Death of Rev. W. H. Mumford Shocks Georgia
All Georgia mourns the death Friday morning of Rev. W. H. Mumford who founded the Georgia Industrial Home near Macon for homeless children. The home grew from five to about 150 residents, funded by charity, with Mumford as president and manager and a Bibb county official and Mercer University president on the board. The enterprise will continue with a new leader to preserve Mumford’s work and legacy.
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Georgia
W. H. Mumford
Macon
Georgin
Methodiat Conference
Georgia Rey
Mumford
Bibb County
Pollock
Mercer University
G. K. Glenn
Killing in Irwin County Murders Stir Local Records
A man named Burke was killed by J J Morley after breaking into a house where Mobley and Annie Nosworthy were present. Mobley reportedly cut Burke in self defense during a dark struggle after a lighted match went out. The coroner ruled the death a killing in self defense amid a string of recent murders in the county.
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Tomes Burke
J. J. Morley
Fawn P. C.warren
Burke
Jane Nasworthy
J. L. Mobley
Annie Nasworthy
Mobley
McGormick
Annie Nosworthy
J. L.barton
Whitley Station
Trwin
John Land
Robert Land
James Burke
John Smith
Abe Henderson
Explosion at Arnall saw mill kills four workers
At the Arnall saw mill near Sancia an explosion destroyed the boiler on Monday at 5 PM. Four men died including J I Arnall owner Will Arnall Bluford Arnold and a Black man. Arnold was visiting from Vienna with family connections to Mrs Simmers. He worked a week and a day before his death.
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J. F. Arnall
Sancia
J. I
Arnall
Fmal
Will Arnall
Bluford Arnold
Bluford “Arnold
Equal Treatment Highlighted At Republican Convention
Henry Baker, a well known black writer, lauds the Republican convention for treating colored delegates with social equality. He notes Theodore Roosevelt’s influence, Booker T. Washington at Roosevelt's table, and the presence of a white girl with a black boy on stage as a symbol of racial progress. He contrasts this with the Democratic convention which he says had no colored delegates and is a white man’s party.
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Henry
Baker
Washington Post
Theodore Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington
Roosevelt
Grenadier Guard Band Leaves London for World’s Fair
The Grenadier Guard Band from London will begin an engagement at the World’s Fair on August 29. Special permission was obtained from King Edward to permit the band’s departure from England.
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Grenadier Quard Band
London
England
Hdward
Wrecked by Whisky In Court Plea For Help
J G Marston of 176 Randolph street pleaded guilty in police court to abandoning his family and asked for help to break the liquor habit. The acting recorder remanded him to state courts and the Tower for three to four months of treatment by the sheriff’s care.
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J. G. Marston
Randolph Street
Marston
Sid Holland
Ime
Maraton
Cordele Chamber Backs Depot Plan Shift
The Cordele chamber urged the Georgia Railroad Commission to require A and B railroad to build a passenger depot. It now opposes a new depot, arguing distance from Union Station hinders integration with other lines. The group admits uncertainty about the best option.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cordele
Georgia Railroad Commission
Union Depot
Ginning Notice From Vienna Cotton Oil Company
The Vienna Cotton Oil Company will run both up town and down town gins this season. The gins are in first class condition with the downtown plant packing round and square bales while the uptown gin packs square bales only. Managers A J Shell and C A Joiner oversee operations, Shell for uptown and Joiner for downtown. The firm warns against ginning wet cotton to avoid poor samples and delays, and will charge the actual cost of time lost when patrons bring wet cotton.
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Vienna Cotton Oil Company
Messrs
A. J. Shell
C. A. Joiner
Mr. Shell
Joiner
Vienna Cotton Oil CO
Black Lynching Near Selma Sparks Outrage in Alabama
Edmund Bell, a Black man, was seized by a masked mob of about three hundred while eight miles from Selma and hanged from a tree after being tied by three constables. Earlier Bell killed Houston Scruggs the previous night. Bell was bound over at Sardis during a preliminary examination, and the sheriff led a posse to pursue the lynchers.
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Selma
Ala
Edmund Bell
Bell
Houston Scruggs
Sardis
Warrant Abuses Raise Racial and Cost Concerns in Court
Officers decry floods of warrants for trivial charges, mostly against Black defendants, arguing frivolous cases waste time and up to $1000 in legal fees. They note deposits tied to warrants and refund only after conviction, urging reform to curb revengeful actions and petty grievances.
Census seeks nationwide jail and prison inmate records
The national census bureau aims to record all persons sentenced to jails and prisons in 1904. Wardens and sheriffs are urged to report details for every individual in custody. Some counties have not replied, but complete statistics require responses from all jurisdictions.
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National Census Bureau
United States
Out Ag
Census Bureau
A Good Woman Gone at Arabi in Sad Loss
The widow Aunt Margarett Clements from Arabi died Wednesday morning at 84. Widely loved, she lived among her children and was mourned as a Christian mother. Burial was held Thursday at Salem church in Walldoy county, where husband Jessie Clements Sr. and son George were laid to rest.
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Jesse Clments
Arabi
Clements
Margarett
Jong
Eroy
Salem Church
Walldoy County
Jessie Clements, Sr
George
Georgia faces hundreds of new bills while farmers fear crop loss
The article notes about 300 new bills for Georgia and many will fail. Farmers report the cotton crop is down about one fourth due to rains, with prospects for a crop similar to last year. Local talk on new counties in Dooly County stalls, as voters may resist redistricting, and a legislature that failed to act could limit new counties for now.
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Georgia
Dooly County
Cordele
Dooly
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