County Directory and Road Revenue List from Local Board
A historic county directory page lists officials and duties including Ordinary J. W. Graham Clerk F. B. Brown Sheriff Mason Simpson Tax Receiver IBIAS Brows Breastrer R. C. Bennett Surveyor GA Walker Gardner and roads and revenues details with B. Lewis as Chairman and other county offices. Churches sections name Baptist and Methodist pastors and clerks. Board of Education names J. B. Posey chair and members W. O. Graves M. Collier J. Q. Iandrum J. T. McCadlum W. N. Bikoh C. C. McCadlum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Tiewis
J. W. Graham Clerk
F. B. Brown
Sherif
Mason Simpson
J. W. Ward
Ibias Brows
Breastrer
R. C. Bennett
GA. Walker
Gardner
Board OF Educa Lion
J.B. Posey
Shairmuan
W. O. Graves M
M. Collier
J.Q. Iandrum
J. T
McCadlum
W. N.v. Bikoh
City Officials and Police Chief Named in Belton Listing
City officers including Mayor W. J. Stell and Aldermen Burks Thornton Redwine Camp Smith are listed along with Chief of Police Belton Moore in the latest municipal roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Stell
Burks
B. Thornton
W. W. Redwine
W. R. Camp
W. J. Smith
Belton Moore
Odd Bear Killed by Hunters in Mifflin Township
In Mifflin township Pennsylvania a bear with red hair and pink eyes was killed by William Bellinger and Charles Babcock. The report notes the unusual animal and describes the event with local detail.
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Mifflin Township
William Bellinger
Charles Babcock
Why Chief Ball Lost Out in Atlanta Police Race
Chief John W Ball, defeated for re election as Atlanta police chief, alleges Mayor Woodward opposed him after an arrest for drunkenness on December 17 1900. Ball says Patrolman Dobbins detained Woodward at police headquarters and the Recorder Broyles ordered forfeiture of 5 75 to keep the mayor from a second arrest for carrying concealed weapons.
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The
Atlanta Journal
John W. Ball
Woodward
Ball
Dobbins
Bal
Dob
Broyles
Atlanta
Captain Ball
Dobbing
North Broad Street
Board of Police Commissioners
Chief Ball
At- Tanta
Captain Thompson
Creelman Consolidates Six Hardwood Firms
Chicago lumber magnate F L Creelman forms the F E Creelman Lumber Company with capital of 20 000 000 uniting Evergreen Veneer Works Alabama Montgomery Florida Lumber Cairo Michigan W R Tucker Chicago F H Smith St Louis George OHara Cairo Ill firms. Consolidation covers over thirty saw mills in the south and more than 400 000 acres of hardwood land.
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Creelman
F. L.creelman
Chicago
F. E. Creelman Lumber Company
Evergreen Veneer Works
Evergreen
Ala
Florida Lumber Company
Montgomery
F. E. Creelman Lumber, Company
Cairo
W. R
Aged miner McGroarity dies at 102 in Wilkes-Barre
Hugh McGroarity, early anthracite miner in Pennsylvania, died in Wilkes-Barre at 102. He worked in coal pits for decades and avoided serious accidents until recent years. Sheriff shot by a negro in Chattooga County, Georgia, is mortally wounded Friday afternoon.
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Hugh McGroarity
Wilkesbarre
McGroarity
A. H. Glenn
Chattooga County
Linemen Rioting on Train Bound for Winder Ga
Passengers report a serious riot among Western Union linemen at Dacula a Seaboard station south of Winder Georgia as a northbound train reached its stop. Several injured in the disturbance involving the crew.
