Tragedy Stirs Pelham Home In Fatal Shootings
Pelham Georgia residents were shocked by a double shooting at Barrow Avenue cottage. Harvey Nesmith and his wife were found mortally wounded with a pistol. the couple’s twelve month old baby was unharmed but covered in blood. Nesmith died later the same day and Mrs. Nesmith died hours after. The scene showed signs of a domestic tragedy, with neighbors hearing a pistol shot and the couple’s fatal wounds. The couple had lived in Pelham for over a year after Nesmith left merchandising work in town. Authorities suspected Nesmith killed his wife and then himself, with both hailed from county families.
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Pelham
Nesmith
Politically Quiet Berrien Faces Representative Race
In Tifton Georgia the 1930s county politics are dull except for the representative contest. Incumbent J P Knight seeks reelection while possible challengers include Joseph A Alexander John R McCranie or F M Shaw Jr. County officials Bor sheriff W L Swindle J D Lovett clerk M W Jones tax collector J I Norwood and rival for tax receiver J A Crosby J A Griffin. The Echols seat may supply the next senator as the spring term of Berrien superior court opens in Nashville on the third Monday in March.
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Tifton
J. P. Knight
Joseph A. Alexander
John R. McCranie
F. M. Shaw, Jr
Board of County Commissioners
Berrien
Avery
Bor
W. L. Swindle
J. D. Lovett
M. W. Jones
J. I. Norwood
J. A. Crosby
J. A. Griffin
Echols County
Berrien Superior Court
Nashville
Sheriff Recovers Checks After Tifton Robbery
Sheriff W. L. Swindle recovered checks totaling $169.79, $50 in cash, a $25.06 gold watch, and valuable court papers after a Thursday robbery at the Kennesaw restaurant in Tifton. The loot also included jail keys and panels found on the Plant System railroad track six miles below Tifton near Brookfield. cash and a missing watch were not recovered.
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Tifton
W. L. Swindle
Kennesaw
Nashville
Plant
Brookfield
AGU Freed From FLG on Macon Georgia March 3
News from Macon describes the swollen Ocmulgee river nearing its banks and fading disruption. Bridges including Spring Street are safe. most rail lines recover, though the Southern division Macon to Atlanta remains disrupted with washouts and track damage expected to take days to repair. Central line faces a washout at Montgomery requiring several days.
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Macon
Qemulgee
Spring Street
Fifth Street
Macon, Dublin
Savannah
Dublin
Southern
Southern Railroad
Maevern
Atlanta
Juliette
Georgia Southern
Florida
Palatka
Central
Monteguma
Flood Claims Three Lives in Augusta
Augus ta Ga March 3 Three lives were lost in the Savannah river flood. Burt Lloyd a white man fell from a freight car on a railway bridge and was swept away. An unknown negro was carried off the trestle and a negro boy's body was found near Mills street as waters declined three feet from the peak.
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Augusta
Savannah
Burt Lloyd
Mills Street
Oconee
Athens
Ocornee River
Mitchell's Bridge
Funeral of Leo Murray in Macon interred at Rose Hill Cemetery
Remains of Leo Murray mail clerk killed in the Southern wreck at Zetera last week were brought to Macon for burial in Rose Hill cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. F. F. Reese.
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Leo Murray
Macon
Zetera
Rose HI
F. F. Reese
Big Strawberry Crop Outlook in Southeastern North Carolina
Raleigh N C March Special The outlook for a great strawberry crop in southeastern North Carolina the center of that industry is now particularly good. Plants are in fine condition and Brewers expect to make larger shipments than last season when they touched 18 900 000 quarts.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Jail Break Dramatizes Georgia County Prison Escape
Special from Greenesboro Georgia a mass jail delivery freed Luke Roper and David Jefferson a 12 year old boy along with George Bledsoe and son George Bledsoe Jr Bud Park and King Peek all facing murder car breaking depot theft and whisky charges. Sheriff Oliver found bars and an outer cell window sawed open with a pocket knife used by the boy prisoner on a friend. Authorities suspect outside parties tied to next weeks trials and several escapees may be recaptured tonight.
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Greenesboro
Luke Roper
David Jefferson
George Bledsoe
George Bledsoe, Jr
Bud Park
King Peek
Liberty
Oliver
Uaper
Howard ‘Jackson
Lkely
Jackson
Postmistress Removed in Baxley Indicating Political Shift
Baxley Georgia March 3 Special The removal of Mrs Williams recently appointed postmistress and the appointment of W F Boone a former populist provoked comment Boone's brother is postmaster at Hazlehurst and Boone a former school teacher in Tattnall County Boone reportedly converted to the democratic creed and the move stirs local reaction with charges and indignation noted.
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Baxley
Williams
W. F. Boone
Willams
Boone
Haziehurst
Appling
Tne
Tattnall County
Dispensary Commissioners Elected in Rome Georgia
Electors at the courthouse chose six and four year terms for dispensary commissioners W J Heer and W J Griffin with Frank B Freeman for two years. Names of applicants listed. meeting described as disorderly but public. Commissioners to set offices, pay 20 and 25 dollars monthly. Also sensational charges against Rev H M Maddox for selling his vote and falsifying records, denied by Maddox, conference next in April.
