Cordele Devastated By Destructive Fire
A major blaze in Cordele originated in the storage warehouse of R. B. Scarborough and quickly engulfed the Hutchinson Lumber storage, destroying both warehouses and their contents. An explosion, likely from gun powder, shattered windows nearby and was heard nine miles away. Losses are about 15,000 for Hutchinson Lumber with 5,000 insured and 4,500 for Scarborough, partly insured.
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Cordele
R. B. Scarborough
Hutchinson Lumber & Supply Co
Scarborough
Seaboard Air Line
Opera House
Hutchmneer Lumber & 2 Co
Sheriff Geo W Sheppard Will Not Seek Re Election
Friends of Sheriff Geo W Sheppard report he will not run again in the coming campaign due to ill health. He has served many years as sheriff and is praised as a fearless officer, his retirement opening the office in Dooly to a spirited contest.
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G. W. Sheppard
Sheppard
Dooly
Bucklen's Arnica Slave Offers Quick Relief
A frightened horse causes chaos as it dashes through streets with riders fleeing. The ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Slave for burns cuts sores eczema and piles, claiming quick soothing relief for 25 cents at Vienna Drug Company.
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Bucklen
Arnica
Vienna Drug Company
Notice on gin days and cotton purchases in East Vienna
After this week we will run the East Vienna Gunnery Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays until January 1st, after which we will not have gin days but will buy the remnants of cotton in seed. Highest cash price paid for both seed cotton and cotton seed. Nov. 80th, 1903.
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Vienna
Mrs Mary McTeer Wins Damages Verdict in Georgia Suit
In Moultrie Georgia Colquitt Superior Court a compromise was reached in the damage suit of Mrs Mary A McTeer against the Tifton Thomasville and Gulf road with the defendant agreeing to pay 1900 dollars. McTeer sought 82200 as mother and dependent of J T McTeer killed at a street crossing in September 1901. Also highlights a circus act featuring Sparks Show with a large lion and a small baby elephant on exhibition in Vienna on December 10.
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Moultrie
Colquitt Superior Court
Mary A. McTeer
Tifton Thomasville
Gulf Road
Mcteer
J. T. McTeer
Sparks
Vienna
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Beats Counterfeits
A Chicago firm DeWitt & Co. introduced witch hazel salve for piles and skin ailments. The advertisement urges asking for DeWitt's as the genuine product, sold by Vienna Drag Co and warns against counterfeit imitators.
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Brerrolo
DeWitt & Co
Chicago
DeWitt
Vienna Drag Co
Vienna Cotton Oil Co Seeks Cash or Meal Pay for Seed
We buy cotton seed and pay you in cash or meal and hulls. We are the people who do business like our customers want it. Vienna Cotton Oil Co.
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Vienna Cotton Oil Co
Sparks Show Exhibits in Vienna This December Morning
Jhon H Sparks announces a up to date show featuring wild animals in Mobile era, with top acts and full arena. The exhibit will travel to Vienna on Thursday December 10, 1902, promising a premier performance.
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Jhon H. Sparks
Mobile
Ala
Vienna
Seaboard Officials Tour Lines Amid Consolidation Rumors
The Seaboard Air Line board will tour the system this week to review consolidation with the Atlantic and Birmingham and the Tifton lines. Reports say Macon and Birmingham may join, linking Montezuma to Macon area and Culloden noted as a probable node, sparking regional interest in the rail expansion.
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Atlanta Constitution
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlantic
Birmingham
Tifton
Thomasville
Gulf
Northeastern
H. M. Atkinson
Atlanta
Seaboard
Macon
Chattanooga
Sua
Savannah
Thomasgill
LaGrange
Montezuma
Culloden
Seaboard Air Line
South Georgia
Grindstone Brand Boys Clothing Sale
J P Heard and Sons advertise a sale offering Grindstone brand boys clothing as the best on the market, encouraging customers to buy now.
