Georgia Militia Heads to Chickamauga Maneuvers
The First Infantry departs Savannah for Chickamauga under Colonel Gordon with Major Barrow commanding the First Battalion and Major O Leary leading the Second. Companies Emmet Rifles Republican Blues Irish Jasper Greens Queannocne Light Infantry join the special train, with detachments from Savannah and Macon areas, joining en route.
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Jasper Greens
Savannah
John G. Butler
Queanocne Light Infantry
Macon
Brunswick
Valdosta
Atlantans to Speak at Big Barbecue in Of and
Special to The Georgian Offerman Ga Aug 3 The Dig barbecue on Saturday August 4 draws about 5000 visitors with reduced rail fare from Offerman Nicholls and Coast Line 4 cents round trip Notables Hon W G Brantley and Hon Hooper Alexander will speak and local demos with modern roadmaking machinery will entertain The event promises feasting and various amusements for all visitors
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Offerman
Pierce County
Atlantic
Birmingham
Coast Line
Nicholls
W. G. Brantley
Hooper Alexander
Elihu Root Fails to Win Money in Rio Races
In Rio de Janeiro on August 3, Elihu Root, Secretary of State, joined Pan American delegates at a holiday race meet. A large crowd gathered as a home honored the visiting official, though Root did not win the purse. The congress work continues in committee, with material expected soon for action.
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Rio de Janeiro
United States
Pan- American Congress
aMcial
Rio
Root
Congress
Hoke Smith Invited to Speak in Augusta
Augusta Ga Aug 1 Hoke Smith invited to visit Augusta and address voters of the county on Aug 17 four days before the state primary The invitation makes him the first gubernatorial candidate invited aside from the local speakers who spoke the previous night in the city All candidates including Estill and Smith are to be invited to Augusta with addresses planned before the primary dates for the others are not yet named.
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Augusta
Hoke Smith
Smith
Senate Committee Debates Boykin Bill on bucket shops
The Senate agriculture committee spent from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday hearing arguments for and against Boykin’s anti bucket shop bill. Chair Hogan and members heard witnesses including Sam Jones, Harvie Jordan, J K Akers, and Savannah exporters. No vote was taken. discussion resumes Monday at 3 p.m.
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Senate Committee On Agriculture
Boykin
Senate
Hogan
Miller
Ware
Williams
Hand
Wheatley
Farr
Reid
Parker
Walker
Fitzgerald
Crum
Peyton
Rose
Sam Jones
Bam D. Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Reef
Orr
Boykin Bill
J. K. Orr
Atlanta Credit Men’s Association
Cottom
Armas
Hepwald
Isies & In
Akore
J. & Akers
Inmat
Apa
Senator Reid
Akers
Hearne Estate Claimed by Negress in Probate Case
A probate court in Clocusatl Aug 2 hears a case regarding the estate of Hearne. A white and colored marriage ban statute and penalties for clerks are cited as influencing the proceedings. The estate is tied to Hearne’s Japanese widow, amid questions of inheritance and legitimacy.
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Ohio
Lyman Gages Son Takes His Own Life
Dy Private Lenced Wire Seattle Washington August 2 Ell A Gage son of former secretary of the treasury Lyman J Gage committed suicide in his room at the Tourists Hotel by shooting himself through the heart Instant death. No cause known for the act. Gage arrived in Seattle a month ago with a letter of introduction to J D Trevholm president of the Northwestern Steamship Company. His wife and child arrived in Beattie Sunday and have been searching the city for him.
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Seattle
Wash
A. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Gage
J. D. Trevholm
Northwestern Steamship Company
Beattie
Increase of wealth great in Decatur
Tax assessor McBride completed the tax digest for Decatur county yesterday afternoon. Returns this year total 6,826,9907, up from 4,867,435 last year, an increase of 960,000. Bainbridge alone shows an increase of 410,000, a notable rise after Decatur lost seven districts to Grady.
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Bainbridge
McBride
Decatur County
Decatur
Grady
Wanted in Gotham Arrested in France
Paris dispatch reports Samuel Buchner, a Cracow native, arrested at Berlin authorities request. He is wanted in Berlin for several swindles and by New York and Vienna police for swindling. Buchner, described as handsome, stayed at top hotels with substantial luggage and money, suspected to belong to an international thieves gang.
