Kentucky Oil Boom Attracts National Attention
Louieville March 12 Special The state of Kentucky draws national oil experts as spring opens with a predicted influx of operators and capital. Wayne County leads early production, with Strube, 200, 500 barrel daily wells proving profitable. Major players like Standard Oil and Guffy Galey push vast leases as transport hurdles fade. Kentucky poised to rival Pennsylvania for high grade crude in coming year.
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Louieville
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Wayne County
Cumberland County
Wayne
Union
Standard Oil Company
Ecompany
Guffy-Galey Company
Beaumont Fields
Bath County
Umberland ” County
Allen, Warren
Metcalé
Fennsyivamné
New York
Cum- Ysland
West Virginia
Gully-Galey Company
Uniform Knights of Pythias to Form in Columbus
In Columbus Georgia on March 13 the city planned a uniform rank of Knights of Pythias. Local Pythians showed enthusiasm as initial steps toward full organization were taken at a meeting of lodge members.
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Columbus
Knights of Pythias
Negros in the minority and new rolling mill planned near Birmingham
In Alabama only a handful of negroes have certificates of registration amid about 6,000 voters, with many applicants failing to prove war service or character. Birmingham plans a big rolling mill with $500,000 capital, led by John D. Dwyer, near the city, employing over 1,500 and aiming to start within twelve months. The report also notes improvements in car works sites, bank clearings, and cotton mill expansions, alongside updates on a deputy marshal injured by ambush and local civic notes.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Board of Registrars
Black Belt
John D. Dwyer
Birmingham Rolling Mill Company
Kentucky Gamlemen
United States
C. M. Tompkins
Florence
Woodlawn
Powderly
Union
Lowell
HE. K. Campbell
Bricklayers
International Bricklayers’ Association
Strike Situation Unchanged Amid Car Door Bricks and Injuries
Norfolk reports no change in strike conditions as bricks are thrown at streetcars and a woman on the Atlantic City line is hurt. Militia has been mobilized. Private Bailey and Sergeant Carr sustain injuries from gunfire and glass. Two men, gd. F. Ruth and John Olive, are detained for hearings planned in Norfolk.
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Atlantic City
St. Vincent Hospital
Lamberts Post
Bailey
Emporia
Carr
Franklin
Burgess
Company I
F. Ruth
John Olive
Norfolk
Bull Gores Dealer in Raleigh Drive. Pitchforks Used
In Raleigh North Carolina on March 13 a savage bull attacked a livestock dealer as he drove the animal to a stock pen. The man Dallas H. Crawford was gored and trampled and reached a porch before the bull was driven off with pitchforks. He was hospitalized.
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Raleigh
N. C
Hivestock
Dallas H. Crawford
Crawford
Governor Commutes Burglar Sentence to Life For Homicide
Andrew Sherman Jackson, white man convicted of burglary at Lincolnton and sentenced to be hanged, had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Governor Aycock notes affidavits from five witnesses placing him in Gaffney, S. C. at crime time and laments lack of a mechanism for new trials in criminal cases.
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Raleigh
N. G
Andrew Sherman Jackson
Lincolnton
Aycock
Jackson
Gaffney
Supreme Court
Selden to face Dahlglish in Bon Air cups final
In Augusta on March 18 Selden defeated Hueber and Dahlglish defeated Barney in golf match games for the Bon Air cups. The final contest tomorrow pits Selden against Dahlglish, both from Allgusta.
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Augusta
Selden
Hueber
Dahlglish
Barney
Composite Regiment to Represent North Carolina at Charleston Exposition
Adjutant General Royster announced the provisional regiment from state guard to represent North Carolina at the Charleston exposition. It combines Companies C Winston and D Charlotte I Durham L Concord from the First. C Wilmington G Washington A Clinton I Edenton from the Second. B Raleigh , Henderson F Oxford and T Burlington from the Third, with Colonel Arnfield to command. transportation paid by the state and troops subsist themselves.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N.C
Royster
State Guard
Charleston Exposition
Winston
Charlotte
Durham
Concord
Thomas R. Robertson
Wilmington
Washington
Clinton
Edenton
J. C. Bond
Henderson
Oxford
Burlington
T. J. Winston
Arnfield
Prisoners Back in Jail in Greenesboro
Two escapees are recaptured. Luke Roper, charged with murder, returns voluntarily after acquittal. David Jefferson, a 12 year old boy charged with murder, captured near Union Point. Local politics note several announced candidates for sheriff clerk treasurer tax collector tax receiver. Pottle, candidate for solicitor general, visiting Greenesboro.
