First prisoners move into new federal prison
The initial six inmates entered the steel doors of the new federal prison yesterday afternoon under Chief Deputy Marshal J. H. Rinard. Among them were G. W. Marke and Caesar Davis both aged above sixty, serving five years for pension law violations. Others included R. D. Stallings for counterfeiting, Handy Bird Glebrook for similar crimes, John Sanford for robbing a post office, and J. H. Henson and Oscar Bishop for moonshine production. Davis is the only resident from this county. No ceremony marked the opening as deputies escorted and assigned prisoners to cells.
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Federal
J. H. Rinard
G. W. Marke
Caesar Davis
Futon County
United States Court
Newman
R. D. Stallings
Carroll County
Handy Bird Glebrook
John Sanford
J. H Henson
Oscar Bishop
Daviy
United States
Walter Johnson
Hawk
Hhere
Johnson
Swilling Still Missing From Gainesville Home
Gainesville Ga January 30 Special J F Swilling a white man who moved to Gainesville six months ago from Amesville left his home last Thursday night after supper and has not returned. An Singer Sewing Machine agent he sold machines in the area and has no clear indication of his fate. The family, seven children aged 11 months to 46 years, fears abandonment though no theft is suspected. The wife served as postmistress at Camnesville during McKinley’s administration.
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Gainesville
J. F. Swilling
Amesville
Swilting
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Batttle
Camnesville
Swilling
McKinley
Redding pleads guilty. life hard labor sentence handed down
In Griffin Georgia on January 30 special reports that Redding pleaded guilty to murder in superior court and Judge Reagan sentenced him to life hard labor in the pen. Redding killed Hardy Lindsey over a ten cent debt last Friday, fled the scene, and was arrested Monday by Sheriff Creawford of Butts County. The grand jury had already indicted him for murder. The case against G A Martin in the same session went to the jury after a three day trial. Also, in Waycross, Dr. A P Engisu and Miss Bunice Gordy surprised friends by marrying last night. Miss Gordy has Milinery ties and Baltimore roots. Dr. English is brother of the late D B English.
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Griffin
Redding
Reagan
Hardy Lindsey
Creawford
Butts County
G. A. Martin
Oscar Allen
Waycress
A P. Engisu
Bunice Gordy
Miss Gordy
Baltimore
Dr. English
D. B. English
Glass For Wedding Gifts Shines With Bright Facets
Our Glass For Wedding Gifts promotes clear cut glass with bright brilliancy. The wording emphasizes beauty and clarity resembling a mountain brook, highlighting facets and surface quality.
Grave desecration at Barnesley tomb shocks Rome Georgia
Rome Ga January 20 Special details emerge on the desecration of Godfrey Barnesley grave and the partial exhumation of Mrs Schwartz. B F A Saylor president of Rome Petroleum and Iron Company recounts the grave’s location near the Barnesley house and the severed skeleton hand. Grand jury probes the act as family members recount the horror and vows to pursue perpetrators. Godfrey Barnesley’s grandson studies in Philadelphia while the son remains wealthy in Brazil.
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Rome
Godfrey Barnesley
Ught
BF. A. Saylor
Rome Petroleum and Iron Company
Barnesley
Bartow County
Brazil
Philadelphia
Phi Kappa Society Alters Constitution to Emphasize Oration and Declamation
Athens Ga January 30 Special An important change was made in the Phi Kappa Literary Society constitution. Weekly exercises now include an oration by a junior senior or law class member and a declamation by a freshman or sophomore. Fifty of 115 members participate in gym work amid rising Pandora debt and June commencement dances plan.
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Phi Kappas
Athens
Phi Kappa Literary Society
Henry JS Tamar, Jr
Mitchell King
Jares Sibley
Irwin MacIntyre
W. O Fleming
Hugh M . Scott
John Monshen
Campbell Krenson
Charlie J. Russell
Cone Maddox
Fort Scott
Marion Monk
Dexter Blount
Madison Bell
Emil Hauser
Merars
Frank Ridley
Minor Boyd
Renaud Benedict
Sun
Injunction Denied In Lumber Shipping Dispute
Waycross Ga January 30 Special Judge Joseph W Bennet ruled for Southern Pine Company in a suit by Waycross Air Line Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad to force lumber shipments over the Air Line route. The decision may go to the state supreme court. Attorneys included McDonald Kay Sweat and J L Sweat.
