Fragmentary Note on Legislative Figures and Voting Patterns
A garbled OCR listing names and factions from a legislative debate. The fragment cites figures like Morgan, Spooner, Fairbanks, Hawley, Platt, Shoup, Lodge, and Warren among others, with references to opposition, minority, and potential uprisings, but lacks coherent narrative or dates.
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Try
Clay
Cub Larris
Hottfeldt
Tes
Nevada
West
Ord
Carter
Fairbanks
Hawley
McCumber
McPettie
Platt
New Yorl
Shoup
Brennan
Warren
Tha
Senate
Ninth District Committee Acts Primary May Fifteenth
The Ninth District Democratic Executive Committee met in Gainesville to order a district wide primary on May 15 to nominate a U.S. representative, aligning with the state primary rules. It also set a June 13 convention in Gainesville to declare the election results and elect a district executive committee for two years.
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Democratic Party
Gainesvie
Hall County
Georgia
Ninth Congressional District
Luther D. Puckett
Ninth District
Boniface Thomas C. Candler
Fourth District Convention Set for Warm Springs
LaGrange Ga April 12 Special In pursuance to a call issued by Judge F M Wongley the democratic executive committee of the fourth congressional district met this morning The convention was ordered to be held at Warm Springs August 16th Each county will send delegates double its legislature representation Delegates may be chosen at each county's discretion No battle anticipated in the fighting fourth.
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Gainesville
Democratic Executive Committee
Ninth Congressional District
John W. Henley
Arlington Hotel
W. B. Smith
Hall
Banks
Fannin
Gilmer
Habersham
Jackson
Pickens
White
Cherokee
Forsyth
Gwinnett
Lumpkin
Towns
Charles I. Bass
T. W. Webb
B. F.perry
Georgia
Statehouse
Supreme Court
Congress of the
United States
General Assembly
Warm Springs
LaGrange
F. M. Wongley
Fourth Congressional District
Leesburg
Quitman
Georgetown
State Executive Committee
Registration in Muscogee Democrats hope massive May roll
In Muscogee County up to tonight 1 809 white voters are registered and by Saturday night 2 000 names will be enrolled. Tax Collector Andrews will tour country districts next week to offer farmers a chance to register. Officials expect white registration to exceed recent years as practically every Democrat will be on the roll by May 1.
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Columbus
Muscogee County
Andrews
Truitt Sells His Cotton at Eight to Warehouse Reform
LaGrange Ga April 12 Mr George W Truitt sold his 1899 cotton crop 150 bales at 9 1 2 cents He previously hauled 100 bales in September with 20 on top and a board promising eight cents or to the warehouse The warehouse took the lot yesterday he earned several hundred dollars more than last August when 150 bales brought 3 00 The farmer plans a radical farming shift with 200 acres wheat 100 oats 300 corn and 200 cotton plus a large milk herd and hogs ready for market later this year He expects to carry 100 200 hogs to Atlanta next fall.
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LaGrange
George W. Truitt
Atlanta
Injunction Granted Over Windsor Hotel Foreclosure
In Americus Georgia Judge Littlejohn issued a temporary injunction restraining Charles A Fricker from disposing of the Windsor hotel bought six months ago for forty thousand dollars under mortgage foreclosure. The Americus Manufacturing and Improvement Company represented by W H Simmons seeks to reimburse Fricker and reclaim the property after he later secured purchase money from a northern concern. A lengthy petition spans sixteen pages and signals a heated legal battle to regain possession.
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Fricker
Americus
Littlejohn
Charles A. Fricker
Windsor Hotel
Americus Manufacturing and Improvement Company
W. H. Simmons
Negro postmaster arrested for short accounts in Georgia
A Black postmaster from Chubbetown near Cave Spring, Rome County, Ga., was arrested by Inspector Ed Beatry and taken to Dalton for committal trial. Shepperd faced a $900 shortage, largely from postal orders sent to firms nationwide without funds to cover them. He is from one of the county’s wealthiest Black families.
