Pollard Leads in Democratic Primary Returns Across Virginia City
Returns from 1,470 precincts show John Garland Pollard leading G Walter Mapp 100 077 to 28 762 with Mapp in second and Rocowell Page third. Richmond results give Pollard a narrow edge over Mapp and lead over the combined Map and Page votes. Multiple city races renominated officials including commissioner of revenue high constable city treasurer and clerk of hustings court. A coalition group plans to wage a fight for city jobs and challenge the Elk grand lodge finances amid claims of wasteful spending and mismanagement.
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John Garland Pollard
G. Walter Mapp
Pollard
Mapp
Rocowell Page
Richmond
Page
John E. Rose
Poll S. Rogers
H. Calvin Farmer
Wilbur J. Griggs
Conway C. Mundy
Herbert L. Hulce
Shelton W. Davis
E. C. Folkes
Charles W.W
Rowder
James P. Jones
Justice of the Peace
Madison Warde
Ernest Vhtos
Walter B. Gentry
Ddl M
Elks Grand Treasurer Reveals Order Finances
A long list of attendees at the annual Bay Shore Hotel excursion is reported with many guests traveling from Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania and Virginia. The event drew about 2000 patrons via Chesapeake and Ohio lines and featured music boating fishing and dancing.
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ELKS
ORDER
Buckroe Beach
Richmond Tunobile
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Bay Shore Hotel
E. G. Harris
Louisville
Harris
Plymouth Congregational Church
Plymouth Community Center
W. Taylor Seals
Lincoln Institute
Lincoln Ridge
Misson Newsome
R. N
North Carolina State Board of Health
Bay Shore
Miss Newsome
Raleigh
R. P. Johnson
Kimball
W. Va
Kimball Presbyterian Church
Johnson
J. Newsome
T. A. Michaels Arenes
Philadelphia
Latham
Portville
N. Y
James W. Eichelberger
Chicago
Washington
Fire at Mrs. Dawson Home Damages Interior Walls
A Sunday afternoon blaze at 1000 N Fourth Street caused smoke and flames from the kitchen and bathroom. Neighbors alerted Mrs. Julia A. Dawson on the adjacent porch as firemen quickly extinguished the fire, though second floor walls suffered damage.
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Julia A. Dawson
N. Fourth Street
Dawson
Garvey Convention Opens With Prayer In Kingston Jamaica
The Universal Negro Improvement Association opened its Sixth Convention in Kingston with a morning prayer service attended by the Mayor and Kingston Corporation. A 12 000 strong afternoon parade featured Garvey in naval uniform and Black Cross nurses. Delegates and locals filled Idlewise Park as Garvey aims to appeal to the League of Nations for African liberation amid internal opposition from New York Chicago and the South.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Garvey
Black Star Line
Black Cross
League of Nations
Marcus Garvey
New York
Chicago
South
Death of W B F Crowell After Sudden Illness in Portsmouth
The death of W B F Crowell Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias occurred after he became ill in Portsmouth following a conference in Newport News. Crowell, with G K of R Newbie, had traveled from Roanoke to Norfolk, then Portsmouth, and later to Salisbury, North Carolina, for funeral services. The body showed decomposition and was shipped from Roanoke. services were held before the long convoy to his Roanoke home.
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W. B. F. Crowell
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Roanoke
Norfolk
G. K
Newport News
Crowell
Newbie
New Bridge
Sid
Portsmouth
James A. Fisher
Hughes
Salisbury
N. C
Younger Visit Family in Winston-Salem
Mr and Mrs W M Younger of Winston Salem North Carolina Baye have been visiting their sister Bessie Thompson of 623 N Fourth Street.
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W. M. Younger
Winston-Salem
N. C. Baye
Bessie Thompson
N. Fouth Street
Bragg Bitten By Own Dog In Fight Incident
Mr. D P Bragg was badly bitten by his own thoroughbred dog during a fight with another dog on Thursday August 1. He is under the care of Dr. George W White.
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Gunn
Chicago
Tll
Finley Wilson
Elk
Elks Grand
United States District Court
Wilson
James C. Martin
Martin
Washington
Sidly
Grand Lodge
D. P. Bragg
George W. White
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