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VOL. 28
ATLANTA IS SWEPT
BY RAGING MOB
m
Due to Assaults on White Women
Sixteen Negroes Are Known
to be Dead and Many
More Wounded.
FOUR ATTEMPTS AT
ASSAULT IN ONE DAY.
Culmination of Crime Was Reached in
Atlanta Saturday Afternooa and
Eveaiue. Three White Women
Attacked By Blacks ia
Limits of City.
Something unheard of Jn the
history of Atlanta happened Sat¬
urday. There were four separate
attempts of assault. The first
h ppened about 2 o’clock in the
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
W. H. Chaffin, at Sugar Creek,
near the Flat Shoals road, about
one mile and a half from the
Soldiers’ home, in DeKalb
county. The second attempt
was at 7 o’clo;k at the home of
Mrs. Frank Arnold, 127 Julian
street. The third was at the
residence of Henry Lancaster, on
his step daughter, Misi Aina
Allen, 182 Davis street, about
9:30 o’clock. The fourth was an
attack on Mrs. Mattie Holcombe
at 275 Magnolia street.
Atlanta witnessed it* wildest
night last Saturday night.
Thousands of white men, with
their passions inflamed because
of the recent attacks of negroes
on white women, gathered in the
business center-of Atlanta, and
for four hours mobs chased ne
atoned and shot them to
and boarded trolley cars,
snatched off’ negroes and beat
fhem to death with clubs and
sticks.
In some portions of the streets
the sidewalks ran red with the
blood of dead and dying negroes,
and in many trolley cars were
pools of blood in winch dead ne¬
groes were lying.
The fire department was called
o it in the midst of the terrible
excitement by order of the
mayor, and by streams of water
tried to disperse the mobs. 71ns
had a good effect only for a few
minutes, for the mobs quickly
reorganized, and on other streets
began to shoot and stone negroes.
Rushes were made upon the
hardware stores for pistols, but
these were closed, and the sup¬
ply of ammunition was not in¬
creased. The saloons were clos¬
ed and in fact, every place of
business had closed doors long
before the usual hour.
At one time a number of trol¬
ley cars had to be rushed out of
the city with dead and dying
negroes and policemen upon
them.
All the while the air was
filled with cries of:
“Kill them!”
“Shoot them!”
“Lynch them!”
“Down with the negroes who
attack and assault our w hite wo¬
men !”
A number of men paraded the
streets and holding aloft extra
editions of the afternoon
whereupon were large type lines
displaying assaults negroes had
made on white women
afternoon and evening.
In some streets the air w r
filled wjth the reports of
and the shouts of enraged
who seemed more like
beasts than human beings.
Atlanta never witnessed
scene that began to compare
it, and it was the fervent
of all who saw it that the
would never be witnessed
The scenes on the
trolley cars were the most fear
THE MURRAY NEWS
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1906.
GORDON COUNTY FAIR
To Be Held in Calhoun Five Days
Next Week.
The Gordon County Fair to be
held at Calhoun October 2, 3, 4,
5 and (5—next week is attract¬
ing wide attention owing to the
gr >at number of special features
arranged.
The Twelfth U. S. Cavalry
from Chickamauga National
Park will give drills daily on the
f »ir grounds, the Gem City band,
of Marietta, will furnish music
an 1 the Midway, special amuse¬
ment features.
Among the special features so
far arranged are:
Tuesday Got. 2—Baby show
and walking contest.
Wednesdav, Oct. 3—Farmers’
Institute, conducted by Harvie
Jordan.
Thursday, Oct. 4—All Day
Singing conducted by Prof. A. J.
Showalter.
Friday. Oct. 5—Farmers’ Un¬
ion Day under auspices Gordon
County Association.
Saturday, Oct. (5.—Confeder¬
ate Reunion and exercises by
Daughters of Confederacy.
The people of Murray and ad¬
joining counties are specially in¬
vited to attend the big fair, the
best exhibition to be held in
North Georgia this year
GREGORY—FURR. *
A very pretty wedding was
solemnized Sunday afternoon at
the home of the bride, the par¬
ties being Miss Alma Gregory
and Mr. Eugene Furr.
