Angry Lilly Whites Walk Out After Seating Negroes at Convention
Nashville Aug 22 Angry Lilly Whites walk out in high dudgeon after a late night wrangle over seating Negroes at the Republican state convention. The vote to seat blacks triggered cries that Davidson county whites would be disfranchised, and the Lily Whites left the floor amid derision. The convention adjourned to 10 am without a permanent organization. Inprasaponis Aug 22 Populists renounce affiliation with General Coxey as leaders suspect a side show in DeKalb county. Coxey plans to speak to crowds at 10 cents a head, state committee members note he should be watched.
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Nashville
Davidson County
Colmn Elijah Ashcroft
Lily Wintes
Inprasaponis
Coxey
Cosey
People’s Party
Vedersburg
DeKalb County
Five Marriages Births and Eleven Deaths Reported
Five marriages births and eleven deaths reported by the county telegrams. A sheriff names Purse arrested in Atlanta for a murder eight months ago near Chattanooga. An accident near Villa Rica sent a man under a wagon. Dr M S Walker banker of Greenville Mississippi noted for declining health. Jabez Balfour extradited from Buenos Aires to face fraud charges in the Liberal Building Society affair.
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Pat St
Beer Aindiana
Purse
Gus Pace
Etienne
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Robert Morrin
Villa Rica
M. 8. Walker
The
Merchants and Planters Bank of Greenville
Miss
Jabez Balfour
Lexvos
Buenos Ayres
Jabez Spencer Balfour
Liberator Building Society
Large Fire Rages in Memphis Wrecks Homes and Stock
Memphis Aug 2 A four story building housing Mansfield Drug Co burned rapidly after midnight destroying nearly 250000 in property. Firefighters battled flames as chemicals and oils fed the blaze. Fader Sugarman Co Mansfield Sons Co and others reported heavy losses. Gayoso House faced danger and walls of several structures collapsed. Chief Ayax escaped unharmed after being knocked down. By 5 am fire was under control with substantial building and stock losses recorded across multiple firms.
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Memphis
Shelby Street
Mansfield Drug Company
Mansfield
Sonesremen Sarnia
Mansfield Drug Com Fader & Co
B. Treadwell & Co
Gayoso House
Fader
Ayax
Fader, Sugarman & Co
Mansfield Sons & Co
A. B. Goss
Sures Fader, Sugarman & Co
Gayoso
John Reid
shout @ insurance
Tennessee Republicans Name Temporary Chairman at Nashville Convention
Nashville Aug 21 The Republican state committee selected A Bownan of Washington county as temporary chairman of the convention. The choice of permanent chairman will likely decide whether Evans or Baker becomes the gubernatorial candidate. Baker, veteran organizer, leads the state committee as a longtime election worker.
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Nashville
A. Bownan
Washington County
Evans
Baker
Athiea Merly
Congress
Tennessee
Meral
Harrison
Republican Committee
New York
Manhattan Hospital
Harlem
Edward Wood
With Avenue
President Expected to Permit Tariff Bill Without Signature
Two cabinet members voiced belief the tariff bill will become law without the president's signature. The absence of official guidance from Gray Gables and Cleveland's ill health fuel uncertainty about his policy. Cummings reports armor plate inquiry progress, seeking tests and contract terms with Carnegie company amid broader constitutional questions.
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Wasuixaron
Cleveland
Washington
Gray Gables
cabi_ net
Nike
Congress
Parente
Carlisle
Cummings
Armor Piste
I Goverasmege Printing Office
Ace Company
Steve Volams
Rae Ocamo
Secretary of the Navy
Selina
Carnegie Company
Secretary Harris Dead A Georgia Senate Secretary Remembered
Isanenia Georgia Aug 18 William A Harris longtime secretary of the Georgia senate for a decade and veteran of two wars has died of heart disease at his Milledgeville home. A native of Worth he served in the Confederate army as captain later colonel and practiced law after the war. During Reconstruction he helped South Georgia politics and in 1878 was elected to the state senate where his influence shaped policy statewide. He leaves a wife and a prominent family legacy in Georgia politics.
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Georgia
Isanenia
William A. Harris
Georgia Senate
Depres
Georges
Afrowesha
Raat
Milledgeville
Wasialen
Mel Aor
Henry R. Jackson
Worth
Susie Ford
South
Senate
South Georgia
Hi Sapilly
The Spinners Fight for Wages Against Mills in Massachusetts
The Spinners' association executive committee again meets to review the strike, with talk of Kerr Thread Mill reportedly offering terms while others push for old wages. Sanford Spinning protests any pay cuts, while Globe Yarn spinners rail at broken faith by Sanford's president. Spinners will strike if concessions are not made, as Harvey Granite and Shoyn mills remain unsettled. tension rises with weavers’ actions adding to officers' unease.
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Massachusetts
Pan Riven
Kerr
Sanford Spinning Company
Globe Yarn
Tien
Ig Arnold B. Bautor
Wil
O'Donnell
Pvont
Harves Granite
Shoyn Milly
Wenaranel
Awunch
Treasury
Watson Nomination Sets Stage for Tenth Georgia Race
The People's party of the Tenth Georgia district met in Tnouson Ga at 10 am on Aug 1 and unanimously nominated Domina Thomas E. B. for Congress. The action signals a repeat of the two year ago contest against the Democratic incumbent.
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Me Will
Georgia
Tnouson
People’s Party of the Tenth
Domina Thomas EB. Veromys Sogebeh
Ier Bea Cn Oenes
Democratic Party
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