Controversy and Oddities in Early Rail Travel
A rowdy scene aboard the passenger car of the A and VY alongside a crude joke about a Black woman and her infant triggers tension as riders react to etiquette on a crowded train. A second item notes a petition in Coyington County urging the Board of Supervisors to move the courthouse and county seat from Williamsburg to a railroad joint town, highlighting local development debates and a failed attempt at relocation.
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A.and
Ktorton
Count of Fife
Chile
Coyington
Williamaburg
Nll
Talend
Williamaborg
Stures
Lincoln County Cotton Association Formed and Plans Adopted
Lincoln County farmers organized the Lincoln County Cotton Association at the courthouse on February 18 1905 with A M Summers elected president and G T Douglass secretary. Delegates chosen to canvass precincts for 1904 acreage and 1905 projections as meetings set for February 25 and March 4 with a countywide session at Brookhaven to discuss the policy to reduce cotton acreage by 25 percent and lift prices.
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Lincoln County Cotton Association
Court House
B. T. Hobbs
A.M. Summers
G. T. Douglass
A. M. Summers
W. R. Norton
S. P. Oliver
Z P. Jones
Jackson
S. P. Oiiver
J. R. McGehee
Fair River
Obed Rollins
N. B. Johnson
Smith
T. J. Legett
Gum Grove
C. W. Lofton
J. Q. Grice
Arlington
Joe Woodall
T. H. Montgomery
Vaughans
W. P. Pepper
Strait
M.A. Case
Caseyville
Bart Smith
B. K. Davis
Red Star
W.S. Fore
T. E. Smith
South
New Orleans
Southern Cotton Association
Lincoln County
Brookhaven
Pres. Harvie Jordan
Officers Wanted for Southern Cotton Association Precincts
The Leader requests all Lincoln county precinct organizations to provide names for President Vice president Secretary and Treasurer. Meetings are set for all precincts next Saturday. please have secretaries respond so officer listings can appear in Wednesday's edition.
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Southern Cotton Association
Lincoln County
Farmers Urged to Stand Pat in Cotton Fight
Atlanta Feb 20 President Jordan urges Southern Cotton Powers Association planters and merchants to hold cotton and assist market advance. delegates should push 25 percent acreage reduction and fertilizer use for 1905. holders urged not to sell until 10 cents per pound at ports, exporters now short and market could rise if farmers stay firm.
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Atlanta
Jordan
Southern Cotton Powers’ Association
Southern Cotton Association
New Orleans
Bu Ling
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Geo, Bowsky
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Millaxpa College
Chosse
M. Graham
Gulfport Chautauqua Oraterival Ae Sale
Abraham Lincoln
P. T. Burnum
Rachs Downing
Raymond
Elsaareity
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Comalon
Pat
McGrath
Pid
One Price
Feor
Gents
John McGrath & Sons
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Iin
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Circuit Couey
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