Growth of Southern Industry Linked to New Ventures
Chattanooga reports a weekly roll of new Southern industries reflecting broad diversification and high capitalization. The list includes firms across Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and beyond with land, lumber, mining, box, canning, chimneys, and mill operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
Faith
Yellville
Paris
Bear
Helena
Ft. Smith
Hardy
Florida
Mississippi
Natchez
Meridian
Beech Grove
Richton
Jackson
Morgin
Hattiesburg
Nicholson
North Carolina
Reidsville
Concord
Mebane
Dillsboro
New Bern
Henderson
Wilmington
Hendersonville
Secret service plan to use vivandieres rejected
A war department report reveals a proposed plan to use negro detectives and vivandieres as private soldiers to infiltrate the Twenty-fifth Infantry and identify perpetrators of a trench melee at Brownsell. Officials doubted the method's practicality and dismissed the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsell
War Department
France
Secret Service
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Jean Crews
Vivandlers
Probing Matter at Brownsville in Dismissal Case
Washington reports three executive departments aiding the president’s bid to gather affidavits and depositions on the Brownsville colored battalion dismissal. Milton D. Purdy and Mayor Blocksom lead investigations, with treasury agents also rumored to be involved. A Senate inquiry by Foraker is anticipated next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Foraker
Brownsville
Oxas
Milton D. Purdy
Mayor Blocksom
Inspector General's Office
Purdy
War Department
The
Treasury
Senate
Secret Service
Messrs
Blacksom
Foraker
High Water Mark in Cotton Receipts in Athens
Athens sets a record pace for cotton receipts with 93 000 bales cited as the high water mark and near 90 000 bales already this season. In four months the city expects to surpass prior records as railroad deliveries swell, signaling a surge toward new highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Gotton Growers Meet in Atlanta Jan 2 Extra effort urged by Georgia division
The Georgia Division of the Southern Cotton Growers Association will meet in Atlanta on January 2 with a large attendance of delegates from counties. Hon. Mr. Johnson will preside and J. T. Crowley of Clarke County will represent the county. The convention aims to secure a fair cotton price and to elect new officers and an executive committee. The gathering underscores the need for unity among Georgia farmers to advance prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Atlanta
Johnson
Clarke County Cotton Growers’ Association
J.T. Crowley
Crowley
Cotton Growers’ Association
Georgia Division
Southern Cotton Association
House of Representatives
Aes
Birmingham
Ala
M. L. Johnson
South
A Christmas Kid and a Simple Meal Remembered
A fragment from a personal reminiscence recalls a Christmas moment with family. The speaker mentions asking for more pie, a grandmotherly question about dessert, and a hoped for greater appetite, all framed by a bygone kitchen scene and a local newspaper line about fine printing.
Alderman Griffith Reports City Struggles For Negro Wood Help
Macon Georgia December 24 Alderman Griffith toured the city reserve and noted difficulty in securing labor to cut wood for the poor through the distribution program. Despite seventy five cent per cord pay, workers are scarce. He observed the new crematory ready to operate once needed. The old facility sits on land recently sold to the Central of Georgia railroad. When the land is needed the crematory will begin operations. Also promoted is Dr Seth Arnolds Balsam for illnesses from impure water and climate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Griffoth
Central of Georgia Railroad
Commander Brown Dies Hero of Samoa Disaster
Washington reports the death of Commander Robert M. Brown in Garfield hospital. He led the Trenton crew during the Apia hurricane and earned German official praise for saving 460 men by steering clear of a reef. A German Reichstag vote thanked him and West Virginia honors followed with a gold sword. Commander Brown joined the navy in 1864 and married the daughter of Senator Henry D. Davis of West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert M. Brown
Apia
Samoa
Garfield
Germany
Brown
Trenton
Secretary of the Navy
Offic
Reichstag
West Virginia
Gantown
W. Va
Navy
United States
Henry (‘Davis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tradesman Weekly
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tradesmans
Alabama
Girard
Key West
Crawsonville
Dublin
Navigation Company
Taylorsville
Albany—Navigation Company
Rome
Louisiana
Clinton
Orleans
Franklin
Land Mineral Company
Alexandria
Srreveport
Columbia
Tennessee
Memphis
Knoxville
Beaumont—Syrup Company
Rockwall
Dallas
Houston
Mt ‘Worth
Iron and Steel
Apany
Barstow
Com‘oy
Midtothilan
Nacogdoches
New York
Flannelette
Globe Racket Store Co
Suffolk
Norfolk
Pulaski
Richmond
Independence—Milling Company
Meherrin
Lynchburg
Tim
Gotton Growers
Ramop
Ramon
J. B. Waterman
Watertown
Jemme
Goa
Edmund Vance Cook
Alderman Griffith
Seth Arnold
B. C. McEvoy
DeWitt
Hades
DY Orr Drug Co
Leda
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!