Telephone rate controversy heats Alabama town debate
Two more citizens weigh in on Southern Bell raises with comparisons to Los Angeles and Chattanooga. Daughdrill argues charges may be higher locally and urges a public utilities review while Hughes calls for making the issue political. He notes company reps presented a plausible case but claims customers face unjust costs despite limited local investment.
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
J. D. Daughdrill
Southern Bell
R. L. Hughes
Mr. Daughdril
Tme
Angeles
Cal
Public Utilities Committee
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Anniston
Alabama
Sterne
Clay County
Explosion injures youth during Fourth of July celebration
Muncie Indiana July 4 William Stoneburner age 20 is in serious condition at the city hospital after the toy cannon he was using to celebrate the Fourth exploded.
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Muncie
Ind
William Stoneburner
His High Silk Hat Was No Protection
Samuel Jennings, a known local baseball enthusiast, was arrested Friday by officers Dillard Shied Holland and Dashwood on a prohibition violation charge. Police raided his C street residence and seized a barrel of beer, capturing Jennings at Sixth and Noble Street. He faces possible jail if found guilty Monday morning.
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Samuel Jennings
Prince Albert
Jennings
Dillard
Shied, Holland and
Dashwood
C Street
Oxanmna
Sixth and
Noble Street
W. T. Dillard
Woman Shot by Boarder in West Aniston Tragedy
Julius Gentry shot Mary Atkins, his boarder, in West Aniston Friday night. Atkins died Saturday afternoon after being rushed to a hospital. Gentry fled but is expected to be captured within 24 hours as police pursue the suspect.
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Julius Gentry
Mary Atkins
West Anniston
Gentry
Dave Atkins
Hayes Killed by Deputy Sheriff in Whiskey Seizure
Talladega July 4 A conflict over the seizure of a whisky trunk unloaded at St. Yves station on the A B and A road Friday night led to the death of W D Hayes a prominent farmer. Deputy Sheriff Sam Embry says he acted in self defense after Hayes demanded the return of the trunk and a dispute ensued.
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Talladega
St. Yves
W. D. Hayes
Sam Embry
Embry
Hayes
Greek Minister Williams Fired for Talking Too Much
President Wilson demanded the resignation of George Fred Williams as American minister to Greece and Montenegro after Mrs Williams publicly spoke on Albania. The move was announced as the president arrived in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
George Fred Williams
Greece
Montenegro
William
Albania
Fourth of July at Chosea Springs honors leaders and funds need
Several hundred residents gathered at the W. P. Howell Memorial Tabernacle for a Fourth of July celebration. Dr G. C. Williams praised C. D. Kline as state senate candidate and discussed new public utilities legislation. New board members were elected for the tabernacle with about $70 in debt, a Baptist church is rising nearby, and a school expansion is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Williams
C. D. Kline
Mr. Kline
D. C. Blackwell
Dr. Williams
Public Utilities Commission
Judge Blackwell
J. W. Harris
Henry Morgan
Fletcher Jones
J. G. Borders
The
Tabernacle
Wood Hanna
Marion Whiteside
Henry Busby
J. R. Pollock
M. P. Poland
Harris
Chosea Springs
N. E. Ory
Anniston
Choccolocco Valley
Pensions Delivered As Warrants Issued In Week
Probate court clerk J. H. Hall processed 345 pension warrants this quarter and returned eleven uncalled warrants. Of the total, 14 are first class worth 11.25 each, 5 second class worth 9.00 each, and 236 third class worth 7.20 each. All warrants must be called before October 1 or be sent back to the state treasurer.
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J. H. Hall
Harlem Flat House Explosion Kills At Least Three
A powerful bomb exploded on a Harlem six story flat house roof injuring and killing residents. Three known dead include Arthur Carnava a machinist and I W W organizer. Police fear dozens may be buried as building wreckage blankets the area.
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New York
Harlem
Arthur Carnava
Industrial Workers of the World
Mrs Godbee Begins Life Sentence In Milledgeville
Savannah readers learn Edna Perkins Godbee will be moved from Millen jail to the state penitentiary at Milledgeville to begin life imprisonment for the murder of her former husband Judge Walter Godbee and his bride at Millen last year. She will take up work as a seamstress.