Rev. Mills, of Cohutta, was the
officiating clergyman, and the
only witnesses were Misses Mat
tie Hanna, May Bradford, Messrs.
Seth Harris, Clarence McCamy,
F eneh Hanna, James Bradford,
intimate friends of the bride.
The bride was becomingly at¬
tired in a dainty dress of crepe
de chine, and nerer looked
s veeter than when plighting her
troth to the man of her choice.
Mrs. Furr is a very attractive
young woman, ant^ by her sunny
disposition has won a host of
friends here.
Mr. Furr is a popular young
man, and holds a responsible po¬
sition with the Furr & Harris
Dry Goods Co.
The happy couple in a few days
go to housekeeping near Cran¬
dall in a cottage tastefully fur¬
nished.
ful of all. No sooner would a
trolley car reach the center of
the city than it would be eagerly
>canned for negroes, and if one
was seen on the car it was imme¬
diately boarded and a rush made
for the blacks by both men and
women.
In some instances white men
and ladies were on the cars, and
these were pushed and shoved
about until they reached the
street. Many ladies screamed
out in fright and one fainted as
she was borne from a car at the
corner of Peachtree and Marietta
streets.
The crowd seemed to have
suddenly become maddened be¬
cause they had been forced from
Pecatur street by the streams of
Water which the firemen poured
upon them with relentless force.
The men turned to demons for a
while, and rushed from street to
street looking for negroes.
Nearly always the negro sighted
ran for hjs life and escaped,
in many instances the negro
either ignorant or stubborn, and
fie either received a severe
ing or was killed.
PURELY LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Grover Ilenry has been sick for
several days. 3
,
L. N. Hooker, Rural Vale, is a
new subscriber.
Born to Dr. and Mrs. J. B.
Hughes—& boy.
Miss Alma Hill, of Bermuda,
svas in the city yesterday.
W. R. Black and wife, of Oran,
w«re shopping in Spring Place
Tuesday. *
Miss Ava Cowan, of Pleasant
Valley, was shopping in the city
yesterday.
Charlie Evans and George
Glenn, of Dalton, spent Tuesday
in the city.
R. A. Pierce, of Cohutta
Springs, was here one' day the
first of the week.
C. C. Howell, Rule Harris and
Mont Howell, of Fairy, were in
the city yesterday.
M. W. Shields has returned
from a trip to Tennessee, much
improved in health.
Colquitt Cole leaves Sunday
for Atlanta, where he will" enter
a school of pharmacy.
The young people enjoyed a
singing Sunday at the home of
Roland Rouse and wife.
Miss Lucy Buchanan, of A tlan
ta, is visiting Miss Alleeti Bal¬
lard at the Tibbs Farm.
FOR SALE.—One pair of <i
year-old mules. Apply to H. L.
Moore, Spring Place, Ga.
Bob Davis and wife, of Atlai -
ta, are visiting relatives and
friends in and near the city.
S. L. Trimmier and Joe -jGtvg
ory, of Cohntta Springs, Tues<^| w in
the city on business
Mrs. F. T. Johnson left Tuesday
on an extended visit to relatives
in Arkansas and Indian Territory.
FOR SALE—Engine and saw¬
mill and fixtures, cheap. Cash
or on time. Apply to A. L. Keith.
Next Wednesday is election
day and the candidates are work¬
ing overtime preparing for the
coming fray.
Read the ad. of the Dalton
Furniture Company on another
page. They will keep a full line
of furniture.
Prof. J. V. Trotter and Perry
King attended the Sam Jones
Tabernacle meeting in Carters
viHe Sunday.
Luke Shields, of Maple Grove,
Tenn., made us a pleasant visit
the latter part of last week,
and paid us a dollar.
Grover Terry and Cleve Wor¬
ley, of Dennis, spent Sunday in
the city, to the intense delight of
some of the fair sex.
School at Lucy Hill Institute
begins Monday, and every parent
should see to it that their chil¬
dren start the first day.
A union prayer meeting was
held in the Baptist church Wed¬
nesday night. Everybody invited
to attend next Wednesday night.
Mrs. Charlie Ward and daugh¬
ter, Miss Jimmie, after spending
several days in Spring Place,
have returned to their home in
Ell i jay.
