Rome Post Office Reinstates Two Carriers After Party Dispute
Rome Ga June 4 Special The Rome post office reinstates two mail carriers Robert L Williamson and Henry J Stewart dismissed amid party prejudice for alleged failure to collect letters Both denied the charge and a threatening letter was linked to the dispute Friends of influence pressed the department in Chattanooga leading to their restoration Helm Postmaster supported the carriers after thirteen years of service
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Rome
Robert L. Williamson
Henry J. Stewart
Williamson
Stewart
Mamgon
Chattanooga
Friends of Influence
Helm Fs
Las
Nut Growers Convention Committee Meeting Called in Macon
President Bacon of the Southern Nut Growers Association calls a July 15 Macon meeting of a growers committee at the Brown house to arrange for a later convention. Members from Georgia Texas and Florida participate as plans cover nature of the association, scope of the general convention, and timing and location.
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Bacon
Maccon
Macon
Gm, Bacon
Southern Nut Growers’ Association
Brown House
R. J. Redding
Experiment
Wes Glesner
Herbert Posch
Fort Worth
Tex
Norwood Robson
Atlanta
Howard Hume
Lake City
Fla
Sam H James
Mound
Neal Wilcox Auburn
Ald
Herbert C. White
Valdosta
H. M McIntosh
Albany
H. Zeilmer
Zellner
Ywo
Columbus
Clerks Association elects new officers in Macon
The Retail Clerks' Association of Macon announces a new slate for the ensuing year led by W McGhee as president and O C Tigner as first vice president. Other officers include B F Finney recording secretary Lizzie Wadsworth and several key posts. Installation is set for Thursday evening July 3. A separate item reports a young woman found dead in Hastman with foul play suspected and a police inquiry underway.
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Macon
Retail Clerks’ Association of
Central Labor Union
W McGhee
O C Tigner
B F Finney
Lizzie Wadsworth
W. A McKenna
W R Herndon
P Lb. Roberts
Guardian
J O MacMillan
Aged Man Killed By Train Near Toccoa Georgia
Charles McIntyre an elderly Toccoa resident was struck by an Elberton Air Line train near his home. He died instantly after being hit while weak and slightly deaf, sustaining multiple injuries. He had lived in Toccoa since its early days and was well known locally.
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Toccoa
Charles McIntyre
Elberton Air Line
McIntyre
Hig Home
At & O
Wounded Nettles Brothers Shoot May Not Prove Fatal
Wayne county news reports from Hickley state John and Perry Nettles were shot on June 14 and remain alive with potential recovery. No arrests. the shooters and the woman at the residence refuse to discuss the incident. Neighbors show interest but know little beyond the yard confrontation before buckshot fire. The scene lies near where Jim Little killed his brother Leon two weeks earlier.
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Hickley
Waycross
Bickley
John
Perry Nettles
Nettles Brothers
Join
Jim Little
Leon
Quitman Barrel Factory Preparations Underway
The Cannon Company leases the old Dewey warehouse in Quitman Georgia and installs machinery to begin manufacturing sirup and spirit barrels on July 1. Financed by local and foreign capital, the firm already operates a plant in Cairo and anticipates strong business as the county produces much sirup. The Quitman Oil Company buildings near completion and some machinery has arrived for the new operation starting with the upcoming cotton season.
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Cannon Company
Quitman
The
Cairo
Quitman Oil Company
McRae Faces Bond Vote for Lights and Water System
McRae Ga June 23 Special voters here cast a strong vote for bonds to fund a new electric lighting system and a waterworks plant. Proceeds from bond sale will finance the improvements and modernize the town’s utilities.
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McRae
Rev Dawson Declines Howard College Presidency
Rev L G Dawson announces he declines the presidency of Howard College. He will remain with his Tuscaloosa church, saying his congregation deserves a rest yet. The Tuscaloosa area reports marriage offenses issued by Judge James C Brown and notes Horace Stringfellow chosen to deliver Sewanee Latin salutatory.
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L. G. Dawson
Tuscaloosa
Tuscafooth
Ala
L. 0. Dawson
Howard College
Dr. Davidson
Birmingham
Jo Ous
Dawson
James C Brown
Ola Foster
W. J Champion
Belle Crownover
D I Gray
Bessie Owens
L A Griffin
A. C. Griffin
Horace Stringfelow
Sewanee
Stringfellow
Richard C. McCalla
Mystery surrounds missing road commissioner in Tennessee
In Chattanooga on June 2 special report states Keith, road commissioner of the fifth district, is missing after having collected a large portion of district road taxes which are also missing. Discrepancies suggest tax discounts to expedite collections. reports say he may have left for Atlanta. In Athens, Georgia, June 2 special notice lists the firm Dearing & Co haberdashers and tailors as bankrupt with receiver S. C. Upson in charge.
