New England Cotton Manufacturers See South's Growth and Trade Links
Delegates tour southern mills and resources noting rapid mill expansion in Georgia Alabama and Mississippi. They point to refined goods bleaching dyeing and planned steel and other industries while stressing improved Atlantic South American trade and transport links.
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Baltimore
Washington
New England Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Atlanta
New England
South
Dwight Company
Alabama City
Ala
Massachusetts Mills
Lindale
New York Mills
Aragon
Merrimac Manufacturing Company
Huntsville
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Virginias
Tennessee
Alabama
Ensley
Florida
Mount Pleasant
Texas
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Carolinas
Petroleum
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Car Works
Virginia Capes
Rio Grande
United States
South American
New York
Negro Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder in Seven Years
Weatherford Texas October 27 Jurors in district court convict Frank Reese colored of murder in the second degree for killing his brother in law Sid Simmons. The jury fixes his punishment at seven years in the penitentiary.
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Weatherford
Tex
Frank Reese
Sid Simmons
Secretary Hay Considers Hague Arbitration for China Crisis
Washington reports Secretary Hay has cabled the Chinese minister to refer indemnity disputes to The Hague if talks stall. If no agreement is possible, Hay would push Russia’s proposal as a swift path to settlement. Officials favor arbitration but prefer negotiating first, awaiting German and British positions on the Russian plan.
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Washington
Hay
Hague Court
China
Pekin
Germany
England
State Department
Navy program to build not fewer than forty warships
Washington reports a board of construction plans a vast navy expansion not seen on this side of the Atlantic. If approved by the president, Congress will be urged to authorize at least 40 warships including new specialized types for naval use. The move aims to withstand later criticism with expert naval input.
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New York
Atlantic
Board of Construction
Washington Dispatch
The
Tribune
Congress
Board of
Long
Navy Department
Shooting at Chinese restaurant in Corsicana
A gunfight erupted in a Benton street Chinese restaurant leaving Jim Jessup and an unidentified Negro among the wounded. Sam Lee a Chinaman also shot but not seriously hurt. Hawkins a hotel waiter surrendered to the sheriff.
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Corsicana
Tex
Benton Street
Jim Jessup
Sam Lee
Hawkins
Negroes Leaving Grimes County Reported in Flight
Anderson Texas October 27 more than 2000 negroes have left this country and are still leaving at 25 to 100 per day. The majority intend to settle permanently with destinations listed as Austin northern Texas and the Indian Territory.
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Anderson
Tex
Austin
Texas
Indian Territory
Man Falls Twenty-Five Feet At Navarre Oil Mill
Corsicana Texas October 27 David Ligon fell twenty five feet while working on crossbeams near the seedhouse at Navarre Cotton Oil mill. He fractured both legs and suffered a severe head cut and injuries.
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Corsicana
Tex
Navarre
David Ligon
One-Legged Confederate Captain Kills Man After Land Dispute
Richmond October 27 Captain W B Pendleton a one legged Confederate soldier and ex member of the Virginia house of delegates shot and killed William Francisco in a personal difficulty at Cuckoo. The trouble arose over a dispute concerning adjoining lands.
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Richmond
Cuckoo
W. B. Pendleton
Virginia House of Delegates
William Francisco
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F. A. Lee
Bryan Water, Ice, Light & Power Company
War Department
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Albert T. Patrick
O. F. Jones
Haviland
Limoges
English
Phone 20
Harder & Chatham
Grimes County
Paul M. Baylor
Bryan
James Drug Store
Regence
IT. x Pugh
Christian Church
Romisa
Brogdon
R. L. Brogdon
B. E. Hawes
Bryan Marble Works
Dee Mike, JR
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