Whitsitt Controversy Sparks Baptist Debate in South
The Whitsitt affair resurfaces as Dr. T. T. Eaton denounces a New York Evening Post piece claiming a professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary faced a class vote on a vexed point. Eaton investigates authorship while trustees deny involvement. The dispute centers on past leadership and the method of resolving theological questions.
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Louisville
Richmond
New York Evening Post
T. T. Eaton
Western Recorder
Whitsit
Dr. Whitsitt
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
South
Convention of Southern Baptists
Haton
Whittsitt
Whitsitt
Post
Southern Rap
F. H. Kerfoot
Eaton
The
Baptist Seminary
Dr. Eaton
Louisville Press
Cina
LAWYER C ASHBY ON TRIAL IN NEWPORT NEWS
In Newport News Virginia February 11 the murder trial of C A Ashby a local lawyer opens over the killing of city engineer A A Marye. The crowded courtroom heard Marye had previously courted Miss Garnett sister in law of Ashby and visited her. Earlier December 20 Marye allegedly threw rocks through Ashby s windows prompting the fatal shooting as Ashby encountered him with a revolver and fired.
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Marye
Newport News
C. Aylett Ashby
A. A .Marye
Miss Garnett
Ashby
Peegan
Marge
Lighthouse Ship Launched Off Coast for Government Use
A lighthouse ship built in Petersburg Virginia for the government at a cost of 100000 dollars was launched today. It will operate off the coast of Portland Maine. The ceremony drew a rare assembly. Also Mobile Mardi Gras closes with parades and balls by Knights of Revelry Comic Cowboys and the infant Mystics and Order of Myths.
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Petersburg
Portland
Mobile
Ala
Felix
Order of Myths
Train Collision Near Dupont Injures Plant Engineer
In Valdosta Ga the west bound Plant system passenger train struck an open switch at Dupont and collided with freight cars. Engineer McGhee suffered a dislocated shoulder while the fireman broke an arm and leg. Extra baggage coach protected others. Rev Dr Talmage aboard delivered a lecture tonight. none of the passengers were injured.
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Valdosta
Dupont
Gine
McGhee
T. DeWitt Talmage
Mrs Davis in Birmingham after arrival with veterans greeting
Mrs Jefferson Davis arrived in Birmingham Alabama tonight and is quartered at a leading hotel. Delegates from the Confederate Veterans and the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy greeted her and will show her social attention until she departs for Greenville Mississippi tomorrow morning.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson Davis
Confederate Veterans and Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy
Economical Heat Scheme for Birmingham Progress
The Birmingham Railway and Electric Company plans to supply steam heat to the business district and nearby homes. The goal is to offer heat so affordable that building owners cannot justify running their own fires or furnaces. The plan promises fuel and labor savings, reduced fire and boiler explosion risks, and lower insurance costs.
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Ona Electric Company
Birmingham
Iala
Birmingham Railway and Jectric Company
Midair Trapeze Performer Dies In Virginia Theater Fall
Eva Gilbert, a trapeze artist at the Powhatan theater in Newport News, broke her neck when she slipped from a loop during an aerial act about 95 feet up. She fell into the Virginia audience and died within ten minutes. Born in New York, she was a widow who had been in town about six weeks.
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Virginia
Newport News
Eva Gilbert
Pownatan Theater
New York
Cremated in Freight Wreck Near Wake Forest University
Brakeman James Tolliver was cremated in the burning Seaboard freight wreck near Wake Forest University in North Carolina. George Grew of Portsmouth escaped death by crawling from a caboose window as another section crashed into his slowed train.
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Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line Railway
James Tolliver
Wake Forest University
N. c
George Grew
Portsmouth
Tolliver
Stovall Chosen as Memorial Day Orator in Athens
In Athens Georgia on February 11 Miss M Rutherford president of the Ladies Memorial Association invited Pleasant A Stovall of The Savannah Press to be the Memorial Day orator. He accepted the invitation and will deliver an eloquent address to the Athena community.