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Paris
Samuel Buchner
Cracow
Berlin
de Prete Rey
New York
Vienna
Buchner
Crusade of W C T U Routed by Mirth
Special to The Georgian reports that the W C T U has abandoned warfare after local jokes about peek-a-boo waists and short bathing-suit skirts. Reformers admit they cannot withstand the public mirth while insisting their views remain unchanged. A Long Beach convention scene highlighted a young LA union member presenting on cocktails, her pink shoulders visible through openwork attire.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Long Beach
Los Angeles Union
Bishops to Control Is the Popes Plan
By Private Leased Wire Tome Italy Aug 2 The pane isaid to have none an effort to bring about a modus vivendi In France by incorporat ing in his instructions to the French clergy relative to the church share separation law.
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Tome
Italy
France
Kaiser to Meet King Edward This Month
Berlin dispatch reports the Kaiser will meet King Edward this month as part of a northern crushe meteorological observations kept daily by the Royal Meteorological Institute of Berlin. The meeting between Kaiser and King Edward is fixed for this month.
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Kaiser
King ED
Leane
Berlin
Royal Meteorological Institute of
Bert
Edward
Headache Tettecation in New Saommares 5 Nexinews
Fragmentary text reports injuries and fatalities with unclear names and places. Core details about the incident are illegible, but mentions a violent event causing harm and fatalities, with limited legible references to persons and actions.
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Household Remedy Feature
Fragmentary reads claim of Dr Miles anti pain pills as a household remedy. Text hints at legal concerns and alleged cures but wording is garbled and unclear about specifics, dates, or organizations.
You Negroes in the North Set Southern Negro Alone
Washington August 3 Rev A J Cobb Barnesville Ga Young People's Christian Congress drew applause but clashed with Black leaders as he urged whites to ally with the South and urged Negroes to leave the South’s race issues to themselves He claimed he was unaware of being Black until looking in a mirror and urged Southern Negroes to manage their own affairs Atlanta preacher H H Proctor urged ending prejudice by making it unprofitable noting legal and public barriers as examples He called for severe punishment for assaults on women and urged the death penalty for attackers
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Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Boykin
Ykin
Rodacenes
Anderson
Akers
Georgia
Savannah
Murray Stewart
Seah Wright
R. A. Crawford
Stewart
Senator Wheatley
North
Cheatham
Fairchild le Co
Crawford
Charleston
Cotton Exchange
Washington
A. J. Cobb
Barnesville
Young People’s Christian Congress
Rev
H. H. Proctor
Atlanta
New York Vice Crusader Raids Art Students League
Anthony C n stock led a police wagon raid on the Art Students League at 215 West Fifty-seventh Street seizing catalogs and arresting a bookkeeper, Miss Anna Robinson, under obscenity statutes. The raid drew ire from artists including Kenyon Cox and George Bridgeman, who questioned the raid’s authority amid a quiet season for vice suppression.
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New York
Anthony C ®Nstock
Art Students’ League
West Fifty-seventh Street
Niee el R
Bulleng
Anna Robinson
Jane Doe
Mayo
Art Students League
Kenyon Cox
Frank Vincent Dumond
Gubron Borglum
George B. Bridgeman
Alice Beckington
Win C. Taylor
Thomas Fogarty
Kaiser asserts red danger worse than yellow peril
Paris reports an interview in which Emperor William of Germany says red danger surpasses the yellow peril as a threat to global security. He claims assassinations risk for Presidents and Kings parallels that for Alfonso V, and he comments on French army scandals with cautions on anti militarism as an international pest.
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Kaiser
Paris
The
Matin
William
Germany
Timperer
Falleries
Alfonso V
Kiel
Kalper
Alabama to Become Pennsylvania of the South
Washington reports Charles F. Scofield of Bridgeport Alabama praises Muscle Shoals water power after new legislation. He notes 100000 horsepower at Shell Mound and 66000 at Bridgeport, arguing Alabama’s mountainside plateau supports high quality cotton despite common belief.
