Chicago Race Riot in Black Belt Ends in Deaths
In Chicago on June 20 a race riot in the South Side Black Belt left two white men dead R L Rose and Joseph Hoyt and a black policeman Owens fatally wounded. The disturbance followed a flag burning by a Negro parade linked to a back to Africa movement the Abyssinians. Police arrested about a dozen suspects and vowed to hunt the shooters.
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Chicago
South Side
Black Belt
R. L. Rose
Joseph Hoyt
Rose
Hoyt
Owens
Thirty Fifth Street
Indiana Avenue
Thirty-sixth
Moyt
Cottage Grove
Chicago Negro Quarter
Liberia
Fifteenth Regiment
Great Lakes
Black Star Steamship Company
Garrity
Bear Cats to Face Mead Team Tomorrow in Local Showdown
Doc Vernon's Bear Cats, an aggregate of Kingsport ballplayers, head to the local grounds tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 to challenge the Mead Fibre Company team. Mead holds a perfect year percentage and will play Chuckey on Thursday and the Bristol Outlaws here Friday, drawing a likely large crowd.
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Doc Vernon
Bear Cats
Kingsport
Mead Fibre Company
Doc
Mead
Chuckey
Bristol Outlaws
Ladies Aid to Meet at Mrs McCullough’s Wednesday
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal church will meet with Mrs. McCullough on Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 o’clock.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lynching Ends Chase as Mob Kills Gathers Near Rincon
In Effingham county Georgia a mob executing Philip Gathers after he fled a burning stake killed him with gunfire as he broke from the flames. The victim Miss Anza Jaudon, 17, was found murdered near the Rincon scene. The frenzy drew officers and trackers from three counties. one bystander, H J Hendricks, was wounded.
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Anza Jaudon
Gathers
Stilson
Bulloch
Rincon
Buck Stevens
Stevens
Jaydon
Savannah
H. J. Hendricks
Oliver, Ga
Sullivan County Court to meet July Fourth holiday
Dave E. Barger Sullivan County Clerk notes the County Court will convene on the first Monday in July a legal holiday for Independence Day. He expects the court to meet as usual though it may adjourn early and extend Kingsport's invitation for the celebration. Families and friends welcome.
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Dave E. Barger
Sullivan County
Bristol
Kingsport
Survey Plans New Thirteenth District Road Link
Magistrate J F Carroll said County Engineer Dulaney surveys a new three to four mile road in Rock Spring Valley connecting Fordtown Kingsport pike. The path will ease access for residents to town and start work in about a month.
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J. F. Carroll
Fordtown
Kingsport
eMigs Dulaney
Fordtown-to
Mr. Carroll
Rock Spring Valley
Japs Protest California Land Ownership Bill
Japan lodges an informal protest over a California bill to bar Japanese ownership or leasing of land. Officials fear serious complications if the measure passes into law.
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Washington
United Press
Japan
California
Harding to Receive Notice on July 22
Washington June 21 Senator Harding will be formally notified of his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate July 22 at his Marion Ohio home. Governor Coolidge will be notified of his nomination for vice president July 27 at his Northampton Massachusetts home. The conference approved an executive committee to run the campaign with details to be announced tomorrow.
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Washington
Harding
Marion
Senator Harding
Hays
Republican National Committee
Harry M. Daugherty
Columbus
Coolidge
National Committee
Kellogg
Minnesota
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Marion Butler
North Carolina
Peter C. Pritchard
Chicago
Smoot
Utah
Tobacco men form fund to fight anti tobacco crusaders
Atlantic City June 19 announcement to the United States Tobacco Association meeting reported anti tobacco crusaders raising funds to oppose suppression efforts. A war chest was authorized as production and export figures showed last year tallies with 11 billion cigarettes made, 40 percent exported and plugs down while smoking rose.
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Atlantic City
United States Tobacco Association
Allen Walker
Foreign Department
the Guarantee Trust Company
New York
United States
Women Would Pacify Bryan and Edwards
San Francisco June 22 United Press reports that the Women Democratic National Committee plans to urge a common sense approach to the wet and dry split at the national convention. Chairwoman Mrs. George Bass questions Bryan and Edwards and notes the 18th amendment is the law.
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San Francisco
United Press
Democratic Party
George Bass
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Mr. Edwards
Bass
Supreme Court
Special grand jury to probe Matewan killings opened
Williamson West Virginia June 21 Judge James Damron impaneled a special grand jury to investigate the Matewan shooting of May 19 in which Mayor C G Testerman and six others were killed and several wounded. Foreman W F Hutchinson and 24 state troopers guard court entrances as 200 witnesses are slated to testify. Mother Jones and miners attended a later meeting in Matewan.
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Matewan
W. Va
C. G. Testerman
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
W. F. Hutchinson
Williamson
Jackson Arnold
Rippatoe
State Constabulary
Grand Jury
Cameron
Thacker
Baldwin-Felts
Stone Mountain Coal Corporation
Jones ii
Arrest Leads on Abyssinian Cult in Chicago Riot
In Chicago a riot in the black belt left two white men dead and several hurt as police and federal agents target the Star Order of Ethiopia led by R. D. Jonas and Edward Redding. Officers search for Joseph Fernon andson amid claims of a four million strong Ethiopian army.