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Stovall
Athens
Athena
Georgia
M. Rutherford
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Pleasant A. Stovell
Savannah Press
Candler Leaves Charleston Pleased With Exposition Show
Governor Allen D. Candler and party spent two days at the Charleston exposition amid lavish hospitality. He praised the fair’s beauty and exhibits, enjoyed receptions, and noted Georgia will support Charleston’s event while his entourage admired the carnival parade and the Charleston ball.
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Candler
Charleston
County Democracy
Chica
Atlanta
Georgia
Exposition Hall
Crescent Inn
Wen
Cook County Democratic Club
Rex
Man Fatally Shot Through Window Near Bristol
Jack Treadway was killed by a shotgun blast fired through a window at Hortons Summit in Scott County Virginia just after dinner. Tevis Baker, brother in law and suspect, is jailed at Gate City.
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Bristol
Tenn
Jack Treadway
Hortons
Summit
Scott County
Virginia
Fre
Treadway
Tevis Baker
Gate City
Rex Heads a Rich Pageant in New Orleans Carnival
Thousands view the Mardi Gras spectacle marking Rex's thirtieth anniversary as twenty one floats illustrate literary quotations Rex Sanders a New Orleans steamship agent leads the pageant in a splendid car amid carnival weather. The Rex ball and king’s reception followed by the Krewe of Comus pageant and a concluding ball closed the carnival.
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New Orleans
Rex
M. J. Sanders
Comus
Sauls Brothers Released After Commitment Trial
Thomasville Georgia February 11 special. After a day long examination Sanders and John Sauls were released at the commitment trial for the killing of their uncle Stephen P Putch near here on January 28.
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Sauls
Thomasville
Sanders
John Sauls
Stephen Fputch
Here
Watching for Hohenzollern Yacht Sighting Delayed by Gale
Hamilton Bermuda February 11 The imperial German yacht Hohenzollern, which left St Thomas February 8, had not been sighted by 6 p m today. A northwest gale is blowing and likely caused the delay.
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Hohenzollern
Hamilton
Bermuda
St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Fifteen Hurt In Dust Explosion At Tennessee Mine
Fifteen men were injured by a dust explosion in the main entry of mine No. 5 in Tennessee today. All were rescued with five seriously burned. About one hundred men work in the mine. The blast followed shots fired to loosen coal for today’s run and caused extensive damage. Injured include William Barnes Roscoe Anthony Herbert Glover Ezry Cole and Hiram Nairburg, all colored.
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Ron Alt
Tenn
William Barnes
Roscoe Anthony
Herbert Glover
Ezry Cole
Hiram Naiburg
Chapel Hill News Notes February 1 UNC items and events
The regular February German event at Commons hall drew thirty couples with Mr. WH Carr leading the dance. Ed Ashenback, ex star of the Virginia Carolina league, will coach the Varsity. Three Philadelphia league catchers and three pitchers expected Feb 15 for outdoor practice. The February university sermon at Gerard hall was by Rev. G. D. Graham of Davidson College on February 9. Seven of eleven UNC students appeared before the supreme court last week about Neense. Complaints arose over exam time.
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North Carolina University
NM C
University German
Fela
Commons Hall
Whi Carr
Ed Ashenback
Gerard Hall
G. D. Graham
Davidson College
N. C
Supreme Court
Moody Guilty of Forgery and Jail Break Fails
In Columbus Georgia on February 11 1900 special report W Rawls Moody white man pleaded guilty to forgery and received twelve months on the chain gang or a fine Moody formerly Atlanta drummer and once an inmate of Milledgeville asylum will try to pay the fine As jail doors swung open several prisoners fled Texas two negro prisoners George Smith and Alex Oneal unscrewed a front door cap and escaped while others stayed in their cells
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Columbus
W. Rawls Moody
Moody
Atlanta
Milledgeville Asylum
George Smith
Alex O'Neal
Speer’s Decision Overturned Over Jurisdiction in Bankruptcy Case
Macon Georgia February 11 Special reports that T J Carling receiver for Macon Sash Door and Lumber Co defied Judge Speer by refusing to surrender company property to the US bankruptcy receiver. The US Court of Appeals reversed Speer holding state court jurisdiction remains in bankruptcy matters after proceedings begin in state court. The ruling involves prominent Macon figures and the city’s largest business interests.
