Oil discovered in Abbeville center sparked land options
August 27 Abbeville Georgia reports a syndicate led by J B Felder taking options on all land showing oil traces in town. A citizens meeting at the courthouse granted options and a local company plans drilling with chartered capital of 57000, possibly rising to 200000. The prospect of big company exploration stirs widespread excitement.
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Abbeville
J. B. Felder
Court House
Felder
Thunder Strikes Athens House Sparks Fire Update
A lightning bolt hit H R Fitzpatrick’s East Athens home after a tree strike on Prince Avenue, causing a rooftop fire that was quickly put out. In the same storm, a bee swarm attackedChief Engineer John Mitchell’s horse and him near the water works, with both suffering stings. Professor Herty returned to Statesboro after field study, and editor James O’Farrell of The Athens Banner was reported dying, as Chancellor Hill and Desa Sylvanus Morris issued law course changes from one to two years.
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Athens
Nalfs
J. B. Taimarge
Prince Avenue
H. R. Witzpatrick
Mr. Fitzpatrick
Mitchell
Professor Herty
Charles H. Herty
University of Georgia
Statesboro
Herty
O'Farrell
James O'Farrell
Athens Banner
Cleveland
Law Department
Hill
Desa Sylvanus Morris
Assault Charge Arises Over Macon Crime
Richard Stubbs reports his daughter Emma was assaulted by James Clayton after a church festival and Knights of Pythias entertainment in East Macon near Fairview. Clayton fled but was later arrested and jailed. Emma says she fought back but was overpowered. Clayton denies the allegations.
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Emma Stubbs
James Clayton
Macon
Richard Stubbs
Fairview
East Macon
C. CC. Balktom
Clayton
Stubbs
Balkcom
Bal
Colored Knights of Pythias
Jones
Indorsement of the Judge at Indian Springs Poker Game
The grand jury of Butts county praises Judge Frank Z Curry for handling the county court with neat minutes and diligent management. They note the court saves jail fees and funds the treasury, charges against vagrants and offenders, and recommend transferring demeanor cases to the county court while setting his salary at 500 for 1902.
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Indian Spring
Curry
Macon
Atlanta
Indian Springs
Butts County
Frank Z. Curry
County Court of
Butts
Superior Court
Legislators Open Probe Into Georgia School for the Blind
Special committee led by Senator W H Cobb and Representatives G W Adams and Warren Grice reconvened in Macon to resume an exhaustive investigation of the State Academy for the Blind. The panel first met weeks ago and will report at the October 27 legislative session.
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Macon
State Academy For the Blind
W. H. Cobb
G. W. Adams
Putnam
Warren Grice
Pulaski
Georgia
Swainsboro's First Bale Sold at 80 Cents
Swainsboro Washington August 4 special The first new bale of cotton was brought here today by Jesse Moore and sold to J S Youmans for 80 cents. Mr Moore says unless the rain prevents picking he expects to market several bales that week. Cotton crops here are very poor and three weeks late. Swainsboro bought her first bale last year about August 1.
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Swainsboro
Jesse Moore
J. S. Youmans
Moore
Mule Tragedy Ties Odor To Disinterment In Georgia
In Washington Georgia August 27 a mule pulling a wagon frightened by the odor of a decaying corpse linked to a 12 month old exhumation of James Ferguson, slain in a Lincoln County duel with George Paradise. The mule threw Annie Bufford and dragged Frank Bufford a quarter mile as the wagon toppled. The case revives a high profile murder trial with prosecution and defense preparing for renewed action.
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Washington
Washington, Ga
Lincolnton
George Paradise
James Furguson
Furguson
Lincoln
Wilkea
Thomas H. Watson
Ferguson
Estes
Georgia
Frank Bufford
Annie Bufford
la Neur
Chipley Warehouse Burns in Lightning Blaze
A lightning strike set the Hunt warehouse on Main street on fire at noon in Chipley Georgia. The building was totally destroyed but a heavy rainstorm saved adjacent structures from damage. Estimated loss about three thousand dollars.
