Duty of Silent Contempt in Southern Congress
Nichols G Holliday calls for silence from southern senators in response to attacks tied to postwar politics and the reconstruction era. He urges Republicans such as Cullom Aldrich Proctor and Allison to ignore opponents, criticizing figures like Burton Dolliver and Powieshiek Dolliver for stirring partisan campaigns and urging a return to democratic principles and fair national governance.
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Congress
Cullom
Aldrich
Proctor
Allison
Burton
Grand Army of the Republic
Kansas
Jonathan Powieshiek Dolliver
Iowa
Senate
Philippines
South
The Flag on Morro Awakens Cuban Pride on La Junta
Sunday drew hundreds of thousands to Havana to witness the unfurling of the Star Spangled banner at El Morro. The crowd celebrated a long dream of Cuban freedom dating back to Nareliga Lopez, fueling hopes for renewed resistance against Spanish rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
la Junta
Havana
el Morro
Nareliga Lopez
Manigua
Cuban Patriots Await Flag Over El Morro
The passage reflects on Cuban struggle for independence after the 1899 evacuation of Castellanos’ forces, arguing that Cuban sovereignty will be real only when their flag flies over Castle Morro. It contrasts American reverence for Old Glory with Cuban devotion to their homeland and celebrates the milestone of independence near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castellanos
Castle Morro
Cuba
el Morro
The Martinique Horror and the Call to Christian Charity
The piece reflects on the Martinique catastrophe's vast loss of life and incomprehensible destruction. It urges global humanity to respond with relief, self sacrifice, and steadfast faith, while questioning philosophical explanations and stressing readiness for the inevitable hour of judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinique
Apostle
Bulwer
Pompeii
St. Pierre
David
Jerusalem
Columbus Bradford before drumhead court on heresy charge
A reverend from Okawville Illinois faces a church trial over his book on being born again arguing souls persist after death and new organisms carry other souls. The piece mocks his ideas and predicts a stiff ecclesiastical hearing with questions about the soul.
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Columbus
Columbus Bradford
Okawville
Ilinois
A Turbulent Night of Rhetoric and Reform Ideas
The piece rails at a theologian for proposing a second probation for souls while praising a tenant-prize scheme that rewards timely rent with rent-free periods and family outings. It links housing reform to civic pride, cites political figures, and lampoons contemporary public discourse with colorful, scornful wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Atlanta
Compress Men Worried At Annual Southeastern Meeting
In Savannah on May 14 the Southeastern Compress Association debated a proposed rate cut from 8 12 to 6 cents per hundred. President C C Hanson indicated his firm’s board would not oppose the move, prompting heated dissent and calls for a legal challenge if needed. Officers were elected: J F McGowan president, Lawrence Fiske vice president, C C Hanson secretary treasurer. Augusta to host next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Southeastern Compress Association
Southeastern Freight Association
Hot Springs
C. c. Hanson
Atlantic Compress Company
F. 8. Akers
Atlanta
Railroad Commission
J. F. McGowan
Augusta
Lawrence Fiske
Montgomery
Hanson
Needle Taken From Her Body After Eleven Years
In Anniston Alabama Mrs J W Wagner endured over eleven years of side and back pain. An operation revealed a large darning needle had lodged in her body since childhood. Removal freed her from the chronic agony and the case is reported as relieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
J. W. Wagner
Richmond To Remain Imperial Tobacco HQ in Virginia
Richmond officials announced that the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland will keep Richmond as its headquarters. Director I H M Gunn arrived from England praising the city’s progressiveness and declaring British firms stake plans to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain and
Will Honor Fitzhugh Lee Visits Birmingham for Lecture
General Fitzhugh Lee accepted an invitation from local veterans to lecture on the 2th instant in Birmingham Alabama. A 500 dollar fund supports a grand reception and parade review at Capitol Park includes Camp Hardee Camp Bedford Forrest Camp Clayton U C V and Post J A Custer G A R plus local cadets and scouts. A tour of the mineral region and a Hillman hotel reception are planned with city officials supervising.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Vetereng
Birmingham
Ala
Lee
Captor Park
Camp Hardee
Bedaford Forrest
Camp Clayton
J. A. Custer
Abraham Lincoln
J. H. Thomas
Sons of United States Veterans
Infantry Battalion
Howard College
J H Garner Reelected President of Southern Railway Freight Agents
Chattanooga May 14 The Association of Southern Railway Freight Agents concluded its annual meeting with about fifty agents in attendance. J H Garner of Atlanta was reelected president, with B E Lamb of Norton as first vice president, W G Cratchfield of Charlotte as secretary, and C R Candier of Brunswick as treasurer. The group adjourned after electing officers to meet again next May at a yet to be chosen location.
