New Counties Named by Legislature in Crisp Era
The legislature created Jeff Davis county with Hazehurst as county seat, Stephens with Toccoa, Jenkins with Millen, Burner with Ashburn, Grady with Cairo, Toombs with Lyons, Tift with Tifton, and Crisp with Cordele as county seat. Governor signed the measures. elections slated for January and October to fill offices. doubts linger on terms and taxes. The governor and state officials used Whipple’s gold pen for signing. Some county officers may resign at term end. ordinary may set elections for representatives and tax collectors in subsequent cycles.
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Crisp- County - Weath
Sea
Mobley
Crum
Vernor
Terre
Jenkins
A.V. Whip
Cordele
W. H. Went
Adge Whipple
Lall
Bibb
Doory
T. Hill
J. C. Kenn
Crisp County
Jeff Davin
Hazehurst
Stephens County
Toccoa
Jenkins County
Millen
Burner County
Ashburn
Grady
Ith Catro
A New Bank for Vienna
The News reports Vienna will gain a new bank with a capital of 25000 dollars. Organization is largely assured, with stock subscriptions sufficient to guarantee certainty. A charter application will appear next week and the bank should be ready for business by the end of October.
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Vienna
Nock
Old Dooly
Jones House Shot At. No Injuries Reported
A group of men fired into the home of a Mr. Jones a few miles northeast of the city. No injuries occurred. Warrants are said to be in possession and arrests may follow once parties are located.
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Jones
Trix
DeWitts Little Early Risers Promote Health Relief
A vintage advertisement extols DeWitts Little Early Risers as pleasant effective pills that ease headaches biliousness and constipation. The copy claims they guard against liver trouble and restore function and notes Vienna Drug Co markets them locally.
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DeWitt
Jantalier
Vienna Drug Co
Norfolk Express Plunges Through Draw, 12 Dead 21 Hurt
A Nassau train wreck near Bruce's station in Norfolk county leaves 12 killed and 21 injured as an excursion train from Kingston to Norfolk plunges after a draw opened for a tug. A second large passenger train followed, with 300 excursionists from Rocky Mount and another 800 merchants from Augusta Charleston and Jacksonville en route to Baltimore Philadelphia and New York for fall purchases.
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Norfolk
Atlantic Coast Line
Bruces Station
Kingston
Bruce's Station
Norfolk County
Portmouth
Elizabeth River
Portsmouth
Rocky Mount N. C
Augusta
Charleston
S. C
Jacksonville Fla
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Jacksonville
Tax Increases Reported Across Georgia for 1905
Georgia tax records show a total county increase of 82 266 000 as districts report taxable properties totaling 5 060 692. Fulton County leads with a 3 816 216 rise, Chatham 981 486, with Fulton’s gain highlighted as a sign of strong progress. The overall 1905 increase is framed as the greatest on record.
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Dooly
Tere
Unadilla
Pinehurst
Findlay
Vienna
WLI Cordele
Wild Band Co
Tip" Harrison
Georgia
Fulton
Chatham
Brooks
Morgan
Monroe
Wil
Atlanta News
Findlay Farmer J F Robertson Rides in Heard Buggies
Mr J F Robertson a leading Findlay farmer is seen riding in one of J P Heard and Sons easy riding buggies as part of a local agricultural display.
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J. F. Robertson
Findlay
J. P. Heard & Sons
Cotton crop shows large decline across Texas and neighbors
Dallas August 16 The Gale Veston Dallas News reports a cotton crop survey from 662 correspondents in Texas Indian and Oklahoma territories for August. Compared with 1904 the Texas crop is 1.02 percent worse Indian territory 6.16 percent worse and Oklahoma 7.50 percent better. Southern and western Texas show best conditions while east north central Texas lag. The crop suffers from development, decay, insect damage and weather with heat and dryness halting growth and causing shedding and premature opening.
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Dallas
Tex
Galeveston-Dallas News
Texas
Oklahoma
Bens
Chesnut Dies From Wound After Shootout in Baxley
A. J. Chesnut, who recently shot and killed Marshal Mike Aspinwall, was wounded during pursuit by the sheriff and citizens and died tonight in Baxley Georgia. W. I. Smith of Waycross, a carpenter working on the school building, shot Chesnut with a rifle and has since gone insane and is confined to an asylum. Chesnut had served as a convict guard and was promised deputy warden by Prison Commissioners.
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Baxley
A. J. Chesnut
Mike Aspinwall
Wii Smith
Waycross
Chesnut
Yaenney
Hughes may run to oppose congressman Lewis
Danville's Dudley M. Hughes traveling with his wife through Macon said he has not decided to enter the race against E B Lewis for reelection in Georgia's Third district. He plans to announce next week if he becomes a candidate before moving on to Atlanta.
