Negroes Urged to Pay Taxes in Mississippi Movement
Jackson Mississippi July 14 Special a movement has begun among Mississippi Negroes to pay all taxes assessed. The Negro Taxpayers Association started in Marion County with more groups planned. Resolutions say paying taxes is just and will curb crime, aid education, and improve citizenship. Officials caution it may not expand beyond patriotism or voter qualification.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Marion County
Negro Taxpayers’ Association
Historic Georgia geography and early towns described
An 18th century geography in a Waycross citizen's possession outlines Okefenokee Swamp between the Flint and Oalkmulge rivers, cites Louisville as Georgia's first capital, Savannah as largest town, and notes Sunbury Frederica Muskogee and Gulf Spanish era borders with 25 000 Muskogee. Also mentions a Greenville cotton mill charter with $350 000 capitalization and local incorporators.
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Waycross
Georf
Ouaguaphanaqua
Flint
Oalkmulge
St. Mary
Juan
Ogechee
Savannah
Bar
Sunbury
Frederica
St. Simon
Georg
Oglethorpe
United States
Montgomery nerve to nominate congressman in 18th district
Montgomery officials meet Friday to set time and place for nominating a candidate to succeed Wiley. No opposition yet, but a primary seems possible with several aspirants grooming for the race. Also, oil portrait of General Isham W. Garrott donated by his son. history department notes his Vicksburg siege service and untimely death. State board of examiners reviews July teacher exams, with about 3,000 applicants, many repeaters.
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Longino
Grant Kelly
Tasper County
Wiliam Weir
Kelly
Salle Phillips
Holmes County
Montgomery
Ala
Wiley
General Garrott
Department of History
Isham W. Garrott
Vicksburg
John H. Garrott
Houston
Tex
Garrott
Perry County
Alabama
Pettus
Richmond
State Board of Examiners
Bitter Feuding Among South Carolina Gubernatorial Hopefuls
Charleston dispatch reports rising tensions in the South Carolina senate race and a sharp split between Asbury Latimer and John Gary Evans. James H Tillman leads in rural areas with strong Uncle Senator backing, while Walterboro’s Captain D C Heyward launches his first campaign with broad canvassing. Voters anticipate provocative meetings and wagers on a second primary.
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Charleston
D. C
United States Senate
Asbury C. Latimer
John Gary Evans
Congress
James H Tillman
South Carolina
Tillman
Tilman
D C. Heyward
Walterboro
Heyward
Last Voyage of William Wickham Mate Buried in Brunswick
The schooner William Wickham from Fernandina to New York docked in Brunswick, where the first mate Fred Jansen died on the voyage. He was only 3 years old, leaving a wife and baby in Brooklyn. Sailors held a large funeral, and the ship resumed its journey with a sorrowful crew aboard.
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William M. Wickham
Brunswick
William W Wickham
Fernandina
New York
Fred Jansen
Brooklyn
Measles On Training Ship Lancaster Quarantined
Three measles cases among 200 apprentices aboard the US training ship Lancaster force quarantine off Fortress Monroe Newport News Virginia. The vessel, set to sail for Tompkinsville tomorrow, is delayed indefinitely as officials review the outbreak and containment measures.
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Lancaster
Newport News
United States
Fortress Monroe
Tompkinsville
Major R. A. Mathews Dies in Talbotton Heart Failure
Major Robert A. Mathews, a prominent Talbotton citizen, died suddenly this afternoon at his College Street home. His body will be interred at Oak Hill cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
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Talbotton
Robert A. Mathews
College Street
Oak Hill Cemetery
Text Books Are Selected for Madison County Schools
Huntsville July 14 Special The Madison county text book committee announced selections for the next five years A large percentage of books are printed by a southern publishing company in Richmond The histories are pronounced to relate correctly to the Civil War Madison county is among the first in Alabama to discard old readers and histories used for thirty years Local education officials emphasize updated materials and accuracy in teaching history.
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Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
Southern
Richmond
Large stave factory to be built in Biora Tennessee
A deal closed to establish a large stave factory at Biora Tennessee. The plant will use local oak timber valued for profits. Dr G A Light of Biora is among the organizers of the company.
