Fiddlers Prepare for Hogansville Friday Fiddle Fest
Carrollton Ga August 19 Special Hogansville Headlight promotes a fiddlers convention for Friday August 24 lasting a day and two nights. Visitors register at The Headlight office. An opening address by former Hogansville mayor Coronel Ysase Jackson will kick off events with child admission 15 cents and 26 cents for adults to cover prizes and expenses. Prizes include gold coins for oldest youngest ugliest fattest fiddler and more with a prize for best banjo picker. One armed fiddler from Muscadine Alabama will attend.
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Carrollton
Hoganaville
Hogansville
Coronel Ysase Jackson
Trea
Raige
Uggest
Jeanest
Rip van Winkle
Hrogansville
Catskill
Rip
Funeral of John Adderton in Americus Ga
Funeral services for Captain John L. Adderton, prominent Americus citizen, Confederate veteran, and long time state legislator, were held this morning. He commanded an Americus company in Rylander's Battalion and served on the Sumter inferior court after the war.
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Americus
John L. Adderton
Rylander
Bumter County
Alder- Yhankc
City of
Sumter
Three More Fined in Indian Spring Gamblers Case at Jackson
In Jackson Georgia on August 18 Judge Curry fined three members of the Indian Spring Gamblers. Two received fines of 31 dollars each and one was fined 60 dollars.
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Jackson
Curry
Ned
Gio
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription praised by new mother
In a Wilkes Barre testimonial a young mother credits Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription with easing postnatal recovery. She describes diminished dizziness and headaches, sustained energy, and strong health for both herself and her baby eight months old. She notes she and her baby gained vitality and weigh healthily after using the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Young
South Regent Street
Ice Park
Wilkesbarre
Penna
Dr. Pierce
Shaw
Large Distillery Raid by United States Officers
U S officers with Buford deputies captured forty five gallons of liquor two mules and a two horse wagon near Gainesville after a raid on a distillery. Two white men from Gilmer county resisted briefly and were handcuffed and taken to Gainesville. Names reportedly include John Brooks and his brother.
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United States
Buford
Gigus
B. Landis
H. L. Richardson
Gainesville
Harrison Sudderth
Galland
Gilmer County
John Brooks
Gaineeville
Saturday Night Tragedy on Dallas Work Train
Ed Battle shot and killed John Davis on a Southern railroad work train in Dallas Georgia after a Saturday argument. Davis lived in Temple. Battle, who was armed with a repeating rifle, was arrested at his home by Marshal Gip Hicks and jailed.
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Ed Battle
John Davis
Dallas
Southern Railroad
Davis
Temple
Battle
Gip Hicks
Must Shut Down on Sundays in Savannah Clubs
Mr Wilson of Savannah demands social clubs close liquor bars on Sundays. He sent letters to club officers requesting action. only one club complied. He warned he will petition the grand jury next Friday to indict for selling liquor on Sunday if clubs fail to assure closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wilson
Savannah
Agnet
H. &. Wilson
Good Government League
Grand Jury
Hastey’s Narrow Escape in Swollen Creek Crossing
J W Hastey of Chipley narrowly escaped drowning when his buggy and horse flipped in a swollen creek near Stinson. He clung to a wheel for half an hour as water rose to the horse’s neck. help arrived to rescue him and recover his trunk and vase.
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Chipley
Columbus
Stinson
Mr. Hastey
WHITE FOLKS HOME FOR CRIPPLED NEGRO BOY
Albert Daniel, an old crippled black man, died at the county poor house near Columbus Georgia. A white Columbus family took him in years ago and cared for him forty years granting a home and small gifts and delicacies even after he was sent to the poor house.
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Columbus
Albert Daniel
Seaboard to Erect Freight Depot in Columbus
Seaboard Air Line plans a modern freight depot in Columbus after purchasing nearly an entire block between Front and Short streets south of Tenth. An engineer surveys the site in the wholesale district as talk grows of connecting the depot with terminals in the city’s eastern area. Officials deny any sale of the dummy line, though widespread belief holds the deal nearly closed and due soon.
