Rixey cannot attend his secretary to be here
An open letter from Representative John Rixey of the district announces he will miss the current session due to lung illness. He notes plans for a general pair on political questions and that his efficient secretary George Hiden will handle departmental duties in Washington.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandrie
Liberty
John Rixey
Congress
Riney
Rixey
Colorado
Loomis Sanitarium
George Hiden
Washington
Opera House
Bowmans Ward
Charles T Smith
D Montier
Mra Montier
Rothmund
Fleischmann
Caroline D West
W L ‘Fhornton
Sedna Grote
Plimmins
Martin E. Grean
Hans Dinkelberger
Cerl A
Fritz Dinkelberger
Huna
H Fletschmann
Johnny Joy
Plimming
John Laces
Ripley Oldengay
Patty
Darrell
H Linden Wheaties
Obrien
Kemole Oerdinary
Green Sherif-Citizen
Dowbletee
Jamcea W Petty
Patty Wills
Tobacco Growers Meet Holds Maryland gathering
Special to The Washington Post reports the Tobacco Growers Association of Maryland met at Maryland Agricultural College in College Park on December 4. Representatives from all counties attended. President William A. Walker urged absolute market control. Officers elected: Walker president, John H. Drary treasurer, Franklin Weems secretary. Directors include Langdon S. Day, Walker, Watkins, E. Berry, George Y. Hutchins, John Parran, W F. Chaney. Resolutions advocate warehouse repairs, and creation of a Baltimore agency to grade value and sell member crops locally.
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Washington Post
College Fark
Tobacco Growers’ Association of Maryland
Maryland Agricultural College
William A. Walker
W. A Walker
Mount Airy
John H Drary
Calvert County
Franklin Weems
Langdon
Day
W. A. Walker
T. A Watkins
Carroll
Frederick
Washington
Howard
E & Berry
Prince George County
Frever
Charles County
George Y Hutchins
St. Mary County
John Parran
W F. Chaney
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore City
Four Children Burned in Campbell County Fire
Special to The Washington Fest. Lynchburg Va Dec 4 News of the burning of four children in Campbell County Sunday reached here today. John Irvine a thrifty negro living near Evington with his wife went to church Sunday morning locking their four children in the house which caught fire and was destroyed before the parents returned Only a few bones and charred remains were found together with melted silver part of several hundred dollars Irvine had in the house.
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Lynchburg
Campbell County
John Irvine
Evington
Irvine
Deep Run Hunt Meet at Chantilly Farm in Virginia
Special to The Washington Post Richmond VA Dec 4 The Deep Run hounds met at Chantilly on Broad Street road Saturday afternoon and coursed five miles through Chantilly Farm Johnsons Woods Bloomingdale Westbrook Bellevue to the clubhouse The drag followed with a reception at the clubhouse honor guests and attendees listed by name including Mrs Henry Baskerville Mr J Battle and many others
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Washington
Richmond
Deep Run
Chantilly
Broad Street
Dela
Chantilly Farm
Johnson’s Woods
Bloomingdale
Westbrook
Bellevue
Waterloo
H C. Beattie
Carnation
Ormond Young
Op Ren Hunsar
James W Graves
Kingeman
Miss Mary Buford
Run
Graffenreid Hobson
Pelham
R S Bryan
Benvollo
Bob Sutton
Bohemian Joe
HE D Harris
Gates
St George Bryen
Sirius
Buford
Jantee
Frederick Campbell
John A Branch
Erskine Buford
Hugh Lindsey
Phomas
Atkinson
New Tobacco Market Opens in Lexington with Big Purchases
The Lexington White Burley Tobacco Market opened in Lexington Kentucky with buyers from Richmond North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Liverpool England. One hundred thousand pounds sold at an average price per pound. MacLoud & Co of Liverpool signed a contract for several thousand hogsheads of white burley tobacco the first such order by a foreign company in America.
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Lexington
Richmond
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Liverpool
England
MacLoud & Co
America
Multiple Local Incidents Reported Across States
West Virginian Orion Tapp of Mannington killed himself after a quarrel with a sweetheart. In Virginia, Surry County courthouse fire caused $8,500 loss, $5,000 insured, some vault records saved. In Hagerstown, two men were convicted of assaulting and robbing a fireman and sentenced to eight years. Frederick hospitalized Fred Ales of Washington for treatment. A Romanian suspect with a wooden leg stole $139 from a Hungarian at a railroad site. Katherine Cres, daughter of John Cres, wed Frank Harrison Jr in Washington DC on December 1. Rev Calvert Carrier officiated. couple to reside in Newark.
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Weslinston Pont
Suffolk
Surry County
Bohannon
WB Clarke
Washington Post
Hagerstown
John Henry Williame
Yom Hardy Wilhame
Oliver Sinisen
Hagerstown Street Railway Company
Lynchburg
E . Becker
John Bertolgie
Phaene
Ihich
Winchester Dee
Washington, DC
Katherine M. Cres
Jon Grebe
Kenerstown
Frank Harrison, Jr
Newark, NJ
Calvert Carlier
Newark
Rogers Owns Tidewater Railroad All By Himself
H H Rogers Jr announces in Norfolk that his father H H Rogers personally owns the Tidewater Railroad. He says no bonds or stock are involved and all debts are paid in cash, with ownership long questioned by Wall Street and financial journals.
