Licenses Up Again In Curious City Court Docket
Recorder Green ended a lengthy session with only one fine of 2 and costs against Mary Bradley for pouring foul suds. Several defendants faced charges of operating without licenses or failing to answer summons, but most were released on their own recognizance or dismissed after inspectors pursued licenses. The session closed amid questions about a city’s lax bond and summons procedures.
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Pojce Court
Creen
Mary Bradley
Cliff Cobb
Cobb
F. M. Nixon
A. D. Bartlett
A. H. Fausett
J. G
J. N. Ogden
Supreme Court rules geese not livestock in riff on county law
Montgomery June 2 The Supreme Court struck down Colbert County district stock law because geese are included in it. The court holds that geese are not live stock.
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Montgomery
Supreme Court
Colbert County
Rome Cotton Mill Resumes Full Operations in Rome
The Floyd Cotton Mills in Rome Georgia resumed full operations Monday after an 18 month shutdown. The plant employs about 600 workers and is among the Souths best equipped mills producing shoe duck used to line shoes. Four of Rome's five mills closed during the panic. now all have resumed.
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Rome
Floyd Cotton Mills
South
Pope Pius X Enters 75th Year Today
Rome observes Pope Pius X s seventy fifth birthday with special masses across Catholic churches. Eminent American church leaders in Rome offer congratulations as they attend the jubilee celebration of the American college next week.
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Rome
Pius X
Treviso
America
American College
New Yukon Stamps Put On Sale At Anniston Post Office
In Anniston yesterday the 2 cent Yukon postage stamp featuring William H. Seward went on sale as part of Alaska Yukon Pacific development commemorations. Postmaster Barker received heavy orders from other offices while Seattle exposition opened and Anniston mailboxes were repainted green for a brighter, cleaner look.
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AnnIston
Yukon
Barker
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Territory
William H. Seward
Russia
Alaskan
Seattle
Farmers on the Blue List During Persistent Rains
Farmers voice despair over continued rains and poor crop conditions. They fear unplanted acres and delayed cultivation but hold to the belief that water will not destroy the earth and that seed time and harvest may yet come.
High Finance on Foreign Railroad
Odessa, June 2. Robberies totaling 15,000,000 have been uncovered on the Moscow and Tiflis railroad. Two high officials and 15 men are under arrest for leading an organization to steal and sell goods across European centers.
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Odessa
Moscow & Tiflis
High Flyer Struck Squall In Harborside Flight
New York Jane and Frank Goodall attempted a trial airship voyage. A squall blew Goodall into the harbor where he narrowly escaped injury before sailing into Clairmont hotel area and bumping Grant's tomb.
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New York
Jane
Frank Goodall
Grant
Clairmont Hotel
Postal and Telegraph Union Declared Illegal in Paris
The postal and telegraph union behind the recent strike is ruled an illegal organization and ordered to disband by the courts in Paris on June 2.
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Paris
Postal and Telegraph Union
Push for a new Union Station in Anniston sparks protest
A prominent businessman denounces Anniston’s makeshift passenger station as cramped unsanitary and out of date. He argues the city, fourth in size in the state, deserves a modern Union Station to serve travelers, noting trains load and unload at the deficient facility. Continued on Eighth Page.
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Anniston
Union
United States Steel posts to end labor recognition
Pittsburg June 2 The American Sheet and Tinplate Company the last U S Steel auxiliary to act on the union labor question posted notices that the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tinplate Workers will not be recognized after June 3 This is taken to mean the Steel Corporation has decided to do away with organized labor entirely.
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Pittsburg
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tinplate Workers
Steel Corporation
Woman hides $20,000 in bed. burglars loot Seattle home
Mrs. George Shea of Duluth stored $20,000 between bed sheets at her sister's Seattle residence while visiting the exposition. Burglars ransacked the house in their absence and stole the money.
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Seattle
Wash
George Shea
Duluth
Prosperity Not Returned to Anniston Merchants
A survey of Noble street merchants from Lloyd's drug store to Bass & Heard's finds luxury goods traders faring best amid hard times. W F Lloyd notes improved first five months of 1909, as R Steele & Son jewelers report strong gains over 1908, while others report only slight gains and Murphy & Rhody Furniture signals May as a strong month.