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Chipley
Hunt
Main Street
Resignation of Seaboard Official Opens Savannah Lumber Venture
Savannah August 21 Special Superintendent Cecil Gabbett of the Seaboard Air Line’s fourth division resigns effective September 1 to enter lumber business in Savannah. He will join Colonel T. Wyiley Jr. as Wylly and Gabbett. Gabbett’s career spans Georgia and Alabama lines, including Georgia and Alabama Railroad, Atlanta and West Point, Central of Georgia, and Georgia and Alabama. No successor named. a transfer from another division is possible.
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Savannah
Cecil Gabbett
Seaboard Air Ling
Columbia
Jacksonville
Montgomery
Wylly & Gabbett
Gabbett
Seaboard
Georgia and Alabama
Georgia
Alabama
Ireland
Atlanta
West Point
Central of Georgia Railway
Georgia and
Savannah Set To Coal Northbound Vessels From Southern Fields
Ocean Steamship Company will coal northbound ships at Savannah following an inspection by Major J F Hanson and President John M Egan. Coal from Durham Birmingham Georgia will be used experimental coal supply with potential permanent use. no local coaling plant planned yet. If successful, Southern coal could sustain a Savannah station and boost Central Railroad revenue. The new vessel to be named City of Memphis, with launch hoped for May 1 1902, though some delays noted.
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Egan
Major Hanson
Savannah
Ocean Steamship Company
J. F. Hanson
John M. Egan
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Hanson
Todgy
New York
Durham
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Hannon
Macon
Central Railroad
Delaware River Iron, Ship Building and Engine Works
Roaches
City of Memphis
John B. Roach
Hgan
Judge Gamble Defends Plant Valuation Arbitration
Savannah August 27 Judge Roger L Gamble of Louisville spoke on the Plant system property valuation criticism raised by Dupont Guerry He explained the arbitration set sidetracks at 2000 per mile and main line adjustments to reach a fair overall value Declared there was no fault in Mr Browns handling of the matter.
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Dupont Guerry
Savannah
Roger L. Gamble
Louisville
Gamble
Brown
Two Carrollton Boys Missing From Home Sparks Citywide Search
Carrollton Georgia residents frantically searched swamps and streams after Harvey Hamrick aged 12 and George and Sidney Merrell aged 10 and 1 failed to return home from morning seining. A telephoned tip from Clem 6 miles southeast said the boys passed through around 3 pm heading toward Barzeents Georgia where Hamrick’s father lives.
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Carrollton
Harvey Hamrick
W. D. Hamrick
George
Sidney Merrell
G. W. Merrell
Georgia Normal College Opens Fall Term in Abbeville
Georgia Normal College in Abbeville, Georgia, began its fall term today with brighter prospects. Officials anticipate an enrollment of about 400 students by week’s end as the term gets underway in a hopeful start.
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Georgia Normal College
Abbeville
Raymond Ross Pal Penalty Ends Canton Georgia Hanging
Canton Ga August 27 Special The last act in the case of Raymond Ross colored who outraped and otherwise ill treated Mrs Harriet Miller in Sixes district of this county on July 28 was closed today at 11 2 o'clock when Sheriff Bedelle sprung the trap on the gallows. The fall left Ross neck dislocated and complete death pronounced after sixteen and a half minutes. Ross body sent to the College of Physicians and Surgeons Atlanta. Witnesses reported a large crowd gathered as a makeshift public hanging despite private law. Mrs Harriet Miller white widow had been assaulted by Ross three days prior, whom he entered the house by prying planks and dragged into the woods.
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Canton
Raymond Ross
Harriett Miller
Sixes
Bedelle
Rosa
J. M. Turk
Ross
Hedelle
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Atlanta
Wiliam Drew
Marietta
Dudge
Georgia
Harriet Miller
Salaries of Teachers Fixed by Putnam Board of Education
At a Putnam county board of education meeting the salaries for the 1901 1902 term were set to begin in October for seven months of twenty school days each. One thousand dollars was allocated for building purposes with Eatonton receiving 600 Ramath 380. Most teachers were elected with few exceptions and Eatonton public school enrollment requires more rooms and staff as next term looms.
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County Board of Education
Eatonton
Putnam County Board of Education
Eatenton
Ramath
Bicycle Scorcher Fined for Running Over Man
In Macon Georgia Susie Ellington colored was sent to the superior court on assault with intent to murder Randall Tyson after stabbing him twice. She received a fine of 4.25 or four months on the chaingang for disorderly conduct. Albert Walker was fined 25 or four months on the chaingang for fast bicycle riding after running over Artie Small, leaving him unconscious. The recorder vows to curb scorching or fast cycling.
