Tribute to Jefferson Davis Observed at Capitol
The one hundred and first birthday of Jefferson Davis was marked in the Georgia state capitol with a southern tribute. Captain Albert H Cox spoke, veterans and women attended, and Crosses of Honor were distributed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy as the crowd sang Dixie and saluted the memory of the Confederacy’s president.
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Jafferson Davis
Hall of Representatives
State Capitol
Albert H Cox
Atlanta
Gredy Monument
Capitol
Henry W Grady
Otd
Grady
Clement ‘ Evans
Cox
Evens
George Hillyer
Evans
South
Jefferson Davis
Southern Confederacy
United Daughters of the Confederacy
5B G McCabe
William D Ellis Sr
Snd
Davie
Mississipii
City Stockade Case Highlights Cruelty Allegations
The city stockade is attacked as a place for beasts not men in Dr. W W McAfee’s whisky case. Pictures show shackling, whipping, and sleeping quarters as evidence while stockade officials defend practices and invite questions on treatment. The trial, stalled by lengthy testimonies, continues with former inmates recounting alleged cruelties.
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James W. Austin
Kontz & Austin
W W McAfee
Recorder’s Court
James L. Mayson
McAfee
Sali
D. M. Vining
Vining
Mayeon
Captain Vining
No Quorum In Sight As House Adjourns In Washington
In Washington on June 3 Vice Admiral Uriu of Japan watched as a debate over Porto Rican rule stalled. Representative Macon demanded a constitutional majority for votes, leading to a roll call showing 180 members named and no quorum, prompting adjournment until noon.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Baron Uriu
Representative Weeks
Massachusetts
Annapoli
Macon
Arkansas
Porto Rico
Boston Electric Workers Strike Demands Raise Minimum Wages
About 800 electrical workers in Boston, nearly all union members, went on strike. They seek a minimum wage of 60 cents per hour and a 34.4 day with a Saturday half holiday for five months starting May 6. Their previous pay was 3.60 a day.
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Boston
Free Book on Cancer Promoted by Specialist
An eminent specialist urges reading a free book on the best method of treating cancer. The ad cites author De. D. M. Johnson of 1232 Grand, Kansas City, inviting all readers to obtain the booklet.
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D. M. Johnson
Grand Kansas City
La Follette At Senate Tariff Clash With Yellow Journals
The Wisconsin senator La Follette triggered a senate clash over tariff policy. Opponents accused him of courting yellow journals while insurgents and Democrats defended him. Amid heated remarks by Gallinger Borah Dolliver Money Aldrich Beveridge and others the chamber debated courtesy and floor etiquette before approving key hemp cotton and glove schedule amendments and adjourning at 1 AM.
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Penrose
Gallinger
Wisconsin
la Follette
Dolliver
Borah
Beveridge
Money
Washington
Senate
Congress
la Folette
Permiasion
New Hampshire
Yellow Journals
Up Lift
Lodge Ae Gallinger
Scott
West Virginia
Beatt
Aldrich
Mr. la Follette
Bradley
Kentucky
Brailey
Mr. Bradley
Sherman
Wart
Terick
Georgians Parade for Good Roads Reach Jacksonville
Eighteen cars led by H A Burkhart from Fitzgerald tackle driving rain en route to Waycross and Jacksonville. The party, greeted by Mayor Sebring and Jacksonville residents, enjoyed a triumphal reception in Callahan and at the Aragon hotel. Weather delays and multiple breakdowns cut the group to fewer than expected.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fitzgerald
H A Burkhart
Constitution
Waycross
Callahan, Fia
Sebring
Jacksonvile
Callahan
Aragon Hotel
H. A Burkhart
Good Roads
Knight
Dr. Johnson
Mr Sates
C. W. Parker
W. W Sharp
F. McDonald
C. M. Sweat
Wesley Bagley
Franelan Bagley
James Sinclair
J. H. Parker
E. J. Berry
J H McGee
A. F. Perham
J. H. Cameron
D. J. Miller
Folkston
Georgia
J. R. Wilson
Ht. A Shell
Mr. Wilson
Callahar
Jacksonville Good Roads
Queen City
Jordan
W. RB. Carter
Charles Clark
McMillan
Flynn
Pope
Drysdale
Emerson
Howard H. Inman
Joseph Brown Connaily
Ampker
Eltigens
Atlantic Beach
A Good Roads Builder John W Callaway Photo
Commissioner John W Callaway of Wilkes county, long in charge of road work, nicknamed the Pig Sheriff for his past sheriff tenure. The photograph by Wesley Hirshbure captures him in front of the Wilkes county courthouse as he supports The Constitution Georgia good roads auto contest. He pledges to build the best highway between Augusta and Atlanta if the route passes through his county.
