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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
6
The Alabama Capitol draped in mourning as Governor Samford dies. A special train carries his remains to Montgomery from Tuscaloosa, with a formal adjournment and a nine-member escort to Tuscaloosa for funeral rites. Governor designate W D Jelkeutin and acting Governor A M Tunstall oversee transitions.
The body will be moved to a supreme courtroom attachment and then to Opelika where it will be buried tomorrow. A large crowd lined the street as the funeral proceeds from the Methodist church to Opelika at 9 30 Friday morning. Constitutional convention members depart Montgomery on a special train at 7 Friday to attend the funeral.
Funeral services for Governor Samford were held at the Persona Residence with family and a few friends present. At 2:20 p.m. the remains were taken to the Mobile and Ohio station escorted by Warrior Guards and Camp Rhodes UCV, followed by many citizens. The special train departed at 3:29 p.m. for Montgomery with state officials and others joining from Montgomery.
Opelika Alabama June 1 Special The death of our beloved governor Fran W. J. Samford a brilliant orator and statesman has cast gloom over Opelika his home and the people who loved him He was a public man deeply respected and admired and the city will turn out Friday to honor the lamented dead with the last respects he gave to his people religiously financially and politically coachman
Hon William Dorsey Jelks will become governor of Alabama after Governor Samford’s death, arriving by train to Montgomery at 6 am. The article notes Jelks’s background, Mercer education, Union Springs birth, stake in politics, and speculation on a private secretary appointment and four year term prospects.
Jackson Mississippi June 12 Special The sensational trial of State Senator Richard Bradley on the charge of seduction concluded at Canton at 2 a.m. with the jury deliberating. Bradley testified that the case is blackmail. The defense showed the woman’s alleged bad character and past relations with witnesses. Public interest has been intense across Mississippi.
Katie Lewis files for divorce from Buford A Lewis president of Lewis Lumber Company and Law and Order League amid sensational adultery accusations. She claims he is unfit for custody of their five year old Joseph Walter Lewis. He denies the allegations and vows to contest the suit in chancery court.
Memphis reporter notes Pine Bluff Arkansas faces tense scene after the murder of H. B. Fluker and Solomon Fluker by white brothers Robert and Thomas Clegg. A heavy guard, deputies with shotguns, and fears of lynching dominate the town as the Cleggs face a preliminary hearing and possible criminal court bound over.
In Nashville on June 12 special dispatches report W J Edwards named soliciting agent for the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railway in St Louis. Edwards currently serves as agent at Union City. At Columbia a company was organized with ten thousand ten dollars capital stock to bore for oil near Columbia where oil flows from a spring. Near Dixon Springs a farmer Thomas Wright fired at a tree to raid a hawk nest and mortally wounded Marshall Claringay who was riding in the foliage.
After eight months abroad in Paris and New Jersey, Mr and Mrs George W Vanderbilt and their late daughter Cornelia Stuyvesant return to Biltmore Estate. They arrived in private car Swannanoa unaccompanied and plan to stay about a month. Vanderbilt tours post office, market and cottages he built in Biltmore’s model village.
Richmond Virginia special report on Virginia's constitutional convention. The session opened with Senator Daniel presiding as temporary chair before John Goode was elected president. A two hour tempest over oath of office and suffrage reform followed. Governor Tyler was prepared to speak but adjournment was ordered. Many delegates questioned oath terms and threatened to refuse. The day featured intense debate and preparations for committee work with changes to lighting and ventilation planned for the chamber.
Captain B. Yosdes, local recruiting officer, receives orders expanding authority to enlist army recruits across multiple Georgia Alabama Tennessee and North Carolina counties. Recruits will be instructed in carpentry plumbing blacksmith engineering and cooking with emphasis on coast and field artillery. Enlistment to be conducted locally for Willet's Point needs.
Subscription to the capital stock of the Charleston Union Station and Railway Company opened today at the Atlantic Coast Line depot in Charleston. The charter will be applied for immediately. meeting attended by A C Line President W G Eliott and General Manager J R Kenly, with Charleston and Savannah president J Gadaden. Spencer and Erwin were detained but represented by others.
