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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
5
In Swainsboro Georgia on May 16 a mob dragged John McLeod a Black man from Emanuel county jail and hanged him from a tree shortly after Deputy Sheriff Wood died In the hours that followed the mob riddled the body with bullets The coroner s jury later ruled the death caused by unknown parties and the mob dispersed
Armed with an antiquated shotgun and a red calico flag, Charlie Williams attempted to rob the Tanto ville and Nashville pay train as it neared Sulphur station. The crew halted the train and pursued him. Williams dropped the shotgun and fled. If captured, a lunacy commission will be appointed to examine his case.
At the Columbia district conference held at Aspen Hill the Methodists urged strict enforcement of temperance laws and opposed liquor interests. The committee urged electing officials hostile to liquor and praised the Anti Saloon League and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union while noting Wesley's stand against drink. Delegates elected to next October's annual meeting in Columbia include John P. Graham of Cullooka and others.
A catalog of footwear and intimate apparel offers black and white under skirts from 49c, ladies drawers from 24c, corset covers from 19c, ladies oxfords in various leathers from 1.24, velvets from 1.49, mens oxfords from 1.74, children’s oxfords from 49c, and mens work shoes from 1.24.
May 16 Grand Rapids residents report a riot at the Widdicomb Furniture Company plant as about 2000 striking workers and sympathizers clash with police. At least a score of officers are injured and several rioters, including many women, are hurt. Fire engines doused the mob with water to quell the disturbance. Some wounded may die.
Lon Callie, a farmer from near Germantown, shot and killed Newell Stephens, Shelby County tax collector, at about 11 o clock last night in front of Stephens home. Callie used a double barreled shotgun in the fatal attack.
A Black man robbed the substation at Lowe's Drug Store on Central Street after striking money order clerk F W Clear with an iron bolt, fracturing his skull. About $40 was taken, the robber knocked down a pursuing officer, and a large pursuit followed. He was captured and jailed, later moved to county custody, with two names given by the suspect. Clear in dangerous condition. Schwartz, the assailant in a prior similar attack, had not left the city.
Washington May 16 Secretary of War Jaco M Dickinson whose resignation Taft has will leave next Monday for Nashville He will make his home on the Franklin rind near Nashville He plans private business Intecrats and it is expected that on next Monday Mr Stimson will appear in Washington to qualify as secretary of war.
Washington May 16 The U S Supreme Court set aside contempt sentences for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison leaders of the American Federation of Labor The court said the proceedings were civil contempt punishable only by a fine and the lower court imprisonment was improper The high court left open a path to reopen the contempt proceeding though the decision effectively ends the case
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