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Macon
T. J. Carling
State’ Court
Macon Sash, Door and Lumber Company
Judes Speer
United States Court
Mr. Carling
Carling
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Speer
United States Court of Appeals
United States Court of Bankruptcy
Felton
Superior Court
Speer
State Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Mandate in Minder murder case received by court
Isadore Minder, convict in the Mahoney murder, has a mandate from the U S Supreme Court received by the Macon Superior Court clerk. Attorney J R Cooper plans to seek a mental-insanity hearing arguing prior and ongoing insanity. If not brought before the next court session Minder faces another death sentence.
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Macon
Isadore Minder
Andrew Mahoney
Superior Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Minder
J. R. Cooper
Ice Chokes Ohio River Navigation Across Corridor
The Ohio River from Pittsburg to Cairo is crowded with floating ice and navigation is nearly suspended. The Louisville and Jeffersonville ferry tied up on the Louisville side, and the canal fills with packets excursion boats tow boats and barges leaving little room for additional vessels.
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Pittsburg
Cairo
Louisville
Ohio River
Jeffersonyville
Safe burglars blow open Columbia merchant shop
February 11 report from Columbia says four apparently white men were seen near Greenvile in Williamsburg county heading toward Charleston after four safe crackers blew open the safe of merchant Taylor and secured part of the cash in gold.
Fiddle Notes Crown Laws As Escapees Captured
Jeff Vanhorn, jailed for highway robbery, and an escaped companion with Frank Duncan are linked to a local breakout from Jefferson county jail. Vanhorn claimed he played the fiddle to cover sawing noises. A mine near Atalla, Alabama, produced the capture by the mine superintendent. In Georgia, William Jones, one leg, suffered a fractured leg stepping from a train in Thomasville.
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Jeff Vanhorn
Birmingham
Ala
Vanhorn
Jefferson County
Frank A. Duncan
Alabama
Atalla
Thomasville
F.javuary
William Jones
Hin
New Mexico Groom Marries Georgia Bride in Hull
The wedding linked Silver City New Mexico resident AG Hi Whitehill and Hull Georgia native Sallie Brown. A prior Cunningham link spurred letters from Danville to Johnson Cunningham in Hull, leading to a courtship and marriage officiated by Rev. George E Stone. The couple, now visiting Charleston, plan to depart for New Mexico soon.
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Athens
Fetrdery M
Hull
AG. Hi. Whitebill
Silver City
New Mexico
Sallie Brown
George E. Stone
Cunningham
Georgia
Mexico
H. H. Whitehill
Whitehill
Dan
Ielaville
Johnson Cunningham
Sallie
Brown
Charleston, & C
James James Boys in Missouri injunction bid denied in KC court
Kansas City February 1 Judge Teasdale in circuit court indicated he could not grant Frank James an injunction to halt the lurid drama The James Boys in Missouri being staged at a local theater. He postponed a final decision until tomorrow and announced James had signed with a Pittsburgh firm for a thirty week season in a play written for him.
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Kansas City
Teasdale
Circuit Court Today
Frank James
James Boys
Missouri
James
Pittsbury
Educational Conference Opens in Athens Georgia This April
The southern educational conference will open Thursday April 4 in Athens and run through Saturday April 26. An estimated 500 delegates are expected, with about 100 notable northern visitors including Robert C Ogden and George Foster Peabody. The programme committee works on a varied discussion schedule and guest arrangements.
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Athens
Progamme
Robert C. Ogden
George Foster Peabody
Supreme Electric Belt claim from Physicians' Institute ad
A vintage advertising notice from Chicago's Physicians' Institute promotes the Supreme Electric Belt as a cure for rheumatism back pain exhaustion and various ailments. It offers a free trial belt without postage, requests name and address, and cites a 7 year charter history and an electric belt program begun three years after inception.
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Physicians’ Institute of Chicaeo
Physicians’ Institute
Hele Ag
Physicians' Institute
Lumtazo
Ignad
Ryker
Chicago
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