LEE COUNTY LYNCHING PROBED AS FIVE NEGORES HANGED
Five Black men were seized from Worth county jail in Sylvester and lynched in Lee county near Starkville. A coroner’s inquest ruled death by strangulation and gunshot wounds at unknown perpetrators. Sheriff Potts confirms no arrests yet amid widespread fear and halted communications along routes to Leesburg.
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Worth County
Lee
Hla
Lee County
Moreland
Lea County
Rodius Semore
Felix Lake
Lakes
Frank Dewey
James Axeith
L A Potts
Sherif Moreland
Sherf Moreland
Sherif
A Potts
Ime Kmig
Sveral
Sylvester
Tee County
Starkville
Sheri Moreland
Muxrocs
Christimax
Ville
Leesburg
Lee Counts
L. A Potts
Tou
Oakfeld
Sylvester Sherif Potts
Americus
Grand Jury
Superior Court
J A Ulejohn
Grand ‘Jury
Oliver
Moonshine Cases Slow Raids as Court Session Opens
Moonshine workers evade raids during a district court session in Atlanta as U S marshals and revenue agents testify in cases on the docket. With officers tied up, field expeditions are reduced, aiding remaining operators in the northern Georgia district. Judge WoT C Grabb of Birmingham pushes docket clearance, over 100 cases moved, many convictions recorded and pleas of guilty entered. Several alleged moonshine makers have forfeited bonds.
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United States Marshal
Atlanta
Georgia
Rma
Wot Cgrabb
Birmingham
Tragedy in Edgewood Avenue Apartment Strike
In Parktown a woman Maggie Thornton was fatally harmed in her apartment. Ex husband Curtis Thornton was found with a hatchet wound and gunshot in a suspected domestic violence incident. Detectives pursued the case but could not identify the assailant. the woman reportedly told authorities she was alone before the attack.
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Ports Parktown Oak
Maggie Thornton
Magis
Curtis Thornton
Edgewood Avenue
Maggie
Wire Society Plans Big Annual Meeting
The wire society of Atlanta announces its big annual meeting at the Piedmont hotel in Atlanta. The event aims to attract 88 members with a fun program and no speeches allowed to save time and ensure smooth proceedings.
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Wire Society
Cil
Piedmont
Iana
Slate Named Receiver in J P Laird's Case
Sute was named a receiver for FP Lard home business on Ridgewood Avenue of the Atlanta Store Lighting Company. The alleged bankrupt 2 planta s petition in bankruptcy division of the United States courts.
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WO Sute
Ridgewood Avenue
Atlanta
United States
Mandamus hearing on Georgia rail charter postponed due to illness
In Fulton superior court the mandamus case by North Georgia Mineral Railway to force Secretary of State Cook to issue a charter was set to proceed but postponed as Cook is ill with influenza. State Attorney General Walker will seek delay if illness persists. Rail case seeks charter to build Whites near Carterville to Atlanta. An earlier delay occurred after state failed to present evidence.
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North Georgia Mineral Railway Company
Phil Cook
Pulton Superior Court
Cool
Cook
Iagrippe
Clifford Walker
King & Spalding and
Dorsey, Brewster
Jell & Weyman
Iudge
J T Pendleton
Fulton
W J Speer
Britain
WAR Department
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Harris
Wood
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Port Royal Sound
Brunswick
Savannah River
Harris Has
General Woods
J van Holt Nash
State files tax suit over bonds amid tariff on railroad stock
Comptroller General Wright filed the state's answer to the Georgia Railroad and Banking company petition seeking an injunction to halt tax collection on 1.5 million dollars in Western of Alabama railroad bonds. Georgia asserts the stock, sold to Louisville and Nashville, was moved to dodge taxation and that the taxes would target a foreign entity. The piece also notes public road maps and farm demonstration sites outlined in green for motorists.
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Snte
State Railroad Commission
William A . Wright
Georgia Raiilroad and Banking Company
United States District Court
Western of Alabama
Comptroller General
Attorney General
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
Thea
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Georgia Railroad
Louisville and Nashville +s
Notable Road Advocates Lead National Organization
Governor Harriss notified of honor conferred on Secretary J A Rountree, a founder and life member and anticipated to accept, with Senator John H Bankhead as a founder and first president and chairman of the post office and post roads committee, reflecting the group’s distinguished status.
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United States
John H Bankhead
Committee On
Post Office and Post Roads
J A. Rountree
Harria
Lampkin Stricken, Condition Unimproved in Atlanta Home
Alonzo C Lampkin, a longtime Atlanta resident, remains in serious condition at his 630 West Peach Tree address after a stroke. His brother in law Joseph T Wiley has arrived from Birmingham and is at Lampkin's bedside.
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Alonzo C Lampkin
Atlanta
West Peachtree
Better Than Spanking for Bed Wetting Aid
Spanking does not cure bed-wetting. A constitutional cause may exist. BL Summers Box W Notre Dame Ind will send free to any mother a successful home treatment with full instructions. Write today. The treatment helps children and also cures adults with urine difficulties day or night.
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Notre Dame
Ind
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