Macon arbitrators fail to agree on street railway valuation
Judge Spencer Atkinson and H B Palmer could not agree on the valuation of Macon Consolidated Street Railway Company property within city limits after two days of evidence and a conference. They return to Atlanta with a third arbitrator likely to be appointed. The city favored 20 000 valuation for both Consolidated and Metropolitan within the city, while the railroad insisted the figure apply to the entire property. Evidence showed earnings near 100 000 for both companies. assessors valued Metropolitan around 90 090 and Consolidated around 283 000 to 300 000 with disagreements over earnings data and intrinsic value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Spencer Atkinson
H. EB. W. Palmer
Atlanta
Comptroller General of Georgia
Macon Consolidated Street Railway Company
Lmita
Consolidated
Lmits
Judge Miller
Minter Whmberly
Miller
Major Winters
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Wimberly
City of
Consolidated Company
Central Railroad
Judge Atkinson
Manager Winters
Judea Palmer
Minter Wimberly
Metropolitan
Nes
Morris Harris
Boston
Hariig
The
New York Financial Chronicle
Chronicle
Harris
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Indian Spring
Reeves Davis Jr Bond Granted in Brass Theft Case
Lee Davis Jr arraigned in Macon Georgia on charges tied to his father Lee Davis Sr in a brass theft and illegal shipment case. Jr held on $200 bond. Sr, the alleged mastermind, remains at large as police seek him. Evidence showed barrels shipped under Thomas & Company and a note bearing Lee Davis Jr’s name found on a brass barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis, Sr
Macon
Lee Davis, Jr
Recorders Court
Lee Davis, Sr
Johnson
Central, Southern
Georgia Southern
Davis
Levi Jones
Davia
Thomas & Company
Houseman
Southern Road
Willinghams Buy the Porter Mills in Habersham
In Macon Georgia on August 2 Special news reports Cald er B Willingham and Broadus E Willingham of Macon have purchased the Porter cotton mills in Habersham county near Clarkesville. The mills will be renamed Habersham mills with capitalization of 100000 dollars and current capacity of 4400 cotton spindles and 3400 woolen spindles. Purchasers plan to modernize and upgrade the facility. The Willinghams are established cotton factors who run the Willingham cotton mill in the city and anticipate strong returns from the Habersham mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Cdtton
Habersham
Macon
Calder B. Willingham
Broadus E. Willingham
Porter Cotton Mills
Habersham County
Clarkesville
Porter
Habersham Mills
C. BR. Willingham
Broadus BE. Willngham
Willingham Utton
PAZO OINTMENT PROMISES MONEY BACK IF NO CURE
The ad claims PAZO OINTMENT will refund money if it fails to cure ring worm tetter old ulcers sores pimples and blackheads on the face and all skin diseases including eczema without paying. The offer is presented with vivid assurance and a price of 50 cents.
Sent to jail for perjury in Macon trial
Jack George a Dunlap Hardware drayman was committed to jail by Judge Nottingham for perjury after he testified that Dramright had helped steal two kegs of horse shoes. Dramright, a porter for Dunlap, was on trial for larceny from the house and was released. George will face larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack George
Macon
Nottingham
Tom Drumright
Dunlap Hardware Company
Dramright
Recorder's Court
George
Drumright
Hawkes Glasses Not Sold By Peddlers Or Travelling Sellers
A. K. Hawkes states clearly that Hawkes Glasses are not to be sold by peddlers fakirs or traveling actirists. Address listed at 103 Peachtree for standard purchases and inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkes
Peachtree
A. K. Hawkes
Savannah printers strike at Braid and Hutton
In Savannah Georgia on August 2 the union job printers at Braid and Hutton walked out after demanding a nine hour day with nine hours pay equal to ten hours. The 21 workers refused further work after presenting the notice and left when their shift ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Braid & Hutton
Tent Meeting Near Toombsboro Ends After Ten Days
The Rev G W Matthews his wife of Americus and P H Crumpler of Irwinton closed a tent meeting at Poplar Head academy four miles from Toombsboro Ga after ten days of services. Ten thousand people attended the closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toombsboro
G W. Matthews
Americus, Ga
P. H. Crumpler
Irwinton
Poplar Head Academy
Moye Resigns Command of Cuthbert Rifles
Captain Robert I. Moye of the Cuthbert Rifles resigns effective immediately due to business engagements. In command since 1897, he was the second senior captain in the Fourth regiment and eighteenth ranking officer in state troops. First Lieutenant Dunn is expected to succeed without opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuthbert Rifles
Cuthbert
Robert I. Moye
Moye
Dunn
Savannahs first hanging for criminal assault ends in fall
