Macon Forms Navigation Company to Exploit Ocmulgee River
A Macon business group organized the Macon and Brunswick Navigation Company to promote river navigation between Macon and Brunswick. The plan includes two 130 ton capacity river steamers, capitalized at 25000 dollars, built in Macon, with bids opened this week. W. E. Small and A. B. Chappell led the effort with broad local backing.
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Brunswick
Macon
Macon and Brunswick Navigation Company
W. E. Small
A. E. Chappell
A. W. Smith
Messrs
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D. L. McRae
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Lawton Walker Visits Brunswick As Solicitor General Candidate
Lawton Walker of Blackshear, a former Georgia legislator and candidate to succeed John W. Bennett as solicitor general of the Brunswick circuit, was in the city yesterday. Col Walker, a leading lawyer with strong local ties, plans several days of visiting Brunswick.
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Lawton Walker
John W. Bennett
Waycross
Brunswick
Col. Walker
Georgia
Free Trips and Cadillac Lead Jamestown Exposition Contest
Georgia women are urged to join a coupon contest offering a grand prize Cadillac valued at 1650 dollars. Thirteen prizes include business college scholarships and trips to the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk Virginia. Votes rise with subscriptions, and early work boosts a candidate's chances as weeks remain.
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Cadillac
Business College
Norfolk
Pullman Palace
New Wings
City Council Set to Hear Appraisers Report Tonight
The city council meets at city hall for its regular semi monthly session to dispose of routine matters. The key item is the formal report of the board of appraisers on the Mutual Light plant dispute with an arbitrated value rumored around one hundred one thousand to one hundred two thousand dollars. The council is expected to accept the report and settle the trolley line issue.
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Symons
Mutual Light and Water Company
Valge
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Senator Clay Sick in Marietta Ga Causing Cancellations
Senator Clay is confined to bed in Marietta after a trip to South Georgia where he could not speak due to a severe grippe cough and indigestion. Doctors advise rest. recovery may take about two weeks and May engagements to address schools will likely be canceled.
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Marietta
Clay
South
May–June Music Festival opens next week in Atlanta
Atlanta announces the May-June Music Festival to attract about 4000 attendees per performance with audiences from Macon Augusta Columbus Savannah and other Georgia cities plus Knoxville Chattanooga Birmingham and Columbia. Public interest grows with single-seat sales and inquiries to W C Humphries. Dr Bonsteel warns Georgia must shift toward fruit vegetable and dairy production as the state industrializes and urbanizes.
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Georgia
Macon
Augusta
Columbus
Savannah
Brunswick
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Wirmingham
Columbia
W. C. Humphries
Empire Building
Dr. Bonsteel
Government Bureau of Soils
Piedmont
Bonstee
Seaboard Opens Short Line Macon to Savannah
Seaboard Air Line Railroad with Macon Dublin and SavannahRailroad inaugurates a direct Macon to Savannah service via Vidalia. The 171 mile route saves 20 miles from the Central of Georgia path with a 6:30 am departure from Macon and 2:00 pm return from Savannah, five and a half hours each way.
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Macon
Savannah
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Dublin
Brunswick Riflemen Hold Successful Field Day at St Simon
The Brunswick Riflemen hosted a lively field day at St Simon with a convenient boat schedule from the St Simon Transit Company. Races in trotting and running drew large crowds, with Califf and Lamb winning heats before an accident halted the third heat. Higginbotham won the running event, and a Grand Ball at Hotel Bellevue capped the day with strong attendance.
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St. Simon
Hotel Bellevue
Prun
Califf
D. Lamb
BE. F. Taylor
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Higginbotham
Governor-elect Smith busy with legislative prep in Atlanta
Governor-elect Smith spent the past week conferring with newly elected legislators and drafting proposed bills. He plans to stay in Atlanta until inauguration and aims to enact reforms endorsed by the Macon convention with support from reform-minded colleagues.
