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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1902
Page
8
Jackson Mississippi July 28 special one hundred Choctaw braves to clash August 8 near Forest in a fierce game of Indian ball. Fifty per side Redwaters oppose Turkey Creek and Muckalushes with wagers on ponies blankets crops and goods amid fierce ritual dances.
North Carolina Adjutant General Hoyster praised the Fifth Georgia regiment after a review. He will reference the unit in his next annual report. Wrightsville Beach encampment sites such as pice Island Beach and the Ham mocks are planned as permanent future encampment locations for North Carolina troops.
In Charlotte on July 28 a divorced merchant M G Salla from Anderson South Carolina sought a marriage with a companion. Pastor J R Howerton refused due to the divorce. The ceremony was conducted by Rev T F Marr of Trion Street Methodist church and the couple departed for Boston. Witnesses included Miss Kate Sharpe and Mrs P A Hil from Greenville.
Greensboro special reports Caesar Cone and A B Kimball, friends of J Ernest Harden, traveled to New York to end his infatuation with John W Stafford whom he eloped with last week. They returned today claiming Harden and Mrs Stafford have separated, with Harden to return to Greensboro later and Stafford possibly heading to Richmond or Petersburg.
In Bennettsville South Carolina a 3 year old daughter of Rev C B Smith, a Methodist pastor, was bitten by a dog believed to be mad. After worsening symptoms the family took the child to Atlanta for Pasteur treatment, as parents and town await further developments.
George Leonard brickmason was shot and killed on a Birmingham streetcar while being taken into custody by officer Nix. Hollis B Parrish, a young lawyer and son of a Methodist elder, claimed temporarily insane after brushing against Leonard. Parrish to face insanity plea. pistols had been taken from him recently.
Governor Montague dispatches Washington Guards under Captain Rowe from Fredericksburg to Alexandria to guard John Lomax the Westmoreland County prisoner charged with assault on Miss Susie Costenbacher near Potomac Mull. The move aims to prevent any lynching by mobs.
Jackson Miss July 28 Special Arrangements made in Mississippi congressional districts for the primaries next month. Dates range August 20 to 30 for first primaries with a possible second three weeks later. County boards revise registrations. election managers and bailiffs to be appointed. Adam Byrd may face a Republican opponent in the fifth district. Populists have not reorganized under the new law and drifted back to democracy. Costs of primaries discussed as a potential burden on candidates.
Alabama's first bale of new cotton, grown on Captain James F. O'Brien's Burnsville plantation, weighed 470 pounds and rated middling. It was raffled at the cotton exchange in Selma this evening at 12 cents per pound.
Seven carloads of Elberta peaches left Barnesville with 25 fruit buyers at the market. Prices paid were satisfactory to growers though the crop is smaller this year. W. C. Mashburn and Stafford and Howard lead local growers as shipments begin and more cars are expected from Wynnesville area.
Portsmouth July 28 General Manager Hathaway of the Norfolk Portsmouth and Newport News Company confirmed the sale of the Old Dominion Street Railway of Portsmouth. He would not name the purchaser, but financial circles widely believe the Williams syndicate acquired the road. Owensboro Ky July 28 Rev S O Mitchell Baptist minister killed by lightning at Yelvington twelve miles from the city.
Athens Georgia July 28 Special John Kiouse a rock mason living in Athens and D B Kiouse who has traveled the west since boyhood met today in Athens after a twenty two year separation. They did not recognize each other at first and were brought together by a chance inquiry on the street. The brothers embraced and have enjoyed their reunion.
Lee county Democratic Executive Committee met in Opelika with full representation. Chaired by Thomas D. Samford, it set a county primary for August 25 and named managers for 15 voting precincts. J B Lyons elected secretary. Willam H Samford of Troy urged support for the constitution and Governor Jelks. Greensboro Insurance Fight developments follow.
In Raleigh on July 28 reports indicate cantaloupe shipments are heavy in the Wilmington to Goldsboro rail corridor with 150 carloads weekly. The note follows earlier mentions of large strawberry shipments on the same line.
President Newton of the Knoxville Jonette and Jensen railroad wired from New York to stop letts of contracts for the Knoxville to Lamilette segment and to proceed to New York at once. His telegram hints at a possible merger affecting the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern line and Lafollette railroad interests, with final contract details to be withheld.
Report from Jackson Mississippi notes widespread disappointment among eastern Indiana people as the Dawes Commission approves only seven of 5469 applications to participate in allotment of Indian Territory lands. Experts say it may take twenty years to finish identifying the Choctaw and many current claimants will die, forcing heirs to refile.
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