Atlanta Woman Fights Reward in Murder Case
Carolyn Duncan of Central Avenue Atlanta contends with T EB Lockhart for a $250 state reward for the slaying of Middleton Hard night watchman for the W and A. The two men Lane and Jim Hargrove weretried convicted and sentenced to life. Duncan claims she helped locate the killers by information secured near her home. Governor Terre will act soon as parties announce. The state and W and A rewards may be paid from the governor’s road fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Duncan
Iue
Atlanta
T. EB. Lockhart
Middleton
Lane
Jim Hargrove
Dunclaim
Sociologists Close Fifth State Meeting at Carnegie
The fifth annual State Sociological Society session ends Thursday at Carnegie with officer elections a highlight. No candidate has declared for president to succeed B C Thrash. Winning crime prevention papers are judged by pen name. second prize goes to Miss Addie F Arnold of Atlanta and third to Mrs Im Travis of Covington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Sociological Society
Carnegie
B.C. Thrash
Addie F. Arnold
Atlanta
Im Travis
Covington
E. C
Augusta
Warships Visited for Southern Ports Tightened Quarantine
The Louisiana Board of Health orders strict quarantine for warships at southern ports this summer. Two French cruisers are due from Cuban ports to celebrate July 14 and must be fumigated and quarantined for six days before entering New Orleans. French officials and the Yucatan run of war are towed to the quarantine station until clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
New Orleans
Thin
Washington
Yucatan
Former Governor Simon P Hughes Dies at 76
Special to The Georgian from Little Rock Arkansas reports the death of former Governor Simon P Hughes at age 76. He served as governor from 1885 to 1889 and as a justice of the supreme court from 1859 to 1894.
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Hughes
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Simon P. Hughes
Supreme Court
Girl in the Pie scandal shocks New York artists
In James Breese's luxury studio a banquet featured a huge pie. Four enslaved performers released a girl who, at fifteen, was served as a child queen among canaries and candlelight. The tale follows her removal to streets, her mother seeking help, and a husband driven to despair by the memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Breese
Poe
Lucullan
Breese
Stanford Whits
Stanford Vale
Bosie Jonson
White
Harry
Candy Factory Walkout Ends With Return To Work
A group of about thirty candy plant workers at Black A Candy and Cracker Factory on Ellis Street near West Hunter walked out citing higher wages and shorter hours. After meetings they returned to their positions by Thursday, though owner Mr Block claimed he had as many employees as he needed.
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Ellis Street
West Hunter
Auck Candy Department
Strange Conception of Time Puts Negro in Tower Cell
Henry Groves, a Black youth, rented a bicycle from H J Norton at 81 Edgewood Ave. He failed to return it for three weeks. He was arrested by Call Officer Cooper. At Recorder Broyles he claimed the bike was punctured. Judge Broyles bound him over to state courts on larceny and sent him to the Tower.
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Henry Groves
H. J. Norton
Edgewood Avenue
Groves
Cooper
Paatee Wae Atrarans Esrearen
Broyles
C. H. Tweed
Fulton Bag
Ward
No Tainted Money Built This Home Says Priest
Rev Father McGuire of St Michael's church and police chaplain dedicates the new $500,000 St Vincents home for homeless boys in Brooklyn State and Borum Place. He denounces tainted money and insists the building is a sacrifice of the poor, free of ostentatious donor plaques.
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New York
Father McGuire
St. Michael's Church
Police Department
J. Vincents
State
Borum Place
Brooklyn
St. Vincents Home
Inquest Held Over Local Man on Courtland Street
An inquest into the death of Tom Smith, an aged resident on Courtland Street near Gilmer, was held by the coroner after he was found dead at his home Wednesday morning. The verdict was death by natural causes.
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Tom Smith
Courtland Street
Gilmer
Standard Oil Accused of Driving Out Small Rival in New Orleans Hearing
Special to The New Orleans Times photoed a session of the Interstate Commerce Commission investigating Standard Oil affairs at the federal court room in New Orleans Judge J C Clements presiding with Commissioner C A Wrouty. Witnesses including managers Anderson Wyre and Hudson testified about alleged rate and competition issues affecting Louisiana refiners. The hearing continued with testimony on six cent rates and field practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Anderson
Record Oil Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sesson
J. C. Clement
C. A. Wrouty
Vermont
T. Marchand
Commisse
Deer
Tetroleum Associates
D’ Roe New York
Regent
Wyre
Wyre ‘Oil Company
Shreveport
Hudson
Louisiana
Ci Mamisnionse
Carey
Air
Fan's Enthusiasm Leads to Police Court
Butch Johnson, a white youth watching a Piedmont double header, grew enthusiastic as an Atlanta player crossed home plate and hurled a cushion. Plain clothes officers Coogler and Starnes intervened, suspecting an assault, while nearby youths interacted with soda and falling bottle incidents. Judge Broyles urged caution in future conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butch Johnson
Piedmont
Atlanta
Coogler
Starnes
Homer Lips
Broyles
Grimes Threatened Suicide Over Elopement Hope
Mrs. Clara Grimes describes her son John Alexander Grimes as loving widow Mrs. Rankin and planning to divorce his wife before Wednesday’s fatal shooting near Roswell. He warned he would kill himself if the elopement with Mrs. Rankin’s daughter-in-law did not proceed, and reportedly said Mrs. McGinness urged him to marry, while he faced jail, poverty, and a crippled family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mravie McGinness
Clara Grimes
Rankin Street
John Alexander Grimes
Roswell
Rankin
Chiidien
Rankinstree
Alexander Grimes
Beanaer
John
Grimes
Baracas to Convene in Atlanta in 1907
The National Baraca and Philathea convention will be held in Atlanta in 1907 drawing 1500 Baraca and Philathea classes. A. B. Caldwell presides over the Atlanta Baraca Union and notes railroad concessions will aid the gathering, which is expected to be large. A local trouble involves a man’s claim of a romance and possible bigamy, with family distress and police silence.
