Enraged husband shoots at Black person on trolley
A white husband and his wife quarrelled with a Black man aboard a Stone Mountain suburban trolley. The husband wrestled with streetcar staff, drew a public safety revolver, and shot the Black man in the hip as the car neared Farr Street and Cherokee Avenue. The Black man was arrested and the trolley continued to its terminal at the Stone Mountain line.
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Stone Mountain
Farr Street
Cherokee Avenue
Alabama
Pryor
Theater and the Church Defend Plays as Moral Influence
In a sermon on The Church and the Theater Rev C B Wilmer defends actors and argues not to attack all plays. He cites Shore Acres and The Blindness of Virtue as moral examples and urges church support to cleanse rather than discard drama. A companion sermon by Dr J Wade Conkling reinforces theater as a social force alongside church and family.
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C. B. Wilmer
St Luke's
St. Paul
Praiacs Levers
Wilmer
Chattanooga
Shore Acres
New York
England
C. C. Jones
Grace Methodist Poored
Fred Ling
Uni~versalist
J. Wade Conkling
Unitarian Church
Thejland
Annabie
Long Fight Won by Col Perkins in Navy Reinstatement
John Corrigan Jr reports Secretary Daniels will send to Congress a letter approving the reinstatement of Lieutenant Colonel Constantine Marrast Perkins. The move follows years of advocacy by Senator Hoke Smith and Representative William Schley Howard, and compares the Perkins case to Dreyfus. Perkins, from Rome Georgia, faced racial and professional opposition but is seen as a victims of a military cabal. The story notes Navy department reform aims and mentions other officers affected.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Georgia
Constantine Marrast Perkins
Congress
Hoke Smith
William Schley Howard
Asuve
Perkins
West Virginia
Per Ising
Senator Clay
Livingston
Navy Department
Littleton W. T. Waller
Marine ,Corps
George Barnett
Man Sues Widow for 3000 Dollars Over Engagement
Daniel Goodman an insurance agent of St Louis sues Ophelia Wirt a wealthy St Joseph widow for breach of promise alleging she caused him heartache and financial loss. He seeks 3000 dollars plus 754.20 for expenses and lost salary and 100 dollars yearly for three years claiming her demand to relocate from New York to St Louis reduced his earnings by 100 dollars annually. Both are 30 years old.
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St. Joseph,Mo
Daniel Goodman
St. Lows
Ophelia Wirt
St Joseph
Goodman
Senator Bacon Sent to Garfield Hospital for X Ray
Washington special reports Senator Bacon was moved from his apartments in the Netherlands to Garfield hospital for an X-ray examination to find the cause of his protracted fever. He recently suffered a broken rib after a fall and has had a fever up to 103. His kidneys are affected and doctors are puzzled by the illness. Given his age he will turn 75 in October and concerns grow over his condition.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Bacon
Netherlands
Garfield Hospital
Senator Bacon
James Dudley Morgen
Warships Sought by Mexican Rebels Reported
Douglas Arizona February reports that Mexican constitutionalists negotiate with Fratee to buy two armored cruisers. Consul Lelevier says the vessels would be superior to any offered by the Huerta government.
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Douglas
Ariz
Fratee
Lelevier
convicts grip roseland camp amid liquor and work dispute
Guards at Roseland camp report prisoners boast of whisky and cigarettes after grand jury testimony on mistreatment. Superintendent Donaldson orders investigation into contraband and possible motive. Dr Paumbeard logs 24 convicts refusing work, twelve possibly unfit, while others healthy. Continuous on Page Ten.
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Roseland
Donalds
Heaphad Green
Roseland Corp
Donaldson
Paumebeard
Public Works Committee
McDonald
Boartea
Quaide Green
Heap
Roseland Camp
Lingo Dies In Personal Crisis After Mercury Dose
Dbblin Ga February Apesial jw Lingo, who last week took bichloride of mercury in a personal crisis, died last night and was buried in North View cemetery. After initial decline recovery seemed possible but he worsened Friday and Saturday, dying Saturday night in agony. He was about 25, survived by a wife and three children.
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Dbblin
Apesial
J— W. Lingo
North View
Wife shoots husband in desper ate duel over quarrel in Hall County
Gainesville Ga February 8 In a violent quarrel four children watched as Mrs Fences Carter shot her husband with an ax in their home. He was severely wounded and not expected to survive the night. Carter urged no arrest and asked to stay by his bedside, while the couple disputed blame and the cause of the dispute remained unclear.
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Americus
Tucker Cassell
Marlon Bass
Lou Laramore
DeSoto
Let and Sumter
Mesger Réndris
Abner Greene
Wiliam Webster
Greens
Assell
Laramore
Bayard’ Tyson
Cooper Biving
Harvey
Sumter County
Leslie
Sumter
Lae County
Chokee
Cooper Bivins
Moreland
Lee County
Bivins
Offcers
Gainesville
Fences Carter
Hall County
Bertous
W.A. Spencer
Carter
Secession of Sylvia Sparks Divisions in Suffragette Movement
A report notes that Christabel Pankhurst announces a secession from the Women’s Social and Political Union tied to Sylvia Pankhurst. The move is said to carry no immediate change in the union’s policy, despite the public split.
Atlanta Hotel Wedding Secrets Safe From Reporters
Mise May Melville of New York elopes with Atlanta hotel official C. Jenkins. They wed at First Methodist church after a private Peachtree stroll, with Jenkins arranging seven hotel rooms to hide the couple from guests and reporters.
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Mise May Melville
New York City
Atlanta
Nan
C& HE
Jenkins
Winecott
W. F. Winecott
First Methodist Church
Peachires Street
H. M. DuBose
Pagster
Nixon
Mr. Jenkins
Winecoft
Cupid
Peachtree Street
Piedmont Park
Harrelt
Montgomery
Birmingham
Savannah
Charleston
Forsyth Theater
Funston Assumes Command In Galveston Texas City
Brigadier General Frederick Funston today assumed command of the Second Division of the United States Army, encamped at Texas City, to serve until the arrival of Major General Franklin Bell in May. Funston succeeded Major General William Carter.
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Funston
Galveston
Texas
Frederick Funston
Texas City
Franklin Ben
William Carter
Fateful Sunday Passes in Mexico
Huerta remains calm while facing a rising rebel effort as forces gather around Torreon Tampico and Mexico City. Rebels press two main lines toward Torreon and Tampico, with Huerta declaring loans and taxes to fund the government.
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Mexico
Huerta
Forecast of cloudy and rainy spells across states
Weather summary notes mixed conditions for multiple states including Georgia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Kentucky Arkansas West Virginia Oklahoma Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and more. Majority forecast cloudy with chances of rain on Monday and Tuesday, some areas warmer or fair, with regional variations and coastal impacts mentioned.
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Washington
Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
West Virginia
Okahoma
Alabama
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