Calhoun County Officials Back State Education Payment Plan
In a letter to the State Superintendent C Gunnels and H T Persons defend Bent payment of teachers via voucher checks after payroll review. State Examiner H Y Brooks endorses the plan as feasible and safer, calling for a method change in distributing funds without extra clerical help.
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C. Gunnels
H. T. Persons
Calhoun Schools
Cty
Ate Department of Education
Gunnels
H. Y. Brooks
Persons
Civil War Fears Rise in Spain Over Ferrer Execution
Madrid reports place the king effectively imprisoned in the palace as popular anger sparks talk of a civil war after Ferrer execution. Bomb outrages are noted in Barcelona and across Spain. Alfonso reportedly favored leniency but was overruled by the premier.
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Madrid
Ferrer
Barcelona
Spain
Alfonso
Murderers Hanged in Amite Triple Killing Case
Avery Blount and Bem Kinchen were executed by hanging in Amite Louisiana for the January murder of Buzzy Bresland and his wife and daughter in a family feud. Kinchen was never captured.
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Amite
Avery Blount
Bem Kicken
Buzzy Bresland
Kinchen
Nurses Strike Over New Superintendent in Charlotte
Nurses at a local hospital in Charlotte march on October 15 protesting the new northern superintendent. They clash over differing ideas of discipline and dignity and declare the terms unacceptable.
Former Senator Bradley Dies at Seventy Four
FRANKFORT Ky Oct 15 Former Senator Bradley died this morning at age seventy four His death is reported as a significant event in state politics. The article also quotes Mr Persons on educational policy praising Prof Gunnels proposal for bringing system to the educational work noting system as the key to efficiency.
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Frankfort
Bradley
State Department
Gunnels
Persons
Meeting of Presidents Teeming El Paso Anticipation
El Paso prepares for Taft Diaz meeting with flags archways and grandstands. Thousands arrive from New Orleans Houston and beyond as Brigadier General Myers and three thousand troops escort the presidents. Taft visits Mexico and Juarez with Diaz in a day of formal receptions and a border banquet.
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EL. Paso
Texas
Taft
Diaz
Mexico
United States
Riao Grande
Paso
Saints
New Orleans
Alias
Houston
Albert L. Myer
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Dickinson
Campbell
Chamber of Commerce
Juarez
Anniston Water Works Manager Responds to Prohibition Fund Appeal
B Rudisell, manager of the Anniston Water Supply Company, declines to contribute to a one dollar fund raised by Leon McCord of the Safe and Sane League. He argues the fight is about liquor interests and political schemes, urging readers to focus on the real constitutional issue. (Continued on Fifth Page.)
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B. Rudisell
Anniston Water Supply Company
Leon McCord
Safe and Sane League
Rudisill
Mr. McCord
Montgomery
Ala
Comer
Mobile County
Alabama
Tenn towns wrecked as deadly storm and hail lash South
Damaging tornadoes last night killed at least three people and injured several in Denmark and nearby towns. A terrible hail storm followed, with one to three inch stones in several counties, causing widespread crop and property losses across Georgia Alabama and Tennessee totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. News wires are down and several deaths are reported in Madison and Lincoln counties Tennessee.
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Mempius
Tenn
Denmark
Albert Barnes
Thomas Helm
Mulberry
Dyersburg
Covington and
Stanton
Atlanta
South
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Tennesee
Atheny
Decatur
Ala
Madison
Lincoln
Recorder Delivers Knife Assault Verdict in White Row Incident
Newt Lindsey, a white man, was found guilty of assault with a knife on Dock Barkley, a Black man, in police court. Lindsey received a $100 fine, costs, and thirty days on the streets plus $50 and costs for assaulting police officers, for the September night attack on West Tenth Street near White Row.
