Impeachment Charges Against Etowah Judge Lovejoy
Impeachment proceedings were filed in Montgomery Alabama against JH Lovejoy probate judge of Etowah County. Accused of willful neglect and corruption including 50 cent overcharges on marriage licenses, excessive recording fees, and unlawful lunacy case charges. Over $1000 in alleged improper collections cited.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Agaist
JH Lovejoy
Etowah
Wood T
Calloway
Thomas L Johnson
J F Lawrence
Lovejoy
Three Wore Dne Of Wounds In Alabama Race Riot
In Tuscumbia Alabama on April 7 Sheriff Charles Gassaway reports Prout and Jesse Davis died from wounds from yesterday's clash with Will Reynolds. Gassaway not expected to live. others not in danger. Prout buried. tension remains high with fear of further violence. In Florence and Sheffield similar unrest. a white man killed by a butcher named Hig and Reynolds body remains exposed.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Sherif Charles Gassaway
Fpa Prout
Jesse Davis
Will Reynolds
Whi Gassaway
Prout
Florence
Sheffield
Richardson
Reynolds
Senate the place to fight Judge Barrow comments
Special Judge Pope Barrow in Savannah fines Jacob Gazen and J Ben Wilson $25 each for passing the life and the blow in the court room last Saturday. He notes mitigating circumstances and says punishment should be nominal and that public fighting should be left to the U S Senate.
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Barrow
Savannah
Pope Barrow
Jacob Gazen
J Ben Wilson
United States Senate
Imperial Tobacco Charter Filed in Chancery Court
The Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland files its charter and articles of association in Richmond on April 7. The document outlines aims to manufacture, purchase, and sell tobacco, own ships, run saloons, and engage in banking and licensing ventures. Capital stock is stated at £5,000,000, with British factories seen as potentially rival to the Imperial and American concerns.
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Imperial Company of
Great Britain and Ireland
Richmond
Imperial Tobacco Company
James MacDonald
Chancery
Corp Tr
Topacco
Cles
England
Ameri UN Tobacco Company
Imperial
Suit for 25000 Damages Over Engineer Death
Mrs. M O Berry of Augusta sues the Augusta Southern Railroad in Waynesboro for 25000 damages claiming negligence led to James W Berry death when a passenger train struck a burned trestle near Ikessville last October. The petition accuses the railroad of failing to discover and warn of the dangerous trestle condition. Berry was a well known engineer on the Augusta Southern. trial expected with strong public interest.
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MO. Berry
Waynesboro, Ga
M O Berry
Augusta
C T Ladson
Atlanta
Waynesboro
Augusta Southern Railroad Company
James W Berrys
Ikessville
Berry
Tenmile
Bainbridge Forms Library Association For Town
Prominent citizens in Bainbridge last week organized the Bainbridge Library Association led by temporary chairman Colonel Albert Russell. About forty members joined including life members, with seven directors named to manage the effort. A charter is sought and a library and reading room will be established in the business section pending a building site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge
Ctizens
Womans Club
Bainfortane Library Association
Albart Russell
T. B Morgan Wiss
Jackson
Arthur Pew Moss Lilias Flemng
Allen G B Toole
R A Graves
Carroll Superior Court Convenes in Semiannual Session
Carrollton Ga April 7 Special Carroll superior court met in regular semi annual session Judge W Harris presiding A grand jury was organized and will be in session some two weeks Civil business will engage the court this week next week will be devoted to criminal business The third week also has a calendar of business ending the court whereas heretofore a full calendar of four weeks did not exhaust the docket The work of the new city court of Carrollton has greatly relieved the superior court.
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Carrollton Ga
Carroll Superior Court
W Harris
Carrollton
Superior Court
Death of Charley C Ellis Right Young Journalist of Macon and Atlanta
Charley C Ellis a 24 year old journalist from Macon died at Tampaig at 3 AM after heart trouble. He worked for The Macon Evening News and Atlanta Journal and sought better health. His mother was with him. The body will return to Macon for funeral at Vineville Baptist Church at 5 PM with pallbearers named Eu Gene Matlom T L Kalburn H W Walker Frank Mallory Polhill Wheeler and W C Underwood.