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Savannah
Edna Perkins Godbee
Walter Godbee
Millen
Milledgeville
White Slavers Seek Salem Fire Victims
A band of white slavers appeared at relief camps in the fire swept city of Salem Massachusetts. Women and girls were approached by men offering transportation to Boston and other cities and were given addresses in questionable districts. The Naumokeag Steam Cotton Company, with a weekly payroll of 13000 dollars, paid its 1500 operatives in full June 25. Today, though the plant is in ashes, the operatives will be paid in full for the present week.
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Salem
Mase
Boston
Naumokeag Steam Cotton Company
Fatal melee follows rural town baseball game in Alabama
In Choccolocco yesterday afternoon Winston Kent was killed after a Jenifer team victory sparked a confrontation with a Choccolocco team. Green Dothard is hospitalized in serious condition at the county jail with gunshot and knife wounds. Kent brothers, implicated, fled and remain sought by officers. The incident occurred as aid was rendered by Deputy Borders and C. B. Hudson.
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Winston Kent
Green Dothard
Choccoloeco
Judge
Tar Kent
Dothard
Bill Borders
C. B. Hudson
DeArmanville
Jenifer
Choccolocco
White Plains
Kent Brothers
Dothhard
Kent
Mr. Borders
Atlanta's prettiest girl a clandestine bride
Miss Mert Koplin Hancock, once hailed as Atlanta's prettiest girl, married George M. Hope Jr on April 10 in a private ceremony. The couple kept the secret for nearly three months while Hancock gained local notoriety for her beauty and society leadership.
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Atlanta
Mert Koplin Hancock
George M. Hope, Jr
City Board of Education
Helen Hewitt Cochrane quits society to write life policies
Mrs Helen Hewitt Cochrane of Denver, sister in law of Congressman Oscar Underwood and wife of a treasury department employee, quits society to write reinsurance declaring her new business venture great.
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Denver
Col
Helen Hewitt Cochrane
Oscar Underwood
Treasury Department
Johnson signs to battle Langford in October
London newspaper notes heavyweight champion Jack Johnson signed articles to fight Sam Langford of Boston in October with a guaranteed prize of 30900 dollars.
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Johnson
Battle Langford
London
Jack Johnson
Pugilist
Sam Langford
Boston
Record-breaking chicken theft strikes Pittsfield farm
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on July 4 thieves used a car to steal 370 broilers and 150 ducklings from George Peabody’s farm. Police label it the largest chicken robbery on record.
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Pittsfield
Mass
George Peabody
Mystery of Coat Found With Bullet Holes Near Oxanna
A coat or jumper found by a citizen near Oxanna junction with two bullet holes and blood is being investigated by police. The garment was taken to headquarters and officers believe the owner is badly wounded or dead, with a bullet entering the right chest and exiting the back.
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Oxanna
Little-Cleckler Wins Winchester Court House Contract
The Little-Cleckler Construction Company has been awarded a large contract for building a courthouse in Winchester Tennessee. The project is valued at around $60,000.
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Little-Cleckler Construction Company
Winchester, Tenn
Sixteen Arrests Reported After Holiday Enforcement
City and county officers rounded up sixteen suspects yesterday. No police court Saturday due to a holiday. seven Friday cases move to Monday morning. Monday docket lists eight white defendants and two white women. eleven black men held. Prohibition, gaming, resisting an officer, blocking streets, drunkenness, loitering, and interfering with an officer are among charges.
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Recorder
Tragic triple murder by man in East Point
In Atlanta a man killed his wife and her mother then killed himself, leaving notes that reveal a frenzied motive tied to mother in law trouble and hostile gossip. The crime occurred near East Point with neighbors and a widow named Mrs Rutledge questioned.
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Edgar Allan Poe
S F. Bennett
Bennett
Burglary at Brock Home. Miss Brock Attacked
A white man burglar broke into the home of J. D. Brock, knocked Miss Hazel Brock unconscious, and looted $19 from a purse before fleeing. Police report evidence implicates a white suspect though a witness described the intruder as a white man. The community awaits swift action.
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J. D. Brock
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New Orleans
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Boarder
Blo
Charles D. Kline
Blackwell
Williams Also Spear—New
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Church and
P. Howell
T.w.w
Egan
Police Bureau of Combustibles
Leonard Abbott
Free Speech League
Union Square
Mrs. Godbee Goers
GUN and Knife
Mtray Wraths
Green Pothard
Winston
Train
Miss Hancock
East Point
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CERS
Miss Brock
Misa Brock
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