Train Held Up by Strikers in Charleston South Carolina
A special train carrying twelve non union machinists to Southern railway shops was halted by strikers at the yard entrance. Passengers were thrown from the train as the switch was sabotaged and the front coach door forced open. Detectives were assigned to identify the attackers, warrants expected, and the new workers fled rather than report to work.
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Charleston, S CO
Southern Railway
Jones
Charleston Country Club Organizes Social Club in Charleston
The Charleston Country Club forms with nearly 150 members replacing Chicora Golf Club after government acquisition of park links for naval station sites. It plans to lease three miles from the city, build a riverfront clubhouse, add other sports, and become Charleston’s leading social organization. Officers include E A Simons president Fredk O Neill vice president Henry C Robertson secretary Edward F Mayberry treasurer Frank R Frost solicitor.
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Charleston
S. C
Charleston Country Club
Chicora Golf Club
Naval Station
E. A. Simons
Fradkk
O'Neill
Henry C. Robertson
Edward F. Mayberry
Frank R Frost
Atlanta Woman Invests in Charleston Hotel Conversion
Mrs Rosa L Douglas of Atlanta has bought and begun rebuilding the Mills hotel in Charleston to become St. John's Apartment House. The project, costing about 75000 dollars, will add a five story modern apartment building and meet the city’s need for exposition hotels and housing.
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Atlanta
Charleston
Rosa L Douglas
St. John's
Millis
Reading
South Carolina
Attempted Wreck of Seaboard Train Placed on Former Workers
In Columbia South Carolina July 5 authorities say a southbound SeaboardAirLine train was wrecked near Abbeville by removing fish plates from a rail. The sleeper derailed but no serious injuries occurred. Investigators suspect recently discharged Abbeville shops workers carried out the act.
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Columbia
Abbeville
Bee Hive proprietor fatally shot by former employee
John D Collings proprietor of the Bee Hive store, Spartanburg, was mortally wounded this afternoon by Clifton Gholston, nineteen, who had come for a settlement after a dispute. A struggle followed and Collings was struck by a single gunshot just below the breast, proving fatal.
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Spartanburg
S&s. C
John D Collings
Bee Hive
Clifton Gholston
Gholston
Collins
CANNOT BREAK THE DEADLOCK Yexans Nominating Congressman
Meridian Texas July 5 There were several changes in ballots for congressman in the sixth district but no result and no prospects as balloting continues The closest vote was Odell forty nine votes seven short of the nomination Wooten received forty seven on one ballot The convention has taken more than six ballots and the last showed no material change from yesterday’s first ballot
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Meridian
Tex
Odell
Wooten
Made Dean of University Chattanooga July 5
Major Charles R. Evans nephew of Pension Commissioner Evans has been elected head of the law department at Grant University.
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University
Chattanooga
Charles R. Evans
Evans
Sean
Law Department
Grant University
Birmingham Has Man Plan For a Tech and Industrial School
Birmingham discussions consider asking Andrew Carnegie to fund a technological and industrial school instead of a free library. Proposed institution would join the public school system under the board of education and be open to all students seeking practical knowledge. Commercial bodies may support the effort.
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Birmingham
Ala
Andrew Carnegie
Board of Education
Typographical Union Convention Fare Reduced in Birmingham
Special notices report the Southeastern Passenger Association fixed a fare of one and one third to Birmingham for the International Typographical Union convention August 12 to 11. Western lines match the rate for the event. Col E Higdon orders Third Regiment Alabama National Guards into camp at the fair grounds July 10 to 16 to hold costs, with local businessmen pledging support for any shortfall.
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Tnion
Birmingham
Southeastern Passenger Association
International Typographical Union
New England Roads, Trunk Lines
L Western Passenger Associations
Ala
E. Higdon
Alabama National Guards
Fair Grounds
Empire Steel opens Welker county coal mine 1000 tons daily
Birmingham July 5 Special. The Empire Steel and Coke Company of Alabama has begun coal shipments from new mines near Democrat Welker county. Nine miles of railroad between Burgin and Democrat are completed to the mines. The company plans to produce up to 1000 tons per day and owns 14,000 acres around Democrat for rapid vein development.
