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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1901
Page
1
An organized movement in Anniston led by Ludlow Allen aims to hold a May festival including a carnival street fair and possibly a Wet parade. Backers plan a stock company to fund the event, hoping receipts will cover expenses and yield profit, noting prior fairs in Montgomery and the South covered costs.
In Rome Georgia on January 4 George Jr. a Black man accused of attempted assault on Mrs J M Mear was hanged from a tree, then shot by about 150 citizens. Reed claimed his innocence.
In the town of intevallo on January 4 the lime works of John B. Randall and partners, a twenty five year operation, were sold to Mrs. Carey for ten thousand dollars.
The Stewart's Store owned by Mr. Tom Stewart at Munford was burglarized on Wednesday night. In the theft a dozen razors a lot of pocket knives handkerchiefs shoes cheese and cologne were stolen.
Real estate transfers listed include W. S. Witham and wife selling blocks 28 and 29 lot 132 on 10th street for 6400 dollars to N. H. Reid and Ed Reid. E. L. Gaines sells lot 9 block 262 on 21st street for 335 dollars to N. H. Reid and Ed Reid. Van R. Kent and wife sell part of lot 20 block 2 to G. H. Norwood for 1150 dollars. W. H. DeLoach sells lot 12 block 251 524 feet on west side of Gurnee street for 150 dollars to J. K. De Loach.
Paris dispatch cites Le Journal reporting, with reserve, the death of Count Von Waldersee amid rumors an allied officer killed him. Berlin reportedly circulating the unconfirmed rumor and no confirmation is given.
In Cape Town on January 4 the British battleship Monarch landed guns to relieve troops for service northward. Five hundred citizens enlisted yesterday as enrollment grows. The first mounted men may depart for Worcester within three days. Over six thousand five hundred South African irregulars have been recruited in eight weeks.
The parish schedules a week of prayer at the First Presbyterian Church starting Monday with a 7 p m service. Leaders include Rev D McQuuen and Rev F P Ramsay with daily themes focusing on the Holy Spirit church consecration united prayer and home spiritual life.
Butte Montana January 4 R G Doughkes who was jailed on a complaint of his wife over an attempted murder confession reveals his real name Eldredge Williams and that he is wanted in Wetumpka Alabama for a murder in 1891 claiming self defense and escape from jail. An Alabama officer is en route to Butte.
Judge W F Johnston and Rev Clyde T Sheltman lead a Friday 7 p m prayer session for a regenerate spiritually minded church separate from the world. Scriptural suggestions include John 1 15 Jeremiah 32 38 40 Ezekiel 36 29 Romans 12 2 Galatians 6 15 and Revelation.
Mrs Frances L Sales of Missouri Valley Illinois writes that after years of severe kidney trouble and no help from five doctors, three bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure cured her. Elam Drug Co.
Mexico City January 4 Gen James K Slaughter a noted ex Confederate died at the American hospital from pneumonia at age 187 years He was a West Point graduate and served as lieutenant to Gen Scott He commanded Confederate forces at Bonas Santiago Tex after Lees surrender and issued a war end proclamation He also twice served as Mobile postmaster under Republican appointment He was in Mexico collecting claims when illness struck.
Selma to Montgomery Advertiser reports the marriage of R. K. Lapsley to Miss Ethel Bayne Pearce in Ringgold Georgia. Pearce formerly managed Selma Postal Telegraph and was beloved for her sunny disposition. Lapsley works for W. Hooper & Co. wholesale groceries. Friends here anticipate a warm homecoming and extend best wishes.
An old advertisement touts Kermott’s Chet and Porter colds and sore throat relief. It claims quick action, comparing it to Laxative Quinine and asserting rapid cure.
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