Rich Youth Flees Mob After Jail Return
Albany Ga June 23 Special Ed Rich the young white man charged with finding and hiding the body of Sidney Wallis fled the city after a citizens committee pressed him to explain his link to the case or leave. He was captured by a mob and jailed again after warrants were issued. a commitment trial is set for tomorrow. Charley West, his intoxicated accomplice, is being treated with leniency.
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Albany
Ed Rich
Sidney Wallis
Ejinchafoonee Creek
Rich
Charley West
Wallis
Richi
Woman’s Foreign Mission Society Adopts Next Year Meeting Plan
The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church South held its annual meeting in Raleigh on June 2. Officers elected include Mrs Lucy A. Cunninggs as president and Mrs R A Willis as vice president. District secretaries for Raleigh district were named, with women representing Durham Fayetteville Wilmington and other towns.
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Raleigh
N. C
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church South
Rockingham
Lucy A. Cunninggs
Greensboro
R AW Willis
Littleton
T. D. Swindell
Goldsboro
Blanch Fentress
Wilmington
B B Adams
Four Oaks
MM Hendren
Mebane
Garland Jones
H M. Groves
Newhbern
R. H. Whiteaker
Durham
WH. McCabe
Fayetteville
B. H Mann
Hogansville Defeats Columbus 6 to 2 in Columbus
Hogansville amateur team defeats Columbus 6 to 2 as Short and Lafitte shine in battery work. Batteries Columbus Patten and Blankenship. Hogansville Short and LaGitte. Game played in Columbus, Ga on June 23.
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Hoansville
Columbus
Hogansville
Short
Lafitte
Patten and Blankenship
la Gitte
Virginia farmer charged in murder of son in law
Wesley Hicks a Louisa County farmer killed Milton Bourne husband of Hicks's daughter near Richmond. After a quarrel over a stray mule Hicks allegedly loaded buckshot and fired, then pursued Bourne as he lay wounded and fired again. Hicks was arrested and jailed in Louisa.
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Richmond
Wesley Hicks
Loulta
Milton Bourne
Hicks
Bourne
Louisa
Third Regiment En Camp at East Lake In Birmingham
The Third Alabama National Guard begins a seven days encampment at East Lake with Lieut Col McConnell in command. Adjutant General Brandon attends to ensure a good time. Eight hundred soldiers are in camp with two companies yet to arrive. Staff includes Major J. H. Bankhead Jr of Jasper and Capt Walter Gardner of Birmingham among others.
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National Guard of Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama National Guard
East Lake
McConnell
Brandon
J. H. Bankhead, Jr
Jasper
Joseph T. Daniels
Anniston
Robert E. Simpson
Florence
Eugenes B. Kennedy
Walter E. Gardner
T. C. Cooper
Oxford
E. K. Mullinix
Talladega
Lewis C. Morris
B. M. Hall
Huntsville
J. D. Heacock
Woodlawn
Percy Nixon
Lye Causes Many Deaths in Beaufort Area
Five deaths near Beaufort, South Carolina, over recent years are linked to careless handling of concentrated lye by parents of children. A two year old near Beaufort was brought to a physician after swallowing lye, with little hope for recovery. The doctor urged legislative restriction on selling this deadly poison to ignorant buyers.
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Columbia
8. C
Beaufort
Three-Legged Calf Impresses Alabama Town
A stranded calf in Mechanicsville Alabama is described as a freak with three well developed legs and only one foreleg missing. John Jones owns the animal which moves about with ease despite the unusual condition. Roosevelt Will Go to Dallas. The president told a Dallas committee today he will stop in the city on his western trip next fall and a date will be set later.
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Mechanicsville
Ala
John Jones
Roosevelt
Dallas
Washington
Tex
Hand of Death Strikes Aged Woman in Church
In Selma orada on June 23 a 64 year old woman Mrs C J Barnes collapsed while receiving the hand of fellowship at the First Baptist church after withdrawing membership from the Second Baptist. She died at 12 oclock today at her son’s home. her pastor son Rev J H Barnes had led the other church.
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First Baptist Church
C. J. Barnes
Second Baptist Church
J. H. Barnes
Selma ,Ada
Prominent Birmingham Furniture Merchant Aged 69 Kills Self
John M. Hersefeld a leading Birmingham furniture dealer aged 69 shot himself at his North Nineteenth Street shop shortly after 1 pm. Business troubles given as cause. He had lived in Birmingham since 1882 and worked in furniture with his brother Herman before striking out on his own. A widow survives him. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Birmingham
Ala
John M. Hersefeld
North Nineteenth Street
Hersefeld
Herman Hersefeld
John Hersefeld
Gee Nial
Summer school for negroes opens at Knoxville College
The Knoxville College Summer school for colored teachers and students from southern states opened in Knoxville. Organized by the United Presbyterian church, it features lectures by Booker T. Washington, George W. Carver, and other instructors from Knoxville College, Austin High, and regional educators. Courses include nature study, agriculture, physics, history, arithmetic, geography, music, drawing, and reading.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Knoxville College
South
United Presbyterian Church
Fittsburg
Summit School
University of Tennnessee
R. W. McGrannahan
R. J Love
C. W. Cansier
Austin High School
Colored
A. R. Merry
Jackson, Tenn
Lula V. Childers
Knoxville College, Music
Mattie R. Jackson
Chattanooga
Volcano's Force Increases At Kilauea In Honolulu Reports
Reports from Kilauea indicate rising activity with unusual manifestations and increased force. No significant eruption has occurred, but observers in Honolulu relay continued signs of activity as of early June.
