Railway agitation costs Georgia merchants money
Merchants in Georgia blame reduced passenger trains on railroad cost cutting amid anti railroad legislation. The cut in lines from Atlanta to Charlotte slows travel and raises costs for traveling salesmen, reducing efficiency and business. Local merchants and farmers face higher expenses and lost sales as schedules tighten.
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Southern Railway
Georgia
Yia
Southern Railroad
Atlanta
Charlotte
N.C
Hoke
Smith
Cat Sucks Breath From Baby Ends Tragic Tale
A few weeks old child of Mr and Mrs Charles Emmett at Gainesville cotton mills died after a cat allegedly slept on the infant's face. The mother awoke to fear and found the baby dead with a scratch behind the ear. The report notes longstanding rumors of cats suffocating infants, though the claim is formally vouched for in this instance.
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Charles Emmett
Gainesville
Movement to Endow Perry-Rainey College
Rev Hiram N Rainey of Bethlehem leads a drive in Auburn Ga to raise 50000 for Perry-Rainey Institute half for equipment and half for permanent endowment When 25000 is raised Georgia Baptist convention education board will make Perry-Rainey an accredited secondary high school and support it. At the Tamage Hardware Co Christmas sale pocket knives scissors sets offered.
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Hiram Rainey
Auburn
Hiram N. Rainey
Bethlehem
Perry-Rainey Institute
Educational ‘Board of
The
Georgia Baptist Convention
Negro preacher run from home by own race in Oglethorpe
Reports say Willis the negro preacher fled Wolfskin district after a mob demanded he leave his home. Later accounts indicate the assailants were fellow black neighbors, scattering fear across the settlement as the grand jury considers action. Willis and his wife reportedly sought refuge with a friend.
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Willis
Wolfskin
Oglethorpe County
Wolkskin
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Schwatka
North
Athens
Muither
Neuk
Hail County
Sarah May McElreath
Perry-Rainey College
Scisory
Tamage Hardware Co
South Dakota
E. D. Clapp
Mound City
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
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