Minder to Face Supreme Court Over Nonresident Witnesses
The convict Minder in Bibb county faces potential U S Supreme Court review on whether Georgia’s refusal to compel nonresident witnesses or permit depositions violates the federal constitution. Minder, condemned for murder of Andrew Mahoney, began a fifty day fast after learning a new trial was denied by the Georgia Supreme Court. The case raises questions of due process and equal protection as the defense argues for federal standards on compulsory process for witnesses.
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Macon. Ga
Andrew Mahoney
Bibb County
Dleath
Supreme Court
Minder
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ufe
United States
Georgia
Union
Felton
Eufaula
Ala
Awear
Alabama
Superior Court
Record $4,000,000 Georgia fire policy written
Macon Georgia July 19 Special Colonel BH S Wilson of Macon a fire insurance manager and executive committee member of the Southeastern Tariff Association has written a $4 000 000 policy covering Plant system railroad property in Georgia Florida and other states This is the largest single policy ever written in Georgia The annual premium is 41000 Previously Clarence Knowles of Atlanta held the largest policy in Georgia over $2 000 000 on a Texas railroad Colonel Wilsons policy surpasses Knowles by nearly $2 000 000 Colonel Wilson is manager of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
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Georgia
Macon
BH. S Wilson
Southeastern Tariff Association
Florida
Clarence Knowles
Atlanta
Texas
Macon Dublin and Savannah Railway files $1.5 million mortgage
In Macon superior court the Macon Dublin and Savannah Railway Company filed its first mortgage for 1.5 million dollars on all company properties. The loan to American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago finances extending the line from Dublin to Vidalia to connect with Seaboard Air Line, with depots to be erected in Macon. Bonds mature in fifty years at six percent interest. This is the first mortgage on the road, long operated from Macon to Dublin.
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Macon
Dublin
Savannah
Gahdbear
Hand Crushed by Rail Work Collision in Georgia
Quitman Ga July 19 Special Hardy Griffin foreman for a contractor on the South Georgia railway extension was brought in for medical attention with his right hand horribly crushed while coupling cars. The accident occurred during routine operations and the man was treated on site and en route to further care.
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South Georgia Railroad
Quitman
Hardy Griffin
South Georga
Witnesses Set Free as Seaboard Strike Case Advances
Americus GA July 19 Special After fifteen days in jail for failure to post 100 bonds to appear as witnesses in a misdemeanor case machinists Joan Schmidt and Christian Balsh imported to replace strikers at Seaboard shops were released. They had owed wages for June and, after payment, posted bond. They had charged three strikers with assault earlier, but later left the shops and planned to return to Baltimore.
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Americus
Joan Schmidt
Christian Balsh
Seaboard
Baltimore
NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE CAMP. MILITIAMAN CLASH STOPPED
Colonel Woodward bars Fifth regiment from leaving Camp Warren Davis Dalton Ga July 19 special. Rumor of armed men entering town to torment Negroes after a fight with regiment prompted a provost guard under Captain Erskine to move in. Soldiers hustled into camp from streets theaters and elsewhere. A Walker County youth sought enlistment for service in the Philippines but was halted for a mock medical and drill. An order requires non commissioned officers to report at Major Van Holt Nasha tent daily at 1 pm for duties while Captain R L Williamson Hill City Cadets is officer of the day and Lieutenant Bellmvey guard.
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Woodward
Warren Davis
Dalton
Fifth Regiment
Erskine
Atlanta
Company Q
Walker County
Philippines
van Holt Nasha
R L. Williamson
Hill City Cadets
Bellmvey
McGhee Named President of Banks Stephens Institute at Forsyth
At a special board meeting, Professor J. L. McGhee principal of the Valdosta public school was elected president of Banks Stephens Institute to succeed Carles Thompson who resigned. McGhee will assume duties at Forsyth. faculty members Ratford Sneed Janie Bush Margaret Hobson and Annie Sharp were reappointed for another year. The remaining position to be filled later.
