Race War Feared After Lynching in Henryetta
Henryetta Oklahoma reports fear of deadly race conflict after the lynching of James Garden. Every available fighting man sworn in as deputy amid 1,200 rounds of ammunition. Armed groups move from Wildcat Weleetka Okmulgee toward Henryetta with patrols organized and arms purchased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henryetta
Okla
James Garden
Wildcat
Clearview
Frisco
Weleetka
Okmulgee
Lynching in Marquez Texas Ends Nearby Suspect
Norman Calloway, a Black man, was lynched by a mob after entering a young white woman's room in Marquez. The incident occurred Christmas Eve when residents were away. Calloway was captured and hanged from an oak tree near the town after being held in the calaboose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon County
Marquez
Tex
Norman Calloway
W. J. Dean
Mr. Dean
W. F. Noey
Noey
Calaboose
Texas State Teachers Association Meeting in Houston
The Texas State Teachers Association held its annual meeting in Houston on December 27 with President S M N Marrs presiding. Delegates attended as Bishop Ward gave the invocation and Mayor Rice welcomed them. Kate Daffan of Dallas spoke as first vice president and State Superintendent Cousins addressed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
S.M.N. Marrs
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Ward
Rice
Kate Daffan
Dallas
Cousins
Civic Federation of Women’s Clubs
Carnegie Lbrary
C. BE. Evans
Abilene
Bessie Hughes
Houston Public Schools
Tense Clash As Militia Faces Black Lawless
Governor Haskell coordinated with Okmulgee County officials over unrest near Henryetta. Armed blacks reportedly moved from Boley to Wildcat, a largely black settlement where whites are barred. a Chandler militia unit is ready to move at first sign of renewed violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Haskell
Okmulgee County
Henryetta
Boley
Wildcat
Chandler
New England Cotton Mills Vote 25 Percent Curtailment
At the Airwright club in Boston on Thursday the cotton mill interests of New England voted to curtail production by 25 percent from now until March 1 to ease conditions in northern markets. About 185000 workers would be affected, with over 80 percent of spindles in the agreement. Mills in several towns already shut down, and most plants will run four days a week in January and February.
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Boston
Airwright Club
New England
Chicago
New York
Thorndyke
Bondsyville
Palmer
Ware
Warren
Mass
Greenville
New Ipswich
N. H
Bliss, Babyan & Co
Monadnock Mills
Claremont
Prohibition Campaign Set After Dallas Conference
The Texas Local Option association executive committee and field workers held a Dallas conference. A committee secretary said a larger Dallas meeting is planned for January 16 1908 to organize a state wide prohibition campaign on non partisan lines with broad representation from across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas Local Option Association
H. A. Ivy
Friends of Prohibition
Brooks Denies Rumor of Resigning for Attorney General
Dallas reports circulated from Austin that M. M. Brooks associate justice of the Court of Criminal Appeals was urged by Bailey friends to resign next year to run for attorney general. Brooks denies the rumor, stating no one has suggested it and he remains for Ben Looney as attorney general. In Mount Vernon a depot express agent notes Christmas Eve whisky deliveries dropped sharply under the new C C D law, from about 1800 dollars to twenty five packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Austin
M. M. Brooks
Court of Criminal Appeals
Bailey
Mount Vernon
Tex
R. W. Porter
Londiana Railway Officials Deny Imminent Strike Absorption Talks
In Shreveport on December 27 officials of the Londiana Railway and Navigation Company denied any looming strike by their employees unions and rejected reports of plans to be absorbed by the Frisco system. The denial contradicted a story published in New Orleans. Also in Philadelphia a Methodist Episcopal church elder, Rev. Dr. W. H. Shaffer, faces ecclesiastical trial for conduct unbecoming a minister with access limited to interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Shreveport
Londiana Railway and Navigation Company
Frisco
New Q
Pana
Philadelphia
W. H. Shaffer
West District
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ecclesiastical Court
Newman Baum Bankruptcy Faces 261 Creditors
Newman Baum, of Little Rock, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition showing liabilities of 100000 with assets of 90000. The case involves 261 creditors, most of them in New York, with representation from every state east of the Mississippi. Baum ran a dry goods business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Newman Baum
New York
Mississippi River
Baum
Lucky Change of Pants in Burglar Plunder
Montgomery report says Charles W. Cochran slept through a burglary as a thief searched his room and pants for 10000 dollars. The thief failed to find the money after Cochran changed clothes and hung the pants with the cash in the closet. In Chicago, Dr. J F Pierson died of lockjaw after a fractured nose from a stair fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Charles W. Cochran
Chicago
J. F. Pierson
Pierson
Pettibone Trial Judge Denies Motion for Acquittal
Boise Idaho December 27 Judge Wood refused the defense bid for a court advised acquittal in the Pettibone trial. The ruling narrows the path to a verdict as proceedings continue with the jury hear the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise, Ida
Wood
Pettibone
Negroes Disarmed Without Trouble Near Henryetta
Henryetta Oklahoma December 27 Negroes arriving from the country were disarmed without trouble in a quiet incident reflecting tense local conditions and police vigilance in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henryetta
Okla
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E. C. Harder
GS. W. Buckhaults
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Kaoummad
Willis
Mes
W. F. Miller
B. Hudson Bryan
W. W. Wilson Franklin
Hudson & Wilson Attorneys-at-Law
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Brazos
Robelrean Counties
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Edge
Roger Boyle
Main Street
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Sandy Point Road
V. B. Hudson
Shnop
Rastoractiva
Frank Thomas
Stone City
Texas
W. H. Lawrence
Haswell
Stor
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Zenetti Block
Hamilton's
N. Jametta
O James and Nunn
W.C. Fountain
Smith Drug Company
W. A. Watkins
Gordon-Sewell Grocery Co
R. H. Harrison
Emme & Maloney's Drug Store
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J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Brazos County
Shoo
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Joe
Friends of the Movement
Brooks For
Looney
China
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Gory
Riehe
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Roemde
E. Rohde
Higgs Market
Guy M. Board
W. B
Hudson
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