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Rome
Court House
W. J- Heer
W. J.griffin
Frank B. Freeman
Gritin
D. E. Lowry
D, Neel
Grim
Rassom
Bass
BR. H.maddox
Baptist Church
Maddox
First Baptist Church
Ome
Wynne jailed after alleged fatal blow in Dublin
Nat Wynne, a young white man, was jailed in Dublin county on a charge of striking Henry Woodard with a large piece of wood during a quarrel at Woodard's home on Saturday. Woodard suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. his condition was reported as grave, with survival depending on a miracle.
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Henry Woodard
Dublin
Nat Wynne
Wynne
Woodaord
Woodard
Town Revives As New Growth Sparks In Poombsboro
Poombsboro Georgia enjoys a revival as George T Fassett erects a ginnery a corn and flour mill with improved machinery Mrs Clay plans a commodious hotel boosting business Dr J D Thompson to complete a drug and grocery building Real estate activity rises with purchases by Boones Hail Dickinson Thompson Shepherd Fassett and others Sanitary problems cleared after years of decline and business interest returns to town
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Poombsboro
Oombsboro
George T. Fassett
Fiere
White Postmaster Appointed in Athens and Local Burial News
Athens reports President Roosevelt appointed William Fleming as postmaster replacing M. B. Morton, with transfer procedures underway and no staffing changes. Covington notes the ailing Mrs. Franklin Wright, mother of several notable children, at her Church Street home. Also, Philadelphia reports the wreckage sighting from the Maggie S. Hart near Bodge Island, with a submerged spar and debris indicating a possible submarine grounding.
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Athens
William Fleming
Roosevelt
M. B. Morton
Bor
Fleming
Franklin Wright
Covington
Very
Church Street
Philadelphia
Hart
Apalachicola
Bodge Island
Another Opportunity for Free Medical Care From Britton Institute
Nearly 80 000 invalids cured in five years with free services at the British Medical Institute in Atlanta. The 36 branches nationwide treat illnesses including goitre cancer and rectal diseases. Staff of six doctors plus 38 specialists provide cures. operations run 9 am to 9 pm.
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British Medical Institute
Lowndes Building
N. Pryor. Street
Atlanta
Marea Apne
Britton Medical Institute
Institute
Charce
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Promises Safe Cough Relief
A newspaper ad touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a safe non opiate remedy for coughs colds and catarrh. It includes testimonials from mothers and a Columbus man praising relief and claiming the tablets cured chronic catarrh and prevented croup in children. The ad argues tablets outperform sprays inhalers and washes and are sold everywhere at 59 cents a box.
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Stuart
Charleston
Mass
Lance
A. R. Fernbank
Columbus
Clio
Barge Carbon Sinking After Fire Off Cape May
The coal laden barge Carbon, sailing from Philadelphia to New Bedford, caught fire at sea and drifted ten miles off Cape May New Jersey. The crew was rescued by the tug Seaing and taken to New York after the vessel grounded on McCries Island, causing a stove to overrun and start the blaze.
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Carbon
Cape May
Philadelphia
New Bedford
N. J
Seaing
New York
McCries Island
Rev Henderson to Lead Griffin Presbyterian Church
Grifin Ga March 3 Special Rev L G Henderson of Americus has accepted the Griffin Presbyterian pastorate and will begin duties around the 15th after Macon synod approves severing his current relation. He will transfer to the Atlanta presbytery once formalities are complete. Also Knoxville Iron plans a half million dollar plant with three steel buildings to be finished by August 1.
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Macon
Robert I. McKenney
Macon News
New York
Prince Henry
Waldorf-Astoria
United States
McIkenney
L. G. Henderson
Grifin
Americus
Presbyterian Church of
Griffin
Berderson
Rich
Knoxville
Northwest
Montana
Washington
Puget Sound
Idaho
Oregon
Nrthwest
Burlington
D. N. Merrill
General Southern
Atlanta
Deaths of Infants and Notables Across States
A series of obituaries and death notices from March 3 report infant Tut tle Jack Brigman of Helena Georgia pneumonia in six months old, Dr L P Dozier of Hatchers Georgia buried at Georgetown, Rev F C Morton of Wilmington North Carolina aged 65, Walter G Bradley of Cartersville Georgia consumption, and Fred Royal of Bainbridge Georgia, 18, pneumonia while student at Georgia Southern Military College.
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Helena
P. GC. Morton
Wilmington
N. C
Raleigh
F.C. Morton
Halifax County
Virginia
Confderate
W.G. Bradley
Cartersville
Walter G. Bradley
John Silvey
Atlanta
Cedar Creek
Fred Royal
Bainbridge
Snedialo
Georgia Southern Miliary College
Leroy Pattersor
Aiste Fey
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