Unusual Georgia marriage ties two generations
In Tifton Georgia L McAllister and Mrs Amy G McAllister were wed by Rev Charles G Dillworth. The bride once married the groom’s father and is now stepmother to his teenage son, making the marriage a noted family romance with prior divorces and business ties in Fitzgerald. The couple, ages about 22 and 27, departed for Fitzgerald after the ceremony.
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Tifton
L. McAllister
Amy G. McAllister
Charlies G. Dillworth
First Baptist Church
McAllister
Thomasville
Dillworth
Fitz~gerald
Bold Hold Up In Savannah Nightly Robberies Rise
Savannah police report a surge in highway robberies over the past three to four nights with three or four incidents nightly. The latest occurred about 10:30 pm on Abercorn Street when R. W. Ellis a New York traveling man for a safe maker was grabbed by two Black men. One held him in a choke while the other took $260 from his pockets before releasing him to reach his hotel and notify law enforcement.
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Savannah
R. W. Ellis
New York
Abercorn Street
Athens bazaar split proceeds to DAR and DSC memorials
Daughters of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the Confederacy in Athens Ga host a bazaar now underway. Net proceeds will be divided between the two organizations with DAR earmarking funds for a monument to General Elijah Clarke and the Winnie Davis memorial fund to be established by the DSC.
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Athens
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the Confederacy
Elijah Clarke
Winnie Davis
Fifty third annual Georgia Medical Association opens in Savannah
The Fifty third annual meeting of the Medical Association of Georgia began in the De Soto hotel banquet hall with about 600 members present. Dr James B Baird of Atlanta presided while Rev W A Nisbet delivered the opening prayer. Welcome addresses were given by Samuel B Adams and Hon Walter G Charlton. A smoker at Savannah Yacht Club and an oyster roast at Tybee Island are planned for delegates.
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Medical Association of Georgia
DeSoto Hotel
James B. Baird
Atlanta
W. A. Nisbet
Second Presbyterian Church
Samuel B. Adams
Walter G. Charlton
Medical Associations
Virgil O. Harmon
Charlton
Savannah Yacht Club
Tybee Island
Tomochicht
Hussars
Yacht Club
Political Dullness in Coweta County Georgia
Newnan Georgia April 16 Special Coweta politics shows little activity with only two legislature candidates, W B Berry and Charles L Moses, both not canvassing. Sheriff J L Brown and Clerk S L Faver face no opposition, while tax and other county offices list several candidates. Primary set for June 5 with district executive committee meeting in LaGrange to set convention date for a congressman nomination. Adamson has no opposition and the convention is expected to be tame.
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Newnan
W. B. Berry
Charles L. Moses
J. L. Brown
L. Faver
R. I. Ware
J. J. Reese
W. L. Robertson
B. A. J. Smith
J. P. Woodruff
P. A. Carmicat
R. §. Justiss
G. W. Gable
L. & Conyers
W. J. Kelly
J. R. Hubbard
District Executive Committee
LaGrange
Adamson
Telfair Court Convenes in Grievous Calendar
Telfair superior court opens with Judge D M Roberts presiding. No grave cases on the docket. court aims to conclude in one week. Local candidates bustle, Cook and McLennan lead for representative, O B Stevens canvasses supporters amid lively political activity.
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McRae
Gia
Telfair Superior
O. B. Stevens
Stovall Released from Jail in Athens Shooting Case
Athens Ga April 36 Special Will Stovall the young white man who shot and killed a negro man named Will Derricotte near Athens has been released from jail the grand jury returning no bill in his case.
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Stovall
Athens
Will Stovall
Will Derricotte
Painter Cornelius Richards Ends Life After Quarrel
Columbus Ga April 14 Special Cornelius Richards 48 a painter shot himself in Linwood home after a quarrel with his wife who wrested the pistol earlier in the night He died instantly of a shot through the right eye Neighbors heard the plea Dont shoot Richards had work offered today in Alabama City and his mind appeared unsettled He leaves two brothers two sisters and an uncle Warren Richards near Macon
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Columbus
Cornelius Richards
Fifteenth Street
Linwood
Richards
Alabama City
Warren Richards
Macon
Negro Gang Attacked Savannah Store on Ogeechee Road
Richard Young was arrested in Miami for the April crime at Lilla Fountain’s store on Ogeechee Road. James Stewart has been tried and sentenced to life in the penitentiary. Dover Fountain, 16, survived after his mother and he were struck. Richard Young and James Stewart allegedly wielded cudgels. Doss Young is hospitalized after leg amputation. John Staley and Allen Stewart are jailed or at large. the remaining members, including Addison Stewart, are not yet located.
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Ogeechee Road
Savannah
Richard Young
Lilla Fountain
Dover
Miami
T. J. Sweeney
James Stewart
Hfe
Doss Young
Young Fountain
Whycross
John Staley
Allen
Addison Stewart
Wreck on Georgia Road Demolishes Six Cars
A freight train wreck near Sparta Georgia last night destroyed six cars and tore up about 200 yards of track. Trains were delayed all day with transfers and clearing, and traffic resumed by nightfall. One person was killed in the incident.
