Tragedy Dominates Newport Funeral For Kidwell McSween
Newport Tenn March 14 Hundreds attend the funeral of Kidwell McSween shot in a pistol duel with John Prichett. Miss Emma McSween returns home for the services while Prichett, injured in Knoxville General Hospital, faces sensational inquiries and medical reports. The scene recalls a deadly morning duel and the stunned community weighs the events and the young couple at its center.
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Newport
Tenn
W. J. McSween
Kidwell McSween
John Prichett
Emma McSween
Magedy
Pritchett
Knoxville General Hospital
McHarge
Pridece
Pritchett Improves at Knoxville Hospital
John Pritchett, wounded in a pistol duel with Kidwell McSween at Newport, shows notable improvement at Knoxville General Hospital. Doctors believe recovery is likely barring complications. he rests quietly after three gunshot wounds, two near the lungs, one near the heart, as former Sheriff Pritchett keeps vigil at his bedside.
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Knoxville
John Pritchett
Kidwell McSween
Newport
Knoxville General Hospital
Pritchett
Washington County
Representative Austin Confers With War Department
Washington March 14 Representative Austin conferred with War Department officials on the selection of Jennifer national guard officers to witness army maneuvers in Texas. Twenty Tennessee officers have applications with the department and most are expected to be assigned. Additional applications may arrive as the list closing time isn’t set. About two thousand applications have been received from various sales. Applications from Georgia North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia are listed with counts. Names of officers applying have not been made public.
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Washington
Austin
War Department
Jennifee National Guard
Texas
Tennessee
Department
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Short Course in Agriculture at University of Tennessee
The 1911 program in Knoxville drew about sixty farmer-students two months with thirty completing the full course. Ages ranged seventeen to fifty and included lively lectures and field work in orchard feeding lots and barns. Prizes were awarded to several students for proficiency in seeds and feeding fertilizers breeding cows cream separators soils nitrogen horse judging and other agricultural skills.
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University of Tennessee
Knoxville
J. Allen Smith & Co
A. R. Fryer
Goodlettsville
Hackney, Broyles & Lackey Co
Berkshire
J. D. B. DeBow
Nashville
J. T. Woodson
Gallatin
DeLaval Separator Co
New York
A. W.drake
Goodletsville
International Harvester Co
M. L. Brown
Wa. J. Oliver Mfg. Co
A. C. Woodward
Springfield
Cox Waged For Member by Daily Comet Meeting
The Commercial Club held a lengthy meeting with a large attendance. President Marshall agreed to serve as president indefinitely. A motion endorsed Gen. J. B. Cox for the committee of eleven to select the Memphis to Bristol highway route, with efforts to secure Cox’s appointment. Plans for mass meetings and a $500000 county road bond were discussed.
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Commercial Club
Marshall
Memphis
Bristol
B. Hensley
George E. Burbage
S. C. Williams
S. E. Miller
E. F. Young
de. Broyles
P.M. Ward
Geo. E. Burbage
J. B. Cox
Roeves, Stout
Burbage
Senator Butler
Gen. Cox
Jon Nest
Memphis Jlo
Washington County
Postmaster Feud Over Elizabethton Office
Two postmen clash as Elizabethton protesters refuse to yield. Crawford Alexander defies a recess appointment while Hathaway seeks control with a commission. Washington denies charges, leaving future action by the senate uncertain. York, Washington, and Byrd figures frame the dispute amid a broader question of recess appointments and official tenure.
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Elizabethton
Ebway
Crawford Alexander
Alexander
Hathaway
Senate
Washington
Jonesboro
Britton
James 5. Byrd
Byrd
Reverend Howard W Key killed in Georgia crash
Columbus March 14 Reverend Howard W Key son of Bishop J S Key of the Methodist Episcopal Church South was instantly killed late yesterday night when his buggy collided. His wife accompanying him was thrown and seriously injured with two broken ribs but expected to recover. Key's skull was crushed by a post as he fell. Mrs Key is not informed of her husband’s death due to her condition.
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Columbus
Howard W. Key
J. S. Key
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Board of
Johnson City
Geo. I. Burlage
Club
President Markham Meets AIS Brother in Memphis Reunion
President Charles H. Markham of the Illinois Central met his brother John Markham, a Hopkinsville brick mason, in Memphis on Saturday night. The brothers, long separated since childhood, spent about an hour at a local hotel between trains and then departed for Fulton, Kentucky. A long distance call from Chicago confirmed the meeting, which was not widely known until the following night.
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Memphis
Charles H. Markham
Illinois Central Railroad
John Markham
Hopkinsville
Fulton
Illinois Central
Kentucky
Markham
Chicago
Casey Jones Immortalized Locomotives Tale
Casey Jones born in Cayce Kentucky became a famed locomotive engineer on major lines. He died in a 1900 collision near Vaughan Mississippi. The song Casey Jones was written by Wallace Sanders, immortalizing the driver while a Black railroad worker quietly shaped the tune.
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Casey Jones
Kentucky
Tennessee
Casey
Jones
Cayee
John Luther Jones
Mobile & Ohio Millroad
Lnter
Llinois Central
Tlinow Central
Water Valley
Miss
Chicago & New Orleans Limited
Wallace Sanders
Fulton, Ky
Hitle
Cayce
iCy
Heve
Casey" Jones
Mark ‘Twain
Darkey
Girl in Boy's Clothes Becomes a Masher
Washington reports Esther Watson, 16, dressed as a boy to nightspots after leaving home due to a strict father. Her conduct at a hotel lobby and theatre drew police attention. She declared she wished to be a boy if it would keep her from trouble.
