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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1899
Page
6
A listing of yesterday's meetings references the State Attorney and Atlantic committee actions. The article notes plans for a conference, a possible speedy resolution, and discussions over who will represent and how the bill is positioned. Key figures include Myers and McDon Myers, with letters exchanged to influence outcomes.
Crowds fill Broad street as Columbus Georgia hosts a bustling opening day for the city fair. Miss Annia Garrard crowned queen of flowers amid coronation and parade. Visitors from Girard and Phoenix City welcomed with hospitality as the fair runs into the week with bright lights, shows, and a banquet planned by the Commercial Club inviting notable dignitaries.
Special politics in Houston County centers on a Thursday election to fill the unexpired term of W. S. Hing. O. M. Houser holds Democratic backing for the county court solicitor post, while Major R. A. Holtzclaw challenges the incumbent W. C. Davis. In the Macon circuit solicitor general contest six candidates compete, with J. P. Duncan of Perry standing for Houston. A Fort Valley prohibition league quietly influences the race, and congressional interests center on T. B. Lewis and the anticipated Fort-Alen contest dynamics.
The November term of Wilkes Superior Court convened this morning in Washington. The grand jury was charged before the court entered a session expected to tackle Perry and Taylor anew, a case drawing statewide interest. Herndon’s trial for the killing of John J vingooor and a case of a woman who killed her baby are also on the docket along with civil and divorce matters. Local politics feature Jackson voters approving waterworks and school bonds by a narrow margin, $20,000 bonds passing despite opposition and claims of manipulation.
The schooner Swan from Philadelphia arrived in Savannah after a dangerous voyage marked by a mid voyage fire caused by a falling cabin beam. A keg of powder and 3,000 cartridges were towed under the companionway and brought to safety with no serious damage to the vessel. Captain Davidson was injured with a severe cut to the arm.
In Prattsburg Georgia November 6 during a justice court trial plaintiff Duke Crawford of Thomaston watched a Black witness testify and drew a public safety weapon. The bailiff stopped the shot with a struggled to disarm Crawford and no one was hurt. The crowded courtroom saw a brutal scuffle leaving Crawford bruised and restrained.
The November term opened with Judge W H Felton Jr presiding. He charged the grand jury on duties of the clerk’s office sheriff jail records and examination of public offices. He urged action against gambling concealed weapons and whisky sales to minors and on the Sabbath. Foreman T U Conner was elected amid a large civil docket and several divorces filed. Funeral for Mrs Wells led by Rev White followed.
Letters from Elizabeth Nobles describe abuse by captains and prison conditions, while Mary Traylor recounts new hymns and kindness from Methodist sources. Also in Macon, barbers form a union with set prices, and A. A. Powell is murdered, a mystery police hope to solve soon.
Savannah industries fear Standard Oil may back a major consolidation of naval stores factors and houses into a new American Naval Stores Company. Central Trust Company of New York handles negotiations. Barber of the trust is expected to arrive with contracts. If finalized, about nineteen thousand dollars finance the deal and most local factories will join, reshaping shipments and wholesale operations.
In Cartersville Georgia on November 6 special report says Judge A V Fite has been bedridden about four months with Bright’s disease of the kidneys. Doctors Greene Todd and two Fite brothers from Indian Territory, along with his father Dr F B Fite, report fever gone, pulse normal, respiration steady, mind clear, and that he is on the mend with no setback anticipated.
Savannah prepares to host the Georgia division United Confederate Veterans reunion November 2–4 with 5000 veterans expected. Col John Screven chairs a large local committee handling accommodations, transportation, finance, reception and entertainment as organizers finalize a three day program including parades, sessions at the Guards armory and Savannah theater, and fireworks in park extensions.
The Georgia division United Sons of Confederate Veterans plans a Savannah gathering led by Commander Hollins Randolph. The program includes sessions at Odd Fellows hall, a parade, dinners, an excursion, and a Confederate entertainment lineup.
The funeral for Dr T M Shaw was held at 11 a m from the First Presbyterian church in Rome. Interment followed at Sardis cemetery fifteen miles down the river where he had lived before moving to Rome. He died suddenly Sunday morning at 6 80 o clock of heart paralysis after a three day illness. He was county physician about two years old and in his sixty second year. County commissioners elected Dr Will Shaw, son of the deceased, to fill the unexpired term. Young Dr Shaw had been married just over a week ago.
Deputy Collector B F Carter and an assistant intercepted a moonshine operation in Cherokee County near Cartersville. They confiscated a buried still with a two fourteen gallon keg, a five gallon keg, and a two gallon jug of corn whisky, along with the wagon and team, driving the haul to Cartersville for shipment to Atlanta. The raid follows a recent capture in Paulding County.
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