Cotton farmers urged to hold price line in southern movement
Ida Jordan reports from Atlanta that heavy cotton movement to ports in the southwest spurs calls for action. President Harvie Jordan explains bears fear widespread selling while urging farmers and merchants to stand firm, curtail spot sales, and back a coordinated plan to reduce acreage and guano use to sustain prices.
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Houston
Galveston
New Orleans
Southwest
Hinds
New Yorks
New York
Dr Tucker Arrested in Dublin Ga for Malpractice
Dublin Georgia March 4 Dr J M Tucker who moved from Atlanta to Dublin and opened a sanatorium has been jailed on a hogansville malpractice warrant. Officials traced inquiries about his wife and children in Atlanta and he was placed under guard before transfer to hogansville. Few in Dublin knew of his presence or occupation.
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Dublin
J. M. Tucker
Atlanta
Kogansville
J. L. Cowart
Ball
Tucker
Hogansville
Paris acquitted in Abun County murder case
Clayton Ga March 4 The jury in the W S Paris murder trial found him not guilty after a four day hearing. The defense argued Paris acted in self defense when Miss Ida Duncan at Mrs Kings house attacked him with a pistol and the shooting occurred at Tallulah Falls last August. State attorneys included W A Charters and Howard Rhoneon with Gainesville ties.
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Clayton, Ga
W. S. Paris
Peter T. Shore
Tallulah Falls
Paris
King
Ida Duncan
Mra. King
Bhorn
Parris
W. A. Charters
Howard Rhomeon
Gainesville
A. H. Ox
Atlanta
H. H. Dean
WV. P. Palmer
BE. A. Hamby
Clayton
Roger Indicted for Embezzlement in Georgia
Lafayette Ga March 4 The grand jury returned a true bill against J E Rosser for embezzling between 1100 and 1200 dollars from school funds. Rosser has employed counsel and will fight the case. He says he can account for the shortage. A special committee earlier gave him a week to explain but he failed to do so and he was reported short.
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Lafayette
J. E. Rosser
Rosser
Little Girl Burned To Death In Bainbridge Ga
Olive Harrell three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles L Harrell was burned to death in Bainbridge Georgia this afternoon after her clothing caught fire from matches. The tragedy occurred as she played near a vox of matches and flames quickly enveloped her face and body despite efforts to aid her. The incident highlights the ongoing push to reduce acreage and seek higher prices in the southern cotton industry led by Harvie Jordan president of the Southern Cotton Association.
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Bainbridge, Ga
Olive
Charles L. Harrell
Startling Mortality Reported Over Appendicitis
Dr King s New Life Pills praised as remedy for constipation and biliousness by M Flannery of 14 Custom House Place Chicago. The product is distributed by W J Smith Bro and H B Palmer druggists.
Verdery Named President of New York Southern Society
New York March 4 Georgia for the first time has a president of the New York Southern Society Marion F Verdery formerly of Augusta Ga was elected last night The Southern Society added his name to its prestigious list of former presidents including Calhoun Van Wyck and Harrison Verdery is a confidential man in the banking house of Latham Alexander Co Gratton Colville reelected secretary Other new officers include Vice President Dr John A Wyeth chaplain Rev Philip A H Brown treasurer William F F McCombs Jr and executive committeemen Robert L Harrison W W Fuller John P East John M Harrington The group meets for 1907 1908 endpoints in Virginia and Georgia ties support the Southern lineage and local leadership.
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New York
Georgia
New York Southern Society
Marion F. Verdery
Augusta
Marion Verdery
Southern Society
Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Francis R. Rives
John C. Calhoun
Hugh R. Garden
Verdery
Latham, Alexander & Co
John A. Wyeth
Alabama
Philip A. H. Brown
William FF. McCombs, Jr
Arkansas
Robert L. Harrison
Virginia
W. W. Fuller
North Carolina
John P. East
John M. Harrington
Drug stores reap a bit in February whiskey prescriptions
In Charlotte February, the second month of prohibition, doctors wrote 1,694 whiskey prescriptions filled across seven drug stores. The top store filled 535 and the lowest 71. January had 548 prescriptions, about half of February. City recorder released the figures this afternoon.
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Charlotte
N. C
City Recorder
Mysterious central city bank safe robbed in Macon
In Macon on March 4 a broker D W Hill on Fourth street found his safe opened by a mysterious hand and robbed of nearly 500 dollars. The inner drawers were broken and a note collection and pennies from a girls society treasurer Winnie May Ill were taken.
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Macon
D. W. Hill
Winnie May Ill
Hill
Quail Season Closes Amid Plentiful Bird Crop
The quail season will close on the fifteenth of this month and hunters have enjoyed splendid sport for months. As the limit nears, woods will fill with hunters seeking birds in this region and local gun enthusiasts anticipate a busy closing period.
Nicholas Calls For Elective Body
In Tsarskoe Selo Emperor Nicholas signed a rescript offering elected representatives of the people a voice in shaping imperial laws. The move, carefully framed, affirms no regime change nor creation of a constitution, but recognizes the people’s right to be heard while preserving autocratic fundamentals.
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St. Petersburg
Alexandra Palace
Tsarskoe-Selo
Nicholas
Russia
Eperor Nicholas
Albany Court Bill Signed By Roosevelt
Washington reports the Albany court bill was signed by the president this morning creating a new division of the southern district of Georgia with headquarters at Albany. Judge Griggs introduced it with support from Mr. Brantley and Senator Bacon, while Judge Emory Speer protested the division. The measure, urged by Judge Griggs and Georgia senators, received presidential approval after objections were deemed not insurmountable.
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Washington
Albany
Georgia
Griggs
Brantley
Bacon
Emory Speer
Department of Justice
Morgan County Decides to Build Court House by Taxation
Morgan County, Georgia, abandoned a bond issue for a new court house after voter apathy and opposition from prominent citizens. Commissioners will finance the $40,000 project by direct taxation, bids to be publicized immediately.
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Madison, Ga
Morgan County
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John Colville
University of Georgia
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