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Dudley M. Hughes
Danville
Macon
E.B. Lewis
Hughes
Atlanta
Macon Telegraph
Mrs Sanford Accepts Life Insurance Traveling Agency
Rome Ga Aug 16 reports say Mrs Vincent Sanford has accepted a traveling agency for a New York life insurance company. The claim from local authorities is unverified but believed true as Mrs Sanford visits Chattanooga and may pursue a successful role in life insurance.
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Life Insurance Co
Rome
Vincent Sanford
New York Insurance Company
Sanford
Chattanooga
Rural Letter Carriers Meeting in Macon Ga on Labor Day 1905
Rural letter carriers in Doolg j county are invited to a Labor Day meeting in Macon Georgia on September 4 1905. The event promises good speeches and a pleasant time with J B Kina vice president of the association in attendance.
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Doolg J
Macon
J.B. Kina
Tin
ROT
Cy Association
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Endorsed by Vienna Drug Co
The advertisement promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming it nourishes mind and body through a healthy stomach. It asserts Kodol digests what you eat to strengthen the digestive system and quickly cures stomach troubles that are curable, endorsed by Vienna Drug Company.
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Vienna Drug Company
Bloodhounds on trail of fleeing Negro in Georgia attack
Manuel Harty, a Thomasville area negro, assaulted 18 year old Eva Blair Outze wife of a farmer, stole a pistol and shotgun, then fled. A posse and bloodhounds pursued from Thomasville while locals gathered with lynching threats. Mrs Outze, currently recovering, is expected to survive and is soon to become a mother. The suspect was last believed to be at Charles H. Thorne’s plantation, near Chicago millionaire ties.
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Thomasville
Manuel Harty
Charlea Quize
Hying
Phe Than
Fenton
Broad Street
Charlea H. Thorne
Chicago
Cooledge
Here
Man attempts end to pain by jumping from window
Walter B. McCommon a carriage maker of Forsyth Georgia died after leaping from a second story window at the European hotel in Macon. He had been treated for appendicitis and died later that afternoon despite medical aid. A coroner's jury ruled death due to natural causes aided by the jump.
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Macon
Walter B. McCommon
Forsyth
Forwyth
Officers Narrowly Escape Ax Murder Bullet Near Negro Settlement
American Aug. 16 report says Police Chief Feagin and Patrolman Morris were shot at while pursuing a wanted man in a negro settlement at dawn. A rifle bullet hit the buggy across railroad tracks about 50 yards behind them as they fled to reassert the search, but the assailant vanished into darkness with no trace found.
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Feagin
William Morris
Cordele Shooting Involving AL W. Jordan and Horace Porter
A shooting occurred in Cordele on a Tuesday afternoon when AL W. Jordan confronted Horace Porter over a debt. Jordan drew a pistol and fired, wounding Porter in the right arm. The incident arose over money owed to Porter.
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Alegro
AL W.jordan
Horace Porter
Cordele
Porter
Gordon
Fatal Shooting Affray Shocks Plant City on Main Street
In Plant City, Pla, on August 16 at two oclock, white man J B Passmore was shot and killed by Night Policeman A F Blain after a disturbance. Passmore shot Blain in the shoulder, Elam seized the pistol, Passmore then shot Elam in the stomach, and Blain killed Passmore after fatally wounding him with five additional shots.
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J. P. Passmore
Plant City
Frs
Pla
J.B. Passmore
White
A. FE
Passmore
Ft Ix
Elam
Fred
Blam
Blain
Wright files for absolute divorce in Albany Georgia
Ed L. Wright Jr sues Nina C. Wright for absolute divorce in Dougherty Superior Court citing habitual drunkenness for two years. He seeks custody of their three year old son. Mrs Wright, formerly Nina Cooper of Atlanta, is believed to be in Atlanta while Wright stays with his father in Smyrna. Wright is the former state Senator Ed L. Wright’s son and a prominent Albany figure.
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Albany, Ga
Ed L. Wight, Jr
Nina C. Wight
Dougherty Superior Court
Wight
Nina Cooper
Atlanta
Ed L. Wight
Albany
Smyrnd
Wightix
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MR. Jones
Will Smith
Hon. E. B. Lewis
Congress
Mrs. Sanford
Thomas County
O. S. Bazemore
East Vienna Gunnery
A. J. Shell
West View Vienna Cotton Oil CO
ARRIV
ING Daily
E. L. Wright
Wright
Moseley Mercantile
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