John Lumsden Found Guilty in Money Dispute and Killing
John C. Lumsden, a North Carolina inventor, was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for the death of broker Harry B. Suydam in Kla offte. He was sentenced to not less than eighteen years and over nineteen years in prison. The case centered on an alleged $1200 debt over notes, with Lumsden claiming Suydam owed him money and the killing occurring after an altercation on December 19.
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New York
John C. Lumsden
North Carolina
Harry B Suydam
General Session
Kla Offte
Lumaden
Lameden
600000 Cotton Mill Planned for Manchester Georgia
Manchester Georgia reports a new 600000 cotton mill with 20000 spindles and 800 workers. Pike Bros Lumber Co of LaGrange has the contract for buildings and 120 cottages. The Manchester Cotton Company owns the project with Fuller and Callaway as president and C Y Truitt as treasurer. The mill is expected to boost population and spur railroad access at the junction of the Birmingham and Atlantic lines.
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Manchester
Pike Bros. Lumber Company
LaGrange
Manchester Cotton Company
Fuller & Callaway
Dallas
C Y Truitt
Towll
American Ambassador in Portugal Resigns
Chicago dispatch reports Charles Page Bryan the American minister to Portugal has forwarded his resignation to Washington. Bryan, a Chicago man, has served in the diplomatic service since 1887 with a career including postings to China Rio Janeiro Switzerland and Portugal.
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Charles Page Bryan
Chicago
Washington
the Tribune Today
Drinta
Lisbon
Portugal
Bryan
China
Rio Janeiro
Switzerland
Captain Nuttman Named Chief Commissary
Wappington March 12 Special Captain Louis M Nuttman is relieved from duty in San Francisco and will report to Atlanta for duty as chief commissary of the department of the gulf relieving Captain Charles C Clark.
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Wappington
Louis M. Nidtmvan Ia
San Francisco
Cal
Atlanta
Department of the Gulf
Chariet Cc. Clark
Death of Henry Smith in Macon to be interred here
Henry Smith, a longtime Central railway conductor, died in Cuthbert last night. His remains were brought to Macon this afternoon for interment. A resident of Macon, he leaves a wife and daughter.
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Henry Smith
Macon
The
Central Railway
Cuthbert
Central
Mrs Kemper Badly Burned in Coffee Pot Accident
Meton Ga March 12 special Mrs I T Kemper is under treatment at her home on Secahd street for severe burns to face and arms after a coffee pot lid blew off spilling boiling liquid during the noon meal.
Judge Speer Returns to Macon After Valdosta Trip
Judge Emory Speer and U S court officials returned to Macon tonight from Valdosta where a two week extension of the son’s stay was reported.
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Judge Speer
Macon
Emory Speer
United States Court
Valdosta
Deluge of Bills Introduced in Early Session
Washington reports a flood of bills filed at the start of each session. In the extra session two hundred bills were submitted by a single representative, with many carried over from prior years. Pension measures recur annually despite limited action. The House had 9,440 bills and the Senate over 2,000 last session. The Senate will first address Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin and his oath of office after governor certification.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Young Woman Victim Of Unknown Negro Near Pensacola
Pensacola area reports a young 18 year old woman, Ruby Penton, attacked by an unknown Black man in Chu muckia county. A posse hunts the suspect after he entered the home and choked her into unconsciousness as residents described prominent local parents during a ride. Authorities say reports are meager but a pursuit is ongoing.
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Pensacola
Miso Ruby Penton
Chumuckia
Nee
Posse
Pinson Found Guilty After Sixteen Hour Jury Deliberation
Laurens March 12 Guilty of Manslaughter with mercy recommendation in the Wade Cochran Pinson case. Pinson shot Thornwell Boyce on November 6 after a supper incident with Miss Evelyn Brown. Jury deliberated sixteen and a half hours. defense seeks a new trial, bond set at 1000. Appeal planned to challenge trial rulings and judge’s charge.
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Boyce
Evelyn Brown
Pinson
Steamer Dupont Destroyed By Fire At Love Point Wharf
The Chesapeake steamship Dupont, commanded by Captain Clark, owned by the Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway Company, burned to the water line at Love Point wharf around 1 am. No lives were lost.
