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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1914
Page
6
Enoch Wentworth and Andrew Merry contend over a new drama about a bank defaulter and his daughter. Wentworth admires the manuscript yet hides a key document while wrestling with conscience and temptation after copying the play.
In the library Enoch Wentworth receives Merry who declares himself an aspiring playwright on the verge of a fortune. Merry asks for guidance and promises to share news only after securing a clear block of time and privacy from interruptions.
Enock Wentworth wakes to a call from Merry who pitches a money venture tied to his dramatic dream. Wentworth burns old manuscripts and reads a signed bond from Andrew Merry pledging obedience and support. The two set plans for a major production as tension around ambition and control grows.
Jim Durfee, a black man convicted of the July 1913 murder of Mrs. J M Seitz in Angleton, Texas, was hanged by a mob at 10 30 A M after Governor Colquitt commuted his death sentence to life. The crowd overpowered the jailer, retrieved Durfee, and hanged him near the Childs place north of the courthouse. Durfee reportedly said he was going to his maker and admitted guilt. The crime was described as Brazoria County's foulest.
A $150 million fund to finance the nation's cotton crop is virtually assured. Bankers and Southern cotton planters' representatives say the federal reserve board in Washington will be asked to manage the fund and direct its loans.
The attorney general's department approved bond issues for Franklin County common school district No. 15 for 1500 dollars at twenty tens 5 percent Ellis County common school district No. 60 for 2000 dollars at twenty tens 5 percent Jones County common school district No. 50 for 500 dollars at twenty tens 5 percent.
British aviators who flew to Dusseldorf and destroyed a Zeppelin on Friday return to Antwerp. They reportedly landed between the outer and inner ring of forts as German artillery fired. Their machines were destroyed but the aviators escaped in an armored motor car.
Washington announces new Texas fourth class postmasters including Altavista Jim Hogg county A J Johnson Benton Atascosa county John M McWhorter Ditto Atascosa county Norville J Johnson Flowella Brooks county Roy M Callahan Leming Atascosa county James S Neill.
Houston official ballots for the November general election will list Jeff McLemore as a Democratic nominee for congressman at large. County Judge Ward issued the order requesting the inclusion on Monday.
King Ferdinand of Roumania took the oath of office Monday in succession to his uncle King Charles in a ceremony attended by the royal family, the diplomatic corps, and other notables in London.
Five people died and twenty were injured as a tornado cut an eighteen mile wide path through Wilson and Neosho counties in Kansas Saturday, causing widespread destruction and damage to homes and property.
Machinery for the first modern cane and sugar refinery in Orange County arrived this week for use on the Brown Hilton farm and ranch eleven miles southwest of Orange.
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