Cotton seed in short supply forces second planting in cotton district
Memphis special reports a widespread need to replant over 50 000 acres due to overflow rain cold and bad seed. Oil mills drained seed stocks leaving planters with scarce fit seed priced at 13 to 15 per ton yet some millers offer limited tonnage. Despite river rise risking delta planting prospects farmers eye replanting with cautious hope.
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Memphis
Tenn
Delta
Highlands
Georgia
Alabama
West Tennnessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Memphis Mills
J. F. Frank
North
Nine Hour Day Sought by Southern Railway Machinists in Knoxville
May 1 special report from Knoxville records the Southern Railway machinists district lodge organized there as a branch of the International Association of Machinists. General Organizer P. J. Conlon presided, with delegates named from multiple states.
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Southern Railway
Knoxville
Tenn
International Assogiation of Machinists
General Oreantzer P. J. Conlon
Sioux City
Willem Robertson
Atlanta
J. J. Hines
Charleston
S. C
George Besson
Columbia
William Shedden
Salisbury
N. C
Edward Johnson
Lowsville
Samuel Turner
Memphils
B. F. Henry
Delerate Turner
Jackson, Tenn
East St Louis
Birmingham
Selma
Ala
Macon
Richmond
Alexandria
Delerates
District Lodge
Southern Tabway
Conlon
Illinoia Central Railway
Mississippi Supreme Court Blasts Foreign Building and Loan Firms
Jackson May 1 The Mississippi Supreme Court reversed a chancery ruling and barred foreign building and loan associations unless contract forms are reformed. The decision brands such firms as money lenders in disguise, threatening to remove many foreign companies from the state. Professor Hutchinson urges road reform and a contracted system of road work. Governor Longino pardons Babe McGee, a notorious burglar and former editor, after an eight year sentence for murder amid his mother’s persistent plea.
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Jackson
Miss
Specia
Building and Loan Association
Mississippi
Supreme Eourt
Whitteld
Chancery Court
Hinds County
B. Hart
American Building and Loan and Tontine Association
Supreme Court
W. T Hutchinson
Mississippi Experiment Station
Ife
Commonwealth
Hutchinson
Longif
Babe” McGer
Price County
McGee
MeGes
Pike County
Six Men Suspected in Osceola Train Robbery
Six suspicious strangers in Osceola Arkansas are believed to be the Choctaw train robbers. Police and Sheriff Bowen were notified that the men, posing as book agents, fit the robbers’ descriptions and have been in Osceola since after the crime. If located, they face immediate arrest and possible linkage to arrests at Greenville and other points.
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Osceola
Mies
Memphis
Greenville
Miss
Arkansas
Mississippi
Yadkin River Dam Planned to Power North Carolina Towns
E Boardman from Knoxville reports a plan to dam the Yadkin River to supply electric power to Charlotte Concord and Salisbury NC. About 8000 will finance the project with Fidelity Deposit Co of Newark NJ funding. A solid masonry dam 60 feet long and 30 feet high will start June 1.
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North Carolina
KnownMe
Tenn
E. Boardman
Knoxville
Charlotte
Yadkin River
Yadkin
Concord
Salisbury
N.C
Fidelity Deposit Company
Newark
N. J
Judge rules Rhea county election law valid
In Crattanooxa on May 1 Special Judge C. D Clark of the U S district court upheld the state election law in the Rhea county election case. He stated the law is valid and in full accord with the federal constitution.
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Crattanooxa
C. D Clark
United States District Court
Rhea County
Audme Clark
Water Works Sold in Middlesboro Buy Knoxville Firm
Middlesboro Water Company is sold to The Middlesboro Town and Land Company based in Knoxville. The new owners plan extensive improvements to the water system and retirements shift management as Captain Ay H. Martine leaves the Middlesboro operation and relocates to Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Middlesboro Town and Land Company
Middlesboro Water Company
Ay H. Martine
Avery Plow Company Sold to Eight Factory Trust
Louisville May 1 stockholders of the Avery Plow Company say a new eight-factory combination led by Chicago capitalists is near. The plan would include eight factories in Indiana and Illinois plus the Louisville plant, aiming to control about 90 percent of U S plow output. Price quoted between 1 3 million and 2 0 million. The Avery works claim 15 to 20 percent of U S plow production.
