Lee's Tomb Seen By Ogden Party
Robert C. Ogden and party arrived in Lexington after visiting Blacksburg and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. They toured the burial sites of General Lee and General Jackson, watched a VMI dress parade, and met President Denny and faculty. Denny spoke in Lee Memorial chapel with remarks from Ogden and others before the party heads north.
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Lexington
Robert C. Ogden
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Denny
Robert B. Lee
Virginia Military Institute
Stonawall Jackson
University
Lee Memorial Chapel
Mr Ogden
Albert Shaw
Henry W.W. Farnham
Yale
S. D. McDowell
Brooklyn
John G Brooke
Cambridge
Mass
George F. Peabody
North
Fight on new constitution centers on plan to test law
Montgomery May 1 Special Curiosity grows as Wilford E. Smith, a colored New York attorney, plans a test case against Alabama’s new constitution. He may seek mandamus at the state supreme court or pursue a lower court appeal, while Judge Thomas G. Jones leans against the grandfather clause as unconstitutional. Smith has visited the capitol for transcripts and may stay through the May meeting of the supreme court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Wilford E. Smith
New York
Alabama
United States District Court
Thomas G. Jones
Smith
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Rand Smith
Labor Temple planned by Raleigh unions with funds in sight
Raleigh labor groups announce plans to build a “labor temple” as the majority of funds are reportedly secured. Other notes: Raleigh to have inexpensive electric street lights using Neuse River power. new Lowe Trouser Co chartered in High Point. Fuquay Springs Manufacturing Co to extract pine products. judges’ gowns debate. primaries looming in several counties. Mills Lumber Company case widens with search for Bankkneer and Paymaster Bay. $1000 reward offered for Ray’s body.
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Raleigh
N. C
Neuse
Charlotte
Lowe Trouser Company
High Point
J. Lowe
Fuquay Springs Manufacturing Company
Superior Court
Bankkeener
Paymaster Bay
Mills Lumber Company
Troy
Montgomery County
Ray
Hodgin’s Fire-tried Holiness Sermons Stir Greensboro Crowds
In Greensboro Hodgin of the Fire-tried Holiness church attracts large crowds of white but largely uneducated listeners drawn from miles away. He promised to cast out a devil from Ed Haynes, but the youth allegedly went mad instead and is jailed.
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Raleigh
Greensboro
Hodgin
Clase
Ed Haynes
Haynes
Fatal Hypnotism Case In Columbia Ends in Death
In Columbia on May 2 a negro man named States Gist died after claiming hypnosis caused theft of 160 dollars and that he took a jewelry piece from Tinsley s store. He sought legal help but doctors found his heart had failed to act. a chain of lawyers referred him, and he was later found dead on the sidewalk.
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Columbia
N. C
Union
States Gist
Gist
W. W. D'xonami
Tinsley
Dixon
Many Lost Right to Vote in North Carolina Poll Tax
Raleigh May 1 Special The sheriff kept tax books open until midnight to allow voters to pay poll tax and qualify for November ballots. About a thousand white men in this county reportedly failed to pay, with estimates in other counties of New Hanover 300 Mecklenburg 1,500 Wilkes 300 Denham 200 Cumberland 150.
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Raleigh
New Hanover
Mecklenburg
Wilkes
Denham
Cumberland
Grave Charge Laid To Wife In Duplin County
Henry Carter, jailed in Kingston, claims Mrs. Peter Lawson of Duplin county hired him to kill her husband, with Carter saying he shot Lawson through a window while the couple and friends were nearby, and that Lawson watched from his room as the crime was planned.
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Raleigh
Peter Lawson
Duplin County
Henry Carter
Kingston
Carter
Lawson
City to hear school reports in special meeting
Tuscaloosa Alabama May 1 the city council will hold a special meeting Friday evening to hear last year’s school report. They will discuss methods for next session. There are 560 children in the graded schools, 360 of whom are white.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Savannah range ready for state shoot in Macon
Captain Robert Haztehurst of the Macon Volunteers and Captain Fritz Jones of the Macon Hussars visited Savannah to confer with Inspector George T. Cann about the upcoming state rifle shoot. They pledged Macon range readiness by June 1 and observed Savannah range preparations. They were told ten men from each of twenty seven companies will be ordered to participate.
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Macon
Savannah
Robert Haztehurst
Macon Volunteers
Fritz Jones
Macon Hussars
George T. Cann
Cann
Assault Charged to Negro Teacher in Athens Ga
Sam Scott, a Negro school teacher in Athens, was bound over on a criminal assault charge after a commitment trial. The allegation stems from an attempted assault on Friday night at the home of a Black female witness, Mrs Richard Fields, who testified. Judge Foster set bond at 300 dollars.