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Jude Bennet
Southern Pine Company
Waycross
Waycross Air Line
Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad Company
Georgia
Air Line Road
Air Line
3. BR
T. Bun
John C McDonald
W. Ex Kay
Brunswick
J. L. Sweat
Atlantic
Birmingham
Two Negroes Arrested in Georgia Whisky Raid
Revenue men Hoss Stahlhunker Plunkett and Matthews raided a Chenault still near Washington Georgia. They captured Jim Chenault and Lip Chenault who were operating the still. A fleeing man named Williams was shot in the leg. Prisoners sent to Augusta yesterday afternoon.
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United States
Washington
Messrs
Hoss
Stahlhunker
Plunkett and Matthews
Chenault
Jim Chenault
Lip Chenault
J. R. Ramsey
Willams
Augusta
Death by self device near Washington Georgia
A man named Robins, who had been employed on the R T Guin plantation near Washington, was found dead yesterday in an outhouse on Mr Guin's property. An empty laudanum bottle lay nearby. He said he formerly lived in Alabama and arrived with a young son who is now on the J T Powell plantation.
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Wilees
St. Washington
Robins
R. T. Guin
Washington
Mb. Guin
Alabama
J. T. Powell
Prince Henry Invited to Visit Jekyl Island
Telegrams from New York indicate Prince Henry will be invited to visit Jekyl Island while south. Brunswick officials and a New York reception committee appointed by Mayor Low will endeavor to bring the prince to the coast.
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Brunswick
New York
Prince Henry
Jekyl Island
Low
Prince
Georgia Candidate Merritt Announces School Commissioner Run
Professor W B Merritt of Valdosta announces for state school commissioner. He cites widespread desire for change, urges a practical, systematized plan for Georgia rural and urban schools, criticizes current administration and outlines three steps for a real common school system. He plans to seek the Democratic nomination.
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Valdosta, Ga
W. B. Merritt
Rapid Push to Complete Worth and South Macon Line
Work on the North and South Macon Street Railway Company's line is rapidly advancing and expected to finish in a few weeks if current labor and weather hold. Crossings at Second and Mulberry over the Consolidated and Macon lines are done, with Cherry Street crossing to be reached soon. Senators Bacon and Willis Sparks lead the project, promising a valuable asset for the city once completed.
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Cherry Street
Senator A. O. Bacon
Willis B. Sparks
North Highlands
Senator Bacon
Macon
Tragedy at a Negro Festival in Alabama Night Club
Special report from Tallassee Alabama describes a fatal shooting at a restaurant dance about 117 miles from town. Foster Garfield shot and killed Charles Ceprad, both identified as Black men, leaving a single casualty in what authorities label a tragedy at a Negro festival event.
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Tallassee
Ala
Foster Garfield
Charles Ceprad
Interstate King’s Daughters conference meets on child labor
The second day of the interstate conference of the King’s Daughters in Savannah Georgia began with a talk by Mrs Trask Hill of Massachusetts. A lively exchange occurred between Mrs Isabelle Charles Davis national secretary and Mrs Washington of West Virginia over finances. A committee of one from each state was appointed to study the child labor problem and influence legislation before the day’s primary ballot. The regular election will occur tomorrow.
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Savannah
The
King’s Daughters
Trask Hill
Massachusetts
Isabelle Charles Davis
Washington
West Virginia
Reburial Plan for General Greene Remains in Savannah
Savannah prepares to reinter General Nathanael Greene’s remains this spring under the Greene monument in Johnson Square. President Roosevelt may attend and deliver the principal address as Georgia and Rhode Island descendants weigh state and family pride. The plan involves the Daughters and Sons of the Revolution and the Colonial Park site marking of Greene’s long-undisturbed grave.
