Emigration and disease cross Georgia news roundup
A compact summary notes Georgia emigration concerns, yellow fever vigilance in Florida, and editorial calls for stronger law enforcement. It reports on immigrant farmers, school funding for Black students, malaria warnings, and changes in Savannah and Thomasville areas, plus local notices about a nuisance injunction in Rome and notable newspaper progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Perry Journal
Atatute Books of
Georgia
Enya Tha. Journal
Albany Chautauqua Opens With Large Attendance
Georgia Chautauqua opens in Albany with about two thousand in the tabernacle and a hundred strong grand chorus. Afternoon sessions draw over a thousand children with numerous speakers including Dr. Duncan and J. S. Davis. Tomorrow features free classes for children and teachers, with formal openings at night. In a separate report, a negro woman is found buried in a well on a Frank Foti plantation near Angelo. George Culpepper, her husband, is believed to have fled.
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Axwawy
Georgia
WA. Duncan
Chautauqua
J. 8. Davis
Baptist Sunday School
A. W. Muse
Methodist
H. M. Melintosh
Presbyterian
J. T. Hester
Episcopal
Kristand
Bethany Southern College of Kansas
Swanson
Esmo Institute
Nelson Tilt
Higgins
Atlanta
Duncan
George
Green Fulter
Corrner
Hugh Boyd
George Culpepper
Blakely Man, Albers Thomas, Held After Wife Drowns
In Blakely Georgia on a Wade plantation a dispute ended with Albers Thomas striking his wife into knee deep water. She resurfaced, he struck her again, and third blow left her unconscious. A neighbor found the body and authorities arrested Thomas after a coroner’s inquest. He confessed at committal and awaits superior court action.
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Blakely
Albers Thomas
Wade
Thomas
Iis Gulls
Sylen
Sherif Black
Strange Case of Insanity Shocks Lanattc County
In Lanattc County Georgia Henry Losier, a 25 year old negro sawmill worker, became demented after two weeks of religious meetings. He seized a child, waved an ax at McCray's store, damaged goods, and threatened Charley Fond. Police later jailed him in Sparta while doctors plan treatment. religious excitement cited as cause. Building news from Douglasville notes a new hotel and housing activity. Cherokee Manufacturing declares forty percent dividend with net earnings reported.
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Henry Leater
Sranta
Henry Losier
Andrew McUray
McCray
Charley Fond
Charley
Ben Greer
Henry
Siought bin
Sparta
Datrox
Cherokee Manufacturing Company
Georgia News Briefed From A Fragmented Page
A garbled Georgia item sheet notes Dr. Adams of Thomasville for forty years treating the sick, the Bank of Bainbridge set for April first with about 30 capital, and a Thomasville game where Piny Woods beat Mitchell House. It mentions a Butler college fair netting 70 with over 6500 to improve campus needs and seat repairs, plus a resin loss of 400 barrels at Nameless. A fire near the Empire and Dublin Railway port, thefts around Swainsboro, and a severe whipping for stealing farm goods are also referenced alongside a fatal burn of a child near Cuthbert after clothing caught fire at a blacksmith shop.
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Adams
Thomasville
Bank of
Bainbridge
Piny Woods
Mitchell House
Butler
College
J. R. Shapard
Gre
Empire and Dublin
Ben Moore
Hannah Rountree
TJ. Davies
Shank
Swainesboro
Old Courthouse Proposed Return to Richmond County
Augusta and Richmond County leaders negotiate over the city hall and jail, seeking terms to surrender the courthouse. The old building, once a grand structure, is now dilapidated and inadequate for modern needs, with the county ready to finance a new courthouse on Green Street.
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Savianeh
Avgusta
Court House
Augusta
Richmond
Himits
Frank Miller
Green Street
Enthusiastic Meeting Forms Southern Travelers Association
A Southern Travelers association committee presented bylaws at the Arlington hotel in Avens ta Ga. Savannah to host May convention, with Major J F Hanson delivering topics and a Savannah delegation to be invited guests. The group aims to establish a permanent Savannah headquarters and promote a strong regional travelers organization.