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Sparta
Georgia
Memorial Day Observed in Waycross Honoring Confederate Dead
Memorial day will be observed in Waycross Georgia to honor Confederate dead. The Daughters of the Confederacy Confederate Veterans and Waycross public school pupils join in the celebration. A committee appointed by the Francis G Bartow chapter met to arrange the program with United Confederate Veterans Association. Ladies will decorate graves and attend exercises in a body. Each member will wear a Confederate gray badge. Hon W M Toomer will be the orator of the day.
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Waycross
Daughters of the Confederacy
Francis G. Bartow
C. A. Sheldon
United Confederate Veterans' Association
W. M. Toomer
Wilkes County Democrats Name New Executive Committee
Washington Ga April 16 Democrats of Wilkes county held a mass meeting at the courthouse to name a new executive committee and arrange a primary. A. H. Anderson was named temporary chairman. A committee of forty eight from militia districts chose R O Barksdale as chairman and J R Dyson as secretary amid a fight between dispensary and anti dispensary factions. The new committee plans to pursue the dispensary goal and a county primary date was to be set on May 7.
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Washington, Ga
S&et al
Wilkes
Court House
A. &. Anderson
F. H. Colley
J. W. Chapman
Sim Booker
C. L. Fortson
J. H. Fitzpatrick
R. O. Barksdale
J. R. Dyson
Southern Negro Congress to Convene in Galveston
About 609 delegates are expected for the Southern Negro Congress to meet in Galveston starting July 1. Delegates will be appointed by state governors, ten per congressional district and five at large per state, to discuss race relations, education, and social issues including lynching.
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Galveston
Southern Negro Congress
Jackson
Miss
Cane farming claims big profits from nine acres
J L Turner of West Point, a major manufacturer and planter, says nine acres of cane last year yielded more clear money than his entire twenty five plow farm. He details deep plowing, paired rows to prevent windthrow, use of acid and cotton seed meal, and staged cultivation for cane success.
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Columbus
J—L. S. Turner
West Point
Three Suspects Released in Savannah Store Murders
In Savannah on April 16, white men John F. Gans and Benjamin F. Nelson were dismissed by Justice Bevans in the Ogeechee Road murder case. Thomas Hargraves, also linked to the February 28 killings at Shrenk’s store, was acquitted by Justice Nabiee Jones. Crowds from Black Ankle district watched as officers said key witnesses were unavailable and no plea deal was offered.
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Savannah
John F. Gans
Benjamin F. Nelson
Michael Shrenk
Jake Carter
Shrenk
Bevans
Thomas Hargraves
Nabiee Jones
Chatham County
Bevangs
Jones
Black Ankle
Georgia Letter Attack on Glenn Cited by Northen
A Georgia communications piece accuses Mr. Glenn of issuing and later recalling a permanent license to a man without examination. It cites ex-Governor Northen’s note on illegality and reproduces a letter from Professor D Q Abbott discussing state licenses without examination.
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People of
Georgia
Glenn
Grand Opera House
Lcense
Board of Education
Athens
Beck Charges Abbotts License Practice in Georgia Schools
A. J. Beck asserts improper authority by state school officials over licensing graduates of Elam Alexander Normal School. He urges Abbott to clarify in a direct letter to the state school commissioner, noting prior misstatements about county licenses and pressing for tribunal testimony to uncover factual charges.
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Georgia
State Normal
Abbott
Elam
Blame Alexander Normal School
Elam Alexander Normal School
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Mr. Abbott
A. J. Beck
Bevill Appointed Sheriff of Colbert County
Governor Jelks appointed Dr. W. F. Bevill to be sheriff of Colbert County to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sheriff Gassaway. The contest name included Sheffield and Tuscumbia, with Bevill shown as second in the nomination race.
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Jelks
Sheriff Gassaway
Montgomery
Ala
W. FE. Bevill
Colbert County
Gassaway
Will Reynolds
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Bevill
Athenaeum Club Holds Annual Meeting in Athens
In Athens on April 16 the Athenaeum Club held its annual meeting with 181 members and strong club health reported. Officers elected for the next year include President Charles H. Phinizy, Vice President John W. Welch, Secretary and Treasurer T W Reed, and a Board of Governors featuring Billups Phinizy J Edwards John Morris J Carter s E W Wratt C H Phinizy and J W Welch.
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Athenaeum Club
Athens
Charles H. Phinizy
John W. Welch
T. W. Reed
Billups Phinizy
J Edwards
John Morris
J. ¥. Carthers
E. W. Wratt
C. H. Phinizy
J. W. Welch
Waycross Delegates to Tri Five Convention
Waycross Georgia will send a strong delegation to the Tri Fifty convention in Atlanta with H. Q. Benton J. B. Thorpe McGregor Mayo J. H. Jones F. W. Johnston and Roake French named as delegates. John Morton secretary treasurer of Virginia Trust Company died of heart disease at his desk in Mond, Virginia.
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Waycross
T. P. A. Waycross
Atlanta
H. QO. Benton
J. B. Thorpe
McGregor Mayo
J. H. Jones
F. W. Johnston
Roake French
Morton
Deskmond
John Morton
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Virginia Trust Company
Planters’ Natonay Bank
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