Anniston Autoists Form Road Improvement Club
A fifty four member Anniston Motor Club organized Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce rooms with officers including President W H McKleroy and Vice President J C Sproull. The group plans state and national affiliation and to promote better roads with cooperation from nearby towns. Mayor J I Wikle attended and offered to urge oiling the North Noble street road. The meeting was enthusiastic and the club aims to advance highway improvements in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston Motor Club
Jacksonville
Tallapoosa
Pell City
Chamber of Commerce
Anniston City Land Company
Noble Street
W. H. McKleroy
J. C. Sproull
A. 8. Johnston
A. N. Steele
M. B. Wellborn
BE. L. Turner
Anniston
J. I. Wikle
Three Men Acquitted In Liquor Charges
In a police court session Recorder Creen dismissed charges against J. F. Taylor C. H. Cobb and W. S. McGuffin who were previously tried for selling liquor. He stated the prosecution showed prejudice and perjury may have occurred but he declined to name the perjurer. The move ends a long running family feud and avoids convictions on doubtful proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creen
J. F. Taylor
C. H. Cobb
W.S. McGuffin
First Snow Falls in Pittsburg and Battle Creek
The first snow of the season fell this morning in Pittsburg for about five minutes. Snow also fell in Battle Creek, Michigan, marking the opening of wintry conditions in the area.
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Pittsburg
Battle Creek
Mich
Blacksmith Evangelist Concludes Edwardsville Meetings
Rev. J. T. Sexton of Knoxville, famed blacksmith evangelist, closed a series in Edwardsville with the largest crowds yet and over twenty conversions. He was generously rewarded and locals hope for another series next fall.
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Edwardsville
J. T. Sexton
Knoxville
McGuffin Alleged Bigamy Case Moves to Grand Jury
J F Taylor charges W S McGuffin with a prior marriage to Miss M L Winkle in Rome Ga on May 28 1899. McGuffin reportedly abandoned his first wife in Cherokee County Alabama and married Pearl Crawford in Anniston. He waived preliminary investigation and posted bond awaiting grand jury action.
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J. FB. Taylor
W. 8S. McGuffin
Rome
McGuffin
M. L. Winkle
Cherokee County
Alabama
Anniston
Miss Pearl Crawford
J. A. Reaves
J. F. Taylor
Taylor
McGuffin Waived A Preliminary Investigation Before Justice Créen
Unrequited Love Triggered Tuscaloosa Shooting
R A Foster a former Anniston engineer on the Mobile and Ohio road shot Pearl North at her parents Tuscaloosa home near the Alabama Great Southern freight depot. He forced entry, fired one shot into her right breast, then fled toward the river. The wound endangers her life. Foster, about 35, had been in the area years ago and was not heard from after the incident.
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R. A. Foster
Mobile and Ohio Road
Pearl North
John Nolan
Alabama Great Southern
Tuscaloosa
Foster
Georgia roads praised by travelers on Birmingham return
Steve Smith and party completed Atlanta to Chattanooga trip in seven and a half hours, beating the nine hour fifteen minute record. He praised Georgia roads, noted convict labor on road crews, and endorsed a joint Birmingham Atlanta campaign to improve routes via Leeds Moody's Cross Roads Pell City Well City Anniston Talapoosa and Montgomery corridors.
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Birmingham
Steve Smith
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Mr. Smith
Georgia
Alabama
Smith
Leeds
Moody's Cross Roads
Pell City
Well City
Anniston
Tallapoosa
Alabama Good Roads Association Convention Program
Special to Star Birmingham Oct 12 The Alabama Good Roads Association announces its official program for the Birmingham convention October 14 and 15. Delegates report at 10 p m October 14 in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium. John W O Neill will call the meeting to order with local speakers introduced by the chairs of allied committees. Addresses of welcome come from Mayor Frank P O Brien President J D Collins Frank Nelson Jr C W Ufford and J B Dedman. President John Craft will respond on behalf of the association. The program includes delegate enrollment from counties cities and clubs, appointment of standing committees, reports by J A Rountree and J W Overton, and an address by D H Winslow US government road expert on Essentials of Road construction.
