Farmers' Union program a thousand delegates expected
State convention plans released by G R Hightower with a full three day agenda in Jackson January 11 12 13 1909. Features include open session with education superintendent J N Powers public address by Oscar Newton and talks by A N Wilson W K Norris J T Brooks and Y Otis Robertson. Estimated attendance could exceed one thousand with fruitful results anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Hightower
Mississippi
Farmer's Educational and Co-operative Union
Representatives’ Hall
J. N. Powers
Oscar Newton
Brookhaven
Mississippi Bankers’ Association
A. N. Wison
Batesville
W. K. Norris
Alabama
J. T. Brooks
Tennessee
Y. Otis Robertson
Jackson
Farmers’ Union
Destructive town blaze damages dozens of properties
A massive fire at C Hays drugstore sparked by firecrackers spread northward damaging Dr. Pierce and Wooten stores, Ogletree barbershop, Dr Britt, Dock Dupree Grocery, the Bank of Como, and Mrs Fulger’s store. Schawitz Bros. loss $2,500, insurance on building $2,500, Fulger insured $2,759, bank building $1,000. Separate court ruling on Coca Cola privilege tax concerns Chris Marco’s $62.50 fine for selling bottled Coca Cola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays
Dr. Pierce
W. B. Wooten
Ogletree
Dr Britt
Dock Dupree
Bank of Como
Supreme Court
Clarksdale
Chris. Marco
Chris Marco
Negro Assaults Aged Watchman in Laurel
Aged watchman T W Musgrave was stabbed and beaten by a negro, then robbed. He alerted Laurel and Ellisville, leading to Bruce Edwards’ arrest as a suspect preparing to flee to Hattiesburg. Musgrave, a Confederate veteran, was wounded but not killed, while Edwards could not be positively identified by Musgrave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Musgrave
Laurel
Ellisville
Hattiesburg
Bruce Edwards
Musgrave
Suicide at Rope's End in New Orleans Hotel
A. P. Tanner, fuel agent for the New Orleans and Northeastern railroad, living in Meridian, committed self destruction by hanging in a New Orleans hotel. A letter on the table hinted at the act but gave no reason. The caller notes the situation and lack of funds and mentions the wrecked state of mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Tanner
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
Meridian
Isg
New Orleans
Tettow
President Says He Is Powerless to Intervene in Labor Leaders Case
Washington reports the president cannot act while appeals are pending in the contempt of court case involving Samuel Gompers and associates of the American Federation of Labor. A White House statement notes the matter remains before the courts and no pardon or opinion can be expressed until a final decision. The president instructed the Justice Department to stay informed, ready to act if warranted, but currently no action is possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Gompers
Department of Justice
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Postage Stamp Machines Move to Popularize Service
The Postoffice Department plans to roll out postage stamps in 500 to 1000 stamp quantities for vending and affixing machines to boost convenience. Postmasters may requisition samples to test the new option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
Washington
Murder Mystery in Cooper Boarding House Case
Paris Texas report notes investigators probe whether three Italians at a Cooper Oklahoma railroad boarding house were murdered and hidden bodies found with one shot and sixty knife wounds. theories include double homicide with money theft or a single killer fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
Cooper
Oklahoma
Trouble at Osyka exposes ex-marshal shot and wounded
In Osyka Mississippi ex-town marshal L M Spears was seriously wounded when Archie L Varnado fired two shots hitting his arm and right lung. Varnado is at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osyka
L. M. Spears
Archie L. Varnado
Varnado
Spears
Vanado
Palmetto
Dr. T. 8
Richardson
Sturgis
Miss
Japan
Pittsburg
Herman Klare
Biloxi
Isaolsky
Duma
St. Petersburg
Albert Alpha
Sam Toquino
Franklin
Naples
Italy
Harris
C. P. Tatie
Ohio
J .Lavie
Ensley
Ala
J. W. Griffith
Osaka
Mies
A. L. Varnado
George W. Knight
Monroe
Everett Bell
Cowardly Deed Kills Man Near Waynesboro Mississippi
George Cooley was shot while crossing a branch near Whistler fourteen miles west of Waynesboro on a Saturday night. Police say Jim Arrington had homemade bullets and had threatened Cooley the day before. Arrington is jailed awaiting preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Miss
Whistler
George Cooley
Jim Arrington
Coley
Arrington
Georgia Prohibition Law Upheld by Federal Court
Atlanta Ga State prohibition won a victory in the United States Circuit Court when Judge W Newman dismissed a petition attacking the law as unconstitutional. The judge ruled the case lacked federal jurisdiction and must be heard in state courts, with appeal only via writ of error from the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Atlanta
Prohibition
United States Circuit Court
W. '. Newman
Newman
State Supreme Court
Beach Hargis mistrial ends in deadlock verdict
In Irvine Kentucky the Beach Hargis murder case ended in a mistrial as jurors stood nine for acquittal and three for conviction. The defendant reportedly fought with his father Judge James Hargis in his store, resulting in Beach firing several shots with the judge's pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine
