Judge links Mississippi prosperity to killings in grand jury charge
A Mississippi judge told the grand jury that rising prosperity from January to April correlates with about 200 killings. He blamed monetary abundance among some African Americans for gambling, whiskey, and crime, asserting that workers feel they can kill with impunity while bosses need labor.
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Jackson
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Outrage in Georgia Triggers Lincoln County Whitecap Meeting
A mass meeting in Lincoln County condemns whitecap activity after a fiery Statesboro crime stirs Southern outrage. The executive committee reveals secret plots including arson and possible murders, with a pledge to support law and order while denouncing whitecaps in all forms.
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Lincoln County Law and Order League
R. R. Applewhite
Bowen and Hobbs
Lincoln County Times
Leader
Thos. Brady, Jr
J. W. McGrath
David Cohn
W. i. Eer
D. J. Batchelder
B. T. Hobbs
Brady
Lincoln County
Circuit Court
Thos
Order
P. Z. Jones
W. H. Seavey
B.T. Hobbs
L. HH. Bowen
R. G. Apple-white
Edgar Green
O. Newton, Jr
F. F. Parsons
F. B. Smith
P. I. Byrne
W. F. Parsons
Board of Supervisors Adopts Tax Levy and Relets Contract
The Board of Supervisors adjourned after a five day session. They cancelled and will re let the contract with F. th Syoith & Son. Tax levy set: General county 5 mills, schools 2 mills, Roads 4 mills, jail bonds 1 mill, sinking fund 1 mill, total 14 mills. Attendance record broken at the Wanld's Fair. A government expert from Shreveport, La investigated boll weevil presence. Seven prisoners sawed out of the county jail. plans discussed in Memphis and Brookhaven areas.
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Board of Supervisors
F. Th Syoith & Son
General County
Black laborers in deadly assault and arson near Fair River
A Black man named Albert Minor was fatally harmed and burned after a dispute at a railroad grade crew camp six miles west of the area near Fair River. Ernest Newman, Doc Williams, Jake Lee, and Minor quarrelled over pay and a liquor dispute led to Minor's fatal head injury, with another account blaming Newman. The group then set fires and fled. Police detained the four men who were brought to Monitecello.
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Albert Minor
Lovelace & Maxie
Fair River
Wesson
Ernest Newman
Doc Williams
Jake Lee
Julius Tyler
Williams
Lee
Newman
Ali Ee
Ela
Monitecello
Fate charged with white capot by taking to court
The article notes rumors of attempts at the next Circuit Court term and warns citizens to be prepared for trouble. It states the Franklins’ trial starts at 10 o clock today at the Court House and discusses state bond funding struggles and possible actions if Harris Co fails to pay into the Treasury, including potential claims on a $50,000 certified check.
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Franklins
Court House
Harris& Co
Chicago
Jackson
Whitfield
Harris & Co
Treasury
McGrath
Atlanta Poker Scandal Prominent Men Fined and Imprisoned
The Jackson Evening News notes Atlanta shows little gambling until police nab six prominent society men at a private poker game. They were arrested, bonded, and fined $500 each with 30 days at the chain gang, sentence suspended if poker play ceased.
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Atlanta
Sealy
Jackson Evening News
Death In The Pot Allegations Stir Cabbage Fear
A fragmentary report describes fears that cabbages carry a poison or taint causing distress. People avoid eating cabbage, with one man reportedly shipping cabbages to a distant town fearing sale is blocked by widespread alarm.
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