Hughes Elected as Successor to Dudley Hughes
In Thomasville Georgia the Republican Farmers convention elected Dudley Hughes of Twiggs as president for the coming year after W H Cobb of Franklin spoke on education and agriculture. J J Connor of Bartow was named first vice president and an executive committee chosen. The group pledged support for agricultural exhibits at the Charleston fair and discussed state fair location with Macon chosen for the next meeting.
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Brown
W. H. Cobb
Franklin
England
Germany
France
Russia
sJubor
Thorugh
Georgia
Burrows
Glynn
W. D. Hammock
Zefi Randolph
Ends
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Hughes
J. J. Connor
Bartow
Society
G. H. Aubrey
Charleston
D. C
Fair Commissioners
Captain Park
Bibb
Gunn
Randolph
Macon
Prohibitionist Victory in Clay County Election
Fort Gaines Georgia August 15 Special. Since July 1 Clay county held a prohibition contest. The August 16 election was hotly contested with Prohibitionists winning by 3836 in yesterday's contest. The dry forces celebrate the final triumph in the long effort to end the sale of alcohol.
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Fort Gaines
Clay County
Gossip of Convention X farming talk lights up Georgia muster
The Georgia agricultural society gathering in Thomasville draws leaders like Colonel R. Crittenden Hon. J. M. Gonnor Major J. M. Hyats Captain John Cobb and others to discuss sugar cane cassava and farm methods. Proposals include an experimental station for South Georgia and a lively debate on yields with barrels per acre and syrup output. Chancellor Hill’s night address on The Man With a Home sparks strong applause.
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Fhomarville
Iagurnaturel ‘Society
R. Crittenden
Randolph
J. MW. Gonnor
Bartow
J. M. Hyats
Chatham
John Cobb
Sumter
Lftfe
Agricultural Society
Buch
Georgia
Gisapp
D. G. Purse
Robert E. Park
Bibb
Purse
J. B. Hunnicutt
Hunnicutt
Coweta
Brown
Chancellor Hill
Hill
W. 8. Mumford
William Barrett to be buried in Zebulon cemetery
Zebulon Ga August 15 Special remains of William Barrett who filed in Atlanta this morning arrived at 6 20 pm and will be interred at 8 tomorrow morning in the Methodist cemetery Barrett an old Pike county citizen and brother of the late Thomas J Barrett was sheriff of the county a few years ago and had many friends here Carrollton Ga August 15 Special Jean Lovelace a colored driver was killed wagon demolished and horse injured by the southbound Central passenger train at 2 pm on Maple street this afternoon
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William Barrett
Zebulon
Atlanta
Barrett
Pike County
Thomas J. Barrett
Carrollton
Lovelace
Maple Street
Twin sisters marry in separate weddings in same home
In Waycross Georgia on August 15 Miss Minnie Lee Meade and Miss Maggie Lou Meade, identical in appearance, were secretly kept at the Meade home until a ceremony took place with Judge J S Williams. Miss Maggie wed Mr John L Ballard and Miss Minnie wed Mr Thomas O Lloyd in the presence of a few friends after a special friend helped arrange the elopement.
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Waycross
Missea
Minnie Lee
Maggie Lou Meade
Meade
Jay
Eirla
Wileliams
Maggie
John L. Ballard
Minnie
Thomas O. Lloyd
McNaughten Kills Patton in Self-Defense Claim
McNaughten admits shooting Patton at Blanton's bridge after Patton fired a gun at him. Coroner's inquest returns a death by gunshot. Patton supporters call it murder. McNaughten and Kennedy jailed in Griffin as grand jury probes the case. Sheriff says the shooting was self defense.
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McNaughten
Kennedy
Burey
Griffin
Patton
Spalding
Gse
Freeman
Escaped from Appling jail three white prisoners flee
In Appling county Georgia three white men fled the first class jail at Berkey by slipping through the wall with a small knife. J A Tyler a painter had pleaded guilty to gaming. The other two, hobos, were charged with melon larceny and recaptured. The sheriff vows caution in future access to corridors.
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Berkey
Appling
J. A. Tyler
Tech Summer School Lifts Students Into Regular Session
Over ninety percent of last year’s summer school students entered the regular Fall session. One student averaged 98 percent, another led an Apprentice class of 120 men. Both called the results impossible without the summer course. For details contact Professor H. B. Wallice at the Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta.
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The
Tech
Wallice
Care of
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
Special Perm of Court Admits J H Carney in Athens
Judge R B Russell traveled from Winder to hold a special court session in Athens to admit J H Carney to the bar despite illness preventing June graduation classmates from admission. A large barn owned by W A Carithers burned Monday night with a horse and colt perishing. No insurance. logs valued around $300.
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Athens
R. B. Russell
Winder
J. H. Carney
The
State University
W.A. Carithers
Crazed Woman Taken to Alabama Insane Asylum
Mrs. C. B. Banks of Phoenix City was taken to the Alabama Insane asylum after becoming crazed on religion. She preached to passersby and to a crowd at the depot while awaiting a train.
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Columbus
C. B. Banks
Phoenix City
Alabama Insane Asylum
Stole from a Policeman in daylight at Graves home
In Columbus Ga a thief entered Assistant Police Chief Graves home and stole a pocketbook containing $12 as people walked nearby It was daytime The same issue notes Americus Ga reporting the first bale of new cotton and a forecast of more bales as heavy weather slows cotton on sandy lands
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Columbus
Graves
Girard
Death Claims Young Mary Chapman in Lithonia
Mary Chapman age 10 of Lithonia Georgia died last night from complications of croup and scarlet fever. Two siblings at the same home are seriously ill with typhoid like fever, adding to the family’s grief as Mrs. Cason and others also face illnesses in Ware County and nearby Tuscaloosa.
