Amherst County mob chase ends with five Black suspects jailed
A violent assault on 17 year old Gladys Shelton near Lynchburg prompts a large Amherst County posse to pursue five Black railroad workers. Sheriff Beard moves prisoners to Campbell County jail after a rapid horseback chase toward Lynchburg. The boycotts and tensions stir amid railroad communities around Monroe as investigators seek the attacker.
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Campbell County
Gladys Shelton
Benjamin Shelton
Shelton
Sheriff Beard
Owsing
Ofelock
Monroe
Southern Railway
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Winesap
Thma
Eynesburg
Rustburg
Injunction Denied in Tobacco Warehouse Fund Case
The Washington Post reports in Rockville that Circuit Court No. 2 Judge Pete L Wickes denied an injunction against the state tobacco warehouse building committee. Attorney General Bryan argued the demurrer while Isaac Lobe Straus defended the bill. The decision ends the bid to halt using the tobacco warehouse fund for a new warehouse. In a separate note, Rockville reports the death of William H Broome of Darnestown at age twenty six, survivor Mrs Evin F Weert.
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Baltimore
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Wiliam Shepard Bryan
Isaac Lobe ! Straus
Rockville
Jane—Willam H. B Broome
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William H. Boome
Evin F. Weert
Harris Not Lynched Editor Letter on 196 Lynching Count
A reader from Ikinston, NC argues a December issue misclassifies the Asheville quintuple murder as a lynching. He notes Judge C. H. Allen outlawed Will Harris after five on street killings. Harris was shot by a posse while resisting. Dated January 7.
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Will Harris
Superior Court
C. H. Allen
Shot at Bristol boy by local blacksmith
Bristol Va January 8 George Cheatham a Bristol blacksmith fired at seventeen year old Charles Hughes in a bowling alley hitting his shoulder after Hughes allegedly attacked Cheatham's son. Hughes struck Cheatham with a pool cue. Cheatham was arrested. Also reported: Ben Lyon Jr under arrest in Petersburg for larceny of 200 dollars and a negotiable note for 38 dollars, with 121 dollars recovered. William F Bryant commissioner of revenue of Roanoke stricken with paralysis in his home. Governor’s appointee Charles M Michael declines Roanoke Orphan’s Court chief judge post. Jury acquits Wilbur H Laing of criminal assault in Front Royal. The Roanoke common council approves a salary rise for the city meter man and payment as overseer of the poor.
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George Cheatham
Charles Hughes
Cheatham
Hughes
Washington Post
Petersburg
Ben Lyon, Jr
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Warfield
Brunswick County
Lyon
Abernathy
F. Bryant
Roanoke
Willam F Bryant
Roanoke City
W. H. Laing
Front Royal
Wilbur H. Laing
Ayor
Gil- More'Salaxy
Ale E Merchant
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Tobacco Growers Meet in Danville Virginia and North Carolina
Forty to fifty delegates from Virginia and North Carolina meet in Danville to back a warehouse storage plan to raise prices and oppose the tobacco trust. President H C Kerns outlines continuing operations with a special committee dictating reasonable prices and warehouse management through the year.
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Danville
Bright Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association of Virginia
North Carolina Association
H. C. Kerns
Tobacco Trust
McDermott Nominated for State Senate President in West Virginia
Joseph H. McDermott of Monongalia County won the Republican caucus third ballot to become president of the West Virginia State Senate. Secretar y of State Swisher backed by administration forces aided McDermott’s victory. Swisher then declared his candidacy for governor, predicting a gubernatorial run if McDermott won.
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Charleston
W. Va
Joseph H. McDermott
Monongalia County
State Senate
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Marshall
Forman
Swisher
John T. Harris
Wood County
W. E B. Long
Tyler
W. Gough
Taylor
House
James A. Seaman
Jackson
C. L. Topping
Kanawha
H. W. Worden
Tucker
Wiliam Edmunds
Senate
City Council At Work Bank Directors Elected
The first New Year city council meeting addressed a bed factory lease on riverfront property near Old Dominion Glass Works and a plan to erect a plant under 25000 dollars for hospital beds for foreign governments. Resignations, street improvements, and electric railway rights were discussed. Three Alexandria banks elected directors and court actions and thefts were noted.
