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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
2
The passage asserts faith in the honesty of citizens to remedy national evils, predicts a speedy remedy, and foresees a general awakening after long patience. It emphasizes that Mammon will not dominate in a land with broad suffrage and that eight follows the day.
Governor Volk expresses support for patronizing home merchants. He praises thriving cities and desires country towns to grow, urging city merchants to invest while also helping country merchants prosper. He rejects mail order shopping, arguing residents should spend where they live and earn.
The Johnstown Democrat calls for true Democrats to reject monopoly and special privilege. It urges cleansing the party through Jeffersonian democracy principles, warns monopolists, and urges voters to back real Democrats while noting political distraction and distant events in Washington and Mexico.
A New York banker argues agitation against corporate misdeeds should end and that exposing corrupt practices harms business. He praises honest firms while condemning dishonest ones, cites Bailey and the Canadian reciprocity bill, and notes a strong wheat crop outlook with farmers as the nation’s salvation.
The Texas governor rejected Bailey's resignation from the Senate, triggering a political dispute over who serves in the chamber and the timeline for replacement.
Dr Daniel K Pearsons who donated six million to colleges and charity retires to Hillsdale Sanitarium near Chicago. At 91 he lives with a few friends and watches the impact of his philanthropy over the past two decades praised by Andrew Carnegie as The Prince of Givers.
Half-year Grand Trunk losses reach 760000 dollars due to a strike. Chicago brewery workers secure a new three year wage agreement. Textile Workers' Union to distribute 100000 union label cards nationwide. Railway Trainmen set San Francisco 1913 convention. Kansas Supreme Court upholds eight hour law for city workers. San Francisco hotel chambermaids to be organized with AFL charter. Toronto tile roofers seek five cent hourly rise from 35 cents. West Virginia Supreme Court holds coal firms liable for injuries to under fourteen workers. AFL-affiliated unions gain 200000 members in a year, over 1800000 paying members total. Western Union telegraphers to adopt eight-hour day and higher pay in New York City. British unions report 398 trades with 757430 net members and 25180 unemployed.
A probate hearing in Concord New Hampshire will decide if legacies in the will of Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy founder of Christian Science are subject to New Hampshire inheritance tax. Until ruling, the executor is restrained from removing Eddy property in New Hampshire.
Many visitors attended the class day exercises at Princeton University in Princeton New Jersey. The program featured the planting of the class ivy and the ivy oration in front of Nassau Hall followed by common exercises later in the afternoon.
Captain A W Bell reports Auburn College enrollment of 737 with 128 graduates and a happy board of trustees meeting after commencement. An invitation was extended to the State Farmers Union to hold its August convention in the college building to inspect the experiment station work. Bell praises crop prospects, noting excellent corn and cotton with clean, well tilled fields. W L Jones also cites the finest crop prospects seen in Georgia, with beautful farms and record crops for the season.
Senate finance committee testimony shows Wall Street investors pose as farmers to block reciprocity. Allen & Graham, connected to National Grange, act as lobbyists for lumber, paper and wool trusts and direct anti reciprocity literature. They represent clients including Whisky Security Company and Standard Oil led by John D. Rockefeller.
Dr. R L Hughes, county health officer, condemned the Calhoun county jail as too hot and poorly ventilated after a Friday visit. Inmates praised the jailer, Jailer Weatherly, but complained of heat from a low iron roof. Hughes urged immediate modernization or replacement, calling for ventilation and a taller roof. He plans to present recommendations to the county commissioners at the next court meeting.
United States district attorney Warren S. Reese accuses Montgomery’s convict overseers of brutal whipping. He calls for a commission to probe abuse and to summon several Black inmates as witnesses. The open letter requests an official investigation into the treatment of prisoners.
June 12 Huntsville special report shows two factions contesting a change to a city government run by a commission. Opponents led by five aldermen argue the governor should name the first commissioners, while supporters want the people to choose now and in the future. The campaign will run through the week leading to the June 19 election.
Miss Nelle Ramseur of Gainesville arrived Saturday afternoon to visit Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Morton for two weeks. She will be an attendant at the wedding of Miss Jewell Morton and Mr. John Wakefield on the 21st.
A statement asserts that corporal punishment has no lawful justification. The remark emphasizes a legal and ethical stance against using physical discipline as punishment.
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