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Macon
Recorder's Court
Susie Elington
Randall Tyson
Recorder
Albert Walker
Artie Small
Light Returns to Americus After Blackout
Americus Georgia reports restoration of electric lights after fourteen nights of outage caused by a breakdown at the electric light station. Repair work completed tonight brings back electricity and ends the spell of candles and kerosene as residents celebrate the return of illumination.
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Americus
Deaths and Obituaries From Americus Waco and Waycross
Mortality notes from Americus Georgia report Mrs Dee Childers dying of fever leaving a husband and infant son with another newborn. Remains to be interred in Montezuma. Louis Newburg hotel manager of the St Charles in Waco Texas dies in his hotel room age 47 leaving a wife and child. Helen Folks 11 daughter of Dr and Mrs G P Folks dies at home near Waycross after several days with fever in Spencer Hollow community.
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Dee Childers
Americus
Lee Childers
Montezuma
Louis Newburg
Waco
Tex
St. Charles Hotel
South
Newburg
New York
Lightning Strikes Woman in Georgia Home Miracle Escape
Mrs John Roser survived a near fatal lightning event at her Rome Georgia residence. A bolt hit a nearby tree then struck her feet as she stood on a rear porch with her husband and sister. She lay speechless for two hours and remains prostrated though others nearby were less affected amid two and a half inches of rain.
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Rome
John Roser
Deinterred Boy Junius Maddox Death Shown Violent
In Macon Georgia August 27 a post mortem on five year old Junius Maddox found fatal injuries. Verdict: death from violence, cause attributed to Tom Johnson who allegedly assaulted the boy. Dr J C Johnson performed the examination. Johnson jailed. Jury foreman L E Pellew. The boy was found in a fruit tree, jerked down and whipped, then fell ill and died.
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Junius Maddox
Macon
Tom Johnson
J. C. Johnson
L. E. Pellew
Johnson
Maddox
Carroll County Election On Local Option Question
Voters in Carroll County face the local option issue today with strong campaigns from both dry and wet tickets. The dry group promotes temperance literature while the wet side canvasses for a favorable result. Large crowds gathered in the city as election day approaches and the bar will close on election day amid concerns of illicit activity.
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Carrollton
Carroll County
Tiger’ Businness
Sargent on steel strike impact on unions and railroads
Frank P. Sargent, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen, met with Secretary Easley to discuss the steel workers strike. He said unions are involved and Amalgamated Association will donate to strikers while unable to strike in sympathy. He warned a failed strike could empower railroads to curb unions.
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New York
Frank P. Sar Gent
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen
Industrial Commission
National Civic Federation
Hasley
Sargent
Easley
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Foresters in Convention in Baltimore Seventy-Second Meeting
The seventh bi annual meeting of the Supreme Court of Foresters of America opens in Baltimore with nearly 20 delegates from 20 states. The public session featured an address by Acting Mayor Henry Williams and a response by Chief Ranger Thomas J. Ford. The program includes a banquet and an Annapolis excursion later in the week.
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Baltimore
Supreme Court of Foresters of America
Henry Willams
Thomas J. Ford
Pittsburg
Segaion
Annapolis
No Guesswork on Chronic Diseases by Atlanta Specialist
The physician claims decades of exclusive focus on chronic diseases with thousands of patients treated while other doctors failed to identify causes. He asserts no guesswork in his judgments, promises personalized plans, and offers free consultations or symptom blanks. Office in Atlanta at Inman building with stated hours.
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United States
J. Newton Hathaway
M.D .Auite
Inman
Broadstreet
Atlanta
M. Jm
Train Hits Washout Near Danville Injuring Passengers
A Southern railway passenger train derailed on a washout ten miles from Danville Virginia around 3 am after heavy rain swelled a small creek. Several injured were taken to the Home for the Sick. among them were Congressman Peter J. Otey, A B Davis, Mrs Davis, Mamie Davis, Arthur C Menius, and others from Salisbury and Portsmouth.
