Third party clash at courthouse as Weaver lauded by Democrats
The Third party gathered at the county courthouse drawing from Hall Gwinnett Jackson Oconee Oglethorpe Madison Wilkes counties to hear James B Weaver while Democrats led by General Gordon won an ovation outside. Gordon accused Weaver of venomous pretensions while Third party leaders tried to block speakers.
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Court House
Hall
B'l
Clarke
Watson
John B. Gordon
Commercial Hotel
George T. Murrell
Messrs. Haney
Jackson County
Weaver
General Gordon
Crayford
Democratic rally ends as Third party faces reality
General Gordon spoke forcefully on tariff and pensions as Third party supporters gathered with a few converts among the crowd. About five hundred Third party men attended, alongside roughly two hundred fifty black attendees and four hundred Democrats largely staying away in Athens. After remarks at a dining with Prof. George Dudley Thomas, Gordon departed for Paulding county where he would speak next, while the piece forecasts an eventual Third party decline.
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General Gordon
Weaver
Gordon
W. B. Burnett
Capt. Burnett
Athens
George Dudley Thomas
Paulding County
Old
Free State
Georgia
H. L. Loucks
National Alliance
Robins
A.@. Wardall
Wild West
W. Y. Carter
Hart County
Danielsville
H. H. Carlton
Madison County
Dr. Carlton
Alfd
Carlton
Teocoa
Jasper Nash
McArthur
Montgomery County
350. Ryals
Lumber City
Jesup Sentinel
Covington
Ball Ground Baptist
Cherokee County
Albany News and Advertiser
Jim McElroy
Fleming
Sim Road
Jim
Leesburg
Long & Son
Sam Road
Mitchell County
Shot in Madison Reports Conflicting Explanations
Harve Mathews was shot in Madison on a Saturday night with a bullet lodged near his backbone after a confrontation claimed to involve a pistol shot. Mathews says a negro fired after a quarrel over his wife, but he will not prosecute. A conflicting report blames his brother Boge Mathews in a buggy dispute near Helicon Springs on the road to Danielsville.
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Harve Mathews
Dr. Benedict
Mr. Mathews
Helicon Springs
Danielsville
Memorial marble work offers best value in Georgia
The ad urges remembering the dead with marble monuments and headstones. It touts Mr. A. Robertson of Athens Georgia for low prices, quality marble, and scientific workmanship, claiming few in the South can excel him and praising his character as admirable.
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Georgia
A. RB
Athens
South
Robertson
Opossum hunt tragedy kills Madison county youth Jim Owens
A misfortune during an opossum hunt in Madison County claims 17 year old Jim Owens after a limb from a fallen tree struck him on the head. He died at home a few hours later despite medical care, and his funeral was held in Danielsville last Saturday.
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Jim Owens
Madison County
Owens
Danielsville
Third party meeting fails to draw Danielsville crowd
In a Danielsville gathering, Hon. H H Carlton addressed Democrats as Third party speakers, including Wardall Loucks Hobins and Carter failed to appear or speak. Party lines held firm with Carlton dismissing the Third party presence, while a midnight incident in Franklin county left a young supporter burn injured and labeled a Democrat.
Corrupt Third Party Deadline Rally in Congo Bottoms
A humorous tale from Athens as a Democrat and a minor third party member travel by buggy through the Congo bottoms. They remark on corruption, with the Democrat declaring the third party dead and unable to muster friends for a burial, while the other insists the scent signals the old party’s demise.
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Congo Bottoms
Athens
Democratic Party
Bill
Judge Adams Dead Prominent Georgia Jurist Dies
Savapnan Georgia September 26 Judge A Pratt Adams of this city died yesterday afternoon after a brief illness. Overwork was given as the cause. He was a University of Georgia graduate and a classmate of the late Henry W Grady. He was an eminent jurist and a citizen Georgia can ill afford to lose.
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Savapnan
A Pratt Adams
A Georgian in Texas Endsorse Huckleberry Cordial
Sherman Texas resident G B Wallace writes that after years of use Huckleberry Cordial is the only reliable medicine for bowels and teething in children. He cites long history of trust and effectiveness in the home remedy.
