Valued Citizen K. R. Lewis Dies at 40 in Vienna Bank Leader
The city mourns as K. R. Lewis vice president of the Bank of Vienna dies at his Union Street home after months of illness. Survived by wife Gusie Lennard and children, he built the bank into a trusted financial institution through honest service. Funeral held at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. J. M. Kelly and several ministers officiating. interment in city cemetery. Pallbearers named from close friends. Commercial activities suspended during funeral hour. Also notice for 1916 Dooly County Fair contestants to claim premium certificates.
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K. R. Lewis
Bank of Vienna
Union Street
Lewis
W. B. Lewis
Fes
Hestost
Eee
Hamilton
Acumien
Deaides
Gussie Lennard
Ruth
Ellene
Louise
Kirby Lewis
Mia
W. C. Hamilton
Cordele
Minnie Lewis
P. J. Tony
Chariie
Bob
George
Genie
J. M. Kelly
Montezuma
Wright
Messrs
J. J
Joe Morgan
J. M. Wood‘ward
B. ¥. Forbes
B. Walton
C. H. Turton
W. F.s Newby
J. M. Husbee
Brewer Musical Entertainers to Visit Monday Evening
The Brewer musical entertainers bring a versatile program of violin clarinet trombone piano and vocal solos plus talking sketches readings and orchestra selections. Led by Mrs Edwin E Brewer and featuring Grace Brewer and Rath, they have four years on the concert circuit and have appeared with Lyceum bureaus in twenty six states, delighting audiences and Lyceum committees alike.
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Lyceum
Edwin E. Brewer
Grace Brewer
Tano
Rath
Lyteni
Staten In
theDason
Lyveam
Prohibition Not Settled Yet Faces Legislature Fight
Georgia enforces new prohibition laws with saloons closed and convict camps reduced. Officials report a 25 percent drop in state prisoners and warn that enemies may renew attacks in the 1916 legislature as whiskey interests prepare another push.
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Georgia
Fulton County
State Prison Commission
Auto Crash Near Town Leaves Ten Wrecked
Last Friday afternoon about 4:30 o clock an automobile wreck on the Lilly road near the home of Joe P Smith involved I W King Rasco Carroll and Charlie Peavy. The Buick six owned by B B Carroll ran at high speed as Rasco Carroll attempted to pass another vehicle causing the car to swerve overturn and pin the occupants beneath.
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I. W. King
Rasco Carroll
Charlie Peavy
Unadilla
B.B. Carroll
Lilly Road
Joe.p. Smith
Auction Notice for Tangible Assets in Atlanta
Message from A. By and A. seeks 65 bidders to purchase a comprehensive stock of farthings for sale near Atlanta. It asks interested parties to advise on desirable items and to provide a filled description of the lot. W. W. Croxton, GC, T. A. Atlanta.
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Southeastern
Atlanta
W.W. Croxton
T. A
Haslam Golden Wedding Celebrated by Family
Dr and Mrs W M Haslam of Pinehurst celebrated their fiftieth anniversary with family including children grandchildren and great grandchildren. A noon dinner featured a crystal vase with golden roses and speeches by Rev Robinson and Judge Woodward. The event noted loyal servant Dick and gifts expressed affection from thirty six attendees.
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W. M. Haslam
Pinehurst
Rev. Robinson
Jndge A. Ot Woodward
Miss Hinslem
A. EB. Jordan
Minnie Lee Jordan
Masters
Tule
Jean Jordan
O. H. Jordan
Baby
Evelyn
J. H. Woodward
Vienna Alderman Candidate Announces Candidacy
W. B. Reese announces candidacy for Alderman in Vienna city election set for December 13, 1016. He asks voters for support in the Democratic primary, signed by his friends.
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Reese
Dixie Theater to Screen Where Are My Children
D Thompson presents the film Where Are My Children at the Dixie Theater next Friday December 8. The announcement invites locals to bring scrap metal for Christmas holiday money and promotes a sixty day market for junk.
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Thompson
Demonstration Cars At Pinehurst Dairy Meeting
Farmers and merchants attended last Friday's demonstration cars from 6G 8F Dairy Train. Dr Bramen and R O McCord spoke on dairy cattle care and farm efficiency, with reports from Pinehurst on local methods. Attendees found the demonstrations informative and beneficial for cattle raising in the county.
