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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
4
Amniston becomes the first city in Alabama to pay its school teachers and county teachers when the state treasury is empty. The city, with state finances still strained, funds December salaries through local resources.
A four year discussion by Annis. tom and the Anniston Star on funding and protecting police forces is cited by the Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette. The Star urges municipal action, while other papers debate the proper role of the lieutenant governor and committees.
Birmingham taps former Anniston residents to lead relief efforts with Sydney J. Bowie as chief. Frank Nelson Jr. and John H. Frye head relief committees. The article praises Anniston brains and money for Birmingham’s rise as an industrial city.
The Birmingham Age-Herald prints Judge 5 D Weakley’s take on the Alabama Railroad Commission coal rate decision. He says Birmingham gained a favorable 12 cent rate for a 25 mile haul, while Aniston loses 50 cents to 70 cents for local coal. The piece argues Aniston’s position as a manufacturing hub justifies concern over future coal sourcing and urges regional unity to counter perceived injustices and push for commission reconsideration.
The Montgomery Times notes Lieutentant-Governor candidates show courage and firm conviction. It states no one will shirk duties and that the lieutenant governor acts as the providing officer of the upper house. The piece frames the office as the right arm of Governor Henderson in a Strictly Business administration.
An army chaplain describes his weekly front line duties amid harsh winter conditions. He conducts services in improvised spaces from cottages to trenches, buries four dead under shellfire, and organizes campfire singing to lift morale as shells burst nearby.
Frederick M. Smith, head of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, outlines a wealth redistribution program to end poverty. He plans to study philosophy at Clark University to test ideas and will remain in Worcester with a secretary to coordinate church reforms and fundraising from wealthy members.
A rough historical list notes events from 1732 to 1890. Entries include William Leeland’s alleged death at 139 in Lisnaken Ireland, the Mason Dixon line survey completion, Washington crossing the Delaware to surprise Hessians, and various European treaties and battles. Also listed are a theatre fire in Richmond killing 123, Stephen Girard’s death, and Belgian independence recognition by allies.
In Huntsville Alabama on December 26, the Sunday schools of the city observed Christmas in a charitable way by distributing gifts to the city's needy children instead of presenting sermons or other usual observances.
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