Charges Against Eggleston Over School Register Fees
The state school board heard testimony on charges by Eggleston that the State Board had adopted a school register pricing regime favoring unauthorized publishers. Witnesses described bids from Roanoke printers and questioned ownership and financial interest of McGilvray in the register. The board adjourned to executive session after both sides summarized evidence.
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Eggleston Point
School
Thomas Ant
North Carolina
South Carolina
Walter HB
Tai
Thomme
Thoms
McGilvray
Wing
MrGalvray
McDlvray
Drowned Man Recovered After Canal Incident
A man identified as Conrad, twenty one, of Chaneyville, twelve miles north of Wintersone, drowned while swimming near the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. He was an employee of Kenny Seaton at a ferry boat operation and was swimming with a board when he disappeared. his body was recovered.
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Rey
Tate Conrad
Chaneyaville
Wimtstone
Wits
Chesapeake
Cumberland
Kenny Seaton
Conrad
Montague Issues Requisition in Murder Case Across States
Montague issues a requisition on New York officials for Richard Young linked to the December murder of Andrew Page. Also seeks arrest of Georgy Pincherd in Franklin County for an alleged act as governor of West Virginia, with an additional note on Dock Watsit row in Roanoke.
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Washington
Guy Montague
New York
Richard Young
Gren Bay
Andrew Page
West Xinit
Georgy Pincherd
Prankllo County
Tenchor
West Virgina
Dock Watsit
Jell
Roanoke
Danville Firms Burned Out in Early Morning Fire
Fire destroyed or badly damaged the wholesale jewelry firms Gardner & Clark and Mahan & Tyree in a brick structure owned by JOR Tolling Goods. The blaze severely damaged the building and left the loss covering insurance estimates. The incident occurred here early this morning in Danville Cumberland.
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Ryeo Alin
Washington Post
Caniela
Gardner & Clark and
Mahan & Tyree
Sere
Jor
Willard Clarifies Penitentiary Labor Comment
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Va May 1 Lieut Gov Joseph E Willard denied misquoting remarks in a Tazewell speech claiming state school books would be printed in the penitentiary He said his point was on convict labor and stressed he opposes the system noting the Davis Shoe Company uses convicts at 42 cents a day and that Virginia labor groups have criticized the practice while acknowledging penitentiary profits.
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Spteialia
Warington Post
Joni L Wellishis
Ohrm Chiskes
JD Eg Kiarnardis
Eggleston
Samme
Egglestons
Sudan P Thomas
Ratmondt Hegh School
Ths
Cxeleston
State School Board
Jidl Company
LW Jenkins Printers
LW Jenkins Printers and Binders of the Registr Were Uso
Stent Printing Company
Roanokee
Vray Tre J
Hinds Son Sears
Wexer
Thomas
McGliveas
Resurt Mirthens
Mii Yues
Washington Post
Richmond
Joseph E. Willard
Tazewell
Capt. Willard
Davis Shoe Company
Capt Willard
Fireman crushed to death in runaway freight wreck at Confluence
Special to The Washington Post Cumberland May 24 A Baltimore and Ohio freight train with fifty nine cars and two engines ran down Ursina grade at sixty miles an hour and slammed into shifter flagman Patrick Lewis and others near Confluence. The fireman M R Waddle was trapped and roasted to death amid wreckage and escaping steam. J R McManus and Richard Cunningham escaped with injuries while several other workers suffered cuts and sprains. The crash demolished several cars and tore up three tracks, halting near the station fifty yards away.
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Washington Poat
Cumberland
Ursina
Baltmore and Gio
Confluence
M R. Waddle
Ireman
New Haven
J R McManus
Connellsville
Richard Cunningham
Patrick Lewis
Watertown
James Rannel
Waddle
Pythians in Conference Plan to Increase Maryland Membership
Special to The Waenington reports Grand Chancellor Reno Sharp proposes each lodge recruit twenty candidates during the week starting November 13. A Frederick initiation of 36 members precedes a banquet at the opera house. A monster gathering in Baltimore on November 7, 1906, will showcase 1,100 initiates as Maryland marks the order’s 38th anniversary.
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Waenington
Frederick
Order of Knights of Pythas
Maryland
Grand Lodge
Reno Sharp
Mountain City Lodge
City Opera House
Baltimore
Doctors Elect Officers At State Medical Society Meet
Special to The Washington Post Greensboro May 4. Attendance at the State Medical Society session set records with 1 900 of 1 900 members present. Charlotte chosen as next annual meeting city. New officers include B C Register president. B Mc Brayer WH Cobb W Spencer vice presidents. J Howell Way secretary. G W Sikes treasurer. Delegates to AMA J Howell Wey J A Burroughs. State Board of Health George E Thomas Thomas E Anderson Statesville. Guilford County Medical Society hosted a lavish reception and banquet for visitors.
