Hale Denounces Transvaal War in Senate Speech
Senator Hale of Maine delivered a sensational international speech in the Senate about the Transvaal question. He denounced Britain's war in South Africa, argued for information on recognition requests, and asserted most Americans sympathize with the Boers. He challenged calls for informational disclosure and criticized the war as a liberty issue.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Maine
Allen
Nebraska
Transvaal
Uberty
Spooner
Wisconsin
Congress
Mr. Allen
Alata
Alien
Teller
Tale
United States
Great Britain
Sout Africa
Senator Hale
Mr. Balfour
Entomologists Meet in Macon for State Crop Plan
Griffin, Ga January 19 Special Commissioner C B Stevens announced a major entomologists meeting at the Hotel Lanier in Macon on Tuesday the 23rd. A large state-wide attendance is expected as fruit growers and transportation representatives gather to discuss crop handling for what is expected to be a very large fruit season. Entomologist A L Quaintance from the state experiment station will attend with potentially valuable observations for attendees.
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Griffin
C. B. Stevens
Hotel Lanier
Macon
A. L. Quaintance
State Experiment Station
Plant System to Lower Tracks at Quitman Georgia
Plant system remodeling work at Quitman Georgia begins with track lowering for five months. Superintendent Fitzsimmons reports steam shorel and three section gangs working for three weeks. Depot and buildings will be remodeled or rebuilt, with an overhead crossing to be built by South Georgia railway. Local capitalists ready to fund the extension 最新地名/ dates not provided.
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Quitman
Fitzsimmons
South Georgia Railway
Florida Central and Peninsular Road
Savannah
Haralson court reports actions and a turkny theft case
Haralson superior court convened with Judge C. G. James presiding. Several cases disposed, calendar on time, grand jury in session. Bess Jackson WIN Long and Bill Jones committed to jail for larceny from the house after a turkey theft turns to pork. Bill Jones confessed and testified against the others. Union Point plans a 2300 spindle yarn plant by Union Manufacturing Company to produce hosiery yarns, ground broken soon.
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A. F. Johnson
Here
Bill Jones
Union Point
Union Manufacturing Company
Runaway Wedding Unites Pitt and Foster in Chattanooga
A romantic runaway marriage linked Cedartown merchant J W Pitt and Lexington society woman Margaret Foster in Chattanooga on January 18. Parental objections in Lexington prompted the elopement and the ceremony was conducted in Read House parlors with Rev Alonzo Monk officiating and many friends in attendance.
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J. M. Pitt
Margaret Foster
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. W- Pitt
Cedartown
Lexington
Alonzo Monk
Death of Needham Whitley One of DeKalb County's Oldest
Needham Whitley a highly respected DeKalb County citizen from Lithonia Ga died at his home near town surrounded by a large family. Born in Wilmington NC on March 8 1818 he lived in the Diamond district since 1830 and farmed there. He raised fourteen children and was the patriarch of a 101 member family. A Free Mason and longtime Baptist, he never drank tobacco coffee or alcohol and died with Masonic honors to be held at Woodville Redan Sunday.
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DeKalb
Lithonia
Needham Whitley
Hig Home
Whitley
Wilmington
N. C
Diamond's
Whitley Hved
Mr. Whitley
Alfis-Sarrah Marbut
Mary Stagbenson
Newton J. Whitley
Bremont
Tex
H. H. Browers
Atlanta
J. L. Powell
Redan
Joan H. Whitley
Clarkston
Jeff T
W. F. Whitley
Eulah Gregory
J. B. Whitley
B. A. Whitley
Elbert
Waco
Lewis
Mollie
J. D. Webster
Cable Piano Company
Cora
Everett Nolan
Belle
Lithonia Lodge
Baptist Church
Woodville
Grawford
Milledgeville
Huntsville
Ala
A. MN
Wooldridge
Huntsville Fire Department
Col Hale Optimistic On Georgia Fruit Prospects
Col Hale of South Glastonbury Conn forecasts a great fruit year with abundant peaches and a generally favorable outlook. He told The Constitution today that prospects look promising and notes careful watching of midwinter weather variations by local fruit men in Georgia.
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Font Valley
Colonel Hale
South Glastonbury
Conn
Georgia
Constitution
Hale
Ohio
Circuit primary favored in solicitor selection race
In Fort Valley on January 14 special dispatches report strong support for a circuit primary to select the Democratic solicitor general for the circuit. Bibb County offers six of seven candidates, with J. P. Duncan as the seventh. Houston county candidates actively canvass. Col. H A Mathews may not run, though prohibition influence is noted.
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Fort Valley
Houston
Crawford
Bibb
J. P. Duncan
H. A. Mathews
Ils
Volera
Clicuit
Colonel Mathews
Formed Branch of Sunday League in Fort Valley GA
A new branch of the Sunday League of America has been organized by St Edward Thomson of Atlanta, head of the Southern division. The group plans special sermons and lectures at churches, broad interdenominational outreach, generous collections, and distributing literature on Sunday observance across the county.
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Sunday League
Fort Vailey
Sunday League of America
St. Edward Thomson
Atlanta
Soudern Division
League In America
Returned from Asylum in Carrollton Ga
Carrollton Ga January 19 Special Dr doom T Cabb once sent to the asylum from here was brought back last night by authorities who did not deem him a fit subject to be retained.