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Dupont
Queenstown
Clark
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway Company
Love Point
International Brotherhood of Bellwagen Plans Sept Convention
Representatives from local unions launched plans for the twelfth bi diiinual convention of the International Brotherhood of Bellwagen to meet in September. Delegates from every state plus Canada and Mexico are expected, with Atlanta chosen for 1907. A $3,000 entertainments budget was deemed sufficient, and a general committee of city industries will begin active work after the March 2 meeting at the Terminal hotel.
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International ‘Brotherhood of Bellwagen
Meseures
Diana
Chamber of Commerce
Union
Canada
Mexico
Atlanta
Chamber of Commence
G. W. Cooper
C. M. Hudeau
J. P. Nash
J. M. Cassway
W. T. Watts
W. L. Hollingsworth
Norman Roeser
Henry Stanford
H. R. Bones
R. L. Crawley
J. E. Grant
W. B P. Torrence
Bruno Bukfoxer
Lowry Arnold
J. M. Glaton
E. W. Martin
T. J. Day
C. I. Branan
John da Foor
George Case
Wheelerum
W. G. Cooper
Sellesingen
E. White
C M. Mason
R. Colcord
W. 8
McNeal
F. J. Paxon
C. A. Barrett
C. M. Ewerds
D. Zechaclas
Ore T. H. Brannen
van Dyke
New Family Physician for President Taft
Washington reports a well founded rumor that Major Guy Baie of the United States Army Medical Department, who accompanied Taft on his world tour, will become the president’s family physician. He would replace Rear Admiral P. Rixey, who served McKinley and Roosevelt. Dr. Rixey plans retirement after fifty years in the navy. Baie is noted as the eighteenth officer of his rank and runs a dispensary in Washington.
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Washington
Guy Baie
Umited States Army Medical Department
Taft
P. Rixey
McKinley
Roosevelt
Rixey
Navy
Edie
United States
Tate Tor
Professor Newcomb 74 Celebrates Birthday in Washington
Washington reports Professor J. H. Newcomb, famed astronomer and former naval rear admiral, marking his seventy fourth birthday at home. Noted for global honors, he continues work on lunar motion with advanced astronomical computers, aiming for a career pinnacle before retirement. In Alabama notes, Woodmen group session discusses reforms and organization of women and youth branches with several named local officers.
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Washington
Jon Newcommb
Sowcom
United States Navy
Professor Newcomb
Rural Routes Established in Several Counties
Washington March 12 Special Rural routes ordered established March 1 in Carters Murray County. Route miles 130 for Chateworth and Murray County with route 1 family 18 county. Route 1 emittes on Granda I, Murray County route 1 cures 6 county route 1 famles Fre in Murray county route 1 famines Tid Hiawseser Towns county A families ey aytae Stewart county route 1 Oakwood Hell county route families BO Ram huret Murray county route 1 families 56 son L Spence appointed regular John substitute rural carder route as at 1 Ground.
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Washington
Carters
Murray County
Chateworth
Familier 18
Granda I
Murray
Sounty
Cures
Fairy
Hiawseser
Towns
Aytae
Stewart County
Oakwood
Hell County
Bo” Ramhuret
L. Spence
John
Fire at Blairaville Ga Loss Estimated at 1000
Fire at Blairaville Blaireville Georgia on March 12 causes major damage to former residences. Officials suspect a defective flue as the origin. No insurance coverage was found and the loss is placed at about 1 000 dollars.
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Blairaville
Blaireville
Female College Sold in Mobile Alabama Purchase
A committee of the Alabama Methodist conference reports the sale of the Alabama Conference Female College at Tuskegee to William Watson Thotapcom of this city. The purchase completes a transfer of the institution to new ownership.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama “Methodist Conference
Alabama Conference
Twakegee
William Watson
Thotapcom
Campaign starts for 1000 chamber members in Macon
Macon Georgia March 12 special The membership committee of the Macon chamber of commerce chaired by Emory Winship is pushing toward a 1000 member goal. Last week added 251 members. Next Wednesday Winship and committee plan another long session to recruit. Only about 9 percent declined joining. Sixty members were added this week in under an hour. Prospective member lists are held by the committees for action. In Macon an associated report notes Tiger Case updates with Hugh Camethy George Hass and Patrick Lycos preparing for the Superior Court in the tiger cases. Judge John F Rows is counsel for the three defendants. Evidence from a key witness Floyd will be challenged as new witnesses counter his testimony. The appeals were filed today and await disposition before Judge Felton.
