Knoxville riot documentary and aftermath in deadlock
Crowds clashed with deputies and National Guardsmen after a Knoxville mob attacked the jail area. Lieutenant Payne and Private Henderson were killed or wounded amid machine gun fire as police and guards fought to disperse the mob. A Black assailant Mayes faced murder charges as Knoxville and Chattanooga authorities confronted threats of further violence.
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Henderson
Sweeny
National
Fourth ‘Tennessee National Guard
Time law in effect Sunday night sparks time zone debate
A state law on railroad time creates ambiguity between federal and state rules. Keig notes the bill may shift eastern areas to central time while western areas stay on standard time, causing local clocks to diverge from Atlanta. The measure could force eastern regions to revert an hour, while the west follows national changes. A new motor truck body design enables simultaneous dumping and stacking of ricks.
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Henson
Vine Street
State Street
Vine
Henderson
Central Avenue
Fo(garty
Touton
Central
Ncy General
Keig
Barnes
Hennett
Atlanta
Atlante
Franklin Car Sets Fuel Economy Record in Yosemite Run
The Franklin car wins all three first prizes at a Yosemite endurance event, covering 374.5 miles on 19 gallons of gasoline for 28.8 mpg, and setting records for ton miles per gallon and overall efficiency. The victory underscores light weight, flexible construction, and air cooling as key advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Yosemite Run
Pershing Refuses to Testify Before Wartime Expenditure Panels
Paris August 80 General Pershing declined to appear before three congressional subcommittees investigating War Department expenditures in France. Representatives Bland Johnson and Sohnson issued statements accusing military civilian tensions and expressing contempt for public wishes. Pershing noted open inquiry into expeditionary forces but said he could not testify as his records had been shipped to the United States and documents were sent from his staff headquarters to Brest before his departure.
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Paris
General Pershing
Congressional Committee On Expenditures
War Department
France
Royall Sohnson
Oscar FE. Bland
Jagret
Johnson
United States
Brest
Aod
Leviathan
Mary Mumford memorial library tag day raises funds
Over $200 was raised by the ladies of the Mary Mumford memorial library in a tag day drive to buy juvenile books. A donation of fifty books was announced by librarian Mrs. Stell Brumby, given by Miss Laura Roberts in memory of her brother the late Thomas C. Roberts.
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Carteraville
Mary Mumford Memorial Library
Librariian
Stells
Brumby
Misa Laura Roberts
Thomas C. Roberts
Five Passenger Car Offered as Top Pig Club Prize
The Southeastern fair in Atlanta this fall will award a five passenger touring car to the champion Pig club hog under Pig club rules. The prize is new and comes in addition to existing awards, funded by local dealers who support Pig club work to inspire top effort. Last year contestants earned seventy ribbons worth 605 dollars in the open ring. The car surpasses all prior prize value.
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Pig Club
Atlanta
New State Club Forms From Boy and Girl Members
The State Association of Boys and Girls Clubs leads a new organization uniting club members who attended the State College of Agriculture short course this month. Over two hundred joined with aims to encourage others into club work and win a scholarship to the Athens short course next year. A pig club member showing a hog in Atlanta or Macon this fall may win a scholarship. To show, entries must include a veterinarian certificate, registration papers from Berkshire Portl and others, and a four month weight and cost record book. Enrollment before June 1, 1919 is required.
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Baggs Auto Company
Atlanta
Belle Tale
Ombard Motor Aid Supply Company
Atizunte
Athens
Pig Club
Macon
Berkshire
Porland-Chine
Duroe-Jersey
Hampshire
Whisky peddlers sought for murder in Nashville scene
Police theorize a liquor deal dispute led to the murder of Cooper in Belle Meade. A whisky peddler who knew Cooper called at his home, sought more than 4 percent price, and possibly hid liquor near the scene. Authorities study former peddlers and blockade runners, hoping to identify the dealer behind the crime. Cooper carried about $200 on his person, and the motive centers on that money and a planned return trip with liquor.
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Cooper
Ashe
City
Nashville
Belle Meade Bark
Autopsy reveals six head wounds in Cooper murder case
Neighbors recall Mr. Cooper, a Belle Meade Park turfman, drew 10 000 recently from a local bank. Police suspect robbers lured him from home Thursday night in Nashville suburbs, struck him with a heavy stone, and dumped his body in Richland Creek. The Carmack tragedy is revisited with ties to Governor Patterson era and the Cooper family.
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Cooper
Ft Cooper Drevy
W. C. Palmer
Focal
Helle Meade Park
Nashville
Richland Creek
Carmack
Tennessee
Carmacks
Patterson
D. 8. Cooper
Robin J. Cooper
Earmack
Himsell
Supreme Court
Colonel Cooper
Swatc
Davidson County Criminal Court
Cotton campaign gains southern support says Shackelford
MPCLATCHEY HEADS COTTON CAMPAIGN reports T J Shackelford Athens as President Wannamaker’s rep and claims strong southern backing. He notes officials and lawmakers will attend New Orleans mass meeting Sept 8 9 and appoint delegates. He argues cotton remains a cheap raw material despite high living costs and predicts a record turnout for the southern cotton gathering. Transfer your insurance Rhett O Beirne and Lochridge.
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T. J. Shackelford
Athens
Wannamaker
American Cotton Association
Atlanta
Washington
Ingovests
Association
New Orleans
South
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Madera
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LaGrange, Ga
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Tanley
Turner
Curry T Sotohere
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