Storm Damage in Georgia and Tennessee From March Floods
Columbus Georgia reports flood upriver at 31 feet with slow subsidence after a 26 foot rise. Cotton mills along the Chattahoochee closed. Southern railroad back to schedule except Mobile and Girard line washout near Seale Alabama. High wind and rain damaged Russell and Muscogee counties. a bridge on Standing Boy Creek washed away and a Buena Vista pig brick building unroofed.
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Columbus
Chattahoochee
Southern Railway
Mobile and
Girard Rairoad
Here
Seale
Ala
Russell County
Alabama
Georgia
Buena Vis’ta
Southern Trains Delayed By Washout Between Brunswick and Jesup
Brunswick Ga March 17 Special weather and washouts disrupt Southern railway traffic between Brunswick and Jesup for four days. Lower Altamaha water rise riverside, train service diverted to Plant system via Waycross. Delays affect mails and arrivals from Atlanta Macon and the north. Morgan party delayed on Jekyll Island due to rough seas and bad weather.
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Wo Southern
Brunswick
Teésup
Southern Railway
Everett City
Jesup
Altamaha
Southern
Waycross
Atlanta
Macon
North
Tate
Glynn
Camden
J. Pierpont Morgan
Jekyl Island
Mr. Morgan
Jekylsland
Rainfall floods Hawkinsville area causing widespread damage
Heavy weekend rain in Hawkinsville Georgia caused street and sidewalk washouts with water flooding roads. Farm lands were severely eroded and work delays are expected. Lightning struck power lines. telephone system and rail service on the Hawkinsville line were disrupted, with repairs taking days.
Trains Tied Up by Heavy Rains in Alabama
Opetika Alabama March 17 Special trains north of here on the Western Railway of Alabama are tied up again by heavy rains. The Western has suffered worse luck in the last four months than in any comparable period in years.
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Opetika
Ala
Here
Western Railway of
Alabama
Western
Thunderstorm Strikes Dalton GA Damaging Oak House and Church
A sharp lightning bolt during an early morning storm struck a large oak in Professor A. J. Shawwalter’s yard on Thornton Avenue, splitting the tree and shattering north side windows of his residence. The Methodist parsonage across the street also lost many windows. Several nearby homes reported broken glass and minor damage, with some families shocked but unharmed.
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Dalton
Maren
A. J. Shaw&ler
Thornton Avenue
Notory
Methodist Parsonage
F Amity
Sho‘walter
Work of Flood in Americus Ends Crops in Destruction
Americus Georgia reports severe flood damage after 12 inches of rain in three days. Hundreds of acres of recently planted corn are destroyed or require replanting. Railway washouts disrupted schedules, though passenger trains resumed tonight.
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Americus
Five Days of Rain Paralyzes Wayne County Area
It has rained almost continuously for five days in the Odum region. Creeks and branches are swollen making many crossings impassable. A strong evening wind felled fencing and caused minor damage. North of Odum reports say several buildings were destroyed, including a dwelling, but no injuries occurred.
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Wayne County
Odum
Flood devastates Hafdula and Eufavia business districts
Torrents of rain flood Hafdula and Eufavia Alabama for days. Streams swell, bridges swept away, 21 bridges removed two weeks ago, trains delayed by washouts. Farmers lose fertilizer and plow delays. City commerce and out-of-town trade stagnate as boats cannot pass under remaining bridges.
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Hafdula
Eufavia
Ala
Severe Tennessee Storm Destroys House Injures Family
A severe storm swept Gibson county near Trenton Saturday night destroying a two story frame house near Burton Wells. Sam Hutchinson, his son, and daughter were inside. Hutchinson was severely injured, the daughter unconscious after being pinned by debris, and the son seriously hurt and not expected to survive.