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Rome
Fom Shepperd
Chubbetown
Cave Spring
Ed Beatry
Dalton
Shepperd
Wright acquitted in Carrollton murder trial
Carrollton Ga April 12 Special The trial of Taylor Wright for the murder of Henry Campbell ended with a not guilty verdict. Four prominent locals were arraigned first and Wright later confessed the act. The coroner held two inquests. The trial of F B Ward for murder of H W Maxwell began today and will likely run several days as many witnesses testify.
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Wright
Carrollton
Taylor Wright
Henry Campbell
F. B. Ward
H. W. Maxwell
Mormon Converts Plan Church at Hard Labor Creek
Monroe Ga April 12 Special Henry Studdard prominent farmer has joined the Mormon faith and tomorrow a meeting will organize a church at Hard Labor creek with Studdard made an elder. Sixteen elders from across the state will attend as locals show great interest in the event and barbecue to celebrate.
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Monroe
Morgan and
Watton
Hard Labor Creek
Henry Studdard
George Clark proves alibi in Perry bank burglary case
Perry Ga April 12 Special Court adjourns as two murder cases are tried. Joel Lane, white, is acquitted after killing a black man over a stand line dispute. Steve Frederick is acquitted for killing another black man at Fort Valley in 1898. George W Clark on trial for burglarizing the Perry Loan and Savings Bank is discharged after alibi.
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Perry
Joel T. Lane
Steve Frederick
Fort Valley
George W. Clark
Perry Loan and Savings Bank
Mortuary notices for Ernest Shubrick and Minnie Wooten
Ernest Shubrick of Washington Georgia died at his home from pneumonia. Burial planned in Pendleton, D C, with EB Shubrick of Jacksonville as a relative. He leaves a wife and three children. Minnie Wooten, thirty five, died at her brother Colonel W B Wooten’s home in Albany Georgia after years of illness. Burial at Oakview Cemetery near her late father Judge Counci B Wooten, who was interred two days earlier.
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Ernest Shubrick
Washington, Ga
Washington
Pendleton
D. C
Shubrick
EB. T. Shubrick
Jacksonville
Fla
Minnie Wooten
Albany
W. BE. Wooten
Oakview Cemetery
Counci B. Wooten
Athens Court Rules Against Sheriff For Releasing Two Women
Judge Russell in Athens issued a rule against County Commissioner Hodgson and Sheriff Wier to show cause why they should not be held to account for releasing two negro women jailed on a peace warrant. The women, held near Athens for a disturbance, were freed after Hodgson learned the case had settled, prompting the court to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Russell
Joseph M. Hodgson
John W. Wier
Aittle
Hodgson
Wier
Judge Russell
Macon Plumber 18 Missing From Home
Macon Ga April 12 Special A well known Macon plumber Mike Coffee has been missing for two weeks. Police assist in the search while the public library raises funds to buy new books. Annexation will be a leading campaign issue with candidates urged to declare platforms. Judge Emory Speer returns to handle business before summer vacation. The grand jury meets next Monday with fewer murder cases than before. Louis Burghard recovering from appendicitis. Private Joe Miller wins medal at Macon Volunteers drill. Mrs Valeria Lamar McLaren named alternate commissioner to the Paris exposition.
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Macon
Mike Coffee
Flower
Public Library
Annexation Club
Emory Speer
Mount Airy
Louis Burghard
Macon Volunteers
Joe Miller
Haziehurst
Minter Wimberly
Miller
Valeria Lamar McLaren
Candler
Small lip carbuncle claimed Phenix City woman
Mrs. William Adair of Phenix City Ala died after a unusual lip infection described as a carbuncle. The 24 year old widow had noted itching on her lip a week earlier, a stall pimple appeared, swelling followed and she died five days later. Her funeral was held at the Baptist church in Phenix City.
