Waking Soldiers At Camp Davis Dalton Ga July 18
Citizens of Dalton Georgia admire Camp War ren Davis as Fifth regiment militiamen uphold strict discipline and courtly conduct at annual encampment. Social events like a German, receptions, and patrols draw local crowds as officers and visitors mingle under Colonel Woodward and Calef. The camp notes detail daily routines and personnel, with health reported good and officers delivering hospitality to guests.
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Dalton
Warren Davis
Whitfield Club
Calef
W. H. Nash
W. A. Patton
H. W. Anderson
M. A. Erskine
A. Parrott
R. L. Williamson
Harper Hamilton
L H. Howell
Hunter Course
F. M. Hadley
T. J. Stedman
C. Bolt
W. A. H. Weaver
B. E. Pomeroy
Harper
Schmidt
Warner
Woodward
M T. Erskine
E. Hellepicu
Pomeroy
Atlanta
Frank George
Rome
Harry Anderson
Howell C. Erwin
Col. Woodward
Camp Davis
Ainner
African Methodist Conference Ends Its Work in Greensboro
The African Methodist Episcopal conference of the Monticello district finished its labors at 4 p m and dissolved into the Sunday school convention. Visiting ministers from the Baptist church were received and addressed by several clergymen, with notable speakers from Atlanta and Greersboro. Rev J A Watts of Greensboro preached to the conference.
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African Methodist Episcopal Conference
Greensboro
African Methodist Episopal Conference
Monticello
W. A. Smith
Godfrey
W. D. Johnson
George W Devis
Colored Baptist Church of
Greersboro
R. M King
R T. Matthews
Madison
J.A. Watts
Orphans Cared For On Cuba Island In Charity Schools
In Havana under Spanish rule many beneficencias cared for children and elderly, now run by state funds due to wartime strain. The Havana Industrial School for Girls, in former cavalry barracks, teaches domestic service, cooking, sewing, and academics. Under Miss James, the wards are orderly, healthy, and well supervised, with dedicated staff and a strong short-term goal of placing girls in homes or into family care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
General Wood
Department of Charities and Hospitals
B. St John Greble
Jefferson Randolph Kean
Girls’ Industral School
Aldecos Hospital
San Jose
Santiago de Las Vegas
Compostela Street
Ludlow
Pratt Institute
Adela Durkan
Island
Evan
Wogresalve
Flaca
Qlerson
James
Ming James
Hfe
Etris
L. Beckwith
Sheriff orders August 3 deadline for solvent credit delinquents
Jackson Mississippi July 18 The Adams county sheriff has notified delinquents on solvent credits recently found by the state revenue agent to pay up by August 3 or face collection by law. Some have settled, but litigation is expected in several cases. Judge Tim B. Cooper is retained. The revenue agents continue quietly searching assessors books and records in every county to ensure thorough investigation.
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Jackson
Miss
Adams County
State Revenue Agent
Tim B. Cooper
Not Ashamed of Him. Youth's Companion Portrait of Crowe
An Englishman Crowe, a fine scholar and orator, rose from a carpenter father in Winchester. In a cathedral doorway encounter he refused his father a greeting, shouting to him in a rustic accent that if he is ashamed of me then I am ashamed of you.
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Crowe
England
Winchester
Richardson Gets His Commission as Greenville Postmaster
Greenville July 18 Special S F Richardson today received his commission from President McKinley as post master of Greenville. Incumbent Nichols made a strong appeal to be retained until May, supported by a signed petition and appeals from Maine senators, but the president did not reverse the decision. Richardson has chosen J A Easley, son of the late General W E K Easley, as assistant. The new officials will take charge in a few days.
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Greenville
S. C
S. F. Richardson
McKinley
Nichola
Washington
Maine
Richardson
J. A. Easley
W. EK. Easley
Valdosta S Rustic Fire Destroys Major Buildings
A massive blaze in Valdosta Georgia destroyed the Roberts Crawford Dasher Company stock stables and gutted the Christian church Central hotel Valdosta Furnitura store and The Valdosta Times office amid urgent citywide firefighting. Loss likely around 30000 with insurance on many properties. Editors saved mailing lists and books. fire remains only partly controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
Roberts, Crawford, Dasher Company
Christian Church
Central
Valdosta Furnitura Company
Valdosta Times
Brantley
Turner
Times
W. B. Dunaway
Man Bound Daughter Then Fled With Child in Raleigh
Raleigh police seek James Workman a white man who arrived Saturday from the country and bound his eight year old daughter claiming he could not support her. He returned to the family where she stayed asked to sleep and then vanished at midnight with the girl and all obtainable money. Officers are in search of him.