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Atlenton
Southern Railway Freight Agents’ Association
Chattanooga
Association of Southern Railway Freight Agents
H. Garner
Atlanta
BE. T. Lamb
Norton
W. G. Cratchfield
Charlotte
C. R. Candier
Brunswick
Motorman Sues For 5000 In Macon Court
A.M. Eney sues Metropolitan Street Railway Co in Macon city court for 5000 damages claiming negligence October 12, 1901 derailed his car hurled him against a front causing serious injuries he later returned to work but quit due to suffering May 14 report.
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Metropolitan Street Company
Macon
City Court of
A. Co. Emey
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Eney
Fertilizer giant Virginia Carolina buys Montgomery rival
HB Co Fisher of Newnan Culpepper Exam and C E Borden of Virginia Carolina Chemical Company officials visited Montgomery on May 1 announcing a $400000 fertilizer plant. They disclosed the absorption of Montgomery Fertilizer Co and Alabama Fertilizer works, with independent mills at Dothan and Opelika joining the deal. Price not disclosed. the Pelzer family, from South Carolina, owned the absorbed firms.
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Montgomery
Ala
HB. Co
Pelzers
South Carolina
Deed for 1 Million Dollars Recorded in Tuscaloosa
One of the largest deeds in Tuscaloosa history was filed Saturday. The Tidewater Coal Company transfers to the Alabama Barge and Coal Company a property about 10 miles north of Tuscaloosa on the Warrior river, with an understood million dollar consideration. The document carries revenue stamps and names Tidewater Coal Company A. S. Vandegraft and the Snow estate heirs as sellers. The piece includes several smaller tracts also conveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Barge and Coal Company
Tuscaloosa
Ala
W. J. Kelly
Tidewater Coal Company
A. 8
Vandegraft
Hheirs
Charles Snow
Warrior River
D. H. Caswell
Austin
Tex
G. Olmstead
Camp Hargrove Boys of Confederate Veterans
A. S Vandegraff
Wiliam W. Brandon
Meutéhant
James C. Brown
Francis M. Purifoy
W. M. Faw
John T. Bradford
John T. Beatle
Hugh Prince
W. J. Cromer
Robert 3. Hargrove
Brookwood
Mildale
Gulf Oratorical Association
Oxford
Russell P. Coleman
Alabama
Mndal
Coleman
Geneva
Royal Arch Masons
W. E. Bingham
King
A. F. Prince
Scribe
Garner
W. F. Fitts
Ben F. Eddins
Royal Arch
James Kilgore
Ike Friedman
Charles C. Simpson
Cann Barrow Contest in Savannah Eastern Circuit
In Savannah on May 1 speculation swirls over Colonel Gann Cann and Judge Barrow running for the Superior Court seat in the eastern circuit. Citizens Club leaders push Cann while supporters of Barrow cite the judge’s limits on enforcing penal laws, and a divided bar awaits the outcome.
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Colonel Gann
Barrow
Savannah
Pope Barrow
George T. Cann
Superior Court of the Eastern Circuit
J. Ferris Cann
Colonel Cann
Citizens’ Club
Canns Are Popular and Able. Judge Barrow's Son Is Captain David C. Barrow
W. W Osborne i5
Judge Barrow
Citizens
Colonal Cann
Walter C. Hartridge
Whb. Stephens
Eer
Kings Daughters Assemble In Raleigh State Convention Opens
The state convention of Kings Daughters began the annual session in Raleigh with Mrs. W. H. Burewyn presiding. National secretary Mrs. Isabella Davis was unable to attend due to illness. The North Carolina Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association met, Frank Vogle presiding and H. Withiam Simpson serving as secretary. The state authorized Whiteville Lumber Company to raise capital to 50000, chartered Union Publishing Company of Bessemer City, and Piedmont Foundry and Machine Company of Hickory. Convicts at work on the Ohio River and Charleston railroad near the Tennessee border numbered a4.