In Savannah Georgia on August 2 special report says George Mitchell a black man hanged for assaulting Patience Maxwell on Hutchinson Island on May 29. The floor of the execution cell collapsed, Mitchell fell six feet and died at 10 am. Physicians declared life extinct and the body was buried in Laurel Grove cemetery. The county did not pay for burial. relatives funded costs. It was Savannahs first execution for criminal assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
George Mitchell
Patience Max
Hutchinson Island
Mitchel
Mitchell
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Scott Hanged in LaGrange After Murder of Two Women
Edmoni Scott a Negro man was executed by hanging in LaGrange Ga after confessing to the killings of Lene and Carry Huguley two Negro women of West Point. Trial followed in the superior court last November. Witnesses reported no eye witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGrange
Edmoni Scott
Lene
Carry Huguley
West Point
Scott
la Grange
Superior Court
W. W. Turner
A. P. Jones
A. J. Hearndon
Presbyterian Church
Rev. J. Kelsey
Colored Baptist Church
Brady
Bess
Light Guards
Culbreath
Sense Grinding at 103 Peachtree St Ad
If you have a prescription for special finding BO to Hawes the optician, material and workmanship perfect prices reasonable 103 Peachtree St.
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Hawes
Peachtree St
Columbus Street Car Strike Settled
Columbus Georgia August 2 Special The street car strike ends as all employees except one return to work tomorrow. Citizens committee and Columbus Railroad Company reach a deal offering 12 cents an hour plus 10 percent bonus, a 12 hour day and meal hour. Union accepts with plan to discharge some objectionable workers. One obstacle remains the reinstatement of HR I Halleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ecitizens
Columbus Railroad Company
Reynolds
HR. I. Halleman
Baebalf
Hallamaan
Malaria Links and Local Entertainments in Georgia
Malaria causes biliousness, tonic promoted as cure. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic featured. Elberton and Hinesville host literary and education events. Alkahest Lyceum forms with officers and 100 members, Ralph W. Bingham opening act. Education board in Hinesville refuses 21 negro teachers. A man named Mitchell joined in Waverly area accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
State Normal creates Domestic Arts and Sciences dept
Athens Ga August 2 Special The department of domestic arts and sciences at the State Normal school is established and will be underway next week. Funded by George Foster Bednedy of New York the unit costs 3000 annually. Miss Jane H Taylor of Baltimore named principal with Miss Ida Turnbull as second instructor. President E C Branson will oversee child study and discipline. Three year program offers home development hygiene cooking care of children sanitation and more. The department aims to be the South’s most thorough and will receive support from Mr Peabody. Classes organized Monday with freshman, middle and senior divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
State Normal School
George Foster “Bednedy
New York
Jane H. ‘Taylor
Baltimore
Taylor
Woman's College
Oread Institute
Worcester
Mass
Misa Taylor
Morrow
Ida Turnbull
Habersham County
Georgia
Girly’ .Normal and Industrial College
Milledgeville
E. C. Branson
Peabody
Yater
Branson
Sanford's Card of Thanks to Friends in Floyd County
Floyd County tax collector Vines T Sanford expresses gratitude for support during his troubles. He notes an ongoing investigation and vows not to settle until it is completed, maintains his innocence against political enemies, and assures friends his bondsmen would be ready if needed, while promising to not part with funds prematurely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd County
Rome
Vines T. Sanford
Constitution
Georgia
Joan
Sanford
Young Athens Lawyer Found Near Death With Laudanum
Colonel HR Higgins, a young Athens attorney, was found unconscious in his room by his wife. He suffered congestive apoplexy and an overdose of laudanum, with an empty two ounce bottle at his bedside. Doctors are unsure if the substance was self administered in crisis or to ease stroke pain. prognosis grim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
HR. ML Higgins
Oil leases in Indian Territory spark renewal fight
Washington August 3 An answer filed at the interior department by former Senator Thurston for the Cherokee Island Gas Company seeking renewal of oil leases in Indian Territory. R C Adams for the Delaware Indians counters the claim asking rejection of the application in full. About 11520 acres at stake. Hearing set for August 11 postponed to September 1 as Delaware Indians seek further delay until after congress meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
Thurston
Cherokea Iland Gas Company
Indian Territory
R. C. Adams
Amy
Delawares
Cherokes Company
Deruggea-known Feeling In the Jeins
Nervousness and despondency described as a result of kidney trouble. The text notes the kidneys once called reins and asserts Sarsaperitia acts directly on kidneys, containing substances to correct and tone these organs.
