Ku Klux Klan Leader Faces Slaying Trial in New York
Nov 7 Atlanta capstone report states Philip E. Fox publicity chief of the Ku Klux Klan may be tried next week for the slaying of Captain W. S. Coburn. Authorities cannot serve peace warrants on Imperial Wizard Evans and three other Klan officials. Dr. Fred B. Johnston and Dr. Linton Smith raise mental health concerns about Fox as warrants against Evans and others are unsettled.
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Atlanta
Philip E. Fox
Ku Klix Klan
W. S. Coburn
Boykin
Imperial Wizard Evans
Fred B. Johnston
Simmons Freetion of
Klan
Linton Smith
Fox
H. Kk. Ramsey
Brown Harwood
T. J. McKinnon
Klen
Johnston
Evans
Johnson
Birmingham
Simmons
Heavy Buying Pushes Cotton Market to New Highs
Heavy accommodation of buying orders over the holiday driven by a large move on New Orleans and Liverpool exchanges lifted local cotton prices at the open. December contracts stood at 33.75 cents and January at 33.48 cents, both marking new season highs.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Senator Pace Introduces Bill to Create Auditing Bureau
Atlanta November 7 Special. Extra session opens with many tax measures. Senator Stephen Pace of Sumter introduces a bill to create an auditing and accounting department and a state budget and investigating commission with broader powers. Session focuses on taxation, free school books. governor hosts dinner tonight. governor to deliver message Thursday. Senate President Carswell and Speaker Neal urge speedy action.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Stephen Pace
Sumter County
Special
George Carswell
Senate
Neal
House
Assembly
Indictment Shocks Ku Klux Klan Editor in Atlanta
Atlanta officials probed motive after Philip E. Fox editor of The Nighthawk faced murder charges for shooting Captain Coburn. Fox, silent in Fulton jail, had hinted Coburn possessed documents damaging to his character. Palace aides denied any knowledge of such documents or plots.
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Atlanta
Philip E. Fox
Nighthawk
Ku Klux Klan
Coburn
Fox
Fulton
Atlanta Trust Company
Fred B. Johnston
W. J. Simmons
Callie Caper
Imperial Palace
Palace
Johnston
Simmons
Dallas officials offer aid to Klansman in Coburn slaying
Sheriff Dan Houiston and District Attorney Shelby Cox wired Philip Fox, charged with the slaying of W. S. Coburn in Atlanta over Klan dissension. The telegram expressed regret Fox was entangled in Klan affairs but asserted he was in the right and that the tragedy was unavoidable.
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Dallas
Tex
Dan Houiston
Shelby Cox
Philip Fox
W. S. Coburn
Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
Fox
Louisville Builds Fine New Hotel
Louisville reports a $32,000 contract to build a modern twenty room hotel in the city. T. B. Kelley is the successful bidder, Willis Irvin of Augusta named architect, work to start immediately and finish by May 1, 1924.
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Louisville
T. B. Kelley
Willis Irvin
Augusta
Burned Body Found in Negro Church in Alabama
Birmingham woman positively identified as the charred body found among ruins of a Negro church near Tuscaloosa. Chief Deputy Sheriff Hill confirmed the identification after a local inquiry but cited complications and declined further details. He said the body is not among previously named victims and stated a motive behind the crime is known.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tuscaloosa
H. 3
Hill
Jefferson County
Tuscaloosa County
Dempsey Hill
Winston Churchill May Succeed Bonar Law In Britain
London November 7 The Glasgow Central Division vacancy in the House of Commons prompts interest as Winston Churchill reportedly receives 12 invitations from local Liberals to stand. The move aims to reunite Asquithian and Lloyd George liberal wings amid internal party tensions and distrust of Lloyd George.
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London
Glasgow
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Winston Spencer Churchill
Asquithian
Lloyd Georgian
Mr. Churchill
Lloyd George
Editor Phinzy Sees Era of Prosperity in South
Atlanta November 7. Bowdie Phinzy, editor of the Augusta Herald, proclaims a bright prosperity sign. He cites ideal seasons, abundant food crops, record cotton yields, plentiful livestock, and stacked hay as signs of economic improvement. Banks report large deposits and merchants note unusual trade.
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Phinzy
Atlanta
Sign of Times
Bowdie Phinzy
Augusta
Herald
Berlin band leader connected to murder of czar family
The Lokal Anzeiger reports the killer of the Russian czar and his family is in Berlin under medical care in a nursing home and plagued by hallucinations since the crime. The Soviet Embassy in Berlin is said to be assisting him with funds and a car.
