Willison in Control Drum for the State Senate
Allegany County Democrats named a county ticket and set October 3 primaries for contested offices. The county committee, led by Willison, appointed nominees for state senator and various county posts, urged withdrawals to avoid contests, and sought revocation of four deputies’ commissions amid internal party dispute.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Allegany County
Frank J Drum
Yale Summit
Baptists at Annapolis Middle District Meet in Annual Convention
The Middle District Baptist Association convened in Annapolis today with sessions running through tomorrow afternoon. Because the Colisee avenue edifice was not completed, the meetings are held at the resolytueian Church.
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Middle District Association
Apecia
Washington Post
Annapolis
Middle District Baptist Association
Colisee Avenue
Resolytueian
Eloping couples wed in Hagerstown overnight
Two Virginia couples eloped and married in Hagerstown. Miss Ammie C. Harris and George B. Sargent of Riverton wed near midnight at Rev. A. H. McKinley’s residence. Miss Annie Young and Harrison Duncan of Luray married this morning at the City Hotel by Rev. J. M. Tombaugh.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Virginia
Ammie C. Harris
George B. Sargent
Riverton
A. H. McKinley
Annie Young
Harrison Duncan
Elopers
Luray
J. M Tombaugh
City Hotel
Former Washington pastor to dedicate Romney church
Cumberland Md Sept 21 The new Methodist Episcopal Church South at Romney West Virginia will be dedicated October 1 Rev Forrest J Prettyman pastor of Trinity and Calvary churches Baltimore formerly pastor of Mount Vernon Place Church Washington DC and for a short time chaplain of the Senate will preach the dedication sermon Rev H J Stephens Rev C Syd an d other former pastors will attend the dedication
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Rayner wins by a margin in Maryland primaries
Baltimore Sept 21 The canvass of Democratic primary votes in the Sixth and Eleventh wards shows William B. Rayner ahead in the Sixth ward and William Milnes Maloy leading in the Eleventh for legislature. Independent William Norris defeats Edward F. Burke in the Sixth ward for the delegation, with Burke still affecting the final tally. Canvassers report a near tie among Norris delegates and Burke’s tied men. Executives in the Sixth ward are split, While Forster loses to Humphreys. In the Eleventh ward Rayner leads delegation 618 to Munley 323, Goldsborough 542 to Littig 68 for executive, and Linthicum 744 to Straus 521 for senator. Proportions of defective votes are high. canvass continues tomorrow with remaining wards.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Wiliam B. Rayner
William Milnes Maloy
William
William I Norris
Burke
Norris
Superior Court
Forster
Humphreys
Rayher
Munley
N. Lee Goldsborough
Organization
M. Littig
Linthicum
Straus
Reform League Charges Democratic Election Supervisors
The Reform League of Maryland filed charges with Gov. Warfield against Jefferson D. Robertson and John W. Millar, Democratic Charles County election supervisors. It alleges two ballots were printed, biased advertising, exclusion of minority supervisor W. W. Reech, and seating of unfit candidates. Gov. Warfield will hear the charges soon with testifying Democratic supervisors summoned.
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Srecal
Washington Post
Baltimore
Reform, League of Maryland
Gov
Jefferson D. Robertson
John W. Millar
Charles County
Gov. Warfield
W. W. Reech
Germans Elect Officers at German Synod Session
The thirty first annual session of the German Synod of the Reformed Church in Baltimore elected Rev. F. M. Dumstrey as president and Rev. Dr. A. Dahlmann as clerk. The synod represents 58 churches with about 10,000 members and reported church property worth 190,600 dollars with 10,400 on hand for charity. Reports showed ten mission charges, income of 5,883 dollars for the last year, Franklin Mission House housed 93 students, and 12,337 dollars income for the publication board. A separate item from Tazewell, Va. noted Charles Brown and Thomas Smith wounded in Pocahontas in a shooting over a quarrel arising from a game. two black barbers reported injured.
