Georgia's Wealth in Chattanooga Is Immense
Atlanta reports state property in Chattanooga valued at four to five million dollars. Senator E T Steed, president pro tempore, cited authority on return from a joint committee trip. Encroachments have cost the state potentially a million dollars, with action possible to recover property and prevent further losses. The plan envisions purchasing usable parts outside the core and renting remaining central land to yield about two hundred thousand dollars yearly.
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Attanooga
Steed
Eld for murder of his brother
Atlanta July 28. After a dramatic hearing coroner Thompson ruled John T Lancaster held for murder in the shooting of his brother Neal Lancaster at their Magazine road home. Testimony from 10 year old Nellie Lancaster and grieving Mrs Neal Lancaster framed the night’s tragedy.
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Atlanta
Thompson
Ilnesses
Howohn T. Lancaster
Neal Lancaster
Magazine Road
Nellie Lancaster
John Lancaster
Little Nellie
Neal
Card of Thanks to Friends and Relatives
Mrs. H. M. Powell and children extend sincere thanks to friends and relatives for kindness and sympathy during the illness and loss of their husband and father. Rear Old Hickory wagons just received you can get any specification from J. P. Heard & Son.
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H. M. Powell
J.P. Heard & Sonz
Powell Captured at Dakota in Murder Accessory Case
John Powell, colored, was captured at Dakota by Sheriff C. S. Bennett and I. B. Butler for alleged involvement as an accessory to a murder on the Busbee plantation around March 1. He has eluded officers until Wednesday morning and is jailed to await trial. his brother, claimed to have fired the fatal shot, remains at large.
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C. S. Bennett
I. B. Butler
John Powell
Dakota
Busbee
John
Dovly
Bennett
Plenty of Shots but No One Hurt in Ga Arrest
Wayne County report says Barney Hayes an African American voodoo doctor, detained at a pauper farm, fled after Sheriff Johnson paused. He fired at the sheriff. George Beck pursued, retrieved him, and re-arrested him with a pistol. Hayes jailed for concealed weapons and shooting at another. No injuries reported.
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Waynesboro
Barney Hayes
Johnson
George Beck
Barney Haya
Johnston
Geo. Deck
Deck
Johnson Palmer wed near Unadilla in simple ceremony
Miss Hennie L. Johnson and Mr. C B Palmer married Sunday near Unadilla in a private buggy ceremony conducted by Rev. R. Kemp. The couple, returning to Unadilla, will move into the Williams residence soon. both are well regarded with Mr. Palmer employed by King Bros. and formerly of Mt. Vernon Ga.
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Hennie L. Johnson
C. 8
Stabbing Affray in Cordele Involves Sanders and Williams
A serious stabbing affray occurred last Tuesday morning in Cordele in front of Dekle Brog's store. Mr. B. Sanders was stabbed once in the left breast and multiple times in the back by Dr. D. J. Williams over roof work on Williams building. Sanders is in critical condition but physicians expect possible recovery. Williams posted fifty dollar bond, later two thousand, with J. B. Smith, J. P. to cover a Sanders warrant.
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Cordale
Dekle Brog
8. B. Sanders
D. J. Williams
Sanders
Dr. Williams
Williams
State may sue ex Warden Moore over lease earnings
Atlanta Georgia reports the state weighing a lawsuit against ex Warden Jake Moore to recover funds alleged to have been earned during his tenure as a state agent. The governor and attorney general are studying the advisability of civil action and an extra session of the legislature is likely.
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Atlanta
Jake Moore
Cait
Dooly Camp Meeting Closes After Several Days
The Dooly camp meeting ended last evening after several days of preaching. It was one of the largest attended in years and many benefited. The camp ground is among the first in the state and forcible sermons guided many to see their errors at these annual events.
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Dooly
Dooly Camp
Atlanta
West Fair Street
Askea
Georgia in presidential race with Graves and Watson
The Independence party tail Graves and populist Watson on the Georgia ticket raise campaign battlegrounds. Georgia Democrats may back Bryan after hearing both men while Augusta Herald notes local temperate views near the Savannah River. Iron work on Old Hickory wagons praised by J P Heard & Sons.
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Independence Party
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Tom Watson
Watson
Graves
Bryan
Albany
Herald
J. P, Heard F Sons
Bryan Responds to Judge Crisp Over Speaker Support
Americus Ga July 28 Judge C R Crisp son of the former speaker received a letter from William J Bryan addressing a charge he did not back Crisp's father in the speaker contest. Bryan says he voted for Springer in the caucus, then for Crisp in the house election, arguing that merit matters over region.
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Americus
C. R. Crisp
United States
House of Representatives
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Crisp
Springer
Bryan Baye
Brown Opposes Convict Lease System In Platform
Atlanta July 28 Hon Joseph M Brown Democratic nominee for governor pressed for a platform plank demanding abolition of the convict lease system. Pendleton of Macon opposed the lease, influencing Brown to seek chairmanship of the Platform Committee. Brown declined further comment as the convict question looms in the General Assembly.
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Atlanta
Joseph M.brown
Chas. R. Pendleton
Macon
Brown
General Assembly
In Memory of C W Tucker
Obituary notice for C W Tucker who died July 11 1908 at Pinehurst cemetery burial by Rev Spillers. It notes his birth Sept 28 1858 age 55 wife, children, siblings and grandchildren mourn his loss, praising his faith in the Primitive Baptist church and his peaceful resting place in heaven.
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Jesus
Primitive Baptist Church
Pinehurst Cemetery
Spillers
Wright amendment defeated as House splits on convict reform
Atlanta officials report the House voted down the Wright amendment proposing a eleven member commission to study the convict question and report a permanent future system. Slade defended the committee’s charges and urged careful, itemized consideration.
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Atlanta
Wright
Slade
Arescoes
Aga
Officers elected by Farmers' Union in Georgia
Macon Georgia July 20 at the Geor gia Farmers Union session officers were chosen R F Duckworth was named President W P Quinby Vice President John T McDaniel Secretary and Treasurer John L Lee State Organizer J C Venable Chaplain N Bazemore Conductor R A Williams Sergeant at Arms J H Hall Doorkeeper
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Macon
Georgia Farmers’ Union
R. F. Duckworth
W. P. Quinby
John T. McDaniel
John L. Lee
J.C. Venable
Peculiar Bread Kneading Claim Sparks North Dakota Rant
A humorous editorial quip from Neels of a North Dakota paper ridicules a newly married woman kneading bread with gloves on and vents at delinquent subscribers. The editor jokes about needing bread with various attire and warns subscribers to pay up or face harsher consequences in winter North Dakota.
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North Dakota
Garden of Eden
Jasper and Marble Hill Baseball Game Injury in Georgia
In Jasper, Georgia, Will Little broke his arm pitching in a Jasper versus Marble Hill game. Also reported are a Savannah Valley railroad charter, a major fire in Villa Rica, dirt work for Cairo to Havana railroad, a West Fair wolf menace near Atlanta, the Macon death of A B Small, and a jailed voodoo doctor Barney Haya after a weapon shootout with Sheriff Johnston.
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Jasper, Ga
Will Little
Jasper
Marble
Hill, Ga
Atlanta
Secretary of State
Savannah Valley Railroad Company
F. Comer
L. J. Kilpatrick
Garnett
Sylvania
Cairo
Havana
Fla
Pelham
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