Liquor Haste Denounced by Alabama Synod Debate
Special to Star from Alladega Nov 15 reports the Alabama Presbyterian synod concluding session urging action against liquor at social functions. Debate split into optimists and pessimists with emphasis on anti saloon league ties to church work and a plan to form a permanent temperance committee.
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Alladega
Alabama Synod
Dre. Lander
Parks
J. W. Orr
Alabama
Presbyterian Church
United States
Anti-Saloon League
Nothing definite on Woodstock iron works sale says Murphy
Mr. Paul J. Murphy told a Star reporter today that no sale or lease of the Woodstock iron works property has been decided. He said rumors from Barrs visit were misleading and that he would talk to the press when any definite action is taken.
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Paul J. Murphy
Star
Woodstock
Barr
Murphy
Judge Weaver Ha led 10
Special to the Star Birmingham November 15 Judge Samuel L Weaver answers a supreme court rule nisi seeking why he interfered in the execution of John Williams sentenced to hang for killing State Senator R L Hipp Williams held for safekeeping Weaver granted a habeas corpus petition aimed at examining Williams sanity His attorneys plan to cite the law in discharge of the rule not appearing in person.
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The
Star
Birmingham
Supreme Court of Alabama
John Williams
R. L. Hipp
Samuel L. Weaver
Williams
Weaver
Captain Bush Plans Retirement From Alabama Consolidated Coat and Iron
Special to the Star from Birmingham November 15 An executive retirement looms for Colonel T G Bush president of the Alabama Consolidated Coat and Iron Company with stockholders meeting later this month and directors to elect officers Morris Bush son and current blast furnaces head is expected to become general manager at age under thirty and Captain Busie former An niston Water Supply Company president will resign once the desk is cleared mid December
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Birmingham
T. G. Bush
Alabama Consolidated Coat and Iron Company
Colonel Bush
Baltimore
Morris Bush
Baptists Break With Bible Society Over Translation
In Richmond on November 15 the Baptist convention severed ties with the American Bible Society and will not use its publications. The split followed Baptist printing of Bibles for Asiatics using the word baptize as dipped, while the American Society preferred sprinkle and refused aid in circulation.
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Richmond
Baptist Convention
American Bible Society
The
Baptists of Bibles
American Society
Alabama Presbyterian Synod Opens Dedicatory Exercises in Anniston
Members of the Alabama Synod in session at Anniston begin dedicatory exercises for the Alabama Presbyterian College. Judge T. W. Coleman resigns from the college board due to health while Dr. A A Little leads the gathering and Hon. Sydney J. Bowie delivers the welcome address praising church education and the new college’s broader mission.
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Talladega
Alabama Presbyterian College
A. A. Little
T. W. Coleman
M. M. Woods
Southwestern Presbyterian University
Synod On
Christian Education
W. G. Nevill
South Carolina
N. M. Woods
Sydney J. Bowie
Bowie
Presbyterian High School
Selma
Anniston
Presbyterian Synod
W. T. Hall
Columbia
Presbyterian College
Presbyterian Ministry
FE. Dpd
McDougall
Florence
Presbyterian College and Foreign Missions
F. B. Webb
Orphans’ Home
RR. A. Webb
Clarkaville
Tenn
T. P. Walton
Presbyterian Female College
Presbyterian High School of
Landmark Removed for New Depot by 1. N. Railroad
The 1. N. railroad removes a city landmark dating from before Aniston. The old office and scales of the original Woodstock iron furnaces on South Noble Street are torn down and land graded to accommodate a new depot building and improved railroad facilities.
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1. & N. Railroad
Anniston
Woodstock
Noble Street
Congress Tries to Curb Bureau Carriage Graft
Washington reports the last Congress sought to halt abuse of departmental horses and carriages by officials and their families. Public vehicles bore faint department marks to skirt the rule, letting graft beneficiaries ride to social functions. If officials must pay, Congress may retry the measure.
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Star
Washington
Collehmen
Department
Congress
Agin
Moody Selected for Supreme Court Seat by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt chose Attorney General Moody for the vacant Supreme Court position to align with his centralization agenda. He considered Judge Lorton of Tennessee but passed him over for Moody, whose legal attainments are noted with skepticism in Washington.
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The
Star
Washington
Roosevelt
Moody
Supreme Bench
Congress
Lorton
Tennessee
Take Shore Railroad Leaders Discuss Wage Raise Plan
President Newman and Second Vice President Brown led a Cleveland meeting with other officials of the Take Shore railroad to push a uniform 10 percent wage increase for all employees earning $200 a month or less.
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The
Star
New York
Newman
Brown
Take Shore Railroad
Cleveland
Presbyterian Synod Completes Session Business
The synod will resume and complete its session business, leading to a final adjournment as its work concludes.
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Byterian Church
Government moves to dissolve Standard Oil Trust
Washington November 15 The federal government filed in the United States circuit court at St Louis to dissolve the Standard Oil Trust under the Sherman anti trust law. Attorney General Moody leads the action with possible criminal prosecutions to follow as President Roosevelt aims for a campaign long anti trust victory.
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The
Star
Washington
United States Circuit Court
St. Louis
Moody
Standard Oil Trust
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Declares $10 Dividend Amid Suit
New York November 15 Standard Oil Company announces a quarterly dividend of 10 a share totaling about 10,000,009. John D Rockefeller's personal share exceeds 6,000,000 while the prior quarter paid 6 a share. The move follows a federal lawsuit filed in St Louis this morning.
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The
Star
New York
St. Louis
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Decatur Man Drafts Anti Bucketshop Bill
Decatur, Nov 5 Major W. Hy Long Jr a state legislator from the county has drafted a bucketshop bill for the upcoming session. He pledged to ban bucketshop operations and prohibits dealing in futures in Alabama if enacted.
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Decatur
W. Hy Long Jr
Major Long
Alabama
South Needs Efficient Labor, Boost in Southern Industry
Washington reports a review of Southern labor conditions finds the region faces a shortage of efficient workers. With adequate labor, cotton production could rise by 500,000 bales next year, iron and steel output could double in five years, and railroad capacity could expand to handle growing traffic.
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The
Star
Washington
Ashere
South
Europe
Fish Trust Formed Aims at Western Trade Market
Boston November 15 report says major Boston and Gloucester fish firms unite under a corporate charter with a 50000 capitalization to operate a large drying and curing factory for the western trade.
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Boston
The
Fish Trust
Gloucester
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