Underwood Strong in Mississippi Politics and News
Mississippi coverage centers on Hon. Oscar W Underwood as Democratic presidential hopeful with ties to Senator Walthall. Articles discuss southern support, related family links, and the Mississippi coverage in Neshoba and Sunflower counties. Additional items critique legislature taxes on near beer, judge Anderson, and local town improvements in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underwood
Neshoba
Democrat
Atlanta
Birmingham
South
Alabama
Anderson
Vardaman Press
Vardaman
Vardarman Legislature
Vardamian Press
Mississippi
Community Notes Highlight Local Social Visits
Mrs Runnells of Ovett spent the weekend with her parents while relatives in Hattiesburg heard Prof J. R. Hutcherson deliver an address at Hebron's closing exercises. Mrs Robeson of Richton visited Paxas and Mrs Craft hosted guests from Alabama en route home to Clyde, Mississippi.
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J. Re Hutchéson
Hebron
2Fustin
Robeson
Richton
Hudson
Paxas
WP. Craft
J.J. Hudson
Longview
Texas
W.P. Craft
Hobson to Speak at Teachers Meet in Gulfport
Delegates attending the Mississippi State Teachers’ Association convention in Gulfport May 2 to 4 will hear Congressman Richard Pearson Hobson of Alabama discuss Scientific Temperance. Also on the program is Prof. O. H. Benson of the U.S. Department of Agriculture who will cover Public School Studies with School Improvement Activities as Centers of Interest. Local committee chair Wyn Driver says preparations for the large crowd are complete.
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Senate
Aberdeen
Gulfport
Xlso
Mississippi State Teachers’ Assoviation
Richard Pearson Hobson
Alabama
Hobson
Thea
South
O. H. Benson
Department of Agriculture
United States
Prof. Bengon
Wyn. Driver
Lynched the Wrong Negro Awful Mistake Shocks Town
Steakville April 5 A terrible mistake may have been made in the shooting of Gabe Coleman near Center Grove Tuesday The inquest returned a verdict charging eight citizens with murder and an expanded investigation is planned Eight accused will be brought to the county for preliminary trial as details remain unsettled The victim was reportedly white employers linked to the case and a crowd carried out the lynching amid confusion The incident has sparked local tension with prominent citizens implicated and contrasting views on accountability Also notes a singing convention in Laurel Mississippi and a policy statement by Uncle Finn regarding competition and mob rule
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Steakville
Gabe
Coleman
Center Grove
Tor
Granlam ‘Tome
Harry Johnson
Coke of Oxatt
Fleld Adva| Os
Johnson
Latsé
Frisco and Southern Dominate New Orleans Rail Issues
Frisco and Southern railroads may hold controlling interests in the New Orleans Terminal Company, shaping access to city tracks from Laurel into New Orleans. The New Orleans Terminal Company appears to dominate the rail scene, with possible concessions to entering roads. A $12 000 000 yard and track improvement plan at Chalmette slips will be settled April 16, with leadership from Frisco and Terminal Company executives guiding the process. The parties reportedly work in harmony, aiming to complete improvements at the earliest date amid a broad, coordinated plan. The article notes regional railroad tensions easing and broader national concerns about Mexico and China, urging a focus on productive outcomes over conflict.
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Frisco
Southern
New Orleans
Terminal Company
New Orleans & Northeastern
Laurel
New Orleans Terminal Company
Tlinois Central
Harahan
New Orleans Times‘Democrat
New ‘Orleans
Northeastern
Chalmette Slips
New Orleans Terhinal Company
Lightner
Department of the Frisco
Miceling
Spencér
Bourhere
Hanager
Lapeinte Wid
Shivon
Southern Lines
Southern Railway
Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Chicken Theft
McHenry April 5 John Summer and J A Goff faced Justice Dale on charges of stealing chickens. Both entered guilty pleas and were fined but jailed after failing to pay. A bystander remark about a woman’s influence closes the report.
Violet Showte Hosts Nell Smith Shower at Mimm’s Home
Violet Showte and Misses Aline Minami Myra DuBose and others hosted a violet shower for Nell Smith. Guests arrived in rooms adorned with fragrant blossoms, and Nell received many valuable gifts and well wishes. Attendees included McGowan Myer Ollie Evelyn Gokgh Myra Beatrice DuBose Bessie Bradley and several others from Laurel and Lawtel.
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Violet Showte
Aline Minami
Myra DuBose
Mimm
Violet
Nell Smith
McGowan
F.fridgé
Ed ‘Shoemaker
Stanley Lee
GL. Lark
B.B. Witherspoon
J. T. Gantt
Leon Taylor
H. 8.Tucker
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Osear W. Underwood
Derwood
Wathall
Walthall
Hind
Kosciusko
A. Wallop
Sunflower
Nesheba
Philadelphia
Neshabul Democrat
Jackson
Bond
Hattiesburg
Harrison County
Meridian
Memphis
Meridian Railroad
Prince Ruelens
New Jersey
Princeton University
Wooldrow Witton
Suted
Kenna
Hathiesburg
Kenies
Simpson
Pass ‘Christian
Pettis
M. E- Ward
Lowe
McIntosh
Theas
Pack
Bessie
Lucile Moody
B. Welborn
D. J. Williamson
J. D. McEachern
Lumberton
Ben
Maud Tisdale
Jeh Freeman
Route 2
Ellisville
Jones County
Jones County East Tallahala
Antioch
Otl. Blackledge
N.M. Walters
Finn
Will
Thera
America
Mexico
China
Ly Hee
Pearsons’ Confectionery
Laurel, ‘Mississippi
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