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Wall Street
Washington Post
H H H. Rogers
New York
Tidewater Railroad
Standard Ql Company
H. H Rogers, Jr
Norfolk
Tidewater
New York City
H H Rogers, Jr
Power limits set in Caldwell Blizzard investigation ruling
In Charleston on December 4 the Supreme Court handed down a writer opinion by Judge Brannon in the Caldwell Blizzard case. The court holds the House of Delegates cannot appoint a special investigative committee with recess and post adjournment sitting power. Other decisions include Tee vs Maxwell in Randolph County, a verdict set aside and new trial ordered, and several reversals and affirmations across multiple counties and cases involving land, estates, and corporate disputes.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W Va
Brannon
House of Delegates
Tee
Maxwell Et al
Randolph County
Weavar
Neal
Wirt County
Gunley Coat Land
Spies
Greenbrier County
Morgan Billingsisy
William A @tuder
Bler
Marion County
Bare
Crane Creek Coal and Jake Company
Mercer County
Armstrong Va Hoss
Taylor County
Ruttner Brothers Ve L
Montgomery
Fayette County
City of Charleston
Charleston Hrening Company
Kanawhe County
Explosion Injures Ten Miners at Pocahontas Colliery
In Bluefield West Virginia on December 4 ten miners were hurt by a powder flask explosion aboard a mine car in the west mine of the Pocahontas colliery. None are expected to die though three are seriously burned and others lightly injured. The blast occurred when a man lit a cigarette and a spark ignited the powder. Injured men were quickly removed and treated including Tom Boyd Michael Radiski George Haciski Senor Roley Metro Frank Bublinski Audonkad Stephen Ballo and Lewis L Puakcafl.
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Bluefield
Wyva
Pocahontas
Tom Boyd
Michael Radiski
George Haciski
Senor Roley
Metro
Frank Bublinski
Audonkad
Stephen Ballo
Lewis
L. F
Raid by whitecaps targets man with negro wife in Maryland
In Hagerstown Maryland on a Sunday night whitecaps, armed with shotguns, surrounded the residence of Edward Collins and his wife who is black. They fired at doors and windows, forcing the couple to hide inside. The couple sought police protection the next day after past intimidation. They had previously been driven to Pennsylvania after their marriage. Mrs Collins had sought permission to carry a revolver but was refused by Judge Keady.
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Staunton Peek
Jacob Hottinger
Roman Augusta County
Staunton Dee
David B Patton
Newpot
Augusta County
Sue
Luray
Fortier
AD Fleaing
Springfeld
Hla County
Rileyside
Springfield
Abram Gardner
Frederick County
Grimes
Jon G Bown
Gus
Brown
Virginia
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Edward Collins
Indian Spring
Colling
Whitecaps
Pennsylvania
Mra Collins
Hageratown
Keady
Danville Lawyers Trust Probe Opens in Court
In Danville Virginia the grand jury of the Corporation Court will investigate a lawyers trust amid reports of a minimum fee agreement among the Danville Bar Association. Indictments against coal and wood dealers for price control were not returned, though several dealers were found to have agreed to curb prices. The inquiry continues as Commonwealth’s attorney contemplates new indictments.
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Washington Fost
Danville
Grand Jury
Corporation Court
Danville ‘Lawyers’ Trust
Danville Bar Association
Bar Association
Commonwealth
Southern Immigration and Industrial Association Plans
The Columbia South Carolina meeting of the Southern Immigration and Industrial Association drafts a campaign to build state immigration and commerce departments, seek federal legal amendments, unite Southern trade efforts for trans Atlantic steamship access, refute slander about the South, and educate through the press to boost technical and industrial schooling. The group includes Gov. Heyward and regional leaders, outlining steps for the next year.
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Association
Immigration and Commerce
Columbia
Southern Immigration and Industrial Association
Nashville
Tenn
D. C. Heyward
South
Caroline
Jacksonville
Fla
F. Thompson
Tradesman
Chattanooga
F. H Hyatt
Vateon
South Caroline
Committee On Immigration of Congress
State Departments of Immigration
Cigarette Ignites Powder Keg Injuring Four Near Mount Airy
In Pine Ridge area about twelve miles north of Mount Airy a store run by Mr Boyles was damaged when a lighted cigarette sparked a powder keg explosion. Five boys were seriously burned and two may die. The blaze destroyed the store and its contents.
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Washington Post
Winston-Salem
N. C
Pine Ridge
Mount S Airy
New
Battle with burglars in running gunfight ends with police
Suffolk Police Chief Brinkley and two suspects, presumed professionals, exchanged nine shots in darkness while pursuing burglars fleeing on an Atlantic Coast Line train. Three stores were robbed between 7 and 3. Cash small, drawers and registers smashed. Over $5,000 in jewelry and securities left behind at Boyett’s.