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Birmingham
Ala
Empire Steel and Coke Company of
Alabama
Welker County
Democrat
Burgin
Empire Company
Dimocrat
Dr William Leslie Dies in Huntsville Alabama
Dr William Leslie a veteran north Alabama physician aged seventy nine died at his Huntsville home yesterday evening He practiced for years in Limestone County and was noted for kindness to the poor His children Thomas Leslie La Grange Robert Leslie Limestone County Richard Leslie Birmingham Mrs James H Beasley and Miss Mary Leslie Huntsville survive him The funeral was held from the residence this afternoon at 2 oclock
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Worth Alabama
Hunvtaville
Ala
William Leslie
North Alabama
Leslie
Limestone County
Thomas Leslie
la Grange
Robert Leslie
Richard Leslie
Bimingham
James H. Beasley
Mary Leslie
Huntsville
Industrial plants to rise near Huntsville Alabama
Eastern capitalists plan to acquire hundreds of acres at Brownsboro ten miles west of Huntsville Alabama within weeks. They will build several industrial plants using water power from the Flint river to establish Brownsboro as an industrial town of about 6000 people. Options have been taken on riverfront lands and surveyors assess power development costs.
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Huntsville
Ala
Brownsboro
Here
Flint
Messenger Boy Fatally Injured In City Crash
Jacob Dube a 3 messenger boy for Western Union Telegraph Company was riding a bicycle on Twenty fourth street when he collided with an electric car. He suffered a shattered leg and head injuries. Surgeons gave no hope for recovery.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jacob Dube
Western Union Telegraph Company
Twenty-fourth Street
Suspected burglars detained in Birmingham north-side raids
Special agents in Birmingham a la July 5 report Jones and Eugene Mitchell two negro men jailed on suspicion of burglaries. They are believed to have been active in the residence section on the north side, as authorities pursue leads in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Jones
Eugene Mitchell
Couple Shot at Alabama Country Dance In Sharp Altercation
In Huntaville Alabama Sidney McDonald shot and fatally wounded Joe Lewis at a country dance after confronting him about Lewis being with McDonald’s wife. Lewis died and McDonald fled the scene.
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McDonald
Lewis
Three Manslaughter Cases Continued in Huntsville Court
In Huntsville Alabama three manslaughter cases were continued in county court yesterday. The defendants Berry Wade John Jamar and Emmet Drake remain charged with manslaughter while the case against John Ouch for burning the Paint Rock bridge resulted in acquittal. Prosecution against Van Walker and Jack Davis was not pressed.
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Huntsville
Ala
Berry Wade
John Jamar
Emmet Drake
John ~Ouch
Paint Rock River
van Walker
Jack Davis
Debys of Towns Debates Debt Limit Extension in Alabama
Montgomery July 6 Special The constitutional convention adjourned after a five hour debate on Section 10 restricting municipal indebtedness. The adopted measure limits city debt to 7 percent of assessed property value, with exceptions for waterworks sewers and street improvements and special cases for several cities. Petitioners urged elective railroad commissioners and broader powers, referred to committees.
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Montgomery
Ala
United States
Gadsden
Ensley
Andalusia
Decatur
New Decatur
Wealthy man learns sisters died by poverty in Kentucky
W B Whitmore arrived from Idaho to fetch his sister in law and niece for a fortune but found they had died by their own hand four years earlier due to poverty. He had not visited in twenty years, and his initial grief turned to heartbreak.
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Owensboro
W B. Whitmore
Idaho
Whitmore
Port Royal Land and Investment sale ends cash bid
Special sale in Port Royal, Beaufort County, netted $40,000 from 1,160 acres and multiple lots and buildings. Monteith bought Battery plantation for $9,000 and Old Fort plantation for $1,700, acting as agent for Patrick Calhoun of New York. Sheriff Jenkins and Master in Equity Thomas Martin oversaw the proceedings amid long financial trouble tied to the company.
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Columbia
Court of Common Press
Beaufort County
Port Royal
Port Royal Company
Morton Trust Company
New York
Henry
Monteith
Battery Plantation
Old Fort Plantation
Patrick Calhoun
Knights Templars Drill Annuity to Honor Combatants at Louisville
Nine corps engage in the 28th triennial Knights Templars conclave drills to be staged August 2 at Churchill Downs Louisville with infantry and mounted divisions. Prizes include silver trophies valued near 28000 and a banquet service for the infantry winner. Three U.S. army officers will judge the event.
