Bids Asked for New Atlanta Depot Plans
The Constitution publishes plans for a new Atlanta Terminal Company passenger station. Bids are invited by September 15 after forty eight blue prints are supplied. six weeks estimated for bid preparation, with plans for the train shed to be released August 15. Architect D Thornton Marye and Edgar Blair oversee offices in the Equitable Building.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Terminal Company
Depot Commission
Equitable
Union
D. Thornton Marye
Marge
Washington
Edgar Blair
Judge Atkinson to Rule in Big Land Case
In Waycross Georgia July 2 special argument in Camp Bros versus George Baxter and Co wrapped up and Judge Ram C Atkinson of Brunswick will render decision. He noted a large mass of testimony and expected about two months before ruling. The suit covers 176 lots in Clinch and Echols counties valued around 30 000.
Has Alabama State Flower Confirmed As Golden Rod
Montgomery July 23 Special Secretary of State J Thomas Heflin reports letters from prominent Alabama women about state flower confusion The legislature in 1892 93 passed a joint resolution praising the golden rod as the national flower not the state flower The report ties the misunderstanding to Mrs Aurelia Pryor McClellan and a poem about Alabama The date February 13 1898 is noted in the resolution and poem citations come from Fayette Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin
Secretary of State
Hefilng
Robert McClellan
Athens
House
Wilson Brown
Colbert
House of Representatives
Senate
United States of America
Alabama
North Carolina Convicts Scattered on Country Road Work
A Raleigh dispatch reports North Carolina’s convict population has fallen to 44, totaling down from years past. Most are assigned to roads, with 400 on the state farm, 100 in the penitentiary, and others on railway projects in Mitchell county, a Dover lumber camp, Raleigh and Cape Fear line work, Southern railway ballast, and the Wilkesboro Jefferson turnpike, reflecting a broad shift to road labor.
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Raleigh
N. C
Mitchell County
Dover
Ralegh and
Cape Fear
Southern Railway
Hillsboro
Wilkeboro-Jefferson
Atlanta Federation Condemns C C Houston Article
At a special Atlanta Federation of Trades meeting, resolutions denounce C C Houston for an article in The Atlanta Daily News that claimed the federation’s public standing declined. Houston defended his remarks, insisting they aimed to benefit the movement, while officers and delegates urged unity and harmony.
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Atlanta Federation of Trades
Hon. C. C. Houston
Houston
Labor Movement
Ita
It Ia
Duke Ross
Topographical Union
Atlanta Daily News
C. C. Houston
Federation
CG. C. Houston
Sta
Mr. Houston
Fulton County
Evening News
Organized Labor
Journal of Labor
Flames Cause Alarm at Fort Macon Casemates
Fire last night burned grain atop the casemates of Fort Macon near Beaufort. Sergeant Cofing and his men fought the blaze with water while his two daughters drew water from within the fort. A ventilator atop a magazine stood within a few feet of burning grain where 1600 pounds of old powder once lay. No injuries reported.
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Fort Macon
Raleigh
M. C
Beaufort
King to Visit Yankee Ships in Portugal Port Visit
King Charles II plans a visit to the United States European squadron in Lisbon on Saturday. At Cintra near Osborne 147 miles away, the King and Queen Amélia hosted 250 guests including Admiral Cotton and the American officers. The banquets and speeches praised friendly ties, and Admiral Cotton thanked hosts for the cordial reception amid rumors of a sailors police incident. Bryan and ministers spoke, with Cotton to entertain Portuguese ladies aboard the Brooklyn on August 4 and Bryan planning a garden party August 5.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Charles II
United States
Cotton
Ametia
Royal Castle
Cintra
Osborne
Queena Maria Pia
Oporto
Ministry of Marine
Admiral Cotton
Brooklyn
Bryan
Meat thwarted by water tub rescue of child
In Raleigh North Carolina a one year old nearly choked on a piece of meat. The piece slipped into a tub of water and the child was found with head and body in the tub and feet outside. The meat remained in the throat, hindering water intake, but the danger was averted.
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Raleigh, N
Carrollton charges man with bigamy
Gene Gilley, a prominent young white man in Carroll County, is jailed on a bigamy charge. The county grand jury indicted him after his separation from wife No. 1 for two years followed by a marriage to another woman. Wife No. 1 filed for divorce in April 192, and Gilley fled to Alabama, where he was arrested after state arrest.
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Carrollton
Gene Gilley
Gilley
Carroll Superior Court
Alabama
Man Charged Over Poison Plot In Columbus Georgia
In Columbus GA on July 29 special report Joan Hales a Black man was bound over by the recorder after being charged with attempting to poison his wife. He prepared capsules of strychnine for her claiming drunken mistake thinking it quinine. A sister in law testified he wished his wife dead days earlier.