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G. B. “Wallace
Sherman, Texas
Georgia May Win Large Democratic Majority Says Officials
The Atlanta Constitution reports Governor Northen and Comptroller Wright expect a strong Democratic surge across counties including Henry, Butts, Gwinnett and Clayton. Barbecues in Calhoun, Jackson, and Lawrenceville drew 9,000 Democrats as leaders discuss rough statewide totals and campaign vigor.
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Atlanta Constitution
Northen
W. A. Wright
Henry
Butts County
Gwinnett
Gordon
Clayton
Calhoun
Jackson
Lawrenceville
Cotton Situation A Talk With Capt J H Rucker
Captain J H Rucker, an authority on cotton, predicts prices will ease for sixty days due to rising receipts. He says spring may bring higher prices as the crop is very moderate and advises farmers to hold back cotton to wait for better values.
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J. H. Rucker Whails
J. H. Rucker
Rucker
UNC-Texas Inter-State Football Challenge Promised
The University of North Carolina challenges the University of Georgia to a football game. Practicing begins immediately to reach peak condition for the event. Time and venue to be announced. A promising and eagerly anticipated matchup. Also an advertisement notes a liver tonic sold at local drug stores for 60 cents per bottle.
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University of North Carolina Thss
University of Georgia
J. Crawford & Co’s
Palmer & Kionebrew
Printers battle in Atlanta over new scale and boycotts
STRIKING TYPOS ATLANTA SEPT 26 The printers stand firm against city offices that have refused to sign the new wage scale. A red boycott card lists the Constitution Franklin Empire Sunny South and Atlanta Newspaper Union. The Federation of Trades will withhold patronage from advertisers aligned with these offices. The Atlanta Typographical Union warns merchants of a strike against non union offices and announces The Daily Citizen, a free 10000 copy daily paper, to reach 50000 readers with local news and ads.
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Atlanta
Constitution
Franklin, Empire and
Sunny South Printing Companies
Atlanta Newspaper Union
Federation of Trades
Atlanta Typographical Union
Merchants of
Federation of Trades and the
Daily Citizen
Early’s Son Boxing Match Abandons Ring in Winston
In Winston, North Carolina on September 26 a boxing match was billed at the opera house between J A Early, son of General Jubal Early, and a colored opponent. Just as the pair were to enter the ring, the event was aborted with about 2000 spectators waiting, causing the fight to fail to take place.
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Eral Jubal Early
Winstons
N. C
New Orleans
Mitches
Winston
J. A. Early
Jubal Early
Iust
Benny
Marriages and local notes from Tweed and surrounding areas
The matrimonial season opens with six couples united in marriage including John Ricks and Miss Mattie Harrison George Wall and Miss Lucy Graham and Ira Maddox and Miss Ella Drew. Reports from Sand Hill hunters and local obituaries accompany farming notes on corn potato crops and a sudden death. News items cover church divisions over whisky, a depot robbery case, a farmer's rice plan, and regional crop and timber conditions with remarks on the Floyd Rifles and McRae college construction.
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Tweed
John Ricks
Mattie Harrison
George Wall
Lucy Graham
Ira Maddox
Ella Drew
Thomas A. Gould
Atlante
Sand Hill
Tennessee Railroad
Peck Indicted as Labor Commissioner Appears in Court
In Albany on September 26 Labor Commissioner Charles F. Peck and his stenographer faced bench warrants in the court of sessions. Sealed indictments in the court were opened and disclosed indictments against Mr Peck and his associate. Four more men were named to be tried later.
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New York
Boni
Atpany
Charles F. Peck
Court of Sessions
Mr. Peck
Justice Lamar Stricken With Paralysis at Home
Wasuinenon Sept 26 Justice L Q C Lamar of the United States Supreme Court and ex-Senator is reported an invalid at his home after a stroke suffered last Wednesday He is described as an eminent jurist and a long time public figure and is with his wife at home
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I. Q.C. Lamar
Supreme Court
Wasuinenon
L. Q. C. Lamar
United Supreme Court
Lamar
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs Advised
The notice urges readers to visit their druggist for Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs. Trial sizes are free, with bottles priced at 60 cents and one dollar, sold by all druggists.
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