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Macon
Atlanta
Charley Allis
Tampaiq
Hillis
Ellis
Macon Evening News
Atlanta Journal
Hersice
Bedy
Vineville Baptist Church
Eugene P .Matlom
J Ekalburn
HW Walker
Frank Mallory
Polhill Wheeler
W. C Underwood
Jenkins Bravery Honored With Roosevelt Sword Gift
South Carolina officials and General Wade Hampton discuss the planned sword presentation to Major Micah J Jenkins, famed Rough Rider, to honor his Civil War gallantry. President Roosevelt will present the sword in Charleston on President’s Day, linking past battles to modern tribute.
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Columbia
United States
Charles
Tonne
South
Charleston
Micah J Jenkins
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
New York
Micah Jenkins
South Carolina
Hampton
Wade Hampton
Jenkins
Richmond
Secretary of War
Longstreet
Jenlkans
Virginia
Cardenas
Cuba
West Point
Texas Oil and Pipe Company Chartered
The Texas Oil and Pipe Company charter was filed today with the secretary of state. Capital stock is 3,000,000 dollars and directors include John W Gates along with Hoge-Swayne syndicate members H E Brooks and W E Campbell. The firm plans to lay pipe across the eastern part of the state from Beaumont and Corsicana.
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Austin Tex
Texas Oil and Pipe Company
John W Gates
Hoge-Swayne
H E Brooks
W E. Campbell
Beaumont
Corsicana
Mississippi Rail Traffic Resumes After Flooding
Meridian Mississippi reports traffic on the Mobile and Ohio and the Alabama and Vicksburg lines has reopened south of Meridian after about ten days of disruption. Trains now run through the flooded districts but full schedules may take days or weeks to resume as tracks remain only partly repaired.
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Meridian
Miss
Mobile
Gime
Alabama and Vicksburg
Millionaire Party to Visit Knoxville in April
Information received indicates the Robert Co Ogden party of about eighty millionaires will stop in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 20 for eight hours. They will travel in a special Pullman train and spend time at the University at Tennessee. A Chattanooga stop of four hours will follow.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Robert Co Ogden
Milionaires Whho
Pulmans
University of Tennessee At
Chatanooga
Man Armed with Auto Fireworks Runs Through Charleston
A man depicted as intoxicated and masked as Charles Charleston caused chaos in Charleston streets. He fired or threw projectiles near a crowd, wounding a motorman in the leg and prompting a wide panic. Police restrained ten men in a desperate struggle to subdue the assailant.
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Michael
Charles Charleston
Sage
Nolicemart
Artacipnt
Smallpox in Twenty-Four North Carolina Counties
The March health board bulletin reports smallpox across twenty four counties with Wilson County tallying ninety seven cases. The piece notes upcoming rallies in Charlotte on April 26 with speakers Joyner and McIver, plus Governor Aycock backing the movement. General Hoke heads to Cranberry mines with one hundred workers as ore ships to Johnson City and Greensboro's iron and steel furnace may reopen under Empire Steel. Rural mail routes face carrier recruitment and eligibility debates including objections over counting negro tenants without mail.
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State Health Board
Raleigh
N. Qn
State Board of Health
Wilson County
Charlotte
Joyner
McIver
State Normal and Industrial College For Women
Aycock
Robert F. Hoke
Cranberry
Johnson City
Hoke
Greensboro
Empire Tron and Steel Company
New Jersey
Widow under suspicion in Lawson murder case
In Dupin county, April 7 special reports say two men, Crank Thompson and Herring Carter, were arrested on suspicion of killing Peter Lawson. Carter is charged with the shooting. Thompson is said to be an accessor. Rumors claim Carter had improper ties with Lawson’s wife who allegedly offered Thompson 7500 to kill Lawson. Unclear details include a window shade torn to give sight of Lawson, and Carter’s dog being taken from Lawson’s land the night of the crime.
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Wame
Peter Lawson
Rileigh N. C
Dupin County
Crank Thompson
Herring Carter
Carter
Lawson
Thompson
Verdict Awarded for $4000 in Husband’s Death
In Birmingham on April 7 a circuit court awarded Mrs Charles Ensien a $4000 verdict against the Birmingham Traction Company. Her husband was struck by a street car turning a curve about two years ago and died months later from his injuries.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles Ensien
Circuit Court
Birmingham Traction Company
Ensiens
Smallpox Outbreak Reported in Norfolk City Jail
Two developed cases found in the Norfolk city jail. Prison population 267 under strict quarantine. All prisoners vaccinated. About thirty cases total. Suspected cases to be sent to the pest house at Craney Island, nine miles from the city.