Cashier E. N. Whitmire, of the
Cohutta Banking Co,, after hav¬
ing spent several days with rela¬
tives and friends in South Caro¬
lina, has returned home.
Editor T. S. Shope, of the Cit¬
izen; George Lewis, of the Dal¬
ton Buggy Co.; and Messrs. Gor¬
don and Custer, of Dalton, spent
Sunday night in the city.
Read the ad. of G. H. Arro¬
wood in this issue. Mr. Arrowood
has bought the stock recently
owned by C. C. Cede, and will
continue tho business in the same
place.
Mrs. Mary E. Brown, of Fort
Mountain, has moved to
Place to place her children ui
school, and will occupy the house
formerly occupied by P. G. Hill¬
iard on East EUijay street.
Mathis Holbrooks and family
left last Tuesday for Texas,
where they will reside in the
future We hate to see these
good people leave this county,
but wish them good luck in their
new home.
$75,000 FIRE VISITS BLAKELY
Opera House, Beautiful Residence
and Stores Went up in
Flames.
Blakely, Ga., Sept. 22.—The
fire alarm was given last night
about midnight, and upon inves¬
tigation it was discovered that
the beautiful new residence of
John Underwood was on fire. The
flames spread rapidly and the oc¬
cupants barely succeeded in es¬
caping.
As the crowd w as congregated
around the Underwood home the
fire alarm was sounded and this
alarm proved to be the opera
house, which was soon merged
into one solid sheet of flame. The
entire building and the offices of
a dentist, doctors, telephone com¬
pany up stairs and the raerean
tile business of Janies & Ohanch,
H. G. Smith and Sapps’ Pharma
cy were entirely burned. M. Ii.
White’s business place was corn
pletely demolished and almost a
total loss by fallihg walls and
water
The loss is estiihated at $75,
000, partly covered'by insurance.
FREE!
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to the Whitfield
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purchaser.
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' Petition for Charter.
GEORGIA, Murray County.
To the Superior Court of said
County:
The petition of W. W. Wood*
ruff, Jr., James G. Sterehi, Joe
P. Davis, Ed Gothard and Sam
G. Shields, of the State of Tenn¬
essee, and W. Deane Ham, of
Murray county, Georgia, respect¬
fully shows:
1. That they desire, for them¬
selves, their associates, successors
and assigns, to become incorpor¬
ated under the name and style of
the Alyce Mineral Company.
2. The term for which peti¬
tioners ask to be incorporated is
twenty years, with the privilege
of renewal at the end of that time.
8. The capital stock of the cor¬
poration is Four Hundred Thou¬
sand Dollars (1400,000), divided
into shares of one thousand dol¬
lars each.
4, The whole of said capital
stock of $400,000 has been fully
paid up by deeding to said corpo
ration the mineral interests in
lots of land numbers 297 , 279,280
and 281, all in the Twenty-sixth
district and Second section of
Murray county, Georgia, each lot
containing one hundred and sixty
acres, more or less.
5, The object of the proposed
corporation is pecuniary profit
and gain to its stockholders. Pe¬
titioners propose to carry on a
business of buying and selling
real estate, all minerals, talc,
soapstone, mineral lands, mining,
leasing, sub leasing and financing
lessees and sub lessees and to do
any and all tilings pertaining to
mining, as provided by the laws
of Georgia. raid
6, The principal office of
propose^ corporation will be in
the town of Spring Place, Ga.,
said county.
Wherefore petitioners pray to
be made a body corporate under
the name and style aforesaid,en¬
titled to the rights, privileges
and immunities and subject to
the liabilities fixed by law.
O. N. King,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
GEORGIA, Murray County.
1, G. H. Arrowood. clerk of the
Superior Court, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is a
true copy of the application filed
In my office. Sept. 20th, 1900,
G. H. Arrowood,
Cleik S. C.
Farm for Sale.
I wish to sell mv farm,
east of court house, and
ing the corporation of
Place. Terms made on
tion. — D. T, Brown,
Place, Ga.
ALL LICENSES FOR SA¬
LOONS ARE REVOKED
PEACE WELCOMED
TO GATE CITY
From Early Morning to Early
Morning, no Signs of Riot.
