Ministers Clash Over Memorial Day Service At Lanva
At Lanva on April 27 a Ministers Evangelical Association meeting sparked a row after Rev. Mr Cary condemned memorial day observances and two ministers who prayed at the cemetery faced sharp rebuttals. Dr J W Lee and Dr T P Cleveland were accused of impropriety for incorporating Episcopal litany forms into Methodist services. The chair adjourned amid rising tensions and the affair remained tightly kept from public view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanva
Ministers Evangelical Association
Mr. Cary
J W. Lee
T. P. Cleveland
Lee
Methodist Church
Memorial day observance in Lumpkin features Hawkes address
Memorial day exercises were held at the Methodist church in Lumpkin with Rev A E Keese and Hon W M Hawkes delivering a stirring salute to Confederate dead. Flowers laid on graves, a veterans procession to Baptist cemetery, and plans to formalize the service as an annual observance followed. Also coverage of Texas politics with Reagan resignation, Horace Chilton appointment, and local court notes from Lumpkin and Americus Magnolia Dell picnic plans inviting Cuthbert schools to join in May.
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A. E. Keese
W. M. Hawkes
Methodist Church
Lumpkin
Col. Hawkes
House of God
Methodial
Baptist Church
Reagin
Texas
Senate
Texas State Railroad Commission
Hogg
Horace Chilton
Chilton
Congress
Magnola Dell
Americus
Cuthbert
Magnolia Dell
Memorial Day Observed in Americus with Deep Fervor
Memorial day in Americus drew vast crowds and extensive participation led by the Ladies Memorial Association. Veterans, both Confederate and wounded, rode and walked in a ceremonial line to the cemetery where Dr Johnston led a prayer and Dr Campbell delivered an acclaimed oration. The day combined flowers, music, and reverent reflection, leaving attendees moved by lasting grief and national memory.
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Americus
Ladies Memorial Association
Association
Catts
Messra
N. G
J. K. Prince
Lockett
J. C. Clark
C. M. Wheatley
Americus Light Infantry
Bagley
Dev A
Campbell
Ladies' Memorial Association
A. C. Speer
M. J. Bass
J. W. Harris
J. H. Allen
Johnston
Hoo
W. M. Hawkes
Gopi
Moore shoots Showers in courthouse tragedy in Enizaneth
In Enizaneth Kentucky a courthouse murder occurs when Charles Moore shoots William Showers dead at about 8 am. Showers held a revolver as Moore, who had previously faced murder and forgery charges, is chased from Florida to Eagle Pass Texas before being brought back for trial. Local police report increased arrests of African American men for gambling and violent crime, with nine men jailed after a Sunday incident on the railroad tracks.
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Georgia
Atlanta
J. L. M. Curry
Executive
Peabody Educational Fund
Peabody
State of
Doctor Curry
Gov
Northen
Brunswick
Enizaneth
Showers
Moore
Charles Moore
William Showers
Buck
Eagle Pass
Texas
Alvin B. Clark
New York
Allen House
United States
Col. Clark
Fuel Oil, Light and Gas Machine Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Washington City
Florida
Americas
S Repub- Mean
Feagin
Barrows
John Anderson
Amos Turner
Mose Wilson
Earnest Wilson
Aleck Wilson
H. Baker
John Bonner
Walter McDonald
Jim Perry
Pilabury
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Geo. D. Wheatley
Hite Perny
Norcross
Jones
Mrs. Eaton Better
Norry Bend
Ohio
Mrs. Eaton
Harrison
North Bend
San Francisco
Benjamin Harrison
New Orleans
Grant
Department of Justice
Oh Grant
Binwinanam
Ala
Calondi
Vjohais
Julia Martin
Hik Spébch
Goa
Dodge Fort
Stewart Superior Court
Allen. Fort
Hal Adams
Robert Brown
Rich Perry
Kentucky
State Teachers’ Association
Georgia Colored Teachers
Brunawick
Américas
Bruns~wick
Smith
Duncan
Evan Patterson
Tme
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Werton Court
Marida
County ‘Superior Court
Nuisder
Seustom
Alilambe
M. Collum
Patnam
Alliance
Schley County
Eloot ‘W ’Atdttict
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