Georgia anti lynching efforts highlighted by mob violence suit
Atlanta reports identify white mob members who attacked Asbury McCluskey home and wounded him. The Georgia Commission on Interracial Cooperation sues mobbists for 50 000 and pushes for an anti lynching law aligned with the Dyer measure, praising prosecutions in Williams murder farm case and other actions aiding Black residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Asbury McCluskey
Georgia Commission On Inter-racial Co-operation
T. J. Wolster
Dorsey
Williams
Tom Parks
Asbury McClusky
Washington Prejudice and Allied Finance in Black Enterprise
In Washington D C on November 30 prejudice remains swift while Congress is in session. Reports detail segregation in the Treasury and a Boston woman living with Colored people prompting transfer offers. The Allied Industrial Finance Corporation declares an 8 percent quarterly dividend and promotes Black business leadership across Delaware Maryland New York Pennsylvania New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Congress
McKinley
Cleveland
Due Sue
Treasury Department
Department
The
Treasury
Boston
Tinkem
Massachusetts
Mellon
Washington, D. C
Allied Industrial Finance Corporation
Emmett J. Scott
John R. Hawkins
A. Curtis
Whitefield McKinley
Norman L.mccghee
M. O. Dumas
F. Morris Murray
A. B. Jackson
S. W. Green
New Orleans
George E. Cannon
Jersey City
N. J
R. M. Fowler
Atlantic City
J. B. Stubbs
S. G. Elbert
Wilmington
Laware
BH. ©. Brown
Philadelphia
Penn
J. L. Jones
Cincinnati
Ohio
T. H. Kiah
Princess Anne
Maryland
James A. Cobb
Washington, D.C
Delaware
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Scott
Allied Industral Finance Corporation
America
Salisbury
Chester
Dover
Pittsburg
Newark
Male infant growth found inside man in Springfield autopsy
Medical examiners in Springfield report a five to six pound fully formed male infant body inside an older man killed by a car. The “growth” resembled a retained Siamese twin, with one arm shriveled and the rest largely intact, and was placed in a jar for expert review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Jones
Chillander
Massachusetts
Sweet
Cotton King J W Thomas dies in Bennettsville South Carolina
J W Thomas known as the Negro Cotton King of South Carolina and Marlboro county died at age 67 in Bennettsville after illness including brights disease and diabetes He had recently sought treatment at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and Battle Creek Sanitarium Michigan Thomas owned one of the state's largest plantations and was a prominent Black businessman with a white partner, supervising cultivation of his land until his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennettsville
D. C
South Carolina
J. W. Thomas
Marlboro County
John Hopkin Hospital
Baltimore
Battle Creek
Michigan
Thomas
Negro ship attendant saves Beebe expedition treasure
Sam Christopher a Negro attendant aboard the burned yacht Viking near Port of Spain Trinidad is hailed for single handedly battle and salvaging tropical specimens and scientific data collected by Prof William Beebe and a New York Zoological Society party. The crew escaped as flames engulfed the vessel and reached New York aboard the Maraval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Oy Christopher
Viking
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Brony Zoological Park
William Beebe
New York Zoological Society
South America
Spain
Barber Asphalt Company
Beebe
Gilbert Broking
Broking
Christopher
Sam
Port of Stain Fire Company
Sam Christopher
Professor Beebe
Scientist
Land partner’s death ends brief mercantile era in state
In a single year the profits shared equally between two men reached $100,000. The deceased owned a sizable mercantile business and was believed worth at least $300,000. State leaders from white and colored communities attended the funeral and paid tribute to his memory.
Girl confesses self tied to tracks near Preston
Misa Nora Moore an 18 year old held on a claim she was sold to a white man tied herself to Pennsylvania railroad tracks near Chartiela Pa just before a fast train. A sanity commission found her sane and authorities released her with orders to leave the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston News Service
Chartiela
Misa Nora Moore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Miss Moore
Man Slashes Throat and Dies in Jail After Fatal Shooting
In Alexandria Louisiana on November 30 Nelson N Cloud a former saloon keeper shot Sheppard Anderson a Black man age 50 at his Mason Street home after a dispute over wood sales. Cloud then slashed his own throat in jail and died at Baptist Hospital the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Sheppard Anderson
Mason Street
Fenner Street
Nelson N. Cloud
Cloud
Anderson
Madison
Douglas National Bank Sued Over Charter Fraud Claims
A federal suit filed by stockholder P W Chavers through Maj A B Patterson seeks receivership of Douglas National Bank in Chicago alleging insolvency and asset dissipation linked to a bond issue by Overton Building Co. The petition says charter was fraudulently obtained and stock was sold to white syndicate below agreed price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas National, 2Nd Negro National Bank
U. S
Chicago
P. W. Chavers
Maj. A. B. Patterson
Hoyne,Barnhart, McKay & Niemeyer
Douglas National Bank
Overton Building Company
Anthony Overton
Place
State Streets
Keystone National Detective Agency
J. W. Robertson
R. R. Jacklon
A. T. Watkins
Edward Miller
Carpenter
Bank of Data
Chavers
Commission Sees Mixed Africa Lesson From White Influence
In New York, the Africa Education Commission reports that Africa’s climate diversity allows healthy European and American presence in mission stations and coastal regions. It notes some white exploitation harms, but concludes gains from white involvement outweigh losses with examples from Congo stations and a 25 000 mile ten month journey without African illness. Meanwhile in Athens Georgia two hundred Black and fifty white farmers attended a tennis meeting amid tension after notices warned Black residents to leave by year end. authorities recorded night riding and a lynching aftermath with indictments but no convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Africa
African Education Commission
Phelps-Stokes Fund
British South Africa
United States
Great Congo Basin
Education Commission
Congo River
Equator
Lower Congo
Tropics
Athens
Oconee County
Oldest Georgian Burned To Death In Home Fire
Thomasville Georgia November 30 George Tadley said to be oldest man in the area per census data of 1920 and over 100 years old was killed when his home burned last Wednesday night. A short piece argues white influence improved welfare and population among native peoples, noting reductions in sickness and witch craft, the end of inter tribal slavery, and broader civilizational benefits despite some suffering from changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Chicago
Paul Henderson
M. B. Madden
P. M. G. Burleson
Henderson
Thomasville
George Tadley
Georgia
Africa
Colonia
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BIG
Harding
Walter L. Cohen
Senate
Cohen
Eee
John F. Parker
Republican National Committee
Walter J. Coher
Lonigiana
South
Warne Kearny
Cotton King
Scientific
Girl
Man
Negro
Chappel
N. K Vance
Vance
Clout
Baptist Hospital
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