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Columbus
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Front
Short Streets
Tenth Street
Seaboard
Columbus Hartroad Company
Thiane
Columbus Railroad Company
Two Killings in Chatham as City Narrows Paths
Savannah Ga August 19 Special Jouls Green colored was shot and killed this evening by James Williams. The murderer resisted arrest and police beat him before surrender. He came to Savannah from Birmingham. Another murder reported from Pooles whither county officers have gone. Wesley Herron shot Leander Bonaparte who will die. George Bonaparte, Leander's brother, shot Herron on the side, and Leander Bonaparte Jr cut him with an ax. The row at a church and all parties are colored.
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Savannah
Jouls Green
James Williams
Birmingham
Pooles
Wesley Herron
Leander Bonaparte
George
Leander
Herron
Leander Bonaparte, Jr
Motorman Avant Held for Trial in Child's Death
Motorman Thamas Lt. Avant, who ran the car that killed Clarence Baker, was held for involuntary manslaughter by the Savannah coroner after examining fifteen witnesses. Avant, a new hire from Macon replacing a striker, had bond set at $1,000.
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Savannah
Shavannah
Thamas
Avant
Little Clarence Baker
Macon
Kennesaw Marble Works Elects Officers at Ten Year Meet
Elected officers are President George F. Newell Vice President H C Harwell Secretary and Treasurer A Cuttelyou and directors B P Lees R W Boon Cottel you and Francis Kendall. The year’s showing is the best since the enterprise began with increased business over any prior year. In Fayetteville Georgia Hon A O Blalock is rumored for entering races for congress.
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Marietta
Kennesaw Marble Works
George F. Newell
H. C. Harwell
A. ¥. Cuttelyou
BP. Lees
R. W. Boon
Cottelyou
Francis Kendall
Woman in Rural Retreat Shoots Merchant in Legative Incident
Ola Neff an 18 year old hotel proprietor's daughter in Rural Retreat Wythe county fired a 22 caliber parlor rifle at J J Waxelbaum a Macon Georgia produce buyer. The shot hit above the heart and left him seriously wounded but not in danger. Neff is held for grand jury action. Waxelbaum is a prominent Jewish merchant in Macon with a young family.
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Richmond
Wythe County
Ola Neff
B. H. Neff
Alamo Hotel
J. J. Waxelbaum
Macon
Wytheville
Rural Retreat
G. J. Waxelbaum
Carroll Pleads For His Life In Macon
Macon Ga August 19 Special Levi Carroll sentenced to hang September sent for the correspondent of The Constitution tonight to whom he made the following statement I think the supreme court has said the jury should have recommended mercy and that I had provocation to kill my father I was driven from home disinherited and the woman I killed encouraged him I should be given a life sentence Minder a white man is to hang September 7 while Carroll is to hang September 6 Lawyer Cooper is pushing Minder s case to the United States Supreme Court.
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Macon
Levi Carroll
The
Constitution Tonight
Supreme Court of
Minder
Kim Mahoney
Supreme Court
Carroll
Cooper
United States Supreme Court
Two Men Killed in Drill Blast at Blacksburg Quarry
In Columbia South Carolina August 19 two Black men, Ed Walker and another worker, were killed when a drill was dropped into a loaded hole causing a devastating explosion at a Blacksburg rock quarry.
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Columbia
8. C
Ed Walker
Blacksburg
Cotton Downed by the Wind in Alabama Prairies
Commissioner Poole reports severe cotton damage in western Alabama with up to twenty percent loss after a wind event. He describes browned bolls stuck in mud and notes the prairies’ impact on cotton crops. The report comes from Montgomery with a special dispatch dated August 19.
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Poole
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Interstate Conference of the King's Daughters Meets in Savannah
Mrs. Mary Thompson Howe announces the annual session of the Interstate Conference of the King's Daughters will be held in Savannah, Georgia from November 11 to 24. Delegates from all states are urged to attend. the interstate branch formed in Chicago four years ago has advanced through cooperative methods. Delegates will be hosted by the Savannah circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Daughters
Jackson
Miss
Mary Thompson Howe
the King's Daughters
Savannah
Chicago
Ravannah Circle
Reagan Hanged Himself in Barn at Chickamauga
William B. Reagen aged 48 formerly of Walker county Georgia and a former flagman for the Cincinnati Southern railroad died by suicide this morning in Chickamauga Tennessee. He hanged himself with a rope in the barn adjoining his home. His sister Jessie Ryans recently tore into an attorney over remarks in a lawsuit, and her troubles weighed heavily on him causing acute melancholia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
William B. Reagen
Walker County
Georgia
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Chickamauga
Reagan
Jessie Ryans
Thirteen Class A Colleges for Women One Southern
The U S Commissioner of Education drops one college from Division A, leaving four in Massachusetts and New York each and one in Pennsylvania Maryland Minnesota California and Virginia. Randolph-Macon Woman's College at Lynchburg Va remains the sole southern institution in this class noting its distinctive status and rapid development.
