Abandoned Week-Old Child Found Near Fair Forest
A baby about one week old was found in the woods near Pair Forest six miles from Spartanburg S C. A young man and woman, strangers, were seen leaving the infant near the road then fled toward the city. Later a man matching their description hired a turnout and left with the woman toward Fair Forest. They returned to town and sought a notary public claiming they needed to catch the Asheville train. The baby was later said to be brought to Spartanburg. The couple registered as Gus Shaw and his wife from Asheville a week earlier on the Sth. Dr F L Potts attended the newborn. The parties remain unknown.
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Spartanburg
Pair Forest
Fair Forest
Asheville
Tha Teby
Gus Shaw
F. L. Potts
Fugitives Arrested Near Hendersonville By Chief of Police
Hendersonville May 13 Special The chief of police received a telegram from Spartanburg reporting a man and a woman wanted there on the approach of a train. The man gives the name Gus Shaw. no woman’s name is given. Telegraphic correspondence says they are wanted in Spartanburg for abandoning their child. A South Carolina officer will arrive tomorrow.
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Hendersonville
Spartanburg, & CO
Gus Shaw
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Atlantic Coast Lumber builds road for employees
The Atlantic Coast Lumber Company, headquartered at Georgetown, is building a railway from a metal across the river to Pawldy's Island, a seashore resort, to transport workers in the mica shaft area during the summer. The project aims to ease long commutes for itinerant staff who previously faced harsh conditions. this sixteen mile line would allow workers to rest in the sand hills by the sea and return each morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast Lumber Company
Columbia
S. C
Atlantc Coast Lumber Company
Georgetown
Pawldy's Island
State Textbook Commission Adjourns in Raleigh May 13
The state textbook commission adjourned subject to Governor Aycock's call. The governor released a statement saying the commission possesses all desired information except prices and will have no further interviews with stock men or their representatives except when the commission requests prices. The commission could not decide the matter within the estimated time, and state officers will resume their regular duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Textbook Commission
Raleigh
N Oc
Aycock
Wdth Scok
Aycock Names Delegates to tuberculosis congress
Governor Aycock has appointed physicians as delegates to the American congress on tuberculosis in New York. Delegates include E. Woonlee, R. A. Whitaker, Thomas Stringfeld, R. Primrose, J. Watton, Burroughs, J. T J Battle, R. L Gibbon, W. J. Lurosden, J. W. Jones and D. T. Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aycock
New York
Sr. E Woonlee
R. A. Whitaker
Thomas Stringfeld
R. & Primrose
Watton
Burroughs
J T J Battle
R. L Gibbon
W. J. Lurosden
J. W. Jones
D. T. Taylor
Hail Storm Delivers Damage to Strawberries in North Carolina
A late morning storm moved from Goldsboro south through the section in Raleigh area, bringing hail that is feared to have caused significant damage to strawberry crops. The May 12 weather event disrupted local farms and prompted cautious damage assessments.
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Carolina
Raletzh
N. C
Goldsboro
Buy in Elves Ridge Mountain
A Pennsylvania firm led by H. L. Murray and son of Williamsport buys 95,000 acres of timber lands in the Blue Ridge Mountains from Western North Carolina Land Company. Sawmills are already operating and the new company plans rapid expansion and immediate development in North Carolina and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Knoxville
Tenn
Marist
N. C
H. L. Murray and Son
Williamsport
Se Western North Caroline Land Company
Blue Fidge Mountains
Couple Stops at Pensacola Hotel and Sensation Follows
Clinton Walker, newly registered at the Lewis house from Savannah, awoke after ether intoxication given by a woman posing as his wife. She fled with his money, bicycle, and five trunks, claiming she would go to Mobile with another man. Walker asserts she and the other man were lovers and quarrelled after which he restrained her. The woman, believed to be Pearl Smoke, is described as attractive with several gold teeth.
