Solicitor Urges Early Preliminary Trial in Wilcox Case
In Elizabeth City North Carolina December 8 1900 Cropsey case dies down as citizens and Solicitor Ward prepare to present evidence to the March grand jury. A preliminary hearing is sought but counsel for Wilcox delays citing lack of consultation with his ill father. Evidence includes an empty whisky bottle found by the Cropsey home river bank. Wilcox remains jailed and silent about Miss Cropsey’s disappearance.
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Eigabeth City
N. C
Cropsey
James Wilcox
Citizens' Committee
Fara
Wilcox
Grand Jury
Norfolk
Randy
Jishere
Ward As
E. F Aydlett
Fet
Aydett
Ward Committee
Greenleaf
Citizens’ Committee
Wilcoy
Miss Cropsey
Fireman Newby Dies From Christmas Wreck Injuries
George S Newby 23, Fireman injured in the Southern wreck at Prentiss Ga on Christmas night, died Sunday morning in Macon city hospital. Survived by his parents and six sisters, all residents of Macon. Funeral held at 230 pm from his Hast Macon home. interment at Fort Hill Cemetery. services led by Rev J M Glenn.
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Newby
Central City Hospital
Macon
George S Newby
Southern Railroad
Prentiss
City
G. H. Newby
Fort Hil
J. M. Glenn
Reid to Lead Lamar Rankin Drug Firm in Atlanta
Macon man A M Reid, a long time leader in the Lamar firm in Macon, will move to Atlanta to assume active management of the Lamar Rankin Drug Company there. Reid departs within days, to be joined by his wife and children, as Macon social circles react with regret.
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Macon
Lamar-Rankin Drug Company
A. M. Reid
Lamar
Atlanta
Lamar-Rankn
Constitution
Taylor & Peek Drug Company
J. Lamar & Sons
Lamar-Rankin
Reid
Henry G
Lamars
Chance of a Lifetime Medical Institute Free Services
A group of eminent physicians from the British Medical Institute opens a permanent clinic at 14 North Pryor Street Lowndes Building Rooms 207 208 208 919 917 offering free medical consultations examinations and services for six months to all patients who call before January 28. The institute promises cure for many diseases with a frank assessment at first visit and notes that medicines are excluded from free care. Specialties include male and female weakness catarrh deafness rupture goitre cancer skin diseases and rectal issues with a claim of no Sunday hours and a home visit option if calling is impossible.
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British Medical Institute
Pryor Street
Lowndes
Jerome
Speciat Bopickatg
Appointment of T G Jones as federal judge story explained
December test reveals public curiosity over who secured ex Governor Thomas G Jones to the federal district judgeship. General Stewart Woodford of New York, former US minister to Spain, advocated the move before McKinley’s death and coordinated with Roosevelt. A New Year gift cup from Jones to Woodford carries the inscription about not shooting him.
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Montgomery
Als
Thomas G. Jones
Stewart Woodford
New York
United States
Spain
McKinley
Bruce
Netta
Jones
General Woodford
Opening of the University Delayed to January Seventh
The University of Georgia will open January 7 instead of January 3 due to weather and delays in two new campus buildings. The new dormitory for seventy-two students and the new mess hall will be ready then, with Chancellor Hill notifying students by postal card. New faculty additions include Miss Celestia Parrish of Roanoke Virginia who will join the psychology department at the State Normal school, which resumes in February.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Fac
Prudential Committee
Chancellor Hill
State Normal School
Celestia S. Parrish
Roanoke
Cornell University
Virginia State Normal School
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Randolph-Macon
Alexander Rhodes
North Carolina
Bar Adopts Resolutions On the Death of H A Jenkins
During the December term of Putnam county court Judge Wingfield presiding the Eatonton bar unanimously adopted resolutions on the death of Hon Hudson A Jenkins of Eatonton Ga. Jenkins had been a member of the bar for over twenty years and served as solicitor of the court. The resolutions mourn his loss, praise his service to the bench and state, and adjourn the court in his memory with a copy to the family.
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H. A. Jenkins
Eatonton
Putnam County Court
Walter B. Wingfield
Hudson A. Jenkins
H. A. Jenking
Shia Hfe
Hatonton
State of
Georgia
Putnam
Ss. T. Wingfield
James Turner
J. W. Preston
Wy. T. Davidson
M. F. Adams
Hatonton Bar
Savannah
Street Railway
Bolton Street
Pope Barrow
Street Railway Company
State Supreme Court
Railway Company
United States Supreme Court
Reward Offered for Return of Lost Gold in Washington
A $500 reward has been posted for the arrest of the robbers who seized $6,000 from Miss Battle at Barnett yesterday. Authorities say one man and two Black men were involved. The money had been in the possession of the women for forty years.