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Avensta
Arlington Hotel
New Southern Traveler's Association
Exposition
Goodyear
Dean Newman
Savannah
Association
Bie
J. F. Hanson
Newman
Atlanta
Southern Travelers’ Association
The Quinn Allison fund dispute in Greene County
Greene County faces a grand jury inquiry into the Quinn Allison land fund once set aside for educating indigent children. The will of 1865 directed aid for poor county children, but postwar changes and housing of funds led to misappropriation concerns. A grand jury investigation seeks clarity on beneficiaries and proper use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gut - Guinnesaono
Greens County
Alison
Lee
Greene County
Guinn-Allison
Grand Ji
AN OLD VETERAN CLINGS TO OLD YEARS IN GA T: AN OLD VETERAN CLINGS TO OLD YEARS IN GA
Colonel Arthur I. Batts of Baldwin County, aged eighty two, visits Sparta and reflects on a long life rooted in Hancock and Baldwin counties. A former teacher and farmer, he recalls birth in Virginia and loyalty to Whig roots while noting shifts in political stances from nullification to secession. He honors the old southern slaveholder and remains steadfast in Southern identity.
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Formner
Stanra
Arthur I. Batts
Baldwin County
Sparta
Hancock County
Bis
Snd
Southampton County
Virginia
Ben Hill
Hoe
Root tonic case in Elberton County draws mixed verdict
Exerzurox Ga March 24 Special Root tonic dominates local talk amid the state v James O Sanders for selling beer. A jury found Sanders not guilty, despite earlier convictions for selling remonads and whisky. Witnesses claimed the tonic was not intoxicating, with one humorous claim it never tasted like water. Sanders vows to keep selling the tonic but avoid whisky.
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Exerzurox
James 0. Sanders
Sanders
The Bloody Hat Mysterious Man Who Slept in Atlanta Globe Hotel
Macon Georgia March 9 Special Mr Tom Davidson well known in Macon and two flagmen on a freight train on the East Tennessee railway injured severely after a fall from the caboose near Holton. He recalls climbing a ladder and losing footing. He was found under a trestle with his hat and blood at the scene. Davidson and his wife separated. his wife Mamie Phillips is the daughter of engineer Jack Phillips.
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Atlanta Globe
Dey
Magen
Macon
Tom Davidson
Maebt
East Tennassea
Davidson
Holton
Isa" Holton
Moscow
Central Railroad
Easat ‘Tennessee
Central City Ark
Mamie Phillips
Jack Phillips
Southwestern Railroad
Montgomery
Wounded stranger tale at Globe hotel Macon Ga
A wounded man, described as an unknown white stranger, slept in a Globe hotel room without registering after a shooting on Friday night. He left early Saturday morning and bloodied beds were reported by a chambermaid. Authorities traced the man to Atlanta on the East Tennessee train and linked him to a theft in Jenkinsburg. Reports recount a chase near Frankville with two armed men shooting at the fleeing man, who was later believed to be the Atlanta jeweler. Additional notes mention local police barracks and community news from Macon, with various brief items about residents and events.
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Georgia
Albany
Jones
Gantt
Tula
Etar
U'hera
Helles
Bainbridge Dement
Democrat
Florida
McCutchen
Franklin News
le Printa
Washington
Tupledy
Percy Adams
Atlanta
Adams
Wilkes County
Madison Madigonian
Brunswick Advertiser
Beng
Daniel A. Horn
Boston
South Georgia
Eclone
Thomasrills
Thomasvile
C.m.carter
Taomasville
Lerwy
Savannah
Couran Ite
Phig
Savacnob
Coxntul
Elberton
Sevenal
Carke
Rome Tribune
Inman-Coopar
W York Capitaliste
Bs Pesterday
Hew
Cooper & Hewitt
New
Aston
Pennsylvania
Bouve
Orber
Glendon
Macon
J. B. Calpupper
Centinary
Nelson
North Carolina
First Baptist Church
EB. W. Warren
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Father O’shanahan
Father Buslan
R. J. Gonzalez
Tom Woolfolks
Peary
David H. Houser
Big Indian Creek
Globe
Spaniel Tes Construction
Globe Hotel
East Tennessee
Frankville
Flogilla
Jenkinsburg
J—Mat Morgan
Bibb County
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indianapolis
Mia
Hermon
Omaha
Thomasville
Buoox
Chanieley
Conde
Besi Herschel
Niles
Aurora Anchalis
Nons
St. Lawrence
Cornwal
Aurora
Janis
Mose
Submica
Europe
Community notices and social happenings in Milledgeville
The column lists residents and visitors in Milledgeville including Mrs H W Hodge in Atlanta, Judge Memory family, Mr P Corbett, Miss Adina Oathet, and many others from New York to Boston. It notes social events such as a German at Whitlock House, tea at Colonel L W Young’s residence, and a public party with dancing and refreshments. An editor from Douglas Gleaner comments on local reception. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is praised by a Macon official for headache relief.