PAPERS GIVING ALL THE NEWS
Brownsville Was Raided Yesterday
Morning by Malitia but Negroes
Made No Resistance—Two
Negroes Killed ia City
By Police.
With the passing of Monday
night also passed the temporary
reign of terror which had been
Atlanta’s portion since Saturday
afternoon. There was a subtle,
undefined feeling which prevad
G' e vef y atmosphere lues
day that told the crisis was over,
an ^ tension under which all
have labored for several days
has been relaxed.
There was little that occurred
Tuesday calculated to disturd the
most extreme alarmist. Nearly
every one went about nursing
the even tenor of their way, the
absence of predictions of dire
calamities yet to happen.contrib¬
uting to the growing feeling of
confidence tint all rioting had
been put down with a firm hand,
and that normal conditions w T ould
prevail. £
Save'for the sift-rounding
Brownsville at daybreak Tues¬
day morning by the militia, and
the arrest of such of the
population of that place as was
armed, and the shooting of
negroes by policemen near the
corner of Randolph and Magru
der streets, the day was
of any happening calculated
arouse excitement, The
ing of the two negroes by
officers was merely a case of
sistance to lawful authority,
no way connected with the
cent happenings which have so
disturbed the citizens of Atlanta.
Peace meetings marked a turn
in the tide of affairs, and
successful and largely
mass meeting at the court
developed a conviction that
cauee of excitement had
ed. Cheery call of the
whistles and factory bell,
laborers to work was about
most agreeable sound which
greeted the ears of Atlantans.
Perhaps the best index to
changed condition is that the
lice station is no longer
ed with alarming rumors,
as have kept the phones in
the offices of that trouble
busy since Saturday night.
Dull times are in store,
for the police force. With
closing of the Decatur street
Peter street barroom and
rant dives, much of the
material of the city will
passed away forever.
Notice to Voters.
I will not have the
to send tickets to the
districts. I am in the race
after the election and I ask
voters not to pay any
to any report that I will not
ish the race. Robert R. Love.
FREE!
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to t h e
County Fair
ery <4>1U.UI/ r* _ S _
v a
purchaser.
Evans & Co.
NO. 42
Atlanta Is Now Practically a
Prohibition Town Until
October I.
ALL SALOONS MUST
MAKE NEW APPLICATIONS
Council Took Drastic Action in Order
to Get a Chance to Weed Out
the Disreputable Salooas.
By a unanimous vote the city
council of Atlanta Wednesday
revoked the license of every sa¬
loon in the city until the first cf
October, and until that time the
city is practically under prohibi¬
tion.
This action was taken on a re¬
port from the police committee,
which had been requested to in¬
vestigate the saloons and oscecm
tain what places could be class*
as dives and unfit to coumJBBjJ engagaBi
the liquor trade. The
after striking out ..fifty-seWt/?^ sueigM^^y
loons, decided that
act ion might be
saloon men, and u !j
e »>> was hold '>'I YY'■*Y'.'
.» c s s tee of f eI
U- H-commend tV®-.-./_ '.Y-""
yoking purpose* of
the
dives. A
A figl fl
ntives
u
while citi
est. of the iJ
committee. I
id l HO os
several occ^EraBSBHflBB
indulge! in
kept up until tffien^H^VHBHBj utalHHH
called upon the city
put a stop to it.
Citizens and members of nof^B coH|
cil put the saloon men on
that they better submit to tlM
action proposed, or they woultr
precipitate a prohibition election
within thirty days.
On October 2 there will an
open meeting of the police com¬
mittee, the chief of police, Police
Commissioner Woodside and four
additional members of council,
when all persons desiring saloon
licenses will have to appear and
show that they will run decent
saloons.
All applicants must publish
three times in a daily paper
their intention to make such ap¬
plications. All the new licenses
granted will expire next June.
Mayor Woodward made a talk
againt the report of the police
committee, saying that he did
not believe in such a drastic
measure. He seemed to indicate
that he might use his veto power,
but since the vote of council was
unanimous he will probably give
bis indorsement to the resolu¬
tion.
The council chamber was pack¬
ed with liquor men, and a large
number of other citizens.
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