Conference closes sixteenth session of M E Church South
Asheville N C The sixteenth biennial session of the M E Church South concluded with Bishop A W Wilson presiding. Debates over endowment funding for worn preachers failed by vote. A committee on evangelism to aid home missions was approved. The creed debate on holy Catholic church versus church of God remained unresolved at adjournment. Secretary salary set at 3000 dollars and other actions included duties for church extension and uniform divorce law committee.
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Asheville
N. C
General Conference
M. EH. Church South
A. W. Wilson
Lane
Commission of Missions
General Board of Missions
Holy Catholic Church
Church of God
Board of Education
Committee On Statement of Faith
Pacific Methodist Advocate
Committee On
Louisville
Asheville Church Name Change Debate Moves to Conference
The measure to rename the church to the Methodist church was vetoed by the college of bishops. The conference then voted to rename to the Methodist Episcopal church in America and asked bishops to let annual conferences vote. A three-fourths vote of conference members would be needed at the next general conference to effect a legal change. Predictions split between those opposing and supporting the change.
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Cuba
Henry Watterson
Canadian Publishers’ Association
Toronto
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Gulf Coast Lumber Exporters’ Association
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Tennessee
Nashville
Patterson
Supreme Court
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Vanderbilt University
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
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Paul J. Rainey
Harry Payne Whitney
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New Orleans
Mobile and Chicago Railroad
W. B. Murrah
Lamouth
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J H. McCoy
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Methodist Episcopal Church
South
New York
Steele, Miller & Co
Lewis Parker
Behrman
Washington
Louisiana
Butler Ames
Massachusetts
House
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Lofland and Lentz in separate city jail cases
CHAS LOFLAND ARRESTED A Memphis native and claimed brother of Jeff Davis secretary William Lofland is jailed in San Francisco for stealing a watch chain and shoes while stating he lives his characters. Violent man Tilghman Lentz commits suicide with strychnine after friends refuse a peace bond.
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Memphis
Jeff Davis
San Francisco
Charles Lofland
William Lofland
Tenn
John Davidson
Texas
Lofland
Bloomington
Ind
Tilghman Lentz
Baloon Centennial Sets 22 Hour Flight Record Route
The Bal loon Centennial flew twenty two hours covering about 450 miles from St. Louis to Kenosha Wisconsin across Lake Michigan and landed at Shiloh Michigan ten miles north of town. The flight aimed to win the Lahm cup for the long distance record.
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Iowa
Mich
St. Louis
Kenosha
Wis
Lake Michigan
Centennial
Shiloh
Here
Cotton Doing Well Biggest Southwest Texas Crop Seen
Railroad men returning from inspection trips report Southwest Texas will handle the largest cotton crop on record this fall. Acreage is up about 50 percent and the season has been the best in ten years. Cotton is in good shape and the recent cold spell did not affect the region.
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Southwest Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Southwest
South
Texas
Crump Confesses Illegally Taken Bank Funds
Robert A. Crump, cashier of the Federal Banking Company, which closed suddenly two weeks ago, confessed to illegally appropriating funds of the bank. He was arrested on the day of the suspension on a charge of abuse of confidence involving about $137,000.
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Mexico City
Robert A. Crump
Federal Banking Company
Crump
Tornado devastates Maysville and McCarty area in Oklahoma
Severe tornadoes struck Maysville Oklahoma with the village wiped off the map and several people killed. Nearby McCarty was nearly destroyed with three fatalities reported. Wires are down and details are scarce.
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Paul's Valley
Okla
Maysville
Here
McCarty
Boy May Save Father From Destruction Papers
In Crookston Tennessee Albert Fearon, one year old son of prisoner Patrick J Fearon at Fort Leavenworth, found five filing papers about a land office destruction. The former clerk had been sentenced to eighteen months in prison. Fearon said in court he did not destroy the papers and could not explain where they went.
