Charge Farmer Whipped Negro and Cotton War Planter
A prominent Appling County planter George T Carter faces a preliminary hearing in Macon on peonage charges for allegedly whipping a four year old Black boy in his care. Deputy Marshal Frank Riley testified the youth bore scars and wounds from abuse. Carter is bound over for trial. Texas union leader Neil vows arrests of cotton speculators and plans a Washington lobby to suspend New Orleans and New York exchanges, offering rewards for gambling arrests. Arkansas farmers back a no corn…
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Macon
United States
Frank Riley
Appiling County
Arthur Newkirk
George T Carter
Carter
Galliston
Texas
Farmers’ Union of Texas
Neill
Neiill
Washington
New Orleans
New York
New York Cotton Exchanges Tom Mr Neill
Curfew Talk Grows As Houston Fire Threats Rise
Houston reports multiple arson events in residential districts with burglaries and anonymous threats of black arsonists. A vigilance committee forms as residents urged to back a curfew for Negroes and arm for protection amid eleven houses burned in a single night. The Citizens' Alliance awaits suspects for summary action.
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Houston
Texas
Chronicle
Jimmy
Old
Citizens’ Alliance
Drastic Proh Bill in Alabama House
Montgomery August 5 a sweeping prohibition measure was introduced by Representative Fuller. The bill calls for searching raiding and confiscation of property and makes storage of all liquors contraband. It imposes penalties on sellers and violators and targets ads and deliveries, with broad enforcement and witness contempt risks.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fuller
Ita
Temperance Committee
Housea
Sweden Plunged into Hunger as General Strike Spreads
Stockholm endures severe food shortages with bread stock exhausted and meat scarce. Strikers camp on Lake Malaren shorelines while milk is distributed by soldiers. Grave diggers and undertakers halt work, gas and electric plants shut, and military guards secure facilities. An estimated 300000 workers nationwide join the strike as authorities fear escalating chaos.
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Stockholm
Malar
Erchipelago
Angong
Sta Sons
Funtralz
Linkoping
Vestergotland
Gothenburg
Thair
Golden-Haired Girl Deserted by Mother
Anniston Alay reports a golden haired girl found sleeping beside a black woman after her father, a bartender who recently died by suicide in New Orleans, deserted by her mother and elder sister. Police took the child into temporary care at the Wilmer hotel. mother left for a Confederate reunion in Memphis and has not been heard from since. The elder sister had left the state, leaving the child with a nearby Black family prior to police placement.
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Anniston Alay
New Orleans
Maria Lowell
Hkew Wilmer
Memphis
Seaboard Low Fare Offers and Prohibition Rules
A clipped notice lists Seaboard low fares for August 14 to Washington and return to Richmond Norfolk and back, with other travel deals and phone numbers. It also includes broad local prohibition language about liquor laws, charters, penalties, and enforcement, plus a report of a baby seized by a bear near Choboygan, Mich, with a posse in pursuit.
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Choboygan
Mich
Augusta
THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM JAIL IN TAYLOR COUNTY
Two white men and a Negro escaped from the Taylor county jail by sawing steel bars at noon today. One, about 30, Garrett George Bailey, is held for the murder of Frank Wiicher in 1903 and was recaptured April 1904 at Antlers Oklahoma. Charles Smith and A J Peacock remained in cell. Peacock killed McDaniel, Smith assaulted Vergeins. Ben Garrett described as one of the state’s most desperate characters.
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Ruth Gn
Garrett George Bailey
Tom Zaynore
Taylor County
Oon
Charles Smith
A J Peacock
Aiberty Garretts
Frank Wiicher
Antlers Okla
George Bailey
Peacock
Mk . McDaniel
Charles Vergeins
Ben Garrett
Relief from Catarrh Promised by Eclipse Cure
A testimonial urges immediate treatment of catarrh using Eclipse Catarrh Cure. It claims rapid relief and possible cure when other remedies fail, with a sample offer for twenty five cents in stamps. The letter from Mrs emantha Als. endorses the product and notes a mail order price of 1.90 for regular packaging from Eclipse Medicine & Manufacturing Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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Eclipse
Eclipse Med & Mig Co
Atlanta
Als
Eclipse Medicine & Manufac
Tulung CO
Atlanta Ga
Taft to Visit Macon Fair in November
Brown House Macon Ga August 5 Special Information from Washington says President Taft will visit Macon for the fair in November. Fair officials and U S Congressmen Hughes Bartlett expect the plans to hold, and an address from the president is possible drawing large crowds. Also Eighth District Masons to Meet in Athens next Wednesday with strong attendance expected.
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Brown House
Macon
Charles B Lewis
Macon Fair Association
Washington
Taft
Dudley M Hughes
Charles L. Bartlett
Nations
Athens
Eighth District Masonic Convention
Thie City
Thes Masons
Thie
Vate
Two Little Girls Tossed From Pony
Two young girls, Annie Bates and Annie Lane Newell, were thrown from a pony on Peachtree Place yesterday. Bates, 12, was knocked unconscious and Newell, 345 years old in error, was severely confused but not seriously hurt. Doctors attended, and both rested easy by night. The pony sped homeward after the lines were cropped, causing the fall.
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Annie Bates
Elizabeth W Bates
Palmer
Peachtree Place
Annie Lane Newell
Alfred C Newell
West Peachtree Street
Mars
Mien Bates
Miss Newell
Dr W . Goldsmith
Miss Bates
R B Hidley Jr
Macon Charter Bill Opposed by Council in Special Session
Macon held a special council session to oppose a state bill amending the city charter. The key aim is to limit the recorder's fines to 100 dollars, reducing penalties for violators, with Alderman Chappell proposing a resolution to oppose the measure. Dr T D Ells spoke on the need to curb the law and police. The council plans a strong fight alongside citizens and city officials to block passage.
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Brown House
Macon
Recorder of
T D Ells
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
The Czar Ends Cowes Visit On Standart
Emperor Nicholas concluded his visit to King Edward and left Cowes aboard the imperial yacht Standart, escorted by Russian and British cruisers for Kiel.
Aged Woman Killed by Freight Train in Macon
An elderly woman Mrs Mattie Grant, about 69, was struck and killed by a Central Railway freight train at the crossing opposite Parnes Cotton Mills in Macon. She was returning from Crumps Park with Mrs Fred Brown when the danger was spotted. Brown tried to pull her to safety but failed. An inquest was held at the mortuary chapel. engineer Lew Jackson was praised for trying to stop the train.
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Macon
Mattie Grant
Central Railway
Parnes Cotton Mills
Atlanta
Grant
Jausey
Crumps Park
Parne
Lew Jackson
Invisii3 Toric Bifocals Offer Seamless Vision
Watter Ballard Optical Co advertises toric bifocals that provide clear reading and walking vision in one solid lens with no seams. Thousands furnished, claimed as leaders in the line. Visit the store at 7 Peachtrea in Atlanta Ga.
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Watter Ballard Optical CO
Atlanta
Jealous of His Niece Bell Murdered Her
Augusta report states Herman Bell 30 shot and killed his niece Sarah Bell 20 after a quarrel sparked by his secret love for her He fired five shots wounding her and was arrested fleeing toward the county hospital says Bell had followed her to the U S from Russia in a love motive and confessed to police
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Augusta
Herman Bell
Sarah Bell
Bell
Misa Bell
Hell
Miss Bell
Ruse Aia
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