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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1913
Page
2
Brunswick Ga December 7 Special copies of the petition for bankruptcy filed recently in Toledo Ohio against the Farran Naval Stores company have been received in Brunswick and charges of a sensational character are made against James S Bratlay Jr Homer T Faryan of Toledo and E W Stetson of Macon the three receivers as stated in the dispatches parties in Toledo interest
A petition seeks to place the 95,200,000 corporation in bankruptcy. It names receivers and charges President Brailey with incompetence and extravagant methods, alleging his actions led to insolvency. The document details collusive lawsuits to seize assets and protect his control, claiming motives to shield personal gains. Brailey is described as the largest individual stockholder with about one million dollars in shares.
In Vienna Georgia on December 7 a white planter, J B Car sle, struck and fatally hurt Margarete Rutherford and severely injured her son, while Sheriff M O Davis investigated. Report states the family was accused of trying to stop the planter with a butcher knife.
Milledgeville Georgia December 7 Special Judge Park postponed until December 15 the hearing of motion for new trial for Nick Wilburn the Jones county man convicted of murdering J L King of Hound Oak and sentenced to be hanged December 12 The delay due to conflicts in attorney John R Cooper schedule Respite will be asked and the case reverts to the governor for possible clemency The trial previously led to Wilburn's conviction while Mrs King was acquitted sparking strong public reaction.
Woodstock Ga December 7 A salo man Soleabee living seven miles north of town killed himself with a shotgun late yesterday The coroner's jury ruled death by his own hands The body to be buried at Old Enon cemetery tomorrow at 11 oclock
Miss Maggie Day aged 42 of Jasper Georgia died early Sunday morning after treatment in a sanitarium. Her funeral arrangements place the body at the 14 0 funeral parlor with services in Jasper. She came from a prominent Jasper family. father Judge William P. Day, brothers Charles William and Craig, survivors include brothers in Atlanta and Birmingham and sisters Mrs Hambrick of Emaville and Mrs Russell of Athens.
Griffin Georgia December seventh special report lists 26 officers elected at the Spalding county camp of Confederate Veterans for 1914. B N Barrow was chosen commander with F J Freeman first vice, P H Wells second vice, H C Cunningham third vice, D R Evans fourth vice, L N Johnson adjutant and Dr T J Collins surgeon among others.
A fire destroyed T F Robinson's grocery store and meat market near Wynnton in Columbus, Georgia, early today. The blaze endangered the Columbus Steam Laundry, but the laundry was saved.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices listed from a Georgia paper include Mrs. Saran F. Sengete, Mrs. Nellie Yarbrough, Mrs. A Sémun, and Edgar Mashburn among others. Details cover death locations, survivors, interment sites at Hollywood cemetery Richmond, Greenwood, and local churchyards, with dates, ages, and funeral arrangements.
Report from Bryan area details devastating floods along forty river miles near Mumford and Ryan with 700 to 1,000 marooned in gin houses and homes. Rescue efforts save many in tents and cabins but food is scarce, with hundreds of black tenants affected and a child born on a house top amid the rising waters.
Striking workers near Calumet report gunfire in an apartment house killing Arthur and Herry James, fatally wounding Thomas Dally and seriously injuring Mary Nicholson. Dally dies that night. Three rifle bullet types found in walls suggest at least three shooters. six men arrested. Strike zone protests erupt as calls for peace and justice spread.
New York figures show 416 motorists killed and 2149 injured in eleven months, with secretary of state Mitchell May calling the current law and enforcement inadequate. He urged the governor to seek emergency legislation to curb auto deaths and protect public highways.
Benjamin Westendorff, 46, of Brooklyn, shot himself in the right temple this afternoon in Charleston and was taken to hospital in critical condition. A 12 caliber revolver fired one cartridge. a note to his wife in Brooklyn was found on a bureau. Doctors fear death and possible blindness if he survives.
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