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Washington
Greensboro
N. C
Medical Society
Charlotte
B.C. Register
B. McBrayer
Asheville
WH. Cobb
Goldsboro
W. ©. Spencer
Winston
J. Howell Way
Waynesville
G. W. Sikes
Grissom
American Medical Association
J. Howell Wey
J. A. Burroughs
State Board of Health
George E. Thomas
Wilmington
Thomas E. Anderson
Statesville
Guilford County Medical Society
Second Degree Murder Verdict in Berryville Case
Reynolds Carlisle found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing John D. Krambling, a Berryville shoemaker, last Christmas. The jury fixed his sentence at seven years in the penitentiary after hours of deliberation. Carlisle claimed self defense and denied striking the fatal blow with a brickbat, offering fist as his weapon. expert testimony linked the death to a heavy instrument.
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Carlisle
Berryville
Washington Post
Winchester
Reynolds Carlisle
Clarke County
John D. Krambling
Krambling
Pole Falls on Lineman in Bristol, Man Killed
Bristol Va May 24 Thomas J Glass forty Uneman for Bristol Gas and Electric Company died when a thirty foot pole toppled while he adjusted a wire. The pole broke at the base and crushed his chest. He left a widow and three daughters. His elderly mother in Richmond Va is critically ill and not informed yet.
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Spedal
Washington
Bristol
Thomas J. Glass
Bristol Gas and Electric Company
Fineman
Glass
Httle
Richmond
Died in dentist chair after tooth extraction
Special to The Washington Post from Frederick Maryland May 4 reports Thomas Hays of Lovettsville Virginia died of heart failure in a Frederick dentist office after sixteen teeth were pulled. Chloroform had been administered but death is believed caused by nervous shock triggering heart stoppage. Hays a 32 year old single man.
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Washington Po
Frederick
Thomas Hays
Lovettsville
Hays
Brothers Convicted in South Bristol Murder
In Bristol Virginia Grover and Clinton Wilson, brothers, were sentenced to fifteen years each in the penitentiary for the murder of William Burton, a South Bristol resident. The court noted neighbors had threatened them if they stayed in the community. Special to The Washington Era.
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W. &. Burton
South Bristol
Washington Post
Bristol
William Burton
Grover
Clinton Wilson
Pearre Suffers Indicestion at Theater Event
Congressman George A Pearre of the Sixth district suffered an attack of indigestion while at the Auditorium Theater with Mrs Pearre last evening. He recovered by today and was transacting business at the Belvedere with his brother W H Pearre of Cumberland and others.
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Baltimore
George A Pearre
Sixth
Auditorium Theater
Pearre
Belvedere
W. H. Pearre
Cumberland
Virginia Weddings in Richmond and Luray
May 24 weddings in Virginia include William H Boyenton of Rampton wed to Miss Nettle Les Harwood in Richmond at bride’s brother C P Harwood’s home. May 2 James Keller Ambrose of Shenandoah County married Miss Lotte Virginis Emernon in Luray with Rev Joyce officiating.
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Blackwalnut
Richard Foland Owen
South Boston
Gov Montague
Bouth Hoeton
Discredited by Mother About Elopement Rumors
Baltimore theatergoers and Port Deposit residents reported frequent meetings between ex Mayor Robert C. Davidson and Laura B. Noyes. Davidson left abruptly, unseen by his wife, while Noyes stayed at the Stafford. both were seen together in theaters and public places. Mrs Noyes, living near Blackhall, disputed the elopement claim and said Laura had planned to visit her mother after a stay in Baltimore.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Robert C. Davidson
Laura B. Noyes
Misa Noyes
Stafford
Miss Noyes
Averal
Davidson
Tn Port Deposit
Port Deposit
Misa Nojes
Devinson
Appoints New Receivers for Tunis Lumber Co
Federal Judge Waddill signed orders in Norfolk on May 24 naming Theophilus Tunis of Baltimore and Alvah H Martin of Berkley as permanent receivers of the Tunis Lumber Company trust. They replace temporary receivers EH B Nichols and H Thompson, with bond set at zero. Thomas H Walcox is appointed special master to report on the trust’s affairs, with duties to begin June 1.
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Tunis Company
Norfolk
Waddill
United States
Tunis Lumber Company
Baltimore
Theophilus Tunis
Alvah H Martin
Berkley, Va
Theophilius Tunis
EH B Nichols
And
H Thompson
Prison for the Whites in murder appeal upheld
Thomas and Chalmers White, Concord businessmen, must serve six years each in the penitentiary after the North Carolina Supreme Court found no error in Rowan Superior Court’s murder conviction of Russell Sherrell. Bond set at 25,000 dollars each. custody to follow once papers filed.
