Chinese laborers debated for canal work row
Washington Aug 10 There is talk of employing Chinese instead of Jamaicans on the Isthmian canal Chief Engineer Stevens slated to replace Shonte as head is blamed for pushing Chinese labor over Jamaican labor Senator James Jones of Arkansas reportedly supports Chinese labor at the canal amid race prejudice concerns
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Washington, D.C
Isthmian Canal
Stevens
Shonte
Stev Ser
James Jones
Arkansas
License Inspectors Report Swelled Revenues From Pawn Shops
License inspectors reveal a large increase in license fees this year amounting to 1600 dollars after checks were received from pawn shop investigations led by R A Ewing. Ewing finds pawn brokers selling second hand goods and competing with retailers by selling first hand stock. A 50 tax had been in ordinance for two years but not enforced. Ewing and Hayes sent notices to 18 pawn shops. 15 operated last year. Checks will be reviewed at the next tax committee session.
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R. A. Ewing
Ewing and
Hayes
Atlanta Briefs From The Evening News
Local items report a new charter for the Athens Co operative Live Stock Insurance Company with Athens based incorporators El mer Crawford Cobb Lumpkin A A McDume H 8 West and W P Jackson It notes a Raleigh arrival D C Swindell who was found by a patrolman intoxicated and fined $ with costs A little girl struck by a bicycle messenger boy but not seriously hurt A Harris Adams negro was arrested for the incident Patrolman Rowan handles a shooting dispute between Ola Perdue and Rosa Sparks A magistrate deals with several disorderly conduct cases S H Smith promoted to secretary treasurer and general manager at Bowling Green cotton mill Houston R Harper heads to Charlotte for a hotel advertising campaign Edwin A Pound to lecture on The Bible Patrolman George C Joni to face trial at police station Mrs Carrie Mapp and daughter sent to almshouse for home seekers, both penniless New hats arriving for county police from a mystery donor, chief asked to keep identity secret Jack McKibbin negro arrested after trouble on a Federal prison streetcar and returned to work at East Point yards
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Athens Co-operative Live Stock Insurance Company
Elmer Crawford
Cobb Lumpkin
A. A. McDume
H. 8. West
W. P. Jackson
Athens
Crenshaw County Records Twenty Second Killing in Two Years
Special to The Georgian Montgomery August 40 In Lavern six miles from Roach s saloon Aubrey Roach 25 shot James Moore wealthy farmer after a dispute over a trivial matter Moore allegedly advanced with a knife The incident marks Crenshaw County s twenty second killing in under two years and underscores ongoing violence in the region
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Montgomery
Ala
Roach
Lavern
Aubrey Roach
James Moore
Moore
Crenshaw
Mob of Negroes Attempt Lynching in Valdosta
Valdosta Ga Aug 30 an armed mob of about fifty men gathered at the jail to seize Wil Clark the negro charged with assaulting a 5 year old girl. Jailer Ellis and Guard Hester warned they would shoot the first man and Sheriff Passmore was notified. The mob dispersed but warned it would return. The jailer’s family was moved and defenses prepared. A special term of court was requested to try Clark.
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Valdosta
Wil Clark
Clark
Joler Ellis
Hester
Sheriff Passmore
Georgia News in Paragraphs from Albany and Nearby
Local Georgia items report Albany merchants organizing as the Retail Grocers and Merchants Association to protect members from unscrupulous customers and improve credit. Other notes cover Aug. 30 typhoid deaths near Naylor totaling fourteen sick before, a Valdosta burglary with knives stolen, a Savannah franchise bid for Bull Street auto line with a 10 cent fare, a Columbus suit for 5000 dollars over a fall from a ladder at Eagle and Phenix mills, a head wound from a Girard altercation, and insured Hirsch warehouse damage with uninsured Jessees losses.
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Albany Merchants
Albany
Savannah
Bull Street
M. W. Wilavo
Columbus, Ga
James M. Lowrie
Eagle and Phenix Mills
Columbus
Hirsch
Jessees
BR. Johnson & Co
Steamship lines unite to challenge new rate law
Steamship companies in Boston and New York join to test the reach of the Interstate Commerce Act singling out coastwise routes. The Metropolitan Steamship, Merchants and Miners, Savannah Steamship, Clyde, Boston and Philadelphia, and Eastern Steamship lines link to determine ICC jurisdiction over their traffic to ports from Norfolk to Brunswick and beyond. Savannah and other routes are cited as affected as the dispute heads toward possible Supreme Court review.
