Evangelist Sam P. Jones Dies on Train in Arkansas
The Rev. Sam P. Jones, famed Methodist evangelist, died suddenly on a Rock Island train near Perry Arkansas while returning to Cartersville Georgia from Oklahoma City. He collapsed after stomach distress and heart failure. Surrounded by family, his body was prepared in Little Rock and sent to Georgia. Mrs. Jones Annie Pyron Julia Jones and Rev Walt Holcomb were with him.
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Little Rock
Ark
Sam P. Jones
Rock Island
Perry
Cartersville
Oklahoma City
Georgia
Jones
Annie Pyron
Julia Jones
Walt Holcomb
Mr. Jones
Glen Anne stock farm sale yields diverse acreage and stock
Clarkson and Haydon sold the Glen Anne farm near Valley Hill and Booker in four lots totaling 410 acres. Buyers include Albert Hamilton Byron Crooke T S Mayes and J R Barber. Livestock sales featured mares and colts with prices from 96 to 230 dollars and two sheep droves. Possession due at year start.
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Glen Anne
Clarkson
Haydon
Valley Hill
Booker
Albert Hamilton
Byron Crooke
T. S. Mayes
J. R. Barber
R. H. Edelen
Lady Dare
Dr. J. M. Shields
J. R. Connor
Frank Peters
Tom Hamilton
J. M. Shelds
R. H. Edelon
High School Notes and Classroom Anecdotes
A reflective High School notes column recalls daily life and humor. Students debate algebra with Professor Thompson over X dollars, a desk collapses during class, and plans emerge for winter lectures and gallery seating. A student dies in a classroom accident, and the piece ends with a call to ambition and effort.
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Thompson
Knight Handy
Handy
Toots’’ Barber
Dr. Shultz
Tuni
Leo
Towne
Burley Growers Press Plan to Organize in Kentucky District
Winchester Ky Oct 13—The Burley Tobacco Society with the American Society of Equity aims to organize Burley growers in Kentucky Indiana Ohio and West Virginia to pool tobacco and brand prices. A November meeting in Winchester will establish permanent headquarters to propagate the plan and counteract unorganized growers and buyer power.
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General Assembly of the States of
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Burley Tobacco
Henry, Shelby, Trimble
Owen
Pendleton
Washington
Spencer
Grant Counties
New Castle
Green River District Association
Henderson Stemming District Association
Dark Tobacco Planters’ Protective Association
West Virginia
Ohio
Indianna
C. M. Hanna
Shelby County
M. ©. Rankin
Trimble County
W. Peak
W. M. Simpson
Grant County
C. W. Oder
Washington County
Lee McGraw
Owen County
W. Dignon
Spencer County
G. W. Conrad
Pendleton County
H. E. Swain
Sect of Control Burley Tobacco Society
Winchester
Burley Tobacco Society
American Society of Equity
Indiana
Burley
Board of Control
Winchester Ky
Cultivation of Ginseng Offers Profitable Homestead Venture
The article notes rising Chinese demand for American ginseng and explains how to grow high quality roots. It covers soil, shade, and drainage needs, construction of beds, use of manure, and strategic planting times. It cites potential profits of forty to sixty thousand dollars per acre in four to five years.
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Eorror Sun
Washington
Circuit Judge Travers Discharges Jury In Bath County Whiskey Probe
In Owensville Circuit Judge Alle W. Young discharged the jury for not performing duties and ordered a new grand jury to meet by Oct 15 to probe alleged whiskey sales in Bath County in violation of local option law. United States Commissioner Wood was summoned to testify as deputies report illegal whiskey arrests.
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United States
Burley
Burley Tobacco
Mt. Sterting
Owensville
Alle W. Young
Bath County
Young
Wood
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Geogia
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Parker Medley
Lebanon Hill
Wallace Rogers
Leo Simms
Professor Colvin
Ray
L. D. Walker
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Thomas Walsh
Swent
Colboha Ie
Burley Growers
Fion
Ben
Johnson Democratic
Congress
Springfield
Circuit Court
Cairns Connors
William R. Hearst
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