Fluid of Death Poured in Church Sparks Local News
A sensational damage call filed in Americus details a chaotic day with a church bolt strike, a death from lightning, and many injured as the Leslie tragedy unfolds. Richard Dodson is killed. others are shocked or prostrated. The church catches fire but rain helps quell the flames.
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Richard Dodson
Leslie
Americus
Mr. Peacock
Young Dodson
Young
Dodson
Rafus Dodson
W.A. Dodson
Lite Baptist Church
WILL REVISE THE JURY LISTS OF SUMTER COUNTY
Sumter county jury commissioners failed to meet for revising the jury lists as three old members will serve again and two vacancies remain. Evan Smith of the 17th district is new on the board with two more picks soon named by Judge Littlejohn. Past revisions left 600 to 700 names overlooked, sparking protests from those omitted who argued their eligibility.
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Sumter
C. O. Sheppard
J.B. Battle
J. F. Bolton
Littlejohn
Evan Smith
Jas
Thirteen Bales Mark First New Cotton Arrival in Georgia
Thirteen bales of new cotton, the first large lot sent from O. O. Clay’s Georgia plantation, reached warehouses yesterday as 600 to 700 more bales are expected. The shipment, worth eight cents per pound, drew local attention and showcased Clay as a progressive farmer with a notable tea plantation home.
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Mr. O. O
Clay
Americas
Georgia
Falmers
Visitors in Americus Daily News
A long roster of residents and visitors is listed as Miss Florence Page, Col. W. M. Hawkes, Mrs. John T. Taylor and children, Miss Yonah Buchanan, Miss Lillian Reese, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Pate, Mrs. M. T. Elam, Miss Bessie Harper, Mrs. John Sheffield, Miss Mamie Clarke, Capt. C. C. Clay and Mrs. Clay, Mrs. J. O. McArthur, Mrs. Jas. Dodson, Mrs. Willie D. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Gatewood, Miss Eola Bass, Mr. Charles L. Ansley, Messrs Hattie and Amazio Daniel, and Miss Ware, among others, traveling or visiting Americus and nearby towns.
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Col. W. M. Hawkes
Americus
John T. Taylor
Atlanta
Lillian Reese
Buena Vista
J. 8. Pate
Cordelo
Allen House
John Sheffield
Henry 8. Collier
Mamie Clarke
C. C. Clay
Salade
N.O
North Georgia
Eola Bass
Leila Watson
Taylor
Charles L. Ansley
New York
Wheatley & Ansley
Hattie and
Amazio Daniel
Sumter
Ware
Hogansville
Olin Daniel
Charles M. Council
Annie Council
White Sulphur Springe
Allen Wheatley
J. A. Wheatley
Linville
N.C
Prohibition Storm Over Graveyard Records Incident
A wave of protest swept Americas yesterday as the Times-Recorder reported that graveyard records were used by a few prohibition zealots to push their cause. Citizens denounce the act as ghoulish vandalism harming venerable locals, including long–time church and business figures. The piece urges restraint and a higher standard of conduct, urging combat on moral grounds rather than inhumane tactics at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Americas
Times-Recorder
Georgia
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ellwood Steel Wire Fence streamlines fencing work
A developer highlights Ellwood Steel Wire Fence as a ready woven system that speeds up post setting and stretching across long stretches. After posts are set, rolls of fencing are laid along the ground, fastened at the starting post, then drawn into place with a woven fence stretcher. Staples are driven to secure each post.
Prohibition clash over desecrated Oak Grove Cemetery
The Times Recorder condemns acts by prohibition supporters who allegedly vandalized Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus and Sumter County by exhuming graves and publishing a list of white male citizens buried there. It calls for investigation, urges officials to act, and warns against moral vigilantism in the heated political fight.
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Americas
Oak Grove
Americus
Sumter County
Lee County
Sumter
Times Recorder
Texas
Prince Chen Arrives in Roosevelt Visit by Sylph
Prince Chen with Assistant Secretary Peirce Wu Ting Fang and Sir Liang Chen Tung travels to Oyster Bay for a Sagamore Hill call. The group, accompanied by prince aides, boarded the gunboat Sylph at East Trinity street pier around 9 a.m. and departed shortly after.
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Prince Chen
Roosevelt
New York
Peirce
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Liang Chen Tung
Mr. Wu
Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
East Trinity Street
Sylph
Mother's Friend Promises Health for Mother and Child
A vintage advertisement asserts Mother's Friend eases labor and ensures the mother and baby are healthy, hearty, and cheerful. It claims external use relieves pain of parturition and promotes clear complexion and pure blood. The copy promotes the Bradfield Regulator Company of Atlanta, offering a free treatise.
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Nat
Mery Eecilty
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Prominent minister praises lemon elixir cure
A minister testifies after ten years of indigestion nervous prostration and kidney troubles he has been cured by Dr Morley’s Lemon Elixir and is now well. The letter is signed by Elder M Bacuerah Boni at No 28 Tatnall St Atlanta Ga indicating a personal endorsement of the tonic.
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Draggis
de. Morley
Dave
Elder M. Bacuereh Boni
Tatnall St
Atlanta, Ga
Honored friends at Springs social in Virginia
A Macon News reader reports that Mr. C. M. Council of Americus, Ga., visiting White Sulphur Springs, gave a large supper Monday evening in honor of Miss Josephine Shaw of Macon. Mr. and Mrs. William McEwen Johnston of Macon attended with Miss Shaw.
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Macon News
White Sulphur Springs
Americus
C. M. Council
Josephine Shaw
Macon
End
William McEwen Johnston
Negro preacher debate echoed in Macon sermon
The Macon Evening News quotes Rev. W W Lucas from a Commoner column as a controversial piece on race. The remarks critiqued by Lucas include harsh depictions of African Americans and the white response, noting the misattribution of the speech to W W Lucas who allegedly never visited Macon.
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Bryan
W.w.luche
Macon
Ray. Lucas
Jim Crom
W. W. Lucas
Lasas
Macon Evening News
Reward for Lost Chain on Buntay Third Ward
Notice of reward for a lost ladies gold chain with a gold slide set with rubies. The chain was lost in Buntay, third ward. Reward will be paid upon return to the office.
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Buntay
Old
Special Bargains Farm and Estate for Sale Near Al Erichs
Property listing offers five hundred acres with four improved farms three miles from Al Erichs. Includes central and suburban residence, cultivated open land, storehouse, vacant lake, and farm equipment. Auto price quoted. Real estate dealer notes half cash terms and negotiable prices.
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Teria
Alerichs
Ferma
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