Atlanta to Macon trolley plan seeks two hour schedule
Application to the railroad commission seeks authority to raise millions via stock and bonds for a trolley line from Atlanta to Macon and on to Albany and Americus. Massie and partners anticipate construction soon with two hour service between Atlanta and Macon within a year once charters are amended and securities disposed.
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Railroad Commission
Atlanta
Macon
Ity
Albany
Americus
Atlanta, Griffin and Macon Electric Railway Company
Americus and Albany Electric Railway Company
Securi
W. Jordan Massee
Mr. Massie
W. J. Kincaid
Griffin
Joseph 8. Davis
M. Felton Hatcher
New York
Cen- Georgia Power Company
Ocmulgee
Flint
Comany
Averue
Bibb County OKs 75000 for Schools and New Boys High
The Bibb county commissioners unanimously appropriated 75000 dollars for Bibb county and Macon schools for the year starting July 1, 1908. The education finance committee urged the sum to cover planned improvements and repairs worth about 10000 dollars. Both sides pressed for a new Boys High School to supplement Gresham High School with 450 pupils, signaling continued educational advancement despite reduced revenues.
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Macon
Bibb County Board of Commissioners
Bibb County
Board of Education
Gresham High School
Veterans Raise Point Over Near Beer Ordinance
In Macon Georgia the city council faces a decision on restricting near beer sales outside the fire limits. Ordinary C M Wiley notes veterans, who receive licenses free, may be affected if the ordinance passes. A meeting of the ordinance committee was postponed due to a member’s absence.
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Macon
C. M.wiley
Iley
Sheffield Acquitted in Christmas Eve Killing
Cordele Ga Luther Sheffield is found not guilty of murdering his father Duncan Sheffield on Christmas Eve after a two day trial. The verdict was greeted with universal approval and no criticism has been voiced.
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Cordele
Luther Sheffield
Duncan Sheffield
Elks Acquire New Savannah Clubhouse on Oglethorpe Avenue
The Savannah Lodge of Elks purchased the Colonel Blerene Gordon mansion on Oglethorpe Avenue near Bull Street for $20,000. The upper floor will become a single lodge room while the lower floor will house club rooms, creating an attractive home for their eleven O'clocks.
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Savannah
Savannah Lodge of Elks
Blerene Gordon
Oglethorpe Avenue
Bull Street
Tae
Trains to be Put Back and New Georgia Line Plans
The Georgia railroad commission ordered the Central of Georgia Railway to restore passenger schedules 7 and 8 between Albany and Americus after a strong Albany delegation urged restored service. The commission also approved Georgia Southwestern and Gulf Railroad stock and bonds totaling 8 million dollars to fund a 155 mile line from Dawson through Terrell Calhoun Dougherty Baker Miller to Florida, with W. M. Legg as president and H. A. Bruton as secretary.
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Atlanta
Railroad Commission
Albany
H. A. Tarver
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Americus
Railro Commission
Georgia Southwestern and Gulf Railroad Company
Dawson
Terrell
Calhoun
Dougherty
Baker, Miller
Decatur
Florida
Gulf Coast
W. M. Legg
H. A. Bruton
Andersonville Memorial Day Draws Big Crowds
Sunny Andersonville Georgia hosts Union Memorial Day with 4000 whites in attendance and 800 Confederate veterans and families among the arrivals by a Fitzgerald special train at 10 30. Company L fourth regiment national guards Americus kept order and joined in cemetery exercises. The memorial hall at the cemetery was dedicated after lunch amid good order.
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Andersonville
Fitzgerald
Atlanta
Macon
Fourth Regiment
National Guards
Americus
Babe in Satchel Mystery Stuns Atlanta
Four week old baby in a new traveling satchel linked to a stylish man and woman who left the child at Martha Berry’s home on Rhodes Street. Berry received a dollar to care for the infant until the couple returned from a theater outing. The satchel contained baby clothes paregoric and talcum powder.