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Boston
Ines
New York
United States Supreme Court
Ttmn
Mbate
Savannah
First Public ICC Order Eases Ice Rates
Washington Aug 30 the Interstate Commerce Commission issued its first public order granting the Bon ton and Maine Railroad relief from the 20 day rate change rule. The railroad may reduce ice rates on five days notice due to urgent public demand and ice crop shortage. Lower ice rates apply from Maine Northern New Hampshire and Vermont to Boston and nearby towns.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bonton and Maine Railroad
Bonton and Maine
Boston
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Spread of Fever No Longer Feared in Mississippi
Jackson, Miss Aug 30 Surgeon's view from the Marine Hospital Service says yellow fever cases at Natches were misdiagnosed and contends the disease is absolutely controllable. He calls for abandoning quarantine like smallpox practice and predicts no trouble with yellow fever in the South this year.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
J. H. White
Marine Hospital Service
Natches
South
Accade RO
Bryan Declines Discussion On Politics At Sea
Private Leased Wire reports in New York that William Jennings Bryan refused to discuss politics while aboard a house boat returning to the Mint after a stop. He praised Nebraskans and his home folks but gave no commitments to speak on the meeting.
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New York
Bryan
Tom Johnson
Bill
Mint
Nebraska
Negro Boy Killed by Switch Engine at Fifth Street Crossing
Columbus August 10 Mack Henry a 16 year old negro boy was cut in two by a switch engine on the Central of Georgia Railroad at the Fifth Street crossing today. He was riding a coal wagon when the accident occurred.
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Columbus
Mack Henry
Central of Georgia
Fifth Street
State Fair discussed by Frank Weldon in Griffin
Griffin Ga Aug 10 The second day of the Georgia Agricultural Society convention drew many attendees. Frank Weldon praised state fairs for educating visitors and boosting Georgia farm wealth, urging continued support for premiums and new initiatives such as a corn and cotton contest for boys and a Jersey cattle show. He highlighted a museum of Georgia manufacturers to promote home industries and solicited samples from producers for a state exhibit without cost to makers.
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Griffin
Georgia Agricultural S Society
Frank Weldon
Weldon
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
South Carolna
Ward
Jersey
United States
American Jersey Cattle Club
America
Museum of Georgia Manufacturers
Hamner Celebrated After Narrow Senate Victory in Alabama
Senator elect Ed D Hamner receives widespread congratulations in Gadsden Alabama after a tight sixth district win. St Clair County voting confusion at the courthouse blamed for the county's swing in his favor.
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Gadsden
Ala
D.hamner
Court House
St. Clair County
A Lady Detective in Paris Jewels Case
Claire de Romain, a refined yet restless Parisian, becomes a rising detective tasked with tracing the jewel thefts linked to Lola Paquita. In a web of aliases Mme de Charmois and Mme de Carino, she tracks a suspect across Madrid, Biarritz, Trouville, and Ostend, discovers the thief is Lucienne de Carino, and unravels a personal confession that reshapes her mission and leads to a dramatic resolution.
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Claire de Romain
Claire
Jean Grillon
Grillon
Milo
de Romain
Paris
Mademoiselle
Madrid
Lola Paquita
Paquita
France
Mme. de Charmois
Mile
Mme. Charmois
Mile. de Romain
Claire Gulati
Mme. de Carino
Mme
Lucienne de Carino
Easant
Fortune de Garrinac
Mme. de Carina
Miss Jefferson
Lucienne
Sarassa
Miss de Romain
Ludefine
Rue de Matin
Tamalwaya
Paria
Madame
Fle Uch
Ima Soamesata
Buzette
Pir
Au Revoir
Mme.de Carino
Jean Pontalrol
C. d
Spain
Miss Tetter Non
Mile, de Romain
Clatks
Villa
Anthe
Ana
Trouville
Ostend
Hart Patn
Paul de Carino
Principe
Henri de Charmois
Oo Express
New York
Jockey Club
Iss Romain
Irene
Ina
Carina
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Atlanta News
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Swindell
D. C
Raleigh
Joseph L. Gillman
Gordon Street
Harris Adams
Rowan
Olin Perdue
Grady Avenue
Hancock
Rosa Sparks
Hrough
Rosa
Ola
S. H. Smith
S. I. Smith
Stipitat Publication Society
Bowling Green
Charlotte
Houston
R. Harper
Harvey & Wood
Atlanta
N.C
Selwyn Hotel
Hart
Aew
Pound
Edwin A. Pound
Waycrows
First Methodist Ohurch
Toghief A. Q. Turner
Jack McKibbin
A. B. Branch
Wright
Oliver
East Point
Branch
Severgil Dave
Crenshaw ‘County
Farmer
Georgia News
Paragraps
Jeelal
George Robinson
Frank Hermann Frank Jry
Girard
Hermann
Brunswick
Harriett Bridwell
Gate City Terminal Company
West Hunter Street
J. T. Pendleton
Countess of Strafford
Samuel Colgate
M. T. Kennard
England
Theodore Randal
Saragossa
Biarritz
Hotel de la Reina
Mme, de Carino
Maire
Hersel
Jack Jefferson
Abe
Grilion
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