Flood in Virginia Drowns Appomattox Areas
Private Leaped Wire, Jersburg reports heavy rain and rising Appomattox River flooding first floors of buildings on wharves and river street residences. Meadows along the Chesterfield side are submerged and crops damaged. Upper counties report rising river and derailment risks as railroad tracks near Jarretts flood.
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Jersburg
Hiver Street
Third Street
Chesterfield
Cenver
Peace Sing
Atlantic Coast Way
Jarretts
Appomattox Sree
Military footing urged for Savannah police force
Special to The Georgian Savannah Ga Aug 30 at a ritual meeting the police committee read the investigation results about Superintendent Garfankle and the department. It recommends arming a company of cellular soldiers if within the commission's power and calls for discharge of Clerk Haym for abusive language toward Alderman Grayton. The report notes some officers allied with West Side saloon interests and that the superintendent violated a regulation by not visiting the men on both dispositions. a full report awaits a future meeting.
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Savannah
Garfankle
Haym
Grayton
West Side
Poth
Theaters Preview Mars Comedy and County Fair at Grand Bijou
The article reviews the current Grand program with David Proctor starring in A Message From Mars as Horace Parker and Haverly Mastodon Minstrels led by Billy Beard. It notes strong reviews for Proctor and praises the show’s reforming moral, while also highlighting Nell Burgess in The County Fair and the energetic, well cast minstrel company with noted performers Harry Weaver and others. The piece emphasizes audience rapport and the production’s lavish scenic elements.
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Mars
Mr. Ganthony
David Proctor
Horace Parker
Mara
Patio
Humieneas
Haverly
Mastodon
Haverly Mastodon
Bijou
Billy Beard
Harry Weaver
Harry Parkerson
Joseph Gomes
Calvin Huss
Walter Leon
Beason
Nell Burgess
Neil Burgess
Bigall
Abby
Mr. Burgess
Malt Tax Hearing Postponed For Third Time In Atlanta
In Atlanta, druggists fail to form a quorum at the malt tax hearing in city hall for a third time. A Saturday meeting is planned to urge the tax committee to strike the $200 malt extract tax from the ordinance, which had not been enforced until this year. License inspector Ewing reported 18 plus drug stores selling malt without prescriptions and enforcement could raise between $3,600 and $4,000 for the city.
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Atlanta
Ewing
American woman freed on charge of cruelty
London report says Lady Naylor Leyland formerly Miss Jennie Chamberlin of Cleveland Ohio escaped cruelty charges after claiming horses were maltreated by her coachman. The coachman was fined. In Anniston Alabama a new rental furnishings partnership forms with J M Harkins as senior member following the retirement of the Anniston Cash Store.
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London
Naylor Leyland
Misa Jennie Chamberlin
Cleveland
Ohio
Anniston, Aln
Anniston Cash Store
Ineas Enterprises
Anniston
J. M. Harkins
Grayson Introduces Segregation Ordinance for Street Cars
Savannah Ga August 20 alderman Grayson introduced at a city council meeting an ordinance requiring separate sections on street cars for negroes. The ordinance passed first reading.
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Savannah
Grayson
Bankhead Wins Race for Alternate Senator in Alabama
Special to The Georgian from Montgomery reports that John H. Bankhead leads the race for Alabama's alternate senator as results come in. Comer wins governor with a large majority. Gray secures lieutenant governor. Johnston and Knox contend for the other Senate seat’s finalist spot amid close returns. Comer’s pending resignation from the railroad commission points to G. T. McElderry as a likely successor and Henderson as its president.
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Montgomery
Ala
B. B. Comer
Henry B. Gray
Frank Julian
W. W. Brandon
Walter Seed
Charles Henderson
J. G. Harris
W. A. Wilkerson
Stine
Ea A
Endent . Ca
Inhels
Gene
A. Garberral
John H. Bankhead
Speena F. Sapien
Eee Fistics
John Tyson
J. R. Dowdell
T. C. McClellan
Thomas W. Coleman
W. H. Parks
Comer
Cunningham
Johnston
Knox
Congress
FR. P. Hobson
RB. B. Comer
Alabama
Barbour County
Birmingham
Central of Georgia Railroad
J. W. Smith
Railroad Commission
Fayette
Rivers and Harbors Committee
House
Joseph F. Johnston
Tuscumbia
G. T. McElderry
Talladega
McElderry
Ballard Optical Co announces new bifocal glasses
Walter Ballard Optical Co offers the Ballard Bifocal blending reading and walking vision in one frame. Marketed less than a year ago, it’s touted as the most successful invisible bifocal with a deep tonic curve and large reading field. Visit the sales room at 61 Peachtree, Atlanta, Ga.
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Ballard
Peachtree
Atlanta
Strange Faces in Court as Trio Faces Lyerly Family Murder Case
In Charlotte on August 30, three accused killers Della Dillingham Henry Gillespie and George Ervine were slated for trial in Salisbury this week for the Lyerly family murder. Grand jury had returned a true bill before the prior lynching. Authorities anticipate possible postponement and transfer to the Rowan sheriff, while crowd fears repeats of past turmoil.
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Charlotte
N. C
Della Dillingham
Henry Gillespie
George Ervine
Lyerly
Salisbury
Nease
John Gillespie
Jack Dillingham
Rowan
Boy Kills Brother in Accidental Gun Discharge
Samuel Carter was shot and killed here today by an accidental discharge from a firearm held by his brother, a prominent young timber man in the county. The incident occurred in Gray, West Virginia, on August 0. The private wires report a tragic family accident with no stated motive or suspect.