Beach Hargis
James Hargis
Beach
Alleged Ku Klux Band Brought to Nashville Jail
Twenty Tennessee men face charges of whitecaping and Ku Kluxing after an Humphreys County indictment. Six men were transported to Nashville and jailed, with fourteen more arrested in Humphreys County on similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Humphreys County
Pioneer Kansas editor Charles Spanding dies at home
Charles West Spanding, veteran Kansas newspaper man, died at his Welcomes City home at an advanced age. He was famed as possibly the first to receive a president's message by telegraph while working as a Chicago operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles
West Spanding
Kansas
Wiensas City
Kas
Spanding
Chicago
Fight on a Train Ends in Death and Wounding
A deadly shootout on a St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern excursion train between Fort Smith Arkansas and Cherokee Junction Oklahoma left one Black man dead and two wounded. Four others fled through windows and are unaccounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
St. Louis
Youth Loses Eye in Fireworks Accident
Biloxi Mississippi reports Herman Klare aged 12 son of real estate and insurance agent G H Klare was blinded in one eye when a roman candle exploded in his hand. The incident occurred during a fireworks display in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Herman Klare
G. H. Klare
WHILE HUNTING DEATHS AND WIDE-WAKE ACCIDENTS
W W Cochran of Leakesville Mississippi was accidentally shot and killed by Joe Peacock during a hunting trip nine miles from town. Harry E Campbell, a Columbus Ohio policeman, was killed by 18 year old Marty Hilliard. A Lake Shore Road wreck near Angola Indiana injured sixteen, five seriously. A New York tenement fire killed one and seriously burned four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Poole Graham
South Mississippi Infirmary
Hattiesburg
W. W. Cochran
Leakesville
Miss
Joe Peacock
Harry E. Campbell
Columbus
Ohio
Marty Hilliard
Lake Shore Road
Angola
Ind
New York
Franklin
Board of Trade
Little Rock
F. L. Peterson
Kansas City
John Stephen Michaud
Burlington
W. H. Taft
New Orleans
Panama
Lima
Willemstad
Louisiana Board of Education
Union City
Tenn
Pittsburg
Harvey Hazel
Toledo
Brooklyn
Haveloc
Neb
Teh Traction Company
Natchez
Robert F. Reed
Columbia
Cooper
Nashville
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Bayou Sara
Herald Square Theatre
Frederick A. Burnham
The
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Breatx Bridge
Bayou Teche
Moreauville la
Father Gilbert
Pekin
Prince Chin
China
James Corrigan
John D. Rockefelter
Cleveland
Laporte
Robt
F. Reed
Natchez Miss
Kelly
Mabel
John. W. Chambers
G. H. Thompson
Seale
Ala
J. J. Ridep
Baton Rouge Junction
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
Wright
Federation of Labor
Jack Johnson
Sidney
Tommy Burns
Jean Mattis
France
Armand Fallieres
Henry Perryman
S.J. Fergerson
Ean
Nicholson
Representative R. C. Davey Dead in Louisiana
Representative R. C. Davey of Louisiana's second district died in New Orleans at age 55 from a complication of diseases. He was elected to the fifty-third Congress and served in each subsequent term except the fifty-fourth when he declined renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
New Orleans
R. C. Davey
Blizzard Rages as World News Disperse
A severe winter blizzard grips New York with brutal conditions. A barge with five crew members goes adrift off Norfolk and fires burn through multiple towns. Diplomatic ties resume with Venezuela while various political and legal cases unfold across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pius X
Norfolk
United States
Venezuela
J. E. McColgin
Mason
Monroe
Vast Wire Flash Digest of Global Unrest and Crime
A composite wire flash notes cholera rising in St Petersburg insurrection in Herzegovina multiple robberies assaults and murders across the United States and Europe including bank thefts in Liberia and Palmetto tragic fatalities from gas and fireworks. Political tension surfaces with Japanese parliament opening and graft probes in Pittsburgh. President Roosevelt eyeing Africa hunt plans and pardons in labor cases accompany widely scattered local incidents from Biloxi to Osage.
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Farmers’ Union Program
Egro
State Educational de
Reed
Mr. Reed
Department of Education
Powers
Hunter
Lee Byram
Bear River
Belmont
Ames
Bankers’ Construction Company
Cincinnati
Citizens’ National Bank
Adams and
Jefferson
Mayersville Spectator
Isanquena
Jacanette County
State Depository Board
Bank of Summit
Noel
Stirling
Edwards
State Board of Health
Teddy
Presiden
Rhoosevelt
Georgia
Strial
F. W. Cutting
Worchester
Mass
Wham
Matthews Lumber Company
C. R. Parker
Bucks Stove and Range Company
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Count Boni de Castellane
Rooth
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Platt
House
Secret Service
Herzegovina
Onvyil
First National Bank of
Monrovia
Cal
Hermosillo
Mexico
England
Union City, Tenn
Pennsylvania
Florence Jones
J. Wm. Jones
Lee
Richmond
Cox
Portland
Hot Springs
Alt -Frica
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