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Nas
Abyssinia
Edward Redding
Chicago
Black Belt
Star “Order of
Ethiopia
Joseph Fernon
Jonas
Charles Hoyt
Robert L. Rose
Coughlin
Cotage Grove
Edward J. Brennan
Department of Justice
William Hale Thompson
Star Order of
Norfolk
McGavick
Philadelphia
New York
Garrity
Bible Conference Set to Open July 11 in Kingsport
Kingsport hosts its first Bible conference July 11 to 25 tied to the World Bible Conference movement. Organizers include J B Phillips of Chattanooga and Dr J H Clifford of the local Y M C A. Speakers include W Lean Tucker Richard W Lewis Charles A Blanchard Ena Bridges Henry Ostrom and J B Phillips. The event will be held in a large tent with daily addresses and music by William Young. A conference committee meeting is planned at 5 30 this afternoon at the Kingsport Improvement Corporation offices.
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Philadelphia
J. B. Phillips
Chattanooga
First Baptist Church
Kingsport
J. H. Clifford
W. Lean Tucker
The
Wonderful Word
New York
Richard W. Lewis
East Chattanooga
William Young
Clarence Cunningham Leads In Rat Killing
Clarence Cunningham of Dale Street leads Kingsport youths in the rat killing contest by Dr. T B Yancey of the city health department with 279 tails. If he holds the lead a bicycle will be awarded June 30 by local merchants. Guy Hensley is second with 195 tails while Miss Nannie Ford tops the girls with 58 tails and Miss Mattie Lane has 53. W H Harmon of the Strand theatre continues to offer a matinee ticket for every five tails turned in.
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Clarence Cunningham
Dalestret
Kingsport
T. B. Yancey
City Health Department
Clarence
Guy Hensley
Nannie Ford
Mattie Lane
W. H. Harmon
Strand Theatre
Hillenberg Resigns From Kingsport Hardware Company
M. R. Hillenberg store manager and buyer for the Kingsport Hardware Company has resigned while Roy P. Fullery leads the firm. Hillenberg has not decided on his future plans.
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M. R. Hillenberg
Kingsport Hardware Company
Roy P. Fullery
Hillenberg
Lieut Reece to Speak in Kingsport for Congress
Lieut. B. Carroll Reece of Elizabethton, a Republican challenger to Congressman Sam R. Sells, will address Central High School in Kingsport tomorrow at 8 30 p m. Reece, a France veteran who fought in the Argonne drive, is the second contender after Col. Grant Trent withdrew. Supporters include Sam H. Thompson of Bristol whose papers at Mountain City and Bluff City back Reece.
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Lieut
Reece
B. Carroll Reece
Elizabethton
Sam R. Sells
Congress
Kingsport
France
the Argonne
Mr. Sells
Col
Grant Trent
Sells
Lieut. Reece
Trent
Sam H. Thompson
Bristol
Mountain City
Bluff City
Open Bid on Bonds for Schools Today
Kingsport will open bids this afternoon for $125000 in 6 per cent 20 year grammar school bonds. Three bids arrived by noon from Bank of Bristol Caldwell & Company and Davies Burton Company. Officials hope for solid offers despite a weak bond market as Kingsport’s total bonded debt would rise to $533000.
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Kingsport
Bank of Bristol
Caldwell & Company
Nashville
Davies-Burton Company
Cincinnati
Influx of Japanese Agitating California
California Governor William D. Stephens warns of alarming Japanese immigration and urges immediate negotiations with Japan or a strict exclusion act to protect state sovereignty. He calls for enforcing existing immigration treaties and making agreements as rigorous as possible.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
William D. Stephens
Colby
Stephens
Empire of Japan
Married at Fordtown in private Pactolus ceremony
Alvin M. Fish and Blannie Hunt of Pactolus were wed last Wednesday at Magistrate J F Carroll’s Fordtown home. The couple, witnessed by close friends, plan to reside in Pactolus and are the children of Lewis Hunt and Sam Fish respectively.
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Alvin M. Fish
Miss Blannie Hunt
Pactolus
J. F. Carroll
Fordtown
Miss Hunt
Lewis Hunt
Sam Fish
Highwaymen Steal Ford Automobile in Kingsport
Milburn Morris on Ravine Road was held up and robbed of a Ford by two gunmen who then fled westward. Police tracked the trail to Knoxville with Patrolman Parrott, Mustafa Babill, and Bill Turk, but the suspects were not caught, and Morris notified authorities after the escape.
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Robin Hood
Jesse James
Frank James
Cole Younger
Dalton Boys
Kingsport
Milburn Morris
Ravine Road
Morris
Knoxville
John Parrott
Mustafa Babill
Bill Turk
Indian Springs
Park Hill
Cam King
Leedy
Gate City
Parrott
Rogersville
Rotherwood
Kingsport Adds Horse Show to July Fourth Celebrations
Kingsport’s Fourth of July will feature a horse show alongside a tournament street parade public speaking baseball game band concert and big fireworks display. Cash prizes total 50 for best riders and drivers 25 for best decorated plant floats and 25 for best decorated automobiles. Details to be announced Friday and Hammond Post American Legion plans meet Wednesday night at City Hall.
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Kingsport
Dobyns
Tom C. Warrick
J. Fred Johnson
Hammond
American Legion
City Hall
New Physician Locates in Kingsport
Dr. W. L. Gannoway of Abingdon has moved to Kingsport and opened offices in the Nelms building on Broad Street for medicine and surgery.
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W. L. Gannoway
Abingdon
Kingsport
Nelms
Broad Street
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