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Berlin
Czar
Russia
Lokal Anzeiger
Twenty Two Killed in Warsaw Railway Strike Riots
Riots and bombings during a railway workers strike in Warsaw left twenty two dead and sixty wounded. Disorder persisted despite a socialist agreement to suspend the strike in exchange for military withdrawal from the railroads.
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Warsaw
Harding calls Forbes resignation over surplus sale probe
Washington November 7 President Harding demanded the resignation of Charles R Forbes as director of the veterans bureau following testimony by Brigadier General Sawyer before the Senate Veterans Committee. Sawyer cited the Perryville Maryland surplus supply sale as the key issue linking Forbes to the affair.
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Washington
Harding
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Perryville
Sawyer
Senate Veterans Committee
Cotton Vessel afire near English coast
The British Steamship Hannington Court carrying Galveston cotton for Havre reported by wireless that she was afire about 1 260 miles west southwest of Queenstown.
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Roid Society
Havre
France
Hannington Court
Galveston
Queenstown
Community Orchestra Meeting Set for Thursday Night
Alfred C. Gane, director, has the Community orchestra ready for a meeting Thursday night at 8 oclock at the Community club. All members are urged to attend as some music was delayed while being ordered and now everything is prepared for a full meeting.
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Alfred C. Gane
Gane
Western Union official dies suddenly in office
Jacksonville November 7 L J Maxwell longtime district commercial superintendent for the Western Union Telegraph company of this state died suddenly in his office today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
L. J. Maxwell
Western Union Telegraph Company
Suits Filed Over Syrup Deliveries in Cairo
Cairo November 7. Suits will be instituted immediately against several members of the Cane Growers association for failure to deliver their syrup to the association in violation of contracts, according to a resolution adopted by the association's board of directors.
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Cairo
Cane Growers Association
Claims Enforcement Rested on People
Athens November 7 Judge Samuel H Sibley told the grand jury that enforcing prohibition and other laws depends on whether the people support enforcement. He compared courts to masons needing public sentiment to back their work. The grand jury began considering presentments immediately.
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Athens
Samuel H. Sibley
Grand Jury
Sibley
Upson County Cotton Shows Improvement in Thomaston
In Thomaston on November 7, reports indicate Upson county has ginned more cotton this year than all of the previous season, with estimates suggesting the crop will exceed last year by over a thousand bales. Potatoes and other farm products arrive in large quantities while high cotton prices boost farmer prospects amid hard times.
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Upson County
Thomaston
Ministers and laymen unite for go to church drive
More than one hundred officials and ministers from city churches gathered at Furlow Grammar School basement to boost closer church collaboration. Dr Carl Minor praised the 100 percent lay response and outlined plans to reach 4000 attendees on the fourth Sunday in November as part of the go to church campaign.
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Furlow Grammar School
First Methodist
J. B. Hightower
Christian Church
Frank Harrold
Furlow Gatewood
First Baptist
Carl Minor
Ministerial Association
Minor
Dar
Bradley Hogg
First Baptist Church
A. C. Crockett
Presbyterian Church
H. 5. Walker
Lee Street Methodist
R. L. Maynard
Central Baptist
Frank Karrold
Episcopal Church
John Sheffield
Methodist
John Shiver
J. E. Mathis
Player Funeral Held From Family Home
Funeral services for Tor George A. Player who died suddenly at his home were held this morning at 11 50 oclock from the family residence on Furlow street. Rev Luther A Harrell of Lee Street Methodist church conducted the obsequies as many friends attended. The remains were later transported by Seaboard train to Rochelle for interment this afternoon.
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Tor George A. Player
Furlow Street
Luther A. Harrell
Lee Street Methodist Church
Seaboard
Rochelle
Sauer Kraut Gains Popularity in Society Halls
James A. Anderson of Provo Utah told directors of the National Carners association in Chicago that sauer kraut is now popular in society dining halls. He noted sales have risen over 100 percent in ten years.
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Chicago
James A. Anderson
Provo
Utah
National Carners Association
Judge Howard Delivers First Grand Jury Charge In Atlanta
Judge G. H. Howard, new Fulton Superior Court judge, opened his tenure with a grand jury charge criticizing the system that lets trial juries fix sentences in felony cases. He said current law lacks latitude to consider a defendant’s past conduct in the present case.
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Atlanta
Fulton Superior Court
G. H. Howard Monday
Little Boy May Lose Eyesight From Burns
Savannah November 7 A five year old, son of Editor R M Rhoden of the Reidsville Journal and Baxley Banner, is hospitalized with severe powder burns that may cost him his sight. He and others tried to set off powder in a shell after the shot had been removed when the explosion burned his face.
