Dying Black man walks 8 miles to avoid being cut up
Jabez Bann, gravely injured after a Savannah Guard Hall shooting, walked to Thunderbolt and back to a Savannah house before a mysterious infirmary escape. Police recovered him and doctors say his chance of life is now essentially gone. his fiancée and medical staff report he wanted to die at home.
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Savannah
Jabez Bann
R. C. Claghorn
Savannah Volunteer Guards Hall
Thunderbolt
Pollce
Georgia
Megro
Gila
Mann
Macon notes: funds from Mystic Midgets benefit
Macon Ga May 25 Special receipts from Mystic Midgets performances for the free kindergarten amounted to 708 dollars. Judge Candor granted a temporary injunction on Mrs J G McGorrick petition against the mayor and council of Macon to stop them from collecting tax on her Pine street property between Fourth and Fifth streets. Hearing set by Judge Welton on June. Attorney Robert Hodges represents Mrs McGorick.
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Macon
Candor
J. G McGorrick
Council of
Pine Street
Fourth
Fifth
Sudge Welton
Robert Hodges
McGolrick
Red Men Tribe Formed in Villa Rica GA
Thomas Jeffries delivered an address on Fraternal Orders and Their Relations to the Church. Assisted by Mr Kellam of Atlanta, he organized a tribe of Red Men with twenty nine members enrolled and plans to grow the group quickly.
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Villa Rica
Thomas Jeffries
Kellam
Atlanta
Military company ordered to Andersonville for order
Americus Georgia May 25 Special Captain G L Williams of the Americus Light Infantry to report with his company next Friday to Andersonville carrying thirty rounds of bell cartridges. Sheriff B E Bell will command a civil and military guard to keep 6000 excursionists from southwest Georgia and Alabama in check on federal Decoration Day. Rioting is feared despite efforts to prevent it. Last year Bell and the Light Infantry made thirty arrests of armed negroes tied with ropes and sent to Americus for trial.
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Americus Ga
G. L. Williams
Americus Light Infantry
Andersonville
BE. L. Bell
Georgia
Alabama
Bell
Light Infantry
Americus
Hampton School Exercises Commencement Sermon Preached
Hampton Georgia May 25 Special The Hampton academy commencement opened with a full auditorium. Rev Lem W Small of Atlanta delivered the annual sermon on righteousness and education uniting public action with godly truths. Hon F H Richardson will deliver the literary address Tuesday as the school year closes with reelected teachers. Washington home burned May 2 Rev J A Binns residence destroyed by fire from a faulty flue causing $2,000 loss with $1,000 insurance.
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Lem W. Srell
Hampton
Hampton Academy
Snead
Lem W. Small
Atlanta
F H. Richardson
Washington
J. A. Binns
Mutual
Athens
Savannah to host Georgia bank group convention in June
Savannah gears to host bankers from Georgia North Carolina and Virginia for a two day convention June 17 and 18 at the Savannah theater and DeSoto Hotel. Expected 250 to 300 visiting bankers will hear addresses by state presidents and notable financiers. Tybee trip and yacht club receptions cap the festivities with dances bowling and surf.
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Savannah
Mira B. Lane
Citizens’ Bank
H. A. Crane
Southern Bank
F. D. Bloodworth
National Bank of Savannah
Bankers of
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
Bankers’ Association
South Carolina
James Fair
Independent Presbyterian Church
Pleasant A. Browall
Savannah Press
P. E. May
National Exchange Bank of Augusta
Georgia Association
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
Charles ‘T. O'Ferrall
Yacht Club
Hotel DeSoto
DeSoto
Citizens’ Club
Ing
Union Club
J Ferris Cann
Pleasant A. Stovall
William Harden
Cain
Senate
Harden
Stovall
HH. McMillan
George J. Mills
Louis Blase
McMillan
Filla
Mr. Blase
John R. Dillon
Marcus Baker
Baker
Captain Dillon
John A. Geette
J. G. Keller
C H. Carson
Waring Russell
Chatham County
B. J.whelan
J. J. Berrigan
Guards
Infantry
Fort Screven
Tybee Island
A. R Lawton
Rev Simeon Shaw to Conduct Revivals in Southeast
Rev Simeon Shaw pastor of Oxford and Midway Methodist churches left last week for Tennessee and Missouri to conduct revivals. A recent St John Atlanta revival produced forty conversions while his Oxford meeting added many new members. Shaw, a former five year Japan missionary, will return to Oxford in the fall with Professors Sledd and Williams from Emory College filling pulpits in Oxford and Midway.