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Raleigh
N. C
James Workman
Western men are chosen in Carolina agricultural committee picks
The executive committee of the board of agriculture elected F. L. Stevens of the University of Chicago as biologist and Tait Butler of Kansas as state veterinarian. A professor of agriculture was also elected at the agricultural college with a $2,600 salary, not yet accepted. Fifty applicants competed for the position.
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Chicago
North Carolina
Raleigh
MV. C
Board of Agriculture
F. L. Stevens
University of Chicago
Tait Butler
Kansas
Agricultural College
Crops Turned Out to Grass in North Carolina
Farmers in Raleigh report that in this section one fourth of the cotton and corn crops have been turned out to grass. The claim comes from local growers and reflects concerns over drought and poor yields affecting the harvest.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Howard Confesses Murder in Goebel Case
James Howard now in the Frankfort jail awaiting trial for complicity in William Goebel’s murder issued a signed statement admitting he killed George Baker. He claims justification since Baker had killed Howard’s father and brother and had attempted to assassinate him en route to the funeral. He says he can establish an alibi for the killing of Thomas Baker.
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Goebel
George Baker
Frankfort
James Howard
William Goebel
George
Thomas Baker
Howard
Texas Drought Unproven Despite Local Rain Patch
Dallas July 18 The Texas drought remains unbroken with heat as high as the recent weeks. A small local shower reached part of Fort Bend around Richmond near the gulf coast but did not alter the overall cotton crop outlook. No rain fell elsewhere in the state and farmers remain gloomy.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Fort Bend
Richmond
Gulf Coast
Contest Settled in Mississippi Legislature Seat
The Tishomingo county contest for the lower house seat between J C Oaks and J C G Aldrich ends in favor of Aldrich. Circuit court awards him election certificate. appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court is anticipated. The contest was argued with notable vigor.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Tishomingo County
J. C. Oaks
JCG
Aldrich
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Missionary Association Convenes in Jackson
Jackson Miss July 18 Elder B F Manire presiding as the Missionary Association of the Christian church in Mississippi opens its annual session. Delegates are gathered and a full program outlines mission work for the coming year and evangelist appointments to various fields.
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Missionary Association
Jackson
Miss
The
Missionary Association of the Christian Church In
Mississippi
B. F. Manire
Great Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy Swamp Root
An advertisement proclaims Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a superior cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It lists symptoms of weak kidneys and claims rapid relief, noting availability in fifty cent and one dollar sizes. A free sample bottle and pamphlet are offered by mail from Dr Kilmer Co. in Birmingham and advertised in The Atlanta Daily Constitution.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, NY
Montior
Atlanta Daily Constitution
Will Open in September Faculty Is Now Completed
Rev Dr C F Williamson former Atlanta pastor to manage and teach philosophy at the Richmond Female Institute newly purchased from the Powell estate. He announces a non sectarian school opening September 25 with departments from sub primary to collegiate, listing a long faculty of professors from Kentucky Cincinnati Richmond and Washington institutions.
