Negro Preacher Critiques Jim Crow in Mobile Sermon
Nashville American reports W. W. Lucas, a Negro Pentecostal preacher and Held agent for the Negro Young People’s Christian Educational Congress, railing at “Jim Crow” hypocrisy while urging action against what he calls a failed economic and moral path among Black communities in Mobile. He mocks idle Black vanity, prophesies industry and organization, and contrasts earthly neglect with heaven’s demands.
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W. W. Lucas
Negro Young People’s Christian Educational Congress
Mobile
Colored Brethren
Lucas
Nashville
State University and agricultural course expansion noted
The Times-Recorder highlights The State University and the University of Georgia’s growing life in agriculture. It mentions a two month winter course and a new one year program, urging support for Chancellor Hill. It also reports cotton crop projections by Theodore H. Price and Georgia Democrats at Atlanta nominating candidates, plus appointing James M. Lockett to West Point and rural mail routes efforts by E B Lewis.
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Times-Recorder
University of Georgia
School of Agriculture
Addiiton
Chancellor Hill
Georgia
T. £. McLendon
M. A. McCrea
M. G. Laegan
J. H. Black
Bottsford and
Americus
M. G. Logan
Gus Rhodes
Mrs. Thomas
EK. Timmerman
J. M. Smallplece
T. R. McLendon
L.A
Henry
Clayton Byrd
Hill
M.G. Logan
Iwin
W. Wheatley
Clerk County Commissioners
For Sale Eight Horse Power Engine and Deals
For sale one eight horsepower engine with deals. Apply to Wobo Agent for details. Circulars available at Eb, Sumter City.
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Apaly Vp
Wobo
Sumter
Cotton Louse Beneficial Insect Guards Cotton Crop
State Entomology report notes the convergent lady-bug, a natural enemy of cotton lice, now aiding cotton fields. Describes life cycle from eggs to adults, their voracious feeding on plant lice, and wintering habits. Local option petition filed in Newton Covington Ga for August 20, 1899, noting Covington dry since 1893 and economic impact.
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Washington
Jefferson
Twiggs
Houston
Schiriey
Monros
Marien
Georgia
State Department of Agriculture
W. F. Fiske
Newton
Covington
The Rise Of Asiatic Fowls In American Poultry
An overview of how Asiatic bred fowls such as the Shanghai and Brahma influenced American poultry. It notes Plymouth Rock development, allied breeds, and the skill of breeders. Practical Georgia guidance covers coop design, ventilation, draught avoidance, roost protection, floor sanitation, and allowing fowls to roost in trees in summer for healthier birds and better production.
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United States
Shanghai
Cochin
Rowe
Jercey
Hode Island
Georgia
Girl's Arm Crushed in Machine at Chattanooga Mill
July 12. Misa Fannin Turney, an employee of Chickamauga knitting mills, had her hand caught between two hot rollers yesterday afternoon. The hand was crushed and several bones broken with burns. The machine was stopped promptly, but injuries were severe and possibly permanent.
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Chattanooga
Misa Fannin Turney
Chickamarga
Refuse To Sign Oath In Bloemfontein July 11
In Bloemfontein Orange River Colony many of the commandants field cornets and officials of the late Free State government decline to sign the oath of allegiance. Most object to the Declaration acknowledging King Edward the sovereign.
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Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
Free State
Edward the Sov
Fatal restaurant fight over chicken ends in murder
Atlanta July 12 Alamanter White killed Asberry Hinman with a carving knife in Fol som's restaurant kitchen after Hinman accused him of taking a dinner portion. Hinman died at Grady hospital an hour later. White claimed Hinman drew first. Police arrested White at the scene.
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Atlanta
Hinman
Grady Hospital
White
Asberry
Belden
Dobbs
Police
Sparks Hanged for Wife Murder in Bainbridge Ga
Joe Sparks was executed in the Bainbridge county jail gallows cell for the murder of his wife. The July 12 hanging followed an eight minute drop and a prior letter urging people to shun whisky. A large crowd gathered outside, but none were present inside.
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Joe Sparks
Bainbridge
Joe EB. Sparks
Sparks
Walked Seventy Miles To Wed In Columbus
Leonard Patterson and Rosa Foshee of Coosa county Alabama walked seventy miles to Columbus to marry after securing a job with a local mill. They lacked funds to bring the bride by train and traveled mostly by foot, barely affording the license. The justice of the peace who officiated noted his sympathy for the young couple.
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Patterson
Foshee
Columbus
Leonard Patterson
Rosa Foshee
Coosa County
Alabama
Bes
Justice of the Peace
Yearning for ideal delicate garments in verse
A stanza from the Chicago Record Herald imagines thin cool outfits worn by lovely women above corset tops and on bare throats while contrasting men’s heavier coats. The speaker muses on preferring their own clothing over unknown ills, concluding with a cautious stance.
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Chicago Record Herald
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