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Macon
Macon Chamber of Commerce
Emory Winship
Winship
Itze
Brown House
Hugh Camethy
Geor . Hass
Petrick Lycos
Urauhert
John F. Rows Haseen
Floyd
Eastman
Tte
Felton
Macon and Brunswick Navigation Enters Second Year
Fenantel Macon Wisconsin reports a second year of operation for Macon and Brunswick Navigation with W. E. Smart as president El A Chappell as vice president and A W Smith as secretary treasurer. Stockholders note improved finances though past year had drawbacks. officers and local business men praise steady progress and service readiness.
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Macon
Marco
Voreu
Brunswick
Narrow escape for Macon rail line flagman
Macon Georgia special report says I. BE ouney P flagman for the Macon and Birmingham railway narrowly escaped death under train wheels as brake beams passed over him. He was brought to Macon Hospital and expected to recover soon.
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Macon
I. BE. Ouney
Macon and
Birmingham Railway
Booth Cleared in Nickville Killing Case
In Wherton Georgia on March 1 a jury returned a verdict of not guilty for Jabe R Booth in the murder of George C Oglesby. The killing happened last November at Nickville near Elbert on a land feud between neighboring farmers once friendly but now strained.
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George Oglesby
Wherton
Jabe R. Booth
George C. Oglesby
Nickville
Elberton
Jury Deadlocks in Cain Police Chief Killing Case
In Cordele Georgia the jury in the state case against Bert Cain for the killing of Chief W H Forest remains deadlocked with a mistrial anticipated Judge Whipple asked the foreman about a possible agreement and was told there was none The jury reportedly added eight and four as a vote balance amid the stalled deliberations The item ends with an unrelated ad for Pep To Lac a beverage claimed to contain no dope or heart stimulant.
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Cordele
Bert Cain
W. H. Forest
Whipple
Mob Fatality After Clash At Mississippi Plantation
Jackson Miss March dispatch reports Joe Gordon a Black man was captured near Cruger Holmes county and lynched by a mob after allegedly striking plantation manager T Smith. Gordon was taken to Yazoo City hospital with serious injuries and later died. Local authorities described the incident as a mob attack tied to a confrontation following a dispute at a nearby plantation.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Cruger
Holmes County
Joe Gordon
Smith
Hien
Yazoo City
Ten thousand dollars for Brinkley project approved
The Arkansas lower house passed a bill allocating ten thousand dollars to the Brinkley project. Governor Bonaghey will sign the measure as soon as possible. A separate report notes Mrs. Clara Read injured in a tornado-related incident and a storm-related increase in casualties alongside local weather impacts.
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Gatte Rock
Ark
Brinkley Celleff
Bonaghey
Clara Read
Meeratae
Laughs at Receivership in Birmingham March 13
F D Underwood president of the Mirts railroad arrived last night and was questioned today about the Erie receivership. He joked that it would be awful to see the Erie placed into receivership while he was away. He said he had taken weeks from work and planned to return to Chicago to resume duties, laughing at the abnormal rumors.
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Birmingham
Ale
F. D Underwood
Mirts Railroad
Todey
Erie
Chicago
EL Hhartmas
MEW Settlement Effort Fails In Anthracite Talks
Mining companies counter propose to renew the present three year wage contract as miners and operators fail to agree. Subcommittees met from 2 to 5 pm with divergent views on union representation. Executives plan a convention among three anthracite districts to decide next steps before March 31, while operators maintain their stance.
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Philadelphia
Mfarch
Lewis
Tut Ane Acesson
Veterans Parade Marks Fourth National Encampment
In Fitzgerali Georgia on March 13 veterans in gray and blue paraded together despite stormy weather. The event featured speeches by Judge O. B. Deming of Warren Ohio and Mrs. Doctor Stockton of Chicago, followed by the annual business meeting.
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Fitzgerali
Deming
Warren
Onio
Doctor Stockton
Chicago
Newspaper in Jail Criticism Hits Washington County News
In Mobile Alabama on March 2 a report says the grand jury harshly criticized Moseley editor of The Washington County News for office space promises connected to moving the courthouse to Chatom. The editor allegedly used the jail’s third story after the move, drawing sharp censure.
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Mobile
Als
Chatom
Washington County
Rand
Exister Moseley
Washington County News
Fhom
Locks Near Plaquemine Locks Open Soon
United States engineering office announces completion of locks at Plaquemine Louisiana linking the Mississippi River with an extensive waterway system. Work began over twenty years ago with several million spent. Navigation will be possible shortly after minor dredging of approaches is finished.
