When Alice Pilcher was born on 25 May 1888, in Stellaville, Jefferson, Georgia, United States, her father, Dr James Wright Pilcher, was 35 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Stapleton, was 29. She married Carlton Griner Matthews on 14 March 1907, in Jefferson, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Schultz Township, Aiken, South Carolina, United States in 1910 and District 81, Jefferson, Georgia, United States in 1940. She died on 15 July 1962, in Wrens, Jefferson, Georgia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
English (southeastern): occupational name for a maker or seller of pilches, from an agent derivative of Pilch . In early 17th-century English, pilcher was a popular term of abuse, being confused or punningly associated with the unrelated verb pilch ‘to steal’ and with the unrelated noun pilchard, a kind of fish.
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