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Forsyth
Aspecia
Board of Trustees
J. L. McGhee
Valdosta
Banks Stephens’ Institute
Carles Thompson
McGhee
Ratford Sneed
Janie Bush
Margaret Hobson
Annie Sharp
Mayor Forsyth enters race for House of Representatives
Forsyth Georgia July 19 Special John H Andrews mayor of Forsyth announces candidacy for the house of representatives next year He is proprietor of the Hotel Marte and business manager of The Forsyth Chronicle and active in local politics Local wheat notes report Monroe county wheat acreage doubling from last year yet only about half the potential crop was gathered East Main Street is being remodeled with Walter McConnon planning a bugsy factory and repair shop operations, marking a second local industry opening
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Forsyth
House of Representatives
John H Andrews
Hotel Marte
Forsyth Chronicle
Monroe County
Specia
East Main Street
Walter McConnon
White peddler Bennet fatally injured by mule kick
In Rome Georgia on July 19 a white peddler named Bennet from Ellijay was drunk and tried to hitch up his mule when the animal kicked him, fracturing his skull in two places. He cannot live.
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Rome
Bennet
Ellijay
Marble Shaft to Mark Battle Site in Georgia
Kaylor chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will erect a Floyd county marble shaft at Myrtle Hill cemetery to mark the last battle between white settlers under General Sevier and Creek and Cherokee forces led by King Fisher. Fisher was slain as his troops were defeated, and the shaft will be unveiled mid August with funds raised through chapter benefits. Cartersville beats Rome 9 to 4 to take two of three in a softball series.
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Rome
Kaylor
Daughters of the American Revolution
General Sevier
King Fisher
Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Floyd County
Missing Denton wealthy farmer leaves wife and fortune
Tennils Ga July 19 Special Is Dave Denton a prominent farmer of Glas cock county dead or alive This wealthy man with a six mile plantation cattle ranch and horse farm disappeared after telling his seventeen year old wife he would go to Gibson He wore no coat and walked away and has not been seen since He had recent head injuries from a buggy accident and deeded most of his fortune recently across his family line
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Tennils
Dave Denton
Glascock County
Gibson
Denton
Augusta
Money Orders Suited Him Liberty County Man Arrested
Liberty county negro Ply mouth Frazier was brought to Savannah by Postoffice Inspector W H Lewis and held for trial on charges of appropriating money order funds. He allegedly had his daughter Anne issue money orders he cashed, leading to a 27555 shortfall in Limerick remittances.
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Liberty County
Postoffice
Savannah
Plymouth
Frazier
W H Lewis
Edwin C Ryan
Limerick
Anne
Brantley in no hurry to leave Congress
Eleventh District voters support Brantley for governor but want him to continue as their representative. Telegrams, letters, and interviews from Brunswick Georgia show he will follow constituent wishes, defending South Georgia’s claims to state offices and awaiting a unifying acceptable candidate. Malaria makes impure blood. Grove fe tasteless chill tonle cures malaria.
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Brunswick
Eleventh
Brantley
Congress
South Georgia
Atate
Cotton Backward Says Rome Man Two to Three Weeks
J N King of Howell Cotton Company, a cotton expert, says northwest Georgia crops are two to three weeks behind. Heat and dry spell since mid June slowed growth, though roots are developing for potential future yields. Favorable weather could improve cultivation and reduce field abandonment.
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Rome
J N King
Howell Cotton Company
Seatia
Georgia
Prominent Citizen of Rome Struck by Paralysis
Rome's leading man Tot Camp, one of the city's oldest and most prominent residents, lies critically ill at home after a stroke. In poor health for months, he was unconscious after the stroke last night. Camp, 49, has been connected with several major business enterprises and is highly esteemed. family gathered at his bedside.
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Rome
Hs. Ey
Amily
Camp 49
Mule Killed by Lightning in Hampton
July 19 Hampton Georgia Special reports a fine mule owned by the Hampton cotton mule was killed by lightning as the caretaker left it to fetch water. Nearby Cochran Georgia reports include miscellaneous notes on local name brands and a brief item about 100,000 seeking homes with registrations closing that night.
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Hampton
Negro Sunday School Convention Elects Officers at Monticello
In Greensboro Georgia July 19 special report on the eleventh session of the African Methodist Episcopal Sunday school convention Monticello district Rev W D Johnson presiding elder led the gathering with officers elected including vice president Rev R M King secretary Rev E Roberts assistant secretary Rev W P Bradley treasurer Sam Hearn and Mike Davis marshal Prominent clergy from Baptist and AME Zion churches attended and Rev J A Thomas of Houston preached on The Race Problem Solved by the Gospel The session featured lively singing and a noted sermon with a 8 pm Ebenezer church service set by request of white ministers
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Greenesboro
African Methodist Episcopal Sunday School Convention
Monticello
W. D Johnson
R.M King
R. H. Ward
Hillsboro
E. Roberts
Veazey
W. P Bradley
Shady Dale
Sam Hearn
Godfrey
Mike Davis
Houston
H. P Porter
Alexander Butler
The
Baptist Church
B. F. Shy
J & Thomas
W P Bradley
Ebenezer Church
Cumberland Presbyterians Session Ends in Birmingham Ala
The Cumberland Presbyterian church in North Alabama adjourned its session in Birmingham. The next session will meet at Woodstock. A resolution urged young preachers to refrain from marrying until education ends, with penalties for marrying during study. The temperance committee backed local option over the dispensary. A missionary was kept in the Birmingham district with Rev W A Overton continuing his work.
