Hadley Pays With Life For Murder
Richmond, December 10. Dr Wilmer Ames Hadley, a West Hampton base hospital physician in 1918, was executed by electric chair for the murder of his wife Sue Tinsley Hadley. The case drew Virginia’s largest courtroom crowds as detectives traced the crime to December 1918 when Mrs Hadley’s body was found in the James River. Hadley was arrested September 1 after a nationwide search, pleaded not guilty, and chose not to pursue a second trial. Evidence included clothing linked to the victim identified by Mrs E G Clarke.
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Richmond
Wilmer Ames Hadley
West Hampton
Sue Tinsley Hadley
Virginia
State Penitentiary
Henrico County Court Room
Hadley
James River
Colorado
Richmond and
Henrico
E.G. Clarke
Money Comes In At City Hall As Bonds Forfeit
Mayor Mars led the daily roll call as twenty four defendants were found guilty of forfeited bonds boosting the city treasury by 197 dollars. Offenders included Lewis Belcher fined five dollars for intoxication and others such as Calhoun and Calhoun for disorderly conduct and Nathaniel Glenn for reckless riding. Finley Ross paid ten dollars for speeding and Ed Richie was fined fifty dollars for selling uninspected meat. Ten dollars each were assessed for gambling against a list of defendants including Earl Cade Dennis Sherard Oliver Coleman Abner Fisher Clarence Taggart and others.
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Mars
Finley Ross
Ed Richie
Earl Cade
Dennis Sherard
Oliver Coleman
Abner Fisher
Clarence Taggart
Hec Devore
Arthur Maddison
Jim Washington
John Holmes
Jim Smith
Edd Wardlaw
Charleston Fisher
Solomon Williams
Aaron Tate
Eson Fair
Kentucky Jail Attacked by Men
Nine men sought to free prisoners in Breathitt county jail raid. A deputy and two women were wounded as guardsmen from Whitesburg and Hazard joined a sheriff's posse searching Lost Creek for the assailants. Jailer A. A. Allen moved prisoners to Winchester. Mrs Allen and her sister-in-law were seriously wounded. Names of three alleged gang members were released and warrants issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Kentucky
Whitesburg
Hazard
Lost Creek
Breathitt County
Morrow
Oscar Allen
Maggie Allen
Albert Roberts
A. A. Allen
Enjoyable P T A program delights local audience
A Friday evening PTA program at the opera house showcased about fifty students in vibrant performances. Highlights included Mildred Cochran Hughes dancing and The Mermaid vocal sextette, Ralph Turner’s daring axe of Damocles stunt, Little Nona Tutt’s Little Boy Blue, and a piano quartet rendering Poet and Peasant Overture by Lena Belle Johnson Judith Hill Margaret Harrison and Mrs Bristow.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Mildred Cochran Hughes
Little Nona Tutt
von Suppe
Lena Belle Johnson
Judith Hill
Margaret Harrison
Bristow
Railroads plan wage cuts across train service and shop work
New York chiefs of Eastern railroads met to fix schedules and seek wage reductions from 10 to 30 percent. They propose hourly rates around 62 cents for skilled shop workers and lower rates for semi skilled and track labor, with adjustments to remedy inequalities, subject to rail labor board approval.
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New York
Eastern Railroads
Isbor Board
United States Railroad Labor Board
Abbeville High School Gains Accredited Status
Abbeville High School is officially placed on the Southern Commission accredited list after a Birmingham meeting on November 29 and 30. The letter from J A Stoddard congratulates Supt J D Fulp on the recognition, noting graduates may enter West Point or any Southern college without examinations beyond a physical.
