Congressman Williams Sends Private Check to Old Carrier
In Jackson Mississippi, Congressman John Sharp Williams sent a private check to Morris Garland, the elderly Jackson post office carrier, with a courteous letter asking acceptance as a token of friendship. Garland had eight months of salary held up by the post office department due to his role as a surety for former postmaster Gibbs during Harrison era, a repayment bill proved futile, yet Williams acted on personal sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharp Williams
Morris Garland
Jackson
Garland
Postoffice Department
W. H. Gibbs
Harrison
Williams
Funeral feast follows civil war veteran Heller's burial
Charles Heller, a Forty Fourth New York Infantry veteran and builder, died Saturday in Essay City New Jersey. On his funeral day forty five survivors of George H. Thomas post Grand Army of the Republic honored him by marching from his home to Flower Hill cemetery. After burial they returned by trolley to the hall where a posthumous feast, paid by a comrade, included food, drink, song and toasts to their fallen comrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essay City
N. J
Charles Heller
George H. Thomas Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Heller
Hull
Awaited
Fourty-Fourth New ‘York Infantry
Inter
Flower Hill Cemetery
Railroad Y M C A campaign ends with prizes awarded
A sixity day campaign at the Railroad Y M C A ends Thursday with 375 memberships turned in. Top collectors are M. J. Burke 142 W. H. Middlebrooks 87 and R. W. Norris 48. Prizes include a gold watch, gold cuff buttons and a sealing wax set, to be awarded after July payday during a Thursday event featuring Lilly Margaret Ford Annie Minger and Fred Foley. Invitations extend to all members including ladies. Also Macon bankruptcy filing by George W. Doster nearby with small assets and liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
Fix
Standard Railroad Works
M. J. Burke
W. H. Middlebrooks
R.W. Norris
Lilly Margaret Ford
Annie Minger
Fred Foley
Court Lashes Truesdale for Breach of Milk Contract
New York May 23 A United States circuit court of appeals harshly criticized W H Truesdale president of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad for breaking a contract to carry milk. Damages of 137883 were awarded to Robert K Westcott executor of John H Paul estate for quantities of milk bought from farmers and shipped over the Lackawanna. The judge said Truesdale acted with sordid motive and arrogance born of fear of consequences. He likened the appropriation of Westcott's money to larceny and warned that such conduct could provoke ligation and municipal interference harming stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. H. Truesdale
Delaware, ‘Lackawanna, and Western Railroad
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Robnert K. Wescott
John H. Paul
Lackawanna
Tudge Wallace
Truegdale
Westcott
Truesdale
Georgia to Get Major New Rail System Across State
Middendorf, Willams & Co. announce the purchase of multiple lines including the Augusta and Florida, Millen and Southwestern, and Valdosta Southern, forming a through Augusta to the Gulf route. The Williams syndicate plans 85 million dollars to acquire and connect lines, with an extension to Gulf ports expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middendorf, Willams & Co
Augusta
Gulf
Georgia
Florida
Midville
Swainsboro
Red Bluff
Millen
Southwestern
Douglas
Nashville and
Sparks
Valdosta Southern
Banking
Williams Syndicata
Madison
Fla
Ines
Corn and Cotton Doing Well In Eatonton
Farmers report good stands of corn and cotton with recent showers aiding work. Oat harvest underway and fertile land yields strong. In sports, Yale over Penn 13 0, Princeton edged Dartmouth 2 1 in 11 innings, Bucknell beat Cornell 7 2, Harvard defeated Brown 5 6. Broadwater and McAuliffe fight in Augusta. Broadwater shot McAuliffe in two places, victim to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eatonton
New Haven
Yale
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Dartmouth
Athaca
Bucknell
Cornell
Providence
Harvard
Brown
Broadwater
McAuliffe
Augusta
W. H. Broadwater
Will McAuliffe
Breatwater
McAulive
Woman Told To Get Pistol Fires Fatal Shot Near Gadsden
Mrs John Bridges fatally shoots Henry Crews after a quarrel with the Crews family at Alabama City. Crews allegedly asked Bridges wife to fetch a pistol and shoot his son. The wounded man stumbled to Albania City, bleeding and tongue paralyzed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
John Bridges
Henry Crews
Alabama City
Crew
Crews
Henry
Bridges
Albania City
Opening Week at the Casino Prompts Vaudeville Praise
The Casino's first week proves a hit with Atlantans as the vaudeville bill delights audiences. Madame Kitty Traney and her dogs draw chatter as the standout act, Dersch and Russell offer a clever railroad-station themed musical act, and the entire program earns favorable management and crowd reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty Traney
Nony
Dersch
Russell
Murder Charge After 7 Year Old Found Dead
A Black man from Cleveland County is jailed for murdering a seven year old boy tied in a sack near railroad tracks after the child allegedly refused to do a household task. Public excitement runs high with a possible lynching feared. An advertisement for Smith's Blood and Liver Syrup appears in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss
Cleveland
Woman Arrests Bailiff Over Refrigerator Case Described
In a courtroom tied to Justice Bload worth, Cornelia Hill, a Negro woman, accused Bailie R. Mauldin of striking her. Mauldin denied wrongdoing as he faced the complaint about an attached refrigerator bought from S. Boostein for eight dollars. The case was dismissed with the recorder lamenting the plight of those who buy on installment plans and lose property after paying most of what owed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. S. Mauldin
Bailie R
Mauldin
Iana
Boostein
Two Boys Swipe Grip at Terminal Station
John Taylor and Sam Gallimore, two white youths, were bound over on larceny charges after allegedly taking a grip from Portland traveler B. Nicolas at the terminal waiting room. They allegedly carried the bag to a Peters Street woodyard, were detained by Officer Malone, and referred to the recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Taylor
Sam Gallimore
Terminal Station
John ‘Taylor
Recorder's Court
Romote
Nicolas
Portland
Oregon
Peters Street
Tom Malone
Gleer
Small Will Deliver Address at Eatonton Commencement
Eatonton Ga May 23 Special H Samuel W Small of Atlanta will deliver the literary address at the Eatonton high school commencement in place of Hon Joseph G Camp as announced in yesterday’s edition.
