Double Charge Faces Minister in Bigamy Case
Rev Benjamin W Ashley a minister from Newport Tennessee pled guilty to necessarly and received fifteen months in the federal penitentary for bigamy after a pension examiner uncovered his second marriage while still married to his first wife whom he had abandoned decades earlier. A North Carolina woman sought a pension division claiming to be his wife. Ashley swore she was not legally his wife. Horace Hassey of Buffalo Florida also got two years for raising a postal money order.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Benjamin W. Ashley
Visitan Church
Newport
Bigames
Ashley
North Carolina
Tennessee
Horace Hassey
Buffalo
N. Fl
Rex Arrives for Eighth Mardi Gras Parade in Natchez
Natchez Miss marked the eighth annual Mardi Gras with Rex leading a naval parade aboard the steamer Senator Cordill. Jefferson Military College cadets lined the procession as a five hour pageant themed the Happiness of Imagination followed by the Rex ball at Baker Grand and an overflow at the Institution hall.
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Natchez
Miss
Rex
Senator Cordill
Jefferson Military College
Baker Grand Theater
Institution Pail
Tremendous Price Paid for Memphis Street Railway
The News Scimitar reports Isadore Mann & Sons bankers backed the transfer of Memphis Street Railway to Ford, Batch and Davis. The exact price is not confirmed but believed between 5 and 8 million dollars. The entire company stock now rests with the new owners.
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Memphis Street Railway
Memphis
Tenn
Scimitar Today
Isadore Mann & Sons
New York
New Orleans
Memphis Street Railway Company
Ford, Bacth and Davis
Harvie Jordan Addresses Birmingham Cotton Meet
President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association spoke to a large Commercial Club audience in Birmingham on March 7 and outlined plans to make the South the world’s cotton market with banker and merchant support before departing for Greenville, Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Commercial Club
Greenville
Miss
Struck Oil in Mexico Near Vera Cruz Field
Struck oil in Mexico at EL Cucuns in Vera Cruz state. It is the second well brought in within the last month by the company operating there. The oil is paraffin.
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Mexico
Mexico City
EL Cucuns
Vera Cruz
Parafin
Fraud Charged To Shoe Firm In Columbus Georgia
In Columbus Georgia Garrett and Barrow shoe firm are accused in an amended petition of conspiring to defraud creditors. They allegedly bought $80,000 of goods in 1904 while keeping poor bookkeeping and using mortgages on stock to foreclose. A $6,000 Bass mortgage is central, with disputed disbursements to J H Hawkins, J D Grady, and attorney J T Miller. The case, referred to special master Frank A Garrard, will hear tomorrow.
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Columbus
Garrett & Barrow
Charet
Frm
United States
Charles R. Williams and
Little & Battle
Superior Court
B. A. Bass
Cass
Newman
Frank A. Garrard
J. EH. Hawkins
J. D. Grady
J. T. Miller
J. H. Hawkins
Ttig
J. H. Garrett
W. H. Barrow
First Baptist Church
W. L. Walker
Macon
J. W. McCollum
Japan
Florida
W. O. Butler
Birmingham
Gucas
Beaumont Oil Field Fame
Will Redding
Dollar's Worth Free To Rheumatic Sufferers
Prospectus advertises Dr Shoop's Rheumatic Cure offering a free dollar value trial with no deposit or obligation. The author claims rheumatism is caused by poison in the blood and promises relief by removing poisons and preventing their formation. He recounts his long research, German ingredient, and the plan to mail a free package after a simple request to Dr Shoop in Racine Wisconsin.
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Germany
Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Racine Wis
Will Be Buried This Afternoon In Georgia News
Funeral service for Joseph Marshall Johnston, who died after a protracted illness, will be held at 3 PM from his Hill Crest residence in Wincon Ga. Rev Bobler Walker to officiate. Active pallbearers listed. Johnston a prominent businessman with ties to Georgia Southern and Florida railway and Bibb Manufacturing. Mistrial in R L Henry assault case. voluntary bankruptcy filed by F Q Bass of Amerions.
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Will A. Branen
Wincon
Joseph Marshall Johnston
A. C. Felton
Stephen Popper
Park
L. P. Hillyer
Oscar Dooly
J. E. Hanson
J. B. English
R. Jaques
Ben C. Smith
R. H. Brown
John M. Walker
George H. Plant
B. Campbell
J. W. Cabaniss
W. H. Felton
Richard T. Wilson
Johnston
Confederacy
New York
Wilson, Callaway & Co
Georgia Southern and Florida, Railway
Gainesville and Gulf Railway
Bibb Manufacturing Company
The
Southwestern Railroad
American National Bank
Bay of Magon
Old East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Macon and Brunswick Railroad
R. T. Wilson & Co
Mistrin
Henry Case
Macon
Smith
Amerman Massee
Council of
Jones
Massee
Reagan's Daughter Refuses State Funeral In Texas
Mrs John H Reagan rejected a legislature request to open the body for a state funeral in Austin with burial in the state cemetery. Reagan wished burial at Palestine where he lay in repose. The Wednesday service will be conducted by the Masons with Henry Batea Stoddard officiating. Governor Lanham and many lawmakers will attend. Memoirs of Judge Reagan near publication, with many papers to review for any missing material.
