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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1901
Page
5
In Arcock's store near Monroe Georgia Walton county a notorious blind tiger run by unknowns draws public ire. A local minister Rev T E McCutchen calls for grand jury action against the Aycock linked operation. The 1910s case cites a hidden liquor room peering through a wall hole with regular illegal sales.
Savannah August 20 Major G M Ryals says he spoke with Governor Pope Brown and announced his candidacy for Georgia railroad commissioner. He claims Brown plans to resign and run for governor, with Ryals pursuing the post amid competing offers. Brown contemplates which papers to announce in and fears offending readers.
Alec Joseph, 27, attacked a 9 year old girl within Shadydale city limits at 1 pm. The child’s mother appeared, the assailant fled, and he was bound over to the superior court. Tonight threats of lynching surfaced as crowd gathered, prompting the city marshal to hide the suspect. A burglar rumor later led to another arrest at J S Comer’s store.
Sunday night F B Quinley watched a negro trying to enter O J Allens residence on Francia street and shot at him. The fugitive dropped a heavy iron bar and fled. Sheriff Southerland brought in Ross Jenkins, wanted for a Coffee county murder. A small riot in Peargon unsettled residents as outlaws shot into the night, supposedly aiming at Agent Moore’s family.
The corner stone of the new Baptist church in Monticelia Georgia was laid this morning with ceremonies. Mrs Martha Penn Rodgers, the oldest member, placed the first brick.
A fragmentary report discusses a fortified illicit place linked to liquor sales and a dispute over cash deposits. Aycock denies ties to the site while residents call for its suppression. Officials warn fines will be set high if convicted, and grand juries will keep returning bills amid public interest in the fate of the infamous tiger comparison.
Lieutenant Colonel Quincy Wash resumes role as commandant of cadets at Gordon Institute, after Colonel Nash returns to lead military science and mathematics. Nash, a Gordon graduate, has nine years of service as cadet and commandant and is familiar with the institute’s spirit and policy.
Charles T Smith, whose brother shot young Ben Hill Madden in Concord Georgia, says Madden was a sleepwalker and that the entry into the house was involuntary. He asserts Madden entered in sleep and his actions and dying statements support this account, with those acquainted disputing any evil motive.
In Macon Georgia Colonel C M Wiley announces that at the R A Smith camp 434 United Confederate Veterans annual meeting October 28 and 23 provisions will be made to feed every veteran and members of his family who accompany him. The committee aims to favor private soldiers who carried muskets and slept in trenches, while generals and officers will be cared for as well.
Judge David M. Roberts returns and calls a special term of Irwin superior court to begin the second Monday in September for two weeks. The regular term was adjourned in July due to the judge being out of state. Dockets are crowded and two weeks are needed to clear them. Mrs. Warren Fletcher, wife of Sheriff Fletcher, is very ill at home.
Telegraph notes progress of Gates Waxelbaum brother of J J Waxelbaum who was shot at Rural Retreat in Virginia. He reports via telegram I am OK and attending to business and will go to Rural Retreat tomorrow. Malaria Causes Biliousness advertised by Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. Filet Rock Camp Meeting reports at Fiat Rock campground Carrollton Ga with 3000 to 5000 attendees from Heard county and nearby towns over weekend events lasting through Sunday.
Confederate veterans from Johnson and adjacent counties plan a gathering in Wrightsville on Wednesday the 21st. Local veterans will host the visitors with an arranged program, barbecues and refreshments advertised as plentiful.
Adjutant General W. M. Brandon stated in Chattanooga that reports he would run for governor are false. He said he has made no decision and that it is probable he will not be a candidate, adding he would run on his own merits if he did pursue a campaign.
Buchanan Ga August 20 Special T Latham 43 year old man who lived four miles from Buchanan was killed about 2 o clock this evening and his body thrown into the river. He was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun. The motive is unknown and robbery is not thought to be the cause. Police and residents are searching the countryside for the killer.
Georgia crop report for week ending August 19, 1901 notes excessive rainfall and high winds damaging corn and cotton in many counties, rust and shedding common in cotton, with some areas showing improvement. Northern section reports mixed outcomes while middle and southern counties show general production concerns and ongoing picking in limited districts.
Savannah stockholders of the Savannah Fair Association met and heard a report on finances. Expenditures are expected to exceed receipts by 16 more subscriptions were approved with new payments giving priority to net receipts. A total of 33 490 was subscribed and nonpresent stockholders expected to top up. Groundwork progress includes all buildings due by October 1 and race track work largely by county convicts.
