Race clash in Littleton leaves man missing after gunfire
A white man, Joe Thompson, is seriously wounded and missing, with Ira Creel and John Baer also shot, as a planned ambush by a group of black residents followed a confrontation over a white man and a black woman near a trestle. Deputy squads were dispatched and order restored with no arrests reported.
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Ira Creel
Thompson
John Baer
Will Tolbert
Joe Thompson
John Laine
John Rouse
Bargin
Everthing
Editor With Many Roles Conducts Local Notices
Stillman Valley editor J. A. Atwood, also undertaker, tombstone agent, police magistrate, insurance agent and village preacher, handles funerals, marriage notices, and insurance while running the Stillman Valley Graphic. He serves as secretary of Battleground Memorial Association and holds multiple lodge positions. As justice of the peace he marries more couples in the county and manages the paper with varied duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillman Valley
J. A. Atwood
Atwood
Battleground Memorial Association
Warter's Hand Made Cigars Shown Fresh in Tin Wrapping
The notice highlights Warter's hand made cigars presented as fresh and wrapped in tin, emphasizing packaging and freshness for buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warter
Bookkeeper Burned to Death in Charlotte Cotton Fire
A blaze at the Charlotte cotton compress owned by the Sea board Air Line and leased to Er E Johnson destroyed property worth 225090 and killed J M Wilson a bookkeeper from Clarksville Ga. He died while battling the flames near a doorway his body identified by a watch keys and belt buckle. The Pee Dee ice plant and 2400 bales of cotton along with burlap and bagging were burned.
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Charlotte
N. C
Hamlet
J. M. Wilson
Clarksville
Compress
George E. Wilson
Seaboard Air Line Company
Er. E. Johnson
Raleigh
Pee Dee
Wilson
Government Building Work to Start in Anniston
Public building project in Anniston moves from conjecture to reality as Miles and Bradt of Atlanta win the contract for 59 000. The 75 000 appropriation covers property purchases and furnishings, with work to begin immediately and crews arriving within days to start construction at Noble and Twelfth streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
L. T. Smith
Smith
Annistonians
Noble and Twelfth Streets
Rev Sam Jones to Lecture at Anniston Auditorium
Reverend Sam P. Jones will lecture at the Anniston Auditorium on Thursday night October 30 to raise funds for the parsonage. Admission is fifty cents for adults and twenty five cents for children. The event, organized by Reverend John A. May of West Anniston Methodist Church, aims to support the May home.
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Sam Jones
Lectur
John A. May
West Anniston Methodist Church
Mr. Jones
Mr. May
Rey
Anniston
Sam P. Jones
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Coughs and Colds
An old Miller Drug Co advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs and colds and claims it prevents pneumonia. Take no substitute.
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Foley
Miller Drug Co
Negro Arrest at Union Depot in Satchel Robbery Case
Soon Verkins, described as a negro hackman, was arrested at Union Station today. Police say he is implicated in the theft of a satchel owned by Mrs. 8. L. Crook, containing about $10, with $1400 found on Verkins during the arrest.
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8. L. Crook
Union Station
Parker Memorial to Build Mission Church in Walnut Twentieth
Parker Memorial Baptist plans a mission church at the corner of Walnut avenue and Twentieth street. Sunday school and preaching services will be held there for residents of the area as a benfit.
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Parker Memorial Baptist Church
Walnut Avenue
Twentieth Street
Explosion on tug Fred Nellis kills two in Arkansas vicinity
Memmis Tenn Oct 20 Two people die and several injured after an explosion on the tug Fred Nellis, bound for Thebes Illinois to aid railroad bridge work. Among the dead are Mrs Josie Hill of St Louis and William Phillips of Memphis. Onboard eleven aboard at time.
Oxanna Baptist extends call to Rev A A Hutto for another year
The Oxanna Baptist church unanimously calls Rev A A Hutto to remain as pastor for another year and he will split time between the Oxanna church and county missionary work. Hutto previously led Glen Addie and Oxanna churches and resigned Glen Addie to focus on county missions. Shattuck of Shellsburg cured of stomach trouble by four boxes of Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. now available from J L Wikle.
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Oxanna Baptist Church
A. A. Hutto
Ilutto
Oxanna
Mr. Hutto
Glen Addie
Henry Li. Shattuck
Shellsburg
Town
Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Local Cotton Market Prices Reported
Corrected daily figures from Perkins and Jones show Good Middling and Strict Middling at 7 15-16 cents per pound, Middling at 7 15-16, reflecting market quotes for local trading.
Watch The Kidneys Says Dr Abernathy On Kidney Care
A fragment quotes Dr Abernathy calling kidneys vital when affected and promotes Foley's Kidney Care as a solution. The note attributes doubtful health advertising by Miller Drag Oo.
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Dr. Abernathy
Foley
Miller
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Georgia
Sterne’s
Fox River
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Crea Saratoga
Aes
Sterne’s Grocery
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Verkins
Parker
Huyler
Miller Drug Company
Sterne
Genderson
Costa
Calhoun County
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Kbasy Street
Bryan
Perkins
Sawyer
Stetson
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