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Keith
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Keith
Fifth District
Eis
Atlanta
Athens
Athena
Dearing & Co, Haberdashers and Tailors
8. C. Upson
Barnesville Chautauqua Opens With Broad Program
Barnesville Georgia opens a large chautauqua session with sermons lectures and concerts from June 29 to July 6. Notable speakers include Dr. E B Andrews Professor J B Woodland and Hon Henry Litehfield West. An intercounty Teachers Institute with Gordon Institute experts runs alongside with railroads offering one fare round trip and season tickets for adults and children. Local homes offer lodging from 75 cents to 1 per day.
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Barnesville
Barnesville Chautauqua Association
E B. Andrews
University of Nebraska
George W Bain
Louisville
Intercounty Teachers’ Institute
Fifth Regiment
Schiller
Frank Dixon
Hartford
Conn
Tom Dixon
J. Williams Macey
Booklyn
Dr . B. Andrews
Robert E Lee
J. B. Woodland
Institute of Mechanical Arts
Rochester
Eugene Laurant
Thomas #. Watson
Gordon Institute
Teachers’ Institute
Chautauqua
G. F. Oliphant
Gordon Insstitute
W .8. Merritt
E. B. Utterbach
Atlanta
Utterbach
Woodland
Georgia
Hhautauqua
Assault by discharged man uses iron roller on paymaster head
Augusta Ga June 23 Special Rus sell Cohen paymaster of Clearwater 8 C breachery 7 miles from Augusta was knocked in the head today by a discharged employee John 8 Lindsey Lindsey held Cohen responsible for his discharge and confronted him with a pistol He struck him with an iron roller felling him to the ground Cohen unconscious Lindsey arrested later in Augusta Initial reports said Cohen critically injured but doctors say the scalp wound is serious but not life threatening
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Columbus
Chattahoochee
J T Russell
J. “W. Grantham
North Ywighlands
Guy
Russell
Iater Grantham
Cohen
Augusta
Russell Cohen
Clearwater
John 8
Lindsey
Superior Court Session in Macon Criminal Docket
Macon Superior Court, under Judge Felton, heard burglary cases this morning as Tudge Butt presided for the Chattahoochee circuit. The Matthews murder case of Rickerson, linked to Bibb county jail inmates, was postponed until tomorrow due to a witness absence.
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Tudge Butt
Felton
Macon
Chattahoochee
Macon Superior Court
Matthews
Rickerson
Bibb County
Fight in East Macon Leaves man Hurt in Brick Blow
Macon Ga June 23 special D W Reid and D M Bordely two white men fought in East Macon Bordely struck Reid on the head with a brick Reid required medical attention for injuries Dorothy May eight months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Higginbotham was buried this morning at Rose Hill cemetery Rev Harrison conducted services
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Macon
D. W
Reid
D. M Bordely
East Macon
Bordely
Dorothy May
H. Higginbotham
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mr. Harrison
Freeman and Burns Faces Trial Over Alleged Atlanta Marriage
Athens June 73 Special Freeman and Burns await warrants sworn by W H Jones. Miss Jones ill. trial to proceed when she attends. Freeman denies guilt while Nettie Jones testifies. Burns allegedly officiated. Colonel H C Tuck prosecutes. Committal trial set for Freeman. Jones accuses Freeman of prior marriage and ongoing relations with another woman in Atlanta.
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Athens
H. B. Freeman
J. H. Burns
Jow
W. H. Jones
Miss Jones
H. C. Tuck
Freeman
Ww. H. Jones
Nettie Jones
Mr Shig
Mrs. Jones
Nettie
Clark
Fulton Counties
Nettle
Des Kalb
DeKalb
Burns
Atlanta
Macon Officers Shot During Violent Sudden Clash
Macon Georgia June 2 Special Deputy Sheriff Arthur Jobson and Deputy Sheriff Tom Jones were involved in a personal clash at the Vineville branch. Pistol shots rang out as officers arrived to find them fighting. Jones was wounded in the stomach and Jobson battered with a minor leg wound. Both were hospitalized with condition unknown.
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Macon
Arthur Jobson
Tom Jones
Vineville
Jones
Jobson
Lost Georgetown Merchant Found After Disappearance
Solomon Brilles, a Georgetown merchant who vanished in late April, was heard from in Charleston. He reportedly left due to business troubles, rode a train to a western city, fell from a streetcar, spent weeks in a hospital, and has since contacted his wife and is under her care recovering.
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Georgetown
Charleston
Solomon Brilles
Big Shipbuilding Plant Promoters Meet in Norfolk
Promoters of the Norfolk and Hampton Heads Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company plan a July 6 meeting in Norfolk to organize a firm capitalized at 10 million dollars. CG. W. Pebault leads the effort, with D Lowenberg and ex Governor Atkinson among prominent backers and options secured on Hampton Roads property for a large shipbuilding plant.
