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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1911
Page
4
Johnston's announces a rapid Good-Bye Sale with very low prices to clear retail stock. The store plans a wholesale house opening in Birmingham on August first. A 10 cent cotton towel offer is advertised at 7 cents each despite bleached red border.
Portsmouth peers a vast fleet as 170 British ships and foreign warships in six lines sail past the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. King George and Queen Alexandra review battleships, cruisers, destroyers and support craft while American vessels and international guests observe the spectacle.
Judges from Birmingham New Jersey and Atlanta selected winners in the Talladega baby pageant. Marty Francis Hicks named most popular baby. Margaret Dixon voted best little mother. Mary Winslow Taylor chosen prettiest girl under three. Oliver Coker named prettiest boy under three. The contest noted further results for older children.
A Star reporter questioned McGuffin in the county jail about the shooting of Officer Cunningham. McGuffin claims no memory after drinking blind tiger liquor and says he does not know who fired the shots. He notes a prior two year penitentiary term for an assault on an officer, which he denies. Dr. Yarborough offered prayer during the interview.
At the Oxford Presbyterian church Senior Endeavor session Walter Stephen is named President and Oscar Stephen Treasurer with Mae Pinson as Vice President and Ella Hall as Secretary. Miss Ruth Burton will host Tuesday afternoon at 4 30 oclock for Miss Elizabeth Glass of Kentucky and Misses Mary and Etta Constantine of Clearwater Florida. Junior Endeavor plans its annual picnic at Oxford lake tomorrow. The little folks depart on the 9 45 car.
Mary Francis Hicks named prettiest boy aged three to five Edward Jenkins receives runner up note Emily Dowdell cited for prettiest decorated carriage event citation from the local pageant records
Information from Heflin reports Miss Hollis daughter of Ben Hollis of Cleburne county fell seriously ill after eating blackberries with locust eggs. Dr J H Ligon diagnosed a dangerous poison from the eggs. By Saturday she improved. recovery expected. Also notes Mrs Benjamin Micou and Hilary Herbert leaving Washington for Canada to spend summer at Lake Muskoka.
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