Miss Lilla Suttles Laid to Rest Amid Grief and Scandal
Miss Lilla Suttles was laid to rest at Mount Gilead churchyard after a tragedy at Wesley Chapel. Jealous lover Millard Lee surrendered at Mabelton and was jailed in Atlanta. A large turnout of sorrowing friends followed the funeral procession from her Adaville home to the church.
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Lilla Suttles
Lee
Millard Lee
Wesley Chapel
Mount Gilead
John Lee
Witten
Adamaville
Young Lee
Mabelton
Atlanta
Tallapoosa
Fulton County
Splendid Gift Proposed To Georgia Tech From General Education Board
Wallace Buttrick secret ary of the board telegraphed approval last night to a plan to donate ten thousand dollars to the Georgia School of Technology for an experimental and electrical library. The gift hinges on Georgia raise matching funds, with five thousand cash and twenty three hundred dollars annually for two years. The gesture aims to place Tech laboratories on an unprecedented footing. Local backers are urged to secure the matching sum as soon as possible.
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Atlanta
State of Georgia
General Educational Board
Wallace Buttrick
Georgia Schen of Technology
General Education Board
Lyman Hall
Ogden
South
Hall
William H. Baldwin
Tech
Baldwin
North
Buttrick
Wallace Butick
Butiick
Sijer
Georgia
Technological Department
Tulane University
New Orleans
Captain Hall
Board of Trustees
Saddler
Dr Buttrick
M E Saddler
Buttick
West fears women will ruin church at conference
Dallas May 26 Special. On the final day of the general conference Dr Anson West presented a protest against the institution of the order of deaconesses declaring it an innovation against Protestant history. The protest warned departure from order leads to infidelity and ruin. The conference debated recording it, ultimately including West's protest in the record. The fourteenth quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South adjourned sine die after adopting various measures including publishing house control issues, winter extension, and district preachers conference shifts. A gavel from Epworth England was presented, and over 20 000 dollars were raised in a late collection.
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Dallas
Tex
Anson
West
Order of Deaconesses
Hong
Wes
Dr. West
General Conference
Church of God
Sarah
Rebecahs
Miriams
Hammahs
Marya
Annas
Hunsees
Divi
Phebe
Hved
Paul
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Committee On Missions
Southern
Southern Church Missionary Societies
Shang Wai
China
Louisville
Birmingham
Nashville
New Orlang
J. W. Tarboux
Duncan
B. E. Hoss
Collings Denny
Committee Ofmissions
Board of Salgaions
Denny
Tenn
Buttrick
Epworth
England
Hosa
Anson West
Board of Education
J S Hutchinson
Baltimore
John W Heldt, DD
Atlanta
Colonel Vandiver
Alabama
Funeral of Miss Suttles Draws Deep Local Grief in Fulte County
A large crowd gathered at Wesley Chapel for the funeral of Miss Suttles, who was killed in a jealous act. Ministers connected her life to her Christian faith as friends paid final respects at the church and graveside. The crowd’s sorrow reflected the community’s loss and sympathy for the bereaved family.
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Wesley Chapel
Sutties
Wee
Hitie
Hev
Simmons Mise Suttles
Ures
Murder suicide pact ends in Kansas City tragedy
Frank Robinson aged 40 shot his sweetheart Gertie Rawlins 16 and his rival Albert H. Ferguson 19 in an apartment in Kansas City. Robinson then shot himself. Gertie died, Ferguson was mortally wounded, and Robinson died shortly after.
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Kansas City
Frank Robinson
Gertie, Rawlins
Albert H. Ferguson
Robinson
Ferguson
Outlook for Democrats Bright in Kansas Fusion Talk
Georgia Congressman J M Griggs, head of the Democratic National Committee, and Kansas Congressman A M Jackson visited Chicago to map campaign strategy. Griggs declined to forecast outcomes, while noting a complete committee and meetings in Washington. They spoke of a possible fusion ticket in Kansas and were upbeat about Democratic gains.
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Chicago
J M. Griggs
Georgia
Democratic National Congressional Committee
Harrison
Washington
A M Jackson
Kansas
Griggs
Major Harrison
Ben T. Cable
Bride Falls Into Hidden Well Trap at No 15 Buena Vista Ave
A newlywed Mrs May Chambers died after a rotten porch plank over a concealed old well collapsed. Her husband Officer James M Chambers, police, rescued her from the deep shaft but she died. The incident occurred around 6 PM as she prepared supper in Atlanta. Residents reported no prior knowledge of a well beneath the home. General Leonard Wood arrived in Norfolk later sharing transit news.
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Hfe
Buena Vista Avenue
May Chambers
James M Chambers
May Smith
Street Railway Company
Atlanta Police Force
Chambers
Mr. Chambers
Grife
Ley
No. 15
Bond leaps into lake to escape pursuers in Plattsburg
Plattsburg New York May 26 A feud between University of Vermont freshmen and some sophomores ends with Nelson Pease Bond 19 Burlington Vermont treasurer of the fresh man class fleeing pursuers on a boat to Plattsburg then leaping into the lake to escape. Sophomores vainly attempt rescue as Bond sinks. Coroner to hold inquest. Funeral of Lord Pauncefote also reported with Washington preparations and a transfer to England on an American warship.
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Plattsburg
University of Vermont
Nelson Pease Bond
Burlington
Cumberland House
Fise
Port Kent
Alert
Plaittsburg
Vermont
Burtington Rock
Wilcox Dock
McMasters
Bond
Salem College
Shiflett
Fraterville
Thomas G. Jones
Montgomery
Ala
New York
A. S. Grant
Texarkana
Gallinger
Griggs
Democratic Campaign Committee
Chicago
Harrison
McDonald
O’brien
Senate Philippine Committee
Vermont University
Control of Philadelphia Record Sold to Local Group
May 26 report states Willam Stenger, buyer of The Philadelphia Record at public sale, will control the paper with John Wyeth Kenny B Gross of Philadelphia and James Keir of Clearfield pa. Theodore Wright, current editor in chief, will retain the position.
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Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia
Willam Stenger
John Wyeth
Kenny B Gross
James Keir
Clearfield, Pa
Theodore Wrigit
Chef
Millard Lee Captured in Fulton County Jail
Local reports state Millard Lee, known as the slayer of Miss Lilla Sutties, has been captured at Mabelton and is now lodged in Fulton county jail. The victim's funeral was sparsely attended by mourners. A separate note mentions a technological school receiving 310,000 from the General Education Board on condition of raising a similar sum. Also, Mrs James Chambers, a bride of four months, fell through rotten plank into a 40 foot well.
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Millard Lee
Lilla Sutties
Mabelton
Fulton County
Technological School
General Education Board
James Chambers
First Methodist Church
Venable
Peachtree Street
Sam Small
Dupont Guerry
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Millard Ley
Jighn Lee
Knoxville
Coal Creek Coal Company
Fulte County
Sime
Girl
Edge Griggs
Carter Harrison
Georgian
James M. Chambers
General Wood
Norfolk
General Leonard Wood
Havana
Lake
Lord Pauncefote
St John Church
Matkay-Smith
Satterieg
Lord Fauncefote
Carl Taylor
Bass
Quitman
J. H Mashburn
Hyres
Adel
Candler
Augusta
King Mills
Macon
Jones
South Africa
Humber
Walling
Philippines
Hamburg-American Line
Morgan Shipping Combine
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