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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
1
A noisy welcome greeted the American battleship fleet at Yokohama as Japanese observers and local crowds gathered. The event underscored rising naval ties and the stature of the visiting ships in a formal display of cooperation and maritime reach.
The American battleship fleet anchored off Yokohama at dawn amid massive enthusiasm. Twelve American and sixteen Japanese warships formed four long columns as crowds waved stars and stripes. A reception for the flagship Connecticut followed, with newspapers in Yokohama and Tokyo issuing special illustrated editions.
Lieutenant Frank T. Evans of the battleship Louisiana was found guilty on charges of absenting himself from his post while officer of the deck and disrespect to a superior officer and intoxication. The court-martial verdict, announced by Rear Admiral Sperry in Yokohama, orders Evans to forfeit 150 numbers and receive a public reprimand.
News arrives from Scottsboro of night riders burning the large cotton gin of Butler & Co at N Hope. The gin had been posted to gin to more cotton at the current price. reports say the mill continued to run and the blaze followed. This is the first reported gin burned in Alabama by night riders.
The Norwegian ship Majorca arrived at Pensacola reporting the death by suicide of Master Captain Wiefsen at sea two weeks earlier during a voyage from Buenos Aires. The vessel returned with half mast and the first mate in command. the captain reportedly despondent over a broken leg and went to the bridge before leaping into the sea and was not recovered.
G M Mallory, Chattanooga inventor, fell fifty feet during his first aerial attempt in the South. He escaped with minor bruises as his partially wrecked machine lay nearby. His wife, seeing the crash, wept then begged him not to fly again. He vowed to rebuild and retry.
Historical brief reports a Lawton Oklahoma league gathering where Geronimo spoke via interpreter condemning white luxury in hunting. Other items include a Culpepper murder verdict in Alabama, a Kentucky arson loss, a Missouri family tragedy, a bomb discovery in El Paso, and a ferry collision in Ontario. Local crimes, fires, and a jewel theft case in New York are noted with various outcomes.
A Detroit and Mackinaw relief train carrying Metz villagers to safety was derailed by spread rails near Nowicki Siding. Fifteen people, including eleven women and children, perished in the blaze. Fire engulfed the village and surrounding 20 mile strip. many refugees injured, crews killed or burned attempting to escape.
London reports President Roosevelt will travel to England early in 1910 after Africa. He plans to give the Romanes lecture at Oxford and receive an honorary DCL. He will also visit Paris to address the Sorbonne, with Mrs Roosevelt joining from Khar toum.
The Farmers' Union plans to boost cotton prices with a national session in New Orleans on November 11 attended by President C S Barrett and state and local leaders. An executive session precedes a public gathering of southern supporters to back higher cotton prices. In Chicago an unknown assailant shot at Father J K Fielding at Corpus Christi Church but did not injure him. Police tighten security at Catholic churches across the city.
Chicago announces that 416 roads in official classification territory will notify shippers that from November 1 the new uniform bill of lading mandated by the interstate commerce commission will apply. Shippers refusing the new terms will have shipments moved under carrier liability and face rates 10 percent higher than the regular rate under common law and state and federal law.
The Gettysburg National Park Commission reports it is preserving the battlefield in its original shape by purchasing large woodland tracts and adjusting old roads to align with battle lines. The aim is to maintain battlefield features while ensuring accessibility across the park.
Naval stores operator Jack Gilbert shot and killed engineer Eugene Wood near Panama City on a log road. Wood, passing Gilbert without stopping for freight, prompted Gilbert to halt by placing a red flag and firing as Wood stepped from the engine. The killing was immediate and fatal.
A large cotton warehouse owned by Edward Fewell in Rock Hill South Carolina burned, destroying about 760 to 800 bales of cotton and causing total losses near $28,000 to $29,000. The structure carried about $3,000 of insurance on the building and the cotton was insured at market value. The facility had previously burned partially on September 13, with about 200 bales lost, indicating prior damage.
The Pullman Company filed a new nationwide seating schedule covering every parlor car. It replaces the prior four regional rate sheets and aims as a re adjustment rather than a regulation of rates. General Manager Dean notes minor reductions overall with no major changes.
In Polk county Aragon a petition for a 400000 dollar cement company charter was filed. Brunswick formed a 100000 dollar company to mine bauxite and manufacture aluminum. Valdosta saw a 50000 dollar tobacco culture venture. A northern company controlling 297000 acres in Okefenokee swamp plans mills and tram roads to extract timber. Oxford plans a 30000 dollar church. remodeling First Baptist in Thomasville eyed. Griffin awarded a buggy plant, Elbert county a steel bridge. Columbus and Buford land sales and a 100000 dollar Atlanta realty deal noted. Americus street railway bonded for construction by Oct 20. De Kalb to vote on 300000 road bonds. A 50000 dollar Atlanta leather firm and Mastman 50000 dollar patent medicine company formed.
Georgia cotton seed crushers foresee action against a 2 cent per hundred weight freight rise on cotton seed oil. A committee led by M. S. Harper and W. H. McKenzie will confer with peers from other states and the Interstate association. A meeting is set for October 19 at the state fair in Piedmont Park during Cotton Seed Crushers Day.
F Duckworth resigns as president of the Farmers Union of Georgia to devote time to chairmanship of the national legislative committee. J L Lee of Stone Mountain is elected to succeed him as state president and is described as the best man for the job. Duckworth will focus on national union duties after leading since the organization’s start.
Governor Smith announces appointments to a Georgia board of commissioners as honorary members of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association. Listed are A. H. McLaws of Savannah, W G Sutlive of Savannah, FE N Hancock of Savannah, B Caverly of Avanta, R L McKinney of Macon, B H Mason of Brunswick, H Levy of Brunswick, J T Colson of Brunswick.
The Augusta chamber of commerce will publish a descriptive booklet about the Queen City of the Savannah River valley to advertise its great resources. Pensions for the fourth quarter are not expected in Bibb County until early December. Ordinary Wiley says payments will be sent as soon as the commission secures funds. Marriage licenses were issued in Fulton County to Isaac Bell, 76, and Salli Craig, 86, longtime sweethearts from Atlanta. Collections at Exchange Bank of Macon were slow in September, with under $4,000 in receipts. the bank has paid about 65 percent of debt and hopes to reach 75 percent by year end. The state election managers must file separate returns to the governor and secretary of state, with constitutional amendment returns to the secretary of state. Jim Council, a Bibb County convict, escaped from Durham coal mines with Oliver Brown. Brown captured, Council still at large. Bibb County to gain convicts under new anti-lease laws for roads and improvements. John A. Betjeman of Albany coordinates Columbus participation in the southern industrial and commercial congress in Washington in December. Ben L. Jones of Macon, heir to $200,000 from Nat Jones of Arkansas, travels west to pursue his inheritance. Munson Steamship lines sues South Atlantic Car & Mfg Co. of Waycross for $36,000 over loss of a shipment linked to a Panama project. Trial set before Judge Emory Speer in Valdosta. Macon aims to acquire the Wirz monument, to be placed near Cotton Avenue and the Commercial Bank, with the Daughters of the Confederacy choosing the city. Martin town elected officers with A. V. Matheson as mayor after a close race. four-vote margin over R. P. Garner.
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