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Adair
Phenix City
Ala
Columbus
William Adair
Baptist Church
William Adfr
Atlanta
de- Tnach
Hostory
Census enumerators named for Eleventh District in Georgia
Dublin April 12 Special Census Supervisor Alex Akerman announced 106 enumerators appointed with six replacements. Among the appointees are twelve African Americans, hired where white men declined. Counties listed include Glynn, Laurens, Camden, Clinch, Coffee, Dodge, Echols, Glynn, Irwin, Johnson, Lowndes, Montgomery, Pierce, Telfair, Ware, Wayne, Bartow, Appling, Charlton with names and colors noted for several.
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Dublin
Alex Akerman
Akerman
Glynn County
Brantley
Laurens
J. F. Moore
G. L. Chapman
T. D. Smith
L. V. Stone
T. W. Hooks
Harvard
Charles E. Griffis
K. L. Griffis
Jesse M. Wall
East
Pufford
Dodge
C. B. Murrell
C. G. Horn
William J. Bledsoe
James M. Sapp
Ernest E. Pearson
Henry Hanneman
Thomas S. Wilcox
W. H. Hosford
Echols
B. A. Carter
Glynn
John
Macon Presbytery Convenes in Talbotton Georgia
The Macon presbytery met at Ephesus church Bellview with Rev W R Owings of Fort Valley in charge. The dedicatory sermon for the new church will be preached tomorrow by Dr J Morria of Macon. Delegates include Rev W H McKay Dr L Morris Rev R R White Rev J Kirk land Rev C H Hyde Rev W S Strielland Rev L G Henderson Rev H G Darnall Rev G A Huff Rev B D Jones Elder W C Pease Rev W A Carter Elder W W Thompson and Elder J B Hall. Formal services close Sunday night.
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Talbotton
Macon
Ephesus c Church
Bellview
W. R. Owings
Fort Valley
J. Morria
William H. McKay
L. Morris
R. R. White
J. Kirkland
Americus
Presbytery
The Old Mammy Fell Dead at Golden Knowles Funeral
In Talbotton Georgia a tragic scene followed the funeral of ten year old Golden Knowles daughter of H C Knowles of Columbus. While viewing the child in a casket the elderly mammy who had nursed her collapsed and died from what doctors called heart failure.
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Columbus
Little Golden Knowles
H. C. Knowles
Talbotton
Mrs. Wimberly
Gip South Goes to Penitentiary for Four Years
A Georgia case details Gip South, a 21 year old Atlanta kleptomaniac known as Gip, denied executive clemency and sent to Milledgeville for four years after a Fulton county car breaking conviction. The pardon board consideredsanity petition but the governor rejected it. South, tied to the Bones gang, has four prior theft convictions and prior pardons, with inmates expecting repetition of prison terms.
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Gip" Booth
Fulton County Superior Cout
Pardon Board
Young South
Fulton
Illedgeville
Candler
Gipp
Milledgevilie
Gip
Gip" South
Atlanta
Bones Boys
Rails Under Discussion 80 Says Street Committee
The street committee yesterday discussed the rail type for about 400 feet on Whitehall street used by the Atlanta Railway and Power Company. It approved laying groove rails only, delaying other rails to a future shipment due next June. A similar move to replace rails on South Pryor street was introduced but postponed. Routine items arose. no major appropriations were made. The notice ends with an unrelated advertisement for Syrup of Figs.
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Atlanta Railway and Power Company
Whitehall Street
Street Committee
Street Railway Company
Peachtree Street
Pine Street
Atlanta
Alderman Day
South Pryor Street
Day
Longing
Peters Street
Easter Edition Praised German Weekly The Georgia Staats Nachrichten
The Easter edition of The Georgia Staats Nachrichten, a twelve page issue, is praised for capable management, quality tone, and color prints. Editor Albert Orth is lauded as a prominent German American in the city.