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Washington
Barnett
Hogeel
Hema
He Lost Bride Then His Life at Rosebloom
Bates Cox was killed by W W Powell after confronting him at Rosebloom between Grenada and Tallahatchie counties. Powell shot Cox in self defense as Cox sought to confront those Cox believed caused his loss of Pearl Powell’s engagement. Pearl Powell, engaged to Ira E Tatum, had agreed to marry Tatum. Powell’s sister was Pearl Powell. The marriage had been planned for the holidays. Cox had mistaken others for being involved. Powell acted in defense and Cox died instantly.
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Grenada
Miss
Rosebloom
Tallahatchie
Bates Cox
W. W. Powell
Miles Pearl Powell
W. W. Powel
Ira E. Tatum
Cox
Tatum
Powell
Deadly shooting shocks Newport News as attorney wounds official
Newport News on December 30 saw prominent attorney Aylett Ashby fatally threaten city engineer E. A. Marye and wounding Police Officer Woodward. Marye, who had been arresting Ashby, was hit in the abdomen after bricks were hurled at a residence. Woodward was struck near the left breast as they traveled to the station. Marye’s condition remained dire with slim recovery hopes.
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Newport News
Aylett Ashby
E. A. Marye
Woodward
Marye
May Garrett
Ashby
Garretts
New Convict Lease System In Florida Promises Profit
Florida will profit from a four year convict lease with Florida Naval Stores and Commission Company at 151.50 per convict per year. Commissioner McLin and Prison Clerk MecLin will transfer about one thousand convicts from Holder to the new lessee by January 1. The state expects annual revenue around 100000, far above prior earnings. A separate report notes a wreck near Remington, Virginia, killing fireman John Mansfield after a washout damaged a freight train.
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Florida
Florida Naval Stores and Commission Company
Naval Stores Company
Commissioner of Agriculture
Board of Commissioners of State
Going To Wed Bride And Groom Fatally Struck
Nancy Heeder and John Edwards were killed instantly when struck by an eastbound Pennsylvania train as they traveled to New Castle Indiana to be married. The tragedy occurred this evening near New Castle, eliminating a planned wedding.
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New Castle
Ind
Nancy Heeder
John Edwards
Church Pillar Is Wanted and Taxes Settled
Albany Georgia December 20 Special D W Hockett a real estate and renting agent has disappeared last seen Saturday evening. Warrants out charged with crooked financial transactions G W Carroll says Hockett in charge of his grocery store exhibited false receipts and stole perhaps 150 to 200 dollars. Worthless checks found unpaid bills and other shady reports. The missing man was a prominent church worker and interdenominational promoter. His disappearance follows exposed operations triggering a local sensation.
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Albany
D. W. Hockett
Hackett
G. W. H. Carroll
Hockett
Carroll
Alledhiy
Epworth League
Christian Association
Alleged Murderer Caught in Hammond Killing Case
E G Howard, accused of fatally shooting Henry Hammond in Macon Georgia, was captured by Opelika Alabama police chief M D Morgan. Deputy Sheriff Lee Herrington proceeded to Upelika after the arrest as Sheriff Westcott and local authorities coordinated.
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G. Howard
Henry Hammond
Macon
E.G Howard
M. D. Morgan
Opelika
Ala
Westcott
Lee Herrington
Upelika
Howard
Hammond
Yana
New Mulberry Street Pastor in Macon Addresses Congregation
Rev W N Ainsworth, installed as pastor of Mulberry Street Methodist Church, Macon Georgia, preached two sermons yesterday on the Kingdom of God and The Birth of Christ. A large crowd attended both services and pledged support to the new minister and church work.
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Mr. Ainsworth
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
Macon
W. N. Ainsworth
Zionist Bank Plans in Palestine and Political Arrests
Basle reports a provisional decision for a colonial bank in Palestine with capital over 400000 francs, to handle strictly banking business and not colonization. In Evansville Indiana James D Wood of United Mine Workers of America was arrested on charges tied to a murder. In Rome Georgia Lang Bowie posted 25000 bail after a killing at Anchor Duck mill and was released to return to work.
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Zionist Movement
Basle
Switzerland
C Zionist Congress
Palestine
Wood
Evansville
James D. Wood
Kentucky
United Mine Workers of America
Madisonville
Bowie
Rome
Speciair
Lang Bowie
Dunk Locklear
Henry
Anchor
Cropsey to Prosecute Wilcox in Norfolk Transfer
Nellie M Cropsey’s body arrives in Norfolk escorted by her uncle A G Cropsey of New York A large crowd gathers at the depot Cropsey will return to Elizabeth City to assist in prosecuting James Wilcox
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Wilcox
Norfolk
Nellie M Cropsey
A. G. Cropsey
New York
Cropsey
Elizabeth City
James Wilcox
Peg Leg Williams Arrested for No License in Maxton
Raleigh dispatch notes that "Peg Leg" Williams promoter of popular exoduses in 1800 and 1891 was arrested at Maxton for lacking a license. He paid a $50 license fee and was discharged. He has limited success recruiting Negroes to leave North Carolina, with fewer than 250 secured so far.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Peg Leg” Williams
Maxton
Jewelry recovered after theft involving valet
New York on December 4 9 reports say the jewelry stolen from Mr and Mrs was recovered though Captain Titus offered no details about the recovery location pawn status or subsequent handling by the fugitive valet.