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Birmingham
Ala
Presbytery
North Alabama
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Woodstock
General Assembly
W A. Overton
United Mine Workers and Corona Coal Reach Contract
The United Mine Workers and Corona Coal and Iron Company of Corona Alabama renewed the mining year contract. Corona company operates mines at Corona Lockhart Patton and Coal Valley with steady work and large new contracts ensuring a busy season.
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Unitted
Birmingham
Ala
United Mine Workers
Corona Coal and Iron Company
Corona
Lockhart
Patton
Coal Valley
Corona Company
Inquest drags along slowly in H. Newell death
The Birmingham inquest into H. Newell's death, after his body was sent from Bessemer on a Birmingham Mineral train, was continued with two witnesses James Buchanan and Rafe Morrison testifying. Morrison said Bullard and Summer appeared the day after the murder with money, though he could not say how much or its source.
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W Newsl
Birmingham
Als
Parrig
H. €. Newell
Bessemer
James Buchatinon
Rafe Morrison
Morrison
Bullard
Summer
Madison Oil Company Organized in Huntsville
Huntsville Alabama July 19 special another oil company organized here to be known as the Madison Oil Company The company has authorized capital of 250 000 The incorporators are Oscar Goldsmith John Wallace B E Foster J F Woodard and H T Daniel The company has 15000 acres of land under option.
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Madison Oil Company
Huntsville
Ala
Madison Oi Company
Oscar Goldsmith
John Wallace
BE. H. Foster
J. F. Woodard
H T. Daniel
Revenue Receipts Fall Off in Alabama July
The federal government reports Alabama internal revenue receipts for July will total about eighty thousand dollars, a decline of five thousand from the prior period. Revenue stamp sales are expected to drop roughly one hundred thousand, while other revenue measures may rise by about twenty five thousand as the new fiscal year begins at Birmingham.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Ita
Atamoe Bales
Alenia
Hood's Sursuparili The Cure All Diseases
Hood's Sursuparili claims to cure all diseases tied to acrofols or scrofulous habits. It markets Hood's Finis as the best preparations for such cures, presenting sweeping health claims.
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Hood
Pattern Maker Still Works Amid Rich Life At Seventy Five
Columbus Ga July 19 Special Brooks aged seventy five has returned from a visit to his mother in Wilkinsburg Pa a suburb of Pittsburg Mrs Brooks is ninety nine years old and celebrated her birthday with a table design of one hundred candles Brooks born in Pittsburg came to Columbus in 1860 and has spent his life as a pattern maker at local foundries He recalls navigating on steamboats in the fifties and sixties including hauling the Hard Times from Columbus to Augusta in 1866 a voyage that took two months due to coastwise routing He notes steamboat profits and cotton rates once five dollars per bale now fifty cents He advocates Grove Tasteless Hill Tonic as better for malaria districts.
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Columbus Ga
Brooks
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburg
Columbus
Augusta
Florida Keys
Atlantic
Savannah
Gulf and Ocean
Apalachicola
Fla
Cemetery lot in the courts title fault found
Columbus July 19 Special Some time ago a family bought a burial plot in Linwood Cemetery A later death revealed defective title and the real owner has stepped forward forcing the family to buy a new lot and re bury the body
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Columbus
Linwood Cemetery
Marlborough in New Role at Blenheim Fest
Duke of Marlborough hosts a large unionist gathering at Blenheim palace on August 10 to celebrate the third unionist victory. About 7,000 attendees include 3,000 delegates and all Commons unionist members. Balfour and Chamberlain to speak. duchess to host luncheon. no US trip or governorship intent.
