Wilcox Trial Brings Facts and Testimony
Ollie Cropsey testified Nellie Cropsey disappeared after quarreling with Wilcox in September. She said Wilcox often took Nellie to amusements and that he left her crying on the porch the night she vanished. Police Chief Dawson recounted arrest details and river scene measurements. star witness Parker to testify next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budgabeth
N. C
Ollie Cropsey
Nellie Cropsey
Wilcox
Nellie
Antil
Carrie Cropsey
Olle Cropsey
Leonard Owens
W. C. Dawson
Cropsey
Nell
Dawson
Wicat
Parker
Rhode Island Man Backs Local Burial of General Greene Remains
Savannah dispatch reports Edward Field of Rhode Island saying Rhode Island should not press a claim to General Greene remains and should consider allowing interment in Savannah. He favors Rhode Island sharing in ceremonies and believes the remains found are those of Greene and his son. He hints a joint order to move the remains from a Southern bank may be signed on return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Savannah
Edward Field
Greene
Georgia
Samanah
Thave
General Greene
Chattanooga Pledges Carnegie Library Support
The Chattanooga city council passed an amendment to the Carnegie library ordinance pledging 5090 annually for maintenance, meeting Carnegie conditions. Mayor Chamoliss announced directors for the proposed library: Edward G. Richmond, Dr. John H. Race, General BR W. Healy, Lewis M. Coleman, Milton T. Freeman, A. N. Sloan, Henry Schwarb, Paul S. Poindexter, Z. W. Wheland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chamoliss
Edward G. Richmonl
John H. Race
BR. W. Healy
Lewis M. Coleman
Milton T Freeman
A. N. Sloan
Henry Schwarb
Paul 8. Poindexter
Z. W. Whetand
Poison Plotted Coffee Attack Threatens North Carolina Family
Dr. T Tayloe and his family were poisoned by arsenic in coffee and hash, a driver Jim Walker confessed to tampering after threats. Quick aid saved the household, all seriously ill. Walker jailed, troops called to protect him amid public outrage and Governor Aycock approving sheriff’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, N
T. Tayloe
State Board of Medical Examiners
Jim Walker
Aycock
TWO WANTED SEGRCES CAUGHT One Escaped Convict and Murderous Assault Charged
Griffin Georgia March 17 Special John Lyons an escaped county chain gang convict was captured at Martins Mill Pike county and brought back to Griffin Sheriff Freeman also arrested Howard Foster wanted by Fayette county for assault with intent to kill Robert Brooks received a $25 reward for the Lyons capture An Fayette county officer expected to collect Foster tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
John Lyons
Martin's Mill
Pike County
Cty
Sherif
Robert Brooks
Freeman
Howard Foster
Fayette County
Fayette
Grand Jury Indicts Harper in Paternity Case
Rome Ga March 17 Special The superior court of Chattooga county adjourned Charle Harper was indicted by the grand jury on a paternity complaint filed by Miss Viola Elam He is said to have left for parts unknown Harper is a Summerville prominent citizen and former legislator He served one day on the grand jury that indicted him The affair has stirred Summerville and an effort to locate Harper for trial is expected The case was to be heard but he had moved away
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Chattooga County
Charle Harper
Viola Elam
Harper
Summerville
Miss Elam
Clark Announces Sheriff Candidacy in Richmond County Race
Augusta Ga March 17 Special Colonel John W Clark has formally announced as a candidate for sheriff of Richmond County subject to the coming Democratic primary. The contest with Sheriff O Connor in the last election was close and spirited with another warm fight anticipated. Both candidates and their friends claim to be sanguine of success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Augusta
John W. Clark
Richmond County
Colonel Clark
O'Connor
Claim she gave wrong age sues for damages
Mrs. Eugene B. Sullivan of Memphus Tennessee filed a $10,000 damages suit against the Ladies of the Maccabees over an expulsion from the order. The suit stems from an objection to the age she listed in her application and alleges the error caused the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene B. Sullivan
Memphus
Tenn
Ladies of the Maccabees
Royal ArcAnum Grand Council to Meet in Chattanooga
Royal Arcanum Grand Council of Tennessee plans a meeting in Chattanooga on March 17 with hundreds expected to attend. An elaborate banquet will honor visiting dignitaries including WOO. Robison of Boston supreme secretary and Claude R. Scappene of Pittsburgh deputy supreme regent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arcanum Grand Council
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grand Council de Tennessee
Royal Arcanum
Funeral of J Eldredge Held at Americus First Baptist
Funeral services for J Eldredge who died last Wednesday were held at Americus First Baptist Church led by Dr Abner B Campbell from Troy Alabama. A large crowd attended including about 500 public school children as Eldredge long headed the Americus school system. Local banks and businesses closed in respect. Fred T Sibley dies in Griffin after short illness at age about forty four survived by wife six children and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Eldredge
Americus
EK. J. Eldredge
First Baptist Church
Abner B Campbell
Troy
Ala
The
Americas
F. T. Sibley
Griffin
Fred T. Sibley
Sibley
O § Sibley
Coronel Robert Sibley
Alllanta
Young man jailed after plank blocking streetcar during Norfolk strike
