Directors Meeting and Police Change At Milledgeville
Canned Goods Of All Kinds joins Joiner and Nicholson as asylum directors. Capt John A Cobb left for the quarterly meeting in Milledgeville today. Policeman H D Cobb resigns due to ill health. Hudson and Blalock lease the artisan block corner for their law office. Bedford Gibson and William Green bond and are released after jail for burglary and riot respectively. A Rabid Dog bites Larkin Dupree near Friendship. dog shot. Baptist church ladies raise one thousand dollars for interior decor. eight hundred already raised. Mr A T Holleymian of Leesburg, Fla, in city prospecting. others arrive daily to pursue the same business.
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Asylum
John A. Cobb
Milledgeville
Indies of the Baptist Church
New Baptist Church
A. T. Holleymian
Leesburg, Frs
Purcis
Well Deserved Promotion For City Street Car Conductor
Jesse Gunn, a longtime and prominent street car line conductor, was yesterday promoted to motor man. The move is seen as fitting given his experience and competence. Also noted is Superintendent Reymond Reese celebrating his forty-seventh birthday.
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Jesse Gunn
Steet
Reymond Reese
Knights of Honor Initiates New Member in Americus Lodge
At the last meeting of the Americus Judge of Knights of Honor one new member was initiated and fifteen applications for membership were received. This old insurance order has paid out thirty two million dollars in losses over the past sixteen years. Heirs of deceased members of the Americus lodge have been paid. The order aims for minimal cost and assured payments for the needy, providing reasonable insurance.
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Knights of Ho
Americas
Knights of Honor
Americus Lodge
Norwood Speaks At Baxney On Gordon Feud In Searing Clash
Hon T M Norwood addressed a large audience in Baxney Ga on October 17 criticizing Gov John B Gordon for attacking him over issues raised by the alliance. He accused Gordon of failed business ventures and pushing a cotton seed trust while resigning Senate to join a railroad monopoly. Norwood teased his own Senate bid and said his name would be before voters, though no resolutions were adopted.
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Baxney
T.M. Norwood
John B. Gordon
Norwood
Gordon
Senate
Prize Drills Draw Atlanta Crowds as Soldier Units Arrive
Special to ArcommEx reports from Atlanta on October 20 as military companies from across the South arrive for the State drill and Interstate contest. Fort Worth Fencibles, McCarthy Light Guards, Brunswick Riflemen lead the influx. Prizes include state and interstate infantry categories, cavalry, and individual soldier awards with medals to follow. Betting centers on Atlanta Rifles and Gate City Guards. Grady Cadets were ruled out of state militia eligibility.
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ArcommEx
Atlanta
Fort Worth
Texas
Fencibles
McCarthy Light Guards
Little Rock
Brunswick Riflemen
Infantry
Sss Reves
Atlanta Rifles
Gate City Guards
Grady Cadets
Mr Bartow Council Struck by Horse Fall In Pasture
Sunday afternoon Mr Bartow Council fell or was thrown from his horse while driving cows home. He lay unconscious in the road, skull crushed and temple indented, with little hope for recovery. A negro man found him and carried him to his house as Dr Hinkle tended him through Sunday.
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Bartow Council
Hinkle
A Beautiful Sight At Wheatley Ansley Display Windows
A reporter notices Wheatley & Ansley window displays on Jackson street featuring black dress goods pyramid arrangements with two toned lace backgrounds and neat gentlemen’s furnishing displays. Designer credit goes to S B Stanfield and A W Goodham.
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Jackson Street
Messrs. Wheatley & Ansley
8. B. Stanfield
A. W. Goodham
Messi Wheatley & Ansley
Kicked by a Horse Ends in Critical Condition
Saturday night C C Harden and Robinson left the city for their country home. At W J Stewart's plantation the horse suddenly bolted and kicked Harden while he tried to quiet it. Robinson was knocked down, and Harden, badly injured, took refuge in Stewart's house in very critical condition.
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C. C. Harden
Mr. Robinson
W. J. Stewart
Mr. Harden
Harden
Robinson
Stewart
Jackson Street Public School Opens With Busy Book Store
Monday marked the opening of Jackson Street Public School with over five hundred scholars in attendance. The book store was kept busy supplying textbooks while students carry satchels donated by Thornton Wheatley and Little Mardre. Parents fear cold due to no steam heating yet. hopeful installation soon will ensure warmth. The Central road plans a new passenger depot siting in the park south of current buildings, pending city council encouragement, a move viewed as beneficial to both city and railroad.
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Jackson Street
Thornton Wheatley
Little Mardre
Central Road
Will It Be Black The Macon Senatorial Talk
Special to Recouper reports intense political chatter in Macon on October 22 about the Georgia senatorial race. The legislature’s new members crowd hotels as discussions focus on J C Black with both Gordon men and Alliancemen showing support, contingent on his stance toward the farmers movement. The piece notes Black’s broad appeal and the need for a clear Alliance posture to secure the prize.
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Atlanta
Constitution
Macon
J.C. Black
Black
Gordon
A Talk With Mr Harrold A Macon News Interview
The Macon News recounts an interview with Mr A B Harrold of Americus a leading banker and cotton merchant and senior partner in Harrold Johnson Co He explains shifting from warehouse and supplies to cash loans noting strong farmer repayment and crop security while discussing crop losses from recent rains depressing cotton prices to 5 7 cents per pound. An Elegant Present from freight office workers
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Harrold
Macon
A.B. Harrold
Uriah B. Harrold
Americus
Harrold, Johnson & Co
Big Day Planned in Americus on Fifth Next Month
Prince announces five major Georgia events in Americus on the fifth of next month. A merchant marriage, the Presbyterian Synod gathering, an APS cent circus, Bailey's Haberdashery opening a top men’s line, and Prince Bros turning out premier carriages for a wedding.
Poole Accepts Chief Clerk Post on 8 A M Road
Mr A B Poole recently resigned the freight agency of the 8 A M road at this point and has accepted the position of chief clerk in the office of Mr W J Matthews Master of Trains of the same road. His friends and merchants will petition to retain him as freight agent. Poole is regarded as a top railroad man and his services are valued though the company regrets his realignment.
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Poole
A.B. Poole
W. J. Matthews
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Larkin Dupree
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G. 8. Johnson
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Joel A. Walker
James A. Lewis
Columbus
Tom Slappey
Lena McArdle
R. H. Slappey, Jr
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Wheatley & Ansley
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Augusta
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Shaw
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