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Thatity
Norfolk
Craney Island
Alcamanan Ended His Life by Own Action
N W Vinson of Clayton, a prominent citizen, died by his own hand at his Clayton home at about 4:30 am on April 7. He reportedly despondent over business troubles, had long been in horse trading and livery. He was 60, survived by a widow and two sons.
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N. W. Vinson
Clayton
Bufaula
Ala
New Vinson
Winchester
Atlantic Coast Line Offices to Remain in Wilmington
In Raleigh on April 7, officials asserted the Atlantic Coast Line general offices will stay in Wilmington and be enlarged after acquiring the Plant system. Clerical staff and shop work will increase there. Also, the auxiliary cruiser Hornet commissioned at Wilmington with five divisions of naval militia aboard under Captain W. T Old, heading to Charleston.
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Wilmington
Ralagh
Atlantic Coast Line
Raleigh NC
Hornet
Brigade of
Naval Milita
W. T Old
Elizabeth City
Charleston
Election fraud charges brought against city council members
Norfolk grand jury issues true bills against DA Unnerdown Frank Jacobs H Kelly Emmett Joynes and Robert L Reid for alleged election frauds in November. Charges include neglect of duty and corrupt conduct. Four accused council members represent the fourth ward.
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Norfolk
D A. Unnerdown
Frank Jacobs
H. Kelly
Emmett
Joynes
Robert L. Reid
Pike County Court Meets as Legislature Candidate Spoke
The spring term of Pike superior court convened with Judge Reagan presiding. Grand jury elected Hon J Madden as foreman and heard an address from Judge Reagan. Local candidates Colonel A A Murphy and J F Madden spoke during recess. Primary date to be fixed by executive committee, with June 6 considered.
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Zepuken
Pike Superior Court
Heyma
Reagan
A A. Murphy
Parnesville
C BR. Gwinn
Sheri
Gwinn
J. F. Madden
Jung
Addres
Rome's New City Officers Sworn In
Rome Ga April 7 Special eight new officers were sworn in with J D Hanks as mayor replacing Thompson Hiles. Five new councilmen named John Graham C B Pruden Hugh McCrarey J B Owens and J D Pollock. Hold overs: W M Owers C H Lavender Harper Hamilton P H Vandiver and Harry Williamson. Officials elected include J A Collier chief of police W Simmons deputy Halsted Smith clerk and attorney Wright Willingham recorder L P Hammond physician W P Simpson treasurer H Given overseer and C King sexton. The Hiles administration notes a budget surplus and talks of a new term for city projects.
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Rome
J.D. Hanks
Thompson Hiles
Harry Williamson
J A. Collier
W. Simmons
Halsted Smith
Wright Willingham
L. P. Hammond
W. P. Simpson
H. Given
C & King
Hiles Admiistraion
Treaas
Suspected incendiary blaze destroys two Villa Rica stores
Villa Rica Ga April 7 Special Fire found inside Friend and Quinns clothing store at 1 am and quickly spread to Tarpleys millinery. Both wooden buildings were consumed with little found at the rear. Evidence points to incendiaries. Hendersons nearby store saved by heroic work. Friend and Quinn carried 2000 insurance. Tarpley had none.
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Villa Rica
Friend & Quinn
Tarpleys Millinery
Hendersons
Tarpley
Schley Cancels Chattanooga Festival Visit
Mayor Chambliss today announced Admiral Schley sent a letter saying he cannot attend the Chattanooga spring festival. He plans to travel via Washington from Memphis and will arrange to spend a short time along the route.
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Schley
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chambliss
Admiral Schley
Chatanone
Washington
Memphis
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Bigelow
Lowell
Royal Willtons
Yew Ste Minsters
Axminsters
Axminster
Netier Ingrains
Tapestry
Roxbury
Columbian Book Store
M. Taylor
Brown & Allen
G. J. Kamper Grocery Co
Chas. W. Crankshaw
Hightower & Graves
Jno
L. Moore & Sons
K. M. Turner
China
Tripod Paint Co
Chamberlin- Johnson-DuBose Co
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