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Savannah
General Ny
Weathaniel Greene
Asa Bird Gardiner
New York
General Greene
United States
Savannah Janes
Genergl Greene
Rhode Island
Greene
Daughters and Sons
Greene Monument
Johnson Square
Roosevelt
Georgia Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Wf Courge
Node Ieiand Society
Alan
Colonial Park
Unknown white man found dead and burned near Way Station
In Savannah Georgia January 30 a freight train crew discovered a dead, charred white man about 50 feet from the tracks near Ways Station three miles south of the city. The skull was crushed, a bloodstained railroad pin lay nearby, and Lightwood sticks burned the body. A small ash pile and signs of a struggle were noted. Witnesses recalled a strange white man and three negroes seen late yesterday. Investigators launched an inquiry.
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of & Man
Lightwood
St.avannah, Ga
Ways Station
Washington
Way
Charles L Thompson Dead in Newnan Prominent Local Youth
Charles L Thompson son of Mr and Mrs B T Thompson died this morning in Newnan Georgia after pneumonia illness. He was a young prominent member of the community and his death is reported as sudden and impactful.
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Newnan
Charles 3. Thompson
B.T. Thompson
Death and legacy of Dr John Metcalf and Newnan youth
The obituary chronicles the death of Dr John T Metcalf, famed pathologist and surgeon leader, noting his long southern loyalty and New York career. It also honors a 21 year old Newnan student, a paralytic who became a scholastic linguist and library advocate, with Carnegie gift details and funeral plans at the Methodist church.
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Thompson
Hhe
Newnan High School
Business League
Atlantic and Birmingham Rail Line Reaches Cordele Soon
Waycross Georgia January 30 Special the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad will reach Cordele by March 1 opening up naval stores lumber and fruit regions. Two new engines Nos 14 and 16 with electric headlights and steam heating will haul passenger trains. A duplicate train with two coaches a baggage and express car is added and will run with repainting of the old train. Schedules to Cordele planned, flat cars ordered, shops enlarged and staff increased. Mr J F Blaver of Jesup named chief clerk in Auditor Swain’s office and moved to Waycross.
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Cordele
Waycross
Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad
Mingham
Atlantic
Blr
Basgr
Waye
3. F. Blaver
Jesup
W. x. Swain
Quiet Elopement Ties Two Georgia Families in Madison
In Valdosta Ga and Madison Fla two weddings occurred on a quiet Sunday. E J Harris and Milas Pear Morrow wed in Valdosta with Rev C Carner performing the ceremony. The Madison ceremony joined Sarah Harris and Arthur L Wisenbaker with Elder A Wetherington presiding.
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Valdocte
Andhes Ons
Behola County
Valdosta
Epecal
E. J. Harris
Milas Pear
Morrow
Madison
Fie
Messrs
O. H. Griffin
Charles Morrow
Misa Lucy Shaffer
John 3. Harris
Harris
Election at Warren County fills tax receiver vacancy
Warren county Georgia will hold a February election to fill the tax receiver vacancy caused by the death of W C Barksdale. Seven candidates have announced: J Barksdale H A Holliman H B Shivers I J Fool W W Stewart D P F Johnson and Dr F H Byrd. The race has progressed quietly and is expected to stay quiet to the end.
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Norwood
Warren County
W. C. Barksdale
Messrs
J. Barksdale
H. A. Holliman
H. B Shivers
I. J Fool
W. W. Stewart
D P F. Johnson
F H. Byrd
Macon set to host Chicago Democrats reception committee
Macon Georgia January 30 Special Mayor Smith will announce tomorrow the members of the local reception committee to meet and entertain Cook county democracy members arriving in Macon February 43. The committee will include leading Macon Democrats to ensure Chicago Democrats enjoy their stay in Macon. Judge Emory Speer is improving and plans to walk, drive, and resume duties soon after a period of illness.
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Macon
Smith Willl
Cook County Democracy
Judge Speer
Emory Speer
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