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Atlanta
Smith
Sinding
West Peachree Street
Georgia
Macon
Friends of Reform
Turner Visits Cypress Plant on Inspection Tour
Mr J C Turner president of the Taylor-Cook Cypress Company of New York City visits the Prunswick plant noted as one of the region's largest for cypress. The plant was rebuilt after a fire about 60 years ago and is now run by M Curry. Turner stays several days.
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J. C. Turner
New York City
Taylor-Cook Cypress Company
Taylor-Cook
Prunswick
Butters Lumber Company
Boardman
North Carolina
M. Curry
Turner
Brunswick Firm Wins Savannah Tug Cambria Overhaul
The Parker-Hensell Engineering Company won the Savannah contract to repair and overhaul the tug Cambria, beating bids from Savannah Brunswick Charleston and Jacksonville firms. The work, valued around eight thousand dollars, includes installing a new set of boilers and extensive repairs. Work will begin immediately after the current plant project concludes, signaling Brunswick’s expanding industrial reach.
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Parker-Hensell Engineering Company
Savannah
Cambria
Charleston
Jacksonville
Avery
Parker-House
Marriage License Promise Reflects Frugal Plans
A man sought a marriage license with a view to cost saving, asking if he could be refunded if the union faltered. Clerk W W Dart compared marriage to a lottery, noting no refunds if the ticket fails, leaving the applicant to concede the risk as he walked away.
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Fair Dame
W. Dart
Court of Ordinary
Tne
Movement on Clerical Celibacy Shocks Paris
In Paris a sensational appeal to Pope Pius X urges abolishing obligatory clerical celibacy for Roman Catholic priests. A petition signed by about 3,000 French priests and curates is said to have been sent to Rome, with similar petitions from other countries. The document claims abolishing celibacy is essential for the church’s health and future.
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Holy Father
Gilblas
Vius X
Rom
Vatican
Gilblag
France
Nis
Opera Tonight Brings Brunswick Talent to Grand
OGAL TALENT 10 PRESENT Opera Tonight showcases Brunswick’s best musical talent in The Little Tycoon by Wil fard Spencer at the Grand. Local stars headline a much anticipated production with box office records already set. Tomorrow the troupe travels to Fernandina for a Friday night repeat before a Florida audience expected to greet the Georgia troupe.
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Brunswick
Wilfard Spencer
Fernandina
Georgia City
Milam recounts whitecappers lashings near Moultrie
In Thomasville a white farmer R H Milam says ten men whipped him in woods near his home after two men including a deputy sheriff claimed he was under arrest. He sought local physicians for treatment saying he was given 100 lashes for not working.
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Thomasville
R. H. Milam
Moultrie
Critical Illness Report of Col. J. H. Estill
Savannah’s Col. J. H. Estill is reported to be critically ill. A private message from Savannah yesterday afternoon confirms his deteriorating condition after weeks of illness. Brunswick residents who know him express deep regret and hope for a recovery for a prominent state figure with many friends.
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J. H. Estill
Savannah
Wr. H. Estill
Brunswick
Hstili
Te Commonwealth
New Glynn County Court House Plans Praised by Architect Betts
Ed S Betts the New York architect who drew the Glynn county court house plans toured the Brunswick site and praised the progress as splendid and safe. He commended the contractors for quality work and predicted a handsome temple of justice in Brunswick upon completion.
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S. Betts
New York
Glynn County Court House
Betts
Newsesterday
Flynn County
South
Brunswick
Ingram vs Hilton Dodge Timber Case Delays Court Session
A dull day in Superior Court as the Ingram versus Hilton & Dodge Timber Company case again consumes court time. The grand jury met with routine matters. no unusual actions reported, and a bill may go to the jury soon.
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Hilton Dodge
Ingram
Hilton & Dodge Timber Company
Iiry
Banker and farmer M. R. Tucker guest of Cypress Co manager
M. R. Tucker of Landesville, noted banker, farmer, and saw mill operator, is visiting the city as the guest of J. M. Curry, the courteous manager of the Mayor-Cook Cypress Company.
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M. R. Tucker
Landesville
J. M. Curry
Mayor-Cook Cypress Company
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