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U. S. Commissioner of Education
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Minos
California
Virginia
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchbore
Jvn
Potomac
Commissioner. of Education
Plant system drops yellow from its color scheme
Savannah readers learn the Plant system plans a gradual color overhaul. Freight cars already dark red, depots to receive variegated hues or grey with maroon trim as yellow fades from stations, offices, and even employee homes. Officials say the shift aims to reduce dirt visibility and modernize the line's appearance.
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Savannah
Georgia
South Geor
Plant System
Plant
Corréanon Dént
Spain
Flagler
Florisia
Mr. Plant
B. G.ergin
W. B. Denholm
Bartlett In Race After Health Recovery
Judge Charles L. Bartlett congressman from this district now resting in Baratoga New York writes that once he regains health he will return to Georgia to begin his reelection campaign. The note appears dated Jackson Ga August 19 and confirms his intention to tour the district.
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Jackson
Charles L. Bartlett
Baratoga
N. Y
Georgia
Heavy rains in Alabama flood streets and halt transit
Birmingham endured a severe downpour with two inches of rain in about thirty minutes. Streets and storm sewers were overwhelmed, water reached two feet in spots, and streetcars halted. No property damage reported as Coosa and Alabama rivers rise toward danger levels. Montgomery saw 1.42 inches in forty minutes with hail briefly noted.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hightenth
Montgomery
Weather Bureau
Coosa
Alabama
Tragedy at Bessember: Youth Shoots Man Over Refusal
In Bessember Alabama Louis Baggett aged 17 shot Harry Shrump in a saloon after Shrump refused a drink. Baggett fired twice injuring Shrump in vital places. Shrump died early Sunday morning from the wounds. Witnesses report the dispute began when Shrump declined the drink.
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Louis Baggett
Harry Shrump
Birmingham
Als
Bessemer
Baggett
Shrump
Holding the Company's Mail Mutual Fidelity Company Cannot Get Its Letters
Inspectors of the U S post office department order Postmaster Waddy to stop delivering mail to the Mutual Fidelity Company of Norfolk Virginia. The outcome is undecided, with options including continuing business by express lines or liquidation. General counsel Hicks has gone to Washington to confer with postal authorities. The company claims 1500 to 2000 contract holders in Norfolk and agencies across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Fidelity Company
Norfolk
United States Post Office Department
Waddy
Nautauim
BR. R. Hicks
Washington
Mutual Fidelity
United States
Rains Cause Flooding and Disrupt Rail Service in Cherokee County
Heavy weekly rains flood lowlands across Cherokee County. Broad River overflows its bottoms delaying trains on the South Carolina and Georgia extension. The county normal school closes as about forty teachers attend a four week summer session led by W. F. McArthur and Professor Blake from Spartanburg.
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Gaffney
8. C
9. C
Broad River
South Carolina and
Georgia
Broadriver
Cherokee County
W. F. McArthur
Blake
Spartanburg
Funeral of Mrs Louisa Graves Edwards
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Louisa Graves Edwards, who died on October 17, will be postponed until Wednesday. Service will be at the residence on Ardson Street, with interment at Beat Conyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Edwards
Louisa Graves Eadwards
Autunn
Ardson Strest
Old Man Hodges Killed by Accidental Shot in Oliver
In Oliver Georgia on August 12 two young men named Paul Hodges and Mr Overstreet were examining a repeating shotgun when a shell jammed and discharged. The shot struck Elihu Hodges in the face, killing him instantly as he sat under a tree about 15 feet away. Hodges, nearly 60, had no family and moved about with no fixed home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver, Ga
Paul Hodges
Mr. Overstreet
Elihu Hodges
Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Goes Global In 1901
The Nantucket light ship and the Lucania linked by Marconi wireless on Friday. J Carroll Payne on board the Lucania sent a message via wireless from sea to shore. The Herald notes Marconi’s rise from novice inventor to global communications pioneer, with demonstrations across England and France and rapid expansion of sea and land use.
