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Newspaper

Anniston Evening Star

Location

Anniston, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1914

Page

5

CPE OF GOD and local religious services at Chee Mile

Local church notices list CPE OF GOD activities at Chee Mile Schoolroom including Sunday services at 3 30 pm Prayermeeting Thursdays 7 30 pm and Bible school in the Law Building Room 7 consult local ministers for gospel work. Also mentions floral offerings by Uivrigttet’s and window glass services. Commerce Commission decision affects export rates from southern ports with penalties discontinued and Savannah and Mobile rates equalized.

CPE OF God Grvices Church of God Chee Mile 13Th Street Bible School Cy Law Washington the Commerce Commission Potmets Motil Savannah Ad

Holiday Price List From Aniston Steam Laundry

From now until January first special prices on dry cleaning for men's suits, ladies coats and skirts. Men’s overcoats and boys’ suits also discounted. Aniston Steam Laundry offers cleanings and dryers at 12 to 7.

Anniston Steam Laundry

Entertainment at Manford School Event

Meamford school hosts an Wednesday night entertainment on December 23 inviting the public. The program features drill songs and plays including Are Old Maids Competition. Admission ten and twenty cents. Concert begins at 7 o clock.

Manford Meamford

Builders Supply Co. Adjoins Liquor Case Notes

Fragmented text shows Builders Supply Co with floor wax and phone 797. It mentions Joe Jones a white man who was fined £50 and costs on a Friday by Judy John. Mr Crook appeals in a liquor case accusing him of giving liquor to Horace Kennedy a white boy under 21. The comments amount to 4s.

Joe Jones Judy John Mr. Crook Cowart Horace Kennedy

Teachers to Take State Licensure Exam in Calhoun County

Over one hundred teachers will arrive in the city tomorrow to take the state teachers examination for licenses to teach in Calhoun County schools. The three day test will be held in the circuit and city court rooms at the courthouse with Superintendent H T Persons and assistants Ada and Jemmie Persone conducting.

Calhoun Circwit and Court House H. T. Persons Mises Ada Jemmie Persone

Christmas Baking With Omega Flour Tips

A brief note recommends using Omega Flour for holiday baking. It praises versatile performance for cookies breads and cakes and suggests following package directions for best results.

Fire in vacant lot sparks blaze at makeshift children's dwelling

Firefighters were summoned Friday evening to a vacant lot between Seventeenth and Eighteenth near Noble street to quell a blaze in a gelay house. A miniature residence for neighborhood children held dolls and was set alight to keep them warm as they went to supper, but the structure ignited.

Noble Street

Judge Crook Orders Name Change Proceeding

Judge Crook asks Walter Owens, a colored resident, to pay $25 and costs for a name change case. The brief notes the proceeding as a routine name change with the required fee.

Crook Walte Owens

Ulbman’s Store Extends Hours for Christmas Shoppers

Ulbman’s store will stay open all next week until eight o'clock to assist Christmas shoppers with last minute needs. The extended hours aim to accommodate busy holiday schedules and boost gift purchases.

Ulbman’s

Fines Issued by Recorder Creen for Local Nuisances

Yesterday morning Recorder Creen assessed fines for several offenses. Lee Davis faced larceny of coke, Cobb Morgan was charged with violating prohibition laws with a $100 fine and thirty days, Roy Scott and Mike Fox were fined $25 each for drunkenness in a public place, and Sam Flakes paid $50 for larceny of clothing.

Recorder Creen Lee Davis Cobb Morgan Roy Scott Mike Fox Sam Flakes

The Pursuit of the Phantom at the Savoy

The Pursuit of the Phantom will be shown at the Savoy tomorrow and is praised as a strikingly original feature with intense interest and broad appeal to all theater goers, a genuine success of the year.

Savoy

Sale of Cotton Walks Draws City Notice

A bale of cotton on Noble street yesterday caused excitement until townsfolk learned it was a clever advertising stunt by N. E. Ory for his store. A man inside the fake bale powered the display and a record on the bale claimed the firm had retired 20,000 worth of cotton from the 1914 crop.

Noble Street N. E. Ory

Personal mentions from Birmingham and Atlanta visits

RK M Ingram was called to Birmingham for his brother J B Ingram's serious illness. L M Weathers of Atlanta visited Anniston for the holidays. Dave Shuford plans a short stay. Grand chancellor L G Waldrop returned from a statewide tour with K of P officers.

RK. M. Ingram Birmingham J. B. Ingram L. M. Weathers Atlanta Anniston Dave Shuford L. G. Waldrop K of P

Mountain Oak Encampment and Rathbone Lodge Meeting Notes

Mountain Oak Encampment No 25 meets on the first and third Fridays in Royal Oak hall. Noble Rathbone Lodge No 68 meets every Monday night at Castle Hall Oxford.