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Pensacola
Frs
Bay
Clinton Walker
Lewis House
Savannah
Riy
Pearl Walker
Walker
Mobile
Mod
Pearl Smoke
Florida Legislature Takes On Calendar Backlog May 13
Tallahassee May 13 Special Both Florida houses push routine calendar work ahead of major measures. Senate passes bills on judiciary reorganization and stamp tax. a Mardi Gras holiday is approved. House advances local charters, fertilizer regulation, prosecutions, Pensacola revenue, and a Greater Tampa reform bill to abolish charters and create city incorporation. A joint resolution supports popular US Senate elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Senate
House of Representatives
Osteen
Therm
House
Pensacola
United States
State Board of Health
Willams
Tampa
East Tam Pa
West Tampa
Fort Broote
Afi
Tired of life he took it J Lapenotiere Tampa man dies
J Lapenotiere of Tampa a well known citizen and attorney killed himself with cyanide potassium after an earlier morphine attempt. He came to Tampa twenty years ago from Sanford and leaves a brother in Minneapolis and another en route from Honduras. The body will be interred with Masonic honors.
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Tarpa
Fla
S. Lapenotiere
Tampa
Florida
Sanford
Minneapolis
Honduras
Monson
Masonic Honers
Delegates Selected for Junior Order of American Mechanics
The seventh annual Tennessee council convention of the Junior Order of American Mechanics met in Knoxville on May 13 with about sixty delegates. State Counselor B R Neal presided. National convention delegates to Buffalo June were George A. Gowan, H B House, both Nashville, and L W Taylor of Newport. Gowan serves as national council conductor and is the only Tennessean ever elected to that office. He hails from Mor County Georgia. The convention will continue through Wednesday.
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Junior Order of American Mechanics
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Council of the
BR. H. Neal
Nashville
Buffalo
George A. Gowan
H. B. House
L. W. Taylor
Newport
Gowan
National Council
Ovet Tennes- Seean
Mor
County
Gunboat Scorpion to Pass Under Memphis Bridge
Memphis residents await the gunboat Scorpion as the Mississippi River falls enough to permit its arrival under the city bridge. Elaborate reception plans are being organized as the vessel nears Memphis, with officers confirming safer river conditions. A separate item notes Callahan Construction awarded the Tennessee Central railroad extension contract from Lebanon to Nashville with further links to Emory Gap to Kingston and Harriman. Work is set to start next week, Lebanon extension to be built first.
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Scorpion
Memphis
Torn
Tomain
Knozville
Tenn
Callahan Construction, Company of Knoxville
Tennesare Central Railroad
Lebanon
Nashville, Tenn
Emory Gap
Veiled Woman Is His Friend
The trial of Barton Warren for a December Southern railroad express robbery opened in Orangeburg. A wealthy widow described as Warren’s guardian angel aided his defense, hiring top counsel as detectives cooperated with express company investigators. This case marks the state’s first train robbery record. evidence presented today was inconclusive.
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Columbia
8. C
Barton Warren
Orangeburg
Southern Road
Warren
BBC
Jaitand
Express
Southern Express Company
Three Men Killed In Illinois Central Wreck Near Hazlehurst
Three men died when a Illinois Central train jumped the track near Hazlehurst Mississippi on May 13. Victims identified include E Rose of Fulton a mail clerk Tom Lee fireman and an unknown Negro. Injuries include engineer Gua Nelson leg broken mail clerk Stephens head and shoulder injuries and Charles Pink leg dislocated. A wagon of mules hauling to water near the track was struck with four mules killed. Cause of the wreck remains unsolved.
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Hazleurst
Miss
Sackeon
Illiois Central
Hazlehurst
E. Rose
Fulton
Tom Lee
Ara Gua Nelson
Mr. Stephens
Charles Pink
Leader of gang arrested in train robbery near Memphis
Memphis Tenn May 13 Special police have arrested A H Williams leader of the recent Choc taw train hold up near the city. He was identified by Express Messenger Meadors at the scene and by riding the blind baggage of the train. Williams, an expert safe blower from Chicago, is suspected in a $3000 gambling house robbery and will be taken to Arkansas for trial where train robbery is a capital offense.
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Memphis Folicee
Memphis
Tenn
A. H. Williams
Express
Meadors
Willams
Williams
Chicago
Arkansas
Machinists Threaten Strike Over New Working Hours
Memphis machinists plan a strike after demands for nine hours work with ten hours pay at 83 cents an hour. Employers refused. railroads likely to accept the scale, but other employers will not. Over two hundred men to walk out Monday if terms are not met.
