Whites and Negroes Face Rising Tensions in Lake County
Tiptonville Tenn March 5 Special matters between whitecappers and citizens of Lake County grow tense. Six months of terror against Negroes, a buried black man’s body exposed, and threats of violence prompt armed white residents to pressure removal of Black workers and labor supporters. Six men armed with guns warned Sarge employer Taylor Foster to quit hiring Black labor or face similar death.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
Lake County
Lse
Taylor Foster
Wyatt
Selma Electric Plant Sold to Virginia Pennsylvania Capitalists
W D Pender of Norfolk Virginia and L Pender of Selma with Virginia and Pennsylvania capitalists have bought the Selma Electric Light and Power Company plant. They plan to enlarge and improve the system and take charge next Tuesday. Negotiations also touch the Selma water works but sale there is not yet sure. The buyers eye Meridian Mississippi plants for future purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Selma Electric Light and Power Company
W. D. Pender
Norfolk, Va
L. Pender
Virginta
Pennsylvania
Selma Water Works
W. H. White
New York
Selma Street
Ratiro
Meridian
Miss
I W. D. Pender
South
Williamsburg Man Confesses to South Carolina Killing
John Henry Boyd was arrested Monday at Ewell in James City County Virginia. He has confessed to killing another Black man in South Carolina and is held awaiting requisition for transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Williamsburg
John Henry Boyd
Ewell
James City County
Virginia
South Caroina
Voters to Register in Madison County March 10
Madison County voters begin registration next Monday March 10 at New Market. The board of registrars will register voters in country precincts for about a month, then reconvene in Huntsville for several weeks of sessions.
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Ifuntsville
Ala
Board of Registrars
Madison County
New Market
Huntsville
Flood Damage Repaired Promptly Across Railway Corridor
Flood damage on the western division of the Southern railway between Chattanooga Tennessee and Asheville North Carolina is repaired and regular schedules will resume tomorrow. The region experienced flooding that disrupted service, but repairs have been completed and timelines restored for the flood-affected corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Railway
Asheville
N. C
Insurance Bill Signed Before Mississippi Legislature Adjourns
Governor Longino signed the life and fire insurance bill just before the Mississippi Legislature adjourned sine die. The law places state insurance oversight in the auditor for two years until an insurance commissioner is elected, with two clerks funded by fees. It shifts from license privileges to a 2 percent premium tax and mandates investigations of fires with unknown origins. The act, patterned after Massachusetts and North Carolina, aims to reduce rates over time.
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Jackson
Miss
Longino
Cole
Mississippi
Commission
Massachusetts
North Carolina
New York Mutual
Prudential
Southeastern Tariff Association
Rejected Suitors' Revenge Stuns New Orleans Family
Two Italian men, Georgia Maretto and Angelo Auzelamo, rejected suitors to Annie Claceio, stabbed her parents and a visitor, seriously injuring them. Annie hid under the house. the attackers fled and remained at large. The incident followed an opera.
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New Orleans
Georgia Maretto
Angelo Auzelamo
Annie Claceio
Joe Saragusa
Maretto
Autelamo
Batson Under Lock and Key in New Orleans Murder Case
Al Batson of Spikard Missouri charged with the mass murder of the Earl family near Welsh Louisiana was brought to Calcasieu parish jail in New Orleans by Sheriff Perkins after arrest in Lawrence Missouri He will await trial in parish prison and maintains his innocence. Also Huntsville call for primary election repeal and Huntsville Gun Club elects officers with weekly shoots set for April first week.
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Earl
New Orleans
Ed Batson
Spikard
Welsh
Lawrence
Perkins
Calcasieu Parish
Batson
Gun Club
Huntsville
Ala
Huntsville Gun Club
George P. Turner
RR. E. Spragins
William Kellar
W. L. Halsey
J. W. Matthews
W. P. Carth
City Accepts Plans for New Huntsville School
Huntsville Alabama March 5 special. The city council may elect architect Herbert Cowell to draw plans and build the new $20,000 school. Engineer Lee Patton declined to serve as fire department engineer and a successor will be chosen. G E Wilson was elected to the night police force, replacing Thomas Byrom who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Herbert Cowell
Lee Patton
Wilson
Thomas Byrom
Texas court frees pool rooms under state license
In a March ruling the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals holds that state law licenses pool rooms and municipalities cannot bar them within their limits. The decision clarifies jurisdiction, allowing operators to run pool halls provided they meet state licensing requirements.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Neel Arrives in Athens to Inspect Floyd County Dispensary
W J Neel of Rome, a Floyd County dispensary commissioner, arrived in Athens to spend tomorrow examining how the city dispensary operates. He will observe procedures, policies, and management to assess performance and compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weel
Athens
W. J. Neel
Rome
Floyd, County
Blizzard Strikes Western Virginia Cutting Rail Traffic
Richmond March 5 Special. A severe blizzard hit western Virginia, threatening a repeat of 1898 with rail and county roads blocked. Snow fell 18 to 24 inches on the level, several trains abandoned on the Cumberland Valley line, and Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio trains delayed for hours. Temperatures dropped yet no snow reported in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley
Richmond
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesa Peake
Oho
Truant Barge Carded Cardenas Towed After 29 Days Adrift
The barge Cardenas, drifting since February 2 after separating from tug Cuba with Matanzas, was towed into Newport News by Cuba. After 29 days at sea she traveled to Bermuda on a zigzag course before being brought to harbor at Fire Island Night. All crew are reported well and the vessel suffered only minor damage.
