Injunction Sought Over Freight Rates By Macon Merchants
Macon shoe merchants through Attorneys Notting ham and Cabantss filed a petition for injunction in Macon Ga to curb freight rate discrimination by the Southern railway Seaboard Air Line Atlantic Coast Line Ocean Steamship and Merchants and Miners Transportation. They allege Atlanta and Macon rates were 85 cents then rose to 102 causing Macon to pay 17 cents more than Atlanta and harming local trade. Judge Buamry Speer heard the matter with a final hearing planned and a result awaited by merchants and Georgia towns dependent on through freight rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Macon Shoe Merchants
Nottingham and
Cabantss
Buamry Speer
Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
Ocean Steamship and
Mersnemt's and
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Atlanta
Maron
Carriera Bitere
Newman
Carriera
Cava
Mecoa
Left Stranded With Her Babe Left Stranded With Her Babe
Mes. Bainche Horton of Chicago seeks a night's lodging for herself and baby after claiming to travel toward Atlanta to find a man named James Hambey a middle aged friend of the family Horton says Hambey a rancher from Montana met her in Chicago and joined the trip but she lost her pocketbook with 30 dollars and now has only two dollars she says she was Miss Hundérton before marriage and that her husband died two years ago the child is 15 months old
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Mes
Bainche Horton
Chicago
James
Hambey
Atlanta
Horton
Montana
Water Works
Hambay
Sonic
San
Misa Hundérton
Wallace resigns as Panama Canal chief engineer for New York firm
John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the Panama Canal and canal commission member, resigns to take a $860,000 role with a New York corporation. The move follows a stormy dispute over control and management of the Isthmus project, with Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt cited as involved. Wallace intends to lead a large U.S. railway system. Will Cromwell attends the conference with Taft. President Shonts says he does not plan to resign.
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New York
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal
Commission
New York Corporation
Wallace
Taft
Engineer Wallace
Theodore Shants
Canal Commission
Department
Roosevelt
Tration
Sama
Canal Board
Panama
War Department
Liama Nelson Cromwell
Shonts
Lberty
Negro escapes from sheriff near LaGrange
Sim Dodwell, in sheriff Birdsong's custody, seized the sheriff's pistol and escaped after backing into his house. He armed with a Winchester rifle and fled, vowing not to be captured. A 2‑man posse pursues. he is believed in hiding near Long Gane four miles southeast of LaGrange. authorities seek to arrest him for shooting his wife.
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LaGrange
Sim Dodwell
Birdsong
Tate Ter
Dodwell
Long Gane
G. T. Godwin
la Grange
Emory to Build Big Gymnasium
Oxford Ga June 27 Special report states Emory College will spend about 20000 building and equipping a modern gymnasium on campus. Dr Dickey says athletic building is assured. $10000 in subscriptions already pledged and more expected from alumni. A building committee of prominent Atlanta Savannah and Oxford figures will meet soon to finalize plans and lay a foundation before summer ends.
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Oxford
M. Ory College
Dickey
Rotlegs
Board of Trusters
Emory
J. P. Williams
Savannah
A. G. Candler
Atlanta
W. P. Petilio
George Winship
Jamey EB. Dickey
Lving
Aiken County Urged to Form New Georgia County
Enthusiastic meeting of citizens from Gordon Bartow Cherokee and Pickens counties in Fair Mount Georgia pushed for forming a new county. Judge A W Fite outlined facts for and against, executive committee reorganized with H C Erwin as president and RB L Strickland secretary. Boundary proposal traced from Sallacea Creek to Pinelog Creek then to Bartow Cherokee lines then along the old land district line toward Talking Rock Creek.
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Fair Mount
Gordon
Bartow
Cherokee
Pickens
Bis Town
Food Mountain
H. T. B Warlick
H. M. McHan
EB. Thompson
H. G Tintes
J. F. Hurt
A. C. Collins
J. B Shelhorse
W. Hamrick
S. Houke
H. M. Hamrick
J. A. Horton
M Fowler
M. Fuller
H. S. Watts
S. M. Carter
Ely Richardson
John Gochran
H. J. Polbert
H. Thompson
R. Thompson
B. Tolbert
J. W. Jones
Sallacea Creek
Said Creek
Pinelog Creek
Checker
Twenty-Third Land District
E&id
Cherokee County
Talking Rock Creek
White Citizens Honor Old Antibellum Negro in Sylvania
In Sylvania Georgia on July 27 a colored woman Adeline Saxon aged over 90 died and was buried in the colored cemetery. She belonged to the Gin time family servant line and had ties to Dr. Richard Lazen’s family. Her funeral was well attended by white and colored residents, with pallbearers from white citizens. Reverend T A Seals led services as hymns were sung and flowers placed on the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvania
Adeline Saxon
Adeline
Richard Lazen
Syvanis
T. A Seals
Roarke
Barber arcade sought at 10 Decatur Street Atlanta Ga
An advertisement lists a Turkish Bath Barber shop at 10 Decatur Street in Atlanta Georgia seeking a barber. The note mentions nearby landmarks and a proposed county name honoring Judge John W. Aiken family, with references to Warren Asker and Cartersville Georgia. It includes excursion rates for Fourth of July by Central of Georgia Railway and details on ticket prices, routes, and validity to July 8 1905. Also reports murder prevention linked visit in Delaware Ohio and a nursery business earnings note. General Leonard Wood and wife arrived in San Francisco aboard the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria.
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Decatur St
Stlanta
Rock Creek
Coosawahe
Sallacea Creek
Aiken
Han
Warren Asker
John W. Aiken
Cartersville
Central of Ga. Ry
Oho
Potomac
Mississippi
St. Louis
W. H. Fess
BD. P. A
Atlanta
Wood
San Francisco
Leonard Wood
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Clair
John Findley Wallace
Washington
Agricultural Department
the College
Graham
National Biscuit Company
Aiken County
Fairmount
London Lancet
Watthour
Bedell
Bedel
Goodrum’s
Alabama
Whitehall Stree
Delaware
Ohio
Charles D. Davia
Miami
Flo
Florida
Gil
Baby's
Saadtild Regulator Oo
Attente. Ge
South Broad Street
Mfg. Co
VIA
Gally
NW. C
Stk
E. i
C.& Stl
USC
Milwsules
Waukesha
St. Paul
S. & Parroty
Gist
North Pryor St
Portland
Oregon
Mery Cee Ee
PN Zee
Cinmago Anu Punemare Sleffe
Venice
Cher Ager
Serach
Hes
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