claimed he told operators the restaurant at the union depot was on fire, prompting a swift mobilization of fire trucks and units with no actual blaze found.
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Recorder's Court
R. H. Westbrook
Atlanta
Selma
Westbrook
Charlotte
Central
Fire Department
Union Depot
Likes Town So Weds Girl With Its Name
In Champaign Illinois on February 7 Herman Wendte formerly of Dieterich Illinois married Miss Nellie Dieterich. He said he was drawn to her because her name matched the town he had left.
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Champaign
Ili
Herman Wendte
Dieterich, Lil
Nellie Dieterich
Hall's Hat in Ring to Stay for Mayoralty
Friends of Councilman Orville H. Hall assert he will run for mayor regardless of Mayor Woodward’s decision. Hall’s backers have previously pledged entry fees and supported his candidacy, and Hall narrowly won reelection to the Council amid Woodward’s opposition.
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Hall
Woodward
Receiver for Failed State Bank Sought
The Governor directed the Attorney General to seek the appointment of a receiver for the Farmers State Bank of Hazlehurst after State Bank Examiner Speer pronounced it insolvent.
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Farmers State Bank of
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