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Loursville
Avery Plow Company
United States
Chicago
Avery Company
Louisville
Indiana
Inois
Avery
Florida House Debates State Dispensary Bill Ambitiously
A Florida House member from Putnam introduced a bill to abolish liquor sales and create a state dispensary. The measure, modeled on South Carolina law, aims to spend all net proceeds on public highways and promises about 1,000,000 dollars annually for road construction. The bill, a lobby proposal tied to the Good Roads movement, will be sent to the Senate.
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Tallahassee
Mla
House
Wall
Putnam
South Carolina
Senate
Florida
Stokes and wife peaceable after custody dispute
In Montgomery Alabama a Mobile man E W Stokes and his wife resolved their two year separation by agreeing to live together again. After the wife abducted their four year old son and traveled toward Louisville police halted them. A sensational trial followed but the jury heard that the couple have reconciled and the boy will live with both parents.
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Montgomery
Ale
E. W. Stokes
Moblie
Louisville and
Waahville
Stokes
Mobile
Hiad
Louisville
Alabama
Louisvile
Mrs. Stokes
Knoxville Coal Freight Rate Committee to Meet in Washington
The Knoxville local coal freight rate committee heads to Washington to confer with Southern railway traffic manager Culp on broad rate reductions for coal from mines to Knoxville. If no agreement is reached, the issue goes before the state railroad commission at a May 7 meeting.
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Knoxville
Washington
Tenn
Ameston
Furni
Middlesboro
Traffe
Culp
Southern Railway
Warning and New Alabama Railway Charter Report
A Whitecap warning notes farmer William Bates near Rock Springs, Knoxville, must leave under threat of violence. Separately, Alabama charters the Eastern Railway of Alabama with $200,000 capital to connect Talladega to Lineville, aiming to unlock Clay county resources.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Wiliam Bates
Rock Springs
Mr. Bates
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Eastern Railway of
W. M. Baynton
Cecil Brown
E. H. Dryer
G. A. Mattison
Talladega
W. Smith
R. R. Parker
J. W. Knowles
Lineville
Clay County
Black laborer Ike Shaw fatally injured near Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama on May 1 a Black laborer named Ike Shaw employed at a gravel pit by George Wilson was struck and fatally hurt. Shaw reportedly came late to work and was discharged, then attacked Wilson before Wilson produced a public safety item and shot him.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ike Shaw
George Wilson
Shaw
Wilson
Jeff
Dunn Sentenced Four Years For Whitecapping Notices
E M Dunn receives two years for each whitecapping notice in Coryell county. The court of criminal appeals upholds the lower court, and the twenty fifth legislature sets two to ten years for whitecapping offenses. Meanwhile a Birmingham baseball season opens with Southern league teams Nem and Bir meeting tomorrow.
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E. M. Dunn
Austin
Tax
Court of Criminal Appeals
Coryell County
EE M. Dunn
Supreme Court
Birmingham
Als
Teague
Cymaus
Tom Tow
Beagee
Bir Ap Aghim
Made Marshal Indication Sparks White Republican Party
George S. McCravy, a silver democrat and former Laurens County sheriff, is named chief United States depot marshal through Senator McLaurin’s influence. The move signals growth of a white republican faction and aims to win Tillman supporters. Lawson Melton may resign as U S marshal, with deputy Slighard succeeded by McCravy.
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Charleston
George
McCravy
Laurens County
United States Depot
Senator McLaurin
Im —Narleston
McLaurin
Tilimanites
Monument to Henry Timrod Unveiled in Washington Square
In Charleston yesterday afternoon a monument to Henry Timrod was unveiled in Washington Square before a large crowd. The bronze bust stands on a granite pedestal with panels by Valentine of Virginia, funded by selling 4,000 copies of Timrod poems seeded by the Timrod Memorial Association led by W. A. Courtenay. A scholarly address by Professor Thomas Della Torre and a poem by Henry Austin of New York highlighted the ceremony.
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Charleston
D. C
Henry Timrod
Washington Square
Valentine
Virginia
W. A. Courtenay
Thomas Della Torre
South Carolina
Henry Austin
New York
Court Adjourns as District Creation Falls Short
In Asheville on May 1 a five day superior court session ended abruptly as the state supreme court ruled no district court existed because the act creating the seventeenth district did not take effect until July and Judge George Jones, though commissioned for the sixteenth, was on the bench when telegram arrived. The special center of 40 for Emma robbers had prepared to hear cases. jurors and defendants lose fees as court was not in fact convened.
