Funeral plans for Justice Lamar announced in Macon
The funeral arrangements for Justice Lamar were set after a bar association meeting. A seven member committee was named to represent the bar, with Emory president Dr. Candler and pastor Dr. Black to conduct services. The body lies in state at the Virgin home and will move to Mulberry Street Methodist Church for Friday services, followed by burial at Riverside cemetery.
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Justice Lamar
G. W. Guatin
J. W. Patterson
B. M. Davin
J. A. Thomas
A.J. Miller
C. L. Bartlett
J L. Hardeman
A. Reid
Washington Dessau
Georgia Bar Association
Hoke Smith
Atlanta
Waite
Virgin Home
Mulberry-Street Methodist Church
Black
Candler
Emory College
Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Altes
Riverside Cemetery
Price
Smith
Pearson
Captain Park
Justice LQ. C. Lamar
Atate
Gumbora
Flaga
Federal Building
Mavon
Milledge Jo
Emigration Fever Among Negroes From Georgia to Oklahoma
Emigration from Dooly, Schley, and Macon counties to the Indian Territory grows. Five to six hundred have already departed, with hundreds more planned, causing alarm among farmers over labor shortages and reduced cotton and corn acreage. Agents allegedly lure destitute Black tenants beyond the state line. locals vow to pursue action.
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Dooly
Schley
Macon
Indian Territory
Red Hills
Georgia
Americus
Barron's
Langa
Andersonville
Oglethorpe
Oklahoma
United Underwriters Merges to Atlanta Home Insurance
In Atlanta on January 25 a major commercial move formed by amalgamating Twe Fire Insurance and Atlanta Home Insurance results in the new Atlanta Home Insurance Company. Stockholders include prominent Atlanta capitalists and the merger dominates commercial discussions. Also in brief, Texans compliment their senator as the Texas Senate rejects a Hatch and option bill resolution in favor of a substitute. In Alabama, Mrs Davis of Mosrooneny is denied a pension of 6500 per year by the upper house. a reconsideration motion will be pursued tomorrow.
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Atlanta
United Underwriters Insurance Company
Atlanta Home Insurance Company
Galvestox
Tex
Senate
House
Texas
Messrs. Coke and
Mills
Davis
Mosrooneny
Ala
Alabama Assembly
Jefferson Davis
Martin
Torexa
Porkina
United States
John Martin
Topeka
Kanan
J. K. Hudson
Douglas
Farmers Form Dawson Athenaeum In Terrell County
In Canaey January 25 farmers of Terrell county begin year with belief cold winter bodes good crop. A literary society named Dawson Athenaeum forms, rooms secured in Baldwin building, officers elected, library and periodicals ordered, donations pledged. A concert at Hart's opera house raises funds for the new Methodist church.
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Canaey
Terrell County
Dawson Athenaeum
Baldwin
J. G. Parks
J G. Dean
C. H. Arthur
F. M. Harper
T. H. Thurmond
Manor Bradley
T. 8. Simmons
New Methodist Church
A. J. Carver
Emma J. Jones
Atlanta
Ala McCollum
J. H. Guerry
Decatur County Superior Court
Judge Bower
Terrell Superior Court
Moses Speer
Americus
Dawson
E. H. McGehee
M. Whiting
Elias Clark
Sumter County
Maco mentions move and river steam line in Macon
Macon notes Dr John J Brantley moving from Crump Park to Mercer University Taft Gall Square for easier access. Visitors William H Sells and John Reed Whipple arrived from Boston by train and will travel through Texas into Mexico. Satilla steamer anchored at Sixth Street, 100 by 30 feet, with potential riders and freight. Macon expects 20 percent freight savings once water line to New York and eastern markets starts, saving about 2000 daily. Fire destroyed thirteen two room tenement houses on Muguinta Heights owned by Ellis and Sims. inmates lost belongings. Knights of Pything Installament at Academy of Music drew crowd. Card band and First Presbyterian choir performed. welcome by Frank A Cohen. installation led by W B Shatsman. Judge Charles J Bartlett spoke.
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John J. Brantley
Belles Lettres
Mercer University
Haa
Crump’ Park
University
Taft- Gall Square
William H. Sells
John Reed Whipple
Boston
Mass
Permies
Texas
Mexico
Satilla
Macon
New York
Muguenta Heighta
Theodore Ellis
Roft
Sims
Knights of Pything
Academy of Music
Card
First Presbyterian Church
Frank A. Cohen
W. B. Shatsman
Charles J. Bartlett
Hill as a Lawren and the Burke scheme in Columbus
Senator David B Hill opened a case in the supreme court before Judge Ingraham seeking to recover 8 million dollars diverted by Stevenson and Burke in an attempted purchase of the Columbus and Hocking Valley railroad. He alleged Winslow, Lanter & Company lent 15 million on notes. a 1.45 million mortgage doubled the road and others debts. Five hundred thousand dollars funded that effort, and now the rent of the money is in question.
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Burke
Columbus
Mocking Valley
David B. Hill
Ingraham
Supreme Court
Stevenson & Burke
Columbus & Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Winslow, Lanter & Company
Senator 1.1
Cotton in Americas Holds Back Farmers Awaiting Higher Prices
A prominent warehouseman says more than 40,000 worth of cotton is stored in his Americus warehouse, largely owned by Sumter County planters. Farmers expect better prices at season’s end and plan to hold supply, aiming for a 10 cent a pound peak while urging self-sufficiency in hog and corn production to support future income. The piece notes warehouses in Americus, optimism about next year’s crop, and the impact of the new administration on prices.
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Americas
Farmera
Sumter
Wall Street
Americus
Sumter County
Inauguration Carnival Opens New Era in Savannah
January 25 headlines report Jaime Cotten’s rise as K’ag Cotton is inaugurated amid a carnival of festivities drawing 10,000 visitors. Officials welcome the king with a city-key ceremony and public sports events as warm springlike weather graces Savannah. Other items note Oklahoma Utah New Mexico statehood talks delayed for Nicaragua canal debate, Georgia railroad rates adjustment at Brunswick, and rumors of Emory Speer’s Supreme Court appointment amid rail executive resignations.
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Jaime Cotten
AvoverAa
Savannah
Bargain Sale Offers Hundreds of Household Goods
Retail hours extended for a few days with deep discounts on French chinaware tea sets flame oil stoves silver plated ware Rogers Tarbour patterns and more. Items include lamps, wicks, baskets, fruit bowls and china cups at half to one third off regular prices with several hundred and five hundred price points noted. More stock and exact half price tags accompany the display.
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Rogers
Tarbour's
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