Sheriff W T Morris of Karnes County Texas was shot and mortally wounded while trying to arrest two Mexicans ten miles west of Kennedy. He killed the attacker who shot him. the other assailant escaped. An excited pursuit is under way amid lynching threats. Morris was a popular border lawman. Also reported reinforced, six crew members deserted from the gunboat Scorpion in Memphis.
It is announced that if the proposed million dollar ax handle combine locates its headquarters in this city, the American Handle Company of Knoxville will join. The Knoxville plant, with facilities in Bristol and Greenville Tennessee and West Point Mississippi, would be included. I. J. Leland is manager of the local plant.
Mirvey Rand of a Blount county family reportedly died after jumping from a bridge span and being struck by a passenger train near Cleven. The event ties to a past drowning that affected his brother Harvey. The report notes a meeting of the Baptists’ association planned for Asheville, with Asheville and Chattanooga mentioned in discussion of future sites.
John Joseph Fink of Washington is arrested in Macon charged with cheating and swindling. He allegedly sold rights to a lubricating oil formula used on railroads and machinery. The case centers on a $200 contract with Georgia Southern and Florida and Macon and Birmingham railroads, with $507 cash found on Fink and claims the deal was a scam. He posted $500 bond for appearance in recorder's court.
Georgia State Dental Society sessions drew large attendance in Macon on June 12. The program featured inlay porcelain fillings, gold plates, lingual surface fillings, crowns, anesthesia under pressure, dental chemistry, anatomy surgery, operative dentistry, education, and future dentistry papers. Notables included Dr Hinman, Dr Holland, Dr Wilson, Dr McKee, Dr McDonald, Dr Fogler, Dr Coyle, Dr Atkinson, and Dr Hinman showing X-ray exhibits. A Bohemian smoker at Hotel Lanier hosted by Stanager Newcorth followed for invited dentists and local guests.
Funeral services for Mrs W A Juban were conducted at 430 PM at the Juban residence with a large crowd in attendance. Rev J L White of the First Baptist church led the service and interment followed at Rose Hill cemetery. Survivors include three sons Willie Charles and Lewis and daughter Mrs Guice of Bufaw a.
A marine named Mervin attempted suicide by drinking laudanum near the navy yard in Norfolk on June 12. After ingestion he disappeared, and the marine commandant was notified. No trace of the would be self inflicted death has been found.
Congressman Fitzpatrick of Kentucky writes from the National Hotel in Washington praising Peruna as a remedy for catarrh and as a strong tonic. Mathias Leif of Chicago also testifies to Peruna’s value as a nerve tonic that strengthens the nerves and aids blood flow, promising relief for summer catarrh and related conditions. Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio offers free advice to those not deriving prompt results.
A fragmented Athens history recounts church origins from 282 through 1880, notable residents Allen Chase, Asbury Tull, Steven Thomas, and Young L. Harris, and early education leaders James Fulton and A. M. Scudder. It recalls the Georgia I Express editor Joe Modges era, the Jane Young pistol incident, and local fraternal legacies including Masons and Oda Fellows.
The county’s military past features 1813 rifle company led by James Meriwither and a 72 man unit under Insane A. Vincent during Indian removal, with Clarke County sending about two thousand men to the Confederacy. Local units included Troup artillery, Athens Giants, Clarke Rifles, and Mell Rifles along with home defense Lumphig artillery, Thunderbolts, Lipscomb Volunteers, and Magre’s battery.
Worfolk Virginia note from Epworth Methodist church official board grants Rev. A. Coke Smith D.D. a vacation after the first Sunday in August to attend the world conference of Methodists in London. He will represent the Virginia Methodists as a delegate. Rev. B. A. Jenkins accepts Lexington Kentucky event.
Tutt's Liver Pills claim to keep the system in order preventing morbid liver conditions and a wide range of illnesses. The advert cites relief from sick headache dyspepsia dizziness bad taste in the mouth heartburn coated tongue loss of appetite constipation and all bilious diseases.
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