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Danville
Southern Railway
Lst
Peter J. Otey
Lynchburg
A. B. Davis
Franklin County
Davis
Mamie Davis
Arthur C. Menius
Salisbury
N. C
J. T. Kirk
Claremont
George H. Coble
Richmond
Kate Beard
Lucy D. Caudle
Petersburg
Barclay Hamlin
Grave Alan Churian. Unsafe travel through the province
M White, CP chief, returns from Siberia aboard the Empress of China. He reports insurrection in Manchuria and warns travelers against crossing the province via Pekin after learning General Gribski was banished to Kamchatka following the Amur massacre in which 2949 people were killed.
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Victoria
B. C
M. White
Canadian Pacific Railway
London
Siberia
Manchuria
Pekin
ALL THE MINERS TO STRIKE IN KANSAS DISTRICT
President Richardson and Secretary Gilmour said about 90 percent of the 4000 coal miners in Pittsburg district will obey the September 1 strike order. The Big Four firms are Central Coal and Coke, Western Coal and Mining, and Southwestern Mining. Miners seek only to hire union men.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Richardson
Gilmour
United Mine Workers
Central Coal and Coke Company
Western Coal and Mining Company
Czar Disposed to Intervene to Discuss Transvaal
London August 28 The St Petersburg correspondent of The Daily Mail confirms Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William will meet at Dantzig September 10 He says the czar is disposed to intervene regarding the Transvaal and that the war will be discussed with M Loubet King Edward and Emperor William
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South Africa
President Loubet
London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Emperor Nicholas
Emperor William
Dantzig
Transvaal
M. Loubet
King Edward
Emperor Willam
Monument to Parnell Contract with St Gaudens Confirmed
John Redmond MP announces in a letter that a preliminary contract has been closed with Augustus St Gaudens for the Parnell monument at a cost of 40002 dollars. The work will take five years to complete and only 33000 dollars have been subscribed. Redmond hopes to buy Avondale, Parnell's residence, if funds allow.
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Augustus St. Gaudens
London
John Redmond
Parnell Monument
Redmond
Avondale
Parnell
Sunk schooner collision reported by Jaime Mir
Spanish bark Jaime Mir reports collision with British schooner Muriel Winter near Vigo. Muriel Winter foundered with one crewman drowned. rest of crew saved. Jaime Mir bow damage and leakage noted. Muriel Winter commanded by Captain Boges en route Bonavista Newfoundland from Figueroa.
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Muriel Winter
Jaime Mir
London
Pou
Sayannah
Vigo
Spain
Boges
Bonavista
Foundland
Figuero
Milner Arrives in Capetown to Warm Reception
Lord Milner, British high commissioner for South Africa, landed from England and was greeted warmly in Capetown. He replied to an address of welcome, affirming Britain's steadfast adherence to its South African policy.
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Milner
Capetown
Lord Milner
South Africa
England
Great Britain
Stuart's Gin and Buchu Ad Claims Kidney Cure
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Gin and Buchu as a remedy for kidney trouble and female weakness. It lists symptoms like back pain, frequent urination, headaches, and dizziness and asserts the product restores strength, purifies blood, and restores healthy urine. Includes offer of free medical advice and notes a grand opening of a theater on August 31.
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Stuart
Start
Drugeias
Stuart Mig
Atlanta
Revival of the Irish Language movement and goals
Westminster notes a growing Irish language revival driven by the Gaelic League. The movement seeks to spread Gaelic across Ireland while remaining non hostile to English, though some factions aim to drive English out. It arose from political dissension after Parnell and draws supporters from diverse regions and viewpoints.
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Westminster Review
Oo Donnell
Great Britain
All Ireland
Parneil
Teague
Athens
Ireland
Gaelic League
Natons
Wales
England
Why the third term talk sparks a church ice cream fable
A fragmented dialogue between editors collages jokes and barbed quips about politics power and old institutions. The exchange editor resists and the banter spirals through absurd comparisons from universities to iceboats and famous names, ending on a shouted cry for enough.
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Horresco
Chicago Tribune
Dhepew
Dowleigh
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
University of
Paewn
Midway
Electoral College
Jis Lincoln Park
John Jacob Astor
Hetty Green
Russell Sage
Henry Clay
First Class Hair Cut
A farmer confronts a barber over a 15 cent first class hair cut sign at a depot shop. The barber explains the sign is for first class service only. The farmer concedes after a moment and pays the bill.
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New York Tribune
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