Death of Walter N Haldeman Courier Journal head dies at 81
Walter N Haldeman president of the Louisville Courier Journal Company dies at 6 from injuries after being struck by a trolley car. He was over 81 and had directed the paper until the accident. Funeral set for Wednesday at 4 PM from his residence.
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Louisville
Walter N.haldeman
Louisville Courier-Journal Company
Walter N Haldeman
South
Courier-Journal
Haldeman
Maysville
Maysville Academy
General A
Grant
Louisville Journal
Daily Dime
Louisville Courrier
Courier
Bowling Green
Nashville
Courter
Henry Watterson
Journal
Louisville Courter-Journal
Evening Times
W. %. Haldeman
Bruce Haldeman
Cava Hill
Transfer of Rev Dr Taber to Centenary Church
Rev Dr J M Taber, pastor of First Methodist, Chattanooga, Tenn, is transferred by Bishop Walden to Centenary church in Binghamton N Y. The move follows race to presidency of Grant University with Bishop Merrill rescinding an earlier assignment and keeping Race at the university.
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Taber
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. M. Taber
First Methodist Church
Bishop Walden
Centenary Church
Binghamton, N
Race
Grant University
Merrill
Seaboard May Be Extended To Birmingham Link Explored
President John Skelton Williams and two vice presidents of Seaboard Air Line, visiting Birmingham since Sunday, decline to state purpose. Rail circles indicate they are considering extending the line from Atlanta to Birmingham, showing interest in expanding the railroad’s field.
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Seaboard
Birmingham
Ala
John Skelton Williams
Vo. W. Middendorf
3. M. Barr
Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta
The Lovejoy Impeachment Case in Alabama
In Montgomery on May 13 the superior court ordered Probate Judge Lovejoy of Etowah County to appear and answer on Friday, June. The impeachment charges mirror the initial information that was filed and withdrawn with three original signers withdrawn and three substitutes added.
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Lovejoy
Montgomery
Ala
Superior Court
Ebtaweh County
Phi Kappa Alpha Convention Set for June in Norfolk
The Phi Kappa Alpha Society will hold its annual convention in Norfolk Virginia on June 4. Twenty chapters are expected to attend the meeting with events planned across the city.
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Phi Kappa Alphas
Norfolk
Phi Kappa Alpha Society
Biennial of the Engineers Opens in Norfolk
In Norfolk on May 13 delegates to the fifth biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers arrive for a 2 PM session at the Grand Theater auditorium. Lady delegates from the GIA Auxiliary join hundreds of members as Mrs. W. A. Murdock arrives, with Grand Master Arthur and officers lodging nearby. Governor Montague and State Treasurer Lacy are en route to deliver the welcome and speech.
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Norfolk
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Grand Theater
Brotherhood
W. A. Murdock
Arthur
Armory Hall
A. J. Montague
Richmond
Lacy
North Carolina
Novel Flace Chosen by Negro Charged with Murder
Albany Ga May 18 Special Richard Ward a negro charged with the murder of his wife Ida Ward was captured last night under peculiar circumstances. The crime occurred Friday night five miles northeast of Albany on the Keaton place. Ward and his wife quarrelled and the following morning her body was found in their cabin, brains scattered. Ward fled and was chased for miles until found asleep in the loft above the prisoners cells in the Dougherty county jail. He entered Albany Saturday night and hid in the jail believing it would be safest. He was fed by the jail cook and Ward confesses to the crime.
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Albany
Richard Ward
Ida Ward
Keaton Place
Ward
Dougherty County
Escaped Murderer Caught. Will Hang June 2 at Wise Court House
Roanoke May 13 Bob Foy, an escaped black murderer who led thirteen inmates in a jail break at Wisecourt House last Friday, has been captured at North Fork West Virginia. He is sentenced to death for the January murder of Dayton H. Miller, a prominent coal operator. Foy will be hanged June 2 at Wise Court House. The other escapees remain at large.
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Negro
Roanoke
Bob Foy
Munderer
Wisecourt House
North Fork
W. Va
Foy
Dayton H. Miller
Fog
Wise Court House
Fight for the Davis Home in Alabama Daughters Debate
The Alabama division of the Daughters of the Confederacy met at Demopolis to decide whether to preserve the Jefferson Davis mansion known as the First White House of the Confederacy. A $1,500 fund remains and factions press to abolish the preservation committee in favor of battlefield monuments and soldier aid. The Davis relics housed in the state capitol complicate any abolition, as ownership and risk of loss loom if the project ends.
