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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
10
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Columbus Georgia December 16 Special preparations are being made by the real members of the fraternity for the annual convention of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity embracing the states of Georgia and Alabama. In Columbus December 31 and January 0 there will be a dance and reception at the Muscogee upon the evening of the 31st. A banquet will be given at the Racine on the evening of the 0th. The sessions will follow at once. There are a number of alumni in Columbus who recently organized into an association.
Bainbridge Ga December 16 Specials A M Ramsey vice regent snark of the Hoo Hoos of the southwestern district of Georgia calls all members to Bainbridge on December 30 for the concatrnation. About twenty kittens to be initiated and a banquet to follow at a local hotel. New officers take places in Macon and comments on sanitary, county, and other local appointments. Handle Plant for Crawfordville plans to produce handles locally using machinery.
Corinne Scott, a one year old girl, left alone by her mother at 136 Fenwick Street, Augusta, is badly burned as her clothing catches fire. Rescue attempts fail to save her right side and back. face avoids serious injury, prognosis cautious. Another fatal burn reported in Moultrie where a negro girl’s clothing ignites while burning trash.
Crawfordville Ga December 16 John Ware a colored train hand in the way freight of the Georgia railroad had part of his foot cut off while handling cars here today.
Otis Castles of LaGrange was shot and possibly mortally wounded at about oclock by his uncle Dog Hubbard near LaGrange. The double barreled shotgun fractured Castles shoulder near the neck with no spread. Hubbard and Castles deny intent, a doctor arrived hours later, and Castles is in critical condition. Both families noted with regret. Captain Wilcox completes map of annexed Huguenin Heights area in Vineville and Pleasant Hill Macon Ga. The city hired engineers for the survey. the final cost came in at 475 dollars, about half the previous bid.
At Seoul Minister Allen reports unrest and rioting in Korea. The state department advised the navy to withhold warships from Korean waters. It is likely the Wilmington will be assigned for this duty.
A morning fire in Lawrenceville Ga destroyed the Globé warehouse with 150 bales of cotton and an adjacent livery stable. Nine horses and multiple buggies burned. several buildings owned by W E Brown and A N Robinson were lost. Insurance coverage existed for some properties, but the New-Herald outfit and other structures suffered extensive damage. Fire started near 2 oclock. cause undetermined.
Robert Carson son of RH HL Carson of Ashland Franklin county was killed at a saw mill near Strangeslow ground. A log rolled toward him and when he tried to stop it he was crushed against a stump. His body was mangled and his arms and legs broken. He was about thirty, married to James L Cason’s daughter of Atlanta, leaving a wife and four children in Atlanta.
The Tennille cotton mills in Sandersville Georgia are in the hands of a receiver for the second time. A bondholders foreclosure led to a pool arrangement with Judge A Burwell as trustee. Burwell and Dr C Smith were appointed to manage preserve and sell under court supervision. The idle mill plant cost about 110000 and will be sold at private sale once price approval is given by Judge Evans.
Richmond December 4 President John Skelton Williams of Seaboard Air Line Railway praised Georgia and Alabama vagrancy laws as rapidly eliminating idle negroes and turning them into productive workers. He said the measures aided construction labor and stressed southern ports and the Isthmian Canal opening would attract world commerce.
New York dispatch reports the Louisiana Supreme Court awarded Peter Warner Reuben Brown and Edward Warner $5000 each against thirty Dodson Winn parish residents who whitecapped them to learn authors of several recent fires. The district court had given $500 each. the high court increased the award tenfold, criticizing the whitecaps for denying hearings in fire cases and labeling their group as lawless. The ruling is expected to deter whitecapping in Louisiana.
Macon Ga December 16 special L W James formerly chief clerk to E B Williamson traffic manager of the Macon Dublin and Savannah rail road has been made general agent of the road in Macon He succeeds C P Lewis who becomes general agent of the line at Nashville Tenn Mr Boyer also promoted to chief clerk to the traffic manager and previously served as chief clerk to the commercial agent in Savannah
Macon Georgia December 16 Special The average baseball enthusiast takes interest in forming the Macon ball club for the South Atlantic League coming season. Owners have hired W A Smith of Knoxville Tennessee as manager with full authority to pick a winning squad.
An advertorial claims catarrh affects all organs the same and that curing catarrh in the head will also heal pelvic issues. It asserts women with pelvic disease often overlook catarrh and that most people believe catarrh is only a head illness, touting Peruna as the cure.
Macon Georgia December 16 Special The mayor has spent the day forming standing committees of the board of aldermen for the coming year. He has not disclosed names and will announce them at the regular meeting Tuesday night. Citizens expect stable, friction free management based on last year’s smooth operations.
Andrew Self, a planter from Upson county, was arraigned before U S Commissioner L M Erwin and bound over to the federal court in 200 dollars. Revenue officers seized Self while distilling beer at his home and destroyed a 45 gallon still and several barrels of beer. Salt posted bond and returned home.
Through attorneys John Cooper and Marion Harris, Byman Hicka filed suit in Macon city court against Georgia Southern and its operators. He alleges damages amounting to 650,050 from alleged negligence and related conduct by the university and its agents.
Savannah leaders including Mayor Myers and J Estell met with Dudley M Hughes Hugh V Washington Glascock Barrett and other prominent businessmen to agree Savannah will raise its share of the $50,000 fund for the Georgia building at the St Louis exposition. Myers and Col Estell will secure Savannah’s portion promptly.
Vienna Ga December 16 Special The second disastrous fire in a week struck Vienna tonight. McDonalds warehouse on Union Street burned toward A J Leonard’s store. Losses include W L McDonald Furniture Company $2000, G R B Mathews $600 no insurance, P G McDonald merchandise £1000, three P G McDonald brick stores valued at $3000. Firemen and volunteers saved the remaining block at Third and Union.
Mary Washington aged 45 died in Huntsville Alabama on December 18. Funeral services were conducted by Reverend B G Mitchell.
A belabored sales pitch asserts the author as an expert in male health, promising to cure impotence and weakness with a new method. It claims decades of study to restore men to prime condition, appealing to readers of all ages and suggesting transformation for those ruined by secret vices.
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