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Columbus
Joan Hales
Recorder
Stone Laying At Calhoun Public School
The cornerstone of the new Calhoun public school was laid in ceremonies led by Grand Master Max Meyerhardt of Rome. Masons from Gordon and neighboring counties attended. Congressman John W. Maddox spoke after the event.
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Calhoun
Max Meyerhardt
Rome
Gordon County
Meyerhardt
John W. Maddox
United People's Party Indorses Reform Proceedings
National Executive Committee of the United People's Party met in Denver on July 2 1904 and endorsed the Reform Party conference proceedings and yesterday's proclamation. It called a meeting in St. Louis on February 24 1904 and urged nominating conventions before those of Republicans or Democrats. J A Edgerton was named chairman to organize reform parties in every state.
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Denver
Colo
The
United People
Reform Partes
United*people
St. Louis
J. A. Edgerton
Miss Viela Vannucci In Critical Condition In St Macon
Miss Viela Vannucci of St. Macon is critically ill with typhoid fever at her parents’ home on Poplar Street. No hopes are entertained for her recovery by family or friends.
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Vannucci
St. Macon
Viela Vannucci
Poplar Street
Morgan Assumes Control of Evansville and Terre Haute
J P Morgan & Co acting as financial agents for Rock Island and St Louis and San Francisco rail interests took control of Evansville and Terre Haute and its subsidiaries from Ed win Tooley Co and H Is Proctor. The price and minority provisions were not disclosed though rumored at about 57 dollars per share, with total value near 1.2 million dollars.
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New York
J P Morgan & Co
Rock Teland
St Louis
San Francisco
Edwin Tooley & Co
Hooley
Evansville and
Terre Haute Road
Evansville
Terre Haute
Reverend Morris Resigns to Attend Princeton University
Rev B H Morris resigns as pastor of Barnesville Presbyterian Church and will move to Princeton New Jersey in the fall to pursue a full course at Princeton University. He leaves behind many friends and well wishes as a successor has not yet been chosen.
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B. H. Morris
Barnesville
Barnsville
R. Morris
Presbyterian Church
Frinceon
Morris
Princeton
Celia ‘Harrington
Second Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Peruna
Hartman
Actress Anna Poston Dies By Suicide In Chicago
Chicago July 29 Miss Anna Poston a 24 year old actress shot and killed herself in her room at the Inter Ocean Sally Price her roommate said she had been grieving for two weeks and spoke of death by her own hand from letters found Miss Poston had a sister Mrs Wattle Welma Shangx Binghamton NY
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Chicago
Anna Poston
Inter Oczan
Sally Price
Miss Poston
Wattle Welma
Shang
Binghamton
Two Will Swing Tomorrow in County Jail Yard
Alexander Meane and Will Stark face execution for the July murder of Filnn Foster during a store robbery in Beat 10. Governor declined to intervene, and the condemned men admit their guilt and accept death.
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Montgomery
Alo
Alexander Meane
Will Stark
Filnn Foster
Charles Standford
Insurance reveals policies on drowned man Paul Caine
Paul Caine who was found drowned near Louisville carried $35,000 in accident insurance in addition to life policies. A New York company representative is here investigating the case and the body may be exhumed.
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Paul Caine
Louisville
Loulaville
Tey
Ufe
New York
Appointment of Receiver for Union Ironworks Postponed
San Francisco July 29 The appointment of a receiver for the United States Shipbuilding Company properties in this district including Union Ironworks was postponed today in the United States circuit court by mutual consent until Friday.
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San Francisco
United States Shipbuilding Company
Union Ironworks
United States Circuit Court
Governor appoints new notaries and justice of the peace
Montgomery Alabama July 2 Special. Governor Jerks announced appointments including J B Lord notary public Slocomb Geneva county and J A Folbert notary public and justice of the peace Old Spring Hill Marengo county. The move expands local government authorities across several counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jerks
J. B. Lord
Slocomb
Geneva County
J. A. Folbert
Justice of the Peace
Old Spring Hill
Marengo County
Reward for Murderer in Montgomery News
Governor Jelks offered a $200 reward for the arrest and delivery to the sheriff of Robert Sawyer, a Black man jailed in Jefferson County, charged with siring and killing Wr. H. McKinley, white foreman of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company at Johns in Jefferson County.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jelks
Jefferson County
Robert Sawyer
Wr. H. McKinley
Tennessee Coat. Iron and Railroad Company
Johns
Governor Jelks Frees Daniel Jarratt of Murder Attempt Fine
Montgomery Alabama July 2 Governor Jelks remitted the fine of Daniel W Jarratt convicted of assault with intent to murder at the spring term 190% of the Marshall County circuit court different spelling of year noted in report
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Montgomery
Ala
Jelks
Daniel W. Jarratt
Circuit Court
Marehall County
Jackson Convicted of Manslaughter in Augusta
In Augusta, Will Jackson was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Sally Brown. The jury rejected murder charges, accepting Jackson’s claim that a pistol discharged accidentally while he was at the bedside.
