Lovett Sempkins Remanded to Macon After Vienna Raid
Lovett Sempkins, leader of a gang blamed for the Vienna shop burglary, was moved from Dooly County to Macon after a feared mob threat. Sheriff Bennett aired a caution that over twenty prisoners in the jail are armed, with several charged with murder, as authorities pursue accomplices, while Sempkins faces a May trial with potential life sentence.
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Benrigtt
Macon
Bennett
Dodly
Lempkine
Vienna
Cordele
Dooly
Wash Whitehead
Henry Ross
John
Charley
Joe Whitehead
Minnie
Lailie Smith
Sheriff Bennett
Sempkins
Hawkinsville
Durham
Chicamauga
Columbus
Lula Brooks
I. R. Brooks
Roe Hill
J. A. and
Lightwood
al D.I. King
Unadilla
S. Basson
Do Nothing Congress Says Duckworth in Washington
R F Duckworth, president of the Georgia Farmers Union, denounces Congress as a do nothing body. He outlines union aims including parcels post, cotton tax restoration to the South, and support for statistical data on manufactured cotton. He reports Republicans divided and Democrats split, urging papers to advocate favorable legislation and urge congressmen to act.
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Congress
R. F. Duckworth
Georgia
The
Farmers’ Union
Washington
Duckworth
Hanog Mothing
Farmers’ Unionis
Tis
Farmer’ Union
United States
Legislative Committee
Megara
Barrett
Jeffords
New York
Statistical Bureau
North
South
Atlantic and Great Western Canal Association Formed
The Atlantic and Great Western Canal Association organized in Atlanta after a Chamber of Commerce dinner with Georgia Alabama and Tennessee delegates. Judge George Hillyer was elected president and Walter G. Cooper secretary, about twenty vice presidents named, and a push to fund canal surveys and construction.
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Atlanta
Atlantic and Great Western Canal Association
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
George Hillyer
Walter G. Cooper
W. B. Stillwell
Savannah
C. P. Goodyear
Brunswick
J. Pope Brows
Hawkinsville
John A. Betjeman
Albany
Florida
Atlantic’ and Great Western Canal Association
Tennessee River
Atlantic Seaboard
Al‘tamaha River
Political Pressure Key to Bill’s Fate in Georgia
The Atlanta Georgian reports that success depends on union members backing the legislative committee. The piece warns against overconfidence and urges members to write to their congressmen to push for cooperation, noting politicians fear the voters, not the lawmakers.
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Legislative Committee
Atlanta
Unadilla Lumber Dealers Offer Dressed Materials
Dressed lumber flooring weather boarding and ceiling listed by J. A. and D. I. King of Unadilla Georgia as available materials.
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J. A
D. I. King
Unadilla
Death of Mrs Lilly at Lilly City
Mrs Teaipla Lilly of Lilly died last Thursday at about 72. She was a Methodist church member and leaves three sons Messia W B F R S M and J A and daughters Mesdames J H Bowen and A D Godwin with other relatives. Remains interred Friday at Adama cemetery with Rev Ferrell officiating.
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Teaipla- Lilly
Lilly
Methodist Church
Messia
J. A
Mesdames
J.H. Bowen
A. D. Godwin
Adama
Rev. Ferrell
Byromville
Three Candidates in Dooly
Vienna Ga February 10 Special In legislative race interest grows in Dooly County with three candidates. Incumbent editor T A Adkins plans to run but has not announced publicly. Joe P Heard another incumbent is away and unavailable. Jack B Smith a prominent farmer is a candidate.
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Vienna
T. A. Adkins
Joe P. Heard
Heard
Jack B. Smith
Atlanta Constitution
City faces telegraph and streetcar disruption at midnight
Prostrating telegraph and telephone wires cause severe interference with electric street car lines. Forty cars are tied up in different parts of the city at midnight. No casualties have been reported.
Athens Business College Promises Quick Practical Training
A Atlanta reporter notes Athens Business College in Ai ens Ga reports large attendance and strong success. The school touts Byrne Simplified Shorthand and Byrne Practical Book-keeping with a three month program and modern methods. An employment bureau with over 160 agents places graduates in jobs, and students become enthusiastic advertisers for the college.
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Athens Business College
Aiens
Byrne
Athena Business College
Registration Book Open for Ordinary Office at Court House
Notice announces the registration book is open for the Ordinary office at the Court House. It lists the year 1008 and urges eligible voters to register. Official names appear as OLR Morgan T. ODIO.
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Court House
Olr. Morgan
T. Odio
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Lovett
Lhnt Farmers’ Union
Mississippi River
Canal Association
Cannon
National House of Representatives
Bacon
Atlantic and Great Western Canal
John A. Fox
National Rivers and Harbors’ Congress
Ballie Freeney
Bibb County
W. P. Harrell
Eastman
Prison Commission
Supreme Court
Dublin
G. W. Williams
Laurens County
Williams
Woaslington
Express
Monldera
Cordele Rambler
W. J. Speer
R. E. Park
A. Crump
J. J. Lashley
Vienna Cotton Oil.co
Kennebec
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