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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1902
Page
8
Raleigh North Carolina June 6 Special coroner exhumed a farmer John M. Dennis found dead at his well in his yard. Neighbors swore to foul play and a suspected black man linked to a prior property dispute as Dennis, then tax collector, warned he would pay. While Dennis checked the well, he vanished and is presumed dead.
In Huntsville Alabama on June 6 special dispatch reports supporters urging KR E Pettus and Dr J D Humphrey to run for state superintendent of education after Abercrombie’s university appointment. Pettus and Humphrey are noted for educational leadership with Pettus authoring a plan for educating the poor and Humphrey earning a state reputation as a top county schools chief.
Jackson June 6 Special The death of Hon A J Russell speaker of the lower house removes a leading Mississippi governor candidate. He would have been a formidable contestant and forecasters expected a race among A A Kincannon Rams McClurg and Russell. A self-made man, he was born to a Baptist preacher, learned printing, studied law, and served as district chancellor for the Mobile and Ohio road. His brother E Russell was president of the road before its consolidation with the Southern railway.
In Raleigh North Carolina the whites public schools closed their term today and held mass exercises at the Academy of Music. Governor Aycock and other state officials attended. State Superintendent J Y Joyner and Editor J W Bailey spoke the latter on Archibald Murphy founder of North Carolina.
Mercer university held its literary and law graduation exercises with an audience on Thursday June 6 in Macon Georgia President Pollock presided and delivered a baccalaureate address The law class had thirty seven graduates who sought admission to the superior court These names include Charles Bruce Young Robert Mathews James Handy Pate and Carl Vinson among others
Knoxville Tennessee June 8 special. Nannie Buchanan a year old daughter of Mrs Mattie Buchanan of Bristol is missing. The child has been absent from home for more than a week and every effort to locate her has failed. Kidnapping is feared by the mother and friends.
In New Decatur Alabama on June 6 a barrel recently emptied of whisky exploded in the back yard of Buchheit's saloon. Will Baker a 12 year old colored boy stood near the bung and his clothing caught fire burning him severely. The heat from the sun caused the whisky to ignite triggering the blast.
Columbia S C June 6 President Hartzog receives complete vindication of charges by Clemson college students The board of trustees declines to accept his resignation after the charges were withdrawn The president thanked the trustees for the vindication and the board's decision to keep him in office.
Birmingham, June 6. City Attorney petitions the Alabama Supreme Court for a mandamus to compel Judge Tidige Coleman to show cause why Twenty-first Street was ordered closed during court hours from Third to Fourth avenues. The order, affecting traffic though excluding streetcars, limits them to a 2 mile per hour pace and alarms city officials. The case tests judicial authority and draws wide interest for its novelty in the state.
The State Library and Historical Association in Raleigh arranged to secure a charter for the Roanoke Island Celebration Company with a goal of 10,000 dollars from 100 county contributors at 100 dollars each. Officers may visit the island on July 4, and no anniversary celebration will occur this year. The plan targets a grand event next year.
Indictments were returned by Anderson County circuit court grand jury against Major E. C. Camp, the president, George Camp, the superintendent, and the Coal Creek Coal Company for criminal negligence linked to the Praterville coal mine explosion on May 19. The counts cite ventilation requirements from a Tennessee 1833 act and demand division of mine gas into multiple panels, with penalties including misdemeanor charges, imprisonment, and fines.
A Bristol dispatch reports a lynching at Toms Creek Wise County Virginia after Wiley Guann a Black man attempted to assault a 12 year old girl He was surrounded by a crowd and shot to death on the spot The incident occurred today with meager details available also note Cole E Morgan resigns from The Knoxville Sentinel to join The Memphis News in Memphis Tennessee and is praised for his work in Atlanta and middle Georgia
Raleigh June 6 charter issued to Hyman Supply Company of Newbern to make builders materials and mill supplies. Bald Mountain Lumber Company of Bee Log Yancey County and Miller Rice Company of Asheville authorized to manufacture paints oils and varnishes.
North Georgia Agricultural College held commencement with freshman and sophomore declamation contests, senior orations, and diplomas awarded. P. J. Horton of Winder won the gold medal for best original oration. other prizes went to Carter Edmonson, Ralph Henley, and Joseph H. Byers among others. The First Regiment State Guard plans a practice march with no state encampment this year.
Drought injures the Irish potato crop in Beaufort county near Raleigh North Carolina. The harvest is forecast to yield about fifteen barrels per acre, far below the normal sixty barrel average.
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