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Atlanta
Martha Berry
Rhodes Street
Change in Garnishment Laws Favored by Georgia Bar
Georgia Bar association at Indian Spring elected officers led by President J Hansell Merrill and First Vice President B F Abbott. The body recommended changing garnishment laws to require bonds from out of state plaintiffs suing foreign corporations, easing transfer of funds within Georgia.
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Georgia Bar Association
Indian Spring
J. Hansell Merrill
Thomasville
B. F. Abbott
Atlanta
O. A. Park
Macon
Z. D. Harrison
Sam Sibley
Union Point
Georgia
Pastor’s Services Appreciated In Eatonton Farewell
In Eatonton Georgia Dr and Mrs J M Brittain of First Baptist Church were bid farewell with a generous purse intended to buy a horse and buggy. The Britains leave for Atlanta as they relocate their home and Dr Brittain is noted for leading major Georgia charges and serving as an officer of the Central Baptist association.
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Eatonton
J. M. Brittain
First Baptist Church
Atlanta
State Gleanings Reports and Local Updates
Postmasters appointed in Braswell, Lavender, Leslie, Lambert, and Merriwether counties replacements noted. June 15 set for hearings on railway number case. First watermelons of the season arrive in Atlanta from Umaville Florida. Funeral Directors Association of Georgia to meet in Atlanta June 16 17 with J B Hart as president and G H Brandon chair. Infant drowning in Lithia Springs. Master plumbers oppose city tax. council takes up issue. Frank Hunter acquitted in Valdosta murder case. Growth in Cuthbert residences. R F D carriers meet in Milledgeville. Griffin census shows local population rise. Forgeries indicted in Rome and Fulton, trials pending. Macon Tattnall Square church seeks pastor. Rev D N McLaughlin to Austin Texas. Macon to enforce flat wheel streetcars. near beer ordinance proposed with licenses. Ocilla lawyer W P Autrey dies. buried Molena after short marriage. Seaborn A Wright shot in Hastman. Nine tornadoes linked to recent storms. Mrs. C A Meitzler of Savannah commits suicide amid eviction and foreclosure.
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Braswell
Paulding
Rose Crossley
B. J. Singleton
Lavender
Floyd County
Nathan H. Iass
J. A. Erwin
Leslie
Sumter
Elizabeth A. Watkinson
I.H. Wilkinson
Lambert
Liberty County
Melissa Miller
B. M. Hammond
Merriwether
Geo. W. Jenkins
James BH. Carriker
J. N. Talley
G. H. Brandon
Atlanta
E. L. Alman
Mansfield
W. I. Wilson
Augusta
J. B. Hart
Macon
Atlanta Council
Frank Hunter
Frank Wilson
Valdosta
Hunter
Wilson
Cuthbert
Milledgeville
Griffin
J. O. A. Miller
Spalding County
Spalding
J. J. Weaver
Fulton County Grand Jury
Columbus
W. C. Bowden
C. B. Davis
Rome
Tattnall’ Square Presbyterian Church
D. N. McLaughlin
Mr. Laughlin
Austin
Tex
First Presbyterian Church
True Patriotism in Chicago News Commentary Parrot Quip
A Chicago News quip jokes about patriotism and a man warned by a woman about hearing for his own good. The exchange includes a line about a parrot and a ball game cut by a visiting team’s defense.
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Johnny
Chicago News
Cranky bachelor ponders heaven marriage and wine
A cranky bachelor jokes that heaven lacks marriages. He notes that a woman leaving a grocery with nothing being chewed is odd. He adds wine and women share some traits, but aging improves wine.
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Heaven
Self-Made Woman Outshines Man in Art Claim
The piece argues that in art the self-made woman exceeds the male rival in creation, asserting female independence and ingenuity surpass traditional male self-making in cultural production.
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ELKS
Savannah Lodge
Gordon
Memorial Hall
Babe
Beers
W. P. Autrey
Ocilla
Harris
Molena
Seaborn A. Wright
Hastman
Gustine
Weather Department
C. A. Meitzler
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Ullmans
Ullaian Co
Cincinnati
OIC
NEW Home Sewing Machine Company
Orange
Mass
Sine
Morey
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