Black Robber Killings Near Augusta Prompt manhunt
In Augusta Georgia area a farmer W L Collins of Edgefield County is fatally shot at Foxs Creek by two highwaymen while returning from Augusta. Neighbor George Wood is wounded in the hip and shoulder as they resist the attempted robbery. The two unidentified attackers fled into woods as searching parties and officers pursue them. an inquest is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Collins
George Wood
Augusta
W. L. Collins
Edgefield County
Fox’s Creek
Martinsburg Road
Aiken County
Mr. Collins
Mr. Wood
Mir Collins
Mr Wood
Bir Wood
Dre
Cardinal Is Entertained Oyster Roast at Tybee Island
Cardinal Martinelli and Bishop Kelley were guests at a Tybee Island oyster roast with Dr J Hawkins hosting dinner. The churchmen attended a cathedral fair opened the previous night with ceremony and will depart for Washington the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tybee Island
Savannah
Cardinal Martinell
Mgr Rooker
Kelley
Cardinal Martinelli
J. Hawkins
Washington
Butler Elected Chairman in Madison Georgia
Madison Ga April 2 Special The democratic executive committee met today and unanimously elected Hon Edward WW Butler chairman in place of the late Iron WW 9R Mustin. Colonel Butler long champion of democracy. Primary election for governor state officers and county officials is set for June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Madison
Democratic Executive Committee
Edward WW
Iron
Mustin
Athens Post Office Seeks Extra Clerk as Business Grows
Athens Ga April reports show a large rise in postal volume and population. Postmaster Fleming requests authorization for an additional clerk, with indications that approval will follow. The surge marks rapid city growth over the past eighteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Fleming
Madison County Democratic Mass Meeting Elects Officials
In Madison Georgia on April 2 the mass meeting of the Madison County Democratic Executive Committee elected F L Sond as chairman and Fr J O Daniel as secretary. A resolution by Col J E Gordon on buying and selling votes was discussed and lost. the June 5 primary for county officers and representatives was set.
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Madison
Danielsville
Madison County
Court House
Bs F.L Sond
J. O. Daniel
J. E. Gordon
Fulton County
Waycross Hosts Ware County Teachers Institute
The Ware county public school teachers organized a monthly institute to meet on the fourth Saturday each month in Waycross. County School Commissioner T R Bennett was elected president with Lanky Booth as vice president, W O Brewer as secretary, and Miss Bertie Morrison as treasurer. The group plans a county teachers library with next meeting addressing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Monthly Institute
Waycross
Ware County
T R. Bennett
Lanky Booth
W. O. Brewer
Bertie Morrison
April Fool Runaway Prank At Washington Street School
Twenty five boys and girls fled the Washington street school on April Fools Day. They were denied admission this morning and parents were notified. The pupils must repeat their examinations after proper correction by the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Washington Street
Rick
Miss Spragg To Wed Rev Duval In Africa Mission
Richmond Va April 2 Special after awaiting arrival chances Miss Alice M Spragg will leave for Africa on April 23 where she will marry Rev L M Duval a missionary with the foreign board of the Southern Baptist convention She will join him in Yoruba country West Africa to open a new field and has been accepted for missionary work with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ms. Duval
Richmond
Alice M.sprage
Adricz
L M. Duval
Foreign Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Primary Date Named for Stewart County Nominating Election
Lumpkin Ga April 2 Special The county executive committee set May 3 as the primary date with lively politics. Candidates include J T Harrison and former Senator G Y Harrell for representative, plus contenders for clerk receiver treasurer tax collector and sheriff positions. Several incumbents face challenge and others run unopposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumpkin
J. T. Harrison
G Y. Harrell
S. O. Walton
B. F. Hawes
N W. Halliday
G. R. Brown
T. J. Orr
J A Davidson
H. C. Coleman
W. W Wood
A F. Perkins
W. 8. Sherling
R. +. Hobbs
W. K. Johnson
Costly Fire in Columbus Destroys G R Golden Pomeroy Home
A fire at 43:30 this morning gutted the residence of G R Golden and J F Pomeroy in Columbus Georgia. Mrs Pomeroy’s jewelry and cash were lost, insurers cover only part of the damage, and nearby homes caught fire but were saved. Chief Burrus’s horse bolted and his red buggy smashed, with no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handsome
Columbus
G R. Golden
J F. Pomeroy
Burrus
Broad Street
Family May Have Drowned On Houseboat Disaster Near Elk River
A white fisherman named Ben Jones his wife and seven children are missing after a storm last Friday drove their house boat on the Tennessee River against rocks and mussel shoals near Elk River. River high water hampered search efforts. wreckage fragments found but no bodies yet. Elks elect officers in Decatur with John W. Knight as exalted ruler and officers named for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ala
Down River
Ben Jones
Tennessee River
Elk River
Hong
Elks
Als
Spec'als
Decatur Lodge of Elks
John W. Knight
W. J. Nesbit
Ed R. Whitton
James E. Morrow
Claude F. Drake
P. J. Ednam
HB. Beard
Henry C. Calvin
Trier
Richard A. Adams
Salt Lake City
Blewett BP
Wallace
Governor Vetoes Measure on Congressional Reapportionment
Richmond April 2 Governor Montague vetoed the congressional reapportionment bill citing the January 16 1301 act and Virginia constitutional provisions. He states apportionment must equalize population and compact districts and the bill fails these requirements. He notes Virginia is not entitled to increased representation and a failure to apportion will not affect its current representation. Athens Dirt S: Athens Ga April Special The Athens real estate market shows a yearly gain exceeding 49000 driven largely by new manufacturing interests.