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Plaquemine
Orleana
United States Engineering Office
Miasissippi
Fiest
Moore Captured After Jail Break in Anniston
Special report from Anniston states G T Moore, who escaped from the city prison three weeks ago, has been captured in Atlanta by Griffin Georgia police. He is held for return to complete his term for stealing a book of railroad tickets. He may face another charge if he is brought back. Moore reportedly left a cryptic note confessing various crimes before his escape.
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Aanteton
Maron
J. M. Aweeta Thuredey
Griffin
G. T Moore
Moore
Atlanta
Anniston
Two New Battleships Authorized by Congress
Washington March 12 The Wyoming and the Arkansas are the names selected for the two monster 20,000 ton battleships recently authorized by Congress.
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Washington
Wyoming
Arkansas
Congress
Battered by Winds Sloop Anchors in New York Harbor
The Ann J Trainor a former three masted schooner from Philadelphia after a gale off Atlantic City arrived in New York harbor partially dismantled with only the foremast standing. Captain Derrickson injured but in command he faced frightened Portuguese and black sailors who begged to be put aboard steamers and displayed revolver authority to keep the crew aboard.
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New York
Ann J. Trainor
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Atlantic City
Derrickson
New York Harbor
Gall
Derrickwon
Raf
Carnegie Not Friend of Christian Education
New Orleans March 2 Dr William H Roberta of Philadelphia declares Carnegie and Rockefeller sectarian in education and churches. J B Howerton from Washington and Lee argues bounties undermine church funding and notes risk of secular control. Rev Frank Grather cautions denom colleges may be handed to secular powers. Bible teaching urged in colleges and public schools. calls for theology chairs in state universities. Howerton presents a tentative report on church relations to negroes urging separation and a convention to plan steps. discussion postponed.
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New Orleans
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Carcesle
William H. Roberta
Philadelphia
Council of the Reformed Churches of America
J. B. Howerton
Washington and Lee University
Oiter
Frank Grather
Wisconsin
Howerton
Trust Deed Filed in Floyd County Details and Plan
A trust deed filed at the Floyd County clerk's office outlines the Rome Railway Light Company transferring property to Columbia Trust Company. The agreement covers a $750,000 refunding and consolidation, with $500,000 secured two years ago. An additional $460,000 will fund improvements and extensions around Rome, and the deed is approved by the railroad commission. Chess Game Ends in Draw in St Petersburg International tournament concludes with Lasker and Rubenstein drawing. prizes split for first and second, with Duras and Spielman awarded third and fourth.
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Rome
Floyd County
Rome Railwayed Light Company
Colummia Trust Company
Trustes
He Railroad Commission
St. Petersburg
Lasker
Brooklyn
Rubenstein
Duras
Spielman
Well Known Men Improving in Baltimore Hospital
Senator Albert J Beveridge and Colonel Daniel M. Ransdell, both patients at Jonas Hopkins hospital, were reported improving this morning. Beveridge had surgery yesterday while Ransdell admitted last night for medical treatment. Both are from Indiana.
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Baltimore
Albert J Beveridge
Daniel M. Ransdal
United States Senate
Jonas Hopkins Hospital
Beveridge
Nel Ransdell
Indiana
Alabama River High Flood Warns Farmers Near Lowlands
The Alabama River gauge reads 42 feet this morning and is rising. Forecasts predict 50 feet by tomorrow night as recent rains flood lowlands. The river may widen to 8 miles at the point, threatening bottom lands where crops are planted and prompting warnings to move to high ground.
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Suydam
Lumsden
LaGrange Company
Clinchfield
Capt. Nuttman
Charles C. Clark
Man
World's Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce, M. D
Buffalo
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Carmen
Guy Edie
P. M. Rixey
Simon Newcomb
Alabama
Woodmen
J. B. Pruitt
A Couewlee Holreway
Hilon
Ward
Prattville
Tanker
Emma Comtorrey
Florence
Inner Sentinel
Oph
van Hartselt
A. Varnerville
N. E George
Sommerville
Petty
Hunteville
J. B. Clements
Montgomery
O. Saal
Fenantel
Booth
Brinkley
Askansas
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
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Gray
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Manhattan
Daniel Bros.Co
L. J. Daniel
Peachtree Street
Christian Education
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