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Cardenas
Newport News
Cuba
Matanzas
Fire Island
Bermuda
Record of Appreciation for Moet & Chandon Imports 1992
Over a quarter million bottles represent the actual increase of imports of Moet & Chandon Champagne in 1992 as compared with 1900, exceeding 100 percent of the increase of all other Champagne houses combined. En route East, purchase a two thousand mile Seaboard Air Line ticket to Baltimore via Norfolk and Bay Line. For details contact Harry Rouse at Kimball House, Atlanta.
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Moet & Chandon
Bonfort
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Baltimore
Norfolk and Bay Line
Harry 3
Rouse
C. P
T. A. No
Kimball House
Atlanta
T&s
Dee
Gehis Pehk
Cood
Wilmington
Charlotte
Norfolk
Richmond
Perrymouth & Boy Linch
Atlawwia
Wasington
Baltiinwine
Philawvelfe Ua
York
Splendid Cafe Dinine Gar Servics
Augusta Mule Market Feud Roils City Plans and Taxes
Augusta Georgia contends with a mule market clash as transient drovers skirt a $50 a month license. Stablemen press for fair sales while council stalemates, repeals, and legal flaws delay action. Commerce backs repeal, but legal steps stall passage, leaving bars open for drovers.
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Augusta
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Wilkes Hunting and Fishing Club organized in Wilkes County
The Wilkes Hunting and Fishing Club is a new body formed yesterday in Washington Georgia. Officers elected: President J H Fitzpatrick secretary J W Chapman treasurer J R Dyson. Membership limited to twenty with members W H Toombs Anson J King B S Irvin J A Benson Sr R B Callaway and others. The club will buy property near the city limits for a clubhouse and will seek regular chartering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes County
Washington
Wilkes Hunting and Fishing Club
J. H. Fitzpatrick
J. W. Chapman
J. R. Dyson
T. M. Green
E. Y. Hill
F. H. Coney
J. G. Wright
Toel L. Latime
Fire Sweeps Aiken Center as Nine Buildings Burn
Aiken South Carolina on March 5 saw nine central buildings destroyed by fire amid high winds. The Sunny Side sanitarium was ruined with several occupants injured but none seriously harmed. Lyceum hall and the Aiken Recorder office burned along with homes of Mrs. Quash Miss Ford and I H Loomis. Powder and cartridge storage in Lyceum hall exploded briefly causing alarm.
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Aitken
Sunny Side Sanitarium
Lyceum Hall
Aiken
Two Indicted for Frauds In Davidson County
Nashville special reports that Davidson county grand jury indicted Charles E. Cochran of New York and Charles A. Roe of Baltimore for larceny and defrauding the Union Bank and Trust Company. Eleven indictments allege notes were negotiated in a scheme involving thirteen lumber entities led by Cochran acting as president of the Cheques set Lumber Company. The complex kite scheme is said to have caused a $19,000 loss to the Union Bank and Trust Company.
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Baltimore
New York
Nashville
Tenn
Davidson County
Charles E. Cochran
Charles A. Roe
Union Bank and Trust Company
Cochran
Chequeasset Lumber Company
Allied Lumber Companies
American Hardwood Company
New Court House in Wilkes Planned
By a Georgia Supreme Court ruling Wilkes County must have funds in hand to contract for a public building. The commissioners will levy a special tax of 12.50 per 1000 to raise about 35000 for a new court house and call a May election on issuing bonds. If bonds win the tax is withdrawn. They meet Thursday to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ga
Supreme Court of Georgia
Wilkes ‘County
Secret Charleston Romance Ends in Hidden Marriage
In Columbia affairs desk reports that Ursuline convent dealt with a school girl courtship. Miss Georgia Harvey from Rome, Ga, studied at the convent and visited a Chicago portrait firm representative, Mr. Garrison. With parental consent she later married him in Charleston last June, a secret kept until today when his claim of a bride surprised onlookers.
