Miners and Operators Stand Firm on Scale Dispute
Birmingham June 27 The Scale Committee chair reports no settlement as miners and operators clash over wage scales for the coming year. A strike seems possible though a settlement before next month cannot be ruled out. The Republic Iron works suspends its operations amid the impasse as fires are banked and output conditions tighten.
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Birmingham
Ala
Saltman
Ttea
Republic Ironompany
Thomas
Adams “We Company
Judge James B. Head Dies After Long Service
Birmingham aged jurist Judge James B. Head, longtime state supreme court justice and self-made legal figure, died at his South Highlands residence after years of illness. A Civil War veteran, he rose from common schooling to the high bench, served with energy despite health decline, and ended his term without seeking reelection. Funeral set for St Marys Church on the Highlands.
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Birmingham
Ala
James B. Head
South Highlands
Head
Greene County
Judge Head
W. C. Ward
Blyton Land Company
Supreme Court
Alabama
Japanese Agents Inspect Cultivation Methods in North Carolina
Two Japanese government agents travel through North Carolina inspecting sericultural methods. One operates in Wilson, the other in Oxford, studying tobacco culture and trial models for other crops such as waterways and rice. They will report findings before continuing to South Carolina and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Wilson
Oxford
South Carolina
Georgia
Blood Spots Indicate Approaching Weather
In Wilkes county Georgia near the Lincoln ring a hilltop residence, the Barksdale place, recalls a 1866 murder. Armstead Stokes killed James Henly at a gate by the road. Locals say dark ground spots near the gate foretold weather for years, vanishing in dry spells.
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Washington
Wilkes County
Ring of Lincoln
Thomas Barksdale
Armstead Stokes
James Henly
Stokes
Henry
Barksdale
Henly
Copy of Rouss Will Read in Waxahachie Clerk Office
A copy of the will of the late Charles Broadway Rouss of New York has been deposited in the Waxahachie county clerk’s office to be recorded. The will disposes property valued around 31,600,000 with 414,000 cash bequests and 82,500 annuities. The mercantile business and related properties go to Peter W. Rouss and Virginia Duane Lee jointly with a provision for the son to gain exclusive control if he pays the daughter 25,000 annually.
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Waxahachie
Texas
Tex
Charles Broadway Rouss
New York
Peter W. Rouss
Virginia Duane Lee
Judge orders funds for college land sale interest
Jackson Mississippi June 27 Special Judge Robert Powell issues a mandamus directing Auditor Cole to pay interest from the college land sale fund donated by act of Congress. The hearing is set for August 4 as the legislature had not passed a required act and the auditor refused payment. A large Mississippi group heads to Lookout Mountain for the Southern Educational Association meeting with H L Whitfield and E Bailey aboard.
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Jackson
Miss
Robert Powell
Board of Trustees
The
Industries Institute and College
Cole
Congress
Mississippi
Southern Educational Association
Lookout Mountains
H. L. Whitfield
E. Bailey
Whitfield
Liquor Question in Hinds County Open Saloon Fight
In Jackson Mississippi on June 21 the satoonists vow to block printing of petition signers for a county election on open saloons. The petition will be held back until the last moment while saloon supporters seek immediate action from the board of supervisors. Prohibitionists remain vigilant and confident they will defeat the movement in what may be a fiery showdown following seven years since saloons were abolished.
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Jackson
Miss
Hinds
Board of Supervisors
Death by Own Action of Veteran in Raleigh MN
John D. Taylor an ex Confederate veteran born in Goldsboro and once manager of a halting gall in Kinston ended his life yesterday by blowing out his brains. The mental strain from unemployment led to the fatal act.
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Raleigh
John D. Taylor
Goldsboro
Kinston
Whitfield Pushes Longer Term for Mississippi Rural Schools
Jackson June 27 Special H I Whitfield state superintendent urges a longer term in country schools. He has issued an address to Mississippians and will spend the summer visiting boards of supervisors to advocate improvements in rural education.
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Jackson
Miss
H. I. Whitfield
Mississippi
Boards of Supervisors
Tobacco Crop a Large One in North Carolina
Tobacco outlook in North Carolina is favorable as weather this week supports growth and acreage increases. Dry spells have reduced yield somewhat, but overall the crop is shaping up larger than expected for the season.
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Raleigh
N. C
Lectures Close as Knoxville Summer School Ends
Dr. W T Harris concludes his lectures at the Summer School of the South in Knoxville with Dr C Hart Merriam and Dr McIver delivering talks to about 1000 teachers. Upcoming addresses include Dr E A Alderman and Dr C W Dabney with topics on education, geology, and religion. Rev Edgar Gardner Murphy speaks on poetry’s past century and life contributions. In Chattanooga a distillery is organized, and the Tennessee Pottery Company plant will be repurposed into a bonded warehouse and wholesale department.
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Knoxville
Tenn
W. T. Harris
United States Commissioner of Education
South
C. Hart Merriam
Charles D. Melver
North Carolina Normal College
McIver
Merriam
North America
E. A. Alderman
Tulane Universality
New Orleans
C. W. Dabney
University of Tennessee
Brotherhood of Nations
Alderman
Christ
Edgar Gardner Murphy
Montgomery
Chattanooga
J. &. Cannon
H. C. Abercrombie
Price
Tennessee Pottery Company
Agricultural committee backs Senate substitute on Appalachian forest bill
Southern Forest Reserve in Washington notes the house agricultural committee agreed to accept the senate substitute for the Appalachian forest reserve bill with minor changes and will defer further action until December.
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Southern Forest Reserve
Washington
Agricultural Committee of the
House
Senate
They Want Encampment in Knoxville Tennessee
Knoxville officials seek approval from the adjutant general for the local battalion to hold an encampment in or near the city Major H Eg Goetz commands the state guard unit and cites possible lack of state funds preventing brigade or regimental encampments this year
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Knoxville
Tenn
H Eg. Goetz
State Guard
Adjutant General
Two Negro Boys Drown Near Beaufort Crossing Creek
Two boys aged 11 and 12 drowned near Beaufort while trying to cross a deep creek with bags of oysters on their backs. Their bodies were recovered and the coroner returned an accidental death verdict.
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Columbia
S. C
Beaufort
Coroe Naratory
Smith Inspects U K Road Progress and Plans
Milton H. Smith elected president of the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern railroad succeeding Henry E. McHarg who sold the line to Louisville and Nashville. Smith toured the Louisville and Nashville system and discussed plans to create a direct route from Louisville and Cincinnati to the southeast via Knoxville. The Knoxville LaFollette Jelico segment to Knoxville may be let soon, linking with the Louisville Nashville as the connect ing line. The A K and N has been rebuilt recently and aims to handle increased Louisville Nashville business.
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Knoxville
Tens
Milton H. Smith
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad
Henry E. McHarg
Louisville and Nashville
J. H. Bilis
Louisville
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern
Mr. Smith
John B. Newton
Loufaville
Nashville
Louiaville
Cincinnati
Smith
Knoxville, LaFollette and
Jelico
LaFollette
Grand Atlantic and Ban Marcos Hotels Advertised
Atlantic City hotels advertise capacity 700 and 300 guests with fine furnishings. Rates listed as $10.12 per week and $2 to $3 per day, with special family rate and illustrated booklet. Names Kastra, A. Cheshire Mitchell, Mar, Charles E. Cope as proprietor.
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Grand Atlantic
Ban Marcos
Atlantic City
N. J
Kastra
A. Cheshire Mitchell
Charles E. Cope
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