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Atlanta
A. B. Caldwell
Atlanta Baraca Union
Mrs McGinness Remains Interred At Lebanon Church
William Grimes shot and killed Mrs Evie McGinness after she refused to marry him. He surrendered at Dunwoody and was jailed in the county jail. Mrs McGinness was buried at Lebanon church in the country near her Roswell residence at 2 o clock this afternoon.
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McGinness
Lebanon
Alpharetta
William Grimes
Evie McGinness
Roswell
Dunwody
Thaw Case Witness Refuses to Testify Before Jury
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry K Thaw, refused to answer questions before a grand jury citing pain from the scandal. Assistant District Attorney Garvin excused her after stating the topic was too painful. Zeph R White, Stanford White’s brother, travels to New York to attend family matters and assess Thaw’s case.
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New York
Architect
Denver
Colo
Zeph R. White
Stanford White
Harry K. Thawtspee
Stanford ‘White
White
Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw
Stanford
DeKalb County court cases and local incidents
Reports from Atlanta city court include a $2,000 damages suit against Willis Wallace Paper Company by James L. Burnett for breach of agreement and competitive conduct. A separate inquiry involves a $1 theft claim bound over for city court. Other items note a well-digger asphyxiation, a boy’s accident, a charter grant for Miona Springs Railroad, and a canceled lecture due to illness.
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Ansinat City
Dekalb County
Atlan Aeeraee
Peters
Willis Wall Paper Company
James L. Burnett
Burnett
Coal Company
Francis-Kelley Coal Company
Annes Aperior Court
Pany
M. D. and
Atlanta
Ind
McClelland
Miona Springs
Miona Springs Railroad Company
Triton
Fort V
Southahe Atlantic
Sta.way
Hunt Valley
W. P. Myer
Miona _ Springs
Tornado Nearly Destroys Town in Oklahoma
Tittsewah Oklahoma June 28 A tornado has practically demolished the town nearly every building torn from its foundations many carried some distance residents sought shelter in cyclone cellars stock losses heavy crops ruined within the town and surrounding area
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Tittsewah
Okla
Ice trust man prefers jail to cut in price
Toledo Ohio June 28 Convicted Ice trust men have sentences reduced to six months and 2500 fine P H Watters states he will go to the workhouse and serve out his sentence before agreeing to sell ice at old prices He claims it costs him more and would rather die in the workhouse than sell for less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ICE Trust
Toledo
Ohio
P. H. Watters
Burglar Sent Up for Life and Ten Years Besides
Jefferson City Mo June 28 Joseph Yondell received at penitentiary today under sentence for life and ten years besides. This extraordinary sentence followed a series of burglaries after conviction and parole revocation. The case underscores a harsh judicial outcome.
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Jefferson City
Joseph Yondell
Yondell
Sen
Fryea Ee
Wang
Libsy
Tet Pee
Fulton County Democratic committee row debated in south Georgia
The Felder committee is favored by the sub committee led by W W Stark. He says the white voters of Fulton county were not given fair chance in meetings. A meeting of the sub committee appointed by Chairman Yeomans will decide which rival Democratic executive committee is recognized. Managers and clerks have been chosen.
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Felder
W. W. Stark
Fulton County
Yeomans
Commeré
Stark
Frank Park
Sylvester
Ty Blalock
Fayetteville
J. B. Burnside
Hamilton
Burnside
Mr. Stark
State Committee
Trustees Select Teachers at Milledgeville College Meeting
A proceedings brisk session with the Normal and Industrial College of Milledgeville trustees selecting faculty. The Atlanta Thursday gathering at the office of Yieming Hetasen discussed nominees and the election of committee members and officers for the upcoming year.
Third Ward Residents to Decide Rail Openings
A city issue on East Hunter Street calls for Third Ward residents to determine how many railroad openings should be allowed. The Wednesday streets committee discussed the matter after a lengthy two hour session with a woman from Goan Ge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Ite Jyante
Hunter Street
Bryan County Voters to Hear Hoke Smith
Special to The Aoe Pembroke Georgia June 2 The Hoke Smith campaign makes a tour of Bryan County as voters prepare for the governor race The visit aims to inform residents about Smiths platform and rally support in the county
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan County
Hoke Smith
Pembroke
Doe Bet Bis
Itech
Taree Ryan Coaly
WANTS HOCH TO BUY 4000 VOTES FOR 2000 DOLLARS
June 23. F A Rich ard of Logan writes to the governor promising to send 2000 to hire a Norton area young man to turn votes. Rich claims to be a detective and says 2000 is the required amount to influence party votes. Charles Seamons, governor's private secretary, wrote to general about the solicitation by the boy.
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F. A. Richard
Logan
Norton
Rich
Charles Seamons
Gene Ge
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