Georgia Tech Georgia Game Up in Ultimatum War
An Atlanta dispute over where the Georgia Tech football game should be played escalated. Tech demands Grant Field or no game while Georgia insists on Ponce DeLeon Park, with both sides refusing concessions as the ultimatum debate threatens to cancel the matchup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Georgia
Thletic
Grant Field
Ponce eLeon Park
Jim Preas
Ae Yellow Jackets
University of Georgia
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
Henderson
Cordele
Athens University
Noth
Conklin
Atl
Nia
Brooklyn
Preas
Big Yellow Jacket
Enel Bingham
Bingim
Asheville
Georgia Tech
Granteid
Ponce DeLeon
Wholedale Death Plot Alleged In Hazelhurst Ga
In Hazelhurst Georgia on November 17 Patrick Ursery, a local resident, was arrested on charges of poisoning his wife’s family to gain an inheritance. The Ross family fell gravely ill after meals at their home, biscuits containing strychnine were found, and Ursery’s behavior at the Ross residence drew suspicion. He posted a $5,000 bond but remained jailed as the Ross family slowly recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelhurst
Patrick Ursery
Ursery
Rssery
Ross
Ussery
Rots
Rail Officials and Employees Discuss System Topics
In Mobile Alabama on November 12 the second day of the conference focused on the Illinois and Ohio system and Southern Railway in Mississippi. Officials and workers explored topics from receiving to the port export business, covering every reach of the railroad’s operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obile
Ala
Iblo
Ohio
Mississippi
Dying Duelist at Raines Exonerated in Self Defense
CORDELE Georgia November 12 Quin Smith fatally wounded in the Raines tragedy. Holliday wounded Harvey Smith and Troy King before Quin Smith was exonerated by the Coroner's Jury on the ground of self defense. The jury found Holliday killed Harvey Smith and King and fatally wounded Quin Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
Quin Smith
Harvey Smith
Troy King
Holiollay
King
Pope Blesses U S Sailors at Vatican Audience
One hundred officers and sailors from the battleship Arkansas met the Pope in a long audience at the Vatican and received His Holiness blessing. Afterward the crew toured Rome during their visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Rome
United States
Arkansas
Vatican
City
West Sees Slaton In Race for Senate
W. S. Weet of Lowndes County former President of the State Senate, staying at the Winecoff, predicts lively Georgia politics next year. He says South Georgia believes Senator Hoke Smith will face opposition, and many anticipate Governor Slaton may enter the Senate race. Weet would consider running for governor if Slaton runs for the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Weet
Lowndes County
State Senate
Winecoff
Georgia
South Georgia
Hoke Smith
Senate
Slaton
West
Aide removed for political acts in steamboat service
Eugene L. Dorsey, Supervising Inspector of the Sixth District Steamboat Inspection Service in Louisville, Kentucky, was found guilty of pernicious political activity and inefficiency. His resignation was requested by Secretary Redfield and approved by President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eugene L. Dorsey
Sixth District Steamboat Inspection Service
Louisville
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Wilson
Patterson Sees Prohibition as Vital War On Liquor
Malcolm R Patterson ex governor of Tennessee told the Anti-Saloon League in Columbus that liquor traffic must end and that prohibition in any form nationwide is essential. He recalled his past stance and urged immediate, broad action to eliminate the saloon as a public menace. Joshua Levering of Baltimore forecast prohibition victory by 1920 as the country grows increasingly aroused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm R. Patterson
Tennessee
Hooper
Tenessee
Patterson
Columbus
Ben W. Hooper
Perley A. Baker
League
Joshua Levering
Baltimore
Prohibition Party
Levering
Plaster Falls Waking Woman Sparks Fire Averted
Chunks of plastering falling on Mrs. Margaret Hipp by 4 30 Wednesday morning alerted the housekeeper for Captain W T B Wilson at 372 North Jackson street. A fire in the second story started from a grate burned through the floor and was extinguished without great damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hipp
W. T. B. Wilson
North
Jackson Street
French Airman Killed When Machine Falls
Captain LaGarde of the French aviation corps was killed at Villa Coublay when his aircraft engine stopped and crashed to the ground. The incident was reported by a naval dispatch from Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Old Ponce DeLeon Park Planned as Playground
President Preston Arkwright of Georgia Railway and Power Company told a Par ent-Teachers' Association committee they may turn the old Ponce DeLeon Park on Ponce DeLeon avenue into a playground next summer. The group urged Mayor Woodward to appoint Councilman Claude T. Ashley to the Finance Committee to secure an appropriation for buying the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Arkwright
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Fourth Ward
Ponce DeLeon Park
Ponce DeLeon Avenue
George Haugh
L. Sage Hardin
Walter Bk. Daniel
W. Hal Barker
Woodward
City Hall
Claude T. Ashley
Moonshine Cases Heard in Athens Court
Hooper Alexander, United States District Attorney, reports Athens court sessions over ten days with moonshine cases totaling 135. One-third pleaded guilty and received light sentences, two-thirds pleaded not guilty and half of those were found guilty and sentenced. He will travel to Rome to convene the latter part of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooper Alexander
United States
Athens
Rome
U.S. to Deliver All Letters for Santa
Washington November 12 The Post Office Department recognizes Santa as a real entity and will receive and deliver letters sent by children. Postmaster General Burleson issued an order to permanently continue turning over to charitable persons or organizations the letters received from anxious children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Burleson
Trinity Students Plan Fight for Football
Trinity College students in Durham have organized and selected officers, preparing a concerted effort to win football support. They seek backing from B. N. Duke, tobacco magnate and college benefactor, amid criticism of Bishop Kilgo for an interview attacking football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N. C
Trinity College
B. N. Duke
Bishop Kilgo
Spencer Attacks His Own Attorney in Court
In Wheaton Illinois on November 12 Henry D. Spencer, tried for murder, attacked his lawyer Anton Zeman after the attorney excused a venireman. Sheriff Kuhn and Deputy Hesterman restrained Spencer, and Zeman fell over the railing.
