Open All Night as Columbus Fair Runs Wide Open
Columbus Georgia during the fair week shows open saloons and widespread gambling with a Lemmy device on Main Street earning the fair association daily rents. A warranty suit was filed but the operator posted bond and the fair proceeds reach about 4.8 daily. crowds pour in for excursions and floral parade events. The Constitution notes the queen’s float led by Miss Garrard and other festive tableaux including Daughters of the American Revolution and Confederacy floats with veterans in gray.
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Columbus
Lemmy
Street Fair Association
Fair Association
Bern
Bond
Thlsely
Canton Midway and
Carnival Company
Hagenback
Eld
Miss Gar-rard
Queen Anne
Miss Garrard
Dozier Pou
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the Confederacy
Ins
Colonel Shepherd
Redd
Ten Mile Relay Race Winners Ranked by Miles Run
The report lists relay winners by the distance run, noting first through third places. Details indicate which team or runners achieved top positions within the ten mile relay event.
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Mies
Ate
Emory College Freshmen Win Ten Mile Relay Record
Emory College at Oxford Georgia reports the inter-class ten mile relay won by the freshmen in 66:20. Heinz of Atlanta wowed with a 4:30 mile on the tenth leg, shaving 19 seconds off J Cole Morgan’s prior college mark. Seniors battled back late but fell short after a late surge by freshmen.
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Emory College
Oxford
Henry ‘Heinz
Atl
Janta
J. Cole Morgan
Knoxville
Tenn
Walnut Grove
Heinz
Burbage
Waring
Unior
Notable floats in local parade feature Daughters of the Confederacy members
Captain Bates and several prominent locals joined a parade float procession. The Daughters of the Confederacy showcased Red Jacket cannon while St Elme pupils and Pond fillies decorated floats. About twenty young ladies rode in a vehicle, with Miss Lucy Stewart and Miss Edith Carter drawing admiration for their beauty, and Mr Flournoy’s carriage stands praised.
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Captain Bates
Robert Howard
D. R. Bize
W. R. Bettell
Charles Flournoy
Jenkins
Daughters of the Confederacy
Red Jacket
St. Elme
J. W. Miller
John Flournoy
Lucy Stewart
Edith Carter
Clara Jordan
Jordan
Parade of Elaborate Traps and Floats at the Ocean Steamship Event
The procession showcased a model Kansas City steamer from Ocean Steamship Company and numerous ornate private traps. Notable entries included Garrard and family carriages, Little Isabel Garrard under morning glories, and Mrs Rhodes Browne with Mrs Jr. McNulty. The Columbus Railroad float and a Colombia Cuba tableau drew praise, while a banquet later in the week promised major Georgian and Alabama attendance including Senator Adamson.
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Ocean Steamship Company
Kansas City
Louis F. Garrard
Garrard
W. ©. Chears
Holland
Danville
Isabel Garrard
Guy Garrard
Helen Garrard
George Brown
Miss Burnett
Rome
P. J. Williams
Ethel Scarbrough
L. A. Scarbrough
Rhodes Browne
Jr. A. McNulty
Col
W . Stewart
Miss Chears
M Madden
Brunswick
Sarah Alexander
Jennie Howers
J. F. Poul
Felder Pou
Carrie Daniel
Miss Frazer
Mish Reynolds
Macon
Mary Moore
Alice Curtis
Snider
Blanchard
Booth
Palmer‘ox
John Blackmar
Rey
Mr. Wood
Mise Myrtig Scot
Atlanta
Columbus Railroad Company
Wildwood Lake
Azala Center
Genie Keene
Charles Keene
Halley
Peabody
Greentree
Mr. Bullock
Davis
Negroes to Run Mill and Town in Georgia Project
LaGrange Georgia November 8 A cotton factory to be built and run entirely by Negro labor under the Mutual Aid Society with no white workers. A 150 acre site near town will become a mill and a town for Negroes with a Negro mayor council and police. The plan envisions a depot station, schools and tenement houses, and funds from 300 lodges across Georgia aim to reach $100000 for start.
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LaGrange, G4
Troup County
Mutual Aid Society
Georgia
LaGrange Lodge
Marcon, LaGrange and Birmingham
Mittal Aid Lodges
President Pope Brown Speaks on Dixie Interstate Debt
Colonel J Pope Brown president of the State Agricultural Society comments on the Dixie Interstate fair receivership. He says the society is not liable for the fair debts and notes a remaining 1750 due on a contract with Macon Exposition Company. He vows to fight suits, seek fair play, and expects Atlanta to handle its share.