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Trenton
Tenn
Gibson County
Burton Wells
Here
Sam Hutchinson
Railroad Tracks Washed Out Delaying Florida Rail Service
Heavy weekend rains washed out fifteen hundred feet of the Pensacola and Atlantic division of the Louisville and Nashville railroad at Holbes creek near Chipley Florida. No trains or mail have moved since Friday night and east and south Florida service is diverted around by Montgomery via the Plant system. A large crew is at work on repairs. Nearby Rome Georgia sees a residence fire destroying a Sam Graham property occupied by H H Richards with surrounding outbuildings. Loss about 2000 dollars with no insurance. Fire traced to a defective flue.
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Hawkinsville
Florida Southern Railroad
North Florida
Pensacola
Pla
Rome
Sam Graham
H. H. Richards
St Patrick Day Celebrated by Savannah Hibernians
Savannah marked St Patrick Day with a joint parade and church services led by Rev Father P J Luckie. Emmet Rifles and Jasper Greens escorted the Hibernians to a banquet at De Soto hotel with 124 guests. Speakers included F P Q O Connor, W C Hartridge, Walter B Hill, Hon Hoke Smith and P A Stovall. Governor Candler and Governors McSweeney and Jennings missed due to illness or business. Col Meldrim reelected president.
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Savannah
St. Patrick
Order of Fthermans
St. Patrick’s Church
P. J. Luckie
Brunswick
Emmet Rifles
Jasper Greens
Hibernians
Jasper
Bull Street
Order of Hibernians
B. J. Kelley
P. J. Meldrim
Hibernian Society of Savannah
de Soto
F P. Q. O'Connor
St. Patrick's Day
W. C. Hartridge
Georgia
Walter B. Hill
Hoke Smith
United States
Walter G. Charlton
P. A. Stovall
Candler
McSweeney
South
Carolina
Jennings
Florida
Society
Meldrim
St Patrick Day Observed With Banquet in Macon and Augusta
St Patrick Day events include elegant banquets by the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Macon and Augusta. In Macon the event featured Toastmaster S E McKenna and toasts on The Day We Celebrate and The City of Macon. In Augusta a parade and banquet at Planters hotel followed high mass at St Patrick Church with toasts to The Daughters of Erin and The Patriots of Ireland.
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Hibernians
Macon
Hibernian Society
Floyd Rifles
S. E. McKenna
M. J. Redmond
John McDonnell
Trishmen
America
Augustin Daly
Ireland
Will McKenna
City of
Bridges Smith
Augustius Long
Edward Sheridan
Augusta
Order of Hibernians
Order
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart College
John Jonson
St. Patrick's Church
Father McMahon
Erin
J. C. C. Black
Salem Dutcher
The
Press
BE. B. Hook
Augusta Chronicle
Patriots of
M. P. Carroll
John R. Burke
Evening Herald
Officers of the Riflemen Elected in Brunswick
Brunswick Ga March 7 Special Brunswick Riflemen elected a captain and first lieutenant at a meeting Le A Robinson and John P Twomey named for the two posts H C Pearson nominated for second lieutenant and to be elected soon The Riflemen have gained new life adding fifteen to twenty new members rivaling other military companies for the chautauqua trip to Albany next month
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Brunswick
Chautauqua
Albany
Brunswick Riflemen
Naval Reserves
Marine Band
LE. A. Robinson
John P. Twomey
H. C. Pearson
Leutenant
Charter for new oil company at Union Point Ga
Union Point Ga March 17 Specials On last Monday morning a charter was granted to the Greene County Oil Company of Union Point Ga capitalized at 25000 with privilege of increasing to 50066 The company will erect at once a 40 ton cotton seed oil mill Orders for a portion of machinery have already been placed with officers R Bryan president and treasurer J W Griffin vice president and manager C A Moore superintendent
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Union Point
Greene County Oil Company
R. Bryan
J. W. Griffin
C. A. Moore
Carnegie Plans Free Public Library For Savannah
Savannah March 17. Andrew Carnegie is earnest about a free public library building for Savannah but objects to the Georgia Historical Society managing it. His secretary's letter to Mayor Myers says Carnegie prefers libraries under city councils with taxation, not a historical society control. The city must decide annual tax support.
