Americus Heirs Claim Fortune in California Case
Judge James A. Hixon reports strong evidence that the deceased Lincoln Hill of Los Angeles was James Hill of Americus, Georgia, and that Americus heirs and Brimfield claimants in Massachusetts have the best case for a $142,000 inheritance. The Massachusetts group lags in proof.
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Americus
Speciaj
James A. Hixon
General Assembly
Sumter
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Hill
Hill
Hixon
Amergus
Hilly
Graton
Dak
Good Samaritan
Judge Hixon
Americas
Brimfield
Mass
James Hill
Georgia
Salem Charles
Massachusetts
Mr. Hill
West
Eli
Balem Charles
Sol Charles
Brim
Mase
Satem Charles
Masa
Charles
Lynching of John Brown alias Lee Greer near Monticello
A mob lynched John Brown 18 after an attempted assault on Miss Johnny Chaffin near Mechanicaville. Captured by a deputy following a justice of the peace trial, he was taken seven miles from Monticello to a secluded spot where the posse executed the punishment. Brown was stated to be 18 years old.
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Monticello
John Brown
Lee Greer
Johnny Chaffin
Viola Chaffin
Mechanicaville
Brown
Justice of the Peace
Lowe dies after morphine overdose in Athens
Joseph B. Lowe, a member of a leading northeast Georgia dry goods firm, died after taking an overdose of morphine by mistake in Athens. His body was moved to Madison this afternoon. The death occurred on the night of August 31, with a special dispatch noting the incident.
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Athens
Joseph B. Lowe
Madison
Georgia
Visiting His Old Home in Washington Georgia
Special James Hughes from Yokum Texas visits his old Wilkes county home, after leaving thirty years ago to railroading in Texas. He recalls living at Beaumont and recalls Spindle Top where Yamous wells were offered at one dollar an acre, a land so worthless that taxes would not be paid. The Spindle Top tale is well known and needs no repetition here.
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Washington, Ga
James Hughes
Yokum
Tex
Wilkes County
Lone Star State
Hughes
Beaumont
Klondike
Bua Houseworth
Hurch
Kiondike
Stanton
Chattahoochee
Peachtree Creek
Hulsey
Billy
Jennings Halsey
Baily
Cynother Cross Roads
Cross Roads
Latamer
Hand Mashed Off in Roundtap Press at Washington Ga
In Washington Georgia on August 1, Dave Wingfield two African American workers suffered severe injury when his right hand was drawn into a roundtap cotton press at the Southern Cotton Co plant. Doctors amputated the limb above the elbow. It is the first such accident since presses began operating locally.
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Washington
Dave Wingfield
Southern Cotton OU Company
Butler Sentenced to Chaingang in Washington Ga
Charley Butler two African American men were captured at Lithonia and brought to Washington for trial. He received a twelve month chaingang sentence after an earlier attack on Lindsey Orla. Butler resisted arrest, escaped, and lived under an assumed name until Sheriff Catla way tracked him down in Lithonia.
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Chaingang
Washington, Ga
Charley Butler
Lithonia
Butler
Lindsey Orla
Catlaway
Klondike reminiscences and revival at a Georgia crossroads
The narrator visits Klondike, a now-discontinued post office site, praising its people over a harsh drought era. He recalls revival services with many youths showing faith, the legacy of Hulsey’s crossroads, and stories from an elderly couple and a former plantation era.
Stabbing and murder cases shock Macon streets
In Macon two violent incidents are reported. Wil Carhoun is arrested for stabbing Henry Davis in a shack, with Davis hospitalized after multiple knife thrusts. A separate case indicts Bash Nash for murder of Garfield Rockermore near Holton Bibb county, with Nash claiming Rockermore shot himself. Coroner’s jury verdicts, suspects’ alibis, and witness notes are summarized, followed by local church services and community notices in Macon.
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Macon
Wil Carhoun
Henry Davis
Davis
Calhoun
Thompson
Calvin
Gane
Bash Nash
W. Tucker
Bible
Garfield Rockermere
Holton
Bibb County
Nash
Rockermore
J. L. Gerdine
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
Corea
Gerdine
J. G. Pastene
W. N. Ainsworth
Mr_Robson
Claud Estes
J. H. Johnstone
McCarty
Madison
Vineville Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Baptist Young People's Union
Tattnall Square Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
R.E. Douglas
Crumps Park
W. C. Kale
Second Regiment
Ocmulgee Park
Osborne
J. A. Newcomb
Academy of Music
J B. Johnstown
J. G Harrison
Rose Hill Cemetery
Pallpeaters
Messrs
J. S. Raley
F. Beecher
William Artope
J. H. Bush
Dq. P. Robins
Florence Jarrell Wall
Washington City
C. P. Wall
Rose Hill
Joseph H. Hall
Mount Airy
Clarkesville
Walter B. Hill
The
State University
Hall
Halseys and Latamer Cross Roads and the Granite Trade
The essay recalls Halseys and Latamer crossroads as once popular plantation homes now decaying. It notes Mrs Dr Felton as a possible native and Latamer as her father, praising past community greatness. It highlights granite quarries near DeKalb as a promising future economic beacon rivaling Klondike gold.
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Crogs Roads
Rype
Dr. Felton
Latamer
Halsey’s Cross Roads
Latamer's Cross Roads
Kiondike
Corner Stone Laying Marks New Conyers Methodist Church
The Conyers Methodist Church laid the corner stone of its new building Monday at 5 PM. Rev John A Reynolds led devotion, with Rev J L Troutman and Rev E Johnson present. The piece recounts previous fires destroying earlier churches and a romantic tale tied to the second blaze, plus plans for a grand new structure with a pipe organ and special memorial windows.
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New Methodist
Conyers
John A. Reynolds
JL. Troutman
E. Johnson
Atlanta
H. Y. McCord
Milledgeville
Conyers Methodist Church
North Georgia
Georgia
David H. Anderson
China
Habersham Adams
R. J. Bigham
Methodist Publishing House
Nashville
Pine Mountain of DeKalb County A Mountain Worth More Than Gold
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Pine Mountain in DeKalb County once valued at six thousand five hundred dollars in cash after a buyer paid to own it. The tale notes how granite terrain, once overlooked, proved its worth beyond the world’s gold mines, with a humorous family scene about cash tucked in pockets.
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DeKalb County
Pine Mountain
Gibraltar
Tithonia
Venables
Childs Gratitude and Hospital Stories Across Years
A collection of short items highlights fiscal optimism with DeKai County’s one million today and forecasts a decade ahead. It recalls a New York physician’s touching hospital story of a boy’s gratitude and a playful debate over Ping Pong definitions in Indianapolis News.
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DeKai Sarge Plunkett
Uties
New York
Wille
Indianapolis
Farmer is Shot to Death Near Foster's Mill
Rome Georgia August 31 Special Alonzo Latta fired three bullets into John McCulla at Foster's mills 20 miles from Rome The two farmers quarreled over nothing Latta arrested later that day and jailed in Rome McCulla died minutes after being shot authorities reported two prominent residents of Foster's mill district involved in the fatal exchange
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Alonzo Latta
Foster’s Mill
Rome
John McCulla
Foster’s Mills
McCulla
Latta
Foster's Mill
Roosevelt to Visit Knoxville for Two-Hour Stop
Knoxville Tenn August 91 Congress man Henry B Gibson received a message from Secretary Cortelyou that President Roosevelt will stop in Knoxville for two hours on the evening of September 8. The special train arrives from Chattanooga at 6 and departs at 7 with about twenty five in the party. A program may include drives to city points of interest.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Henry BR. Gibson
George B. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Chattanooga
Cortelyou
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