Lynching of Marie Scott at Wagoner shocks Oklahoma
A mob of about one hundred white men seized Marie Scott in Wagoner Oklahoma before dawn Tuesday and hanged her after overpowering the jailer and freeing the imprisoned woman. The stabbing death of Lemuel Peace by Scott sparked the mob action amid reports of a segregated district vice scene. Authorities investigate while public sentiment largely favors the mob and white resistance to law. The dispatch notes systemic overhangs of vigilante justice in the state and questions of Governor Cruce's capital-punishment policy.
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Wagoner
Oklahoma
Marie Scott
Lemuel Peace
Itle
Nowspaper
Cruve
Peace
Tulsa Star
Wagener
Statehood
Allen
Walt
Sew
Hill in California: Embezzler Chief Hill Found in Los Angeles
Reuben T. Hill, a former director of the True Reformers Savings Bank of Richmond, has been located in California posing as a physician and living in seclusion in a Los Angeles area with no Black residents. He faces embezzlement charges for about 45,000 to 50,000 dollars and a heavy reward is offered for his arrest and conviction.
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Reuben T. Hill
Reformers
Savnge Bank of
Richmond
California
Los Angeles
Hill
Virginia
Chief Hill
Chief Sam's Colony Emigration From Weleeton to Galveston
Two car loads of Negroes left the barracks at Weleetin for Galveston under the Chief Sam emigration plan. The remainder are destitute and seeking work anywhere. Women in the remnant colony wash and do domestic chores for food and shelter. Many are ill and need assistance.
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Sam
Weleetin
Galveston
Okmulgee Colored School Ordered Closed
Okmulgee colored school teachers face unpaid contracts as county funds run dry. City board of education must decide funding status after state education department ordered school closure pending financial resolution. County funds allegedly exhausted yet city schools continue under city supervision.
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Okmulgee Colored School
Okimulgeo
City Board of Education
Fort
Summer schools for Negroes report sparse attendance in 1912
Of fourteen number schools for trained teachers reporting 2 121 students to the U S Commissioner of Education in 1912 four were held in Virginia with 57 men and women in attendance Hampton with 96 students and Tuskegee in Alabama. Daniel who 30 percent headed the effort.
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U. & Commissioner of Education
Virginia
God
Hampton
Louisiana Negro Reported Lynched Near Winnparwh
News arrives from Natchez of a lynching in Winnparwh Louisiana after a dispute between J. P. McDougal and Allen Neer. A constable was attacked by a mob while escorting Turner to jail, and the Black man was shot to death by the armed group.
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Natchez, Miss
Winnparwh
Louiana
J. P. McDougal
Allen
Neer
Turner
Jiro
Hunt Making Good Race For Commissioner No. 1
A Tulsa political note profiles D Hunt on the Democratic ticket, recounting a story from the Dry Farming Congress in which Hunt gave a group of Negro boys a joy ride, defending his action against derision. The piece argues his character and loyalty to friends across parties, and notes colored voters’ growing support.
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D Hent
Hunt
Tulsa
Mr Hunt
Colored Dry Farming Association
City Campaign Is Now At Fever Heat
Political activity in Tulsa sharpens as street corner meetings surge and candidates campaign hard. Rumors hover of a potential second ticket and shifting alliances as the election nears. Reports from Boley and Weleetka say followers of Chief Sam return to farming, while the leader tours north with funds from supporters.
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Paulichias
Thaer
Mont Miversain
Tulsa
Ben
Boley
Weleetka
Sam
Oklahoma
Revival closes as Mt Olive Baptist gains members
Sapulpa News reports a meat revival at Mt Olive Baptist Church on March 30 1914 led by Rev R A Whitaker adding 49 members. Sunday featured two special services with Rev T W Stevenson of Okmulgee officiating and Women’s Home Mission services at 11 and 3 o’clock. Knights of Pythias held annual services. Home Missions appeared again at night with good collections. Sapulpa is described as a growing “Magic City” with local grocers Hutton Yates Teane Clardy and E P Glass noted in passing.
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Hutton Yates
Teane Clardy
Sapulpa
P. Glass
The Richmond Planet on Woman Suffrage and Vardaman
Reprinted from John Mitchells Richmond Planet, the piece argues that Vardaman and his allies do not represent the party. It notes the failed Senate vote on a woman suffrage constitutional amendment, the attempt to repeal the fifteenth amendment, and lists senators supporting white woman suffrage and white-only voting proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
Richmond Planet
United States Senate
United States
Senate
Vardamann
Mississippi
United
Vardaman
Senator Martin
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Bryan
Florida
Gore
Oklahoma
James
Kentucky
Lea
Tennessee
Lee
Maryland
Martin
Democratic Party
Local notes on arrivals and repairs in town
Mrs Corleaner Banks returns from Davenport Oklahoma while Mrs Dora Brown comes back from Little Rock. Ellen Woods remains ill with eye trouble. W H Purrie plans to paper his house soon. Recent rains benefit the guards and farmers across the area.
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Misa Ellen Woods
W. H. Purrie
Dora Brown Haa Ust
Little Rock
Ark
Carr's Place in Gurley Building on Greenwood Street
A reader notes Carr's Place located at 114 North Greenwood Street in the Gurley building, claiming it to be the best in town.
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Carr’ Place
Gurley Building
N. Greenwood, St
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Stan Ward
Chief Sam's Colony
Okmulgee
W. HM. Fort
Micmulger
Schowl
Louisiana
U. S. Senate
Taal, Sapulpa News
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