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Philadelphia
A. Dahlmann
Buffalo
Mission Board
Franklin
Wic
Minstry
Publication Board
Tne
Washington Post
Tazewell
Charles Brown
Thomas Smith
Pocahontas
Beth Necroes
Wreck on Westbound Hinton Line Kills One Injures Several
A West Virginia bound passenger train No. 36 from Hinton to Charleston wrecked seven miles east of Charleston at Carkin. Engineer and fireman escaped, one dead H Hopk ins of Hinton and six injured including track workers Wat Seales and William Smotherman. Passengers numbered over a hundred, cars left the track but coaches remained upright. Wreck caused by dirt on track from grading work near Marmet.
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Charleston
W. Va
Washington
Carkin
H Hopkins
Noah Smith
Richmond
Wat Seales
Madison
William Smotherman
Salisbury
N. C
Alexander Thaxton
Huntington
Flying Rock
George Brown
John L Mo
Marmet
Richmond drops plan for excise board to curb liquor trade
Special to The Washington Fuss from Richmond Virginia reports that the city abandons creating an excise board to regulate liquor. The aim was to tighten controls and shutter disreputable places but police action has reduced those issues, and licenses will continue to be granted by Hastings Court judge.
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Washington
Richmond
Board of Excise Commissioners
Hastings Court
Insolvent Jefferson Fire and Marine Co Appointed Receiver
Richmond Virginia September 21 the Jefferson Fire and Marine Insurance Company was placed in the hands of a receiver by Judge Ingram of the Law and Equity Court. The firm’s assets are reported practically gone and the Arkansas Democrat Company holds a $2,000 policy, seeking a $1,250 fire loss. Receiver Roscoe C Nelson will post a $5,006 bond. In Huntington West Virginia on the same date W N Davis a Hubbardstown merchant pardoned by Gov Dawson after murder conviction. In Richmond Newton Maxey fined $10 for carrying a gravel shooter at police court.
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Jefferson Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Ingram
Law and Equity Court
Roscoe C. Nelson
Washington
Huntington
W. Va
W. N. Davis
Hubbardstown
State
Dawson
Davis
John Young
Washington Post
Richmond, Va
Newton Maxey
R. M. Maxey
Julian Travnum
Winchester railroad expands with river dam project
Special to The Washington Post reports Winchester Virginia the Winchester City Railway Company has bought 37 acres along the Shenandoah River at Millville Jefferson County West Virginia for 4500 dollars. The land includes a 32 foot waterfall to power operations. Edward Purcell & Co. are constructing the plant as a heavy work crew builds a concrete dam raceway and powerhouse with a tramway conveying material to the site.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Winchester Jana Washington City Railway Company
Edward Purcell & Co
Millville
Jefferson County
W Va
Shenandoah River
J. H. Rodgers
Baltimore
Mack Alexander Sentenced for Murder in Virginia
Roanoke Virginia September 27 Mack Alexander received an eighteen year sentence in the Franklin County Court at Rocky Mount for the July murder of Jeff Nowlin. The jury deliberated all night before convicting Alexander of shooting Nowlin with a shotgun in Nowlin's home.
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Jeff Nowlin
Roanoke
Franklin County
Rocky Mount
Jef Nowlin
Alexander
Nowlin
Colonists for the South To Get Ten acre Wilmington Farms
The Carolina Trucking and Development Company plans to divide 250 600 acres within fifty miles of Wilmington into ten acre farms and sell to colonists from the North West and foreign countries. Hugh MacRae & Co bankers are chief stockholders with BE Van C Luces president. An electric road to Castle Haynes will run twelve miles.
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Wilmington
N. C
Carolina Trucking and Development Company
Hugh MacRae & Co
United States
Castle Haynes
BE. W. van C. Luces
United States Army
Judge Witt Sets October 9 Richmond Fraud Trial
Richmond Va Sept 21 Judge Witt of the Hastings Court set October 9 for trial of those accused in recent municipal election frauds. Jury to begin next week to probe plotters and uncover the men behind the scheme. L EK Cutherson, highly charged, lacks funds and remains jailed without bail as a list of fifteen witnesses is prepared for the grand jury including three former jurors.