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New York
Titus
Scottish artist John Dalrymple dies in Belfast
A well known Scottish artist, John Dalrymple, died of starvation in Belfast on Christmas night. His body was found in miserably squalid surroundings. Dalrymple exhibited at the Royal Academy and took three first prizes for designs at the Paris exhibition.
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London
Evening News
Belfast
John Dalrymple
Dalrymple
Royal Academy
The College Yell and Diogenes in the Wrong Town
A humorous college tale contrasts a long haired youth with a multicolored sweater and a roaring college yell. The father despairs of the yell, then the son disrupts marauders with a strange barked chant. Diogenes laments Chicago while a lantern is stolen in his search for an honest man.
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Diogenes
Chicago
January 1902 Sheriff Sales in Fulton County Georgia
Long list of Fulton County land parcels tied to multiple defendants and creditors. Measures include lots fronting Renfro Street Larkin Street Ashby Street Thirkield Avenue and many others with detailed plot dimensions and boundaries. Each item notes the property owner such as HT Reynolds J M J Spencer Ladie Traylor Dudley Davis Asbury Arnold R M Farrar and others, with court actions from Fulton Superior Court and receivers for Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association. Sale set before the Fulton County courthouse on the first Tuesday in January 1902 with terms cash.
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Court House
Atlanta
Fulton County
Royal Naie
Renfro Street
McClaine& White
O'Byrne
Southern Mutual Wuilding and Loan Association
R. L Reynolds
Lot Nery
Latham
Peplit
JT Tall & Co
Larkin Street
J A J Spencer
J T Stokes
Drd
Atkins
Thompson
J M J Spencer
Fulton Superior Court
J A Anderson
O'Lynne
Southern Mutual Hiding and Daan Association
Ys Sant
County
Ashby Street
Proctor Tract
Samuel W Goode & Co
Campbell Wallace, Jr
Thirkield Avenue
Jonesboro Road
Ladie Traylor
South Atlanta Land Co
M .A. O'Byrne
Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association
Lacile Traylor
Towit- AM
Terry
Love
Bittie
Fame
Davis
Winn
Andrews
Dudley Davis
Caroline JG
Anderson
M A
Southern Mutual Building and Loan Assoc
Dudley Davia
Bisbo Avenue
Lansing Street
Said Street
Asbury Arnold
M A. O'Byrne
Routhern
Butnel Building and Loan Association
Sams Hire and Place
Henry
Irwin Street
Nichol
Ted Healy
T. G. Dayton
Tulto Superior Court
J. A Anderson
M A O'Byrne
Southern Mutual Building and
Yoan Association
J C Darton
Fulton
State of Georgia
C J Brown
Bisbee Avenue
Mollie B. Jones
Nee Hall
J Brown
Mollie EB Jones
Matilda Dansby
J A. Anderson
Routhern Mutual Building and Loan Association of
City of
Atlante
Georgia
Courtland Avenue
R. M. Farrar
Tulton Superior Court
Br. A. O'Byrne
Brithern Mutual Building
Loan Association of Atlanta
R. Mf
Arrar
John Ryan
Chestnut Street
Seiples
Relples
D. Connally
Foundry Street
Doray Street
Spencer Street
Thurman Street
Ryan
RD. Woodall
Southgen Loan and Banking Company
R. D
Woodall
Pttan
Corné
Gate City
Gardner
Southern Mutual
J. An
West End
Calaboose
James A Watson
JG. Lindsay
James A. Watson
J. G. Lindsay
Junta
Houve
Mrs Cook
Gordon Street
Fuarkling& Wilkins
Goredon Street
Fremant
Geongit
Henry County
Thomas
J Cooper
PD Mullins
West Eind
Avanta
Pulton County
George
Raat
Ny Know
West Ind
Fulton” County
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Wacon and Western Railroad
Manley
Rick
Miller
Cook
Samuel G_well
Humber
Deseribed Ag
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Tree Street
Pullan
West
Whiteshall Street
Renutan
Whitehall
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Aileen Street
Iiley
Gordon Strt
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J 'N'. Smith
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Bagel
Leica Cn
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Gatisty Ao
G. M
Fowler
Italion Cor
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Ruge
Houxe
Mattie Adams
A. M. Hoke
Cupeba
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Alex Roany
James Neal
Han
Felton
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DeKalb County
Fulton Country
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Esste Avenue
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