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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1902
Page
8
Oth is described as up to a part year ago at a factory. The text references a long ailment and a local worker in connection with factory work. Details are fragmentary but indicate routine industrial activity and employment.
Alabama Republicans aim for gains in districts four and seven as the party acknowledges a tough race in others. Despite a weak vote in the August primary, nominating hopes rest on Sydney Bowie and John Burnett, with Burnett popular across parties. A Republican campaign kicks off October 6 with Governor candidate J W A Smith leading from Russellville.
John Makepeace a wealthy sash and bling maker of Sanford shot himself at noon after a report of a gun. A plow on the floor and a shotgun by his side indicate the self inflicted wound to the chest. Melancholia is suspected. family and business ties appeared satisfactory. He leaves a widow and grown children. Fate of L and N employees follows rumors of Coast Line changes. Alabama workers fear policy shifts and job losses. A veteran railroad man doubts major changes and expects President Smith to stay. In Macon a negro named George Harrison was arrested for shooting Caesar King at a Houston county church festival last Saturday. King was not fatally hurt.
Across Georgia counties the voting favors Candler for associate justice with varying margins while Ross carries several counties for different offices. In Warren and many inland districts turnout is light yet decisive in places like Gwinnett and Walker with Candler tallying higher in some precincts and Ross narrowly winning others.
Columbus Mississippi reports a federal case against the Mississippi Cotton Oil Company Mills over an alleged cotton oil trust. Indictments rely on testimony from E T Sykes Jr. Papers served on Columbus Oil managers Davis and Lewis to appear in Aberdeen on the 8th. Northern district mills from Corinth to Meridian summoned. others to follow. Ohio supreme court extends Cleveland judgment suspension to November 2.
On October 2 in Henderson a father, Cole Sr, was convicted of first degree murder for killing Roadmaster George Stevers aboard a Seaboard Air Line train. His son Joe Cole Jr was convicted of second degree murder and both men faced severe penalties with the father sentenced to hang and the son to thirty years in prison. Cole Jr. also shot a train porter who tried to aid the conductor. The Raleigh dispatch also reports broader North Carolina items, including Croatan Indian schooling, state education statistics, and recent charter actions and tariff plans.
Constable Hollingquist was killed by William Murphy in a Avenue F saloon over a dispute on the constable's right to search for pistols. The incident occurred after a confrontation tied to a local franchise dispute and yields a grim local murder report from Birmingham Alabama dated October 2. The broader news notes that Seaboard Air Line and Frisco have abandoned litigation and may ally for earlier railroad access into the city.
Montgomery Alabama October 2 Special The managers of the election at Dothan stoutly deny that there was any fraud in the primary. One manager issued a card asserting he opened the box before voting began and examined it. the claim of 150 ballots present at start is dismissed as untrue. Meanwhile Henry county previews a county naming debate as Dale, Geneva, and others prepare to resist.
The Elmore county Republican convention at Wetumpka nominated Spencer J MecMorries of Wetumpka and Millard F Berry of Isville for state representatives, with Norflet Ivy of Deatsville named for superintendent of education. It remains unclear if a senate candidate will be entered in the Elmore Tallapoosa district. The Mississippi doctors article notes the state health board meeting in Jackson October 1 for medical license exams, with about sixty applicants and no temporary licenses before months after the regular session.
Walter Poe was acquitted by a jury today in the murder trial arising from a feud between the Poe and Springfield families dating to 1901. The defendant allegedly struck John Springfield with a stone during a general melee.
Quitman Ga October 2 Special farmer Williams reports an acre and a half of Egyptian cotton seed from Florida thriving. Yield heavier than short cotton, finer staple with silky luster about 4 inches long. Seed sent to sericultural department praised as well suited to southwest Georgia and Florida. Williams plans full crop of this variety next year. Wildcat insurance crackdown noted in Mississippi with 100 plus firms banned and arrest ordered for bypassing licenses. Bishop Harris acts as Mississippi church head during Bishop Thompson’s illness in New York. Cardiff firm reportedly booked 15000 tons of steam coal for a single American order.
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