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Newt Lindsey
Dock Barkley
West Tenth Street
White Row
Lindsey
Barkley
Colonel Swain Held In Anniston For Stolen Cow And Rope
Poe Seals known as Colonel Swain arrived from Talladega with a rope attached to a cow. He faced Recorder Creen on a charge of bringing stolen property into the city, fined 100 dollars and costs, and sentenced to six months on the streets. He claimed to find the cow wandering, said he sold it upon arrival, and will be handed to Talladega authorities to answer for stealing both rope and cow once finishes the sentence.
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Poe Seals
Swain
Talladega County
Recorder Creen
Anniston
Talladega
Officers Arrest Suspect After Nighttime Disturbance
Report states police officers arrested the suspect following a disturbance late at night. No further details on charges, identities, or location are provided in the fragment.
Peabody Fund Voters 2000 for Jacksonville Normal School
Peabody Educational Fund trustees approved two thousand dollars to equip the State Normal School at Jacksonville. President Clarence W. Daugette said word of the vote came from a New York meeting. Dr Wycliffe Rose, former Peabody Nashville president and current agent, relayed the news and praised southern educational institutions.
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Peabody Educational Fund
State Normal School
Jacksonville
Clarence W. Daugette
New York
Turner Convicted in Assault with Intent Murder Case
In City court Jim Turner was found guilty of assault with intent to murder Clif Chatman. The verdict read Guilty as charged. George Tilley faces trial this afternoon on a liquor selling charge.
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Jim Turner
Clif Chatman
George Tilley
Dr Cook Given New York City Freedom of the City
Dr Frederick A Cook receives the Freedom of the City of New York in a ceremony at City Hall following aldermen's vote. He defends his claim as discoverer of the North Pole and denounces Edward Parrill's Mount McKinley challenge as false, promising a public reply.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
City of
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
City Hall
Cook
Edward Parrill
Mount McKinney
Mount MacKinley
Barrill
Toam
Coosa Company Wins Franchise and Street Improvement Vote
City Council extended a long meeting approving a franchise for the Coosa River Electric Power Company after debate. Protesters against a sanitary sewer faced objections softened by a council resolution while asphalt treatment for Noble Street from Fourth to Eighth was authorized for preservation.
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Coosa
Blue Mountain City
Noble
Was it An Airship or a Flock Of Geese Passing Over City
Report of a possible airship seen over Anniston shortly after 5 pm with witnesses including W N Mashburn and Boss Walker. Some observers claim a passenger ship moving southeast while freshman Walter W Stephen suspects a flock of wild ducks or geese signaling a football win for Anniston.
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W. N. Mashburn
Jones and Mashburn
Atlanta Avenue
Boss Walker
Mr. Walden
W. F. Holden
Mr. Mashburn
Eleventh Street
Mulberry Avenue
Ass Walker
Ee Oxanna Hotel
Mr. Wal
Ker
Walter W. Stephen
Alabama Presbyterian College
Anniston
Albertville
Bride of six weeks dies in auto wreck
In San Francisco on October 15 Mrs. C. M. Kawards, newly married six weeks, and N. Anagros, a cigarette manufacturer, were killed when a speeding car overturned. Seven others suffered serious injuries.
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San Francisco
C. M. Kawards
Cobb Named Delegate to Lakes to Gulf Convention
Gov. Comer announced delegates to the Lakes to the Gulf deep waterways convention meeting October 23 and 29 in New Orleans. Named delegates include R. I. Cobb of Anniston, Rufus N. Rhodes of Birmingham, H. L. McEldery of Talladega, R. B. Pettus of Huntsville, and Henry D. Clayton of Eufaula.
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Montgomery
B. B. Comer
New Orleans
R. I. Cobb
Anniston
Rufus N
Rhodes
Birmingham
H.L. McEldery
Talladega
R. B. Pettus
Huntsville
Henry D, Clayton
Eufaula
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Itunes
S.ate
Senator Deal
Scarecrow
Voters of
Recorder
Qld
Colonel Swain
Peabody
J. Turner
DR. Cook
Gotham
Edward Barrill
Mount M'Kinley
Coosa Company
Ward
Gerard Schumacher
Union Foundry Company
Cobb
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