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Georgia
Nachrichten
Albert Orth
Exhibitions at Atlanta Athletic Club Draw Large Crowd
About 200 attendees including many ladies witnessed a varied program showing fine athletic skill. Handball duels and fencing drew applause while horizontal bars and dumbbell drills showcased performers. The event closed with indoor baseball as Colonel Napier from Monroe accepted an invitation to speak at Camp Chickamauga.
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Atlanta Athletic Club
A. H. Haynes
F. G. Byrd
George W. Adair
Byron Clark
W. N. Patterson, Jr
Henry Thornton
Quincy Everett
Mr. Richards
Haynes
Byrd
Patterson
Thornton
Ed Meyer
Heynolds Tichenor
Walter E. Ormond
Arthur Clark
John Ruse
Theodore Toepel
W. M. MceHae
William Dr. Patterson, Jr
C. M. Benjamin, Jr
William Roberts
Reynolds Tichenor
A. A. Meyer
Fallow Tichenor
Daniels
Gienn
Richards
Meyer
E. Roberts
Reynolds
Hark
Prohibitionist Candidate Named in Clarke County Race
Athens on April 12 reports Prohibitionists nominate Cobb Lampkin for the legislature against Captain W. E. Burr. The article also details police actions in Forsyth County involving James Holbrooks, a dangerous man restrained at the barracks after an axe threat on his mother, with Sheriff Barrett planning for a potential raid to move him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinch
Paris
Charles J. Clinch
W. W. Thomag
Joseph H. Fleming
Batavia E. Thomas
Lved
M. Mertin
Lampkin
Cobb Lamp
Manlas
E. R. Barrett
James Hillbrooks
Manige
Forsyth County
Milledgeville
Atlanta
Hobrooks
Ape
Cumming
Amother
Alam
Sharlif
Barrett
Holbrooks
Sheriff Barrett
Holbrookts
Tatan
Pyer
Tarracka
Berrett
Clarke Prohibitionists
Athens
Speets
Cobh Lampkin
Fegislaure
W. Eb, Burr
Testing the Machinery at Quitman Mill
Special dispatch from Quitman Georgia reports progress on Atlantic and Gulf mill machinery with partial trials conducted yesterday and today. Cotton has been hauled and the mill operated on regular time though full setup will take weeks more for final adjustments. The mill purchased a large cotton supply earlier this year, now worth several thousand dollars more due to price advances.
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Quitman
Atlantic
Gulf Milla
Not Will F Crawford Arrest Exoneration Report
A yesterday morning Constitution item claimed a young man named Will Crawford was arrested but later exonerated. It identifies Will F Crawford, a well known salesman for the Erfield Snuff Company, as not the person involved.
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Will F. Crawford
Moraine
Will Crawford
Erfield Snuff Company
Engineer Killed in Eyler Southeastern Railroad Wreck
News from Tyler Texas reports a wreck near Jacksonville on the Eyler Southeastern line this afternoon. Engineer Thomas Tipton died in the crash and Fireman W Z Thompson was fatally wounded as the engine left the tracks. The item notes the serious accident and casualty figures.
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Tyler
Tex
Eyler Southeastern Railroad
Jacksonville
Thomas Tipton
W. Z. Thompson
Methodist Minister W M D Bond Dies at College Park
Rev. W M D Bond, aged seventy, longtime Methodist minister and prominent figure in the local church community, died at his College Park home. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2:01 at College Park Methodist Church. Embry family destitute as six children ill, father away seeking work. Supreme Chancellor Thomas G Bemple arrives in Birmingham en route to Tuscaloosa for Knights of Pythias duties.
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W. M. D. Bond
College Park
W. Mot. Bond
Bond
College Park Methodist Church
Embry
Geosia Embry
Decatur Street
Embbry
Semple
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas G. Bemple
Alleghany, Pa
Knights of Pything
United States
Tuscaloosa
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