J W Jenkins, a well known local youth, was sentenced in corporation court to two years hard labor for placing a 12 by 12 by 3 inch plank across a streetcar track during the early Norfolk strike. He claimed he stumbled. Rail torpedoes explode on main streets as strikers leave work and militia readiness increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
J. W Jenkins
Jenkins
Lis
Norfolk and Portsmouth
Hall's Catarrh Cure offers $100 reward
Readers are informed that Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a universal cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, by a internal tincture affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 to any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available. product also promotes Hall's Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Tc. Hall
Hanna Named Arbitrator for Southern Machinists in Strike
Knoxville Tenn March 17 Local machinists expect a settlement of the strike on the Southern road with Senator M A Hanna representing their interests in arbitration. Hanna and Southern President Spencer will confer to finalize an agreement enabling all dissenters to return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Knoxville
Tenn
M. A Hanna
Hanna
The
Southern
Georgian Graves Advocates Women Suffrage in Virginia
John Temple Graves of Georgia spoke at the Academy of Music in Richmond urging Twenty first century woman suffrage. His advanced position drew hearty applause from a large audience, surprising Virginians long seen as conservative on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
Marth
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Academy of Music
Lyceum
Graves
Davies Appointed General Manager for Two Virginia Firms
Davies, currently auditor for the Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Company and the Virginia Southwestern railway, was named to succeed B L Brass as general manager of both firms. Brass resigned and will be replaced by Davies on April 1. Bowles will take over Davies’s auditor duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davies
Brass
Bristol
D Davies
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company
Virginia Southwestern Railway
B. L. Brass
Bowles
Mr. Davies
BODY OF SEAMAN FOUND IN MAHONE LAKE NEAR NORFOLK
Captain James M Alexander of the tug Lumsden disappeared from his Worfolk home March 1. His body was found floating in Mahone's lake near the city. It is believed he attempted to cross the lake on a foot bridge and drowned. He leaves a widow and five children. TO BUILD NEW SCHOOL HOUSES IN COLUMBUS. Council settles sites and approves one downtown and a $10,000 southern district school. East Highlands lot donated for future building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Worfolk
Norfolk
James M Alexander
Lumsden
Mahone's Lake
Confederate veterans die in Raleigh two noted figures
J T Watts longtime magistrate and Crescent Regiment veteran dies in Raleigh. Pinckney Caldwell Hardie, former express worker and two year Raleigh police officer, dies. Other items note printing alliance plans, a murder case involving John Knotts and Ella Knotts, Miss Helen Gould’s gift to Greensboro teachers, a cotton mill expansion in Rowan county, Yadkin river power details, and a pond boating accident in Cumberland county with four boys capsizing the boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
J. T. Watts
Crescent Regiment
New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans
Pinckney Caldwell Hardie
Express
Pinckney Caldwell
Christian, Advocate
Methodist
Biblical Recorder
Baptist
Progressive Farmer
Farmers’ Alliance
State
National
John Knotts
Ella
J. Love
Stanley County
Ella Knotts
Dr. Love
Dr Love
Miss Gould
Helen Gould
State Normal and Industrial College
Greensboro
Alma-Tadema
Coolemze
Rowan County
Yadkin River
Underwood
Ous Holes
Cumberland County
Female college to close amid president illness
The Union Female College in Eufaula Alabama will issue diplomas to the graduating class tomorrow and close doors. President Thomas F Jones has been too ill to manage affairs for two months and has decided on the course. The term would have ended in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiness
Eufaula
Ala
Union Female College
Thomas F. Jones
Jones
Three Candidates Urged For State Senate And Legislature
In Yiantsville Alabama March 17 Special voters urge Hon R B Spragins for state senate and Judge Richard W Walker and Captain A Fletcher for the legislature. They oppose the early primary and petitions circulate to enter the race. The executive committee refused to rescind the call despite the move. If they run they will be backed by the Madison county democracy faction opposing the early primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spragins
Senate
Walker and Fletcher
Yiantsville
Ala
R. B. Spragins
State Senate
Richard W. Walker
A. Fletener
Megie
Messrs. Spragims
Fletcher
Walker
Madison County Democracy
Clower resigns captaincy amid Opehka police notes
News Notes from Ofelia reports Captain T N Clower Jr resigning as captain of the Lee Light Infantry and cites election to fill the post. Police Chief Morgan is praised as diligent and efficient. City court records show 02 cases since June 1 with low white conviction rate, many vagrancy prosecutions of colored residents. Ike Ross ill with pneumonia. C C Huguley of Phenix City dies. circuit court in Opehka to convene April 14 with a light docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clower
Morgan
Opehka
Ala
T. N. Clower, Jr
Lee Light Infantry
Eity Court
Ike Ross
C. C. Huguley
Phenix City
Circuit Court
Illness Thwarts Republican Governor Nomination Plan