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Bramen
McCord
Pinehurst
Dramatic film “The Fall of a Nation” at Dixie Theater
Thomas Dixon and Victor Her bert present a wartime prophecy in The Fall of a Nation. Shown December 12 and 18, the ten reel film filmed in Los Angeles explores liberty foreign ties peace propaganda militarism imperialism and a world shaking cataclysm. Women take a leading role in the emancipation as the outcome unfolds.
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Thomas Dixon
Victor Herbert
Dixie Theater
America
Los Angeles
Reverend Wright Returns to Vienna After Conference
Reports from the south Georgia Conference held in Thomasville were read with interest by members of the Vienna church. The key event noted was the return of Rev. W. L. Wright to the charge, promising renewed effort and more effective work after a year of experience.
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South Georgia
Thomasville
W. L. Wright
Pastor in pulpit Seventyseven years asks pension
Thomasville Georgia December Rev E Hi McGehee a South Georgia Conference veteran of fifty seven years in the ministry created no thrilling scene when after reciting what the step meant to him asked the conference to grant him a superannuated relation He and his brother Rev J B McGehee D D who was superannuated last year have given to the church one hundred twenty nine years of unbroken service
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Thomasville
E. Hi, McGehee
South Georgia Conference
J. B. McGehee
Where Are My Children at Dixie headline drama
The vibrating melodrama centers on District Attorney Walton who is childless due to his wife’s deceit. Lillian, daughter of their housekeeper, dies after a web of lies by Mrs Walton, while Dr Mulit faces prosecution for professional breach and moral ruin. Walton’s confrontation with his wife drives the emotional climax.
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Walton
Lillian
Fall of a Nation at Dixie Theatre dazzling collaboration
A grand opera cinema by Thomas Dixon and Victor Herbert arrives at the Dixie Theatre on December 32 and 13. Dixon wrote directed the film while Herbert supplied the score. The epic centers on the origin and destiny of the American Republic, with romance and comedy interwoven through a grand 20th century war tableau.
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America
Dixie Theatre
Thomas Dixon
Victor Herbert
Withal
Important Meeting Thursday December 14 on Boll Weevil Fight
A Dooly County meeting of farmers and business men is planned for Thursday night December 14 to form clubs to combat the boll weevil. Georgia boll weevil specialists Prof. F. G. Oliver and Mr. C. B. Burley will guide the session urging all to unite to grow cotton Seco in spite of the pest. The note ends with an unrelated theater notice for next Friday about Where Are My Children at the Dixie Theater.
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Dooly County
4. G. Oliver
C. B. Burley
Georgia
Savannah Host to South Georgia Dance in Bull Street Lights
Mayor Pierpont invites South Georgians to attend a grand Savannah dance on December 14 along illuminated Bull Street. The city asks editors to extend the invitation to readers and notes railroads will publish low fares for travelers from all points.
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Pierpont
Savannah
Bull Street
Coures
Gayamnahi
Bamaitine
Y. W. J., Bierpont
Egg boycott grips Atlanta restaurants and homes
In Atlanta Georgia the egg boycott action by women affects breakfast menus and the street scene as husbands and neighbors report substitutions and rising egg prices. Restaurants and hotels note the mood as men adopt a cautious stance amid higher costs for cold storage eggs selling at about 20 cents. Local firms like M. Lupo & Co advertise grinding velvet beans.
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Atlanta
Hubby
Fragmented OCR note about names and numbers
A partial OCR fragment lists scattered letters and names including Penn and other initials. The readable content is insufficient to identify a specific event, person, place, or date.
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J. B. Walton
J. C. Teasley
the Brewer
Islature
Bri
Mrs
Hslam
Vienna
Acas
W.L. Wright
Pensio
Dixie
Comine
the News
T., Smith
Howard Coppage
Justice of the Peace
H. W. Powell
T. R. Smith
W. B. Ligon
Howard Coppedge
Oscar Peavy
Bob Lumeden
H. J. Morgan
Robert Mathews
Coppedge
Mr. Ligon
Mr. Smith
Mr. Coppedge
Expr
M. Lupo & CO
Penn
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