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Winder
Western Union
Dacula
Seaboard
Georgia News Roundup Details Terrell and Tax Decisions
Georgia Governor Terrell commends Taft returned flags from captured Georgia troops and notes a gracio us gesture. Attorney General Hart and Comptroller Wright divide views on taxing bank real estate. Four hundred Georgia pensioners await summer legislative relief for a $25,000 shortfall. President Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan may attend the state fair in Atlanta. A libel suit seeks $10,000 in Rabun County. County school convention set for Macon May 9–11. Tax valuation day moves to March 31. Georgia tax officers form an association and appoint officers. Raoul Buys Wadley to Mount Vernon railroad. plans for extension discussed. Cotton movement drives farm meetings. Johnson promotes acreage reduction and newspaper support.
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Georgia
Terrell
Hart
R. B. Park
W. A. Wright
Raoul
Wadley and
Mount Vernon
Wadley
Oconee
Rockledge
William’ Green Raoul
Atlantic and
Birmingham
Ocils
Pinebloom
Valdosta
Augusta
Thomasville
Tallahassee
Gulf
Johnson
M. L. Johnson
Southern Cotton Association
Atlanta
South Georgia
South
United Action
Mrs Roosevelt on Pleasure Cruise to Jacksonville and St Johns River
President's wife Mrs Roosevelt and her children travel Friday from Washington on the Atlantic Coast Line to Jacksonville Florida. They are met by Senators Taliaferro Frye and others and proceed to board the yacht Sylph for a cruise near the mouth of the St Johns River before returning upriver.
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Roosevelt
Miss Alice
Washington
Jacksonville
Pla
Taliaferro
Frye
Rixey
Frank T. Evans
Sylph
Sawmill Plant Destroyed in Summerfield Fire
Fire gutted the H. M Goeth & Co. sawmill complex at Summerfield Marion County Florida on Friday morning. The blaze destroyed the mill planning mill dry kiln all lumber in the yard and about 200000 feet outside. Loss pegged at 100000 with no insurance. The plant was among Florida peninsula's largest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
H. M Goeth & Co
Summerfield
Marion County
Fla
Peninsula of
Roosevelt reorganizes Isthmian canal commission for efficiency
President Roosevelt reorganizes the Isthmian canal commission with seven members, but only three active in major duties. Taft publicizes the new personnel, paying scales, and assigned fields, aiming for swift results.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Taft
Benjamin M. Harrod
Theodore P. Shants
Charles E. Magoon
Canal Zone
John F. Wallage
Miss Mildred Lee Laid To Rest In Virginia Mausoleum
In Lexington Virginia on Friday Miss Mildred Lee youngest daughter of General Robert E Lee was buried in the mausoleum at Washington and Lee University joining her father mother and sister Agnes Lee. Funeral services were conducted at R E Lee Episcopal church with eight Washington and Lee students serving as pallbearers.
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Lexington
Mildred Lee
Robert BE. Lee
Washington and Lee University
Agnes Lee
R. E. Lee Episcopal Church
Carnegie Offers UNC Library Funds If Community Matches
At Chapel Hill North Carolina Andrew Carnegie offers fifty thousand dollars for a university library if the supporters raise an equal amount. The newspapers say the effort will be completed.
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Chapel HI
N. C
Andrew Carnegie
University of North Carolina
Warsaw clash leaves four dead in Dzika street riot
A Sunday incident in Dzika street Warsaw left four Jews dead and about forty wounded as Jewish socialist Bund supporters clashed with a mixed police and military patrol. Proclamations warned against government buildings and bombs, while authorities reported numerous arrests.
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Dzika Street
Warsaw
The
Bundbag
Recoss
Party of Violence
Maximovitch
Four Die In South Carolina Train Wreck
A fog shrouded collision on the South Carolina division near Badham below Branchville involved a freight train from Columbia to Charleston and a Charleston to Columbia passenger train. Four men died including engineer Tom Conlon and brakemen Stokes Adams and Stephens, with freight engineer Arthur Reed badly hurt and not expected to live.
