Death sentences upheld in two wife murder cases
In Jackson Mississippi on April 15 special edition, the state supreme court affirmed the death sentences of Perry Beckwith and William Kennedy for wife murders. Beckwith will be hanged in Columbus May 26 unless clemency is granted. Kennedy will be hanged in Clarksdale. Frances May received a life sentence for assassination in Pike county. Associate Justice Calhoun dissented in a separate case regarding a New York building and loan association tax provision.
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Jatcison
Miss
Supreme Court
Longino
Perry Beckwith
Lowndes County
Columbus
William Kennedy
Coahoma County
William
Kennedy
Clarksdale
Frances May
Lfe
Pike County
Calhoun
National Building and Loan Association of New York
Mary Pinkston
Grand Lodge Adjourns in Little Rock for Pensacola Meeting
The Grand Lodge of B'nai Brith District No 7 adjourned in Little Rock AR and will reconvene in Pensacola FL next year. A committee led by Charles Stift was named to study a Jewish hospital at Hot Springs AR. The body endorsed a $20000 hospital plan for contagious disease at the Cleveland orphans' home and deferred membership fund admission decisions. It also backed the Wise memorial in Cincinnati and delegates head to Hot Springs tomorrow.
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Grand Lodge
Little Rock
Ark
Order of B’nai Brith
Pensacola
Fila
Eldridge
Charles &. Stift
Hot Springs
Cleveland Orphans
Cincinnati
Consolidation Forms Tennessee Central Railroad Company
In Nashville on April 15 stockholders and directors of the Nashville and Clarksville Railroad Tennessee Central Railroad and Nashville Terminal Company approved the consolidation contract signed February 1. All companies merged into the Tennessee Central Railroad Company with authorized capital of 8 million dollars. First mortgage bonds up to 15.9 million dollars were authorized. Nashville subscribed 1 million dollars, the core asset of the merged interests. A trust arrangement for 99 years guarantees the road’s independence.
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Union of Tennessee Roads Ts
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville and
Clarksville Railroad Company
Tennessee Central Railroad Company
Nashville Terminal Company
Clarksville
Consolidated Railroad Company
Eight Hour Rule Demand Shocks Tampa Contractors
Tampa carpenters inaugurate an eight hour rule with strong union backing. About half of local contractors refuse to concede, leaving several hundred men unemployed tonight. Union support signals potential future labor strife if demands go unmet.
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Tampa
Fla
Ft By
Sea Collision Reported Near Choctaw Hatchie Bay
Pensacola April 15 reports a collision between the schooners Cynthia Jane and Norwich in Choctaw Hatchie Bay. The Cynthia Jane sank with her crew rescued. rescue details vary in the dispatch.
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Pensacola
Pla
Cynthia Jane
Norwich
Choctaw
Hatchie Bay
Cynthi Jane
Respect
Satu
Georgia Press Association Visit Dims Public Exercises in Charleston
About two hundred Georgia and Virginia editors arrived in Charleston for Georgia Day events. Weather was overcast but spirits high as they toured Isle of Palms and Charleston Harbor aboard the Commodore Perry. The Georgia badge eased city access while Governor Estill could not attend. activities resumed with a freeform day. tomorrow they tour the exposition and local sights.
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John Corrigan
Charleston, & C
Stas
Georgia Press Association
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Iequill
Virginia
Ivory City
Georgia Party
Atlanta
Georgia
South Georgia
Savannah
St. John Hotel
Isle of Palms
Charleston Harbor
Commodore Perry
Simmons
Shorter College
J. H. Estill
Empire State
Two Charged With Murder in Abbeville
In Abbeville South Carolina on April 15 James Tullis a white man and Alice Bradley a Negro woman were judged in the county jail charged with the murder of Morgan Belcher a colored man. Belcher’s body was found mutilated in Long Cane creek as if struck by an ax. The murder charge stems from Belcher’s mother. The inquest jury has adjourned without verdict.
