Washington Addresses South Carolina Race Conference
Booker T. Washington spoke at Allen University and the Columbia Theatre in Columbia South Carolina addressing a large audience of both races. He urged racial harmony stressing labor dignity and a central training school for domestic servants while noting white leaders and negro leaders from several states attended. Theodore P. Shonts resigned as Panama Canal Commission chairman to lead Belmont Ry street railway interests in New York.
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Pesident of
Tuskegee Institute
Allen University
Negro Institution
Columbia Theatre
Ciizens
South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Booker T. Washington
Carolina
Washington
Richard Carroll
South
William E. Gonzales
The
State
Lumbia
Lises
Mississippi
Birmingham
Trongery
Theodore P. Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Belmont-Ryan Street Railway
New York
Two Brothers-in-Law Held in Willim Bywaters Killing
Cupepper Virginia special Philip J Strothers and James A Strothers brothers were indicted by a grand jury for the killing of Willim F Bywaters recently within an hour after he married their sister The grand jury heard many brief witnesses and returned the indictment within hours after proceedings Mrs Bywaters was too ill to appear before the grand jury
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Cupepper
Philip J
James A. Strothers
Willim F. Bywaters
Condemned Wormley Recaptured After Jail Escape
Special Wesley Wilkie, condemned for Otis Ross’s murder, escaped Gate City jail on December 17 and was to be executed February 21. He was recaptured at Salisbury, North Carolina, and will be sent back to Gate City to be hanged on the scheduled date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Wesley Wilkie
Otis Ross
Gate City
Salisbry
N. C
Tidal Wave Drowned 1 500 in Dutch East Indies
A tidal wave south of Atchin devastates Simalu island with about 1,500 lives lost. Violent shocks persist daily as the civil governor travels to the disaster scene.
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Heague
Rail hearings and legislative moves in North Carolina
Raleigh era of railway regulation features packed Senate chamber with Southern Railway officials and lawmakers debating passenger rates and railroad regulation. House committee endorsements on anti pass bills, executive sessions, and bills on schools, prisons, land entries, and eminent domain move through with local measures and ratifications.
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Raleigh
Senate
House Committee
The
Southern Railway
W. W.finley
A. B. Andrews
Culp
Ackert
Thomas
Hardwick
Hooper
Southern
Sevier
Watts
Hix
Seaboard
Craig
Anderson
Elliott
Atlantic Coast Line
Stagg
Cheatham
Duke
Fuller
Durham & Southern
Nichols
Reid
Carolina & North Western
Aberdeen & Asheboro
Henry Page
Norfolk & Western
William A Guthrie
Raleigh & Southport
Mills
Graham
Yount
Justice
Finley
South & Western
Ryan
House
Justice’s
Messrs
H. A. Bondon
John M. Julian
W. C. Dowd
Atkinson
Archibald Johnson
Jacobson
Press Association
Plymouth
Johnston
Corporation Commission
Brunswick County
Edgecombe
Cape Fear
Orth
M. M. Bullard
Grady
Pende
United States
Anson County
Onslow Court
Senate Committee On the Railroads
House Committee Public Service Corporations
London Tragedy as Whitely Shot by Youth Impostor
A dramatic murder in London ends with William Whitely shot in his store by a youth claiming to be his son. The assailant then tried to shoot himself, leaving the city stunned by the prominent business figure's death and the dramatic claim of kinship.
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London
Cable
William Whitely
New Head for Virginia's Test Farm
The State Board of Agriculture named H H C Marshall of Charlotte county as manager of the State test farm to succeed C H Hamlet who did not seek re election due to ill health. The board also reviewed the quarterly report on the immigration movement noting progress in the department's work.
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QJ. C. P.c.collin Cashier
Bank OF Desires
Orange County
Financial Bureau of Information
Virginia
Richmond
Special
State Board of Agriculture
C. H. Hamlet
HH. C. Marshall
Charlotte County
Hamlet
Koiner
Vance
Besh
National Farmers Union Holds Fifth Annual Meeting in Atlanta
Between 500 and 600 members gathered in Atlanta for the fifth annual meeting of the National Farmers Union. Southern states and several Northern and Western states were represented in the event with about a million members nationwide. The first session was held behind closed doors and presided over by President Charles S. Barrett of Atwater, Georgia.
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National Farmer's Union
Atlanta
National Farmers’ Union
Charles S. Barrett
Atwater
General Alger Dies After Acute Lung Edema Attack
United States Senator Russell A. Alger of Michigan died at 8 45 am in Washington after an acute attack of edema of the lungs. He had attended the Senate session Tuesday and remained until 4 pm. He is survived by his widow and five children. He previously served as Secretary of War under McKinley and was praised for his Army care and Civil War record. The funeral escort will be a cavalry squadron locally.
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War Department
Washinton
United States
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Alger
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Senator Alger
Charles B. Pike
Chicago
H. B. Sheldon
Detroit
William E. Bailey
Hartsburg
Russell A. Alger, Jr
Florida
F. M. Alger
Fort Wayne
Taft
Russell
Alender Alger
General Alger
McKinley
Spain
Philippines
Knowsville Eyes Special Tax for Schools and Bridges
Knoxville leaders urge a special 30 cent tax approved by the City Council in a special session to raise about $60,000 for new school buildings and bridge repairs. The council favored the tax over issuing bonds, predicting two years will provide all needed funds.
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Tinexville
Knoxville
Heiskell
Governor Swettenham Thanks U S Aid Over Kingston Incident
A Washington dispatch reports Jamaica Governor Swettenham sending grateful acknowledgments for U S sympathy and relief aid after Kingston disaster. The British seek to verify a letter attributed to Swettenham as inquiries by Sir Edward Grey's government proceed, while a cable from Kingston notes U S Navy aid.
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Washington
Swettenham
Jamaica
United States
Esma Howard
Sir Edward Grey
Orrett
Kingston
Davis
Elihu Root
Davas
United States Navy
Fire destroys hamlet plant and Seaboard depot in $75,000 blaze
A blaze Tuesday afternoon swept the Carolina Distilling Company plant a Seaboard freight depot and 17 box cars in Hamlet. The inferno, fanned by a steady wind, burned three hours destroying the distillery building with machinery valued around $15,000 and heavily affected the nearby colored settlement. Total damage nears $75,000.
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Samlet
Carolina Distilling Company
Seaboard
Hamber
Gas Town
Mx T. BT
Hoss
Bond
Annes
Ford de Hn Sasa
Untitled fragment hints at renamed groups and ranks
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a group or rank system with unclear names and locations. The text mentions numbers and a possible new designation but lacks coherent context or complete facts to confirm specifics.
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Spurgeon
Chas. A. Scott
Orange
Columbia, S. C
B. T. Washington
Salisbury
N.C
Rpot
England
Carolina Distifting Company
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