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Simeon Shaw
Tennessee
Missouri
Oxford
Midway
Mr. Shaw
Southern Methodist Church
St John Church
Atlanta
Shaw
Japan
Sledd
Professor Williams
Emory College
TWO NEW COTTON MILLS PLANNED IN SOUTH CAROLINA
In Columbia on May 25, reports confirm two new cotton mills. Greenville plans the Woodside mill with $100,000 subscribed toward a $200,000 capital stock. J. T. Woodside to be president and J. D. Woodside treasurer. An Anderson mill may begin within two years near Hatton's Ford on the Tugalo River, with J. J. Fretwell backing the project to build a million dollar plant similar to Pleadmont and Pelzer mills. State campaign meetings will start June 2 with separate tracks for state offices and U.S. senate and congress candidates.
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Great Falls
Catawba
Chester County
Greenville
Anderson
Woodside
John “T. Woodside
J. D. Woodside
Gainesville
Pleadmont
Pelzer
Saluda
Orangeburg
United States Senate
Congress
Columbia
Emory Alumni Banquet Set. Wade and Roberts Vie for First Honor
Emory college in Oxford Ga selects Tuesday night June 10 for the alumni banquet to allow attendance at Wednesday graduating exercises. The race for first honor features T H Wade from Smith Station Ala and Stewart R Roberts of Macon, tied last fall, with Wade editor in chief of The Emory Phenix and Roberts a steady contributor. Wade serves as senior class president and was star quarterback last season.
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EMORY
Wade
Roberts
Emory College
Oxford
T. H Wade
Smith Station
Ala
Stewart R. Roberts
Macon
College Fe
Emory Phenix
Wadley High School Closes With Entertaining Exercises
Wadley Ga May 25 Special Wadley High school closed Friday night with delightful exercises at the Auditorium. Professor James Towe and assistants have done well this year and were reelected. Mrs J T Lowe and Miss Mary Gibson will not return in the fall. Professor James Lowe Nora Hopkins and Mary B Battle take their places. Wadley to have a free school system in the fall. C C Brown delivered awards. Walter Cheatham won for declaiming. Mrs Falson Perkins for penmanship. Willie and Bertie Flanders for spelling. Russell K Brown and Bertie Flanders for department.
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Wadley
Wadley High School
James Towe
J. T. Lowe
Mary Gibson
James T. Lowe
Nora Hopkins
Mary B. Battle
Professor Lowe
C. C. Brown
Walter Cheatham
Falson Perkins
Willie Flanders
Bertie Flanders
Russell K Brown
Locust Swarm Delights Dahlonega Students
In Dahlonega Georgia over the last three weeks a large swarm of locusts has appeared. The 17 year pest fills the air with buzzing and leaves holes in the ground. The event has become a notable study subject for public school pupils biology classes at the college and local farmers.
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Dahlonega
Agricultural Department
Odd Fellows Lodge Formed in Tifton Georgia
The Tifton lodge of Odd Fellows organized Friday night with twenty eight members. Absent members delayed some elections. Officers elected include W. C. Spurlin noble grand and B. E. Slack vice grand. Grand Master J Wass assisted in installation with guests from Ashburn and Fitzgerald lodges.
