Southern Cotton Association Drives Support Across South
President Harvie Jordan reports encouraging outlook in Alabama and Mississippi as Birmingham Greenville and Vicksburg welcome him for fundraising and organization. Emblem distribution aims to show support while plans to cut cotton acreage by 25 percent in 1905 precede a likely price rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Simmons
Southern Cotton Association
Harvie Jordan
Alabama
Mississippi
Jordan
Birmingham
Greenville
Vicksburg
Miss
New Oreleans
Cotton Planters Holding and Commission Company
Texas
Marvie Jordan
South
Dixon Armstrong
Bureau
Atlanta
New Orleans
North
Underwood Typewriter Co Marketing Claims
An advertisement from Underwood Typewriter Co of Atlanta Georgia touts the capabilities of the Underwood Typewriter Wi noting it does anything any other typewriter will do and some tasks no other model will perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underwood Typewriter
Underwood Typewriter Co
Atlanta, Ga
Wintyre in Penitentiary Extradition Case Collapses
Former Tennessee lawyer McIntyre, sought in Gineteen States for forgery, was sentenced to one year in Virginia and transported to Renmand Penitentiary. After serving, he faces extradition to the first state. Mexican authorities filed at Washington for his extradition, authorities say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Norfolk
Wareh
Phillap McIntyre
Gineteen
Department of Justice
Washington
McIntyre
Civil Service Changes Bring George Donnell to Atlanta
George Donnell arrived in Atlanta to assume duties overseeing the Sith district for the civil service commission. A Mississippi native and longtime Democrat, he brings over twenty years in federal service, including seven with the commission, after stints at the postal department and the census bureau. His move follows Fred Wannamaker’s six months directing the district, during which seven new post offices with city delivery were added, two of them in Georgia. Wannamaker returns to Washington, while Donnell looks to apply national experience to Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George §. Donnell
Sith
Civil Service Commission
Atlanta
Donne
Washington
Mississippi
Census Bureau
South
Donnell
Fred Wannamaker
Wannanmaker
Atlanta Ag
Wannamaker
Georgia
Marietta
Gainesville
South Carolina
Savannah
Rail case against Georgia railroad ends with verdict
In Decatur superior court Henry Black and McIntyre and Black sued the Georgia railroad over a freight car incident on October 24, 1903 between Clarkston and Stone Mountain. A derailment injured Black and destroyed two horses. The jury awarded $2,300 total, with Black receiving $1,600 for injuries and $800 for the horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Henry Black
McIntyre
Black
Georgia Railroad
Clarkston
Stone Mountain
Henry Bleak
Frn
Reuben R. Arnold
Alonzo Pieth
Joseph B. Cumming
Augusta
Huntsville Seeks Improved Rail Service and Bridge
Huntsville Alabama March 10 Special The chamber of commerce held a monthly meeting test night and adopted resolutions urging the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railway to improve passenger service on the Huntsville branch The group also asked for a bridge over the Tennessee River between Huntsville and Guntersville to remove burdensome river transfers in summer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Huntsville Chamber of Commerce
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Rescue Delay Saves Man From Hanging in Georgia
Two telephone companies and Western Union relayed Governor Terrell’s decision to defer the execution of Sims in Dooly county Georgia. A respite was granted at 10:25 a.m. delaying the hanging until March 24 amid new evidence and a possible reduction of the charge to manslaughter. Local officials and citizens urged the delay for an investigation by the prison commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spear Sims
Deoly County
M. P. Hall
Dooly County
Terrell
Attorney Hall
Sims
Clewis
Mr. Hall
Western Union
Vienna
Sima
Atlanta
Littlejohn
Personally Conducted Tour to Havana Cuba by Southern Rail
Southern Railway announces a special round trip fare of one dollar plus two dollars totaling $200 for a Personally Conducted Tour to Havana Cuba via Port Tampa Florida. Tickets on sale March 21 22 1905 for steamer Mar 23 1905 with return limited to April 9 1905. Stopovers allowed south of Jacksonville Florida. contact agents or J Co Beam Jr D P A Southern Railway Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Port Tampa
Fla
Southern Railway Company
Dickets Wire
Havanna
Florida
Jacksonville
J. Co. Beam, JR
Southern Railway
Atlanta
J F Mobley An Atlanta Man Found Dead In Birmingham
The body of J F Mobley formerly of Atlanta and senior Colts Thread salesman for Georgia and South Carolina arrives in Atlanta tonight with his sister Mrs J J Little of Fort Smith Ark. Mobley born in Indian Spring Ga moved to Atlanta as a boy and became a leading dry goods seller. He was 54 and had plans to base his headquarters in Atlanta before death likely from an over trouble after a Memphis hospital stay. His sister asks friends in Atlanta to meet the body at the depot and he will be buried in Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Atlanta
J F Mobley
Metropolitan
Ala
J. J. Litue
Fort Smith
Ark
Mobley
South
Georgia
South Carolina
Colts Thread Company
Florids
Alabama
Indian Spring
Crone, Boyleston Company
Griffin
Sirs
J. Little
Grifta
Capital City Club
Tax
Memphis
Miss Edyth Walker Wins Remarkable Success
Miss Edyth Walker the first contralto with the Conred Opera Company at the Metropolitan New York has been engaged for next season in new roles. A New York girl born at Rome New York she studied in Dresden four years and appeared as Fidea in La Prophets at the Grand Opera Berlin before ever appearing on stage. She returned to America in 1902 and joined Heinrich Conrie winning repeated engagements and will study new roles in Europe this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edyeth Walker