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Kilauea
Honolulu
San Francisco
Two Men Crushed to Death in Fog Collision at Mingo Junction
Steubenville Ohio June 23 A collision between two small engines on the Cleveland and Pittsburg line at Mingo Junction during heavy fog killed two men and injured several others. The dead are B R Walker brakeman from Toronto Ohio and F W McElroy from Fairmont West Virginia both scalded to death.
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Col Hsien
Steubenville
Ohio
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Mingo Junction
B. R. Walker
Toronto
F. W. McElroy
Fairmount
W. Va
Spaulding to be Retired from Treasury Post
Washington June 2. General L Spaulding first assistant secretary of the treasury has been definitely notified by Secretary Shaw that he is to retire. He will probably not again exercise the functions of an assistant secretary, being at present on a leave of absence.
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Acros
Washington
L. Spaulding
the Treasury
Shaw
Chicago officials held for sanitarium fire deaths
The corner's jury held EH Miller president and Henry Clark Davis general manager of St Lukes Society responsible for the sanitarium fire that killed eleven. Four other employees arrested were released. Miller and Davis were rearrested moments after the verdict was read.
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Hospital Horror
Chicago
EH. Miller
Henry Clark Davis
St. Lukes Society
Miller
Davis
Immigration Bill Reported by Senate Committee
Senator Penrose from the Immigration Committee today reported the general immigration bill. The draft includes many amendments beyond the educational test, tightening restrictions on importing anarchists and diseased persons and limiting contract labor. Prohibited is influencing aliens with promises of work to secure entry.
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Washington
Lane 23
Penrose
Committee On Immigration
St Luke Brotherhood Holds Meeting at Sewanee University
At the University of the South in Sewanee Tennessee the St Luke Brotherhood held its annual meeting. President Dubesc and Secretary Osborne reported while Dr Murdoch noted a decline in ministerial candidates across churches. The group collected funds for the ministry program and to encourage study. Rev J A Ortel gave an address and donated paintings valued in the thousands. St Philips choir picnicked at Lost Cave with Rev Guerry hosting.
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J. A. Ortel
D. C
Washington
Ortel
St. Philips Choir
Lost Cave
Mr. Guerry
Lincoln's Tender Letter Echoed in Memorial Talk
In a Broadway Methodist service ex President J H Martin of Moores Hill college lectured on Abraham Lincoln tracing his life and aims He highlighted Lincoln the man and president and recounted the dying boy letter to his mother and Mrs Bixby's heart rending letter He cited Grant and Davis and the Civil War ending with Lincoln’s enduring sympathy for common people and its impact on the nation He noted the River Harbor Act extension news and officials preparing the extension plan
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Indianapolis Journal
Broadway Methodist Church
J. H. Martin
Moores Hill College
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Douglas
General Butler
Mr Lincoln
Tincoln
Grant
Jefferson Davis
Martin
Richmond
Davis
Union
Mr. Lincoln
Wabash Directors OK Semiannual Dividend Amid Routine Business
New York June 2 The Wabash railroad board authorized the usual 3 percent semiannual interest on debenture bonds and carried out routine matters. No action on the debenture basis was taken though Wall Street expects a securities distribution soon. President Roosevelt vetoed a bill removing desertion from the Civil War record of E H Gallion, citing War Department records to keep the entry.
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New York
Wabash Railroad
Wall Street
Jong
Washington
Roosevelt
House
E. H. Gallion
Tennessee Volunter
War Department
Work of Jennings Adds To Revenue
Florida Governor Jennings is credited with boosting state revenues through passage of an omnibus measure including the old Indian war claim, expected to add about $700,000 to the general fund. The report outlines the historical dispute over warrants and claims tied to Seminole era hostilities, notes commissions findings, and discusses a recent ruling in Camp & West v. State. It also details convict leasing arrangements and the money they bring to the state, contrasting past and present terms and projecting long term gains.
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Tallahassee
Flay
Jennings
Congress
Florida
George M. Walker
John G. Reardon
Francis P. Fleming
R. C. Williams
Washington
Fleming
Camp and West
State Supreme Court
Camp & West
United States Supreme Court
B. E. McLin
Commissioner of Agriculture
A Texas Wonder Hall's Great Remedy
Texas advert boasts Hall's Great Discovery as a universal cure for kidney and bladder issues. Claims include relief from gravel diabetes and rheumatism, with mail order available for $1 and two months of treatment per bottle. Testimonial from county official B. Devall.
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Texas
Hall
EW. Hall
P. GO
St. Louis
All Druggista
Hallettaville
B. W. Hall
B. Devall
County
Treas
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Charlie Long
Jim, Pollard
Spaulding
University OF the South
ST. Luke Brotherhood
Young Moon
Lincoln’s Tenders
Tess
Gillespie
Alex McKenzie
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London
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Humaneville
Southern Engraving Company
Humaonville
Constitution
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