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Richmond
Montague
General Assembly
Virginia
Congress
Athens
Jefferson memorial and good roads convention opens in Charlottesville
The Jefferson memorial and interstate good roads convention opened in Charlottesville with General Fitzhugh Lee chairing. Colonel Moore praised the special train tour’s impact, noting 50,000 people reached and $4 miles of road built across six southern states and seventeen conventions.
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Moore
National Association
South
Charlottesville
Fitzhugh Lee
Lee
Jefferson Memorial
Monticello
University of Virginia
United States
Middle Atlantic
Charley W Allen
Paul B. Barringer
W. F. Moore
National Good Roads Association
Chicago
Fitzhugh Tee
W C. N Fanolph
Jefferson M Levy
P. B Barringer
Allen
John B Moon
R. W. Richardson
Stuyvesant Wish
Hirppis Central Railroad
Poisoner Convicted In Alabama Water Poisoning Case
In Anniston city court Eva McKenzie was found guilty of attempting to poison Mrs. W. W. Woodruff by lacing drinking water with strychnine. McKenzie and her father Bob McKenzie were implicated. he awaits trial as an accomplice. Another verdict found Sylvester Prince guilty for shooting at a train near Dukes Station, injuring a negro passenger.
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Anniston
Ala
the State
Eva MccKensie
MecKensie
W. W. Woodruff
Prince
Dukes Station
Louisville and Nashville
Attalla
Th's
Rich Man Is Life Voter
Decatur Alabama April 2 Special James E Mooney a Cincinnati magnate registered as a life voter under the new constitution this week though he had not previously maintained a residence in Decatur. He owns and operates several large interests in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ala
James E. Mooney
Cincinnati
Lfe
Mooney
Crime Near Graveyard: Tinker Found Unconscious in Ale
Charlie Howe, a strolling tinker in Montgomery Ale, was found near the graveyard with a severe head wound and unconscious. Tools lay about, signs of a fierce struggle, doctors fear he will die, and no clear sight of the attacker emerges.
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Montgomery
Ale
Charlie Howe
Primary Week Nears as Fulton County Voters Prepare
Registration officials in Fulton County rush to sort and count registrants ahead of the upcoming primary vote. Registrar Stewart works to organize books, weed duplicates, and arrange ward and precinct lists for poll workers and the manager. Sam W. Small delays his campaign events due to his wife Mia Smal's ill health, hoping to address voters soon if circumstances improve.
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Basily
Fulton County
Golls
Stewart
Iscoyérea
Small
Sam W. Small
Hast Point
Collage Park
Hapeville
Atlanta
Mia Smal
Mayor backs Partridge amid police controversy
Seattle dispatch notes Mayor Low declines to comment on the police department and Police Commissioner Partridge while expressing confidence in Partridge. The piece also covers labor strikes in Greenwich and Portchester, mine outages in Butte, and various federal, church, and colonial affairs of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low
Partridge
Colonel Partridge
Capitalists to Harness Catawba Falls Power
A Philadelphia diverse group including J B Duke and George A Watt visit Fort Lawn near the Catawba river falls in South Carolina. They own surrounding lands and plan to develop 50 000 to 100 000 horsepower for electricity to mills and towns in upper Carolina, likely sequestered at the falls and transmitted elsewhere.
