Auto race tragedy at State Fair track leaves 9 dead
In Syracuse a 50 mile race ended in disaster when Lee Oldfield's car jumped the fence, plowed into spectators, and caused multiple deaths and injuries. Oldfield escaped major injury but was hospitalized. Starter Wagner refused to stop the meet, continuing with a final race despite the chaos. President Taft was on the fairgrounds earlier.
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Leo Halpin
Syracuse
Stacuse
State Fair Track
Knox Racing
Lee Oldfield
Oldfield
Ralph Dealma
Fred J. Wagner
New York
Taft
Ralph DePalma
Bob Burman
DePalma
Burman
Jealousy Sparks Fatal Shootout on Main Street
At Main Street and Railroad Avenue near Morris Fass department store a man named Foster shot Page after jealousy over a woman. Page, a cook, suffered a gunshot through the side with lungs and liver damaged, deemed dangerous. Foster escaped two blocks away, badly wounded himself in the elbow and thigh. Authorities report the event occurred Saturday night as bystanders watched.
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Main Street
Railroad Avenue
Morris Fass
Stander
Foster
Price Court Inn
Page
Tenderloin
Risks Life to Save Baby
Denver dated report tells of Mrs. Ellen Hicks of Sable ten miles north rushing to save her fourteen month old child on railway tracks as a flyer bore down. she grabbed the dress but the locomotive tore the infant from her grasp. both mother and child were found by trainmen, the mother unconscious beside the mangled body.
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Denver
Ellen Hicks
Sable
Here
Actress's Wax Bullet Trick Goes Afield In Vaudeville
In Trinidad Col last night Mrs Frederick known as the human target dropped as if wounded when a bullet appeared to strike her head. Doctors found no injury and the so called bullet proved to be wax melted by the firing heat. The act hides a real bullet in her mouth and one wax slug failed to melt, alarming the audience.
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Trinidad
Frederick
Impeachment Rumors Hit South Carolina Governor Blease
The Atlanta Constitution reports heated discussions among South Carolina leaders in Atlanta about impeachment of Governor Cole J. Blease. Plans were reviewed at a Saturday conference with Thomas B. Felder and other prominent Carolina figures, aiming to file articles when the January session opens. Reports note opposition leaders gathering evidence for malfeasance charges and suggest the State Senate could remove him, with Chief Justice Ira B. Jones cited as a potential gubernatorial candidate.
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Atlanta
Mlease
Lyon
South Carolina
Cole L. Blease
Augusta Chronicle Bureau
Cole J., Blease
Blease
Thos. B. Felder
Felder
Columbia
Raleigh News and Observer
American Press Association
D. C
Cole Blease
Jence
State Senate
Ira B. Jones
State Supreme Court
Atlanta Constitution
Tillman to face Talbert in coming Democratic primary
A Columbia dispatch reports Senator Tillman plans to seek re election in the Democratic primary. Col William Jasper Talbert of Edgefield has publicly stated he will run for the Senate in the next primary Providence permitting. Talbert intends to enter the race regardless of Tillman’s candidacy. Tillman desires another term in the Senate.
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News and Courier
Columbia
Bor
Tillman
Col
Willam
Jasper Talbert
Edgefield
Talbert Ould
Senate
Providence
Col. Talbert
Planters Bank Opens In Marion Amid Optimism
Marion's Planters Bank opened last Saturday with strong early support from local business leaders. W. S. Foxworth serves as president, J. Clement Davis as vice president, H. A Lewis as cashier, and S. H. Bolyn as assistant cashier. Directors include Foxworth, Davis, Lewis, L. M. Gasque, E. B. Wheeler, C. E. Dozier, B. Hughes, Dr. G. Smith, and Thos E. Cooper.
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Planters Bank
W. 5. Poxworth
Marion
J. Clement Davy
H. A. Lewis
Bank of Maion
H. Bolyn
WS. Foxworth
J. Clement Davis
H. A Lewis
L. M. Gasque
E. B. Whe Jer
C. E. Dozier
B. Hughes
Dr. G. Smith
Thos E. Cooper
Mis trial in Deibler case over worthless check charge
State v Jno E Deibler ended in a mistrial after Judge McRae heard the case in Little Rock. Deibler a contractor faced a charge of issuing a worthless check for labor paid after work was done, with jurors split on whether the act violated the statute if debt existed beforehand. Prosecution by Joel Lane with defense by Harrowe and Gibson. Miss Mattie Hood departed Bennettsville to relieve a local operator.
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State
Jno
E. Deibler
Deibler
Hendersonville inquest hints at Myrtle Hawkins guilt plot
George Bradley denies responsibility as testimony at an open inquest unfolds a complex murder tale surrounding Myrtle Hawkins. Waddell, the coachman, describes a night of insomnia, church plans, and a hidden scheme involving the McCalls and Bradleys that led to Hawkins' death at Osceola lake.
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Hendersonville
N.C
George Bradley
Myrtle Hawkins
Osceol
Lake Last Sun
A.M McCall
Beatrice McCall
Myrtle
Mecall
Coachman
Robert Waddell
Daniel McCall
AM. McCall
George Mradley
Osceola Lake
Myrte Hawkins
A. Mecall
Bradleys
Waddell
McCalls
Bradley
A M. McCall
Osceola
Undertaking Establishment
McCall’s
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Jake Page
Tre County
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Dick Simpson
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Pork
Fleetwood Carmichae
J.T. McQueens
L. Mc McMillan
Med College of South Carolina
W. J. Rogers
Medical College At
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Calvary
Willie Butler
John New
J. E. Jernigan
Free State
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Pleasant Hill
J. H. Moody
Pleasant Grove
Luther and
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Pages Mill
Tom Scot
Gaddys Mill
Mt. Calvary Church
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W. C. McKenzie
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Miss Moody
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Coker College
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