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Anniston
Noble Street
Lloyd's Drug Store
Eleventh Street
Bass & Heard’s
Thirteenth
W. FE. Lioyd
R. Steele & Son, Jewelers
Murphy & Rhody Furniture Company
Farmers' Union Officials in Georgia Endorse Good Roads
In Atlanta on June 2 representatives of Georgia's amalgamated Farmers' union warehouses passed strong resolutions endorsing the good roads movement. The 150 delegates from most Georgia counties praised the action as significant. National president Charles B. Barrett and state president John L. Lee lead the interest.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Farmers’ Union
Senate
State Capitol
J. Lee Barron
Union City
B. Barrett
The
National Organization
John L. Lee
State Union
La Follette Attacks Tariff as Senate Schedules Move
Senator La Follette attacked the cotton schedule in the tariff bill before empty Republican seats. He cited a claim of 10 000 plants and 30 billion dollars in securities tied to maintaining the tariff. Aldrich predicted conference by June 20 as the Senate plans night sessions 8 to 11 p m with passage by July 7.
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LA Follette
Washington
Aldrich
Presbyterians of Canada in Assembly Opens in Hamilton
In Hamilton Ontario the 36th general assembly of the Presbyterian church in Canada convenes for a two week session. A full turnout of ministerial commissioners and many elders arrive and prepare for a debate on church union. The basis of union is agreed, awaiting assembly action to accept modify or reject.
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Hamilton
Ont
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In Canada
Presbyterian Church
Mrs S G Wright Dies After Operation
Mrs S G Wright residing on Noble street between 15th and 16th died at Moore's sanitarium after an operation last Sunday. The body was taken to Tallapoosa Georgia for funeral and interment this afternoon. She leaves a husband and no local children. relatives live in Tallapoosa from which they moved three years ago. Her death is deeply deplored.
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8. B. Wright
Noble Street
15Th
16Th
Moore's Sanitarium
Tallapoosa
Grocers Convene in Portland for National Meeting
The National Association of Retail Grocers opens its four day convention in Portland Oregon with 29 states represented. President J Kramer of Little Rock presides as welcomes and reports of officers are presented. State president reports occupy the afternoon and topics include bankruptcy act changes net weight bills and manufacturer retailer cooperation.
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Portland
Ore
National Association of Retail Grocers
J. Kramer
Little Rock
Ark
Bonds Voted For City Waterworks In Jacksonville
Jacksonville residents approved a $12,000 bond issue to create a municipally owned waterworks system. The election turnout was heavy, signaling strong public support for the project.
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Jacksonville
US Officials Vindicated in Hogne Murder Case
Attorney General Wickersham rules charges of misconduct against Judge E. R. Meek and Dallas DA W. A. Atwell lack foundation. He says the allegations were aimed at delaying the Hogne murder trial.
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Washington
Wickersham
E. R. Meek
W. A. Atwell
Dallas
Tex
Fourth Class Postmasters Appointed in Alabama
Washington June 2 Fourth class postmasters have been appointed in Alabama as follows Alsboro Charles Thomas Fruithurst Simeon Black Taylor Mrs R H Henson
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Washington
Alabama
Alsboro
Charles Thomas
Fruithurst
Simeon
Taft Bars Marriage for Navy Midshipmen
President Taft orders that midshipmen in the United States Navy may not marry until after completing the full six year course, a rule expected to affect all cadets entering the academy.
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Taft
Washington
Memorial Program for Confederate Memorial Day Observance
Memorial Day program in Anniston marks birth anniversary of Confederacy's first and only president. Daughters of the Confederacy organize a 10 am ceremony in Blue Mountain hall with readings songs and crosses of honor. Volunteers decorate cemeteries and provide carriages to transport committees. Public invited to attend and honor the South's dead heroes.
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Alabama
Anniston
Daughters of the Confederacy
Blue Mountain Hall
Noble Street
Ninth
Lee
Children of the Confederacy
Reading
Jefferson Davis
Hannah Reynolds
James Orr
Miss Roberts
Columbus Smith
Florine Smyth
Ralph Hay
William Hf
Forney
Oxford
Annistonians
Confederacy
South
Railroad Cases to Be Argued
Montgomery June 2. Attorneys for the State and the railroads are here to argue on Thursday before Judge Jones as to the basis of the test of the reasonableness of the State railroad laws put into effect yesterday.
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Montgomery
Troops to Quell Lumbermen's Strike in California
State troops stand ready in Sacramento to move into the county and quell disorders stemming from a lumbermen strike. The report mentions L. J. Joins of Tallapoosa Georgia, former president of UMWA, and a rebuttal to President Kirby at the National Civic Federation convention, alleging aims to subjugate labor.
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Sacramento
Kirby
National Civic Federation
Newon
National Association of Maners
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Recorder Creen
Rome Cotton Mill
Samuel B. Wellington
Pope Pius X
Union Station
U. S. Steel
LABOR
Steel Trust
Ing
Presbyterians of Canada
Assembly
S. G. Wright
Bonds
U. S
Ence
L. J. Joins
Tallapoosa, Ga
John Mitchell
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