Georgia Mob Lynching Denounced By Carroll County
Minutes from Carroll County Singing Convention and an editorial lament a Macon mob that hanged a man, denouncing mob rule, urging law and juries to handle crimes. The piece stresses government, law, and the duty of jurors while condemning violence and praising restraint. It notes legal definitions of murder and complicity under Georgia law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Georgia
Lawfs
Christian Index
Minutes of
Carroll County Singing Convention
Pleasant Grove
Carroll County Times and Canzone Frex Press
Pleasant View Church
J W Nixon
Stop You Miss Me Noted In Paper Humor
A Sun and Banner item mocks readers who stop their paper to spite editors. It notes such acts yield no effect and jokes about claiming the paper when missed. A Republican paper hopes President Cleveland leaves Washington in as good a state as found, with a Texas anecdote about moving out. The column closes with a quip on doing good to let light shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Macon
Heto
Ingo
God
Apostle
Code of Georgia
the Sun and Banner
Williams-port
Cleveland
Washington
Austin
Bueksen's Arnica Salve Sale by Hallum Hamrick Co
Tis Best SALVE for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands cal blains corns and skin eruptions and cures piles or no pay. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Price 95 cents per box. For sale by Hallum Hamrick & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallum, Hamrick & Co
Practical Jokers and a Snakes Tale at a Depot
Traveling men at an eastbound rail depot hear a sister in law’s fear of snakes linked to a childhood fright in New York. Nettie fainted when a harmless snake was used to frighten girls, leaving her lifelong dread. Also cited are admonitions against snubbing youths for attire or class, and a rural anecdote about a no fence neighbor rattling a cow bell in Walton county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uptown News
Union Depot
Asray
Nettie
St. Paul Globe
Walton County
When a poetical and practical meet in one story
A jumble of rustic sketches and dialogue features a sentimental traveler admiring Rocky Mountains and a practical innkeeper, a cottage wedding serenade ends in a playful scuffle, and a macabrely comic coincidence about a Detroit Free Press style miscellany with residents and merchants.
Ring the Chestnut Gong
Mr. John T. Sullivan recalls a Detroit ferry crossing incident in which an Irish passenger leaped from a gate with a shouted warning. He slipped on a banana peel, rolled across the deck, and landed far from shore as the boat neared the dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Sullivan
Detroit
Chicago News
Miraculous Escape Claim for Consumption Cure
Dr. Louisa Pike of Barton, Randolph County, Indiana, was given up to die by physicians. After using Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption she recovered enough to walk miles to Winchester. The story credits the remedy with saving her life and mentions free trial bottles at Holton, Trimrick, and Co. drug stores.
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W. W. Reed
Winchester
Ind
Louisa Pike
Bartonia
Randolph Co
Hultum,tram
Rick & Co
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Carroll Free Press
Adwin R. Siarph
Jaopka J. Tagorby
Cobb
Walker
Attorneys AT Law
Carrollton
Pe Gonnoy
Owl Brown
Gordon
Browhn
Tive
Djvinitiy
Ainst
Bo Gow
Reid
Grow
Gagumn
Stewart Building
Merrel
We T
Cole
Merrell
Atlaw, Guecescore
Merrelt, & Cole
Nevis
R. © McDaniel
Gos
Snow
Mande- Ville
Carroll Nursery
Carroll
McAllen
Semple
SOM Adlen & Spares
City
JEP ._LOVVORN
Father’s Mills
Bowdon
Merwe. & Core
NC. Brown
D.W.T. Brown
BROW
Whitesburg
Arial
Eor Sale
Ellton
Wies
Edgeworlh
Carrol County Singing Convention
P Sewell
F P Morris
P [Sewell
FP Morris
J J Molloway
CM Doster
J C Hixon
J W Ivey
J T Mathes
SM McBrayer
S M McBrayer
W G Mathes
Nccess
C I. Mullins
Jackson Kelly
CR. Mullins
Douglas County
DB Head
Navalson County
W B McLendon
Chattahoochee
P Bash
R Ayers
Tallapoosa
J. W Ivey
Macedonia
Flat Rock
F Ib Morris
Higgins’ School
D B Ifead
BR Ayers
JJ Holloway
C Af Doster
JC Nixon
C M Doster
WG Mathes
ST Sims
WJ Smith
JT Mathes
JT Ivey
WT Morris
Haralson
Af Hamrick
Paulding
IS Mickle
J W Norton
J.W. Higgins
EF Hix
Pp. L Seweelt
J.J. Hontowsy
Suelt Emi
Texas Siftings
Bueksen
Arnica Salve
Edison
Boston
Shakespeare
Milton
Hogart
Demosthenes
Greece
Rocky
Ole Missoury
Brite
Benton Street
Detroit Free Press
Chicago
Yosemite Forest
Inty
Mother Hubbard
Michigan Central
St Thomas
Mr. B
Toronto
Park House
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