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Tifton
Ashburn Lodge
L. K. Beall
W OA Murray
E F Mullins
A B Bass
Fitzgerald Lodge
Mines Again Start Up In Dahlonega Georgia
The Crown Mountain Gold Mining and Milling plant, shut down about ten days, resumes full operation. A transformer at the electric power station Bb was damaged by a heavy bolt of lightning. An extra lightning arrester was installed near the middle of the two mile power line to prevent repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlonega
Crown Mountain Gold Mining
Thompson Congressional Party Tour Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain
Thompson congressional party led by President Sanders and a chamber of commerce committee toured Lookout Mountain Chattanooga Tennessee on May 2. The group visited Chickamauga Park Missionary Ridge attended church and traveled to Asheville North Carolina then to Washington, arriving Tuesday morning.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Thompson
Sanders
Chamber of Commerce
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga
Washington
Wesleyan Starts Final Exercises at Mulberry Street Church
Wesleyan Female College held commencement services in Macon Georgia with Dr John F Gaucher of Baltimore delivering the sermon to a packed congregation. The senior class list includes Bertha Adams Lola Cook Katherine Edmondson Mattie Hatcher and others. An evening missionary sermon by Rev H S Bradley drew a large audience with further Alethean Society exercises and an elocution recital planned for tomorrow.
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Macon
Wesleyan Female College
Mulberry Street
Methodist Church
John F. Gaucher
Women’s College of
Baltimore
Bertha Adams
Cedartown
Lola Cook
Lumber City
Katherine Edmondson
Atlanta
Mattie Hatcher
Columbus
Mattie Harper
Arkansas
Tommie Lee Hightower
Dublin
Nellie Knights
Cartersville
Della Manning
Walesca
Mary Addie Murph
Marshallville
Bertha Pate
Cordele
Nettie Peacock
Louise Peddy
Newnan
Matibel Pope
Lucy Simpson
Lumpkin
Lenora Tittle
Ina VanMetre
Ford
Mary Sims Wheeler
Chattanooga
Anne E. Williams
Haddock
Lilly Willams
Leonora Williams
Hattie Wimperly
Oglethorpe
H S Bradley
Alethean Society
Ae Vans
Preliminary Drill Chooses Finalists at University
Athens Ga May 29 Special The third and last preliminary prize drill for the final prize drill at the university commencement was held yesterday afternoon. A large number of students attended and the contest was close and exciting with Company A led by W A Jackson R Meldrim and F L Bullard and Company B led by J K Baxter M S Monk and A Falk and Company C led by D H Dupree W A Worsham and Marcellus Rambo earning top places. Nineteen men qualified for the final drill and medal attempt, including A Beaver W A Jackson R B E O Farrell T A Barrow R Meldrim F L Bullard M Boyd J F Baxter A G Golucke W Cherfey M S Monk H H Harris and others. Valedictorian will be Frank Barrett of Augusta for top class work and service to The Georg ian Society.
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Athens
W A Jackson
R Meldrim
F. L Bullard
J. K. Baxter
Monk
A Falk
D H. Dupree
W A. Worsham
Marcellus Rambo
Baxter
Atlanta
Beaver
W. A Jackson
E. O'Farrell
T. A. Barrow
R. Meldrim
F.L. Bullard
M Boyd
J. F. Baxter
A. G. Golucke
W. Cherfey
M.S Monk
H. H. Harris
D. H. Dupree
M Rambo
T L, Hudson
C. Oliver
D ., Atkinson
W. A. Worsham
Frank Barrett
Augusta
Phi Kappa Literary Society
Quitman Board of Trade Pushes Freight Rate Relief
The Quitman Georgia board of trade seeks railroad rate adjustments by filing with the railroad commission, aiming to align rates with nearby cities like Valdosta and Albany. The group plans to act soon as relief is sought while public schools ended Friday with Col. L. W. Branch presenting diplomas to graduates.
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Board of Trade of
Quitman
Board of Trade
Valdosta
Albany
Railroad Commission
Quitman Public
L. W. Branch
Astoria Beer Delivers Cold Refreshment This Summer
A summer promotion offers Astoria Beer at $1.25 per dozen delivered to homes. The ad emphasizes refreshing, appetizing qualities during hot weather and targets convenient home delivery.
Southern Press Clipping Bureau Ad Blurb
A brief note from the Southern Press Clipping Bureau advertising its services. It mentions Wally construction bulletins, building and financial information, and requests samples. The bureau is described as established in 1885 and located in the Austell Building, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Harrison
Souther
United States
Southern
Southern Press
Austell
Atlant
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