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Gray
W. Va
Samuel Carter
Women Fight For Permits To Let Children Work
In Baltimore at the Bureau of Statistics and Information offices women fainted and some clothing torn during a rush for work permits as the new child labor law, effective Saturday, requires children aged 12 to work to obtain permits.
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Baltimore
Bureau of Statistics and Information
Equitable
Davis and Elkins Sued for Fifty Thousand Dollars
Ny Private Leased Wire Parkerburg W Va Aug 30 Henry Gassaway Davis and United States Senator B Elkins have been named as defendants in a suit in equity for fifty thousand dollars in the circuit court here. They bought sixty thousand acres of coal land in Harrison and Lewis counties for three hundred fifty thousand dollars, later selling to the Little Kanawha syndicate, and the former owners claim a sum of fifty thousand dollars remains due them.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Henry Gassaway Davis
United States
8. B. Elkins
A. B. Whitman
George Gilmore
Harrison and
Lewis
Elkins
Davis
Little Kanawha Syndicate
Black Hand Threat Against Children Reported in Wilmington
Wilmington Del Aug 30 A steamboat man E Warren received a letter threats to kill his two small children unless he deposited 125 at a paint designated in the letter and recognized by a red flag. Threats of death for disclosure. Police and post office authorities taking charge.
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Wilmington
Del
E. Warren
Post Office
Muscogee Delegates to State Convention
Columbus Ga August 30 It is understood that the following gentlemen will compose the delegation which is to cast the vote of Muscogee county for Hon Hoke Smith at the convention which meets in Macon on September 4: Hon Frankly Garrard Judge J H Martin Captain I J Slide and J J Yarbrough The alternates who are said to be selected are as follows: Hon A A Carson Homer Howard Dr H M Lynch and J Britt David.
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Columbus
Muscogee County
Hoke Smith
Macon
Frankly Garrard
J. H. Martin
I. J. Slide
J. J. Yarbrough
A. A. Carson
Homer Howard
H. M. Lynch
J. Britt David
Mail sacks miss Baltic by three minutes in San Francisco
New York ledes: Nineteen sacks of mail bound for Europe aboard the Baltic failed to catch the ship by three minutes. A wagon driver blamed street congestion for the delay, highlighting the city’s traffic bottlenecks as the cause of the miss.
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New York
San Francisco
Europe
Baltic
Bandits Overrun Warsaw Capital in Debt and Rent Rackets
In Warsaw, bands extort debts from shopkeepers by reading ledgers and demanding a share of sums due. Landlords face nonpayment as revolvered tenants resist eviction. Looting occurs with soldiers offering tacit tolerance, amid broad mob rule and economic strain on capitalists.
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Warsaw
Poland
State Lets Contract for Stationery Supply
Special to The Georgia Montgomery Alabama August 30 The secretary of state yesterday afternoon announced that Roberts & Co of Birmingham were the lowest bidders for supplying the state officers with stationery and that the contract was let to them Their bid was 500 dollars less than Marshall & Bruce of Nashville Tenn Brown Printing Company of Montgomery were the successful bidders for printing for the next two years Phillip Sheehan & Co were the other bidders.
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Georgia
Montgomery
Ala
Roberts & Co
Birmiingham
Marshall & Bruce
Nashville
Jack Tar Rescues Mrs. Belmont's Diamond Bag
Mrs Belmont dropped a gold chain bag with diamonds and $200 into the water from the steam yacht Narada at Newport R I August 20. Jake Anderson from the torpedo station dived for it and recovered the bag. Captain Champlain returned the bag to Mrs Belmont and she rewarded the crew.
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Newport
R. 1
O. H. P. Belmont
Narada
Jake Anderson
Torpedo Station
Chamfpin
Southern Railway schedules from Atlanta terminal
Trains leave a new Atlanta terminal at Mitchell and Madison. No. 23 daily local to Birmingham arrives 6:30 AM. Chicago and Cincinnati Limited runs vestibuled Atlanta Cincinnati with in-car service and meals. Other daily locals serve Griffin Columbus Macon Charlotte and Jacksonville routes with Pullman cars, dining and seating, notifying terminal phone numbers.
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New Terminal
Mitchell and
Madison Avenue
N. B
Birmingham
Pee
Chicago
Cincinnati Limited
Cincinnati
Sullman
Builioea
Charlotte
Dannie
Richmond
Ase
Vine
Chatta
York
Macys
Macon
Facon
Pullman
Birmingyham
Suna I
Ana Colmes Foltisan Palace
Caerte
Chattanooga
Louisville
Florida Limited
Istunsivhes A
Miho
Pullman Ral
Laut
N Chartote Asheville
Wasington Ning
Arrival and Departure of Trains at Atlanta Station
Train arrivals and departures observed at Atlanta station, corner of Itesbell Street and Madison Avenue. Details note routes to Montgomery and West Point. Transportation timetable shows schedules for trains between Atlanta and nearby cities.
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Montgomery
Grange
Atlanta
W St Point
Atlantal
Itebell ‘Street
Madison Avenue
Attractions Promised for Anniston Theater Season
Anniston theatergoers will enjoy a strong season of attractions as Thomas P. Littlejohn of Decatur, manager of the North Alabama circuit including Huntsville Decatur Sheffield and Anniston, announced plans for the coming schedule.
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Anniston
Ala
Thomas P. Littlejohn
Decatur
North Alabama
Hunteville
Sheffield
Annistos
Criminal Assault Charged in Talladega Case
Anniston Alabama August 30 Henry Popa a dusky looking man was arrested near the round house yesterday afternoon by Special Officer Stewart and yesterday evening taken to Talladega county to stand trial on the charge of criminal assault on a negro girl.
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Anniston
Ala
Henry Popa
Round House
Stewart
Talladega Couery
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