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Lithonia
Little Mary
J. Chapman
Mary
C. E. Cason
Ware County
Waycross
C. H. Cason
J. A. Cason
Wara County
James
Kilgore
Tuscaloosa
Tuscalousa
Ala
James W
Kiigore
Thia Mace
Esterday
Crushed by trolley car claims life of Baker child
In Savannah on East Broad Street a trolley car killed Clarence Baker five years old as he tried to retreat from the oncoming southbound vehicle. His mother and baby narrowly escaped. Motorman T L Avant and conductor J H Grice were detained and an inquest is set for tomorrow.
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Savannah
Broad Streets
Clarenes
Baker
Hugene M.baker
T. L. Avant
Thera G
John M. Kagan
Central Railway
Baker Wa
J. H. Grice
Avant
Stella's Body Still in Bea Tybee Surf Tragedy
Savannah August 15. Miss Stella Ambrose body not recovered from Tybee sea after drownings of Stella and sister Gertrude yesterday. Gertrude's body recovered. report that Stella's body was picked up by tug McCauley cannot be verified. Searchers Goette Grogan and others scoured Tybee beach from north Tybee to Warsaw.
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Savannah
Miss Stella Ambrose
Miss Stella
Gertrude
Stella
McCauley
John Goette
Pat Grogan
Tybee
Warsaw
Truett Bound Over in Voluntary Manslaughter Case
Cooper Truett was bound over to the superior court on a voluntary manslaughter charge after a two day preliminary trial in Hamilton. W. R. Robinson, the Hamilton marshal, was killed. Bail set at 2000, Truett recovering but able to attend. Six lawyers participated in the hearings.
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Columbus
Cooper Truett
W. R. Robinson
Arshal
Hamilton
Truett
Dla
Brocking
Chalr
Soaking Clothes with Pearline Eases Old Fashioned Wash
Soaking clothes in PEARLINE and water loosen dirt making washing easier. A hours of hard rubbing is reduced as soaking and gentle rinsing substitute for strenuous scrubbing, promising a pleasanter and healthier laundry routine.
Curry Tales His CAML as CURRY TALES His CAML as
Macon Ga August 16 Special How Dupont Guerry candidate for governor returned home after visits southwest Georgia delivering a speech at Pelham Mitchell county August 9 and speaking twice at Fort Gaines August 13 on prohibition He says his campaign began long ago and invitations from citizens have shaped it He notes early campaigning and discusses public questions and broader views for success
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Macon
Dupont Guerry
Georgia
Pelham
Mitchell County
Fort Gaines
Clay County
Prohibition
Guerry
Constitution
Campaten
Thafs
Terrell
Secon
Attorney General Terrell in Macon for Legal Business
In Macon on August 15 the State Attorney General Terrell met Judge A. C. Riley of Houston County on legal matters, stressing the visit was not political. Locals asked about the gubernatorial scene, and many friends greeted him warmly. Reports note a rumored joint debate with Guerry at the Academy of Music, which could draw a large crowd.
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Terrell
Macon Ga
Macon
A. C. Riley
Houston County
Messrs. Guerry
Academy of Music
Mr Artope Seeks Open Meetings for Board
Macon Georgia August 16 Special It is said Ed Artope the newly elected commissioner will introduce a resolution at his first meeting to require county commission meetings be public like city mayor and aldermen sessions so proceedings can be known and published in newspapers if desired
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Macon
Btttb County Commissioners
Ed Artope
Poand
Puble
There Will Be Pistol Range In Macon
The Macon Rifle Association will open a pistol range at its rifle range for police practice. The Macon Police Department may use the range, with soldiers and officers gaining pistol familiarity for self defense. The Macon Volunteers will meet for rifle practice as the range is dedicated.
Nine-Year-Old Preacher Draws Crowd at Pike County Revival
Griffin Georgia August 15 Special A nine-year-old revivalist Metz Joyner born November 29 1898 in Butts County Georgia draws the largest crowd in Friendship church history. Accompanied by his mother Mrs Ta Joyner the boy preaches from John 1-10 with rapid clear delivery, sometimes sensational in tone, impressing listeners and awakening renewed religious interest in Pike County.
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Griffin
Friendship Church
Pike County
Friendship
Fike County
Ida Joyner
Butts County
Kall
Ind
Local News Snippet with Ill-formed Fragments
Disconnected OCR fragment references a six year old death from scarlet fever and a sheriff escorting a Black man named Walton to Jackson for jail, plus stray names Daniels Walter Howard and Flovilla. Context unclear. no coherent event or date provided.
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Walter Howard
Butts County
Jackson
Josh Walton
Shar
Flovilla
Waltenible
Daniels
Wea
Small Boy Confesses to Killing Brother and Drowns Him
In Jackson Mississippi August 15 special a shocking child tragedy from Lincoln county is revealed. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Eohriam Nations raised two grandsons Lewis Townsend age 1 and Homer Townsend age 7. The younger boy disappeared after a day of play and was later found dead in a creek below a drift with a fractured skull. The older brother Lewis Townsend confessed to striking the child and pushing him into the creek. He remained indifferent and attended the funeral without remorse.
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Jackson
Miss
Fair River
Lincoln County
Eohriam Nations
Lewis
Homer Townsend
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