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Greenesboro
Luke Roper
Elijah Martin
David Jefferson
Union Point
Roper
Gwsene
B .F. Mills
W. J Wright
A. A Hightower
James B. Williams
W. C. Merritt
L. L. Little
Jesse J. Finch
Fr. D. Amoss
Pottle
Joseph EB. Pottle
Ocmulgee
Virginia Medical Student Found Guilty of Honor Violation
Robert Powell Page Jr a medical student at the University of Virginia was found guilty this evening by the faculty committee chosen by the medical class to investigate the charge of violating the honor system in an examination held last month The report was presented to the class and accepted in Richmond VA on March 13 Special.
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Virginia Medical University
Richmond
Robert Powell Page, Jr
University of Virginia
English lord Pauncefote guest at Biltmore amid asthma
British Ambassador Lord Pauncefote arrived in Asheville North Carolina and is a guest of Mr and Mrs George Vanderbilt at the Biltmore estate. He suffers an asthma attack and doctors expect oil treatment to aid his health. Separately General Manager Leroy Trice says the International and Northern will build a 100 mile branch road from Houston to Orange via Beaumont Texas.
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Vanderbilts
Biltmore
Asheville
N. C
Lord Pauncefote
George Vanderbilt
Houston
Tex
Leroy Trice
The
International and Northern
Orange
Beaumont
Body from Steamer Providence Wreck Recovered in Miss
In Vicksburg on March 13 the tug Joe Seay returned from the wreck site with the body of Walter Burng the only recovered victim. Providence lies bottom up with a slight list to starboard. other bodies including Captain Casaldy Engineer Roup Dr Lancister and Mr Scott are believed beneath wreckage. About twenty are believed drowned, four white and sixteen Black.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Joe Seay
W. H. Morgan
Providence
Wiliam Crabney
Board of Supervisors
Walter Burng
Crubpey
Casaldy
Roup
Lancister
Mr. Scott
Morgan
Sol
Governor Montague vetoes Confederate veterans pensions
Richmond Va March 13 Governor Montague vetoed the joint assembly measure appropriating 300000 for Confederate veterans pensions on constitutional and technical grounds. He argues the needy and deserving should receive aid and that existing law is unsatisfactory and prone to irregularities.
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Montague
Richmond
Joint Assembly
Convention's Tenth Month Faces Tough Suffrage Issue
Richmond Va March 13 The constitutional convention enters its tenth month and concentrates on suffrage. It adjourned early as a democratic conference heard speeches and rejected the Turnbull substitute for the Glass plan. The conference twice defeated property qualification ideas and also rejected Barbour's grandfather proposal and a promanent understanding principle.
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Richmond
Turnbull
Barbour
German Steamer Libelled After Norfolk Collision
The German steamer Hispania and the Norfolk steamer collided near Lambert's Point Norfolk. The Norfolk sustained about 2000 dollars in damage and no injuries were reported. The Hispania was soon shelled by Norfolk agents for 4553 dollars amid dispute over signals.
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Norfolk
Norfolk and Washington Line
Lambert's Point
Hispania
Pneumonia Claims Three In Acworth Family Tragedy
Jackson Shipp and his two sons James and Monroe died yesterday near Htoxanna of pneumonia. They were buried in Crossroads cemetery this afternoon. All married with dependent families, the three men were poor but highly respected residents of the community.
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Acworth
Jackson Shipp
James
Monroe
Htoxanna
Crossroads Cemetery
Loss of Parents Sends Tots to Jail Over Orphan Status
Aiken county magistrate removal prompts report of three orphans aged 3, 7, and 9 sent to the felon’s cell for being left without guardians. Governor McSweeney seeks investigation. pension lists rise. Aiken jail escape attempt ends in injuries. Whitney aids fire victims. Palmetto Golf Club tournament slated in Aiken.
