November 10, 1955
Describes that Ozzie Newsome, a Black man who owned a restaurant in Muscle Shoals, was told by Police Commissioner Thomas F. Terry that he would have to pay a $25 fee each week to operate, a fee that Newsome could not afford. The trial that was still being deliberated by the jury at the time.
February 24, 1955
Describes that Pearl Beckwith, a Black man from Lauderdale County, had been arrested in Arkansas for burglary after he had fled Lauderdale County Police for months
January 18, 1955
Describes that James M. Pruitt, a Black man from Sheffield, was arrested on charges of reckless driving and fleeing the police
January 29, 1951
Explains that a three-year-old, Black girl named Myra Mae Thorne was killed in Allsboro after being struck by a car driven by John Wallace Poole
February 7, 1951
Describes that a Black man named James Goode admitted to attempting to assault his stepdaughter, killing her, and burning her body
February 8, 1951
Describes that a Black man named William Franklin Webb was accused of killing asheriff and was denied bail. Also, cites an incident where Webb was approached by a lynch mob
January 18, 1951
Explains that policeman lectured on safety to the students of Slater and Burrellschools
November 12, 1950
Describes that the Ku Klux Klan was to hold a rally in order to explain their version of a violent night where they attacked a man named Rufus Lee at his home, attacked Black Americans at Myrtle Beach, and conducted a shooting that resulted in multiple injuries and deaths
November 13, 1950
Describes a dispute between Sheriff C.F. Sasser and Grand Dragon ThomasHamilton and briefly notes statements made at a Ku Klux Klan rally
October 19, 1950
Describes that a large posse organized to hunt down the rapist of Kathleen Holley, and the man was later identified by police as Cooper Drake
October 20, 1950
Describes that a group of angered men attacked Cooper Drake, the Black man accused of raping a woman named Kathleen Holley and killing her son
December 17, 1950
Describes that a Black man named Clarence Summerhill was arrested for a string of burglaries across Lauderdale County
December 24, 1950
Briefly describes that a Black woman named Corine Noel was arrested for purse theft