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Water Front
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Williams
A. Lurie
Ideal Hospital Bed Company
Chicago
Alexanddria
Old Dominion Glass Works
Council On Line
Committee On Public Property
Nance
Militia Promotions in Annapolis National Guard
Special to The Washington Post Annapolis Md Jan The adjutant general's office announced changes and promotions in the National Guard Captain Samuel Riggs of Rockville promoted to captain ordnance officer First Infantry First Lieutenant Warren J Haines of Ik ton promoted to captain ordnance officer First Infantry Lieutenant Silas B Smith of Belair named battalion adjutant First Infantry James M Coulter Jr promoted from sergeant to second lieutenant of Company M Fifth Infantry John J Gerrell of the Veteran Corps Fifth Infantry will soon become first lieutenant of that company First Sergt to officer promotions issued today and pending commission renewal in the Fifth Infantry.
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Annapolis
National Guard
Adjutant General's Office
Samuel Riggs
Rockville
First Infantry
Warren J. Haines
Silas B. Smith
Belair
Haines
James M. Coulter, Jr
Fifth Infantry
John J. Gerrell
Veteran Corps, Fifth Infantry
Gorman Attacks Warfield in Jackson Day Address
Maryland State Senator Arthur P. Gorman used a Concord Club Jackson Day speech to denounce Gov Warfield as betraying Democratic principles. He framed the fight as a campaign issue in Howard County, arguing for a white man’s state and opposing independents and hostile Democratic papers.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Arthur P. Gorman
Concord Club
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Warfeld
Elup
Gorman
Warford
Howard County
Jackson
Alan
Brookes freed on bail in Winchester murder case
Powell Brookes was released on $250 bail after ten days in jail on charges of attempting to murder Mrs. Alexander M. Baker in a Winchester hospital room. The case may be dropped as Baker declined to appear before the grand jury on January 21.
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Powell Brookes
Alexander M. Baker
Winchester Society
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Baltimore
New York
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Hare
Wray Stephenson
No Evidence of Murder in Roanoke Death Case
Danville Virginia January 8 coroner s jury found J M Thomas of Roanoke died from acute alcoholism and exposure. They noted robbery and three young men were with him prior to death. One man confessed to robbery implicating others. Highway robbery trial set for Thursday. Suspects Fletcher Harris George Stevens Albert Adkins. Special to The Washington Post.
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J. M. Thomas
Roanoke
Fletcher Harris
George Stevens
Albert Adkins
Movement to restore first Washington monument begins in Boonsboro
A Baltimore area group the Society for the Restoration of and Preservation of the First Monument to George Washington organized at a Boonsboro meeting to rebuild the landmark on South Mountain near Washington County. Har vey S. Bomberger was elected president and a broad list of officials and honorary members includes President Roosevelt and Gov. Warfield. The original 1837 monument stood ten feet after years, later rebuilt to fifty feet before being damaged by lightning.
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Evans
Alexandria
Sai
Ean
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Washington Post
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George Washington
South Mountain
Boonsboro
Washington County
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Harvey S. Bomberger
George M. Stover
George A. Davis
Alexander Neill
J. W. Alexander
United States
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Fairbanks
Warferd
Donald McLean
Daughters of the Revolution
Charles
Tragedy case ends without verdict in T E George death
Coroner’s jury in Tazewell Va investigates clerk T E George death found in a creek. No verdict on cause of death. A $20 gold certificate and currency found in his safe accompany the report.
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Weehington
Tazewell
T.E. George
Toasy
W. J. Henson
Circuit I
Samuel M Gra_ham
Graham
A. Bob Buchanan
Insomnia Cures Advertised by ADA-LUR-IEM Medicine
An advertisement proclaims ADA-LUR-IEM as a powerful nerve tonic for insomnia and nervous disorders. It claims rapid relief, harmless use for delicate individuals, and benefits for anemia, palsy, tremors, and motor ataxia. The formula supposedly clears the mind and restores nerve harmony, asserting compliance with Pure Food Law and availability at druggists or by mail from ADA-LUR-IEM Medicine Co. in New York City.
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William Brandreth
Ada-Lur-Iem Medicine Co
Zits Broatmay
New York City
Montreal Village Transferred to Presbyterian Synod
The village of Montreal near Asheville was transferred from John S. Huyler to the Presbyterian Synod. The synod will expand religious gatherings there, making Montreal the permanent home for the synod and other religious groups. Also, Henry Stewart, a mail wagon driver, was arrested for robbing a package between the Norfolk and Western depot and the port ferry.
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Black Mountain
John S. Huyler
New York
Presbyterian Synod
Huyler
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Jen
Henry Stewart
Norfolk and Weatern
Portsith Ferry
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