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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1902
Page
7
In Rome and Athens the dispensary argument intensifies as The Dispensary Advocate debuts amid editorials and a Tribune reply. Separately at Athens the State Normal school opens with over a hundred teachers, many enrolling for ten months, signaling strong momentum for the new program despite ongoing political tensions. Greenesboro reports a major fire at F H W Hall, destroying stock and causing partial insurance coverage.
In Americus Georgia on February 6 local warehousemen sold nearly three hundred bales of cotton from Lee county farmers. Prices averaged just under 8 cents per pound based on grade, valuing the lot at about twelve thousand dollars. News notes that American markets have seen roughly 30,000 bales already delivered, with stocks light.
A late January 1992 note from William R. Whitehead, a former Confederate surgeon, recalls amputating Judge Mark H. Blandford's arm in the Civil War era. The letter, received after Blandford's death in Columbus Georgia, was answered by Grimes, Blandford's law partner, confirming the surgeon was from Virginia.
In Carrollton Georgia early this morning a jail break occurred in the north room of the old jail. Prisoners George Polston Will Hinesman and Green Battle escaped via a 15 inch square hole in the brick wall using a fire poker tool. Deputy Webb and Sheriff Merrell recaptured Polston miles north at his father’s home.
Sang Lung, a Columbus Chinaman, returns from three years in China and is briefly held up in San Francisco over identity questions. Chief Williams and Mayor Chappell, with Congressman Adamson, secure his release and he brings back gifts. Postoffice January receipts set records under Postmaster Garrett. Wilkes Veterans plan to attend the Confederate Veterans reunion in Dallas, Texas in April.
Preparations are underway in Macon Georgia for a Cook county democracy visit with a two hour stop. Mayor Bridges Smith and Colonel B M Davis will lead reception meetings on February 17 for plans. The Chicago party will be escorted to hotels, see the city by carriage, and depart by train to Atlanta after a briefing at Lanier hotel. The 250 delegates began from Chicago earlier today and will travel via Southern Railroad with stops in Charleston Augusta and Macon before Atlanta.
Three defendants in United States v. Greene arrive at the DeSoto hotel in Savannah. B D Greene H H Gaynor and W T Gaynor register at 2 pm after the Southern Railway from New York. They plan to stay through the case before Judge Speer, with attorney conference and no comment to reporters.
Macon Ga February 6 Special The bond election here next Tuesday dominates local attention with crowds distributing circulars urging a vote against bonds. Historically opposition fades by election day and bonds pass, but this time both sides claim confidence in their outcome.
Rhoda Franklin, 11 months old, son of Professor T. L. Mendenthall, died in Columbus on February 6 from injuries suffered Christmas Day when a toy cannon fired a pallet or pebble into his head. He lay in his mother's lap in a bogey as physicians described the remarkable brain wound.
At a special meeting of Greene County officials bids were opened for a steel bridge across the Oconee River at the Bob Woods place. George H. Crafts of Atlanta won the contract, linking the fork area with the rest of the county and signaling a new era for the favored section.
In Carraliton, February 6, special reports say telephone weddings grow in popularity. Squire J. T. Norman, using telephone licenses, officiated a marriage between Jefferson C. Smith and Ellen B. Stevens, both colored, with vows exchanged via Carrollton and Bowdon connections to the local clerk.
In Carrollton Georgia on February 6 a special report states Ordinary J Brown has received seventeen dollars from the state pension authorities. The Carroll County veterans and widows are entitled to draw from the fund under their proofs. Payments have begun and a daily rush of similar business is reported in the ordinary's office.
Washington Ga February 6 Special Deputy Sheriff Thomas Wingfield was attacked by two Black individuals during a tax levy at their home. He was struck in the nose and knocked unconscious before the assailants fled. Wingfield is seeking the suspects.
In Rome Georgia a jury returned a guilty verdict after thirty minutes in the murder trial of Fitz Simmons colored for the death of Henry Pinson colored. Simmons is 30 years old and an appeal is anticipated. The same jury found John McGhee sane after deliberating about thirty minutes and he will be tried for murder tomorrow.
Sam Moore, a young white man, stands trial in Rome Superior Court charged with assaulting Minnie Roberson about two years ago at the Woman's home. Contention over which county, Bartow or Floyd, housed the crime. Roberson, unmarried then and a Miss Moore, is a distant relative of the defendant. A warrant was issued, Moore fled the state, returning weeks ago and being captured at Dallas. Judge Henry ordered the courtroom cleared at the trial's start.