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Alabame Daughters of Confederacy
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Division
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Demopolis
Tefferson Davis
White House of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
State Capitol
Experts Loot Post Office in Stillmore Burglary
Ex experts burglarized the Stillmore Georgia post office last night gaining entry with a jimmy. The safe was blown open with nitro glycerine and wrecked, yielding about 400 dollars in cash and a quantity of postage stamps. Several similar robberies have been reported within a 100 mile radius in the past month.
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Stillmore
Jimmy
Charter of Chicaze Rock Island and Gulf Railway Filed
The Chicaze Rock Island and Gulf Railway Company with headquarters in Fort Worth filed its charter in Austin on May 13. Capital stock is 15 million dollars. The plan is to build a 295 mile line from Fort Worth to Galveston passing through counties along the Dallas to Galveston air route. It is a branch of the Chicago Rock Island and Texas system.
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Austin
Tex
Chicaze, Rock Island and Gulf Railway Company
Fort Worth
Galveston
Dallas
Chicago
Rock Island
Texas
Diaz outlines Cuban mortgage dealings at Gethsemane Church
Dr. A J Diaz, ex pastor of Gethsemane in Havana, resumed Cuba travel after a Baptist convention hearing refusal. He describes the Havana church properties bought with Spanish money at 10 percent less than U S funds, titles placed in his name then reassigned to the home board, and a $12,000 cemetery debt said to be a tribute to him with no personal compensation.
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Asheville
N. C
A. J. Diaz
Gethsemane Church
Havana
Southern Baptist Convention
Cuba
Diez
Gethsemane
Tichenor
Mission Board
Diaz
Home Board
Northern Baptists
Savannah to wage war on mosquitoes with kerosene oil
Savannah Georgia May 43 special city authorities decide to exterminate mosquitoes using kerosene oil in catch basins at street corners. First cleaning will use half a cupful, later a teaspoonful. aims to curb central city pests though outskirts remain at risk. Fort Screven garrison has freed government reservation at Tybee island with local business leaders joining effort.
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Savannah
Tybee Island
Fort Screven
John M. Egan
Central Railway
Heavy hail storm devastates crops near Bethaven church
Athens Ga May 13 Special Yesterday afternoon a terrific hailstorm hit a portion of Madison county near Bethaven church. For about three miles hail fell in great quantities, averaging about a foot deep and resembling snow. Crops were entirely destroyed and cattle injured by the falling hailstones.
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Athens
Madison County
Bethaven Church
Withdrawal reshapes Carroll County sheriff race in Georgia
In Carrollf n Georgia on May 13 special report notes J E Cobb of Villa Rica and deputy S W Alexander of Shiloh withdraw from the sheriff race. The four corner contest shifts to Merrell versus Tanner and Skipper as the withdrawn candidates cite misquoting and pledge support to any candidate. The issue centers on law and order with Merrell seeking reelection amidst the upheaval.
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Carroll
Carrollf
Sheriff Merrell
J. G Tanner
Merrell
J. F. Skipper
J. M. Hewitt
Cobb
Alexander
Tanner
Pythianism Lecture Delights Cordele Audience
In Cordele Georgia May 13 special coverage reports a large crowd gathered at the Methodist church for a Knights of Pythias lecture on Pythianism by Grand Lecturer Professor G R Hutto. Rev W H Clarke Macon offered invocation, banquet followed, welcome by Rev E D Gully, chancellors commander Luke McClendon and S H Horn gave words of welcome, and Miss Mayme L Jackson presented a floral design to the speaker.
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Hutto
Cordele
Methodist Church
Rathbone Lodge
Magic City Lodge
Knights of Poytthias
G. R. Hutto
W. H Clarke
Macon
E. D. Gully
Luke McClendon
S. H. Horn
Mayme L. Jackson
Boy Runs Away From Home Lured By Dime Novels
Walter Gray, 14, son of George Gray, vanished Saturday prompting distressed parents in Waycross Georgia. He reportedly left after reading an adventure book about a boy in New York and is believed to have gone to New Orleans. Police alerted in several cities. Mr Gray is a prominent lumber man in south Georgia.