Mountain Oak Royal Oak Hall Noble Rathbone Lodge Castle Hall Oxford

Love's Young Dream Ruled Interrupted in County Case

Clem Hale, a 24 year old Beat 4 resident, is jailed after Deputy Sheriff Joe Harmon arrested him on a warrant by the bride’s stepfather. Hale is charged with luring Eva Ray, 13, from home to marry him. Trial set before Probate Judge John M Crook on January 8.

Tom Clem Hale Hale Joe Harmon Hate Eva Ray Tadee John M Crook

PA Chapter Formed in Tatu Day Meeting

The Travellers Protective Association unit was organized in Anniston yesterday with Dr L L Scarbrough presiding. Officers include Scarbrough president Kilby vice president and multiple named charter members and directors reflecting a large enrollment.

Mabry Travellers Protective Association Anniston L. L. Scarbrough Alabama W. S. Kilby Hall John H. Harwood G G. Britton, Jr Chas, Noble, Jr Bigngrin F.B Bowinsu P. Robertson J. PD. Sprawne E. B. McCall Saerbrough G. G. Britton Ives Caudle E. Jee Fields R.A. Teawickey Kilby C. B. Wells L. McRea Henry J. Moon John F. Boozer Beb. Stevens Adams Davis

Tomato Club Prizes Awarded to Members

Professor F H Watson county agent lists prize winners from the Tomato Club based on showmanship yield and crop history. Names include Miss Van Borden Miss Lula Ford Route 4 Miss Lena Clarah Alexandria and Miss Ines Sewell Choccolocco Alabama with prizes funded by Oxford prompts.

Due” Tomato Clubs Oxford Acti Sue Shurbutt Chatebie Migg Versa Nunnelly van Borden Lula Ford Annis

Post Office prep for Christmas mail surge at Ammiston

Postmaster O M Reynolds outlined measures to handle the holiday mail rush at Ammiston. Extra substitutes and two spring wagons will speed parcel post distribution with a dedicated insured parcel window and two general windows for stamps delivery and parcels. Senders should wrap parcels securely, mark as fragile or perishable, include a from line with address, and mail early to avoid delays.

O. M. Reynolds Ammiston Post Office

Gorman Gunning for Treasurers

Special to The Star Montgomery Dec 19 J T Gorman examiner of public accounts starts a movement to abolish county treasurers and let banks at county seats keep the books. He says it would save about 75001 without risking county funds noting Dallas County’s prior abolition and bank handling of finances. He cites savings of 1000 yearly with banks often operating multiple at county seats and keeping books per law. Alabama last fiscal year paid 134181.73 for tax collection and assessments with 490740 for assessors commissions 77848.81 collectors commissions and 6625.52 commissions.

The Star Montgomery J. T. Gorman Gorman Dalla County Alabama

Route 1 and Route 2 Readers in Multiple Towns

List of names associated with Route 1 Route 2 and Route 4 across Chocco Locco Ohatchie Wellington Ohatchie Jacksonville An niston Piedmont and Piedmont area. Names include Miss Annie Harris Miss Cora Stevens Miss Wallace Griffin Miss Bel mer O Dell Miss Arnora Phillips Miss Fannie Himds Miss Ophie Walker Miss Hester Henderson Miss Pauline Johnson Miss Mary Studdard Miss Nora Pilington Miss Ellen Hardy Miss Annie Glass Miss Willie Clark Miss Pearl High Miss Bessie Armstrong Miss Mable Alexander Miss Tivar Paris.

Annie Harris Choccolocco Cora Stevens Wellington Wallace Griffin Ohatchie Belmer O'Dell Arnora Phillips Fannie Himds McFall Ophie Walker Jacksonville Hester Henderson Choccolocee Pauline Johnson Anniston Mary Studdard Piedmont Nora Pilington Ellen Hardy Annie Glass Willie Clark Pearl High Bessie Armstrong Mable Alexander Tivar Paris

Theodore Roosevelt to Write for Metropolitan Magazine

The Metropolitan Magazine announces that for three years Theodore Roosevelt will write exclusively for the Metropolitan on social political and international questions.

New York The Metropolitan Magazine Theodore Roosevelt Metropolitan

War Developments Across Vistula and Silesia

report from London notes uncertainty over Russian reverses along the Vistula while suggesting local German gains near lowicz and possible evacuation of Lodz. Petrograd claims Austro German attacks repulsed on the left bank but overall operations shift toward Cra cow with Austro German forces facing a check in the Carpathians.

Wiana East Prussian Lon Cracow Carpathians

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