Eber Brewton kills himself in solver tragedy
Auditor R Eber Brewton of Spartanburg County South Carolina apparently took his own life by slashing his throat with a razor at his home. After dressing he locked the door and cut his throat, then held his head over a basin as he bled to death. His wife returned to find him in the act. No inquest planned and burial set for tomorrow. Brewton had suffered months of ill health and was noted as a gallant Civil War veteran. The governor may appoint a temporary successor.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Pecal
R. Eber Brewton
Mr. Brewton
Brewson
London’s grand prophecy ad claims 1906 to 1929 events
A London newspaper carries a colossal advertisement by self styled prophet Rev M Baxter predicting a future split of Caesar’s empire into ten kingdoms including France Britain and others, a Latin confederacy opposing Germany and Russia, with dire events through 1916 to 1929 and a Millennium start. It notes America not mentioned in the grim forecast.
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London
London Cable
New York Sun
M. Baxter
Caesar
France
Rhine
Great Britain
Ireland
India
Spain
Austria
Greece
Turkey
Syria
Egypt
Leatherman Dr J R Atlanta Specialist Advertises
Leatherman Dr J R promotes himself as sole diabetes specialist in Atlanta. He offers home, hospital, and office consultations by appointment with stated hours at 600 7 2 Aumel building Atlanta GA.
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Leathanets
Ernimeran
Aulanta
J. R. Leathereman
Aumel
Atlanta
Bours
Corn in So High Cattle Are Sold
Raleigh reports farmers in Ashe Alleghany and Watauga counties sell cattle as feeders at 4 cents a pound for Chicago buyers who pay 7 1 2 to 9 cents. Rust appears in cotton. voters discuss populist convention. Marshall to build a cotton mill with local stock. State inspectors tour western institutions then return to inspect others.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. F. Massey
The
Agricultural College
Farmers’ Institute
Ashe
Alleghany
Watenga
Sat
Chicago
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Lamb
Elizabeth City
North Carolina News
Marshall
Pritchard
State Board of Inspectors of
Brooklyn pastor to take Sumner Avenue Baptist post
Rev. F. W. Trey, pastor of Marshall Street Christian Church in Richmond, announced he would accept the call from Sumner Avenue Baptist Church in Brooklyn and begin his new work immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Richmond
F. W. Trey
Marshall Street Christian Church
Sumner Avenue Baptist Church
Mother and Babe Saved From Fire in Valdosta Home
Mrs D D Smith and her 3 weeks old infant escaped a blaze after flames reached the bed and curtains in the Bentley home. Mrs Bentley saved them, suffered burns, and the fire was quickly extinguished. The incident occurred after a candle caused the fire and destroyed most of the room.
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D. D. Smith
Valdosta
B. W. Bentley
Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Bentley
Hundred lashes alleged in Mississippi railroad incident
In Redwood Mississippi on August 31 Charles Jones a white boss of an extra road gang and about thirty black workers await train No 2 to carry to Vicksburg with Deputy Sheriff Frank Scott and a posse. Hughes a white painter from Kansas says he was whipped by Jones and four black men with a strap after being ordered to strip. Hughes was injured and planned to go to Vicksburg hospital. Jones claims Hughes stole clothes and was whipped only after being invited to supper. He says the men carried Hughes across Yazoo river but Hughes escaped when Jones brandished a pistol. Local residents say a posse from Vicksburg is needed and Jones seeks bond tonight with lawyer Murray F Smith. Nearby resident Mack Womack recalls a previous whipping of a man at Flower Tree. Jones is from Rosedale and described as a young man with a confident manner.
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Redwood, Miss
Charles Jones
Redwood Depot
Vicksburg
Frank Scott
Fones
Robert Hughes
Wamego
Kans
Hughes
Jones
Vickshoro Hospital
Murray F. Smith
Yazoo
Protest of G F Vonkolnitz Seeks Primary Recount
Charleston August 31 Special A faction opposing George F Vonkolnitz as state senator plans to block a recount protest in the primary. If denied the petition, Vonkolnitz’s counsel will seek a mandamus to compel a count. Bitter tension grips the city as pressures mount to dismiss the protest.
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Charleston, & C
George F. Vonkolnitz
Vonkolnitz
Japanese Emory student Bun Kishi a unique figure at Oxford
Bun Kishi, a 23 year old Japanese senior at Emory College in Oxford Georgia, plans to return to Japan as a missionary after graduating in 1908 with an A B degree. He entered Emory in spring 1897 and is active in Phi Gamma society and religious life.
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Oxford
Bun Kishi
Emory College
Kishi
America
Hishi
Fukio
Japan
United States
Union
Union Pacific
New York City
Phi Gamma
Mass Meeting for Morris Brown College in Marietta
A large mixed audience attended a Morris Brown college mass meeting at Turner chapel A M E Church in Marietta Ga Aug 31. Leaders including Sen A S Clay urged education as a public charge and praised industrial and moral training for all races.