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Raleigh
Kings Daughters
Mra
W. H. Burewyn
Weldon
Isabella Davis
New York
North Carolina Funeral Directors and Embalmers’ Association
Frank Vogle
Winston-Salem
H. With
Many Delegates Attend Grand Lodge Session in Selma Alabama
The sixty second session of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Alabama convened in Selma with 300 delegates. Reports were distributed and a widows and orphans home plan proposed a 40 cent per capita tax for five years, to be voted on next morning. The afternoon discussed and adopted the revised constitution by O J Bemmel of Mobile.
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Grand Lodge
Selma
Ala
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Alabama
Asagssea
O. J. Bemmel
Mobile
Lodge
Romance Enters Wedlock in Newnan Georgia
Mr Rollin Dews and Miss Lilian Head wed in Newnan on Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist Church. Dews recently left government service in Havana after a year. Head, visiting from Forsyth, their union was the culmination of a long attachment. Also noted is plans for a new Carnegie library designed by W F Denny, 60 feet tall with a five story wing and auditorium for 1000 to 1200, bids to be sought and construction to begin next month at an estimated cost of 15,000.
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Mr. Dews
Miss Head
Newnan
Rollin ‘Dews
Lilian Head
Forsyth
First Baptist
Adama
Dews
Hvana
Hera
Manrage
Carnegie Library
Carnegie Mbrary
W. F. Denny
Atlanta
Colored Methodists Meet in Nashville With Address by Booker T. Washington
The colored Methodist general conference in session in Nashville votes to elect a new bishop, with Rev. C. H. Phillips and Rev. R. B. Hart of Jackson, Tenn., as leading candidates. The publishing house may move to Memphis after reporting 145 000 dollars net profits. Candidates for editor of The Christian Index are Br. Carter and Rev. H. S. Doyle. Booker T. Washington will address the conference at the tabernacle tomorrow night.
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Booker T. Washington
Nashville
Tenn
General Conference
The
Colored Methodist Church
C. H. Phillips
R. B. Hart
Jackson
Memphis
V. BR. A. Carter
V. BR. A. Carter and Rev. H. S. Doyle
Christian Index
Tuskegee, Ala
Tabernacle
Runaway Horse Kills Mrs Roberts Near Mandeville
Carrollton Ga May 14 Special Mrs Dr Roberts of Alabama was killed in a runaway accident at Mandeville while accompanying her son. The horse attached to a buggy bolted when frightened by a passing train, throwing her and trampling her.
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Muie
Carrollton
Dr. Roberts
Alabama
Mandeville
Roberta
Assault on Jailer in Roanoke Jail Break Ends in Death
Roanoke Virginia May 14 two Black prisoners who aided an escape attempt assaulted Jaster Craig in the jail corridors. During the struggle Bob Payne was fatally shot by Jaffer Craiz. The escapees, ten in total, fled two weeks ago but were recaptured.
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Roanoke
Jaster Craig
Bob Payne
Jaffer Craiz
Joint Debate in Louisville Between Fleming and Hardwick
In Louisville Georgia on May 14 congressional candidates Fleming and Hardwick addressed an audience of several hundred. Hardwick spoke first outlining his clearly stated platform for about an hour and quarter and critiqued Fleming on several points. Fleming answered for about ninety minutes highlighting his record as a congressman and delivering a sharp rebuttal.
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Fleming
Wardwick
Louisville
Fleming An Hardwick
Mrr
Hardwick
Jefferson
Valuable iron ore found near Jackson Mississippi
A rich iron ore deposit was found on Dr. J. F. Rhodes's Rankin County farm about eighteen miles from Jackson. Lab samples sent to the University of Mississippi show ore containing 2.04 percent iron with sulfur and silica to aid fusion. The find is extensive with large ore blocks exposed, and a stock company is being organized to develop the deposit.
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Jackson
Miss
Mey
J. F. Rhodes
Rankin County
University of Mississippi
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