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Savannah
Jack
R. M. Rhoden
Reidsville Journal
Baxley Banner
Dr G N Howard Dies in Cusseta
Dr G N Howard of Cusseta died Monday afternoon at 78 after years as superintendent of schools in Chattahoochee county. Survived by three sons Dr C N Howard Jr legislator H B Howard ordinary of the county and Judge G H Howard of Atlanta, and three sisters Mrs J C Butler of Birmingham Mrs A B Taylor of Texas and Mrs Dozier McElby of Cusseta.
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Atlanta
G. N. Howard
Cusseta
G. H .Howard
Fulton Superior Court
Chattahoochee County
C. N. Howard
H. B. Howard
Howard
Ben Hill Grand Jury Recommends Elks Club Abatement
In Fitzgerald on November 7 the Ben Hill county grand jury urged the court to abate the Elks club as a nuisance. Judge Crum stayed action until the attorney general returns from Washington due to membership conflicts. The indictment cites frequent intoxication and liquor parties held in club rooms as grounds for abatement.
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Fitzgerald
Ben Hill County
Elks Club
Crum
Washington
Wall
Strand
Union Revival Planned by Ministerial Association
Dr. John M. Cutler of the First Methodist urged a union revival for early 1924. Laymen pledged support to back the Ministerial Association in bringing a revivalist, while the women of the church were thanked for serving supper and attendees dropped 50 cents each into the fund.
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John M. Cutler
First Methodist Church
First Methodist
Prospect Brighter For Early Accord On Reparations Plan
PAPS Nov 7 Prospect for an agreement between France and Great Britain on the text of an invitation to the United States to join the reparations question was brighter in Paris today. Paris Nov 7 The reparations commission will comply immediately with the German replies question if the governments including the United States cannot agree on an advisory investing committee.
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Papis
France
Great Britain
United States
Paris
Berlin
Florida Judge Assails Ku Klux Klan in Grand Jury Charge
PENSACOLA Fla November 7 Judge William B Sheppard in a United States court grand jury address condemned the Ku Klux Klan in strong terms calling it bordering on anarchy and un-American He said the group’s tactics demoralize the law and endanger life and property The judge’s charge focused nearly entirely on the klan
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Pensasula
Fla
United States
William B. Sheppard
Ku Klux Klan
Train Derailment Injures Several Passengers Near Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau Mo Nov 7 Several passengers were slightly injured when several coaches of St Louis San Francisco passenger train No 802 derailed at Brooks Junction 25 miles south of here on the Memphis to St Louis run. The same train earlier collided with a freight at Swift Mo a few days before but no one was hurt in that incident.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
St. Louis
Soil Bacteria Sales Exceed Last Year in Georgia
Atlanta November 7 Sales of bacteria for soil inoculation by the Georgia department of agriculture rose in October beyond the entire 1922 season. Fred Bridges Assistant Commissioner said enough bacteria were sold to inoculate 2 500 acres. Farmers urged to inoculate soils as yield increases are expected. Price is 30 cents per acre at cost, versus about 1 50 dollars commercially.
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Atlanta
State Department of Agriculture
Fred Bridges
Georgia
Octopus and Cormorant Battle in Glass Tank
In Bristol an octopus and a cormorant housed together in a large aquarium tank fought constantly. The octopus, under water pressure, pulled the plug and drained six feet of water, then reset it. The next morning the pair clashed again as the cormorant sought its dip on the floating platform.
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Bristol
England
Effort to Adjourn Defeated in Georgia House
Atlanta November 7. An effort to adjourn the legislature sine die within two hours after it convened was defeated when the house voted it down overwhelmingly. The resolution was introduced by Wimberly of Laurens county and G W Riley of Sumter was involved.
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Atlanta
House
Wimberly
Laurens County
G. W. Riley
Sumter
Harris backs income tax plan over separate revenue department
Louisville November 5 Representative Roy V Harris of Jefferson County endorses Ennis bill with amendments to place extra tax collection under the present tax commissioner Henry J Fullbright He opposes repealing the ad valorem tax and free school books urging an income tax of up to five percent with credits for ad valorem paid He warns against heavy state obligations and paternalism and signals further remarks on page eight continued.
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Louisville
Assocated Press
Department of Revenue
Roy V. Harris
Jefferson County
Ennis
Henry J. Fullbright
Harris
Haris
Negro Uses Oil Can as Weapon in Rome Assault
In Rome on November 7 Louis Summers and George Spriggs, both African American, fought after a quarrel over a worn automobile. Summers struck Spriggs on the head with an oil can, requiring a surgeon to sew a deep scalp wound. Summers was jailed on charges of assault with intent to murder. The incident marks a novel use of an oil can as a weapon in the area.
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Rome
Louis Summers
George Spriggs
Summers
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Texas
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Western Union
W. A. Joyner
Rochelle Cemetery
Ben Hill
Florida
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