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Waycross
Walter Gray
George Gray
New York
New Orleans
Mr. Gray
South Georga
Rev J L White Hospitalized in Macon Georgia
Special report states Rev J L White pastor of the First Baptist church was taken to a Macon hospital for an operation on an abscess in the lo May 13. He was considered very ill. White has served the church for several weeks and was reported in poor health before the operation.
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J. L. White
Macon
First Baptist Church
Ag. An. Opera. Ch
Augusta Bar Advocates Annual U S Court of Appeals Session in Atlanta
The Augusta Georgia bar association passed resolutions at its meeting favoring an annual session of the United States circuit court of appeals in Atlanta. The plan calls for two terms each year with New Orleans hosting the third Monday in November and Atlanta the other date, plus case hearing order adjustments. The group also urged two elder members to write reminiscences for publication.
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Augusta Bar Association
Atlanta
Bar Association of
Augusta
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Act of Congress
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Congress
Bar Association
United States Court of Appeals
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Frank H. Miller
Joseph B. Cumming
Augusta Bar
Columbus Teachers Chosen For 1902 03
Columbus public schools held the 1902 03 teacher election with Superintendent Gibson and most principals reelected. Salaries stay the same. New teachers include Kate Carswell Sallie F Evans Corinne Trammell and Kate Stewart. Columbus day at the Charleston exposition May 21 and a Columbus Guards trip are noted. A Terrell club forms with many signatures.
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Gibson
Columbus
Columbus Public Schools
Kate Carswell
Eat Elberton
Sallie F. Evans
Corinne Trammell
Shiich
Kate Stewart
New Orleans
Charleston
Columbus Guards
Terrell Club
Jerome Jones in Rome Addresses at Union Hall
Jerome Jones state organizer for the American Federation of Labor and a leading Atlanta labor figure spoke to a large Rome audience at the city court house on union invitation. Afterward a banquet for 150 at Union hall featured short remarks by Rome citizens and a reply from Jones in his characteristic manner.
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Hill City
Wight
Jerome Jones
American Federation of Labor
Atlanta
Court House
Rome
Union Hall
Jones
Ex-Solicitor Sewell Sues Seaboard for Damages
Raleigh May 13 Special Ex Solicitor H J Sewell of Carthage sues Seaboard Air Line railway for 15000 damages in Moore county superior court He claims he was pelted by rotten eggs while waiting at Shelby depot after a campaign speech stating the crowd violence occurred on railway property and the company failed to prevent it This is reported as the first suit of its kind in North Carolina.
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Sewell
Seaboard
Raleigh
N. C
H J. Sewell
Carthage
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Moore County Superior Court
Shelby
North Carolina
Dowell Widow Dies After Church Heart Attack in Savannah
Mrs Margaret W Dowell widow of W T Dowell, 67, died tonight of heart disease after collapsing near Cathedral of St John the Baptist during an evening service. Survived by three sons W W Dowell, Lows Dowell and Charles Dowell, and two daughters Mrs Cambridge and Miss Carrie Dowell. Will Horton Maxwell Tenn merchant died yesterday aged 81, survived by a widow.
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M. W. Dowell
Savannah
Margaret W. Dowell
W. T Dowell
Cathedral of
St John the Baptist
Dowell
Lows Dowell
Charles Dowell
C. Cambridge
Carrie Dowell
Will Horton
Maxwell, Tenn
Huntsville
Ala
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Edwin A. Hard T
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W. A. Hemphill
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James Stanley Moore
I. 8. Mitchell
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Batchellor
R. R. Evans
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O. H. Jones
D. J. Luther
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James Moore
William Carr
R. A. Montieth
A. J. Orme
A. P. Davis
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Shoemaker
S. Witham
G. M._ Prince
Julia Hemphill
Miss Jones
Lillian Clark
Misa Hardin
Miss Caldwell
Misa Warwgck
Miss Gates
Miss Morris
Miss LaHatte
Miss Perkins
Miss Davis
Winnie Davis
W. G. Raoul
Thomas Peters
J. L. Byers
J. T Scratchen
Florine Holt
W. H. Beaty
B. R. Padgett
Dalton Mitchell
Alfred Truitt
Ervéoft
J. W. Hurt
Fanny K. Fort
Edmund Berkeley
John Moody
Henry
Winnie Davis Memorial Association
King’s Daughters Home For
Carnegie Library
Hebrew Orphans’ Home
Ladies’ Auxiliary Railroad
Decatur Orphanage
Wren’s
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Oxford
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