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Washington
Esther Watson
Philadelphia
Laowsstown
Esther
Lee Papa
Samuel Ellis Dies in Washington County
Samuel Ellis, one of the oldest citizens of Washington county, died at an early hour Sunday morning at the home of his son-in-law C. C. Cox.
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Samuel Ellis
Washington County
C. C. Cox
Folly of a New County Court in Washington County
Letter debunks a proposal for a special county judge in Washington County. The writer cites jail costs and that the majority of prisoners are funded by federal or state governments, leaving few county expenses. Argues the plan would raise overall costs and urges voters to consider before legislature adjourns.
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Washington County
Clieuit Court
United States
Tennessee
Watt
Wife Murderer Byrom to Be Hanged Today in Tennessee
Nashville March 14 Unless Governor Hooper stays the execution of T F Byrom alias Napper Byrom convicted of murdering his wife the condemned man faces hanging at sunrise tomorrow at the state prison. Despite pleas for mercy no commutation is seen. Byrom sentenced from Wilson county is held in Davidson county jail as Sheriff Boram plans to transfer him to the penitentiary with Warden Rice preparing for the execution.
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Nashville
Hooper
T. F. Byrom
Napper " Byrom
State Prison
Hoopers
Byrom
Wilson County
Davidson County
Boram
Rice
Kings Mountain unrest fears call for troops
A Lincoln county sheriff with fifty men could not quell trouble at Kings Mountain Kentucky and notified Governor Willson. Reports indicate troops may be dispatched. A St Louis detective guarding non union firemen on a Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific train arrived in Somerset with a gunshot wound from a riot near Glen Mary Tennessee. Robert Hartman the fruit tree man was in the city yesterday.
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Lexington
Mountain District
Lincoln County
Kings Mountain
Willson
Somerset
Charles Swartz
St- Louis
Cincinnati, New Orleans
Texas Pacific
Glen Mary
Tenn
Here
Robert G. Hartman
Baseball meeting at Morristown tonight names leader
A directorate meeting for the northern cities and towns formerly in the Southeastern Baseball League is set for Morristown at 7 30 to choose a new league name. W M Miller calls the meeting under National Association of Professional Ball Leagues arbitration rules. Appalachian Baseball League proposed, likely to be adopted. Current towns include Cleveland Knoxville Morristown Johnson City Bristol and Asheville.
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Southeastern Baseball League
Morristown
Aew
Board of Arbitration
National Association of Professional Ball Leagues
W. M. Miller
Appalachian Baseball League
Cleveland
Knoxville
Johnson City
Bristol
Asheville
Tragedy in Newport Ends in Death of McSween
Early Sunday tragedy in Newport leaves Kidwell McSween dead and John Pritchett mortally wounded in Knoxville. The two men fired at close range after a reported marriage between Pritchett and Miss Emma McSween, sister of the dead man. McSween died at the scene. Pritchett was rushed for medical care. The McSween family, prominent in Cocke County, mourns as services are held.
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Newport
Kidwell McSween
John Pritchett
Knoxville
Pritchett
Emma McSween
McSween
Hot Springs
Miss McSween
Pri
Willis & Larne
W. J. McSween
Cocke County
Youny
Jonesboro
Southern Railway
Washington County
Peter Gresham Dies At 84 In Baltimore Burial Set
Peter Gresham, former resident, died in Baltimore Friday at age 84. His remains were brought home Monday for burial at Buffalo Ridge. Miss Mary Nelle Dosser returned from visiting the Misses Baxter at Jonesboro.
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Peter Gresham
Baltimore
Buffalo Ridge
Jonesboro
Mary Nelle Dosser
Baxter
Doctor Sherman Weds Miss Lu cass in Jail Romance
In Chattanooga on a Saturday afternoon jailhouse nuptials took place as Dr J W Sherman now jailed for the murder of T N Norman married Miss Cleo Lu cass with the pair wed through bars in the jail cell aided by Squire Charles W Watson and attorney Morris Doughty The act is believed aimed at securing a key witness for a May trial against him.
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Chattanooga
J. W. Sherman
Lafternoon
Movements of the Navy Confirm Concentrations in Texas and California
Statements from the highest war department authority say troops are concentrating in San Antonio and Galveston and in San Diego will stay nearby. Rumors of broader redeployments are denied. Navy movements are limited to exchanging gunboats along the east and west coasts of Mexico and Central America.
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Washington
War Department
San Antonio
Galveston
San Diego
Mexico
Central America
Want Firemen to Man Co S Freight Trains
Chattanooga March 14. Superin tendent Whee lock announced the local freights will be put back into service as enough white men were secured to man the engines. Traffic officials will not place negroes on this run. Three northbound freights left Tuesday morning. all passengers run on schedule since the strike began.
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Chattanooga
W. E. Wheelock
Handed a hot one by deputy sheriff
Knoxville report from Etowah states Chief Fairbanks of Minneapolis, 23, shot by Deputy Sheriff T B Ivins amid claims of self defense. Fairbanks traveled south last month to train for the season. In New York, Mexican revolution allies face limited options with Limantour indicating no special treatment for Americans captured near the Rio Grande. Miss Lucy Dodson returns from Jonesboro visit with Mrs Bolton.
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Knoxville
Fairbanks
Minneapolis
Etowah
T. B. Ivins
Ivins
New York
Mexico
Limantour
Rio Grande
Lucy Dodson
Chas. Bolton
Jonesboro
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Milwen
Knoxville Hospital
Cox
State Highway Commission
Bristol-Memphis
AJAX
AIS
Casey” Jones
Serife William
Sherman
Miss Lucass
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