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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1916
Page
5
J. L. Brown the livestock demonstrator for Jefferson county met with county demonstrator L. G. Prentice in town to discuss new dairy farms planned in the county. The report notes 15th Street merchants own property and pay no rent.
Paint and glass builders supply company advertises screen windows and doors with prices from 25 cents to 1.00 and up and notes the supplier until June 1.
Clerks in Worth Whiteside's office rush 2000 plus notices as Tax Equalization Board increases taxable values. Local court house operations focused on mailings and records.
Omega flour has remained on the market for over seventy five years, maintaining a steady reputation for quality. The description emphasizes its position as the leading flour across four brands and its uninterrupted market presence.
Deputy Denver Green left for Fort Payne to capture George Hendrix who fled after a 1915 grand jury indictment near Piedmont. Hendrix was reportedly arrested and confined at Fort Payne to face three charges including carrying a concealed weapon.
The undersigned T. W. Wilkinson proprietor announces that since 1910 the People’s Dairy Co. will continue to supply milk and butter and cream to its customers independently of any other entity. Good milk contact phone 532 and orders to T. W. Wilkinson.
A sign in the tax collector’s office proclaims a quote about quitting tax dodging to amass treasure in heaven. The saying is said to spur conscience and prompt payment of taxes from several dodgers.
Wages offered and healthy village conditions cited for night work at Panville Koitting Mills in Alabama. Advertisement notes no court session today and few visitors at the courthouse. James Franklin Pitts left Lineville Sunday. his father seeks information on his whereabouts sent to W B Pitts Route 4 Lineville Alabama.
Former pastor J B Stovall has engaged to conduct a series of meetings starting this coming Sunday evening in the Fifth ward. He will lecture and preach at scheduled gatherings inviting community attendance.
An old labeled tonic claims to drive out malaria and build up the system. It contains quinine and iron in a tasteless form and is sold for 50 cents.
W B Pitts of Lineville Alabama traveled to Anniston to locate his 15 year old son who ran away last Sunday. The boy is described as heavyset five feet six inches tall and sunburned. Pitts says the boy fell in with bad company and left home to "make his own way" and asks others not to feed or employ him so he will return home.
The local market quoted cotton at 127-8e again today as traders watched prices hold steady amid steady demand.
The Anniston Cream Products Company plans a modern milk depot and ice cream factory in Calhoun County. Farmers with healthy cows may sell milk locally as the plant begins operations tomorrow, though ice cream production is delayed until June 16 due to machinery delays.
Mrs Nannie Southers Arnold aged 73 died in Jacksonville at 6 20 this morning after two weeks illness She is survived by two children Mrs R H Hamrick of Birmingham and Charlies N Arnold of Jacksonville a brother John Southers of Texas and a large local family She will be buried tomorrow at 10 AM at the Jacksonville Presbyterian Church with Rev T Cartlege presiding Pallbearers named Guy Stewart N W Head James Wood John Nesbit Robert Patterson Earl Colwell
The Circuit Court will hear the case of D. Franklin v. Db. D. Wright tomorrow. R. Y. Street, attorney for the defendant, appealed the case last December.
Shaler Houser announces his run for councilman from the Fourth Ward. He has served on the city council before and has lived in Anniston all his life. He is well known with many friends in the Fourth Ward who will support him.
The Feast of the Ascension is observed at Sacred Heart Church on Thursday June 1. Mass is scheduled for 6 30 PM and 8 PM with a day of obligation highlighted in church notices.
Traveling lecturer R. O. Hadley of Brooklyn will deliver a Bible lecture at the home of Mrs. Respess 1505 Moore Street Thursday evening June 1 at 7 20 p m All interested in the Bible are cordially invited to hear this lecture.
Pauline Frederick stars as Madge in The Moment Before, a Paramount famous players production adapted from Israel Zangwill. Robert G. Vignola directs this romantic photoplay filmed in picturesque locales.
A fashion feature previews summer hats for the season, highlighting tan milan and georgette creations, sport hat styles with wood braid and gold milan straw, and a white milan black velvet design with a tan crown. The text ends with a candidate announcement for city council in Anniston Fourth Ward, pending executive committee action.
Harry Leahy faces Judge Caldwell to accept a life sentence for fatally shooting Frank Clements, a work house guard, on August 31 after a dispute with a former friend. Leahy refuses to reveal the motive to his attorneys as investigators seek clarity on the crime attributed to him.
Advices from interior Mexico report Julio Acosta, Villa’s lieutenant, leading about 250 men and many conscripted peasants toward Pershing’s southern detachment. The note to the state department is withheld until Obregon disperses troops for optimal advantage. Officials await Gen Funston’s word on Herrera’s reported push to drive Americans out.
New York May 31 Maud Coster a prominent society girl of Tuxedo and New York married Count Otto Sam Hoogstraeten of Reichenau Austria. The Count and his brother Count Alexander have been popular in society since arriving in 1914. The couple may inhabit Austrian estates after the war. Coster is daughter of Mrs Coster and the late Charles Henry Coster.
A prisoner claims he did not blow the Rock Run post office safe and denies evidence while admitting Georgia officials hold him liable for theft in Cedartown. He says he’s never been jailed before and believes he could escape Anniston with more time.
A continued editorial argues that efforts against American citizenship threaten national unity. The writer condemns old world rivalries and hatreds seeping into the United States and warns that division would erode citizenship and the American identity.
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