Sunday School Picnic in Dahlonega
Three Dahlonega Sunday schools Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian held a union picnic. It was a joyous event for the children. An address was delivered by Hon W P Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlonega, i
Dahlonega
The
Baptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
W. P. Price
Killing Mystery After Beech Island Woman Shot
Augusta Ga May 23 Special Great mystery surrounds the killing of Mrs Ebb Wilson at Beech Island South Carolina She was shot through the back while sleeping and died instantly Tracks led to the Hamburs bridge and three Augusta Negroes were arrested Tom Williams and Bud Lumford remain jailed awaiting identification One man released with alibi Crowds gather at the Wilson home but restraint holds Tribune reporters note Lumford may be the guilty party and Beech Island remains calm under tense conditions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Ebb Wilson
Besch Island
Wilson
HamBurs Bridge
Acong
Savanpan
Lumford
Beech Island
Rail Fare from Atlanta to Nashville Special Offer
Western and Atlantic and Nashville line offer round trips from Atlanta to Nashville at 9.35 dollars with 75 cents round trip surcharge. Tickets on sale May 2 22 23 24 with five day return limit. return by May 28 1908. Three daily departures at 9 35am 4 50pm and 8 50pm with through sleepers on all trains. Charles E Harman, General Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Atlanta
I Charles E. Harman
WIFE ATTACKS HUSBAND IN BIZARRE FLIGHT OF VEHEMENCE
E L Prater of 304 Woodward avenue was arrested after his wife and brother in law reportedly attacked him with a billiard ball and a heavy clothes brush. He was wounded in the head and hospitalized, then jailed on a Lawrenceville warrant. Prater, a contracting painter with Simpson Prater, claims no idea why he is wanted in South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL. Prater
George Thurmond
E. L. Prater
Woodward Avenue
Lawrenceville
Prater
Thurmond
Simpson É Prater
South Carolina
Accidental Shooting Injures Columbus Man Near River
In Columbus Georgia May 24 a snake crossing a path led Fitz Simpson of Omaha to discharge a gun wounding his cousin G B Battle near the Chattahoochee River in Stewart County yesterday. Battle’s wounds are serious and his sister Mrs Walter Le Meadows hastened to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
G. B. Battle
Fitz Simpson
Omaha
Chattahoochee River
Stewart County
Bimpson
Rattle
Walter le Meadows
Toda
Health and Strength Restored by Peruna
A testimonial from Mrs. Emma Fleissner of Seattle Washington praises Peruna for restoring health after two years of irregular painful periods. She used the revised formula for over three months and reports relief and renewed strength. Dr Hartman notes multiple testimonials praising Peruna and mentions adding a laxative quality to the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Fleissner
Sixth Ave
Seattle
Wash
Sons For
Temperance
Hartman
Peruna
Friends of
I. BL Hartman
Brothers Seek Revenge After Assault on Girl Stabbed by Her Brothers
John Henderson was stabbed by Clem and Ed Glanton while leaving a street corner attack on a 13-year-old girl named Sally Glanton at 26 Grandy Street. Henderson was taken to Grady hospital in critical condition as deputies pursued the fleeing Glanton brothers near the DeKalb county line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henderson
John
Beore
Grady Hospital
Sanford
Hollis, Cowan
Rowan
Wodfls
DeKalb County
Atlanta
Clem.Glanton
Bound Over for Burglary in Local Case
Recorder Broyles bound EB M. Carter of 99 Venable Street over for burglary after he was accused of stealing tools from J. P. Huornett of 3 Clayton Street. The proceedings revealed Carter’s intoxication and alleged cruelty to his wife, including selling household articles for drink and neglecting his child. The judge warned Carter with a stern remark hoping for a twenty year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broyles
EB M. Carter
Venable Street
Carter
J. P. Huornett
Clayton Street
Burnet
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Dainties
TH. T. S
WAVE
Macon
J— George "W. Doster
Americus
Ayer
J.C. AverCo
Lowell, Huan
Forssia
Middendorf, Williams & Co
Essig Bros
Whitehall Street
COURT
Valdosta
Putnam County
Imperials
Muse
Knox
Panama
Golf Hats’ Soc
Son
Smith
H. Cc
Compton
Mobile, Ala
EB. M. Carter
Mecca
Price
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