Lost His Casket of Diamonds on Rural Road
Judge John R. White nearly lost several thousand dollars in diamonds when a box containing the gems slipped from his pocket between Whitehall and Athens. After retracing the route, he learned an elderly woman’s granddaughter had found the casket earlier in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
John R. White
Whitehall
National Bank Satd
Mra. White
North Carolina
Veeresa
Fellows Case to be Tried in Jackson Superior Court
The State v. Gus Fellows, a Black man, charged with assaulting Miss Dollie Head near Harmony Grove, will be called in Jackson superior court at Jefferson, Ga. on the date in August. Fellows has been tried thrice, with a conviction and a new trial, and a mistrial at the last trial. Judge Russell has arranged Judge W. H. Felton to preside this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Gus Fellows
Dollie Head
Harmony Grove
Jackson Superior Court
Jefferson
Fellows
Tnire
Russell
W. H. Felton
Bibb County
Receiver Sells the Stock of Moultrie Mercantile
Moultrie Ga August 2 Special W C Vereen receiver of the Moultrie Mercantile Company has sold the stock For the dry goods and millinery he received 6 percent of the invoice price J S Weeks Sr the purchaser For the furniture and undertaker s department he received 0 percent and 100 percent respectively Horne Henderson the purchasers This will be divided pro rata among the various creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moultrie Mercantile Company
Moultrie
W. C. Vereen
J. S Weeks, Sr
Horne & Henderson
Lightning Kills Ten Cows in Moultrie Field
Lightning struck a field near Moultrie Georgia killing ten cows owned by James Holmes. The herd was resting when the strike occurred. In Athens Georgia lampkin is reported dying at 87, a longtime Clarke County resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moultrie
James Holmes
Athens, Ga
Spettatjowil- Nam
Lampkin
Clarke County
Corundum in U S Shows Rising Mining Activity
The Geological Survey reports increased corundum mining in the United States with new finds in Ontario, Canada and in North Carolina and Georgia. In the U S, deposits remain mainly in the Appalachian region, with emery from Massachusetts and New York, while North Carolina stands out for recent production and demand remains high for high quality abrasive material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Geological Survey
United States
Ught
Ontario
Canada
North Carolina
Georgia
Montana
Appalachian
Chester
Mass
Massachusetts
New York
India
Debating Cuban Electoral Bill At Havana Convention
The Cuban constitutional convention began examining the electoral bill focusing on candidate qualifications. Debate touched on whether presidential electors should be free to choose their votes. Senor Sanguilly argued for direct popular election and constitutional change. The convention ruled candidates must be Cuban born or naturalized with eight years’ residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Senor Sanguilly
Cuba
American Horses Die of Mysterious Ailment in Mexico
Mexican government imported American horses for the army arrive apparently sound but soon show a nasal worm infection. Symptoms include restlessness indifference to food convulsions and death. A war department commission will investigate cause and origin whether the disease arose here or in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
War Department
United States
Burkett case: woman fakes assault and robbery
In Chattanooga a Sherman Heights woman claimed a negro assaulted her near Blowing Springs and a Carterson was arrested, but investigators found she and a companion aboard the Joe Wheeler had sailed as man and wife to Kingston. The sheriff moved to release the jailed man amid threats of lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mary Burkett
Sherman Heights
Blowing Springs
Carterson
Burkett
Bush
Joe Wheeler
Astey
Kingston
Sherrif Buah
la Fayette
Wheat in Peril as Rains Hit Kansas Fields
Kansas City reports wheat damaged by rain across parts of Kansas. Railroads suffer car shortages as the Santa Fe embargoes Memphis, Maple Leaf, Katy and Alten lines, claiming detention of Santa Fe equipment in Kansas City. Beginning August 9 only forty eight hours will be allowed for disposition and unloading of wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Santa Fe
Memphis
Maple Leaf
