Mississippi Primaries Show War Between Factions
Jackson Mississippi May 7 Democrats vote today across the state to choose electors with Oscar Underwood and Woodrow Wilson on the ballot. Apathy among planters slows turnout while factionalism between Vardaman and anti Vardaman camps colors district delegate contests. Liberal leaders predict variable results though Underwood enjoys native-state support.
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Underwood
Wilson
Baltimore
Brewer
Vardaman
United States
John Sharp Williams
F. H. Alexander
Mixun
Nates
Jon Sharp Williams
C. H. Alexander
J. K. Vardaman
Williams
Alexander
Woodrow Wilson
Alabama Statesman
Percy
Sheltering Arms fund tops records at tag day drive
This year’s tag day collection for Sheltering Arms totaled 5200 dollars, beating all prior records and exceeding last year by about 1000 dollars and the record day by roughly 2600. Donations came in as nickels to dollars, all aiding children of working mothers using the shelter. A. K. Hawkes led with a 50 dollar gift. Mrs. Daisy Grace, facing an indictment for assault with intent to murder, awaits bond and trial after Fulton grand jury action.
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A. K. Hawkes
Daisy Grace
Fulton
Dorsey
Justice Ridley
Grace
T. S. Bailey
Dixie Surrender Veil Give Famous Rebel Yell
In Macon Georgia at Camp John B Gordon auditorium veterans and bands gathered at 10 am as Dixie music rang out. The crowd rose to the rebel yell repeated thrice including a tearful appeal by General Irvine C Walker and a young girl pledging lifelong rebel remembrance.
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Dixie
Camp John B. Gordon Auditorium
Confederate reunion beauties highlighted in period portraits
A collection of four images from Ma con showcases Southern women at a Confederate reunion. Miss Bessie A. Moore of Rome Georgia serves as sponsor for the First Georgia brigade Sons of Veterans. Mrs Casey Young Campbell of Memphis Tennessee is maid of honor for the Tennessee division Confederate Veterans. Miss Ernestine Nuttall of Rockingham North Carolina is maid of honor for the North Carolina Division of veterans. Miss Blanche Kell Nisbet of Macon is listed as first maid of honor for the South and North Carolina division of veterans.
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Macon
Bessie A. Moore
Rome
Georgia Brigade
Sons of Veterans
Casey Young Campbell
Memphis
Taft Wins Nevada Delegates Bound for Presidency
Fallon Nevada reports Nevada selects six Republican delegates at the state convention, instructed for Taft in resolutions endorsing the administration, lining up support for the president.
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Taft
Nevada
Fallon
Nev
American Women Form War Squad in Mexico City
May 7 report states Squad 11 of Company K, sixteen resolute women, have armed with Krag rifles and sworn to defend U S citizens in Mexico City to the death if attacked. The group was formed by Victor Calvert, a former Philippine Army officer, and handed to Commander C H Agramonte.
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Mexico
Methodist bishops and a unique table at conference
In Minneapolis on May 7 the general conference of the Methodist church met around an old bishop's table. A Morristown Tennessee college furnished the table, each piece of wood symbolizing a Methodist conference or mission. The table holds 100 pieces representing 161 conferences, including 34 foreign.
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Minneapolis
Minn
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
Morristown
East Tennessee
Women raise $130000 for suffrage battle
Columbus Ohio May 7 Women of Ohio have raised a campaign fund of 130000 dollars and will spend 1000 dollars a day from now until the constitutional amendment granting votes to women comes to ballot.
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Columbus
Ohio
Texan County Conventions Face Taft Roosevelt Split
In Texas on May 7 county conventions decide Taft and Roosevelt claims as delegates to the May 28 state convention. Uninstructed precinct delegates may be instructed today, risking double delegate slates in many counties amid high factional tension.
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Dallas
Texas
Taft
Roosevelt
Largest Camp Since Civil War at Macon GA
Thomas Hardeman camp No. 18 U S C V of Macon reports 1965 paid members the largest camp since the Civil War. Commandant J Mariog Dunwody oversees reunion effort with a 66 member bugle and fife corps and a drum major. Coronation of the reunion queen is a highlighted feature under Dunwody's direction.
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Macon
Thomas Hardeman
J. Mariog Dunwody
Dunwody
Reunion Opens as Confederate Veterans Gather in Macon
Thousands of veterans fill Camp Gordon and a Macon hall for the Twenty second annual United Confederate Veterans reunion. Grace Lumpkin and Dorothy Blount Lamar welcome survivors. massed choirs sing Dixie and Maryland My Maryland as General Maddox calls the event to order.
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Macon
United Confederate Veterans
Grace Lumpkin
Latta
Aft
Dorothy Blount Lamar
Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy
Camp Gordon
Gordon
Tex
Dixie
John W. Maddox
Rome
Georgia
R. Lin Cave
Aa Folk
Bonnie Blue
Maryland
Walter A. Harris
Sec. 7
Georgia Regiment
Nat E. Harris
Little Rock
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Visi
Alabaman
Clark
Vardaman Campaign
Mississippi
Throng
Reunion City
MR. Grace
Tory
Irvine C. Walker
G.O.P
Miss Lumpkin
Mrs. Lamar
Big
Old Dixie
Sons of Veterans and Confederated Memorial Association
C. I. Walker
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