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Kommbla
Alonzo Capers
Beaufort County
J. R. Conter
Cleveland
Cooler
Capers
Thera
Union
Waters
Mr. Waters
Greers
Alison
John T. Shapnop
Fairfield County
Sharon
Marke Sloan
Charleston
Sloan
South Carolina Press Association
Buffalo
Asheville
N.C
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Ffteenth
George Jones
Sixteenth
Lexington
Henderson
Dave Spalding
Spalding
A. S Winstead
Riverside cotton mills strike weakens in Danville push
Riverside cotton mills in Danville area report the strike over a ten hour day losing momentum. About five hundred workers, including union members, returned to work after yielding their cards to gain jobs. The strike, organized by the Federation of Labor, aimed to spread to southern mills but seems largely collapsed.
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Riverside
Richmond
Danville
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Barr to Assume Post as Seaboard Air Line Head
James M Barr, named vice president and general manager of the Seaboard Air Line railway, did not arrive in Norfolk today as expected and is anticipated to take charge tomorrow. He prepares to assume his duties in the morning, with an emphasis on managing the line from the headquarters.
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Barr
Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line Railway
James M Barr
Cece
They will build new railroad to Booker Washington school
A Tuskegee Tuskegee May 1 Special. Eastern capitalists plan a railroad from Chehaw to the Booker Washington school and secure two thousand acres of farm land to divide into forty acre tracts for sale to negroes at nine per cent interest. The road would pass through the lands to aid agricultural education, seen by many as advancing the Negro’s fortune.
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Montgomery
Ala
Booker Washington School
Tuskegee
Cho- Haw
Alabama Woman's Missionary Society Holds Conference
The annual Alabama Woman's Missionary Society conference convenes in Montgomery May 2 with about a hundred delegates expected and speeches by D Walter Lambreth and J Allen from China, Miss Perkinson from Brazil, and Mrs S C Truhart of Nashville. The opening is planned as an old-time love feast at the Methodist church.
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Alabama Foreign Missionary Society
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Woman's Missionary Society
New Orleans
D. Walter Lambreth
China
J. Allen
Miss Perkinson
Brazil
S.C. Truhart
Nashville
Home and Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Church, South
Methodist Church
Miniature battleship Alabama exhibit for Buffalo exposition
A Birmingham committee plans a mineral exhibit from Alabama for the Pan American exposition in Buffalo. It will feature a model ship built entirely from Alabama products like iron ore pig iron limestone and dolomite with fittings of steel wires and sheet iron. A supporting pyramid will display annual mineral production with labels. The exhibit will be shipped to Buffalo once materials and design are ready.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Focal
Buffalo
Elks Parade Set for Birmingham Street Fair
Birmingham May 1 Special Elks day plans include a large parade through the streets tomorrow with visiting members from Selma Decatur Tuscaloosa Montgomery Columbus Ga Columbus Miss Talladega Anniston Jackson Miss and others. White straw hats with purple and white bands and purple and white umbrellas will distinguish the Elks as crowds gather and good weather is hoped to ensure a great success.
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Birmingham
Ala
Order
Selma
Decatur
Tuacaloosa
Montgomery
Columbus
Miss
Talladega
Anniston
Jackson
Messenger Boys Strike in Birmingham Telegraph Company
Special transmission from Birmingham May 1 reports Western Union messenger boys striking over pay. They allege they were told of a $15 per month salary and to deliver messages outside the regular district with no extra charge.
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Birmingham
Ala
Western Union Telegraph Company
Peruna praised by Texas family for cures and family health
RS, G W Heard of Hempstead Texas recounts rapid relief from backache fatigue and weakness after one bottle of Peruna. Mrs G W Heard touts Peruna as lifesaving noting her baby Ruby thrived on it. W A Mitchell of Martin Ga shares a similar tale of a wife’s recovery from indigestion and stomach catarrh after Peruna treatment. He claims she gained weight and regained ability to do housework, and praises the remedy as suitable for children. He urges readers to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice and warns against substitutes.
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G. W. Heard
Hempstead
Texas
Hushang
Ruby
G. W. Freard
Peruna
Ww. A. Mitchell
Martin, Ga
Pertina
Atlanta
Marmany Grove
W. A. Mitchell
Gritis
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Thieves Loot Historic Richmond Church Altar and Plunder
Richmond May 1 Special Monumental Episcopal church, among Richmond's oldest, was robbed early today. Thieves torn altar ornaments, looted alms basin, six collection plates, and the altar back rest. The church sacristy was ransacked, the lock battered, and a communion service seized. The massive silver service remains safe elsewhere.
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Richmond
Episcopal
Ccxton
Fenner H. Luckner
Anumental Church
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