Dooly Superior Court Set To Adjourn For July
The 4th of July adjournment marks the start of the term with Judge A V Whipple presiding and W F George as solicitor. The civil docket is light, with a few days for trials. Two murder cases may be heard, including Pleas Keneredy. The criminal docket includes five jail cases and several bonded cases, with Grand Jury activity expected. The court plans to adjourn on the Fourth of July, possibly extending into another week.
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Dooly Superior Court
A. V. Whipple
W. F. George
Keneredy
John Murray
Revival Meetings at Methodist Church Draw Large Attendance
The revival services at the city Methodist church, held in the warehouse, grow in interest with Rev. John E. Seals of Macon assisting Pastor Anthony. Sermons are praised for clarity, the choir is strong, and services occur at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend and bring friends. A new department may be added at the Technological school in Atlanta pending funds.
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Methodist
Coninue
John E. Seals
Macon
Anthony
District Conference in Vienna Draws Delegates
The Methodist District Conference of the Cordele District met in Vienna for three days with Rev. K Read presiding. About seventy-five delegates and many visitors attended from across Georgia as sermons preached and church progress praised. The conference adjourned Thursday morning with delegates returning home on afternoon trains.
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Methodist District Conference
Cordele
K. Read
Georgia
Vienna
Prohibition Movement Gathers Steam in Georgia Legislature
Georgia legislators debate state wide prohibition this year. The Covington firm bill aims to bar sale or distribution of alcohol with Jan 1908 effective date. Akin presides as Senate leader while Hardman backs a Senate passage by a large majority. The companion anti jug bill targets shipments to dry counties. Registration and penalties outlined for unregistered liquor.
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Georgia
John W. Akin
Senate
Assembly
Covington
House
Senator Hardman
Hon W A Smith to Speak Here Monday at Noon
Hon W R Smith county school commissioner will address the people of Dooly and surrounding counties at the court house on local taxation during the noon recess Monday. The talk aims to inform voters before the upcoming election. All citizens are urged to attend to hear the address and discuss education funding.
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W. A. Smith
W. R. Smith
Dooly
Smith
Picnic July 6 at Adkins grove
A community picnic will be held in the grove in front of Mr. J. B. Adkins residence on Saturday July 6. County School Commissioner J. W. Bivins has been invited to attend and speak. All are invited to bring baskets lemon ade and other refreshments will be provided for a pleasant and profitable time.
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J. B. Adkins
J. W. Bivins
Tharpe Bennett Wedding Invitations Issued In Byromville
Invitations announce the marriage of Miss Janie Tharpe to Mr Gordon Bennett set for Wednesday July 10 at the bride’s parents home in Byromville. The News joins their friends in extending congratulations in advance.
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Janie 'Tharpe
Gordon Bennett
Byromville
Girl Seeks Interest With Photograph Request
A girl presents a young man with a photograph of herself and expects him to respond by asking for it. The note frames social expectations around reciprocation and dating signals in a cautionary or advisory tone.
Lightning Claims Two Lives in Cherokee Corner
In Winterville Georgia lightning struck and killed Jerry Carey while he worked in a field. This marked the second lightning death in the Cherokee Corner neighborhood in three days as both victims were buried side by side.
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Winterville
Cherokee Corner
Jerry Carey
Seventeen Carloads of Peaches Shipped from Georgia
Seventeen carloads of peaches left Georgia yesterday, three to Philadelphia, thirteen to New York City, and one to Pittsburg, exceeding all previous daily shipments. The season total reached forty five carloads to date.
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Georgia
Philadelphia
New York City
Pittsburg
Southern Board Rules Negro Teachers Must Be Southern Born
Nashville the board of education decides that only Negroes born and bred in the South will be employed as teachers in the Negro public schools here. The action cites that Northern Negroes have actions and are not familiar with Southern traditions and sentiment.
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Nashville
Tenn
Board of Education
South
North
Fight for new county in South Georgia pits Nicholls and Alma
Waycross, June 26. A plan to form a new county from Ware Coffee and Appling faces opposition. Nicholls favors Bleckley as the name. Alma prefers Atkinson. The Waycross Board of Trade urged lawmakers to oppose annexing Ware county territory.
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Waycross
Ware
Coffee
Appling
Nicholls
Coffee County
Alma
Bleckley
Atkinson
Waycross Board of Trade
George W. Deen
N. A. Frier
Ware County
Negro Postoffice Employee Drugged and Beaten
Chattanooga report states Walter Scott a colored Chicago post office worker was drugged and beaten into unconsciousness for robbery. It claims the assailants include two Greeks and a pretty Chicago woman, with Robert L. Scott once of Chattanooga linked by family wealth.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Walter Scott
Chicago
Robert L. Scott
Fires Destroy Pine Beach Hotel Block Near Exposition
A block in the Pine Beach area adjoining the Jamestown Exposition was swept by fire. The Arcade, Berkerly, Outside Inn, Powhatan, Caroline hotels and others were destroyed. Loss may reach 200000 dollars and is only partly insured.
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Norfolk
Pine Beach
Man shot while seeking clues in Macon murder case
S H Dyche father of Arthur Dyche, slain last week in Macon, was shot in the right palm while near the crime scene in Monroe county. He had traveled to Macon to aid in the investigation and believes an attempted killing occurred. Police and county officers remain puzzled with little progress in solving the double mystery.
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Macon
S. H. Dyche
Arthur Dyche
Monroe County
Pleasant Hill
Central of Georgia Railway Sold to Thorne and Perry
New York June 26 control of the Central of Georgia Railway shifted from the Richmond Terminal Reorganization Commission to Oakleigh Thorne and Marsden J. Perry. Proceeds from the sale will go to Southern Railway. Thorne and Perry plan to run the system as an independent for stockholders, holding at least 60 percent of the stock for two years or more.
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New York
Central of Georgia Railway
Richmond Terminal
Oakleigh Thorne
Trust Company of North America
Marsden J. Perry
Providence
R. I
A. H. John
Southern Railway
Thorne
Forget It and Start Anew With Clean Slates
A reflective admonition urges letting go of neighbors faults and slander. It promotes forgetting past meanness and malice, focusing on the lovely and lovable in others to begin each day with a clean slate.
Fragmentary notice mentions Thompson in Vienna
A garbled OCR fragment references Thompson and Vienna with unclear context. No clear event, date, or organization discernible.
Nighttime intrusion ends with capture and mob mood
A 19 year old Miss Mary Emmie Harris bedroom incident in Georgia prompts a 100 man armed posse. Will Groover is captured in Bainbridge jail after confessing, with risk of lynching averted. Separate tale in Kansas reports Bryan losing and retrieving a night shirt on a train, returned by conductor Jefferson Davis of the Missouri Kansas and Texas line.
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Donaldson
Will Groover
Mary Emmie Harrin
W. J. Harris
Grover
Miss Harris
W. J. Harrie
Marshal Lofton
Otho Benton
Idus Lofton
Mr. Harde
Bainbridge
New York World
Parsons
Kan
William J. Bryan
Jefferson Davis
Missouri,Kansas
Texas
Bryan
William McKinley
Bartlesville
I. T
Territory
Davis
Bertha
Mr. Bryan
M. E
Lowner
Young Men urged to attend sale for land deals
D B Thompson appeals to young progressive white men to attend a land sale in Georgia. He promises courteous treatment and offers cash buyers a 7 percent return after 12 months, claiming the deal is only available now and urging purchase of a lot on time.
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Georgia
D. B. Thompson
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