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Tackson
Augusta
Will Jackson
Sally Brown
Jackson
Huntsville Physician Charged With Counterfeiting
Dr. Jim Young of Boaz Alabama is jailed on counterfeiting charges after being committed in default of a $2,000 bond. He and George Windsor are accused of running a counterfeiting plant in Etowah County.
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Huntsville
Ala
Jim Young
Boaz
Young
George Windsor
Etowah
County
Columbus Gun Club Handicap Shoot Highlights July 2
In Columbus Georgia at North Highlands Grounds the Columbus Gun Club staged a lively handicap shoot. Banks Yonge captured first prize with several ties forcing shoot offs. Don Joseph and Max Simons took second and third prizes while Marshall Welborn earned fourth. George Walden claimed a prize from the green squad amid strong scores.
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Columbus
Columbus Gun Club
North Highlands
Banks Yonge
Don Joseph
Max Simons
Marshall Welborn
George Walden
Oumbus Qan
Theie
Czar and czarina join pilgrimage to Saroff canonizing Prokhor
From St. Petersburg the czar the czarina and suite depart for the orthodox pilgrimage to Saroff Tampboff where the church will canonize Hermit Prokhor Moshnin. A Saint Petersburg dispatch says about 20 000 people are to attend the ceremonies amid government efforts to divert revolutionary sentiment.
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Petersburg
Saroff
Tampboff
Prokhor Moshnin
London
Daily Mall
St. Petersburg
Bitter Feeling at Richton
Hattiesburg Mississippi July 28 The trial of Mrs Nancy Odom charged with killing her brother John Rich ended with her bound over to await grand jury action under a 2000 dollar bond Her daughter Emma about sixteen was also charged with complicity and placed under a 500 bond Tensions ran high as brothers of the parties arrived and quarrels were expected Steve Rich father of the woman employed Attorney McLaurin to prosecute Sheriff T E Batson and officers used stringent measures to prevent violent clashes in the courtroom
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Nancy Odom
John Rich
Emma
Richton
McLaurin
Steve Rich
T. E. Batson
Detroit Firemen Strike Paralyzes City Transit
Detroit July 28 Detroit United railway power house strike by thirty five firemen halted all street car lines for over two hours during peak travel. Outside help restored irregular service and by noon full force was back with normal operation expected as talks resume for an eight hour day and broader dispute settlement.
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Detroit
Detroit United Railway
Waa
Stanley
North Carolina Tax Commission Assesses Franchises
The state tax commission in Raleigh is working extra hours in July to assess property and franchises of common carriers. Carriers must provide their own market value estimates for stock and bonds or supply actual values if obtainable. The commission then makes its own assessment and will allow railways to file exceptions and request a hearing.
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North Carolina Tax Commission
Raleigh
N. C
State Tax Commission
Commission
Mortuary Newsome of Anniston Dies After Illness
I Newsome of Anniston Alabama dies at home on South Quintard avenue after a long illness. He was a long time Sunday school worker and former superintendent at Oxanna Methodist church. He leaves a wife and relatives including Mrs Lumpkin of Rogers Station Georgia. Elizabeth Lumpkin of Rogers Station Georgia dies at 74 leaving six children: WH Lumpkin Thomas Lumpkin Ida Osment P I Hicks M Scott and Miss Dell Lumpkin.
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I. Newsome
Anniston
Ala
I—s. i. Newsome
South Quintard Avenue
Newsomes
Slewsome
Oxanner Methodist
Newsome
Oxanna
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John M. Davis
Fayette, Ala
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Muse
Whitehall
Emerson
Gorham’ Co
His Majesty of
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Conner
United People's Party
Morgan
Control
Evanaville
Michigan
Dr. Hartman
Celia Harrington
Czar
Nicholas and
Czarina
Mrs. Odom
Brother
Japan
Georgia Paint &Glass Co
Seaboard Air Line
Wrightsville Beach
Pullman
Beach
City
Piedmont Hotel Annex
Peachtree Street
A. F. Liebman
Marietta St
Simpson St
Tallulah Falls
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