Execution Postponed for Joe Grant by Governor Manning
In Johnston, South Carolina, the scheduled April 16 execution of Joe Grant a negro convicted in Edgefield county for the murder of white man J o Durst has been postponed to May 15 for further investigation. Efforts seek commutation to life imprisonment amid wide public attention over Grant’s flight from Philadelphia and subsequent court battles.
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Columbia
Joe Grant
Edgefield County
J.o. Durst
Johnston
3. C
Manning
Lfe
Grant
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Federal Supreme Court
Means to Prevent Reign of the Mob in the South
New Orleans April 14 discussion at the Southern Sociological congress focused on preventing mob violence and lynching. Drs Weatherford Scroggs and Newbold urged prompt justice, respect for law and personality, plus school education to curb racial hatred. Attacks on patent medicines were also debated with calls for regulation and a committee to draft resolutions.
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New Orleans
South
Southern Sociological Congress
W. D. Weatherford
Nashvile
W. O. Scroggs
Louisiana State University
N. C. Newbold
Raleigh
Weatherford
Dr. Scroggs
Sir Newbold
Isadore Dyer
Tulane Medical College
HR. H. White
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Congress
John J Lentz
Columbus
Ohio
W. A. Evans
Chicago
J. B. McCulloch
Nashville
McClulioch
Wilson
Evans
GREAT GUNS ROAR AROUND VERDUA AND TREATIES ROIL
Field Marshal von Hindenburg reports minor enemy advances near Gur bunovka and along the Servitone river were repulsed with casualties. British forces claim victory on the Tigris driving Turks back along the river bank and in flooded marshes near Samayyat amid heavy combat.
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von Hindenburg
Gurbunovka
Dvinsk
Narocg Lake
Servitone
Zirin
Prince Leopold of
Bavaria
Balkan
Maat
Vardar
Gievgell
Hogodance
Tigris
London
Mesopotamia
Lake
Umm-el-Braam
Samayyat
Townshend
Kut- El-Amara
Surbulak
Urumtah
Persian Armenia
Srayrna
Tehesme
Aghi Minor
Kala Jmeak
Kush-Adass
Smyrna
Mesopotamiat
Kitchener
Caucasus Front
Tchoruk
Dardanelles
Aii Burnu
Kueston Island
France
Lst
Italians Storm Mountain Crest in Alps Action
Italian forces report success in the Cladamello zone capturing the steep Lobbinalta crest after fierce fighting amid a storm. They also repelled repeated assaults at Mizli Monte Nero Ravnilaz positions and held gains along the Carzo front as artillery activity continued in Trentino Carnia and the upper Fella region.
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Boyan
Ivantz
Dniester
Khotin
Anatole Postavnes
Vantz
Postavnef
Caucasus Front
Erzerum
Lobbinalta
Trentino
Carnia
Fella
Piezza
Ravnilaz
Mizli
Monte Nero
Gorizia
Carzo
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Byck
Whitehall
Nin
Columbia Ecords
Columbia Record
Henry Burr
Albert Wiederhold
Grace Kerns
Margaret Keyes
Reed Miller
Frank Croxton
Elijah
Charlies W. Harrison
New Columbus Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Grafonela
Columbia Grafonelas
Atlanta Talking Adceine Co
M. Rich & Bros. CO
Peachtree Street
Whitehall Street
Haverty Furniture CO
Chass& Robison Furniture
Auburn Avenue
E. Hunter Street
Verdua
Percy Lake
Petrograd
Ikskuil
Lake Sventen
Jizen
Lake Mindziel
Smorgon
Seslavino
Gloubokois
Galicia
Trzibouchovtze
Boutchache
Atlanta
New York
Paris
Copenhagen
Kayser
Georgette Crepe
Net
Orgadic
Gay Spring
Thompson
Warner's
WBR
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