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Memphis
Tenn
Brunswick and Birmingham Rail Road Hope in Eufaula
Eufaula Alabama May 14 special citizens have subscribed 386000 to lure the Brunswick and Birmingham railroad to enter the city free right of way through Darbour county will be granted. A three man city committee will attend the Sycamore Georgia railroad meeting to present the city's claims. The pledged sum could be increased.
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Euvufaula
New Road
Brunswick and
Birmingham Road
Eufaula
Ala
Brunswick and Birmingham
Darbour County
Ralimad
Sycamore
Printers Organize in Huntsville Branch May 18
A local branch of the national Typographical Union was organized in Huntsville today with fourteen members. Organizer George W. Harris led the effort as H. L. Patland was named president and George C. Patterson secretary.
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Opelika
Ovenfa
Ala
J. T. Deton
Intenational Typographical Union
W. B. Salter
H. A. Barnett
E. A Heath
John O'Brien
Joan A. Rowe
I Huntsville
Wuntsville
International Ty Staphical Uion
George W. Harris
H. L. Patland
George C. Patterson
Buasell Is Discharged In Mine Murder Case
A young white man named Buasell, recently arrested for the murder of Walter Moreland at Warner mines, appeared before Justice Bennere in Birmingham Alabama on March 1 for a preliminary trial and was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buasell
Birmingham
Ala
Charles Fuasell
Walter Moreland
Warner Mines
Bennere
Bold Catholic preacher attacks Sunday saloons in Richmond
In Richmond on May 13 Rev Father Howler at St Peters cathedral urged Catholics to close saloons and stop whisky sales on Sundays. He claimed many parishioners frequented taverns and gambling dens in Catholic neighborhoods, calling such places hellish and ruinous to youths.
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Richmond
St.Peter’s
Father Bowler
Diccese
Virginia
Howler
Renera
Hells
Hell
Burglar Chokes Young Lady in Richmond House Entry
In Richmond Virginia on May 13 a burglar entered the 201 East Franklin Street home of Mrs. Franklin Stearns. He choked Miss Alice Stearns and a friend, Miss Edith Gordon, after flashing a dark lantern. Mrs. Stearns screamed and aided the others as the intruder fled through a back window.
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Stearns
Mre
Four Virginia Counties Elect Delegates to Convention
Four counties elected delegates to the gubernatorial convention today with an aggregate thirty nine votes. Prince William sent fourteen delegates for Montague, Henry cast fourteen for Swanson, and Powhatan chose five for Montague. Floyd was not yet reported but was expected to contribute six votes to Swanson.
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Virginia
Richmond
Prince William
Montague
Henry
Swanson
Powhattan
Floyd
Tyson on McMillin Staff Appoints Tyson Brigadier General
Governor Benton McMillin announced in Knoxville the appointment of Colonel I. D. Tyson of Knoxville as brigadier general on his staff and as a board member for the regulators of the Tennessee national guard. Tyson is a Spanish American War veteran who led the Sixth United States volunteers and formerly served as a first lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Tent
Benton McMillin
I. D. Tyson
Regulators
Tennessee National Guard
Tyson
United States Volunteers
Ninth Infantry
China
Death of Atlanta Saloon Man John Hoffman on Forsyth Street
John Hoffman an longtime Atlanta saloon keeper died this morning at 2 o clock at his home 173 South Forsyth street after a short illness. He had lived in Atlanta for years and once ran a Broad Street saloon at the corner of Hunter. His body will be sent to Cincinnati Thursday for interment.
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Forsyth Street
John Hoffman
Atlanta
South
Hoffman
Broad Street
Hunter
Cincinnati
Hursday
Heavy Penalty for Liquor Men in Chickasaw Nation
In Pauls Valley I T on May 13 liquor sellers in the Chickasaw nation faced the severest penalties yet. Judge Thomas sentenced John Stevenson and Or Serivener to four years in prison and a $2000 fine each for their roles in the Roberts Case. The Salt Lake section notes Brigham H Roberts’ case, once a congressman, was dismissed by the state supreme court for a defective indictment, signaling the end of the famous case.
