Spectacular Alabama Tech commencement features grand military ball
Opelika Georgia report covers the thirty fourth annual Alabama Polytechnic commencement at Auburn. Highlights include a grand military ball at Langdon hall, a sermon by Rev. John J. Tigert, a spirited oratorical contest, a review of the cadet battalion by Governor Comer, and class addresses. Degrees awarded span mechanical civil and electrical engineering with numerous distinctions among freshmen and sophomores.
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Opelika
Alt
Alabama’ Polytechnic
Auburn
Ala
Langdon Hall
John J. Tigert
Nashville
Tenn
Ernest Wood Thornton
Talladega
Benjamin O'Connor Childe
Georgia
William Lewis Perdue
Butler County
James Alto York
Dale County
Charles Mell Hudson
Lee County
William Robert Holley
Henry County
Norman Burns McLeod
Clark County
Lee Byrd Obley
Missiasio
Ee Eich Oe
Henry Hinds Peavey
Birmingham
James W. Lee
Atlanta
Charles Coleman Thach
Sleeping Car Line Schedule to Wrightsville Beach
Commencing Saturday June 9 and continuing each Saturday through June July and August, through sleeping cars will operate from Santa to Wrightsville Beach with departures at 9 36 p.m. Arrivals back at 6 30 a.m. the following morning. Season tickets cost 18 05 and five day tickets are 8 25.
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Eueh
Cass
Wghtsville Beach
Santa
Leaverightsville
Seaboard Resident R A Alexander Dies After Illness
Seaboard resident R A Alexander died after a brief illness following a trip to Asheboro North Carolina. The body will be brought to Atlanta for interment. Alexander’s family and local Hobart office were notified, and the report notes he was a Frank B of Atlanta and Hinbaty, with details from The Georgian in Chattanooga. Further particulars appear in the June 7 issue.
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Alexander
Ashele
N. C
Frank Bi
Atlanta
Hinbaty
Hobart
Fural
New Committees to Work for Expo 1910
Several new committees will start work this week to raise the guarantee fund for the 1910 exposition. The committee of fifty will meet Friday at 3 30 p m due to the death of Hugh Grant's son. Local firms are able to subscribe to the fund with a goal of 75800 to be collected, followed by 3000 citizens yet unseen. The effort will span one week and require liberal responses to reach the target. A letter to the editor supports the name The Great Southian exposition for 1910.
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John W. Grant
Hugh
Stee
Eo Ree
Atlanta
F. C. Bishop
Celebrate Landing of Gen. Oglethorpe in Savannah
Savannah council hears a Society of Colonial Wars communication about commemorating the 1908 one hundredth anniversary of General Oglethorpe landing. Numerous local groups including the Savannah chapter of Sons of the Revolution and Daughters of American Revolution join in the planning as the matter is referred for action.
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Savannah
Society of Colonial Wars
Becta Act Ofc
Woman Charged as Accomplice in Alabama Mine Murder
Birmingham June 7 Mrs Ollie Oliver is under arrest as an ace to the murder of D A Beave an employee of Pratt Consolidated mines at Mineral Springs. According to the verdict of the coroner jury the shot was fired by W De Oliver husband of the accused. Oliver made his escape.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ollie Oliver
D. A. Beave
Pratt Consolidated Mines
Mineral Springs
W. de Olver
Oliver
The Professor and the Tiger Bravery on the Sea
A ship voyage aboard Arrow to Tanjong Pagal with Basalta the tiger unfolds through Captain Hoskins and his crew. A nervous passenger Hay and a cautious rival vie for Miss Sandford’s favor while a drunken keeper of the tiger risks danger, testing true bravery and role of leadership at sea.
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Basalta
Sekth
Deane
Hoskins
Mae
England
Ares
Ates Sandford
China Seas
Otter
Miss Sandford
Hosking
Semarep
Mayre
Cole
Ateor
Misa
Lim
Home Coming Week Special Fare Atlanta To Louisville
For Kentucky home coming week the W and A and Nashville Chattanooga railways offer round trip tickets June 10 to 12 at one fare plus 25 cents, from Atlanta $13.55, return by June 23 with 60 cent deposit extendable to July 23, three daily departures 8 35 am 4 50 pm 6 50 pm with Pullman sleepers, through sleepers on June 10 11 from Atlanta to Louisville arriving next morning, contact J A Thomas or C B Walker at U T A Peachtree Viaduct Union Pass Sta, Charles E Harman General Passenger Agent.
