Mob Pursues Sheriff Over Killing of Autreyville Girl
In Moultrie Georgia on June 13 a mob chased Sheriff Beard as he moved prisoner John Henry Williams a Black man charged with the murder of Lenora Wilkes 12 near Autreyville. The mob halted at Cairo outskirts then surged toward Thomasville and Cairo. Williams hid in a church before being ferried toward Cairo under guard. Lenora Wilkes body found in a pond with throat slit and weights. Evidence tied Williams including wet clothing and matches with tracks at the scene. The sheriff escaped with the prisoner in a high powered car amid a large, inflamed mob.
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Moultrie
Spdolah
John Henry Williams
Lenora Wilkes
Autreyville
Thomas County
Cairo
Florida Atata Line
Seard
Thamesville
Beard
Colquitt
Autreyville-Moultrie Road
Enenes
Numa Ville
Thomasville
Wilkes
Lorena Wilkes
Williamg
Williams
Officers Seek Negro Who Fired At Boney Hogan
Dublin Ga June 13 Special G B Boney Hogan a well known farmer held under bond for federal grand jury peonage investigation had a narrow escape when John Towns two negro fired a pistol at Hogan as he tried to quell a farm disturbance in which a negro was shot and wounded Towns sought by county officers Towns with a bad reputation is believed to have aided the federal probe on Hogans farm last weeks in connection with alleged peonage conditions Towns formerly worked for Hogan Rae ate last fall went to work at ea
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Dublin
G. B
Boney” Hogan
John Towns
Hogan
Towns
Rae Ate
Postmastership Exams Called for Zebulon Georgia
An exam to fill the Zebulon Georgia postmaster vacancy is set for July 9 under Harding era terms. Applicants may take the test in Columbus or Griffin, marking Georgia’s first specific-date civil service exam call by the commission.
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Juzette, Ja
Gune
Zebulon
Civil Service Commission
Columbus
Griffin
Harding
Georgia
Shawmut Chooses W T Harrison as School Superintendent
Professor W T Harrison of Yatesville has been elected head of Shawmut public schools and will begin duties around July 1. He led Joseph KE Johnston Institute for nine years achieving notable success in Yatesville. Two rare Morphos butterflies sold in London for 135 dollars.
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Janette
W. T. Harrison
Yatesville
Shawmut
Ala
Harrison
Joseph KE. Johnston
Penn
London
Labor Federation Report Highlights Militant Progress Call
James Dun can of Quincy Mass opened with a report on organized labor addressing open shop wage reductions Irish question foreign trade union relations and immigration It urged militant offense against opposing powers and called for progress The annual secretary Morrison report put union membership at 8906528 with 1625 strikes affecting 191934 members and a defense fund balance of 161217 Black rats reached America in 1544 and were driven out by brown rats in 1775 A Caribbean legend mentions an island inhabited only by women
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SUNE
Cil
James Duncan
Quincy
Mass
Frank Morrison
Federation
Federation Defense Fund
Townsend Bill Advances For Federal Highway Commission
The Senate Post Offices and Post Roads Committee reported favorably a bill to create a federal highway commission of three members and to establish an interstate system of public roads. Three Democrats opposed, planning a minority report. The measure keeps $160 million yearly for state road aid and requires states to match federal funds, with cooperation between federal and state authorities.
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Hington
Federal Highway Commission
Senate Post Offices and Post Roads Committee
Watson
Georgia
McKellar
Tennessee
Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Commission
Democratic Committee
Federal Commission
Hints Of Banks Funding Newberry Campaign Surface
Testimony at the Michigan senate campaign inquiry reveals that Lyman D. Smith and other financiers moved funds for the Newberry campaign. Witnesses recount contributions from New York bankers and executives from General Motors and Solvay, with sums totaling tens of thousands of dollars and a $120,000 transfer from John S. Newberry funds. The hearing adjourned with unresolved questions about bank records and ledgers.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Newberry
Michigan
Senate
Lyman D. Smith
New York
Alfred Lucking
Ford
Smith
Spencer
Laver
Walcott
American Exchange National Bank
Chatham Phoenix
Frederick C. Brooks
New Yorker
Truman
W. C. Durant
General Motors Company
Andrew H. Green, Jr
Solvey Process Company
Fred P. Smith
Newberry Estate
Durant
Green
Gompers Opens AFL Convention With Labor Unity Call
President Samuel Gompers told the forty first AFL convention in Denver that labor’s enemies and the open shop failed to crush organized labor and predicted 1921 progress toward 5,000,000 members. He urged unity with farmers, condemned disarmament, and appealed to defend the labor departments against proposed reforms. A relief pledge for Pueblo flood victims was endorsed and unions donated funds.
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Denver
Colo
F&amuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Trades Union Movement
Executive Council
Federation
Gompers
Great Lakes
International Seamen's Union
Plate Printers’ Union
Washington, D. C
Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks
Nuxated Iron Endorsed For Strength And Vitality
An advertisement claims pale thin blood causes weakness and nervousness and promotes Nuxated Iron to restore strength. It lists endorsements by former U S senators judges physicians and Rome’s press. It alleges 4 million users annually and directs readers to druggists.
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United States
Rome
Sparrow Declared Boll Weevils Enemy
Cotton planters assert the English sparrow aids boll weevil destruction. The birds are seen early and late over cotton stalks in search of weevils, and their activities are being watched with interest.
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Griffin
Jane
Acworth Homecoming Week Celebrated With Big Reunions
Acworth Georgia marks annual Home-Coming week with special events as hundreds of former residents return for reunions and celebrations that run through the week, starting Monday. The festivities feature gatherings, communities and nostalgic homecomings for Ex-Acworth citizens.
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Acworth
Town Celebrates Homecoming with Parade of Floats
The town prepared for homecoming with elab orate decorations in red and blue. A fifty-strong parade of floats and automobiles accompanied by a music band marched Monday afternoon. A separate note mentions a cannon at sea reckoned to fire a luminous trail for signaling.
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