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Norfolk
Norfolk and Hampton Heads Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
CG. W. Pebault
D Lowenberg
Atkinson
West Virginia
Silverman
Hampton Roads
Painters Out on Strike in Norfolk Va
One hundred journeymen painters walked out in sympathy with striking carpenters in Norfolk. Masters say a March 3 1902 to March 1 1903 contract for eight hour days at 250 dollars per day is forfeited, while masters seek nonunion replacements. Burr Noland dies suddenly in New York at 60. related notes on his gas company work. Charles T Child dies in Gleasondale Mass at age 57, noted electrical scholar and rail history contributor born in Richmond Va.
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Norfolk
Burr Noland
New York
Bishop Noland
Richmond
Charles T. Child
Electrical Review of
Gleasondale
Mass
Mr Child
Frank J. Sprague
United States
Cochran Seeks Brunswick Circuit Judgeship
In Waycross Georgia on June 23 Colonel Arthur E Cochran announced his candidacy to fill the Brunswick circuit judgeship vacancy caused by Judge Joseph W Bennets resignation He circulates a petition urging Governor Candler to appoint him The petition is signed by nearly everyone in Waycross Also noted are elections within the Twenty seventh District Sunday School Association with W W S Booth as president and W Crawley as secretary treasurer at Trinity Church after a three day session.
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Waycross
Arthur E. Cochran
Brunswick
Joseph W Bennet
Candler
W.W. S Booth
Manora
W. & Crawley
Twenty-seventh District Sunday School Association
Trinity Church
North Carolina Liquor Dealers Hold State Convention
The tenth state convention of the North Carolina Liquor Dealers Association opens in Raleigh tomorrow with Frank O'Donnell as president and F W Ortmann as secretary. Delegates from local groups will attend though sessions are secret. Membership estimated over 2,500. The group plans to discuss political matters and may back pro liquor interests. State officials traveled to Washington for farmer institute events and talks with Secretary Wilson on truck crop bulletins.
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Association of North Carolina
Raleigh
N C
North Carolina Liquor Dealers’ Association
Frank O’donnell
F. W. Ortmann
Sessons
Patterson
Kilgore
W. F. Massey
Washington, D. C
Conductors of
Farmers’ Institutes
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Seabourd Air Line
Rutherfordton and
Asheville
Cape Fear
Buckhorn Shoals
Trinity College
Durham
Duke
Hot Springs
Madison County
North Carolina
Ha Dodges Moonshine Charge in Alabama
Huntsville reports Deputy Marshal Arnold arrested Robert Bates in Scottsboro on a charge of selling illicit whisky. Estes, tried before a commissioner, was acquitted after it emerged he procured stamps and license during the alleged offense. He was dismissed from court. A Wetumpka boarding house run by Mrs. Jones burned with a loss of 2,500 dollars.
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Huntsville
Ala
Arnold
Robert Bates
Scottsboro
Estes
Wetumpka
Montgomery
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Hastman
Quitman Barrel Factory
Fine Chautauqua
Superior Court OF
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Freeman and
Clohal
Peachtree St
N. Broad St
Eile Tronsets
Cochran
Bennet
Waycross An
Candier
Convention OF Liquor Men
Iiseases
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Austell Bullfing
Bours
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Hotel
Mew European Hotel
Wark Springs
Bath Co
Toccoa Falls
G.a
Iness Cor
Alabama & Whitehall
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Little Rock
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Galveston
Shreveport
Maine
California
Virginia College For
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Grand Mountain Acea
Valley of Virginia
Mattie P Harris
Louisville Training School
K. Taylor
A. M
Beechmore
Rollins Institute
Virginia
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Cocke
Hollins
Grand Atlantic Hotel
SAN Marcoe
Atlantic City
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Rectal
Cheshire Mitchell
Mer
Charles B
Cope
Virginia Hot Springs
New Homestead
West Bath House
America
Royal Poln Orchestra
Starry
Asherville
Geo W. Vanderbilt
Biltmore Estate
Biltmore
Greenbrier White Sulphur
Harrington Mills
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
Wo Wa
Arita Gop
A. C. Briscoe
I. W. Arnold
Ouliven
Crichton
Gunith
Gaiah
Montbhoronet
Courca
Perica
Cat
Trea
WM. Lyceft
Whitewall St
Ata
Econcia Military Academy
Ark
C. Woodward
A.M
Elizabeth College
Gusntor
Charles B. King
Mitchell St
Atlanta, Ga
Schroeter & Brc
Br Express
Greensboro
C. Walter Smith
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