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Savannah
Andrew Carnegie
Georgia Historical Society
Myers
Carnegie
Ty Council
aBka
Nfe
Carnégie
Historical Society
Irate man kills wife in Opelika after jail release
Bud Pitts a negro fatally injures his wife in an afternoon shooting in Opelika Alabama following a quarrel that had led to his arrest days earlier. He fled into the woods as officers and a large search party pursue him.
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Opélika
Ala
Bud Pitts
Gibson Turns the Tables in Randolph County Chase
Deputy United States Marshal H. Gibson pursued and captured Jim Gore after Gore planned to scare him away from an arrest of moonshiner John Moore. Gore fled across a plowed 20 acre field before Gibson, weighing about 260 pounds, caught him and bound him over to the federal grand jury in Opelika.
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Warlayine
Opelika
Alay
United States
H. Gibson
Randolph County
John Moore
Jim Gore
Gibson
Gore
Federal Grand Jury
Samford
Grand jury hits Batson for murder near Welsh
Calcasiéu parish grand jury in special session returns a true bill against Edward Batson charged with the murder of J N Barr his wife and four children near Welsh The trial is set for an early date in Macon Ga March 16 Special Desk report. The piece also notes remodel plans for Hotel Lanier and local court outcomes in Macon with delegate lists for the Travelers Protective Association convention in Atlanta April 18 and 19.
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Lake Charles
Calcasiéu Parish
Edward Batson
J N. Barr
Macon
Maureen
Newcomb
Hotel
Lanier
Wilbur Lawrence
J. G. Harrison
John Murray
Murray
George Huff
Rufus Dodd
Recorder's Court
Wesley Mills
Clard Young
Unicon Prassing Club
D of
Travelers'Protective Association
Atlanta
H. D. Johnett
S. G. Bonn
Sigi Binswanger
G. C. Bell
J. W. Bates
C. Carmichael
J. G Ryan
J. E. Timberlake
F. HH. Turner
George P. Cornell, Jr
N. J. Etheridge
JB. Daniels
C! M. Adams
A. W. Kenegg
J. B. Turner
A. F. Newton
J. J. Wells
Patillo
W. M. Howard
J. H. Baskin
Fens for the Bowels Druggists Notice
A garbled notice references a New York company and a promise of guaranteed refunds for a health product. It mentions a distributor and sample offers without clear dates or proper names, reflecting an unreliable OCR fragment. The text is incomplete and lacks verifiable details for a fuller summary.
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Addenny _ Storlinn Pamely
Ann
York
March term Putnam Superior Court opens with heavy docket
Eatonton Ga March 17 Special The March term of Putnam superior court will convene tomorrow Judge Hart presiding The grand jury will elect three members of the county board of education The continued rains disrupt farming with corn oats and guano planted or depleted Cribs are nearly empty after last year’s small corn crop signaling poor prospects for farmers in the region
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Eatonton
Putnam Superior Court
Hart
Grand Jury
Grand
Educaton
Quita
Lizzie Wakes Dies After Hatchet Blow
In Macon Georgia Lizzie Wakes a colored woman dies at the city hospital less than two weeks after a hatchet blow to the head by Clarence Newsome a Black man He died after suffering a skull fracture from the attack which occurred in Murray's alley Newsome fled and was at large for days before police learned of the case.
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Lizzie
Clarence Newsome
Macon
City Hospital
Murray's Alley
Newsome
March Term of Newton Superior Court Opens Briefly
Covington Ga March 17 Special The March term of Newton Superior Court convened this morning with Judge John S Candler on the bench. The docket is light and the term is expected to be short. At noon tomorrow Judge Dupont Guerry will address Newton county citizens at the courthouse before a large crowd.