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Crookston
Tenn
Albert
Patrick J. Fearon
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Fearon
Cost of living tests rise in cotton production costs
In Washington R L Stackhouse of Dillon DC and J C Hickey of Henderson Tex testified to a Senate cost of living inquiry that prices for all inputs used in cotton production have risen. Meanwhile in Montgomery Ala Boaz reports 958 whites and 50 blacks as residents, with prosperity tied to farming.
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Washington
R. L. Stackhouse
Dillon
D. C
J. C. Hickey
Hendverson
Tex
Senate
Boaz
Montgomery
Ala
W. H. Bartleet
R. E. Borroungs
Sand Mountain
Rain Delays Canal and Rain Benefits Crops in New Orleans
A heavy rain in New Orleans ends a two month dry spell enabling replanted April freeze casualties to recover. In Washington, the Ballinger Pinchot inquiry cost the government over 32,500 with more expenses and printing to follow. Two trainmen died in a Peoria sleeper collision near Lovelace. Canal diggers on the Isthmus face delays due to unprecedented rainfall that loosened soil and hindered operations.
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New Orleans
Washington
Nelson
Canal
Congressional Negotiations on Budget and Rail Rates
A House caucus on a postal bank bill sought to bind Republicans to the Gardner substitute. The rivers and harbors conference report was delayed. Campaign speeches filled House activity while the sundry civil appropriations bill was under discussion. In the Senate the Cummins amendment to the railroad bill requiring ICC approval for all rate increases was debated all day. Efforts to unite regular Republicans and Democrats for an early floor vote faltered as several Democrats refused to join.
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House
Gardner
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
King Edward VII Enthroned in Westminster Funeral Procession
King Edward VII's body was borne through London to Paddington and Windsor for interment in Albert Memorial Chapel after services at St George's Chapel. The grand cortege featured royalty, foreign dignitaries, and American Roosevelt, with gun salutes, bells, and Chopin Funeral March.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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God Save the King
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Royal Tomb
Slow Fire Fatality in Kentucky Farmer
John L. Criswell, 85, a Kelat, Kentucky, farmer, was suddenly attacked by paralysis as he sat smoking. The burning tobacco set his clothing aflame and, unable to call for help, he slowly burned to death.
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Cynthiana
John L. Criswell
Kelat
Jersey Herd Brings Record Cash at Athens Sale
In Athens Tennessee a Jersey cattle sale drew seventy seven head averaging 265 dollars each. The sale grossed over twenty thousand dollars with a bull at seven hundred dollars and another over six hundred. The herd was raised on East Tennessee farms and hailed as a record price for a blooded herd in American cattle raising.
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Jersey
Knoxville
Tenn
Athens
East Tennessee
Strike off at Bethlehem steel spares workers signaled
Wire items report a mix of events including Bethlehem steel strike ending, Venus blockading Bluefields, fighting at Rama, and various political and scientific notes. Notable events cover a tornado in Oklahoma, a deadly Canton boiler blast, naval and diplomatic moves, and imperial visits.
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Bethlehem Steel
Venus
Bluefields
Rama
Senate
Ballinger-Pinchot
United States
Peru
Ecuador
Canton
Ohio
Oklahoma
St. Paul
Ireland
Bush-Everett
Caddofield
St. Louis
Europe
Theodore Roosevelt
George
Washington
Louisiana
The Church’s Duty Beyond Pity and Society
President Woodrow Wilson argues the church must challenge men to gain self reliance rather than offer pity or mere relief. He sees the church at the center of education science philosophy politics and life, guiding men to understand their relation to larger world processes and the plan of life.
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Woodrow Wilson
Judge’s drunkard rule in papers sparks debate
The Pittsburg Dispatch argues the judicial determination on how many times a “gentleman” can get drunk per year should not force a man to drink three times annually to stay refined. It notes the question of whether five drunken episodes this year require only one spree next year remains unresolved, perhaps to avoid protracted behavior.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
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