Road improvements near Leathers Ford praised by locals
A. Smith and Ordinary H. B. Smith work to grade the road along Leathers Ford or New Bridge line, removing rough hills between Lumpkin and Macon counties. The aim is a level, well maintained route from Dahlonega to Gainesville, improving regional freight travel and linking Gainesville and Dahlonega.
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A. Smith
Lumpkin County
Leathers’ Ford
New Bridge
Smith
Tobe Jay
Keith Place
Rufe Conner
Babe Conner
J. M. Conner
Asa Crenshaw
H. B. Smith
Tompkin County
Dahlonega
Gainesville
Georgia Democrats Split Over Macon Convention Selection
Rafe Hutchens accepts Roosevelt Progressive bid and targets Tom Hardwick in Georgia politics. Winder News notes party loyalty splits between Hutchens and Hoke Smith supporters, while many Georgia Democrats frown on the Macon convention outcome. The piece pivots from political tension to a string of demographic facts and a satirical quip about New Jersey mosquitoes.
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Rafe Hutchens
Tom Hardwick
Hoke Smith
Macon
Rafe
Democrats of
Georgia
Winder
Khartum
Egypt
New Jersey
The Preacher in Politics and Wholesale Murder
In a Farmers' Union of Texas message lay readers are urged to keep church and state separate and reject political preaching. The Madisonville Democrat condemns the mixing of pulpit and politics as immoral and dangerous. The Columbus Industrial News reflects on war's horrors and calls citizens to oppose war and defend republican government.
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Farmers’ Union of Texas
Texas
Yennessee
Monroe County
Farmers of
Madisonville
Democrat
Columbus Industrial News
Preacher from China Draws Crowds in Georgia
Atlanta reporter describes a traveling preacher known as the Man from China who has converted hundreds across Georgia and South Carolina with dramatic whirlwinds and rapidly shifting poses on stage from kneeling to straddling the pulpit.
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Atlanta
China
Georgia
South Carolina
Macon News
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V. Price & Co
B. J. Anderson
Pan
Davis
Foley
Bent Bones
Rice & Hutchins
I, Sarglny & Son
North
Georgia Agricultural College
Dansonega, Ga
U.S. Army Officers Ltd
Dahlonega Garage Co
Craig R
Arnold
Ford
Carly
Mountain Clum House
Craig RK
Homer Trad
Dahlonega, Ga
Dr. F.C
Estatiomer Kh
Nugget Office
J. F.moore
Moore & Wimpy
Wimpy & Adams
M. G. Heads
Ford Ours
J.B. Tate
Tate
Lumpkin, White, Towns and Rabun
Ford Road
Sutchens
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