Contempt Citation In Scopes Trial Sparks Dayton Courtroom Thrill
Judge Raulston cites Clarence Darrow for contempt and orders a $5,000 bond as Dayton witnesses packed the courtroom. The scene unfolds as the Scopes case nears its end with Darrow seeking to read statements while the court limits jury access and science, religion, evolution clash. Maynard Metcalf later testifies there is no conflict between evolution and the Bible, condemning literalist readings as harmful to truth and faith.
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Ralston
Dayton
John T. Raulston
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Darrow
Raulston
Darrows
Tenn
Maynard M. Metcalf
Oberlin College
Darrow Explains Self to Reporter in Ape War War
Dayton Tenn July 20 Clarence Darrow, a leading figure in the Ape War, speaks of his paradoxical drive and belief in nothing while fighting for free religious thought against bigotry. He remains at it at age 68, in a humid arena, offering service without pay as he strives for a more tolerant world.
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Darrow
Self
Dayton, Tenn
Clarence Darrow
Phillips Named to Succeed Anderson on Highway Board
Atlanta July 20 Governor Walker nominated John R Phillips of Jefferson county to the State Highway commission for a term beginning today and ending January 1 1926 to succeed W T Anderson who resigned.
Lightning kills man in Mobile home during storm
Mobile Alabama reports David Ellis aged 32 was struck by lightning and killed inside his home as a powerful electrical storm raged through the city. The house was wrecked by the crash and his wife was badly shocked.
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Mobile
Ala
David Ellis
Sunday Dancing Bans Backed by Georgia Representative
Representative Peacock of Laurens argues open Sabbath desecration harms youth and supports house and senate bills to bar public dancing on Sundays. He cites three reported instances last Sunday, two in hotels and one at Tybee Island, insisting the Sabbath be observed in a sacred manner while allowing dancing at proper times and places.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Representative Peacock
Laurens
Senate
Peacock
Tybee Island
Bondholders of V.C. Co to receive large sums
In New York on July 20 bondholders of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co were notified by Central Union Trust Co as trustees in receivership that a cash distribution of 4006 per 1000 bond would be made July 21. The payout comes from proceeds of the Southern Cotton Oil stock sale pledged as security for the V C Co bond.
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New York
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
Central Union Trust Company
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Virginia Carolina Company
Blackshear Prepares To Sell 10,000,000 Lb Tobacco Crop
Blackshear plans a July 28 tobacco market opening with four warehouses totaling 175000 square feet ready to handle an expected ten million pound crop. Local experts say crop conditions are excellent and quality should match last year.
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Blackshear
Twelve Missing In Open Boat On Mobile Bay
Mobile attorney Elliott G Rickardy leads a party of 12 who vanished in an open boat off Mobile Bay after leaving Montrose on the eastern shore. They were due back at noon but had not been heard from by 7 30 this morning amid reported heavy squalls on the bay.
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Mobile
Ala
Elliott G. Rickardy
Mobile Bay
Montrose
Collier to Form Insurgent Bloc in Senate
Atlanta July 20 The formation of an insurgent bloc in the senate led by Senator J C Collier chairman of the senate finance committee to force an extra session of the general assembly in November to oppose Gov Walker s tax reform program and to substitute a general sales tax was forecast this morning by Senator Collier.
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Atlanta
Senate
J. C. Collier
Senate Finance Committee
General Assembly
Gov. Walker
Collier
Telegraph admits faking story to save Russell Scott
James M. Ball, a Detroit telegrapher, confessed he fabricated a telegram and false witness claim to aid Russell Scott in a Chicago murder case. He said the lie was meant to help Scott and his children, and that his deception was discovered after it failed to influence the case.
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Russell Scott
Detroit
Mid
James M. Ball
Joseph Mauer
Chicago
Mauer
Scott
Ball
Leslie Small
Governor Small
Kankabee
Ill
Legion to Have Melon Cutting at Armory Meeting
John D. Mathis Post will stage an old fashioned watermelon cutting at Post Headquarters in the Armory Building at 7:30 Tuesday night. Commander Bell invites Legionaires and county ex-service men to attend as matters including reorganization of the Americas Light Infantry are to be discussed. A large Schley county turnout is expected for a regular get together affair.
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John D. Mathis Post
Old Americas Light Infantry
Bell
Schley County
North Carolina Vet Memorial Backed by Borglum
Charlotte July 20 Gutzon Borglum the deposed sculptor of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial declared his original concept of a massive Rock Mountain memorial expressive of the true spirit of the Confederacy would be carried out in North Carolina He said the exact location was not yet chosen but that ample financial backing would support a successful conclusion of the project.
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Charlotte
N. C
Gutzon Borglum
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Rock Mountain
North Carolina
Leaps to Death From 15 Story Window in Chicago
E W Wagner once a leading Chicago grain figure and head of a firm that collapsed for several million dollars, plunged to his death from the fifteenth floor of the Westminster Building in the central business district on July 20.
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Chicago
E. W. Wagner
Westminister
Central Business District
Harvest Moon Report Describes Large Local Crop Prospects
The section forecasts one of the heaviest cotton and corn crops in Sumter and adjoining counties as harvest nears. It highlights Lee county’s strong season, notes moisture issues in Sumter but expects totals to rival or exceed 1924, and mentions Mrs. Clay's plantation where pests were controlled and crops thriving.
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Sumter
Lee
Terrell
Lee County
Sumter County
Mr. Carter
Hill
Measures AWAITING ACTION in the House would ban intermarriage
In Atlanta dated July 20 a measure pending in the house would prohibit intermarriage between persons of different color and define who counts as persons of color and who is white. It would establish a system to register marriage licenses and racial background, naming categories such as Negro, mulatto, Mongolian, West Indian, Asiatic Indian, and mixed ancestries with ancestral generation details.
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Tco
Atlanta
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
British Vessel Escorts Fire On By Chinese Forces
A wireless dispatch from Luchow reports Chinese troops fired on two vessels escorted by a British battleship unit prepared to evacuate foreigners from Chengtufu and other areas in Szechuan. The Teal returned fire with two six pounders. No casualties were reported.
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Shanghai
Luchow
Szechuan
Chengtufu
Teal
Chatham Delegates Push 13 Zone Highway System
Atlanta July 20. Chatham county delegation proposed reorganizing the State Highway system into 13 trunk line zones. Each zone could issue bonds subject to voters in the zone. The bond total would exceed 27 million dollars.
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Chatham
Atlanta
Chatham County
Interior orders probe into shooting of U S vice consul
Mexico City July 20 The Department of Interior directs an investigation into the shooting of Harry G Bretherton United States Vice Consul at Aguas Calientes The action follows the incident and aims to establish facts surrounding the event and its circumstances.
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Harry G. Bretherton
United States
Aguas Calientes
Leland Wins $10,000 Slander Suit in Chicago
Albert R. Leland was awarded $10,000 by a jury in his $50,000 slander case against E. L. Hartig official of Oak Park church. Leland formerly belonged to the parish. The article notes there are nearly 800 species of roses.
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Chicago
Albert R. Leland
E. L. Hartig
Oal Park
Leland
Stole Boss Car and Sold Samples Now Faces Chain Gang
Willie Swint, a Black worker, stole his boss Ford truck Saturday night then sold silk samples to fund new clothing. He was captured when the truck returned to town early this morning. police found the pilfered samples and Swint’s arrest awaits pending local authorities.
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Dawson
Willie
Hudson’s
Miling
Pawson
Ing
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