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Huntsville
Ala
Biora
Tenn
G A Light
Drought Broken as Rain Returns for Dallas County
Dallas Ga July 4 Special. The long drought ends as good rains fall across the county boosting farmer hope. The county democratic executive committee sets August 28 for a primary for representative and county officers. A subcommittee will meet with the populist committee July 23 to seek a single primary for county offices.
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Dallas
Democratic Executive Committee
Riot in Orangeburg Leaves One Dead in Lynch Mood
In Orangeburg last night a riot between whites and blacks erupted with knives and pistols used freely. Isaac Smith, a Black man, was killed. several others wounded. The cause remains unclear though linked to a building gang dispute under Foreman Haynes of the Bell Telephone Co. Atlanta division. Some whites face charges of aiding the gang. Earlier Spartanburg saw 600 attend Morgan monument for George Woodruff’s “Message from the Lord” as he promotes recent Christian conversion and gospel work.
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Columbia
8. C
Orangeburg
Isaac Smith
Haynes
Atlanta
Bell Telephone Company
Building Gang
Spartanburg
Morgan Monument
Lord
George Woodruff
Spartan Inn
Woodruff
Inn
Married Women as Teachers Not Employed in Savannah Schools
The Chatham county board of education in Savannah Georgia adopts a written policy declaring that a female teacher in public schools shall lose her position upon marriage. The rule codifies an unwritten practice that had led to resignations when teachers wed, including two colored teachers who were not reelected after marriage.
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Savannah
Board of Education
Chatham County
Hyatt Identified as Suspect in Oklahoma Murders
Charles F. Hyatt alias Osborne, jailed in Norfolk on murder charges. Sheriff Hesser and Deputy Houston from Payne county Oklahoma arrived to identify him as the man who killed Mrs. Mattie I Osborne in the city last month and who allegedly killed A. F. Cooke in Oklahoma. Hyatt had previously killed his wife in Stillwater in 1896 to prevent disclosure of guilt. He agreed to return to Oklahoma without requisition papers.
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Norfolk
Hesser
Houston
Payne County
Oklahoma
Charles F. Hyatt
Osborne
Mattie I Osborne
A. F. Cooke
Stillwater
Hyatt
Cotton Ginning Statistics Mission In South Carolina
W A Neal of Washington travels to Greenville South Carolina to gather cotton ginning statistics for the census department. A county appointee will collect figures locally with three reports due October 18 December 13 and after the ginning season.
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Census Bureau
W. A. Neal
South Carolina
Greenville
W .A. Neal
Washington
Census Department
Pou Nomination Looms in North Carolina District
Raleigh dispatch reports Democrats in this congressional district to renominate E W Pou with solid support. Independent candidate John W Attwater challenges Pou on the stump. Republicans plan nominations in all nine districts, aiming to win two. Linville River rapids electrical project expands with New York developers and Southern Railway backing, boosting power distribution from Morganton. Major car and wood products activity also noted, while seventeen-year locusts remain absent amid dry weather and ongoing crime and education coverage across counties.
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Raleigh
N. C
Pawar
John W. Attwater
Pou
Southern Railway
Statesville
Asheville
Linville River
County of Burke
Industrial Department
The
Southern Railroad
Morganton
Southern
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilmington
Greenesboro
W. J. Bryans
United States
Canada
Mexico
J B. Biller
New Yor
Joe Kimbrough
Yackinsville
Wiliam Martin
William Kelley
Martin
Virginia
R .F. Walker
Spartanburg
North Carpina
Postal Telegraph Company
Supreme Court
Shepard Renominated by Democratic Convention
Cooper Tex July 14 The Democratic convention for the first congressional district met here and nominated Congressman John S Shepard in line with the district primaries results.
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Shepard
Cooper
Tex
John S. Shepard
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Chariester
E.G Inglesby
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Isham W. Garrett
Latimer
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James H. Tillman
R. A. Mathews
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E. W. Pou
John W. Atwater
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Linville
North Carolina News
Marcy
Ee Sea
W. Mitchell St
J. MH. Schroeter & Bro
Seren Winson
King Bee
Fairbanks Scales
Peachree
Peters Street
Eureka Steel Range
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