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Marcon
Nantucket
Mass
Luennia
Cunard Atlantic Yner
Ireland
J. Carroll Payne
Lucania
Tacarla
Sandy Hook
New York Herald
Tralian
England
Signor Marconi
London
Hera
Bramley
Efigland
South
Signor Marcon
Folkestone
Capé Gris Nez
Signor Marcon Haa
Herald
New York
Dispensary profit dispute looms in Athens Georgia
Athens, August 19. County commissioners seek larger county share of dispensary profits amid talks of a legal challenge against city allocations. Possible constitutional questions may arise if the suit proceeds. Also reported are a dog bite incident involving Clarke County Clerk Hon. Charles W. Cooper and the death of Madison County planter Dawson Williams and burial details.
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Athens
Clarke
Charles W. Cooper
Superior Court
Clarke County
Cooper
Williams
Dawson Williams
Madison County
Wireless news era cited by Herald in Marconi feats
The Herald describes Marconi wireless transmissions during a sea battle, noting rapid news from ships to New York and on to London and Paris. It credits steady shore reception while rival boats faltered, and mentions relocating the Mantucket shoals experiment enabling earlier ship news. Also reports visits by J Monroe Kreiter and travels of W W Gordon Jr and Dexter Bisant amid Georgia packing peach preparations in Ohio.
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Pacers
Navesink
Highland
Herald Office
Columbia
Shamrock
Herald
London
Paris
Signor Marconi
Evening Telegram
Morgan
Park Row
Mantucket Shoals
New York
J. Monroe Kreiter
Philadelphia Typographical Union
International Typographical Union
Birmingham
Atlanta
City Seeks Rent From Lakewood Tenants
The city seeks $800 in back rent from Lakewood property tenants, claiming $3200.2 yearly for four years. A special meeting of the public buildings and grounds committee is expected today to decide steps to secure payment and justify rent due after city abandonment years ago.
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Lakewood
Public Buildings and Grounds Committee of Council
Knife Fight Ends Across Bridge in Columbus
In Columbus Georgia on August 19 Witt Howard and Walter Drake fought with knives behind the Centennial bar. Drake was cut but Howard escaped uninjured. Drake fled across the river to the Alabama side, surrendered to police, and remained jailed.
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Columbus
Witt Howard
Walter Drake
Drake
Howard
Atlanta
A Poor Millionaire Gately Starved in London
A poor millionaire named Gately died after starvation in London due to inability to digest. early use of Dr. King s New Life Pills could have aided digestion and appetite. The ad notes pills strengthen stomachs and improve digestion, price 25 cents, money back satisfaction, sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dr. King
Lakewood tenants contest rent over improved water works site
The old water works property leased to W. C. Hale for a pleasure resort passed through several hands and is now occupied by current tenants who claim improvements and ongoing upkeep, including insurance and a watchman, offset any rental. The city attorney supports rent liability but notes serious counterclaims worthy of consideration. settlement expected soon.
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W. C. Hale
Lakewood
Seven Divisions in Line Labor Day Marshals Met
The Labor Day parade marshals met to assign seven divisions, each with a band. Chief Marshal J B Hewitt, Honorary Marshal Henry Silverman, and aide W C Puckett will lead division one. others include Henry Morgan, Lon Brooks, G C Burnett, W D DeLay, H Garrett, and Charlie Hireb. Uniforms chosen as black alpine hats with Georgia colors black and yellow and leggings. Each marshal to select his own horse for the parade.
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Labor Day
J. B. Hewitt
Tlabor Day
Henry Silverman
Marshal Hewitt
Marshal Silverman
W. C. Puckett
Georgia
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Fayetteville, Ga
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Petrie
Congress
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Womes
Waselbasis
Savanna
Bartlett
Hodges
Claike
Tee
W. W. Gordon, Jr
Kimball, George
Dexter Bisant
Barneaville
Ohio
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Walliskey
Bridge
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Newton Hathaway
M.D
Bulte
Inman
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