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Candler
Covington
John S Candler
Dupont Guerry
Newton County
Court House
Charity fund gift or loan debated at Mercer school
Macon Ga March 17 Special. James M Gray of Jones county left a large fund to Mercer university with income to educate worthy indigent Jones county youths. Trustees seek to convert gift into a loan prompting protest from Jones county citizens who will hold a public meeting. Prominent locals oppose the change arguing the fund should remain a gift to keep indigent students debt free.
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Macon
James M. Gray
Jones County
Mercer University
Mercer
Pollock
Gray Fund
Jones
ED. W. Sammons
John T. Williams
L. C. Morton
Saya
Gray
Potlock
Mr. Morton
Halla
Strawberries Begin Northward Shipments in Mississippi
Mississippi farmers report strawberries in full bloom across central regions and radishes and other vegetables moving to market. Northward movement into northern Mississippi and northern Louisiana has started with strawberries to begin shipments next week. Acreage appears up while season lags, signaling a prosperous year. meanwhile Aberdeen Group sues freight rates before the Interstate Commerce Commission after the state commission refused to enforce new rates.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Louisiana
Aberdeen Group Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Railroad Commission
Interstate Commission
Credit to Farmers is Stopped in Many Areas
Jackson March 17 complaints from across Mississippi report difficulty for small farmers in obtaining advances from supply merchants for the coming year. Merchants reportedly demand tighter security and credit is nearly abolished except for large prosperous planters of solid solvency.
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Jackson, Miss
Mother to Appeal for Son on Death Row
Mrs. Lanier, mother of a Monroe county convict slated for execution at Aberdeen, will travel to Jackson to seek Governor Longino's commute to life imprisonment. Despite petitions and two affirmations by the supreme court, the governor is likely to refuse. A recent prison incident involved a pie containing six inches of saws, and the condemned man remains under armed guard ahead of Wednesday's planned execution.
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Supreme Court
Man Swims Swollen Mississippi Stream To Reach Board Meeting
Neoshoba county board of supervisors member W. Cockrell demonstrated resolve by swimming swollen streams after river floods blocked the county seat at Philadelphia. He stripped to his garments, carried them in a bundle, and walked about 15 miles to attend the meeting.
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Cockrell
Maren
J— . W. Cockrell
Board of Supervisors
Neoshoba County
Philadelphia
Paragon Furnace praised by Atlanta resident
A reader from North Avenue commends the Paragon Furnace installed five years ago. He notes excellent performance with nine house registers, temperature around 70 degrees, minimal coal use of five to six tons a winter, and only one grate bar replaced. He urges a furnace estimate.
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Paragon
North Avenue
Atlanta
W. D. Ellis
City Dental Offers Gold Fillings and Crowns in Atlanta
Dr G G Griffin of Gate City Dental Rooms 409 Northside Building advertises gold fillings from $1 and up, silver fillings 50 cents, and gold crown and bridge work. Examinations and estimates free. Office open until 8 pm daily except Sunday.
Tutt's Liver Pills headline style request
Tutt's Pills are promoted as indispensable for malarial districts, claimed to regulate the system and cure sick headache indigestion malaria torpid liver constipation and all bilious diseases. The ad emphasizes Tutt's Liver Pills as a universal remedy.
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Tutt
Public Sale of Residence Property in Fulton County Georgia
The Security Investment Company will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash on the first Tuesday in April 1902 before the Fulton County Courthouse door in Atlanta Georgia the property known as 403 Prazier Street fronting 3623 feet on the west side and running back 160 feet more or less tied to Lilie Street with 174 feet north of Lilie Street land lot 54 14th district Patent County Georgia part of lots 38 and 40 of Bon Little property to satisfy a debt of Albert C Brewster of $1000 dated December 96 recorded in Fulton Superior Court. Dated March 1 1902. THE SECURITY INVESTMENT COMPANY O A Coleman Attorney.
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ADAIR
State OF Georgia
Fulton County
the Security Investment Company
Fulton County Court House
Atlanta
Prazier Street
Frasier Street
Lifle Street
Fourtene
Patten County
Georgia
Allantar
Albert C. Brewster
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