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London
Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
Worlicke
Balfour
Chamberlain
Duchess of Marlborough
House of Commons
Bienheim
United States
Lord Minto
Canada
Fosburgh Man Slaying Autopsy Objection Stirs Court
Pittsfield Mass July 19 in the Fosburgh manslaughter trial Dr Pad dock medical examiner testified about injuries said to be caused by burglars, the elder Fosburgh knee injury a cracked tile and head wounds while the younger had a neck contusion. He recounted a morning visit when the family at breakfast learned of an autopsy objections were voiced by Robert Fosburgh as the court recessed and then adjourned sessions.
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Pittsfield Mass
Paddock
Pittsfield
Fosburghs
Fosburgh House
Robert Fosburgh
Sloane
Wosburgh
Fudge Stevens
Gibson Hotel Fire Destroys Gibson Georgia Building
Morning blaze at 2 o'clock wiped out the Gibson hotel in Gibson Georgia. Owned and run by Dr I M Glover the structure valued around 1500 dollars was fully insured. Fire origin unclear and no injuries reported.
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Gibson
I M Glover
Rock college to build new school hall at Normal school
Athens Ga July 19 plans for a new school hall at Rock College and part of the State Normal school are under way by Norman the Atlanta architect. The $25,000 structure will be two stories with a classical front facing Prince avenue and will house science rooms a library and recitation spaces. Nearly all funds are in sight including a $1,000 Peabody gift and construction is slated to begin by mid September.
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Athens
Rock College
State Normal School
Norman
Atlanta
Georges Foster Peabody
Prince Avenue
Department of Scence
Winnie Davis Memorial Hall
Normal School
Response to Italy over Wabash wreck access in Peru
The state department rejected an Italian consul general’s access request to Italians injured in the Wabash wreck at Peru. Dr Moorhouse reported full care for the injured and proper authorization was required for any Italian government representative. Bodies were identified or numbered with photos taken when identification failed.
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Wabash
Washington
State Department
Chicago
Peru
Moorhouse
Cansul
Mayor targets big utility tax hikes in Cleveland
Cleveland July 19 Mayor Johnson plans to ask the board of equalization to raise property assessments on the major utilities the consolidated street railway company the two gas concerns and the Cleveland Illuminating Company by about twenty million dollars. If approved this would add roughly half a million to six hundred thousand dollars to city income. The assessment on the Cleveland City Street Railway Company was already lifted from 585000 to 4000000.
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Johnson
Publi Utility Companies
Cleveland
Board of Equalization
Big Consolidated Street Railway c Company
Cleveland Iluminating Company
Cleveland City Street Railway Company
Prince of York Diamond Sold for 100000 in New York
The Prince Edward of York diamond found in South Africa in 1894 and weighing 61? carats sold to a New York firm for $100,000. It will be sent to the United States next Wednesday. Some Englishmen had planned a coronation gift purchase for King Edward.
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New York
London
The
Daily Express
Prince Edward of York
South Africa
United States
Edward
Tutt's Liver Pills Claim Clear Headed Digestion
An old style advert promises Tutt's Liver Pills provide a clear head and good digestion. It claims lasting relief from sick headache malaria sour stomach constipation and biliousness as well as other digestive complaints through a universal cure.
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Tutt
Historian Maclay Defends Schley Scrutiny of Naval War Vol
Maclay, a Brooklyn navy yard employee, replies to critics of his Spanish American War history. He insists proofs of the third volume were approved by Secretary Long and Admiral Sampson, and that Dewey refused to read the contested sections. He says he aimed to state facts as they stand and would revise only if errors are shown.
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Emy
Schley
Caitif
Maclay
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Long
Sampson
Admiral Dewey
Santiago
South America
AGNUS
Baltimore American
New York
Edgars
Admiral Schley
Battle of
Buc
Gong
Not Guilty of Assault in Mob Verdicts
Kansas City Missouri July 19 Joseph Robertson and Bull Holland were freed for lack of evidence after a mob of 2000 nearly lynched them on allegations they assaulted Miss Grace Davis and her escort Vernon Newton. Local reports detail the case and discharge amid tension.
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Kansas City
Joseph Robertson
Bull Holland
Grace Davis
Vernon Newton
No Guesswork From a Chronic Disease Specialist
A prominent physician in Atlanta, Newton Hathaway, MDB, declares there is no guesswork in treating chronic diseases. He cites decades of exclusive practice, claiming prior doctors failed patients and that his home treatment plan offers tailored care. He invites free consultations and provides symptom blanks, with office hours listed in the Inman Building.
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United States
Newton Hathaway
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