Willie Lopez a 22 year old white convict was shot and killed by guard C T Fetzer during a failed second assault with a shovel at the county farm in Savannah. He had previously attempted an attack the prior Tuesday and was described as unruly and possibly mentally unsound. Lopez had been jailed in Tampa for vagrancy.
Hogansville Ga February 6 Special John H Craig who lives about 3 miles from Hogansville had his barn burned last night with a new buggy four good mules one valuable young horse and his corn and fodder. The loss was about 1250 dollars with no insurance. He does not know how the fire originated but believes it was incendiary. No one had been about the barn with any kind of fire or light and it was burned after midnight.
In Columbus Georgia special report: Yullus Franklin, son of J H Cain, succumbed yesterday to burns suffered a few days earlier. Earlier, WI Dukes’s son was severely burned when a towel about his neck near a grate caught fire.
The Ladies Memorial Association of Columbus chosen Rev. J. E. Wray pastor of St. Paul Methodist Church to deliver the memorial oration this year. Wray, son of a Confederate veteran, is regarded as one of Columbus' brightest young divers.
Dublin Ga February 6 Special An effort is being made to have the sentence of William Fordham now in the state penitentiary for life commuted to six years. Fordham was convicted last year of being accessory to the murder of Oscar Cannon in this county in July 1900. Last July three other young men were convicted of the same crime and were given six year sentences. Fordham's friends think he should not serve life when others equally guilty have only six year terms.
Dublin Ga February 6 Specials The contract for a new school building was let yesterday to W T Jay of Shellman Ga. Bid 1875. Seven other bidders ranged to 27900. Building finished by September 1 will be brick with auditorium and twelve classrooms. School hurt by January last year fire.
Special from Dubin, Ga, reports that Laurens County will send two representatives to Atlanta next fall, with twice that many already seeking or considering runs. Incumbent Representative Stubbs aims for reelection while John Burch, P. Howard, James B. Hicks, and Senator George W. Carter pursue seats. The Dublin city court may become a campaign issue as every county office vies for control in what is anticipated as a pivotal year.
Harvey Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Growers Association, arrives in Montgomery to rally Alabama farmers and urge joining the movement. He will speak at Co Stumble on February 20.
Athens rejoices over the appointment of a white postmaster with President Roosevelt and Georgia lawmakers praised for aiding the change. Postmaster Fleming will assume duties soon and vows to provide thorough, satisfactory service, with civil service rules guiding appointments.
The Ware County board of education met at the court house yesterday and authorized a new Golwin school south of Waycross for a three month term at six dollars per month. They audited the 1901 books of County School Commissioner Bennett and found them correct in every particular.
Waycross Georgia February 6 Dr J M Spence of Waresboro confirmed plans to run for the county legislature. He told the correspondent he will wage an aggressive campaign and is in the race to win.
Telegram from Valdosta announces the sudden death of Dr. W C McRae at Coketon West Virginia. A native of this area he was a son of ex Sheriff J W Mottae and had married Mra Aleph Rockwell in Valdosta recently. Details are sparse and no illness was noted in a prior letter. Captain Louis Maas dies in Dallas after Civil War service and later years with Windsor Hotel.
Mallard McWilliams an old Atlantan and locomotive engineer died when two engines collided near Meridian Mississippi on Monday. A negro fireman also died and two or three others were seriously hurt. McWilliams left Atlanta ten years ago to seek work in Mississippi and left two brothers Tom and Henry McWilliams among others. Telegrams of his death reached Atlanta Monday night and relatives traveled to Meridian for burial. First of Higdon Faction Resigns in Alabama Capital.
A doctor advertises home treatment for sexual health issues, claiming rapid cure within days for seminal problems and blood poison. He invites readers to describe their case if unable to visit his Atlanta office at Austell Building, offering free consultation.
Up-to-date and supplied with all the markets delicacies meals a la carte pay for what you order. Eric’s reasonable. No canned foods. Beets and vegetables fresh. See an announcement in other part today’s paper.
Joseph H. Pacetti, 19, of Savannah, Ga, claims he was shanghaied in October aboard the Swedish barque Ada. He says the vessel sailed to France, from there to England, and finally to Swansea where the US consul aided him after the Ada was becalmed in a gale in the mid Atlantic on November 6 and the crew were rescued.
The southern Presbyterian general assembly committee in Chattanooga has adjourned after three days of private sessions on home mission work methods. Results will be released after the general assembly meets in Jackson, Mississippi, in May.
A recent gold find 8 miles from Morganton on land owned by T. L. Tate shows analysis values of 723.40 dollars per ton. The outcrop runs about 50 yards wide and Tate is regarded as the closest to a bonanza mine yet found in the state.
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