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Anti-Kisser Elopes. McCune Marries Parker in Hagerstown
Former Virginia state senator James G. McCune of Meadow Malls Frederick County and Miss Mary A Parker daughter of Charles and Mary Parker of Frederick County eloped to Hagerstown Md and were wed in Hotel Hamilton parlors at 9 pm yesterday Rev A B Statton officiating The groom aged forty is a lawyer and former Virginia senator known as father of the anti kissing bill One of Parker’s brothers opposed the match appealing to police while another supported the union The couple plan to reside in Frederick County
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Winchester
James G. McCune
Meadow Malls
Frederick County
Mary A. Parker
Charles , Parker
Cedar Creek
Hagerstown
Hotel Hamilton
A. B. Statton
St. Paul's United Brethren Church
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Parker
Cumberland Valley
Maryland
Oswald
Dudley Man of Straw in Norfolk County Ticket
Samuel T. Montague of Portsmouth says Dudley, fusion nominee for Norfolk County clerk, is a man of straw and unlikely to be listed on the November ticket. He asserts Dudley was placed to aid Martin, who remains Republican and expected to win reelection. Montague cites Democratic aid as backing for keeping Martin in office.
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Multiple Obituaries From Maryland Area
Mary land notices report the deaths of Lillie Craig at forty seven in Hagerstown Henry Curfman a forty three year old former deputy sheriff dies suddenly in Williamsport Mary Ann Keplinger fifty five dies of typhoid in Keedysville Dr Norman B Scott eighty six prominent physician dies in Hagerstown Clayton McCauley in Riverton Va learns his father James McCauley killed near Little Orleans James Frannie family learns mother died on trip to America in a leaden coffin in Cumberland Walter Beall fifty six dies of apoplexy in Carlisle Pa and other related obituaries across the region highlighting spouses children and local associations
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Charles W. Craig
Henry Curfman
Williamsport
Baltimore
Mary Ann Keplinger
Samuel C. Keplinger
Keedysville
Washington County
Jacob Rohrer
Exkles Mills
George E. Ridenour
Normanb. Scott
Frederick County
Washington County Medical Society
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Norman B. Scott
Alexander Armstrong
Claiyton McCauley
James Mcauley
Riverton
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Pennsylvania Steel Company
Erecta Bridge
Charles Frannie
America
Cumberland
Alpheus Beall
Beall
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Annie Given
Carlaile
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Col. Wardwell
WROTE TO DIVORCED WIFE. Fifteen months in prison imposed
A Wheeling man Fred C. Rievers was sentenced in U S Court to fifteen months in state prison for writing letters to his divorced wife now Miss Josephine Preacher The jury had recommended clemency The court allowed testimony by his wife despite partial divorce and noted acts after separation. A second item reports Dr John Randolph Leigh ill in Clarksville and William Leigh summoned. Martinsburg church calls Rev P D Kerstner of Hagerstown to serve as pastor.
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Josephine Preacher
Dayton
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Rilevers
Fortune in apples and court notes spark Frederick harvests
Winchester reports a plan by General Freight Agent H C Clevenger to bring Pennsylvania banners and businessmen to Frederick County to promote apple fortunes using model orchards. The U S Agricultural Department backs forty acres for a national model apple orchard. Separately, the Virginia Court of Appeals hands down several rulings on petitions for appeals and writs of error. Richmond reports Democrat Joseph D Eggleston Jr filing his primary election expense statement showing 807.22 total with 400 for travel and 200 for assessment.