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Columbia
S C
J. B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Boon Duke
George A. Watt
W A Erwin
North Carolina
Chester
Fort Lawn
Catawba River Falls
South Carolina
Upper Carolina
Miss Ruth Hill Weds Arson Beard in St Paul Ceremony
Miss Ruth Wil Hull daughter of President James J. Hull of the Great Northern Railway and Northern Securities Company wed Arson AicCook Beard, a New York City attorney, at the family residence on Summit Avenue at noon. Archbishop Elihu Treland officiated. An informal reception followed with about 130 guests invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hill
St. Paul, Minn
Summitt Avenue
Ruth Wil
James J. Hull
Great Northern Railway and Northern Securities Company
Arson AicCook Beard
New York City
Elihu Treland
Negro Prisoner Fends Off Lynching in Edenton Jail
A mob armed with revolvers and shotguns tried to storm Edenton county jail to seize Thomas Early the black man who confessed assaulting 16 year old Pearl Perry. He was moved from Suffolk Va to Edenton with strong guard and Gov Aycock military aid. If not lynched he faces trial tomorrow before Judge Jones in Elizabeth City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edenton
N. C
Thomas Early
Miss Pearl Perry
Shadreck Perry
Early
Suffolk
Norman
Aycock
Judge Jones
James Wilcox
Elizabeth City
Here
Fluctuating Ports and Diplomatic Moves Across Europe
Laborers strike at Fiume port halting shipments while European leaders plan coronation appearances. A missing Alps expedition member is found alive as another is confirmed dead. Royal appointments stir American circles in Rome as diamond and sugar trade moves ease. The British steamer Athena wreck leaves seven survivors at Punta Arenas with others lost.
Baseball at Mercer. Varsity vs Law Class in Macon
In Macon Georgia on April 2 the University baseball team played the Law Class squad at Patinall Square Park in a heated contest. Vickery started for the regulars and Slee pitched for the Law Class as they improved after a weak first two innings. The Varsity looks ahead to the Saturday game with Tech in Atlanta, with many students planning to travel to cheer.
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Macon
Patinall Square Park
Piaces
Vickery
Zames - HH
Aeehaoog
Tech
Atlanta
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Africa
Alice
Spragg
Sgolumbus
Yie Ping
Dominson
Jefferson
Charlottesuills
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
State of Oslo
Toledo
Lucas County
Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toteco
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Sealy Notary
Greenwich
Conn
Portchester
Building Trades Council
Builders’ Association
Butte, Mont
Amalgamated Copper Company
Messmer
Green Bay
Manila
Philippine Islands
Mer Satollt
Rome
John Kaspraycki
Resurrectionists Congregation of Priests
Pope
Propaganda
San Jacinto Forest
Riverside County
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Berly Palace
Berlin
House Committee On Claims
Court of Claims
Adams
Pennsylvania
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Quarles
Maxwell
San Francisco
Hull
Dungeness
Lghthouse
Bremerhaven
Patagonia
Bahia
General Pinzon
Cartagena
General Salamanca
Cunard Line
Etruria
Fayal
Azores
Liverpool
Archdeacon Shaw
Japan
Tokio
Kus
Awad Hega
Exnton
Fiume
Hungary
Emperor Williams
Edward
Prince Henry
Prussia
Haron von Seckendorff
Count von Waldersee
von Koester
Count von Seckendorff
Rax Alps
Lower Austria
Macedonia
Albania
Porte
Macedeniar Committee
Arma
Henry White
London
George von L. Meyer
Italy
Mr. Meyer
Amsterdam
Hitler Dempster Company
Kingston
Jamaica
Avonmouth
England
Athena
Joel
Cape Piller
Chile
Punta Arena
Baseball
Mercer
Lane
Philadelphia
William Lane
Blo Jarden
Hunter
Senate
Ada Hunter
Kinston
Pillsbury’s
Eg de Mauwua
iRebuLigingc
Keely’s
Brussels
Mattings
Astrachan
IK Bely’s
Southern Eng.aviing Co
Bettie
Souuhwitt Engraviing Co
Southern Eng. Co
Atiuia, Ga
ORL CR
Giggleyge & Bud
Soos River St
Hi. T. Go
Gavannat
Nationa Window ‘Jooners Association
Gidiao
Gorard
Soweile Wholesale and Retail
Byay
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