Jealousy Tragedy Strikes Fair Family in Virginia
In Manassas area, Ed Fair shot and killed his brother Al Fair and wounded Tuck Posey, then Posey killed Ed Fair with an ax. Posey likely to recover. A coroner's jury blames Posey and Mrs. Ed Fair for Mrs. Fair's husband’s death.
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J. M. Lewis
Manassas
Fair Brothers
Posey
Willis Beavers
Charles Fair
Beavers
Fairfax County
Simpson
Tuck Posey
Ed. Fair
Sunbeam Society Reorganized at Baptist Church
The Sunbeam Society was reorganized last Sunday at the Baptist Church. Miss Lillian Savage was elected President, with Miss Ruby Watson Vice-President, Masters Hami Higgins Secretary and Louis Savage Assistant Secretary, Anton Thicker Treasurer, and Miss Susie Joynes elected organist.
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Sunbeam Society
The
Baptist Church
Lillian Savage
Ruby Watson
Masters Hami Higgins
Louis Savage
Anton Thicker
Susie Joynes
Georgetown Praised as Major Business Center by Forest Service Official
Mr J O LaFontisee of the U S Department of Agriculture visited Georgetown and Columbia to study naval stores data. In an interview he lauded Georgetown as a top South Carolina business point with one of the largest saw mill plants and a progressive, civic minded citizenry.
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J. O. LaFontisee
Forest Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Columbia
LaFontisee
South Carolina
Georgetown
South
United States
Big Show Gaming at Georgetown Exhibition
King and Tucker's Big City R. A. Shows exhibit in Georgetown on Monday October 19 inside mammoth waterproof tents. Two performances rain or shine with 25 hundred seat capacity and a grand free outside exhibition at 1 30 p.m. The cast includes trained animals and 9 clowns amid high class moral and educational entertainment.
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King & Tucker
Big City R. A
Georgetown
And He Is Not Through Yet
A short social scene describes a young Black student entering school with a large pile of books. The boy explains that the books belong to his brother and jokes about his own limited schooling while illustrating basic arithmetic terms in a humorous dialect.
Corpse Turns to Stone in Wheeling Mystery Case
In Wheeling West Virginia on October 12 the body of Charles McConnell who died two years ago at a local hospital has turned to stone. Kept at the city morgue since death in hopes relatives would claim it this may be the first known case of a body that was never buried turning to stone.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Charles McConnell
Capt John C Porter returns to city after months away
The item notes Captain John C Porter’s return and welcomes him back, hoping he stays. It also advertises Shoes including Hamilton Brown lines and Dorothy Dodd shoes from Steele Moses Co, with an ad asking about moving buildings and Beaty & Beaty of Georgetown SC.
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Hamilton Brown
Dorothy Dodd
Steele- Moses Company
Beaty & Beaty
Georgetown
S. C
Tragic Train Death in Cape Charles Woman Walks Before Express
Mrs. Fred Bender, 32, dressed in red, white and blue, walked onto tracks in Cape Charles near her home with her two children watching. An express train derailed her, breaking her neck and fracturing both legs. her husband, a mill owner, witnessed the event from nearby woods. She had attempted suicide months earlier.
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Cape Charles
Fred Bender
New York
Philadelphia
Yankee Yarn Of Lumber Thieves From The West
A traveler from America tells a tall tale about London thieves while a Yankee named Case compares thieves in the United States. He recalls a Western lumber scheme where two Scotsmen looted a walnut log by cards and whiskey, waking to find the log vanished as oxen pulled it from its shell.
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Mississippi River
London
Case
States
George
Schotchmen
A Land of Plenty Tale of Three Departed Husbands
An old maid visiting a widow is shown three vases of ashes on the mantel. The widow reveals they hold her late husbands ashes. The old maid laments having had husbands to burn while the widow laments never having one.
Exclusive Congregation Tale Reflects Color Line Barriers
A short tale recounts an old man seeking admission to a whites-only church. The minister sends him to seek divine guidance, and upon return the man relays the Lord’s message that even the preacher cannot gain entry after years of effort.
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Darkey
Twin boys arrive after prayers end end line
Little Bob, who prayed for a baby brother, discovers twin boys in the morning. He quips that stopping prayers prevented more siblings. Dry Goods, Dress Goods and Novelties. The Steele-Moses Company. oct 7-8
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Bob
Steele-Moses Company
Gun Battle in Jacksonville Wounds Two Officials
Jacksonville Florida October 12 Justice of the peace Lawrence D Howell a leading young lawyer lies in St Luke s Hospital in a serious condition after a restaurant confrontation with William H Coulter clerk in the office of Justice Willard Coulter was wounded in the side as he fired his revolver Howell wrestled the weapon and shot Coulter under the heart Howell’s condition was listed as dangerous while Coulter was reported doing nicely.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
William H. Coulter
Justice Willard
Coulter
Howell
Evening program at the Electric Theatre features three comedies
The bill includes Little Jules Verne, the Quack Doctor distilling the life giving fluid, and the Cook's Fiance. Producers claim the pieces are exceptionally fine and warn that missing them will bring regrets for their mirth and frolic.
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Electric Theatre
Jules Verne
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Ed Fair
al Fair
Miss Posey
Baltimore
Fair
Prince William
Big Show
John C. Porter
John
Jacksonville
Fla
Lawrence D. Howell
Justice of the
J. W. Wingate
Georgetown, S. C
H. Kaminski
Harry Fogel
Bargain House
Front Street
City Hall
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