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H. C. Clevenger
Cumberland Valley Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
United States Agricultural Department
8. L Lupton
United States
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Richmond
Joseph D. Eggleston, Jr
Willard Spent Heavily in Virginia Governor Race
Richmond Sept 21 Lieut Gov Willard filed a statement detailing his recent campaign spending for the gubernatorial nomination. The total reaches 138 328.74 with charges for stationery printing and stage 372.27 express telephone telegrams 223 600 clerk hire stenographer typing 2 226 advertising and subscriptions 5 963.61 travel licenses 1 400.10 half hire meetings 714.90 Richmond headquarters 3 227.56 primary fee 1 500.
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Willard
Hichmond
Confederate Veterans Holding South West Virginia East Tennessee Reunion
About 400 veterans gathered at the S. W. Fulkerson Camp in Bristol on September 21 for the annual reunion. Dr. J. P. Howell welcomed attendees while Gov. John Isaac Cox of Tennessee gave the principal address. A basket dinner followed as veterans recalled striking Civil War incidents.
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S. W. Fulkerson
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East Tennessee
John Isaac Cox
Tennessee
Alexandria wedding and court items in brief
The Alexandria area report notes the quiet wedding of Eleanor L. Gilmore and Andrew M. Brechin at 10:30 am with mournful family ties, plus local court actions in Corporation Court including estates, guardianship, and a policy crime case. Also covered are retirements in the Harlow Brothers firm and a Virginia Safe Deposit merger plan.
Negro Youth Indicted for Forgery in Winchester Court
Winchester Va Sept 21 grand jury returned six indictments in Corporation Court against Heywood Johnson a simple looking colored youth who confessed to forging the name of his employer Liveryman Harry W Hur on the Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester Johnson says a white man induced him to forge Hulls name.
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Opening of Richmond College in Richmond Virginia
Richmond College opened with strong attendance and a capable faculty. W S McNeill will be associate professor of law and J M Whitfield acting professor of chemistry announced during the event. Capt Johnson named Republican candidate for House of Delegates in Elizabeth City County. Republicans plan active campaigning with state office candidates speaking in Hampton on October 11.
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J. M. Whitfield
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B. F. Johnson
Hilzabeth City
Hampton
Virginia Obituary Notices From Several Towns
Obituaries from Gordonsville Winchester and nearby regions report J L Sneed dying at home in Gordonsville after a lived life as a prominent businessman Kate Henson aged thirty four of Berryville Clarke county dies after lingering illness leaving three brothers and two sisters Delia H Abbott of Spring Garden Pittsylvania County dies of paralysis at about eighty with two daughters two sons and several grandchildren Lacey Watkins of Newport News dies at home after a long illness and is survived by four sons and two daughters The Watkins family is linked to Warren County North Carolina and bodies were moved to their family in Chase City and Hampton Virginia but the report ends mid detail
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Winchester
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Clarke County
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Chatham
Delia H. Abbott
Spring Garden
Pittsylvania County
Newport News
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City
Lou Williams
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Chase City
M. Watkins
Yon
James Watkins
Uatrys Man
W. T. Geletrie
Hampton
Tye
Cameron
M Lou Williams
Warren County
N. C
Blevis Extends Road Linking Morgantown and Kingwood
Morgantown West Virginia September 21 Senator Stephen Biking arrived to inspect his Morgan town and Kingwood Railroad property and announced fifty more coke ovens at his Richard mine and 100 ovens at Deckers Creek near Dellslow to boost the line. He also said the road would extend to Bowlesburg connecting with the Baltimore and Ohio main line. Martinsburg West Virginia September Ray mond Young and Miss Jesse Barker were married in Charlestown yesterday and will reside in the city.
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Winchester
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Charlies Fansler
Charles D. Bulla
Southern Methodist Church
George H Child
Elizabeth B Crocker
Harpers Ferry
J. H. Wolff
Jefferson
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Jefferson County
Reconstruction Era Race Relations in a Southern Novel
A novel that presents the vital questions facing the South after Reconstruction and defines the true relations now existing between the races in the region. The work probes social, political, and moral tensions, framing a debate on equality, citizenship, and regional identity.
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