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Walter Corbett
United States
Georsis
Corbett
Ana
Wau
Dee Richard Clerk
Atlanta
Macon
W. B Jennings
Pleasaut Visto
South Carolina
L. K. Mallory
New York
Willis Wood Ware
Wbich
Bela
Carr
John D. Bred Pe
Crmtrs
Soos
Jem Cherry
Jennie Wilcox
Athens
Chronicle
Tom Dooly
Sam Small
Eatonton
Messenger
Sam Gmall
Glabville
Mia Fang
H.W. Hodge
Dean F Tetany
Ral
Bcross
P. Corbett
Jim Corsett
Misa Adina Oathett
New
George Honalouttt
Fannie Davie
Braga
Mim Jackson
Atlante
John Arnold
Munroe
Tienda Hang
J A. Hant
Siue
Lo Mills
Douglas Gleaner
Iesteral
Boon
L. J. Davies
Decatur
Guidin
Mr. Bates
James E. Mitchell
Carrollton
Grifin
Joe E Randall
Maribita
Mraconte R. Eager
Arn
G. F. Malcolm
Stes Edits
Molgotin
Boston
Jame
Albert & Gartner
Augusta
Josiah Sibley
Estelle King
Clam He
Anniston
Als
Agusta
C. Ken
L. W. Young
Whitlock House
Ashley
Toledo
Ohio
Lewis
Chillicothe
Safford
Waabington
D.C
Mesera Whisstacre
St.Paul
Allen
Chillesthe
Mr. Bay
Smrra
Board of Trade
Macon, Ga
Brady Crotine
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the Press OF Georgia
Roue
Major Fouche
West Rome
Jovensic
Douglasville
Dovaraavinis
J. L. Porkins
Georgia News
Lincoln County
Henry Lawrence
Cuthbert
Hans Reynolds
Commit
Lucas Augusts
Lucas
First Christian Church
Augnéts
C. 8. Blackwell
Chicago
Wil
Avovara
Toming and Bassey
W.D. Tutt
Tutt
Ansignes
T.williams
Avanara
Hotel Bonair Company
Alfred Baker
Marietta
Marietta Electric Light Company Neady
Mariatta
Council Chamber
Marietta Electric Company
B. R. Legg
E. P. Dobbs
D. W. Blair
T. W. Glover
G. F. Gober
W. A. Robertson
H. W. Palmer
T. W
Pergsverenes
Danney
Darien
Adam Strain
Abbott Thomas
Janes K. Clarke & Co
Mosare
Todd & Hantington
Henry Toad
Bannasviln
Tyler
Mary
Mellio
Minnie
J. P. Thurman
Howard Harrison
Axznicus
T. J. Mason
Leesburg
Mason
Speer
Jade Bpeer
Guy Cost
Dublin
McRae
Bulloch
THE
Allison Fund
Treene c County
Elberton County
Eld
Earlyton
H. F. Jenkins
N. 5. Walker
B. W. Tut
H. H. DeJarnette
T. Dennis
Stesferve
Ant Posal
Ona
Eline
Arch Sirest
Philadelphia
Bin
Grand Republic
Georgia Society Notes
Milledgeville
Avery
Marek
Hood
Louisiana Slate Lottery Company
Loca Honal
Charitabie
Academy of Music
New Orleans
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Fairnera
Lake
Walmbley
Louisiana
Pierre Lanaux
A. Baldwin
Nat'l Bank
Carl Kohn
Union National Bank
Prizit OF
Omar
Ork. Dadeein
York
Expresatour
A. Dauphin
New Orisant
Lanstom
D. C
Orleans National Bank
Eam
Toba
National
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