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Atlanta
Nashville
Louisville
J. A. Thomas
C. B. Walker
C. P
Peachtree Viaduct
Union Pass
Sta
Charles E. Harman
General Pussenger
Bravery and romance aboard ship in storm tale
A sea voyage narrative follows a captain and a brave woman as a gale tests resolve and love. The captain reveals danger appeals to him and the crew adapts, while a planned marriage unfolds amid peril and seafaring duties. Hosking faces restraint as the couple pursues a union aligned with custom and courage.
Convict Shot During Escape Attempt in County Chain Gang
Chester June 7. Early last night an attempted escape by a county chain gang convict named Gist a colored man was shot and killed by a guard described as a negro trusty while the guard was on duty.
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Chester
Tired of Living Farmer Ends His Life Near Chester Ohio
A U S farmer, W D Mobrey Jr, early yesterday near Chester, Ohio, took his own life amid hardship and distress. Local authorities reported the incident after neighbors found him. Further details unavailable.
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Chester
8. C
W. D. Mobrey, Jr
Eaeeere
al Bimast
Farm tragedy follows care for stock in Winston
Special to The Georgian from Winston reports that farmer William Boaie, after tending his stock then performing a self inflicted act, died of a neck wound. The incident occurred Wednesday in his community. Prohannon, aged about 40, was linked to the area.
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Charlotte
N. C
Winston
Willian Boaie
Prohannon
Kilgo Gets One-Year Vacation as Trinity President
Charlotte report June 7 notes Dr. John C Kilgo, president at Trinity and at Duke Durham, reelected for another term and granted a one year vacation.
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President Kilgo
Charlotte
N. C
John C. Kilgo
Trinity
Durham
Agaon
DuBose Bonds Out After Bank Scandal Arrest
Gordon DuBose, former president of the Pirot National Bank of Endley, was arrested on charges of misappropriating 48000 dollars. He posted a 10000 dollar bond secured by ten prominent men from Columbia and Shelby county Alabama, his old home.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gordon DuBose
Pirot National Bank
Endley
United States
Columbiana
Shelby County
Alabama
Dultore
Doctors Meet at Cordele South Ga
Cordele Ga June 1 There is a splendid attendance here of the South Georgia Medical Association. Many prominent physicians came in during the day yesterday to be present at the business meeting in the afternoon and attended the banquet in the evening at hand are being shown every courtesy by the local in attendance and others.
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Cordele
South Georgia Medical Association
Basinear
Knights of Columbus Dedicate New Headquarters
The Knights of Columbus dedicated their new headquarters in New Haven on June 1 with speaker J. O'Brien of New York and Justice Victor J. Dow addressing attendees. The event highlighted organizational updates and related discussions.
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Knights OF Columbus
New Haven
Conn
Petispel
Gan J. . O'Brien
New York
Victor J. Dow
Lgan Tym
Hems
W Cochran Dies in Pasadena After Tuberculosis
James W. Cochran, tied to the Atlanta Phenix Fire Insurance Co in Hartford as special agent, died early Thursday in a Pasadena sanatorium of tuberculosis. He was a longtime Phenix employee, a member of Capital City and Piedmont Driving Club, and a distant relative of author James Lane Allen. Services and interment likely in Lexington, Kentucky.
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James W. Cochran
Atlanta
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Hartford
Pasadena
Cal
Harry Stochkdell
Phenix
Blackdell
Cochran
Lexington
Tt Ia
Piedmont
Bel
Saas
Concessions Granted Charlotte After Railways Fight
Charlotte aldermen approve a compromise with Seaboard Air Line Railways after a lengthy dispute over rain improvements. The city gains a new bridge over North Tryon and railway tracks lowered beneath the road, while Seaboard agrees to allow Sunday work and yard shifts to reduce costs.
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Charlotte
N. C
Seaboard Air Line
Board of Aldermen
Tee
North Tryon
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