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Alabama
Pennsylvania
Washington
Charles F. Scofeld
Bridgeport
Ala
Raleigh
Mr. Scofield
Richardson
Congress
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River
Shell Mound
Odd Fellows Oust Jersey Barkeepers in New Jersey Lodges
A New Jersey Odd Fellows group moves to remove saloon keepers bartenders and professional gamblers from its lodges aiming to purge influence and restore lodge integrity. The action targets those who have wormed their way into the organization under the banner of the fraternal order.
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Jenonier
Odd Peitowa
New Jersey
Fever Strikes Alabama City Families Desperate For Aid
Special to The 5 Gadade from Gadsden Alabama Aug 3 reports families in Alabama City struck by fever facing destitution. One eight member household unable to care for others while another four-person family relies on charity. A local Red Men lodge plans a public entertainment to raise aid. Also reported Mike Costa Elliott Fruit Co superintendent severely scalded when a can pulley failed spilling hot water on him.
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Gadade Wias
Alabama City
Red Men
Gadsden
Ala
Mike Costa
Elliott Fruit Company
Bloodhounds Track Escaped Prisoner From County Jail
Private Leased Wire Newcastle Pa Aug 3 Bloodhounds are on the trail of Thomas O Tool brother in law Roy Barber is manhunt expanded after a jail wall hole was found at noon jailer bid him good night Wednesday night O Tool last seen at 9 pm Wednesday McKissick’s dogs chase the trail uncertainty on how long he has been gone
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Newcastle
Thomas O'Tool
Roy Barber
O’tool
Leonard Lane
Court House
McKissick
Translator at U S Legation Held in Contempt
Havana Aug 3 Mr Keyes translator at the United States legation faces prosecution for contempt of court after he snatched a pen from a judge during a declaration in a civil suit. His action prompted formal charges and a forthcoming court hearing in the matter.
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Havana
Keyes
United States Legation
Low Rates At Resort Towns And Rail Points
List of low rates to Warm Springs and other southern destinations with prices ranging from 3.75 to 13.00. Includes Chicago, Detroit, Saratoga, Atlantic City and Atlantic Beach as listed destinations. Mentions Passenger and Ticket Office at 1 Peachtree Street, phone 142, J G Lusk as district passenger agent.
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Warm Springs
Chick Springs
Asheville
N.G
Waynesville
Hendersonville
N. C
Lake Toxaway
Tryon
N.C
Tate Springs
Tenn
St. Simons
Cumberland Island
Atlantic Beach
Fla
Chicago
Peachtree Street
Death of Grand Niece of President Polk in Union County
Mary E. Austin, a grand niece of President Polk, died at her Union County home at age 70. Born near the South Carolina line south of Charlotte, she married A. J. Austin fifty years ago and left nine children. She was a daughter of the late Aaron Little, a prominent state figure.
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Georgia
Charlotte
Mary E. Austin
Polk
South Carolina
Here
Union County
A. J. Austin
Civil actions in Hinds County rise to two million dollars
Civil actions involving damage claims exceed half a million dollars within thirty days in Jackson Mississippi. The Hinds County civil docket is estimated to contain damage actions aggregating nearly two million dollars.
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Jackson
Miss
Hinds County
Hawkinsville Joint Health Meeting Cleans City
Hawkinsville Georgia on August 3 reports a joint meeting of the city council and board of health resulting in a general cleanup effort. Officials say there is little sickness and no typhoid fever or serious epidemic currently in the city.
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Hawkinsville
Board of Health
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Elihu Root
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Las
H. C. Arnold
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Henry Hull
Edmond & Charles Randolph
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Seaborn Wright
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Mae
Mid Rae
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Nutting
Tate Mann
Ae BP. F. Co
J. B. Nutsing.& CO
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Atlants
Negress Now
Hearne
Lyman Gage
Gotham
W.C. T.U
Dr. Miles
Globe Clothing CO
Whitehall St
N. Y
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the Art Students’ League
ODD Fellows
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Via
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Lasino
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Wills
Morraldo
Amour
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the Marvelous Andress
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