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Knights Templars
United States
Allegheny Commandery
Allegheny
Columbia
Washington
D. C
Hanselmann
Cincinnati
St. Bernard
Chicago
Mt Vernon
Columbus
Calvary
Parkersburg
Wva
Colorado
Denver
California
Mounted
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Nights Templars
United States Army
Churchill Downs
Kentucky
Templare
Shortage in Barford & Lawson firm leads to receivership
Louisville July 5 The wholesale millinery firm Barford & Lawson, with liabilities of 580,000 and assets of 20,000, is assigned to a receiver. Charles H. Barford says funds are missing and Lawson is whereabouts unknown. Lawson’s father notes his son’s travels. lawyer David W. Baird says Lawson lost 42,000 of firm funds in speculation. The Louisville Trust Company was appointed receiver upon petition by Northwestern Straw Works and others.
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Louisville
Barford & Lawson
Charles H. Barford
French Lick Springs
R Lang
Lawson
J. M Lawson
Broadway Methodist Church
Orville W Lawson
Lexington
New Orleans
Mexico
Mexico City
David W Baird
League of American Wheelmen
Louisville Trust Company
Northwestern Straw Works
Milwaukee
Five Men Arrested in John Mitchell Killing Probe
Five men were arrested in Knoxville on charges of killing railroad worker John Mitchell at a suburban park. The suspects include four Sanders brothers George Samuel Luther and Robert, plus their uncle Andrew Roderick. They are jailed awaiting a Saturday preliminary hearing. Mitchell’s funeral occurred today.
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John Mitchell
Knoxville
Tenn
Mitchell
George
Samuel
Luther
Robert Sanders
Andrew Roderick
Mithchell
Rich Bequest to Seminary in Louisville Will
By the will of the late W T Grant of Louisville who died this week the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary is bequeathed $200,000 with a provision that his widow receive an annual allowance of $5,000.
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Louisville
W T Grant
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Big Cattle Deal in Texas
Fort Worth Texas July 5 Slaughter of this city bought the ranch and cattle of the Nave McCord Cattle Company of St Joseph Mo The ranch comprises 200000 acres in the Texas Panhandle and TOM cattle.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
John
Slaughter
Nave-McCord Cattle Company
St. Joseph
Lieutenant McClure Dies in Philippine Islands
Washington reports Acting Adjutant General Ward received a cable from General Chaffee announcing Lieutenant Charles McClure Jr. of the Thirtieth Infantry died on July 1 in Cabalogan Bamar during a dysentery illness. He was the son of Colonel Charles McClure and the grandson of George W Gettie. In Morticello Wisconsin a wind storm caused the amphitheater to collapse injuring six and sending about a thousand people to the ground.
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McClure
Washington
Ward
Chaffee
Charles McClure
Cabalogan
Bamar
Philippine Islands
Tnst
George W. Gettie
United States Army
Morticello
Wis
Meade Sails from Manila to Nagasaki and Back
A cable message from General Chaffee says the transport Meade sailed from Manila today carrying three officers and 140 enlisted men of the Eighth battery, field artillery. General MacArthur is a passenger and will travel to Nagasaki for two weeks before returning to the United States on the Sheridan Germany. Berlin reports Germany secured the purchase option on Fernando Po during negotiations with Spain over the Caroline Islands.
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Germany
Berlin
Fernando Po
Spain
Caroline Islands
Fernando Po Opon
Two Postal Clerks Die After Train Derailment Near Hampton
The Central passenger train derailed near Hampton late yesterday, crushing the mail car. Postal clerks Kendall and McKenzie of St Paul were killed. The expressman suffered serious injuries and baggageman J W Mandan was slightly hurt.
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Mason City
Central
Hampton
Kendall and McKenzie
St Paul
J. W. Mandan
Express worker dies by own action over missing funds
Toledo July 5. Guy Monnett an express company employee at Bucyrus killed himself this afternoon after his $500 shortage in his accounts. He was given until today to fix the deficit but chose death by his own hand.
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Short
Toledo
Guy Monnett
Express Company
Bucyrus
Brewers and Employees Reach Wage Agreement in St Louis
Brewers and their employees reached a wage and hours accord in St Louis today aimed at preventing labor troubles for the coming year. The deal settles terms between the two interests and marks a cooperative step in industrial relations.
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Bt. Louis
Boundary line still unsettled in Mississippi Louisiana talks continue
Jackson Mississippi July special report notes a joint commission from Mississippi and Louisiana has not set a date for a joint session to resolve the boundary dispute. The process remains stalled as U S court proceedings are seen as necessary for a final settlement, with oyster fishery rights a disputed point. Mississippi commissioners Harry T Howard Walter A White Jom Ford and J Bowers avoid preferring dredging or tonging and past legislative attempts to act on the fishery question have failed.
