Klan rally and county attorney amid Okmulgee tension
In Okmulgee Oklahoma on February 10 a court controversy over a grand jury led to protests and a demonstration in which County Attorney James Hepburn was jeered while three hundred Ku Klux Klansmen marched with him. In Texarkana Mississippi Valley inked violence flared as masked assailants flogged two men, Lee Henderson and Samuel Kelly, in nights of terror. A Monroe Louisiana Farm Bureau meeting drew cotton growers and state leaders to organize better marketing and safeguards for producers.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Texas
Lee Henderson
The
Missouri Pacific
Samuel Kelly
Okmulgee
Okla
Christopher
Bank of Commerce of
Byames Hepburn
Hepburn
H. Christopher
James Hepburn
Jund Bank
Commerce
Ouachita
Morehouse
Lincoln
Richland
West Carroll
Union
Caldwell
City Hall
Monroe
Harry F. Kapp
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Harry D. Wison
W. R. Perkins
Extension
Farm Bureau
New Orleans
Atlantic Seaboard
Europe
Fire at Olive Street destroys six cottages
Fire at 2:15 a m swept through six small frame houses on Olive street. The blaze started by a coal oil lamp in a dwelling at 407 Olive occupied by C Murphy. Insurance covered most losses, with 417 Olive insured at 2000. Occupants W M Franklin and Mrs Dozier suffered varying losses. The Cobb Jackson Insurance agency promotes coverage.
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Live Street
Olive Street
C. Murphy
Mra. N. Guerriero
Dwell
Iurance
F. A. Edgar
Ind
W. M. Franklin
Olive
N. Guerro
Surance
W. O. Murphy
Guerriero
Micreips Ferhntt
Agelews
Ward
Guerrero
Dozier
F. A. Edga
L. E. T Jones
Cobb- Jackson Insurance Agency
North Louisiana Plan for More Cotton in 1922 Amid Weevil Fears
Reports from parishes in northeast Louisiana and South Arkansas indicate an planned increase in cotton acreage for 1922. Farmers diversify, growing more food and feed crops to weather tight money conditions, while boll weevil fears persist due to insufficient cold. Monroe appraiser F. M. Gates notes optimism about production and economic resilience.
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Louisiana
South Arkans
Orice
F. M. Gates
Monroe
Federal Farms
Kiwanis Club Organized at Ruston With Forty Two
A Kiwanis Club was organized at Ruston Thursday with a membership of forty two persons. Thirty six attended the organization meeting and J. E. Keeney was elected president along with J. G. Glasgow as secretary. B. M. Wakefield and five other Kiwanians from Monroe attended the event.
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Ruston
J. E. Keeney
J. G. Glasgow
B. M. Wakefield
Monroe
Bonus Taxes Narrowed to Eight Sources for Soldier Payments
The House ways and means committee narrowed the soldier bonus tax plan to eight revenue sources including a gasoline tax, auto license tax, bank checks stamp tax, real estate transfer tax, admissions, cigarettes and tobacco, and documentary stamps. Rates to be fixed by Saturday with a three year temporary measure to fund 1923 1925 cash payments. plan moves to Senate and President Harding for approval.
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Associ@ed Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Longworth
Ohio
Forney
Federal
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Harding
Farmerville wildcat Ramsey No 1 draws scouts and oil men
In Farmerville Union parish Crawford and Sebastian test Ramsey No 1, a wildcat well in section 29-21-1E with casing set and 2,670 feet drilled, attracting many scouts and oil men. Gulf Refining Co J E Davis No 1 nearby in 17-21-3 also advances as analysts expect Union or Ouachita parishes to yield North Louisiana’s next major oil strike.
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Farmerville
Test
Crawford & Sebastian
Ramsey
Union Parish
Gulf Refining Company
J. E. Davis
North Louisiana
Union
Ouachita Parishes
Kidnapped Irish May Be Released By Ulsterites
Reports from Dublin and Belfast say many abducted men in Ulster may be freed today though only those who reached home yesterday are confirmed. Captives are said to be moved from Ballbay in Monaghan to the south while Cork workers seized Cork station in a railway strike action with no resistance.
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London
Dublin
Belfast
Ulster
Ballbay
Monaghan
Cork
Kidnapping Tension in Ulster Deepens
London reports a grave situation from Ulster as no word comes on prisoner releases from raids and no authentic details on their location. In Belfast a police ambush near Clady on the Tyrone border left one Ulster special constable dead after thirty assailants opened fire on a police car.
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London
Ulster
Belfast
Clady
Donegal
Tyronne
Notice to Gas Consumers Pay by 10th for Ten Percent Save
Gas customers urged to pay on or before the 10th to receive a ten percent discount. Bills not paid by the 20th will have service discontinued without further notice.
Lights and letters in Taylor murder probe stir LA
District Attorney Woolwine rebuilds the scene of the William Desmond Taylor killing revealing new details. A mysterious visitor before Mabel Normand and a bank withdrawal followed by a large cash deposit fuel blackmail theories. Verne Dumas saw a raised shade the night of the murder. Continued on page three.
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Mabel Normand
Taylor
Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas Lee Woolwine
William Desmond Taylor
Verne Dumas
Dumas
Woolwine
Colored Women’s Federation Plans Training School Fight
Blanche Armand Beatty and four other leaders of the Federation of Colored Women Clubs of Louisiana plan to seek Governor Parker’s support for a legislative appropriation to build and run a training school for Negro boys and girls. A committee presented the idea to the Guadeloupe jury, which endorsed the proposition, and statewide meetings are planned to mobilize support.
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Colored Women’s Federation
Blanche Armand Beatty
Alexandria
Mary E. Hayes
Lake Charles
Henrietta Windham Johnson
Monroe
Cora M. Allen
Shreveport
Ida B. Nance
Baton Rouge
Federation of Colored Women Clubs of Louisiana
Parker
Federation of Colored Women Clubs of
Louisianne
Guadella Pee Jury
Dr Jury
Carbon plant progress at Sterlington in Ouachita Parish
Thermatomic Carbon Company advances work on its Sterlington plant. Pittsburgh engineers E N Jessup and E N Thomas head supervision. Gas supply from Thrift Oil and Gas is to begin by March, with operations possibly starting within a month thereafter. The project will cost about 200000 this year, using two six inch pipelines crossing the Ouachita river to move gas from Union parish wells to the plant site.
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NEW Carbon Company
Sterlington
Thermatomic Carbon Company
Monroe
Thrift Oil and Gas Company
Federal Engineering Co
Pittsburg
E. N. Thomas
Ouachita River
Thrift
Union Parish
Ouachita Parish
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South Grand
Weaks Supply Co
Genascu Roofin
Attention Legionaires
Elks Hall
Stages Center
Crawford
Sebastian
EL Dorado Pool
Normand
District’ Attorney
Edward Sands
Butler
Sands
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