Knoxville Tenn March 17 Special The republican plan to nominate Judge H Campbell of Bristol as the party candidate for governor is thwarted by his sudden ill health. He recently became partially paralyzed and is currently serving as a circuit judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
H. Campbell
Bristol
Campbell
Mississippi Banks Prosperous Amid Record Deposits
Mississippi banks report unusually strong business with deposits at all institutions at record highs. Officials note limited financial data due to the Cole banking and insurance bill, with quarterly calls by the state auditor providing the available statistics. The report reflects a robust banking sector despite regulatory changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Cole Banking and Insurance
Many 10 Attend Reunion at Dallas Trip Planning
Atlanta Camp 159 of the United Confederate Veterans met to plan the Dallas reunion travel and fund raising for the Jefferson Davis monument. Members discussed rail schedules, routes, and the selection of 15 delegates with alternates. A Daughters of the Confederacy event was reported with 40+ veterans volunteering, and eight fiddlers named for a contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
United Confederate Veterans
Wright
Arnall
Dallas
Texas
Charles S Arnail
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Charles S Arnall
John T Stocks
W L Calhoun
HD. L Mobley
T. R Ashworth
A. Haygood
J. W. Williams
D Payne
S. WW. Landrum
A. J. West
J C Huff
B L. Hearn
John Woodruff
Harry Krouse
Farmer Drew Pritchett Dies of Smallpox Near Powder Spring
Powder Spring Georgia March 17 Special Drew Pritchett a progressive farmer two miles from this place died Sunday morning from a malignant smallpox attack. He was buried at Upshaw in this county after returning from a visit to his son in Athens. He leaves a widow a son and a daughter. County authorities promptly placed safeguards around his home to prevent spread of contagion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powder Spring
Spealall
Drew Pritchet
Upshaw
Athens
Pritchett
Cumming Wins Golf Cup in Bon Air Qualifiers
Augusta Ga March 1 Special In the qualifying game for the presidents cup on the Bon Air golf Links eight qualified and H H Cumming won the cup offered by Mr Denny for the highest score among qualifiers.
Ewing-Taylor Company Opens Week at Columbia Theater
The Ewing-Taylor company opened last night with Because He Loved Her So to a large, delighted audience. Albert Taylor and Gertrude Ewing receive praise for strong acting, with Sylva and David Holmes highlighted. Tonight’s bill includes A Celebrated Case and Condemned to the Galleys, with Are You a Mason scheduled at the Grand for today through Wednesday matinees and nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing-Taylor
Columbia
Albert Taylor
David Holmes
Gertrude Ewing
Sylva
David
Strikers Win Wage Increase in Chattanooga Strike
Union painters and paper hangers in Chattanooga Tennessee won their strike after two days out. The workers secured a 25 cent per day increase for about a hundred men affected by the dispute against contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Special—Union Painters and Paper Hangers
Petition for Charter of Atlante News Publishing Company
Georgia Fulton County superior court record shows a petition by Graves Shirley Brooks Owens Daniel etc to incorporate as Atlanta News Publishing Company for twenty years with renewals. Capital stock $50,000, shares $100, main office in Atlanta, rights to branch offices, buying and selling property, credit, bylaws, seal. Filed March 10 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Fulton County
Superior Court
Said County
John Temple Graves
Charles Daniel Shirley V
A. Ho VanDyke
William I’ Parihurat
J G Garwood
Atlante News Publishing Company
Atlanta
CIA
State OF Georgia
Fulton —I
Arnold Broyles
Atlanta News Publishing Company
Manly Pressed for Place in Postmaster General Office
Washington March 17 Joseph H Manly of Augusta Me member of the republican national committee is pressed by the administration to accept the office of first assistant postmaster general but it is not yet known whether Mr Manly will act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manly
Washington
Joseph H. Manly
Augusta
Republican National Committee
Georgia Baptist Convention Rome Ticket Specials
The Western and Atlantic railroad offers round trip tickets to the Georgia Baptist convention in Rome at one fare. Tickets go on sale March 25-26 with morning trains March 27 and return valid until March 31. Regular departures Atlanta to Rome are 22:00 and 17:40 daily. A special delegate train from Atlanta to Home is planned for 2:06 p.m. March percent. Tickets via any agent. For details contact C E Harman, General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
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Georgia Baptist Convention
Rome
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Atlanta
B. Headden
First Baptist Church
Home
C. E. Harman
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Wragter
Norpola
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Seaman
Columbus Council
Columbus, Ga
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East Highlands
Watts
Hardie
Ofelia
Jackson, Miss
Gube McAllister
Red Lee
New Albany
Monroe County
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Tupelo
Bristol, Tenn
J. Uu. Brass
Virginia Iron, Coal and Cols Company
Toms Creek
A Rae
B. Sutherland Dicine Co
Paducah
Fen
California Fig Syrup Co
Davis Monument Fund
Farmer
Drew Pritchett
Powder Springs
New York
Chicago
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Thomas A. Wise
George Richards
Charles Edwards
Mattie Ferguson
Wisther Tittel
Amy Muller
Sally Cohen
John Rice
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