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Abbeville
S&s. C
James Tullis
Alice Bradley
Morgan Belcher
Belcher
Long Cane Creek
Big Day at the Exposition Virginia and Pennsylvania to Do the Honors
Charleston on April 5 reports a notable event tomorrow as Virginia day and Pennsylvania day. The Richmond Blues and Richmond Grays of the 70th Virginia Regiment arrive, 280 cadets from the Virginia Military Institute camp on the grounds, and Governor Montague of Virginia will lead a parade escorted by Major L. T. Christian. Governor Stone of Pennsylvania and staff, plus ladies, arrive for formal exercises in the Pennsylvania building.
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Charleston, Sr
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Seventieth Virginia Regiment
Richmond Blues
Richmond Grays
L. T. Christian
Virginia Military Institute
H. C. Ford
Charleston
Exposition Grounds
Montague
St. John
Governor Stone
Bob Taylor in Tuscaloosa expects sold out Memorial Day event
Governor Bob Taylor arrives with his wife in Tuscaloosa and will speak at the Academy of Music tonight. Memorial day plans are announced with city stores closing and a large parade by Confederate veterans and students to the cemetery. The editorial notes a forthcoming marriage in Livingston and a community cemetery cleanup led by Chief McGill.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Bob Taylor
Taylor
James H. Fitts
Broad Street
Academy of Music
Solders
John van Lear
James Manly Foster
Daughters of the Confederacy
Darby Hennegan Brown
Mary Bestor Taft
Livingston
Brown
The
State University
Greenwood Cemetery
McGill
Margarette Evelyn Countess
Harvey W. Richey
St. Duncanville
Countess
Tusca-loosa Female College
Elks Purchase Hotel Bedford for National Home
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks announced in Roanoke on April 16 that it bought the Hotel Bedford in Bedford City to convert into a national Elks home. The resort hotel sits on the Norfolk and Western Railway between Roanoke and Tanewhare. The purchase price was 1.0 million dollars.
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National Elks
Roanoke
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Bedford
Bedford City
Norfolk and Western Railway
Tanewhare
Convict contract at Sloss under scrutiny by bureau
In Montgomery on April 15, Sloss Steel and Iron Company faced a hearing over possible cancellation of its convict labor contract. Gov Jelks ordered action after caring for ill convicts at Coalburg, with plans to move feeble men to Flat Top and to cancel if delays persist.
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Montgomery
Ala
Carmichael
Convict Bureau
Sloss Steel and Iron Company
Hopkins
John P. Tillman
Coatbury
Walker County
Flat Top
Jelks
Sloss Company
Convict Board
Oncy
Coalburg
Bragg
New Machinery Ordered for Huntsville Plant Opener
MiN No. 2 of the Dallas Manufacturing Company in Huntsville Alabama will operate October 1 adding about six new workers. General Manager W R Rison returns from New York with contracts for machinery to be delivered and installed by late September. The order covers 28000 spindles. The mill and tenant cottages were finished over a year ago but foreign train delays held operation. Also a painter Willam Jennings was injured by an electric car on West Clinton Street. Cincinnati capitalists seek a garbage crematory contract in the city. William H Collier and Ammie Winston to be married Wednesday night at the bride’s mother's home with Rev J H McCoy officiating.
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Huntsville
Ala
Dallas Manufacturing Company
W. R. Rison
New York
Willam Jennings
West Clinton Street
Jennings
Cincinnati
William H. Collier
Ammie Winston
J. H. McCoy
Arrest at church leads to arrest in Waycross
On Sunday afternoon in Waycross Georgia James a Blackshaw resident reported to Officer Owens that Will Jones a Blacksville suspect had stolen his clothing. Jones was found at a colored church during services and arrested placed in jail with Pierce County sheriff to retrieve him in Blackshear.
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Waycross
James
Blackshear
Owens
Whl Jones
Jones
Pierce County
Stuart's Gin and Buchu advertised as cure all disease
An ad promises Stuart's Gin and Buchu will cure Bright's disease and diabetes kidney trouble by correcting symptoms. It claims no cure exists except this remedy and offers a $6,000 prize to prove otherwise, urging readers to write for bottles and testimonials.
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Bright
Stuart
St. Ztouria
Anonta
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