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Suffolk
Washington Post
Brinkiey
Brinkley
Boyetts
Quest of Millionaire Seeks Long Lost Sister for Fortune
Special to The Washington Post Frederick Maryland December 4 reports William H Bliss, a Welsh man claiming a fortune over 1 million dollars, seeks his sister Elizabeth who reportedly married in Frederick about forty years ago to share the wealth. The same dispatch covers circuit court cases in Asheville Parkersburg Norfolk and more and ends with a Danville shooting accident in rural Virginia.
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Washington Post
Frederick, Mé
William H. Bliss
Frederick
Wales
Blige
Elizabeth
Lewis
Richmond
United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
Goff
Waddill
McDowell
The
Virgin's
Tennesses
Carolina Steel and Iron Company
Locke Craig
Asheville
Frederick W Ward
Appelant
John B Hart
Parkersburg
W Va
Archer
John W Davis
Clarkeburg
Wo Ya
Ann J Trainor
Hayport
Appelles
District Court of
Norfolk
Eaward R Baird, Jr
Floyd Hughes
Stephen R. Jones
Boston
Mass
Goodleader Robertson Lumber Company
W J Atwood & Co
Appellees
Norfol
Stephen R Jones
Anti Saloon Men Meet Sixth Annual Virginia League Convention
The Virginia Anti-Saloon League met in Charlottesville at the First Methodist Church with President J W Mitchell of Richmond presiding. Speeches welcomed by Dr Turpin Dr Smart and Dr Kent. response by Dr R H Bennett. Convention notes fifty four counties have no equor icouse and eighty one have no saloons. Col Edwin A Stevens condition improved after pneumonia. physicians hopeful. James Orlando Bracken thirteen runaway boy to be returned to Brevard NC. Snavely perjury case continued to February term. John Stribling colored powderman injured at convict camp during four blasts. possible fatal outcome.
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Virginia League
Charlottesville
Spectal
Washington Post
Virginia Anti- Saloon League
J. W. Mitchell
Richmond
John B .Urpin
R. D Smart
Charlotteaville
Charles W. Kent
University of Virginia
R. H. Bennett
Randolph- Macon College
Danville
James Orlando
Bracken
Roonaway
Brevard
Washington
Braunton
John Stribling
Alfred Walter Elected Chairman of Seaboard Air Line
Alfred Walter was elected head of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company executive committee at a Dec 4 meeting of voting trustees. James C Blair retired from the chairmanship and was replaced by Alfred Walter, the company president. J B Dennis retired, making Walter a new member of the committee.
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Seaboard Air Line
New York
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
James C Blair
Alfred Walter
Comany
PP Jaident Walter
J. B. Dennis
Blair & Co
Judge Purnell says NC landlord law void before grand jury
Raleigh December 4 Judge Purnell in the Federal Court charged the grand jury that the North Carolina landlord tenant act of 1903 violated federal statutes. He said the law favored landowners to bind tenants to contracts.
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Purnell
Raleigh
Washington Post
Grand Jury
North Carolina
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John Robinson
Don J Harvey Robson
Robinson
Robert E Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Gen Lee
Thomas Perry
Edgar Warford
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Ramsay
Gorman
Davidson
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Taylor
Assdciation of
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B Weil
C R Yates
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M & Parker
C F Entwisle
Smith
Alexander Bowie
John Matter
Flatthews
Jameson
Julius Wolf
Ciub
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Qxvin G Schwartzman
Robert Tomlin
Romon
Reaves
Bernard Eylne
Sarah F. Warring
H Tim Warring
Shiloh
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Lynchburg Va
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Frank Jordan
Miss Parker
Baltimore
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Middleburg
Loudoun
Middeburg
Hla
Mae Ree
Laiverity of
Virmania
Rive
Maryland Association
Cumberland
Orion Tapp
Mannington
W. Va
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Surry Courthouse
Virginia Weddings
Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
Rogers
Standard Oil Magnate
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Southern Immigration Committee
Quest OF
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John Henry Keen
Here
Stevens
Winchester
Berryville
Clarke County
Edwin A Stevens
Hoboken
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Virginia Supreme Court
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Tarrant Et al
Core Et al
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Lowla
Bugg
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Barnes
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Warhington
Greensboro
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G. W. Samnele
R. H. Hardin
L. B Davig
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Washington Pas
Rockville
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Huntington
Tiffany
Pennsylvania Ave. N. W
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Barton & Guestier Olive Oil
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Beaver Street
W. B. Moses & Sons, Inc
Ilustrate Verbeck
Lippincottast Month
Crestiman
First Flaor
F Street, Cor i Ith
Sunday Post
Victor C. Bell
Bell
Co Co
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Hudson's
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Columbia Phonograph Co
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WM. Knabe & CO
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