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Macon
J. Pope Brown
State Agricultural Society
Constitution
Iire
Dixie Interstate Fair
Macon Exposition Company
Exposition Company
Agricultural Society
Atlanta
Atlanta Exposition Company
Telegraph
Macon Exxposition Company
Mr. Brown
State Agricultural Society eyes better fair. Macon plan cited
The State Agricultural Society remains in strong shape with high member enthusiasm and a resolve to stage the best fair yet. Debate centers on Macon as a host under contract, while judgments delay future site decisions. Colonel Nisbet claims $10,000 was in treasury when he left the society and losses occurred at Atlanta fairs. Colonel Brown denies knowledge of the matter.
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Macon
State Agricultural Society
Telegraph
R. A. Nisbet
Atlanta
Colonel Brown
Constitution
Mass Meeting in Albany Decides on City Primaries
In Albany Dougherty county a packed courtroom heard Democrats debate a pre municipal election primary. Brown and Kitt supporters clashed as Brown backers secured a victory electing the chairman and pushing for a new city Democratic executive committee to appoint primaries, effective after January. The mass meeting was highly charged with tight calls and potential trouble.
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Albany
Dougherty County
Messrs. & B. Brown
N. Fr. ‘Kitt
Tift
Brown
Mr. Brown
Sidney J. Jones
Almand Made Administrator of J. D. Floyd Estate
In Wilkes County Georgia the Superior Court jury sustained the ordinary’s choice of R A Almand as permanent administrator of the estate of J D Floyd who died intestate leaving about ten thousand dollars. Thad Green of Eaton ton contested, claiming kinship and had been denied. Green’s lawyers include Thomas G Lawson and William Wynne while Almand was represented by Colley Sims.
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J. D. Floyd
Wilkes County
Washington, Ga
Wilkes
Thad Green
Eeatonton
Green
Supreme Court
Thomas G. Lawson
Wiliam Wynne
Mr. Almand
Colley Sims
Sentenced to the scaffold in Augusta murder case
Mack Taylor was today sentenced to hang on December 8 after a brief trial for the murder of Alfred Seago in Augusta Georgia. The defense was led by attorneys Sullivan and Baxter with Judge Beabrooke presiding as the verdict was delivered.
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Mack Taylor
Alfred Seago
Augusta
Jude
Beabrooke
Sullivan and Baxter
Turmoil in a Rural Store Brutal Attack Story
Taylor a former Third Cavalry teamster entered Alfred Seago’s store on the outskirts of the land and cut Seago’s throat while he weighed meat. He was arrested next day at breakfast, fearing lynching, and spirited to Chatham county jail with attempts to escape. James Barney freed due to indictment fault. Artemus World pled guilty to burglary and got twelve months. Dave Dunn’s murder trial of Jim Roberts began and will continue tomorrow.
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Taylor
Third Cavalry
Alfred Seago
Chatham County
James Barney
Artemus World
Dave Dunn
Jim Roberts
New Cotton Factory Built In Greenesboro
A new cotton factory is nearly complete at Greenesboro. Superintendent Thomas Nichols moves forty two workers to Monroe to oversee a mill addition. A stranger, W G Haywood, climbed the tower and fell thirty four feet but escaped serious injury, his body bruised and face disfigured.
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Greenesvoro
Thomas Nichols
Mmonroe
W. GO. Haywood
Brantley Speaks At Waycross Fair
Congressman W G Brantley of the Eleventh District addressed a large Waycross audience at the fair as Governor Candler was delayed at home. Introduced by W M Toomer, Brantley praised the nation and critiqued Philippine policy comparing it to Britain before the American Revolution while noting fair attendance was strong but below last year.
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Eleventh District
England
Prohibitionists Pressure Wilkes County Grand Jury
Washington Ga November 8 Special The prohibitionists of Wilkes county are pressing the grand jury now in session. Indictments have been brought as blind tigers and stills flourish under the open violation of the law. The agitation aims to intensify enforcement after over a year of prohibition.
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Washington, Ga
Wilkes County
Grand Jury
Wilkes
Washington Merchant Charge Sparks Grand Jury Tensions
A clerk at a Washington merchant’s store was questioned and pointed to three or four grand jurors when asked who drank at the shop, revealing a tense moment amid the ongoing inquiry.
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Washington
Askead
Plant steamship La Grande Duchesse to Savannah New York route
Savannah reports the La Grande Duchesse will resume service on the Ocean line between Savannah and New York with a 5 PM departure tomorrow from New York. It is understood the Plant system will receive all passenger and freight proceeds from this boat under the previous arrangement.
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Savannah
Ocean Steamship
New York
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