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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1904
Page
6
Dr. I O Stafford, longtime physician of Spring Place, Ga, was shot five times by a party whose name is withheld. The incident occurred late this evening. his wounds are described as fatal. The report comes from Spe4gl and notes the doctor resides nine miles in the entry.
Isokeon Miss January 28 Special. The lower house passed the Wells vagrancy bill aiming to drive idle negroes from towns to cotton fields. The act is stringent and modeled after the Calvin act in Georgia.
Federal court denies Chicago authority to regulate gas prices in the 75 cent gas cases. Judge Greascup rules the city lacked delegated power from the state. The decision follows a long dispute over municipal price controls.
Savannah coroner jury declares Elizabeth Dickerson murdered by husband Ben Dickerson. Daughter Addie Dickerson testified of repeated beatings and her dying mother’s plea for justice, with two sons Lee and White Reed Dickerson corroborating abuse. Neighbors also testified against him. Morley's Lemon Elixir ad follows.
John Skelton Williams and J William Middendorf of the Seaboard Air Line official family have disposed of their holdings in the Palmetto Bank and Trust Company Columbia S C above par. They had held half of the 260 000 stock and had been selling gradually for several months with the latest block now disposed.
Solicitor General William Brunson returns from Florida and denies an assassination attempt on his wife and himself. He explains a stray pebble from playful Alabama children caused a window to crack unseen. Also notes prisoners moved to state penitentiary and mentions Herring awaiting supreme court decision. Cures colds in Australia Laxative Bromo Quinine 26 cents.
Commerce Ga January 25 Special. While playing near Pruitts in Banks county John Sortells 20 accidentally shot and killed his sister 14. He believed the shotgun was not loaded and joked about shooting her. The shot passed through the shoulder blade into her body and she died in forty minutes. Authorities fear he may be mentally unbalanced.
London reports in the Daily News of likely further cabinet resignations with ministers named including Lansdowne Londonderry and Gerald Balfour. Train routes and times for travelers via Southern railway and Queen and Crescent are listed with connections to Cincinnati Chicago Indianapolis Cleveland Detroit Toledo and Columbus.
A Richmond meeting of Episcopal clergymen and notable laymen resolved to petition the diocesan council to memorialize the general convention of the church to hold its 1907 session in this city.
In Columbus Georgia Lizzie Spell ere a negro woman convicted of attempted arson for staking a fire after stealing valuables from Albert Shepherd’s Wynnton home. She pleaded guilty to larceny and received six months on the chain gang before twelve years in the penitentiary. She had entered the home, taken $2 and a gold watch, then set a rug and closet blaze. Mrs. Shepherd saved the house by extinguishing the closet fire.
News from Jackson Kentucky reports Tickey Tharp was shot in Lee City Wolfe county during a dispute over a card game. Tharp, a jail campaign and key witness in the trial of Curtis Jett, who was convicted in the assassination of J B Marcum and Jim Cockrell, faced a slim chance of recovery.
In Macon on January 25, Arthur Brawdy saved four year old Hertha Wimberly when a horse dashed down Second Street as the buggy was wrecked by a runaway horse near the Bibb county courthouse. A cheering crowd contributed 15 for the brave act. Also reported is George Bradshaw believed to have stolen money orders from local boxes and jailed on $300 bond awaiting federal grand jury action.
Charles Jones, manager of the Ponce de Leon Commission Company, was found guilty of keeping a gaming house and sentenced by Judge L Roan to pay 500 or serve twelve months in the county chain gang. He remains on bond pending appeal to the supreme court. The police chief warned he may indict daily if the business continues.
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