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Columbia
D. C
McSweeney
Charles H. German
Langley
Aiken County
Spartanburg
Palmetto
South Carolina
Buchanan
Edgefield Court
Jamees Borden
Wen
Borden
Vista
Aiken
Chester Davis
Ed McDaniel
Salley
Suarda
Whitney
Ww. Co
Whitney Road
Palmatto Golf Club
Missionary meeting ends with push to Korea mission
Chattanooga reports the Methodist Episcopal South conference raising funds to support five more missionaries in Korea needing 5500 dollars annually, with 1450 to be pledged by a committee. Dr. Lambuth outlined gifts including 6000 for Soo Chow medical, 5000 for a chapel and library in Jewansei Guakiyin, and 14000 from a widow for Japan missions. A WYMC organiAt Johns at fwh?
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Corea
Chattanooga
Tenn
Conference of Missionary Workers of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Korea
Lambuth
Pritchett
Reid
Centenary Church
Wil
W.R. Lambuth
Foreign Mission Board
Endow Medical Department
Soo Chow University
Kansas City
Jewansei Guakiyin
Japan
Iiterest
Senor
Antonio Carbrorora de Oviere
Bra+ail
Wife Dead Husband Dying in Pneumonia Tale
In Alexander City Alabama on March 13 Mrs. C. Adams died after a long illness of pneumonia. Funeral services were held, with burial in the city cemetery. Her husband Charley Adams lay near death with little hope of recovery.
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Alexander City
Ala
C. ©. Adams
Adams
Huntsville Furniture and Lumber to Double Plant Size
The Huntsville Furniture and Lumber Company shareholders met for their annual meeting on March 13. They voted to enlarge the plant to twice its present size and to manufacture fine grades of furniture in addition to common and middle grades. Retiring directors were reelected: J. Coons, C. L. Nolen, W. J. Wellman, L. G. Myhan, and James A. Ward. James A. Ward was reelected president and general manager, with J. A. Ward, Jr. as secretary and treasurer.
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Fuscatoosa
Ala
Young Men's Christian Association
First National Bank
Charles B. Verner
Ben F. Eddins
John T. Bradford
Frank & Moody
C. B. Verner
Robinson Brown
L. W. Ellis
Charles N. Maxwell
B. B. Cooper
Huntsville
Huntsville Furniture and Lumber Company
J. Coons
C. L. Nolen
W. J. Wellman
L. G. Myhan
Jams A. Ward
James A. Ward
J. A. Ward
Talmage Resting Quietly in New Orleans Hotel
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage rests comfortably at the St Charles hotel New Orleans after influenza in Mexico City. He will continue to Washington with wife and daughter and Dr Lawrence Shields, who confirms the illness and that recovery is underway with plans to travel Friday.
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Talmage
New Orleans
T. DeWitt Talmage
St. Charles
Washington
City of Mexico
Lawrence Shields
American Hospital
Tulmags
Shields
Mrs. Talmage
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Tie
Burdened by betrayal, Williams kills self after attack
In Blatenville Georgia on March 13 John Williams killed himself after discovering his wife’s affair. A man named Sim West attacked Williams and fled with the woman after a violent confrontation. Williams later slaughtered his animals and himself. West and the woman are missing.
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Blatenville
John Williams
Sim West
Williams
West
Willams
Measles Spread Across Carrollton Ga Community
Carrollton Ga March 13 Special. Measles are prevalent with several families in the city reporting three to ten patients each. No fatalities have occurred and the outbreak is described as well under control.
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Carrollton
Police Chief Gammon Dead in Carrollton
Carrollton Ga March 13 Special Carrollton s chief of police John C Gammon died of consumption at his home on Tanner street this morning at 10 o clock He had been confined to his room little over a month He will be buried at Smith chapel near his country home He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church Masons and Knights of Pythias Survived by a widow and two children He was about 47 years old and had served as sheriff of Carroll county four years and deputy sheriff earlier He was well known and will be laid to rest with Masonic ceremonies
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Carrollton
John C. Gammon
Tanner Street
Smith Chapel
The
Masons and Knights of Pythias
Carroll County
James G. Tanner
Gaief Gammon
Mr. Gammon
Fulton County
Carroll
Cotton Bales Lost to Fire on Southern Platform
A fire at Elberton Georgia on March 13 destroyed about thirty bales of cotton stored on the Southern railway platform. Investigators believe a spark from a passing engine on the Seaboard Air Line line caused the blaze.
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Elberton
Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Fung
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