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Abbeville High School
State Committee On Accredited Schools and Colleges
Abbeville
Supt
J. D. Fulp
Aibbeville High School
Southern Commission
J. A. Stoddard
Birmingham
West Point
South
Preshman
Two White Men Attempt Hold Up On York Road
Two white men named J. B. Perry of Columbia and L. E. Odom of Lancaster were jailed after an attempted holdup of a York County car eight miles east of town. The York party included R. D. Alexander Jr. and several others. The pair fled, were pursued by Sheriff Fred E. Quinn, and arrested on the western outskirts of York after a brief stop in town. Perry claimed to be a detective for Sheriff Heise of Columbia. Odom’s role remains tied to the incident.
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York
J. B. Perry
Columbia
L. E. Odom
Lancaster
York County
R. D. Alexander, Jr
Paul Neil
J. J. Barron
C. H. Hart
Bessie Barron
Louise Barron
Perry
Odom
Rock Hill Road
Newport
Fred E. Quinn
Quinn
Heise
Columbis
M. Perry
Blaney
Dunnaway
Anti mob measure set for House debate before holidays
Washington December 10 early consideration of the Dyer anti lynching bill was assured as the rules committee granted it privileged status on the calendar. Critics led by Representative Sumners argued the measure lacks constitutional warrant warning it would infringe on states rights and permit federal coercion. The bill imposes heavy penalties for lynching participants and fines for officials neglecting to prevent mob violence.
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Washington
Dyer
Rules Committee
Campbell
Sumners
Texas
Judiciary Committee
Irish peace plan rejected by De Valera and ministers
Dublin reports De Valera cannot recommend the London peace treaty to the Dail or country and signals continued opposition. He urges public Dail session Wednesday and stresses the majority’s will. London sees gloom, while Griffith says he has signed the pact and believes it lays a foundation for peace.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Great Britain
Dail
Defense
Home Affairs
de Valera
Birvann
London
Art O’brien
Dail Eireann
Irish Self Determination League
Ireland
Griffith
Arthur Griffith
Cotton Estimate Boosts Market Into Bullish Open
The 1921 official Washington cotton crop estimate reached 8,240,000 bales versus 7,900,000 expected. Prices moved from 46 to 83 points in morning trading as traders pushed gains on private estimates up to 5.0 a bale, but the government report released at 2 PM erased most of the early advance within minutes.
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Washington
CETS FIRE MONEY
Insurance firms paid city treasurer George Douglass 300 dollars for fire loss in the city hall building. The damage stemmed from a fire on November 1.
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City Hall Building
George ©. Douglass
Adopt King Resolution Directing Dyestuffs Lobby Probe
Washington December 10 the Senate adopted the long pending King resolution directing congressional investigation into the activities of the alleged dyestuffs lobby. No record vote was taken.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Uproar After Georgia Senator Threat to Slap Officer
Washington report details a Senate committee gathering on French war abuses where Senator Watson publicly threatened Major Cohen during a tense clash. Chairman Brandegee called for security as heated exchanges erupted, Watson proclaimed he would retire after the insult claim.
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Brandegee
Georgia
Washington
Watson
Senate Committee
France
Tir
Xeon
Tate
Brandeges
No Quorum Halted Abbeville Ministerial Union Meeting
The Abbeville County Baptist Ministerial Union met in the Sunday school room of a local Baptist church but adjourned without action due to no quorum. Four ministers attended: Rev. H. L. Weeks Abbeville, Rev. J. C. Solomon moderator Calhoun Falls, Rev. A. E. Driggers Greenwood, and Rev. J. W. Busshardt.
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Abbeville County
CLUB MARKET OPENS AFTER ROAD CLOSURE
The Home Demonstration Club market will reopen December 17 at 10 o clock after a recent road condition shutdown. Old customers are urged to renew patronage and place orders for Christmas cakes mince pies chickens and turkeys.
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City Hall
Lewis Belcher
Lossy Bell Calhoun
V. Calhoun
Duck Robinson
Nathaniel Glenn
Parent Teacher Association Musicale Well ‘Attended
Ralph Turner
Chicago
A. Stoddard
Fulp
Rock
United States
England
DIAL
George W. Cohell
Jesse
Shields
Tennessee
Cohen
CLUB
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