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Birmingham
Alabama Good Roads Association
Chamber of Commerce
John W. O'Neill
Good Roads
Board of Trade
Business Men's League
Birmingham Motor Club
City of Birmingham
Frank P. O’brien
J. D. Collins
Frank Nelson, Jr
C. W. Ufford
Governor Threats Prompt Extra Precautions Near Lexington
October reports reveal continued threats against Governor Willson for standing against night riders. The Berry family was whipped at their plantation and forced from home as riders vowed to hang family members who disobeyed, prompting Berry to seek protection from authorities.
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Lexington
Willson
Berry
Descriptive historian note on a woman of age and scar
A fragment describes a woman about 25 years old with a face scarred by smallpox and a dark complexion. She is noted as having pleasing talk and heavy eyebrows.
Mary statue crowned with a diadem in Mexico City
In the Church of St Francia the statue of the Virgin Mary was crowned with a diadem today in Mexico City. The event marks a notable religious ceremony observed in the historic church.
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City OF Mexico
Crane resigns as minister to China
Washington reports Charles Crane has resigned as minister to China after being summoned by Secretary Knox to explain alleged responsibility for a newspaper dispatch revealing confidential U S stance on the Japan China treaty The notice also mentions Celaya Catholic coronation of the Virgin Mary with a gold diadem valued at about 80000 dollars blessed by a papal decree and delegate.
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State Department
Charles Crane
China
Crane
Secretary of State
Knox
Washington
United States
Japan
Celaya
Mexico
Report Says 1 500 Lives Lost In Key West Hurricane
Report from Oct 12 says fifteen hundred people perished in the Key West hurricane with reports of looting and martial law. Wireless bulletins and a telegram from Key West note mass casualties, jail crowding, and damage to tobacco factories. weather later shows clear conditions as relief begins.
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Key West
Jacksonville
Fla
New Orleans
Florida
Washington
Weather Bureau
Hahamas
Savanagh
War scare is hooted by Japanese envoy official
Masanao Hanihara, first secretary at the Japanese embassy, dismissed Wall Street rumors of imminent war with the United States as improbable and ridiculous. He said Japan is not building a gold war fund and suggested the report aimed to profit from stock selling. He affirmed continued peace between Japan and America.
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Wall Street
United States
Japan
America
le J
Recorder Clears Docket in Whiskey Trial
W T Grace and Andrew J Haley were convicted before Recorder Creen for selling liquor. They received fines of 100 and costs and six months on the streets. The cases stem from testimony by J R Buttram and John Adair of Oak Level, Cleburne county, who said they bought whisky at Grace's pool room. Buttram was fined for drunkenness and later testified where the liquor came from. Police brought witnesses back after their earlier refusals to testify. The trial clears the police court docket of similar charges.
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J. R. Buttram
John Adair
Oak Level
Cleburne County
Grace
Haley
Buttram
Shiretzki and
Parker
New York Mayoral Race Sees Charges of Conspiracy
Public interest in the mayoralty campaign grows as William Ivins accuses Gaynor of conspiring with race and track interests to defeat anti race track betting laws. Gaynor defends independence from bosses. Republican Sannard denies using his employment agency for strikebreakers amid indictments of nine Tammany district captains over alleged theft of the Independence League emblem at the September primaries.
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New York
William Ivins
Gaynor
Sannard
Hie
Tammany District
Toombs
Independence League
Nineteen Die in Railroad Wreck Near Greenville
Greenville Texas reports a morning railroad wreck killed nineteen people and injured many others. The incident occurred near Greenville as trains collided or derailed, with authorities confirming the count of fatalities.
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New Orleans
Greenville
Texas
Quinn Furnace Property Sold in Court Mortgage Sale
At the courthouse at noon yesterday the Quinn Furnace Company property was sold under mortgage sale. James F. Hunter and P. P. Williams of Memphis Tenn purchased the property for $20 000. One feature of the sale will be beneficial to this section.
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Gadsden
Court House
Quinn Furnace Company
James F. Hunter
P. P. Williams
Memphis
Tenn
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Anniston Autoists Farm Club
Deiter Roads
McKleroy
Mayor Wikle
Oil
New Road
Avniston Club
Mgueffin
Ex-Annistonian
Gnniston
Pathfinder
Montgomery
Program OF
D. H. Winslow
Washington, D. C
MR. Crane
Atlantic Coast
Savannah
Ray Wout
Waowington
Oliver This More Tings
Masanao Hanihara
Secre
Tary
Evi
Recorder
W. T. Grace
Andrew J. Haley
Recorder Creen
Quinn Furnace
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