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Pauls Valley
I. T
Thomas
John Stevenson
Serivener
Roberts
Salt Lake
Utah
Brigham H. Robertg
Congress
State Supreme Court
Cass
Shocking Death at Pan-American Grounds in Buffalo
A man named Martin Klefiz died after an electric accident at the Pan-American grounds in Buffalo on May 12. Two companions Razimis Strample and Andrew Isoaizilo were severely burned while attempting the rescue. Colonel Amos Stickney of the engineers was named to fill a mississippi river commission vacancy in Washington on May 13.
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Buffalo
Martin Klefiz
Razimis Stramplewit
Andrew Isoaizilo
Amos Stickney
Washington
Corps of Engineers
Missiestoni River Commission
Gillespie
Child of Engineers
No New Board For Baptists Convention Adjourns Officers Reelected
New Orleans May 19 The southern Baptist convention closed with debate over a proposed new board of cooperation. Baltimore offered 4000 dollars but the committee referred the matter to next year. Officers and boards were mostly re-elected including Dr White and Brown to home board and Tyree and Demonda to foreign and Sunday school boards respectively. Woman’s Missionary Union adjourned after pledging major funds and church-building commitments.
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Dr. White
New Orleans
Convention of Southern Baptista
Northen
Nashville
Atlanta
Richmond
Campbell
Baltimore
A. J. Barton
Little Rock
W. C. Tyree
North Carolina
Zorelgn Missionary Board
W. T. Derfleaux
J. M. Mercer
J. B. Hawthorne
John E White
George M. Brown
Home Board
G G Ray
R. L Motley
B. Eémonda
Louisiana
Woman's Missionary Convention
Woman's Missionary Union
Porto Rican Exhibit Seized at Pan American Grounds
The Porto Rico exhibit arrived on an army transport and was unloaded at the Brooklyn navy yard avoiding customs. Deputy inspectors found no warehouse entry and seized the goods including two cars bound for Boston awaiting investigation. The material will be held, not declared smuggled, pending further action.
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Buffalo
Porto Rico
Henry W. Brendel
Navy Yard
Brodlyn
Boston
Scorpion Passes Vicksburg En Route to Memphg
Chicago Tribune decries Illinois legislature as a travesty of representative government. It laments months of inaction on key state and city issues while condemning street railway scandals and partisan squabbles. The editorial urges reform in Springfield and warns Chicago of risks to municipal interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Springfield
Commonwealth
Spring Plata
Board of Airecture
Illinois
Chicago
House
Municipal Voters’ League
WSF
Cook County
Chicago Ocean Port Experiment Begins From Northwesten
Chicago begins a new ocean port experiment with the steamer Northwesten sailing yesterday from the city bound for Europe. The aim is to establish a regular steam service between Chicago and European routes, marking a potential shift in transatlantic cargo and passenger movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Broughton to Lead London Evangelical Revival
Revien G. Broughton will assist in conducting evangelical meetings in London this summer. He plans to leave Atlanta around June 15, joining Dr Myers at Christ Church for several weeks. Myers, a Baptist pastor, expects to lead a notable series with Broughton’s aid.
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Revien G. Broughton
London
Atlanta
Baptist Ministers
Christ Church
Dr. Myers
Atlanta Divine
Dr. Broughton
Myers
England
Broughton
Uncertain Marine Venture Prompts Keen Public Interest
The article discusses potential profitability and routes for a new marine enterprise. It considers the Welland canal and the St Lawrence River, along with European ports, and notes questions of cargo returns, expenses, and the need for experience to determine viability. It suggests investors may gauge prospects through practical exploration and cautious oversight.
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Welland Canal
St Eawrone
Ov Rers
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Womman
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Roel Pardy
Young Carolinan
Express Company
EMON
McMillin
Pearline
Board For Baptists
Vicksburg
MUSE
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
Hunnicuit & Bellingrath Company
N. P. Pratt Laboratory
Auburn Avenue
Courtland
Analite
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King Hardware CO
Patterson
Brady-Miller Feed and Sale
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