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South Carolina
Southern
The
Southern Railway
Branchville
Badham
Columbia
Charleston
Reed
Tom Conlon
Conlon
Stokes
Adams
Stephens
Arthur Reed
Escort of Gray Veterans to Miss Mildred Lee's Funeral
The body of Miss Mildred Lee left New Orleans Tuesday for Lexington Virginia to rest beside her father in the Lees marble mausoleum. A party of New Orleans veterans accompanied the casket on the train with flowers from patriotic bodies. Captain Robert E. Lee of Richmond met the procession in Atlanta. The head of staff General W. E. Mickle accompanied the group to Virginia, while others turned back in Atlanta.
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Mildred Lee
Virginia
New Orleans
Lexington
Lees
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Robert E. Lee
Richmond
Lee
W. E. Mickle
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Bankers Behind Prison Bars In Ohio Embezzlement Case
Cashier E F Kaneen assistant cashier B Walker and bookkeeper Dana Walker charged with embezzling funds of Citizens Savings Bank of Lorain Ohio placed in Elyria county jail. They were arraigned before Justice E E C Lord pled not guilty and waived preliminary hearing bonds set at 6000 each.
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E. F. Kaneen
B. Walker
Dana Walker
Citizens’ Savings Bank of
Lorain
Ohio
Elyria
E. E. C. Lord
Smith seeks court aid in extradition battle
Writs of habeas corpus were secured in Cincinnati for J Morgan Smith and his wife Julia Patterson Smith. They resist extradition to New York where they are indicted for conspiracy with Nan Patterson. The writs claim detention without warrants and lack of lawful authority for holding either prisoner.
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CincInnati
New York
Nan Patterson
Lighthouse Plans Dropped for St Catherines Island
Information from Washington reports the government will not build a lighthouse on St Catherine s Island. The estate of Jacob Racurs seeks 75000 for five acres as a lighthouse reservation but is deemed too high by officials.
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Savannah
Waheshington
St. Catherine's Island
Jacob Racurs
Four Die In Burning Virginia Home Tragedy
A Virginia family perished in a house fire ten miles south of Charlottesville as W. J. Thompson was away. Mrs Thompson and their three children were burned to death, with investigators noting the fire’s origin is known.
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Virginia
W. J. Thompson
Charlottesville
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County Directory
Nell
Oomr's
B. Lewis
J. ‘I. Lewis
J. W. Adams
W. A. Johnson
N. R. Beadles
W. H. Speer
Trustees School
W. T. Glover
A. Burks
W. L Smith
J. T McCollum
J. M. Jackson
Fayetteville Institute
J. C
Ence
A. B
Kitchens
Dickson, & Kerts
She
J. W.culpepper
N. G
L. T. Roberts
Beo
Superior Court
B.J. Reagan
C. .H. B. Bloodworth
Sol
City Court of
Fayetteville
W. B. Hollingsworth
A. C. Blalock
SPN
W Dickson
W Kitchens
Jv Simpson
Durwipseed
J B Mitchell
W J Carter
Tom West
John Warner
Wallis OP
Trogdon
John M Franklin
Rufe Brogdon
Henry Jackson
GJ Edmondson
R Burdetts
K V Adams
W Walker
F A Webb
B Adams
W A. Leach
J Jones
W. Spratlin
E $ Ward
J M Arnall
B Carson
G Jones
W F Jones
JD Spurlin
W A Wesley
Constable
Atlanta Daily News
Tur Fayerrrvik News
Georgia News
Ed Terrell
Wynn Wright
J. C. Mart Mas
Wright
William J. Bryan
Rabun
Clayton
R. B. A. Hamby
J. F. Earle
Parle
Hamby
Rabun County
John H. Derrick
Harle
Derrick
Macon
State Association of County School Commissioners
County Boards of Education
Merritt
Tax Officers Farm Organization
Georgia Association of Tax Officers
Association For
MB. “McCormick
Polk County
Ps Whittlesey
Muscogee County
W. A. .Calhoun
General Assembly
Mrs. Roosevelt
NEW Canal Board
Panama
Shonts
Miss Lee
Carnegie
W.A. Turk
S.H. Hardwick
Washington, D.C
Us Taylor
AtlanTa, GA
Dr. King
OUGHE
Smith
Court
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