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South
A. S. Clay
United States
Georgia
James M. Henderson
Industrial Progress in the South Across States and Regions
The report lists numerous southern industrial developments led by Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. New mills, refineries, factories, light plants, oil ventures, and rail and water works projects are named alongside cash values and locations, highlighting a broad postwar growth surge across multiple states.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Alabama
Beasemer—Novelty Works
Birmingham—Furnace
Sugo—Coil and Coke Company
Arkansas
Harrison—Lumber Company
Little Rock
Sterling
Georgia
Atlanta
Brunswick—Shook
Boat Car
Tory
Macon—Lumber Company
Rockmart—Development Company
Rome
Tifton
Kentucky
Carrollton
Hopkinsville
Lexington
Lombard
Louisville
Morganfield
Newton
Smith Mills
Somerset
Louisiana
Gretna
Jennings
New Orleans
Mississippi
Jackson
Wicholson
North Carolina
Dunn—Furniture
A Confederate View on the Negro Question and Progress
Bill Arp critiques a Negro convention arguing that the notion of centuries of bondage is false, asserting former slaves were not savages and that progress under freedom was modest. He contrasts past humane conditions with present convict growth, condemning claims of retrograde morality and praising traditional white society.
Boyden's Shoes Highlighted by The Muse Store
The Muse Store extols Boyden's Shoes from Uncle Sam's Shoe Manufacturers as masters of shoe design and world ideas. It claims American made Boyden footwear dominates London shops, praising hand lasting and foot conformity, and invites readers to view about twenty models in the department, noting the new design pictured.
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Uncle Sam
Paris
London
Boyden’s
Boyden
Old Slave Wisdom and a Mulatto Town Hints at Racial Change
The writer boasts of former enslaved people and their families while denouncing contemporary legislation. He recalls a southern town near the Mississippi with Black leadership, productive farms, schools, and no white residents within miles, claiming this may solve the race problem. Bill Arp notes letters about Tudge Clark and requests state librarian contact in Raleigh, N.C.
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Jem
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Memphis
Bill Arp
Tudge Clark
M. O
Letter Found in Bottle From Captain Thorpjohnson
A bottle recovered near Rolla Honda in Key West Florida carried a note from Captain Shorpjohnson of the schooner Angelina. The message dated April 15, 1902 mentions capsizing at 4 30 with coordinates 131 2.13 and asks “God be with you till we meet in heaven.” It suggests the bottle was cast overboard off the coast of Africa.
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Shorpjohnson
Key West
Fla
Rolla Honda
Duckra
Ohio
Harry R. P. Thorpjohnson
Angelina
Columbus Fall Festival Shapes Up in Columbus Ga
Columbus Ga August 31 Special. Columbus fall festival set for the last week in October progresses with an executive committee appointed to handle advertising attractions and details. Members include R O Howard L Loewenherz T J Hunt J F Flournoy C B Grimes P Turner and Robert Reid.
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Columbus
Leer
R O
Howard
L, Loewenherz
T. J. Hunt
J. F. Flournoy
C. B. Grimes
P. Turner
Robert Reid
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A. Eber Brewton
Razor
Washington, Ga
Wilkes County
Washington
Andalusia
Ala
L. H. Chappell
F. B. Ticknor
C. C. Houston
Thie City
S. Pickett
Ww. S. Pickett
Summerville
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Portsmouth
DR. Leatherman
Kal
Are Biaf
Vbba
Babe
Recorder Grimes
Thirly
Redwood
Miss
Robert Hblughes
New York
Baltimore
Norfolk, Va
G. F. Vonkolnitz
Emory
Morris Brown College
Rev
BR. Belk
Methodist Episcopal Church
Belk
John ¥. Jenkins
White Baptist Church
Mr. Jenkins
W. B. Lawrence
Goldsboro
Hendersonville
South Carolina
Anderson
Chicks Springs
Aecnapenen + Chattanooge
Dunlap
Knoxville
Livingston
Morristown
Drashville
Cannine
Texas
Baird—Wlectric Nght
Bay City
Rica
Beaumont
Irrigation Company
Land and Irrigation Company
Corsicana
Dallas
Galveston
Ganado
Houston
Comany
Port Girthur
Smithville
Fairmont
Coal Oil and Gas Company
Kingwood
Wheeling
Carteraville
Desert
Tip
Tuskegee
Becoker Washington
Evan Bow
Africa
Booker Washington
Pnat
Muse Store
GEO. Muse Clothing CO
Whitehall St
Oe Ibaa
Savannah
Tolls S&s
Ge & Brae
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Beach
Ocean View
Norfolk
Southern Railway
Kimball House Depot
J.C. Beam, JR
BD. P
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