Lynch mob burns man at stake near Yazoo City
The mob burned Willie Minnifield, a negro, at a swamp stake after accusing him of attacking white woman Mrs. Russell of Myrtleville with an axe. A posse had captured Minnifield and a second negro who escaped. The second man allegedly confessed before fleeing. The report notes unrelated advertising for Tyler Commercial College in Tyler, Texas.
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Yazoo City
Miss
Willie Minnifield
Here
William Russell
Myrtleville
Minnifield
Prepare to Make Money Handling Cotton This Year
This notice promotes a cotton classing course at Tyler Commercial College and claims the 1922 crop will reach at least twelve million bales. It highlights a large, lighted sample room atop a three story building and urges farmers, cotton classers, and buyers to enroll to gain grading skills and profit from better marketing. It includes testimonial from graduates in Tyler Texas dated May 23 1922.
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Tyler Commercial College
Farmers Labor Union of America
Paul Sisco
Collin County
Texas
G. A. Lloyd
Cherokee County
Tex
J. Bi. Smith
Wood County
J. C. Houston
J. G. Howlett
J. A. Long
C. Warrin
W. E. Ray
Rusk County
Tyler
Thorndale Incorporation Vote Passes 120 to 110
Thorndale residents vote to incorporate with 120 in favor and 110 against. After initial indifference the campaign gained momentum as civic-minded residents and local women organized drives to encourage turnout in the Thorndale Champion report.
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Thorndale
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