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Athens
Mag
Sam Scott
Mma Fields
Richard Fields
Foster
Admiral Schley Visits Jackson in State Welcome
Jackson Miss May 1 Thousands of Mississippians greet Admiral Schley and his wife upon their arrival with a parade through the city, a welcome by Governor Longino, and a school visit where 3000 children sing and test knowledge of Schley's war record. Receptions follow at the old capitol and Seaflower Club before the special train proceeds to Meridian.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson
President McKinley
Mississippi
Admiral Schley
Memphis
Meridian
Smith Park
Longino
Amiral Schley
Work of Baptist Church in Mississippi Shows Good
Reports from Baptist churches across Mississippi indicate strong mission work this year as the state prepares for the Water Valley convention on July th. The convention will be opened by president Hon. H. C. Conn with Mississippi sending a large delegation to the Southern Baptist meeting in Asheville beginning May ninth.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Baptist Church In
Water Valley
A. Rowe
State Mission Board
H. C. Conn
Convention of the
Southern Baptist Church
Asheville
Woman Seeks Alimony From Alleged Money-Lending Husband
Columbus Ga May 1 Special Mrs Lizzie B K Blakely filed in superior court a petition for alimony against her husband Abraham Blakely claiming they married in 1878 and had five children. She says he was a machinist and later foreman at Eagle and Phenix mills with good wages and saved about 20000. She alleges cruelty and threats to her life and that for two years he loaned money locally and kept funds in banks. She has lived with her uncle in Woodbury Ga and says she and her children faced want without her 70 year old mother's help.
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Columbus, Ga
Lizzie BK. Blakely
Abraham Blakely
Eagle and Phenix Mills
Woodbury
Georgia
Alabama
Bethel College Programme for Cuthbert Commencement
Bethel College in Cuthbert Georgia announces its commencement programme. Rev W F McConnell will preach the sermon May 27 (percent misprint). Grand Master Max Meyerhardt of the Georgia Masons will lay the cornerstone of the new college building with local assistance. On Wednesday Congressman Griggs will deliver the commencement address as students hold public exercises in the interim hours.
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Griggs
Cuthbert
Reese
Bethel Male College
W. FP. McConnell
Foreign Mission Board
Southern Baptist Church
Max Meyerhardt
Grand Lodge of Georgia Masons
After Alleged Kidnapper
Carrollton Ga May 3 special A middle aged farmer named Hendrix from near Sargent in Coweta county passed through Carrollton this morning in pursuit of an alleged kidnapper. A man named Bud Kent was seen at the Chattahoochee river on the line between this and Coweta county coming toward Carrollton from Sargent with Walter Hendrix the 14 year old son of Hendrix.
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Carrollton
Hendrix
Sargent
Coweta
Bud Kent
Chattahoochee
Bsargent
Walter Hendrix
Sunday schools to visit Baptist orphanage at Hapeville
All Baptist Sunday schools will picnic and visit the state Baptist orphanage in Hapeville tomorrow. About 1000 children and many adults expected to attend. Each child is planned to bring an offering for the home’s children.
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Baptist Orphanage
Macon
Baptist
Hapeville
State Baptist Orphanage
Cotton stocks in Columbus warehouses shrink to 3203 bales
The Columbus stock of cotton totals 3203 bales, a drop from prior years. April 24 1899 held 8.33 percent fewer bales than later data, while April 27 1901 showed 14239 bales. The note also records Athens M C A anniversary events and its impact on local youth.
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Columbus
Exodus of the Buncg Army From Charleston Exposes Crooked Fraternity
Charleston May 1 Special Police shipped out over a hundred thieves, grafters, and bunco steerers during the exposition week. Notable crimes include W H Mallett of Jackson Ga swindled $600 and D R B Hodges of New Orleans fleeced in a coon gambling dive. The gang used expo reception committee guise to rob visitors on trains. Tennessee delegates on Tennessee day also fell prey to bunco steerers as the scam persisted until authorities cleared the group.
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Charleston
W. H. Mallett
Jackson
D. RB. ‘Hodges
New Orleans
Bancaateerers
Tennessee
Madison County Crop Outlook and Local Alumni Banquet
In Madison county cotton acreage will be similar to last year while corn planting increases for home use after last season. County commissioners form four textbook committees led by Dr J D Humphrey with A F Hodges, A B H Handley, T G Riddle and D P Woodall. The University of Virginia alumni chapter elected W W Carth president Archie McDonnell vice president and David I White secretary treasurer, planning their annual banquet soon.