Georgia Peaches Pay 24205 Dividend
The Georgia Fruit Exchange declared a 10 percent dividend of 24205.99 at its annual meeting held at the Piedmont Hotel. Officers were re elected, including W. B. Hunter of Cornelia as president and J. F E. Davidson of Fort Valley as vice president, with A. D. Marks serving as secretary treasurer and manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Piedmont Hotel
W. B. Hunter
Cornelia
J. F E. Davidson
Fort Valley
A. D. Marks
Hope or Rich to Head Board of Education
Following Walter R. Daley's resignation as president of the City Board of Education supporters urge George M Hope and Walter H Rich to assume the presidency. Major J J Guinn will succeed Daley on the board, per Ninth Ward native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Or Rich
Board of Education
Walter R. Daley
City Board of Education
George M Hope
Walter H Rich
Second Ward
J. J. Guinn
Colonel Daley
Ninth Ward
Conley Aims Not Guilty In Dual Indictments In Phagan Case
W M Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, said there is no law to convict his client and he will plead not guilty to both misdemeanor and felony charges. Conley, longtime witness and admitted accessory after the fact in the Mary Phagan murder, awaits trial in Fulton County court with uncertainties over potential rulings and delays. He remains jailed in the courthouse bull pen, dressed in a blue suit with a red necktie, smiling at reporters but refusing to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Conley
W. M. Smith
Conley
Mary Phagan
Ben Hill
Smith
Dorsey
Ing
Fulton County Grand Jury
Phagan
Frank
Tower
Frank Case Witness In Court as Thief
Gordon Bailey known as Snowball, a negro witness in the Leo M. rank trial, appeared in Judge Ben Hill's court as a defendant. Bailey faced charges of taking part in a robbery of Edward Darden and Lon Chapman, both black men, with Darden claiming $2.50 and a watermelon were taken. Hailey mocked the tale, suggesting Bailey would not return the money if the watermelon remained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Bailey
Snowball
Leo M.rank
Ben Hill
Bailey
Edward Darden
Lon Chapman
Darden
Hailey
Scott
Vice Crusader Talks Of Conditions Here With Head of Force
Virginia Brooks Washburne known as the Joan of Arc of West Hammond Ind is in Atlanta for a short visit with her husband a former newspaper man en route to lecture across the South. She visited Chief Beavers at police headquarters for an hour discussing vice conditions and remedies from Northern cities. She is remembered for her book Little Lost Sister serialized in Hearst papers revealing working girls life in great cities. The couple stay at the Winecoff Hotel and depart tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Brooks Washburne
Joan of Arc
West Hammond
Ind
Atlanta
Wheeler County Is Legal Rules Court
The Supreme Court ruled Wheeler County constitutionally created after a habeas corpus case from Montgomery County. It held that an amendment increasing county numbers to 149 allowed further additions if the public wishes, confirming Wheeler County’s legal status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler County
Rules
Supreme Court
Court of Review
Montgomery County
Wheeler
Georgia Doctor Attacks Euthanasia Op-Ed At Southern Meeting
Dr. Edmund T. Banning read a paper at the Southern Homeopathic Association session in Atlanta opposing euthanasia. He argued that medicine’s view of incurable disease is outdated, calling disease an anachronism and asserting a law of cure. He criticized overreliance on one remedy for sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Homeopathic Association
Ansley Hotel
Edmund T. Banning
Banning
Jacksonville Proposes New Union Terminal Station
JACKSONVILLE FLA Nov 12 The Florida Railroad Commission will hold a session at the Jacksonville Board of Trade rooms on Novem ber 17 to consider a new Union Terminal Station for Jacksonville and to discuss trains to Pablo Beach operated by the Florida East Coast Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida Railroad Commission
Jacksonville Board of Trade
Pablo Beach
Florida East Coast Railway
Governor and Party At Fair at Griffin
Griffin Spalding County Fair reaches peak day as Griffin business leaders declare a holiday Governor Slaton and Mrs Slaton attend with party The Fifth Regiment Band and Spalding Grays greet the governor’s party
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
Griffin-Spalding County
Slaton
1912 Vandy Football Star Dies in Memphis
MEMPHIS TENN Nov 12 Jack Carmon one of Vanderbilt 1912 football stars died here this morning after a month’s illness. The news notes the loss of a prominent athlete from the college team. Carmon’s death is reported as a sudden end to a noted gridiron talent in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandy
Memphis
Tenn
Jack Carmon
Vanderbilt
Slaves Dies En Route to Mobile Health Clinic
William Slaves, a retired Chicago hat manufacturer, died in Mobile Alabama on November 12, near the health clinic he was traveling to for his health. The details describe his death location and mention his prior occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
William
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eorgia
Iltimatum
Malcolm KR. Patterson
Wet
Prohibition
Wholedale
Hazlehurst
Raines
A. BE. Holliday
Holliday
Pope
U.S
Tars
U. 8
Anti-Saloon League
Navy
Sud
Denly
Tennes
Ashley
Santa
Trinity
Spencer
Beavers
Chief Beavers
Ernoon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!