Delegates Arrive as Cleveland Leaders Dominate Tennessee Conventi
Delegates to the Democratic convention in Nashville arrive by train. about 1,500 delegates so far. James D. Vorter, secretary of state under Cleveland, is a central figure, with J. C. Atkins and others in attendance. Sentiment shifts toward instructing for Cleveland as counties circulate ballots. Ernest Pillow to preside temporarily. W. G. Dismuke to be permanent chair.
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Tenn
Delegtes
Chicago
Whch
Hoo
James DD. Vorter
Cleveland
Friends of Cleveland
J.C. Atkins
Cox
Ernest Pillow
W. (. Dismuke
State Senate
Cleveland's Friends Fear Defeat If He Gets Nomination
Wastuxatox May 20 Special report notes a Democratic senator and Cleveland ally says Cleveland would be the logical Democratic nominee if Blaine is the Republican standard bearer. The senator questions electability, citing strong Cleveland support yet doubts about victory if nominated and fears within the party over his re election prospects. The piece stresses party faction tensions and hesitancy ahead of the Chicago convention.
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Wastuxatox
United States
Cleveland
Blaine
Chicago
Wicked Whitecaps Rampage in Owl Hollow and Related News
About twelve o'clock in Tunnel Hill a mob of 153 Owl Hollow whitecaps attacked John Myers home. Myers was beaten and whipped about 150 times before release. A nearby householder and a woman were also punished. Authorities may pursue the assailants. Also reports from Ixmianavotis on the Prohibition Party convention with Sam Small and Samuel Dickey denouncing fusion with the People's Party. In Macon a deputy, Ben Wilder, was shot mortally by Willie Bell on Fourth Street in Sandy Bottom.
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Myers
Whitfield
Owl Hollow
Ixmianavotis
Prohibition Party
Sam Small
Atlanta
Samuel Dickey
Prohibition National Committee
People's Party
Dickey
Harrison
New York
Macon
Ben Wilder
Willie Bell
Fourth Street
Sandy Bottom
Wilder
Wes
Cloud Burst Wrecks Kingsman Town Killing Six in Ohio
A cloud burst near Kingsman two miles north of Niles Ohio on May 20 caused a flood that killed at least six people and wrecked property and stock. The Pangmathenolng river broke its banks flooding the fertile bottoms as villagers fled. Survivors and rescuers searched driftwood and rubble for more victims. Separately in New York Secretary Blaine and wife were seen. Massachusetts favored Blaine. In Georgia Asbury Gentry was found guilty of murder and faces a July 1 hanging. In Paris four soldiers near Chalons died after smoking cigarettes triggered an explosion in a chest of gunpowder.
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Niles
Ohio
Kingsman
Scong
J.B. Robbins
K. Stewart
J.D. Campbell
Buchanan
Asbury Gentry
Georgia
Michard Hyres
Atlanta
C. J. Jones
Paris
Challons
Big Sunday School Unite at Leeton Park in Sumier
All the county Sunday schools unite for a celebratory day at Leeton Park. Devotional exercises lead to a broad age inclusive spelling bee, followed by a baseball game between Lumpkin and Americus clubs. Supt. Fouche to run street cars. round trip tickets are five cents.
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Sumier Wii
Leeton Park
Georgia
Lumpkin
Americus
Supt
Fouche
Leoton
Desoto Tragedy Involving Steel Thes and Superintendent Attack
A man described as a prominent white figure and a dishonest negro figured in a DeSoto incident after a water keg was stolen from a field at the Tovestment Company farm. When Superintendent Powell S demanded its return the black man attacked him amid a broader tense confrontation.
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Howell
DeSoto
Tovestment Company
Powell S
Farmer Marries Wrong Widow in Amusing Plan
A farmer rich in property sought a wife and, guided by a merchant, named two widows with the same surname. He chose one and, after marrying her at a preacher’s house, learned he had wed the other. The groom, undeterred, claimed happiness with the wife he had, while the merchant protested the mix up. A fishing party afterward returns with reports of plentiful fish and activity.
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Thytory
Americus
Tne
Ealf
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