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Trp
Wasnim Gronrom
Salisbury
N. C
Thomas
Chalmers White
Concord
Rowan Superior Court
Russell Sherrell
Rowan
Supreme Court
Yeeon
Rowan County
Abduction case and court actions across states
New details emerge from Hancock abduction trial where William D Moregret, a married man, was found guilty of abducting sixteen year old Olins Teresa Ingram and enticing her to Baltimore then Pittsburg. Sentenced to four years. Circuit Court of Appeals heard cases with reversals and affirmations from Clarksburg to Norfolk. Local incidents include a Davidson County carriage near Rockville and a bond in Portsmouth on assault and concealed weapons charges. Glen Echo town officers and officials take oath while civil suit for alienation of affections proceeds in Marion County West Virginia.
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Hancock
Snecia
Washington Pr
Hagerstown
William D Moregret
Kiancock
Tudgrs Keedy and Henderson
Olins Teresa Ingram
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Washington Post
Norfolk
Ambrose D Parker
Portsmouth
Jacob Hogenblum
Parker
Corporation Court
Virginia Obituary Notices From Richmond to Fredericksburg
Obituaries from Virginia cities report Jamen B Hows dies in Richmond after May 4, with a widow and seven children. Also May 24 notices Sarah Self dies at 52 in Warsaw. May 14 Dr J de Jarnette, Spottsylvania official and former school superintendent, dies near Lewiston aged 72, survived by two daughters. May 4 Mrs Paul Sebols, 35, in Roanoke, native of Berlin, wife of Meary and Lawin Scholz, Virginia Brewing Co. May 24 Mrs Bettie Wise widow of Capt Harvey Wiss dies aged 77 in Harrisonburg, formerly Miss Elser of Mount Crawford, leaving two daughters.
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Richmond
Jamen
Warsaw
Sarah Self
Fredericksburg
J . de Jarnette
Spottsylvania County
Riahome
Lewiston
Roanoke
Paul Sebols
Shewag
Aister
Meary
Lawin Scholz
Virginia Brewing Company
Berlin
Germany
Herrleonburn
Bettle Wise
Harvey Wiss
Thin County
Yestering
Sf Mount Crawford
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Montague
Danville
Washington Post Cumberland
Samuel Turvey
Wiliam Sutton
Weyersdale
Somerset
Somerest Cowl Company
Boroquaumon
Tur Ty
Blue Ridge
Wilwood
Blue Tidge Hunt Club
Carter Hill Grove
Virginia Institute
W .D. Pickard
Lynchburg
Ters
Nee
Washington Bay
Manchester
Willard
Cate
Pythians
Order
Montgomery
Rockville
Thos. B Howard
Sohn A Selby
Granville Mullinix
William J Lewis
Keyser
Willam Woodrow
Ridgely
Woodrow
Smith
Pitts x
All Desiers
People's Prios
Royal Baking Powder
Pole
Bristol Electric Company
Hampton
Newport News
Thornton F Jones
Alonza F Patrick
W W_ Richardson
J H Brinson
J. T Haskins
EB R Schraudt
C T Taylor
T S Tennis
M .F Burke
Pean
Petersburg
Eveer
Lynes
New Jersey
Burgeass
Rhode Island
Bishop Payne Divinity and Industrial School For
H. St George Tucker
WF. Dunaway
Lancaster
Board of Supervisors
Pearre Tl
Virginia
Thomas B. Benson
Thomas B Benson
Darnestown
Spirial
Murphy
Cavnell
Southern Railway
Main Street
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Morgantown
W Va
Booth Penn Oil Company
The
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John W Mason
Chambers
John Ames, Jr
Jonn “Ames
Oxfibre Works
Grand Rouge of
Ohlo
Carters Little
Connecticut Avenue
Slump &Fyford
Massachusetts Avenue
Heurich
West 34
Senate
Heurich Brewing Co
Selinger’s
Cardui
Cardus
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tean
J. A. Keeton
Cephas
Née
Circuit Court of Appeals
Weebington
Jandees Goff
Pritchard
Morrig
Max Drey
Gilvert L Watson
Af Appellees
Circuit Court of the United States
Clarksburg
Pritchard R J Donaldson
Robert Dowaldson
Grubb
Weslington
Salsbury
H .Clay Grubb
Davidson County
Mr. Grubb
Glen Echo Council
Weehington
Glen Echo
Thomas A. Weaver
Joseph M Wowler
John R Johnston
Oliver
Fairmont
Irene B. Gordon
Mannington
W. Va
Intermediate Court
Marion County
Dora Cross
James DE B. Walbach
la Plata
May
James de B Wallach
Charles County
T Elgear Gardiner
Wallbach
Rockmil
House of Delegates
Jeader
Walbach
S. S
S.S. S
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta, GA
Chas. E. Gildersleeve
Send Street
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