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Jackson, Miss
Julyy
Mississippi
Louisiana
Louisianea
Joint Commission
United States
Harry T Howard
Walter A White
Jom Ford
J Bowers
Reducing Delinquent Taxes in Adams County
Jackson Miss July 6 Special The Adams county board of supervisors cut 75 percent of delinquent solvent credits unearthed by Deputy State Revenue Agent L F Chiles. Original sum near 10 million with taxes about 320000 is reduced to 2.2 million and delinquent taxes about 30000. Ex pedite collection planned. sheriff to act within ten days, Cooper to handle details. agents to seek more delinquents in other state areas.
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Board of Supervisors
Jackson
Miss
Adams County Board of Supervisors
L. F Chiles
State Revenue Agent
Chiles
Natchez
Tim E Cooper
Timber lands in Mississippi in strong demand amid bidding
In Mississippi timber land shows brisk demand with strong prices for hardwood tracts. Pearl River valley owners have recently sold holdings at high figures while Gulf and Ship Island trade fuels activity. Sawmills stay active into summer as buyers compete for large tracts including 22000 acres to be sold by the Industrial Institute and College board of trustees on Saturday afternoon.
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Mississippi
Jackson Miss
Pearl River Valley
Gulf and
Ship Island
Board of
The
Industrial Institute and College
New roads in Mississippi promise strong railroad growth
Readable items report construction underway on a Corinth to Hamburg line widening a former narrow gauge route. The Lake Cor Morant branch of Yazoo and Mississippi Valley is nearing completion with 247 miles in progress and surveys for about double that distance. Mississippi is hoped to rank high in new mileage next year.
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Jackson Miss
Mississippi
Corinth
Hamburg
Lake Cormorant
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Pardoned Slayer Dawson on Capitalist Support in Des Moines
S R Dawson, jailed five years of a ten year sentence for shooting his son in law Walter Scott, was pardoned by Governor Shaw at Des Moines. He claimed insanity at the time of the shooting and his release was secured by capitalists backing a firm to develop his claimed Damascus steel and copper hardening processes.
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Slayer Dawson
Des Moines
S. R. Dawson
Walter Scott
Shaw
Damascus
Dawson
Cloudburst in Western Michigan Halts Rail Traffic
A violent cloudburst in Grand Rapids July 5 caused extensive damage and massive freight disruptions. Rail lines Pere Marquette Grand Rapids and Indiana were washed out north of the city and trains diverted while Grand Trunk bridge at Sarana blocked eastward movement. The Grand River rose three feet six inches and mills along streams will be idle for days with widespread crop damage in the western Michigan peach belt.
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Ohio
Delaware
Ashley
Henderson Main
Boliver Hayes
Ostrander
Delaware Water Works
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Pere Marquette
Indiana
Howard City
Grand Rapids and
Grand Trunk
Sarana
Grand River
Rev Wilbur Chapman Stricken With Illness in Winona Lake
Reverend J Willbur Chapman a famed Presbyterian minister is seriously ill at Winona Lake Indiana from acute indigestion He rallied briefly in the morning but relapsed and condition worsened later in the day with rapid decline reported by local observers.
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Wilbur Chapman
St. Winona Lake
Ind
J. Willbur Chapman
His Great Pecuniary Luck in Beaumont Oil Field
J N Page, a Georgetown, Texas farmer, bought 15 acres south of Leaumont for under 200, and saw it rise to a $400,000 sale when a syndicate led by ex governor J Hoggs interests purchased 13 acres. The land sits in Beaufort’s Swindle Top heights amid proven oil. The sale closed after heavy offers, confirming a dramatic local fortune.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Beaumont
J. N Pape
Georgetown
Austin
Page
Mr Bags
Leaumont
J . Hogg
Frazier Possible Third Term Bid for Governor
Chattanooga Tenn July 5 Special Hon J B Frazier of this city has decided to enter the race for the gubernatorial nomination at the next state democratic convention. He has received many letters from party leaders across the state urging him to run and his friends expect him to do so. He says he is not ready to issue a public statement but may speak in due season. He notes Governor McMillin will seek a third term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
J B. Frazier
Frazier
McMillin
Accepted Mother's Advice and a Case of Electric Indigestion
A Detroit Free Press style piece recounts a mother guiding a son to resolve a temper dispute with a neighbor and later jokes about family arbitration. It also parodies a 'case of electric indigestion' from Cleveland Plain Dealer about a Fishkill Landing man electrocuted eggs and a playful critique of European supremacy. The column closes with notes on bird flight speeds.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jeve
Fishkill Landing
Fishkill
Baron Amehnausen
John Mandeville
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