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Columbia
S. C
Ursuline Convent
Georgia Harvey
Rome
Garrison
Chicago
Georgia
Traffi Bt
Garricon
Charleston
Garrizon
Artisans' Club Formed By Prominent Labor Men
A well attended Federation hall meeting formed the Artisans' Club to blend social and athletic aims with labor union ties. Jerome Jones presided, Mike Riley chaired, and speakers included C. C. Houston and Pat Moore. The club plans club rooms, membership limited to union cardholders, echoing Turn Verein style.
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Federation Hall
Turn Verein
Jerome Jones
American Federation of Labor
Journal of Labor
Mike Riley
C. C. Houston
Mike Mahon
Cc. T. Ladson
Zach Martin
Ed Craft
Pat Moore
Professor Card
Musicians’ Union
J. McWhirter
J. Roberts
William Strauss
Hamilton Douglas
Tom O'Shanter
Artisans’ Club
Atlanta
Telegraphic lines back. floods delay full service.
Telegraph communication was restored today between Asheville and Knoxville after a week cut by floods. Track gangs were within five miles at nightfall as Southern Railway superintendent Ewing announced traffic would resume tomorrow on the main line, though full schedule recovery will take about a week due to roadbed damage.
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Asheville
Knoxville
Tenn
N. C
Ewing
Southern Railway
Southern
Florists Plan Convention In Asheville August Meeting
The executive committee of the Society of American Florists closed its Asheville meeting with a banquet at the Sawamano hotel and arranged the program for the annual convention to be held here in August.
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Florists Plan
Asheville
N. C
Society of American Florists
Sawamnanoa Hotel
Society
Atlanta Exposition Day Committee Formed for April 4 Plan
Mayor Mims appointed a 31 member committee to organize Atlanta day at the Charleston exposition on April 4. The group will meet at 10 am in the mayor’s office to arrange participation by city officials, drum corps, Horse Guard and others. Members include J. F. Beck, Harvey Johnson, Forrest Adair, Albert Howell Jr and others.
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Mims
Atlanta
Charleston Exposition
General Council
J. F. Beck
W. R. Joyner
F. J. Paxon
Harvey Johnson
Joseph T. Orme
Don Bain
Joseph Jacobs
George Brown
Forrest Adair
B. F. Maddox
Marion Jackson
James L. Key
J. R. Nutting
Louis Beck
A. J. West
W. H. Kiser
Frank Ellis
Mr. Rich
Edward DuSose
Harriman Touring Texas Inspecting Properties
Railroad magnate J. B. Harriman of the Southern Pacific is touring Texas with planning officials and a party. He spent the night at Port Arthur meeting Stuart Knott, then moved to Beaumont and rode toward Shreveport with Knott and Krutschnitt. The party plans to visit Dallas next while Harriman’s family heads to Galveston and San Antonio.
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Houston
Tex
H. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Port Arthur
Stuart Knott
Kansas City Southern
Beaumont
Knott Road
Shreveport
Knnott
Krutschnitt
Messrs
Harriman
American League Adopts Schedule and Fees
The American League adopted ground admission rates of 25 50 and 73 cents for bleacher pavilion and grand stand in all cities except Philadelphia and raised President Ban Johnsons salary from 5 to 7 50 per year. They also set the season schedule. Dan Patch Sold for 20000 in Indianapolis Dan Patch 2008 star sold by Daniel A Messner Jr to M J Sturgess of New York City for 20000. Funeral of Mrs Philip C Townsend The Townsend funeral was held at 264 Grant Street with services at the residence and graveside by Reverend Jogers and Dr Broughton paying tribute to her Christian deeds and city service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American League
Detroit
Mich
Philadelphia
Ban Johnson
Dan Patch
Indianapolis
Ind
Daniel A.messner, Jr
M. J. Sturgess
New York City
Philip C. Townsend
Grant Street
Oelock
Broughton
Julian Jogers
Senators Nominated in Swainsboro and West Point Sale
In Swainsboro Georgia on March 15 two senate announcements were made for Judge G B Roun trea and Colonel R J Willams from the sixteenth district with solid local support. West Point saw the Hughes building auctioned for 9915 dollars to N I Atkinson in a lively sale held at public outcry, the property located in the city center.
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Senate
Swainsboro
Rountrea
R. J. Willams
Foint Warehouse
West Point
Huguiey
N. I. Atkinson
Purc
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