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Palestine
Tex
John H Reagan
John H. Reagan
Austin
Reagan
Parestine
Masons
Henry Batea Stoddard
Bryan
Grand Commander
Porto Ricans Can Hold Jobs in U S Government
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that a Porto Rican can qualify for U S government employment under civil service rules. The decision in the Juan Todriguese case says navy yard boards may rely on 1896 navy regulations replaced by later civil service rules, confirming Todriguese’s citizenship status as Porto Rican and his eligibility for examination.
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Washington
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Civil Service
Juan Todriguese
Wellington Navy Yard
Board of Employment of
United States
Shepard
Navy Department
Civ Service
Board of Labor Employment
Porto
Gordon Placed In First Rank At Gordon Institute
Gordon Institute names Captain G B Pritchard of the Fifth United States cavalry stationed at Fort Grant Arizona as military instructor. The school moves from class A to C, gaining field pieces and cavalry saddles, under influence of Congressman G L Bartlett, stirring local reaction in Barnesville. Captain Pritchard is described as an experienced officer with service in Cuba and the Philippines.
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Barnesville
Gordon Institute
G. B. Pritchard
Fifth United States Cavalry
Fort Grant
Arizona
United States
G. L. Bartlett
Pritchard
Cuba
Philippines
Cotton Car Fire In South Georgia Train Yard
A south Georgia railroad switch yard fire destroyed a car load of seventeen bales of cotton and twenty one barrels of shrup after it was moved from Quitmin to the Georgia Southern and Florida line. The blaze broke out at Miding before any aid arrived. investigators suspect arson by a passing train.
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Adal
Agel
Gap
South Georgia Railroad
Quitmin
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad
Miding
Hundred Members Initiated Wakefield Lodge of Pythians
Wakefield Lodge No. 27 Knights of Pythias in Waycross Georgia initiated 100 new members in a major secret order event attended by dignitaries from Atlanta and coastal Georgia. The initiation followed by a banquet, boosting the lodge to become the strongest Knights of Pythias unit in Georgia.
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Wakefield Lodge of Pythians
Waycross
Wakefield Lodge
Knights of Pythias
W. H. Buchanan
Willams
Eustace Sirethins
Wakefield Side
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Georgia
Closed Court to Chase Ship on Cebu Mission
From Manila reports Judge Adolph Wislizenus, former St Louis police court judge now in Cebu, pursued and captured the American barkentine Chesboats after learning three Filipina girls were forcibly detained aboard. He adjourned court, led armed officers, found the girls in a locker, and fined Captain P. M. Simpson 2,500 pesos for abduction.
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St. Louis
Manila
Adolph Wislizenus
St Louis
Cebu
United States Harkentine Chebulls
P. M. Simpson
Oregon
Wislizenos
Extradition Granted for M.3 Close From New York
Mexican-American embassy reports the foreign office has granted extradition of M.3 Close of New York who has been under arrest in Vera Cruz since January 1 for embezzling $15,000 from a New York photography firm.
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Mexico City
Maren 7
Lnnamericanmbassy
Freign Office
M. 3 Close
New York
Vera Cruz
Hose
Mortuary Manager A M Palmer Dies at 67 in New York
A M Palmer the prominent American theatrical manager died in a New York hospital at 67 after a stroke. Native of Connecticut he led Madison Square and Palmers theaters, founded the Actors Fund of America, and helped create the Players Club. Funeral notices follow for Powell West of Milledgeville and Hantaville citizen A O Williamson aged about 85.
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A. M. Palmer
New York
York
Palmer
America
Connecticut
Prion Lauore Theater
U of Madison Square Theater
Palmers Theater
Actors’ Fund of America
Players’ Club
Richard Mansfeld
Powell West
Milledgeville
P. A. West
JO. Powell
J E H. Mashburn
Atlanta
State Sanitarium
Powell
West
el Passo
Tex
H. C. Williamson
Gurley
Ala
Hantaville
A. O Williamson
Ths County
Whllamson
Shows Decrease in Trade
London on March 7 reports the February statement from the board of trade showing a decrease of 6 328 000 dollars in imports and an increase of 6 871 500 dollars in exports.
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London
Board of Trade
Griffin Court in session in Griffin Georgia
Griffin court is in session on March 7. The case E A Fincher v Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company was dismissed after a satisfactory arrangement. This term saw many prohibition law violations with about six cases tried, four acquittals and two convictions. Most were small misdemeanors.
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Griffin
E A. Fincher
Stanley Effectric Manufacturing Company
Tta
Dove
Patterson
The
Sun
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REK Eas
Barvie Jordan
Alabama
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Barrow
Montgomery
Dan Card
Robert Arrington
Solomon's Mil
Compiston
Ela
J. RB. Konigny
Cord
Florence
Countess Montignose
Saxony
Rapiniaro
Frederick Augustus of
Ellijay
Osborn Holt
Gilmer County
Spaperbahlayey
Marshi Johnston
Texas
Court of Appeals
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Gordon
Barnesville School
Alderman Jones
Cannon and Saddles
U.S
Mozleys
Morley
Keith
Spring St
Ocluett, Peabody & CO
Cluett and Arrow Cellare
Snook
N. Broad St
P. H. Snook Furniture Co
Fehr’s Malt
Fehrs Malt Tonic Dept
Louisville
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