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Richmond
C. F. Williamson
Atlanta
Richmond Female Institute
John H. Powell
Williamson
Virginia
Bethany College
Kentucky University
Wiliamson
Cr. L. Williamson
H. Pearce Atkins
Cincinnati University
Margaret H. Lee
Sadie G. Williamson
Washington Seminary
Stetson University
Mile
Claire Guillaume
Preach
C. C Timberlake
Richmond College
Germany
Lily Logan
Rome
Laura Carrington
Loulie M. Winston
Fhe Southress
Hahr and Reinhandt
Willamson
Henry Pearce Atkins
West and Christian Church
Winston
Negroes In Conference Leaders Meet in Hampton
The negro conference opened in Hampton Virginia with Rev F J Grimke presenting the religion and ethics report highlighting efforts to Christianize the race. Rev G R Walte discussed plans for the Negro Public and Prof J M Colston read the general statistics. Dr A M Curtis reported on Freedmen's Hospital sanitation and noted substantial year over year improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Committee On Religion and Ethics
F J Grimke
Alabama
G. R. Walte
Baltimore
J M Colston
Petersburg
A M. Curtis
Freedman's Hospital
Washington
Murder Added to Robbery Houseboat Found Tenantless in Mississippi
Memphis police report information from Baconia Arkansas about a trading boat robbery and a houseboat found without inhabitants on the Mississippi River near Memphis. The boats were stripped except for a few tools and groceries. A photograph showing three men two women and a baby and papers in a box referring to M I Vegas may identify the former occupants. The boats’ value makes deliberate abandonment unlikely.
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Mississippi River
Mempis
Tenn
Memphis
Baconia
Ark
Mississppi
M. I Vegas
Bond Forfeiture Leads to Arrests in Tennessee Fraud
Chattanooga Tennessee July 18 Special All justices of the peace and constables were arrested by order of the revenue commission on charges of fraud in cost bills. They are out on bond and face trial tomorrow. A refund of 38 is noted and about 1000 remains due. John Howard says he was hired to forge names on the bills and is still confined in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Through Heat City Folks Seek Relaxation At Home
The bath tub natatorium and coalless summer apparel help St Louis residents endure the hot season without visiting the seashore or mountains as city life adapts to the heat.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Southern Man on Presidential Ticket Urged by Bryan
Lincoln Nebraska July 18 Special W J Bryan in his Commoner urges nominating a southern Democrat for either top place on the national ticket. He argues the South has been ignored, that a southern man could now win high office, and that fidelity to principle should guide nominations over locality.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
South
Santiago
Manila
North
Jefferson
Hanna
Roosevelt
Morris
Vestibuled street cars and state property values fixed
The North Carolina Corporation Commission ordered vestibuled street cars statewide, delaying tender requirements. Current vestibuled cars exist only in Asheville. The commission completed asset assessments for railways and other properties, detailing values for Atlantic Coast Line, Southern, Seaboard, and various utilities, with modest changes noted. It also chartered several small companies in Woodlawn, Graham, Sanford.
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Raleigh
Corporation Commission
Asheville
Railways
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Seaboard Air Line
Charlotte
Wilmington
Winston
Durham
Southern Express Company
Boston- North Carolina Lumber Company
Woodlawn
McDowell County
Capital
Travora Cotton Mill Company
Graham
Commercial B Brewing Company
Sanford
Quarantine Station at Mullet Key Sells to Federal Government
Jacksonville July 18 Special Information shows Florida boards have completed negotiations with the United States Treasury for the sale of the Mullet Key quarantine plant near Tampa and for a three year lease of all Florida quarantine stations to the Treasury. Under new management the Marine Hospital Service will operate stations. Dr. J Y Porter and Governor Jennings worked with Washington officials to finalize terms. The sale price is not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida Board of Health
Florida Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
United States Treasury Department
Mullet Key
Tampa
Treasury Department
Florida
United States Marine Hospital Service
J. Y. Porter
Jennings
Washington
Bandit and the Bonds: A Cautionary Municipal Tale
A Bandit elected to office proclaims bonds for sale though not his own. He rules unhappy subjects who are solvent for the money. A timid investor notes that while the people are good for any amount, no one will deal with a notorious criminal. Moral: municipalities must choose decent agents to borrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
North American
Cit
Subsidies Not Main Driver Of British Shipping
The Philadelphia Record argues that the claim British shipping relied on subsidies is false. It states only about one-tenth of British merchant ships ever received any government subsidy, implying the merchant marine would not sail without mail and passenger services.
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Philadelphia
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Gates City
Borden
Eagle
Tison
Cuba
United States
Buffalo
New York
Artillery Corps
Wood
Fayther
Nichols
Tarheel
Dr. Williamson
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Boston Herald
Thomas Jefferson
France
M. Pfeifer & Co
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