Katy
Alten
Wiil
Broker George C. Thomas Arrested Over War Revenue Stamp Violation
New York August 2 George C Thomas broker and member of the Consolidated Exchange was arrested and arraigned before Commissioner Shields charged with violating the war revenue act by failing to place revenue stamps on stock sales. He waived examination and was held in 9400 bail. Thomas contends the tax is illegal and says the arrest was to test the issue in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George C. Thomas
Consolidated Exchange
Shields
Thomas
After the Tobacco Combine Trust Objects To Missouri Officials
In Jefferson City Missouri August 2 the attorney general in the supreme court for the Continental Tobacco Company seeks to vacate an order requiring production of its books and Duke to testify In the motion it is alleged that the tax under which the order was made is unconstitutional A decision is expected in a few days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Guster
Continental Tobacco Company
Buller
Duke
Mallay in Uncle Tom's Cabin star fled to asylum
Old time actor Thomas Mallay, known for years in Uncle Tom's Cabin, was committed to the Rochester asylum after his mind weakened. He believes Simon Legree hunts him with bloodhounds. In St Louis, the heat record soared to 105 with a hot wind, one death and one prostration reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallay
St. Paul, Minn
Thomas Mallay
Rochester Insta Asylum
Uncle Tom
Simon Legree
St. Louis
Bt Louis
Three Die in Dynamite Blast Near Santa Rosa
Three men were killed and one fatally injured by a premature dynamite blast on the Rock Island extension about 2 1/2 miles east of Santa Rosa New Mexico on August 2. The dead were Francisco Lopez Cecilio Raul and Pablo Lucoco Calixto Gurule was fatally hurt. In a separate item from The Hague it is reported that Mr. Kruger’s US visit remains undecided as of August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
N. M
Rock Island
Santa Rosa
Francisco Lopez
Cecilio Raol
Pablo Lucoco
Calixto Gurule
August 1901 Sheriff Sales in Fulton County Georgia
August 1901 sheriff sale notices for Fulton county Georgia describe multiple properties in Atlanta including a Center Street lot in North Atlanta and a parcel on Yate Avenue in Collegal Park. Also listed are a tract near Cast Iury and a city lot with Macon and Western railroad right of way plus five barrels of whisky. W. B. Lowe estate and other liens appear. dates set for the first Tuesday in August 1901 with legal hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Fulton County
Uhe Court of Ordinary
Aid County
Court House
Charles A. Coler
Dekkaty County
Chupp
Lee
Ragedale
Jean Chapp
Weaver
B. J. Bond
Rock Chapel Mountain
Flosd
Piedmont Driving Club
Concordia
Auanr Lation
Hefugin Mining Co
New South Woven Cord Furniture Co
Georgia Gas Improvement Co
Gant Sheffield Lani Company
Atlanta and Floris Railroad Co
lAtiaite
Park Campans
Interstate Fair Agripglation
W'Ernig
Julia Collier Harris
William Rawson Collier
Charles A. Collier
Atlanta
Fulton
State of Georgia
Henry
Gundamith
Center Street
Anifnem
Bear
Sola Subdivision
Saliafy
O & Fa
Fulton Superior Court
Peter Clarke
A. J. West
Collegal Park
Yate Avenue
P. A. Brewster
Nlatnt
A. J. Luck
B. DL. Tuck
J. P. Court of
Campbell ‘County
Tawar
J.J. Master
Alsa
Mamenma
Wits
Kate ‘Dally
Macon and Western Railroad
Central of
Geerrin Railway
4Th
Fliton County
Jockey Club
Bluthenthal & Bickert
Marietta Street
Atlanta Ga
William Walpart
J. R. Lammeriin
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Macon Street Rail
W. B. Chapman
Ree Davis, JR
Bond
Wiillin
GHAMS
Tob
Chatham County
Ralpe Bingham
Elberton
Wherton
Alkahest Lyceum
SL. Onwe
B. A. Neal
Megroes
Hinesville
Board of Education
Wavcross
Joined
Jes
Detser
Setaton
Willitk
George Foster Peabody
Tewels
DR. Hathaway
South
J. Newton Hathaway
Inman
Broad St
A. GA
Tha. Surkett
Wioman
Wegro
Tobacco
Kruger
the Hague
Bowrwems Ave
Eas
Logiain
Rosas IS
Old Dominion
Buffalo
N. Y
Norfolk
Vat
Old Point Comfort
Richmond
Virginia Beach
Staboard Fur Line
OLD Dominion Line
York
WE. Christian
Agtomettants
Walkem
Umon Dehot
Harry B
Kurmbati
City
Plata
LOCAL
Taorp Blk
Indianapolis
Ind
Lula M. Willams
Williama
Co. L. Williams
Lula M. Williams
Mit
Yoll
Orfier
Ald Court
Justion
I. H. Lumpkin
Gald Court
Arnold Broyles
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