Conred Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Miss Walker
Rome
N. Y
Mies Walker
Dresden
Fidea
Grand Opera House
Berlin
Germany
America
Heinrich Conrie
Europe
R T Leader in the City Visits Atlanta
R T Dodge second vice grand master of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, based in Chicago, arrived in Atlanta yesterday. He visited Atlanta No 720 in special session, praised the local officers, then will tour the city by carriage before traveling to Charlotte to meet Mrs Dodge and proceed to Etay where a daughter resides. The Atlanta Brotherhood aims to make his visit a pleasant one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Dodge
Brotherhood of Railway
Chicago
Atlanta
Piedmont
Atlanta No. 720
Ater
Dodge
Atlanta Brotherhood of Railroad
Charlotte
Mrs. Dodge
Mrs Dodge
Etay
Atanta Brotherhood of Railway
Mr Dodge
Continued cool today threatens peach crop impact
The forecast calls for continued cool and partly cloudy skies with no frost danger indicated. Warm spells have swollen buds and nurserymen fear a severe frost could devastate next season's peach crop, though yesterday's map showed little activity and no heavy freezes expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Theatrical World Mourns Albert M. Palmer Former Manager
Albert M. Palmer veteran theatrical manager dies in New York leaving a legacy as a bridge between old and new regimes. Born July 27 1838 in Connecticut he reshaped Union Square theater policy and mentored stars like Mansfield Russell Gillette Belasco. Despite rivals and setbacks he remained an optimist and artist at heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Mr. Palmer
New York
Mr. Palmer
S Ir Falmer
Storington
Conn
Merantile Vorary
Sheridan
Union Square Theater
Agnes
London Assurance
Union Square Stock Company
Madison Square Theater
Richard Mansfield
Annie Russell
William Gillette
David Belasco
Bronson Howard
Dawn
Ocean
Georgia Cayvan
Herbert Kelcey
W. J le Moyne
Philips
Wolcott
Palmer
Minsfield
Charles Frohman
Augustin Daly
Fair Will Wind Up Tonight at Grand Turnverein Fair
Tonight marks the Turnverein fair’s grand wind up the most successful yet with dancing, talking, laughing, auctions and music. Prizes announced include a chair and table, gilt clock, hats, shawls, a rug, a lawn mower and numerous small gifts for attendees and bidders. The Knights of Khorassan join the crowd as attendance peaks, with a large turnout noted last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turnverein
Willle
The
Friends of the Order
Turn Verein
Knights of Khorassan
John Jentzen
J. J McCarthy
Miss Hammock
G. J. Rentroe
Fred Kuhn
Ton Rieger
B. Klebold
Sir Deal
Trin Steam Laundry
Micker
J B. Dickey
LT. Withey
Columbus Invites Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Visit
At a large Mass meeting in Columbus the Pythians extended an invitation to the Georgia Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge to meet in the city in May. It is over ten years since Columbus last entertained the grand lodge and enthusiasm ran high at the Bell Castle venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lythians
Pythians of Columbus
Castle Bell
Eta hEoland Lodge of Knights of Pythias of Georgia
Grand Lodge
Brown to Confer With Officials on Intrastate Freight Rates
Commissioner Joseph M Brown departed for Washington to confer with Georgia traffic officials about revising intrastate freight rates. He aims to secure equalization within the state after recent rate cuts by railroads, naming key executives from Southern Railway Central of Georgia Seaboard Air Line Atlantic Coast Line and others as participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Brown
Washington
Georgia Commission
Washington, D.C
Railroad Commission
Railroad A
United States
Atlanta
Brown
Traffe
Saquarah
Rome
Augusta
Georgia
South
J. M. Culp
T. G. Powell
Southern Railway
Wi Winburn
Central of Georgia
Cost
Seaboard Air Line
Emerson
Atlantic Coast Line
Horace
Railroad Commission Heads for Savannah and Other Cities
Smith of the Navhuili Chattanooga and St. Louis and other members plan a city visit to Savannah on Meron 22 night and stay until March 24 with Mayor Myers. They will tour Valdosta on May 24 to review depot facilities, and Commissioner J M Brown will visit Albany to examine plans for a new depot ahead of an upcoming decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Doctor Theron H Rice to Speak on Christ and Business
The Young Men's Christian Association sets a large gathering for tomorrow afternoon at the North Pryor street association hall to hear Dr Theron H Rice D D pastor of the Central Presbyterian church discuss what Christ can do to a man's business. Rice is noted for church administration and civic work including support for a proposed Atlanta university and his selection to represent the Presbyterian church at its May assembly. The Y M C A expects a sizable crowd for this business men oriented talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
Gospel Union
Association Hall
North Pryor Street
Theron H Rice
Central Presbyterian Church
Ghven
Dr Rice
Bryan addresses Wisconsin legislature on reform and rail monopolies
Madison March 10 Colonel W J Bryan spoke before the Wisconsin legislature. He praised state reform measures and Governor LaFollette as leading the Republican reform movement. He warned railroads may merge with the Standard Oil in Kansas to threaten the state refinery, but predicted Kansas opponents would curb monopolies there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
W J Bryan
Wisconsin
Bryan
LaFollette
United States
Kansas
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Hibsch Bros
Cotton Association
George Donnell
Railroad
Maier & Perkele
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
J. F. Mobley
H. W. Rountree & Bro
Trunk and Bag Co
Whitehall ST
Z. Turner, Mer
Edyth Walker
Ortend
Lohengrin
R. T
T. E. Dodge
A.M. Palmer
Theron H. Rice
Bleyan
Eiseman Bros
Baltimore
Hess
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