In Sparta Georgia on Sunday about 6 pm two young black men Wilson Harper and Lonnie Ingram attempted to cross a ferry with their mules at Oconee springs. Harper drowned after the river’s swollen current broke the cable and swept them downstream. Ingram survived after standing in deep water for hours. The ferry has since been repaired.
Emmett J. James a well known cigar manufacturer disappeared last Saturday from Columbus Georgia. Family alarms rise as wires are used to locate him with no success and no reason given. A Massey business college student also reported missing but later found safe with a plausible explanation.
The United States court clerk today received Judge Speer’s decree in Central of Georgia railroad v City of Macon and the Macon Dtn and Savannah railroad. The decree makes the temporary injunction permanent until final hearing.
An old Black man named Grant died from a rattlesnake bite on Deputy Sheriff Sweeny’s farm about three miles from Savannah this morning. A Black man reported the incident. Sweeny went to the farm with remedies. The man was cutting hay when he stepped back after striking at one snake and was bitten on the leg by another.
Quitman August 20 special report W T Thomson a cotton buyer well known in Savannah bought the season’s first bale. The bale weighed 463 pounds, was ginned at the Quitman ginnery and sold by J A Blake for 10 cents per pound.
A short excerpt argues education equals practical mastery of life and noble conduct, denouncing mere accumulation of facts or languages as not true education. It emphasizes character, service, and the ability to adapt to any situation as the core of being educated.
The Philadelphia Times notes that recent Democratic conventions recognize national policy questions are not clearly defined yet. They stress the party’s first duty is to unite and organize within each state to prepare for future issues, upholding the party as a vital, conservative force in U.S. political life as revival efforts proceed across states.
Immediate cause listed as heart failure. Long illness included billous attack, hem orrhals and erysipelas spreading over hips, then gangrene dispersed but erysipelas returned. Death causes sadness in Canton with visitors noting his stature. funeral set for 11 oclock Thursday in Canton.
Notices report the death of T. A. Starr of Covington Newton county at 65 after a long mercantile career and local ties, noting wealth and large holdings in Covington mills. also obituary details for Captain A. F. Austin of Augusta, a former bank teller and civic leader, and Mrs H A Calhoun of Helena after a prolonged illness.
Wahycross Ga August 0 Speciall A dispatch from Coffee county says the Coffee and neighboring counties dockets are behind and a new circuit from Brunswick and Southern regions is discussed. Prominent lawyers urge revisions to circuits and counties with calls for constitutional convention and center near Brunswick Waycross and Valdosta.
August 20 Carrollton Georgia report says Bremen Sea and Canning Company and its Bremen and Carrollton plants face limited operations due to scarce tomato supplies caused by heavy rains and prior drought. Only two days of weekly running anticipated. Bremen plant reportedly on schedule after six years. Superintendent Joseph B Lovvorn of Bremen oversees operations.
An old advertisement explains kidneys filter every drop of blood and warns disease poisons blood. It claims overwork and poor living cause kidney weakness and lists symptoms like swelling, anemia, and frequent urination. It promotes Stuart's Gin and Buchu as a cure and offers free medical advice from Stuart's Drug Co. Atlanta Ga.
In Rome Georgia on August 20 a writ to recover 19 2 13 for tax shortage in Floyd County prompted United States Casualty and Fidelity Company to offer payment on Saturday next. The bond company asked to be relieved from Sanford’s bond, a move that would force a new bond within ten days if approved, or declare the office vacant with an election ordered. Sanford is not in the city and unavailable for comment.
Carrollton Georgia August 2 Amos Grant an aid distorted and feeble Negro about eighty years old died here this morning. He was active in Negro Republican politics in this section and is said to have represented a county in the Georgia General Assembly after the war. Ten years ago he served a term in the penitentiary for selling whisky, during which Bill Henson the bow legged “blind tiger” was jailed. Since then Grant has been a reformed law‑abiding humble darky.
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports a notice concerning high rents and booming property values in town. It notes five room cottages costing $2.9 and lot values, with residents paying from $25 to $35 monthly, and contrasts rent trends with Montgomery and Deatur, where attracting locomotive engineers is hindered by high rents.
Newton Hathaway proclaims no guesswork in his chronic disease practice. He touts twenty years’ exclusive focus and claims to be the most successful specialist, offering home treatment summaries and free symptom blanks. He cites extensive patient experience and invites consultations at his Atlanta office with daily hours listed.
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