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Carrollton
Doom T. Cabb
Tenth Annual Confederate Veterans Banquet in New York
The Confederate Veterans camp of New York held its tenth annual banquet at the Waldorf Astoria honoring General R. B. Lee with about 300 attendees. Edward Gwen presided as commander. Mrs Davis was greeted by many, including Lee’s widow. A reception followed an hour or more. Letters of regret from McKinley Roosevelt Van Wyck Longstreet were read, and Thomas Nelson Page spoke on the South and Lee.
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New York
Confederate Veterans Camp of
R. B. Lee
Waldorf-Astoria
Edward Gwen
Jefferson Davis
Virginia
Stonewall Jackson
Lee
President McKinley
Roosevelt
van Wyck
Longstreet
New Orleans
McKinley
Robert E. Lee
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Marylanders Remember Lee at 20th Confederate Banquet
The Maryland Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States held its twentieth annual banquet at the Carrollton hotel in Baltimore. N. F. Hill, former Manassas commissary, presided as host. Toastees included Congressman Gaines on Infantry and Lt. Packard on Artillery, with Mayor Hayes for Cavalry. remarks by Skipwith Wilmer, Senator Berry, and Lindsay.
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Baltimore
R. E. Lee
Maryland Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States
N. F. Hill
Carrollton Hotel
Manassas
John W. Gaines
Tennessee
Joseph Packard
Cavarry
Thomas G. Hayes
Skipwith Wilmer
Berry
Arkansas
Lindsay
Kentucky
MOTT WON SHROPSHIRE MEDAL AT GEORGIA EVENT
The anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s birthday was celebrated at the University of Georgia Athens January 19 with the Clyde Shropshire medal contest. James Phineas Mott of Johnstonville won against four competitors in a program featuring speeches on The South Then and Now The Women of the South The Cavaliers of 61 The Heroism of the Confederate Army The Lost Cause the Defenders The South of Today.
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Fred C. Jackson
Demonsthenian
Athena
Cavaliers of
John B. G. Jones
Phi
Edgar Oliver
Demosthenian
Kissimee
Fla
University of Georgia
Birthday observances of General Lee across Georgia and beyond
Reports from Columbus Eatonton Sparta Washington Macon Wilmington Tar Heel towns detail Lee birthday commemorations. Daughters of the Confederacy and local schools hosted programs with addresses by city officials, judges, and veterans. Notable moments include Goethus oration in Columbus and student essays with Tallulah Jenkins winning a gold medal in Eatonton.
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Columbus
Robert E. Lee
Camp Benning
Muscogee Counci
Daughters of the Confederacy
Lee
Goethius
Emmie Burrus Gang
Eatonton
Dixie
Bost
Tallulah Jenkins
Lala Dennis
Mary DeJarnette
Bertha Thomas
Julia Adama
Joseph S. Turner
Nfe
Mfe
Southland
R. B. Nisbet
Florence Talbot
Sparta
College Hall
James Harley
Ladies' Memorial Associaion
Winnie Davis
Claude Middlebrooks
Dumas
Hancock
Washington
The
Irwin Guards
Irvin
C. Banders
Tarheela
Wilmington
N. C
Wilmington Light Infantry
Janus Davis
Opera House
Confederate Veterans Day Observances Across States
The piece recounts Lincoln's soldiers socks confiscation tale recited by Miss Annie Schaub, mentions Lee's birthday celebrations in Washington and Richmond, reports a Savannah parade, a Columbia tablet unveiling, and Perry Savings Bank dividend and officers. It notes speakers including Herbert and General Butler with remarks on Lee and Confederate memory.
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Annie Schaub
Lincoln
Lee
F. M. Longley
G. A. Nunnally
A. W. Quillian
W. 8. Evans
A. P. Jones
H. R. Stack
A. W. Lynch
J. P. Mooty
America
Creamery Planned After Well Attended Meeting in Tennille
A Tennille meeting yesterday to organize a creamery drew strong turnout despite bad weather. John Wallace of Iowa will operate the creamery, with support from Central Southern and Wrightsville and Tennille railroads. Mayor Franklin will convene a follow up meeting of county citizens and farmers to secure moral support. H. E. Weed presided, T. F. McNally acted as secretary and will remain in that role.
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Tennille
John “Wallace
Iowa
Eenda
Central
Wrightaville
Franklin
Washington County
H. E. Weed
T. F. McNally
Tennille News
J. Dan Woodall
Barnesville
Experiment
M. L. Willamson
Harmony Grove
J. B. Hunnicatt
Atlanta
J. M. Kimbrough
Tragedy as Roberts Stabs Wife in Milledgeville Road Home
In Augusta on the Milledgeville road a fight between John Roberts and his wife Carrie ended with Roberts stabbing her in the neck and cheek. Henrietta Roberts intervened, Roberts then stabbed himself three times in the neck and both were hospitalized. The woman’s injuries are not fatal, but Roberts is expected to die. The cause remains unknown. Georgia Chemical Works directors hold annual meeting. vacancies filled and plant to be enlarged with more employees. In Griffin, Judge Reagan orders a recount of the recent local option vote with three justices named, set to hear in August. The article also quirks into an ad ending about a six dollar store.
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Augusta
Milledgeville Road
John Roberts
Carrie
Roberts
Henrietta Roberts
Roberta
Georgia Chemical Works
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
L. T. Catlett
Selden Walker
Bd, Milter
J. Rice Smith
F.C. Fishburn
Thomas Battle, Jr
W. H
Griffin
Reagan
C. A. Cooper
A. J. Maddox
J. P. Starr
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C. R Mann
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