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Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
J. D. Humphrey
A. F. Hodges
New Hope
A. B H. Handley
Gurley
T.G. Riddle
Hazle Green
D. P. Woodall
Madison
Alumnui Society
University of Virginia
W.W. W Carth
Archie McDonenell
David I. White
Doctors for Mississippi to Secure Licenses
Jackson Mississippi May 1 Special One hundred fifty young medical students will stand the examination for license to practice medicine in Mississippi at the examination to be held in this city on May 13 Reports to Secretary Hunter of the state board of health state the class of 1902 will be the largest on record The highest number of applicants at a spring meeting was 132 in May 1900 Mississippi has no medical college Students study in nearby southern colleges with the largest numbers from New Orleans Atlanta Memphis St Louis and Nashville The questions will be prepared the day before to prevent leakage by applicants
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Hunter
State Board of Health
Mississsppi
New Orleana
Atlanta
Memphis
J. Louis
Nashvile
Byrd Likely to Seek Fifth District Congress Seat
Jackson Miss May 1 Special The belief is strong in political circles that Chancellor Adam Byrd will not face opposition for Congress in the new fifth district. He has encountered no opponent yet and may go to the polls unopposed unless a populist ticket forms. Close friends say A J Russell will not run against Byrd and will likely seek the governorship next year. Forecasters expect Russell and A A Kincannon to pursue the gubernatorial race with Lieutenant Governor Harrison and Major J K Vardeman also planning runs. McClurg and Judge Critz are likely contenders as well.
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Byrd
Congress
Jackson
Miss
Adam Byrd
A. J. Russell
Speaker Russell
A. A. Kincannon
Harrison
J. K. Vardeman
McClurg
Judge Critz
Reed Retires from Athens Banner in Athens Georgia
T W Reed retires as editor of The Athens Banner after eleven years. He was presented a handsome watch by the Banner employees yesterday afternoon in a token of their esteem.
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Reed
Athens Banner
Athens
T. W. Reed
Banner
Clarke County to vote on new bonds to retire old debt
Clarke county Georgia plans an election on June 5 to issue sixty six bonds of 70 each totaling 93360? to retire old bonds. The new bonds run twenty years and carry four percent interest.
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Clarke County
Athens
Sluyscraper for Columbus headline
Sluyscraper for Columbus Columbus Ga May 1 Spectat There is a well authenticated report that a syndicate is to build a modern office building in Columbus at an early date. Wounded by Bartender Huntsville Ala May 1 Spectat Louis Hardage white was shot and perhaps fatally wounded this afternoon by John O Reilley barkeeper at the McGear hotel The two had a falling out and Hardage attempted to climb over the bar where O Reilley was standing. As he did so O Reilley fired at him twice one shot passing through Hardage s body and penetrating the liver O Reilley surren dered to the police
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Sluyscraper
Columbus
Columbus, Ga
Huntsville
Ala
Louis Hardage
John O’reilley
McGear
Hardage
O’reilley
O'Reilley
Greenup Withdraws from Congressional Race
George W Greenup ends his campaign for congress citing withdrawal from the race. His sister Miss Greenup accompanied him on the road with violin playing to help win votes.
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Paducan
George W. Greenup
Douglasville College Commencement Schedule Released
Douglasville Ga May 1 Special The commencement programme will include a sermon on May 2 by Rev J A Wynne D D of Gainesville and the annual prayer on May 28 by Rev Sam W Small D D of Atlanta The exercises are expected to draw a large crowd from nearby counties
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Douglasville
Douglasville College
J. A. Wynne
D.D
Gainesville
Sam W.W. Small
Atlanta
Time to register has gone for suffrage in North Carolina
Raleigh May 1 Special Yesterday was the last day to pay poll tax for those voting in November under the new law. It is believed thousands of white voters are barred while many blacks have not paid. The piece also notes railway survey progress, Republican dynamics in the west, Imperial Tobacco expansion plans with two factories, Baptists at Asheville, and gifts to the State Agricultural and Mechanical College, including mining and textile equipment.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Rutherfordton
Asheville
Nessee
Atttorney
Theodore FP. Davidson
Michael Justice
Seaboard Air Line
Tennessee
Buncombe County
Imperial Tobacco Company
Greenville
Kingston
the Baptist Convention
North Careloina
Education From Uncle Sam Predicts National School Aid
Montgomery Ala May 11 Special State Superintendent of Education Abercrombie predicts government funding for common schools within ten years. He travelled with Ogden party through Athens Ga and Alabama saying the general government will appropriate millions to be shared among states to combat illiteracy and that the South will likely accept such a measure after previous rejection of a Blair bill proposal.
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Abercrombie
Montgomery
Ala
Athens
Ogden Party
Alabama
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