Double Murderavenged in Carrollton Mob Lynching
Carrollton Mississippi August 2 The murder of Mr and Mrs Taliaferro culminated yesterday at 5 PM with a lynching of Betsie McCray and her son Belfield and daughter Ida McCray all colored. About 500 white citizens marched to the jail demanded the keys bound the victims and carried them to the town limits where they hanged them from a public roadside tree and riddled the bodies with bullets. Judge W F Stephens and W B Hill pleaded for law and order on the jail steps and even followed the mob to the cell doors with arms around the leaders pleading to let the law work, but to no avail.
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Mes
Taliaferro
Lnoon
Betsie McCray
Belfield McCray
Ida McCray
Carroll County
Duke
W. F. Stephens
W. 8. Hill
What a Tale it Tells
If that mirror shows a sallow complexion and blotches on the skin, it signals liver trouble. Dr King's New Life Pills regulate the liver, purify the blood, and give clear skin with rosy cheeks, only 25 cents at Blam Drug Co.
Ice cream supper boosts Oxanna lodge building fund
A public school ice cream supper in Oxatow benefiting the Oxanna lodge Knights of Pythias raised about one hundred dollars. The Fifth ward event drew a large crowd and was called very successful by editor H. A. Brown.
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Queen Elizabeth and Her Vanity in History's Mirror
Margaret Deland argues in Harper's Bazaar that Queen Elizabeth carried a vanity in dress and gesture, yet showed ambition and cruelty behind a regal facade. She notes Elizabeth’s jeweled hands, finery, and the paradox of a powerful, ruthless monarch masking feminine tenderness with ostentatious attire.
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Margaret Deland
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Slavery Protected the Negro in Early America
A passage from The Atlantic as cited argues slavery shielded Black people from competition and natural pressures, comparing enslaved Africans to valuable stock. It claims emancipation exposed them to harsh realities, noting a drastic rise in misery after freedom and a shift from captive nurture to self-reliance.
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Albert Phelps
Atlantic
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