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Grindstone
J. P. Heard & Sons
Raoul Heads The Road Merger In Georgia Rail Line
In Thomasville on December 8 the boards of Thomasville and Gulf, Tifton and Northeastern, and Atlantic and Birmingham unanimously approved a merger. The new Atlantic and Birmingham railway will run about 220 miles from Waycross to Montezuma and Thomasville to Fitzgerald with stock valued at 500,000 dollars ordered. Officials project immediate construction from Montezuma to Birmingham and future links to Atlanta and the coast, plus a bid to boost winter tourist rail traffic via Birmingham next year.
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Thomasville
Thomasville and Gulf Railroad
Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad
Tifton
Northeastern
Atlantic and Birmingham
Atlantic and Birmingham Railway
Waycross
Memtezuma
Fitzgernd
Consolidated System
W. G. Raoul
George Dole Wadley
C. Fred Redding
W.G. Raoul
Eet Dole Wadley
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
H. M. Atkinson
Percy R. Pine
E H. Williams
W. J. Swayne
Alex Bonnyman
Montezuma
Birmingham
Atlanta
Galf
M. F .Amorous
Arkwright
S. J. Bradley
N. E
New Jail Cells Installed To Alleviate Overcrowding
Mr. Stephens of Pauly Jail Manufacturing Company spent the past week in the city supervising the installation of four new upper-floor cells in the county jail. Built of the best material, the cells are designed for safe keeping and address repeated overcrowding requiring additional space.
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Mr. Stephens
Pauly Jail Manufacturing Company
Stabbing Report Shocks Unadilla Farmer Clash Over Cotton
In Unadilla Georgia Charles Clewis an elderly prosperous farmer was stabbed seven times by Ran Bodery during a dispute over a bale of cotton Bodery fled but a warrant was sworn for his arrest Clewis rode six miles to seek aid and weakened by blood loss is not believed to have fatal injuries.
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Unadilla
Charles Clewis
Ran Bodery
Bodery
Clewis
Vienna Likely Secures Three More Rural Routes
Rural mail route inspector W B Burnam will visit Vienna next Monday to review three proposed new routes. Residents along the routes welcome the inspections after prior delays, praising Postmaster R B Middleton for his months of effort to secure equitable rural mail access.
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Vienna
R.F. D
W. B. Burnam
Middleton
Ear graft sale shocks New York owner
A western mine owner who bought a grafted ear for five thousand dollars has returned from a Philadelphia private hospital after surgery. The operation by a New York surgeon left the ear attached with swelling and minor infection but no threat to the ear. the seller, living near Pittsburgh with a wife and child, has also returned home.
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New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Roosevelt to Receive Large Inheritance From Uncle
New York lists show President Roosevelt to get eighty thousand dollars from the late James King Gracie estate. His children Kermit and Ethel receive five thousand dollars each. The will also bequeaths thirty thousand dollars to the orthopedic dispensary and hospital in Manhattan.
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New York
Roosevelt
Kermit
Ethel
James King
Gracie
Cowles
Corinne Roosevelter Robinson
Ortheopedic Dispensary
Manhattan
Large Farms Sold In Cordele Estate Division
At Cordele National Bank the large farms of Mr W Coney were auctioned for estate division. Auctioneer M F E Varnadoe oversaw the sale, but prices were below real value. Two farms of 780 and 621 acres sold to Mrs Byrom for cash, a 750 acre tract went to Geo Oliver of Americus, the home place did not sell. Lands lie between the Coney station and Flint River, with hundreds of timbered acres of pine and cypress in Dooly County.
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Cordele National Bank
8. W. Coney
M. F. E. Varnadoe
Byrom
Geo. Oliver
Americus
Coney
Flint River
Dooly County
Cordele Daily News
Business Changes Hands in Vienna as Newby Takes Store
Messrs Thigpen and Moring sell out their groceries to W F Newby who moves his general merchandise into the former store from near the water station. Moring will leave Vienna for Jones county to make his future home while Thigpen remains to run watch repairs. The News regrets losing Mr Moring but wishes him success in his new home.
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Messrs
Thigpen
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Hutchinson Lamber Dad Supply Co
Geo. W. Sheppard
Mary M'Teer
Railroad
the Seaboard
George
Raoul
Miton
Thomasville &Gulf
Tilton and
The
A. and
Mr. Clewis
H. A. Youmans
Vienna, Ga
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