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John, W Callaway
Wilkes
Callaway
Wilkes County
Georgia
Constitution
Pathfinder
Washington
Augusta
Atlanta
Georgia Bar Association Holds Annual Meeting in Warm Springs
Nearly 200 judges and lawyers attend the twenty fifth annual Georgia Bar gathering in Warm Springs. Leaders discuss oath reforms, bank defalcits guarantees, franchise restrictions, and the president Senate treaty powers. Evening session favors governor appointment of judges and senate confirmation with an eight to twelve year term debate. Hannis Taylor to speak tomorrow.
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Warm Springs
Fpecelal
Georgia Bar
Hansel Merrill
Thomasville
Alex W. Simith
Atlanta
H. C Cunningham
Savannah
J R. Lamar
Augusta
R C Alston
H W. Goethfus
Columbus
T. A. Hammond
Warren Grice
Hawkinsville
Georgia
Supreme Court
Hamilton Douglas
Walter A. Harris
Macon
William H Fieming
Senate
Congress
John FE. Donalson
Bainbridge
Donalson
Donalson, Who A Few Years Ago , Was 80 Charmingly Known ‘In Atlants
Louise Gordon
Merrill
Association
Queen Delivers Expected Stork Amid Royal Ceremony
Madrid reports the queen attended Paloma church for a traditional rite seeking a blessed accouchement. The scene included royal ladies gathered in ceremonial ensemble as whispers of a forthcoming birth circulated among courtiers.
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Madrid
Paloma
Miajenty
Cyclone Sweeps Screven County Wrecks Home and Injures Family
A Georgia cyclone near Sylvania struck Screven County at 4 PM, wrecking Stephen Thomson’s white farmer home and burying him, his wife, and children. The elder son freed himself and others, while Mrs Thomson and several tenants and occupants sustained injuries. Trees were uprooted and several houses destroyed. no deaths reported. The storm moved from Dover toward the northeast, with many spared by quick action and some escape aided by miracles.
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Svisania
Screven
Nfe
Dover
Stephen Thomson
Tarn
Thomson
T . Walker
Thomas Lee
John Robing
French Professor Interrupts Bryn Mawr Commencement
Bryn Mawr Pa June 3 Professor Lucien Foulet a French literature instructor interrupted President David Starr Jordan during his Bryn Mawr College commencement address on War and Mankind. He stood and protested saying it is not so before leaving the platform.
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Bryn Mawr
David Sterr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Bryn Mawr College
Lucien Foulet
Jordan
Spain
Italy
France
Foulet
Death in Lafayette Auto Crash Reported
Addison E Miller, a leading farmer and hanger in Lafayette County, was found beneath his overturned automobile in a ditch near his home. He had been dead some time, with a broken neck. The accident is believed to have involved a collision with a cow.
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Lafayette. Ind
Addison E . Miller
Rioting Quieted As Settlement Hopes Rise In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia rioters attacked a transit barn and wrecked cars as a strike by motormen and conductors loomed. Police contained the mob on Kensington avenue and other districts, with disorder easing after word a settlement might come within 24 hours.
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Philadelphia
M Mnotormen
O Pratt
McNichol
Broad Street
Erin Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Allegheny Avenue
Clearfield Streets
Kennington
West Philadelphia
Weather Prophecy Forecast for Georgia
Weather prophecy notes show showers and partly cloudy skies. Friday and Saturday expected with light to moderate rainfall. Winds southerly to southwesterly, temperatures unspecified.
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Georgia
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P H Lovejoy
H A. Burkhart
J G Knapp
H G McFadden
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Isidor Gelders
James Fletcher
R M Ware
George Dickson
B. C Mosher
L Martin
L. C. Tinsder
G W Smith
J B Clements
L. W Meakin
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Screven County
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