Judiciary Article Dominates Alabama Constitutional Convention
In Montgomery on August 5 a judiciary article dominated the day as four new county projects emerged from Jefferson St Clair Shelby Calhoun Cherokee Hale Perry Marengo with Union town as county seat. The governor will issue a proclamation for an election in about 20 to 60 days, likely in October. A proposed change would elect the supreme court clerk, but the plan failed. The supreme court would rotate terms by sections, with lots drawn after the next election to assign short terms, as Gov Oates unsuccessfully sought to abolish chancery courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Bessemer
Jefferson
St Clair
Shelby
Calhoun
Cherokee
Hale Perry
Marengo
Uniontown
Harmony Committee
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Oates
Chancery
Suit Targets Raleigh Health Officials Over Child Move
A damage suit for 10000 is filed in Wilmington by R M Murray on behalf of his two year old child against the Raleigh mayor and health superintendent. The claim alleges the officials moved and cleaned the dangerously ill child’s room, misidentifying the patient while intending to relocate another patient. The case arises from an alleged negligent removal and handling in the child’s home. Seaboard Air Line round trips to New York priced at 93 0 are advertised as good through October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Wilmington
M Murray
Buffalo
Lake Shore
Mid Ye Southern Railway
Exposition
Niagara Falls
Michigan
Delivery Decree by Alabama Railroad Commission
The Alabama Railroad Commission ordered freight cars be delivered within 48 hours of receipt with a 1 per car per day penalty after 48 hours unless weather or non-negligent conditions intervene. It also cut coal rates by 10 cents per ton from Birmingham to Troy Ozark and other Plant system points and ordered new depots at Covin Idersville and Oak Bowery.
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Alabama Railroad Commission
Montgomery
Ala
Railroad Commission
Birmingham
Troy
Ozark
Mongolmery
Covin
Idersville
Selma
Oak Bowery
Lafayette
Yax Collector Dead. State Owes Money Under Bondsmen
Montgomery Aug 5 Special The state examiner reports on the late Perry Dunn Autauga county tax collector who shot himself while cleaning his pistol on his steps. He left debt to the state totaling 238,892 dollars. About 1,800 dollars was in bank. the remainder will be charged against his bondsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Examiner
Perry Dunn
Autaga County
Sample Chapter Offer From John M Miller Co Atlanta
An advertising note promises a free sample chapter mailed or mailed to readers and highlights the firm's address at 4 Marietta Street Atlanta. The playful copy boasts refreshing humor and slang suitable for the time.
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John Henry
John M Miller Co
Marietta Street
Atlanta
Arrivals at Tate Spring Tennessee Listed by Towns
A long list of visitors to Tate Spring is recorded with names and hometowns across the South and beyond, including General W. H. Jackson Nashville Tennessee J B Thompson Atlanta Georgia Albert Howell Jr Atlanta Georgia Robert L Taylor Knoxville Tennessee LFP Cooper Memphis Tennessee and many others from Alabama Georgia Mississippi Kentucky Virginia Washington DC New York Missouri Louisiana and more. The roster shows guests from Atlanta Birmingham Knoxville Nashville Memphis New Orleans and numerous smaller communities, with families and accompanying members noted.
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Tate Spring
Tennessee
Tate
W. H Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
J B Thompson
Atlanta
Albert Howell, Jr
Robert L Taylor
Knoxville
LFP
Cooper
Memphis
Angier
Henry Hamara
Kirmingham
Ala
James
Brigee
Nelle Morris
Hr’ Ryan
Joc Hunter
Sof Bears
Wo of Kin
JB Howard
Selma
Breaker J M Gifford
BF Palmer
New York
H Ledlie
BJ Louis
H M Aiken
WC Crozier
Baldwin
Boyd
George Stewart
Washington
William Caswell
John’ W Donaldson
AX Shields
H.W. Connelly
Connelly
Connelly Springs
Lula McKinney
Farmville
Huff
Rome
Gertrude LaBarbe
Asheville
J L Clay
Ain
C Tunstall
Greensboro
John M_ Berry
Mre_ Marks
Mra'a Bitterman
Willamson
I Marks
Meridian
O Ferrell
Little Rock Ark
Price Willams
Jo Mobile
Lewis Mayer
Demopolis
UL Mountcastle
Morristown
Thomlinson Fort Chattanooga
Johnson Yazoo City
Ethel Hodgson
Mobile
Misa Kate ¥Ort
Chattanooga
Webb Nashvile
Ligon shoots Shelton to death in Jackson street fight
In Jackson Mississippi on August 5 a sanitary inspector identified as W J Ligon shot David L Shelton through the heart during a street quarrel about inspection. Earlier Shelton returned with a stick and they fought on a principal street. Shelton is reported to be connected to the McKee family from the war era. Ligon was in camp at Chattanooga during the Spanish American War.
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Ligon
Shelton
Jackson
Miss
W J Ligon
David L Shelton
Consaman McKee
Spain
White
Chattanooga
Miss Jones Daughter of Ex Governor Killed by Trolley Car
Caroline Jones daughter of Hon Thomas G Jones ex governor of Alabama was fatally mangled beneath a trolley car near the family home at Hull and Adams streets Montgomery. The incident shocked the city as Governor Jones witnessed the tragedy from his veranda and urged mercy for the motorman and conductor. The constitutional convention sent its sympathy to the ex governor and his bereaved family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Wiss Caroline Jones
Thomas G Jones
Alabama
South
Hull
Adams Street
Jones
Hall and
Adams Streets
Hall
Cloverdale
Mics Jones
Sre
Governor Jones
Miss Jones
Constitutional Convention
He Is Facing His Third Trial for Assault
In Montgomery on August 5, Sanford Jacobi faces a third trial for criminal assault on Miss Mabel Parker. The principal witness fails to appear, yet the court proceeds by argument as public interest wanes.
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Jacobi
Montgomery Ala
Sanford Jacobi
Mabel Parker
Brooklyn waiter killer executed in Sing Sing
Benjamin Pugh, a Black man, was executed in Sing Sing prison after fatally harming waiter John Tiegen in a Brooklyn restaurant on August 23. Three electric chair shocks were administered before death.
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Ossining
Benjamin Pugh
John Tiegen
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Knoxville Sets Rainfall Record Breaks Dry Spell
Knoxville Tennessee reports heavy rain on August 1 breaking a long hot dry spell. Rain began early morning with continuous showers and temperatures more than 20 degrees cooler than Saturday.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Shot Negro on the Street Held in Bond for Assault with Intent to Murder
W Carter, a white man, shot a negro near Decatur street and Piedmont avenue Saturday night. He was tried by the recorder and bound over in a $500 bond for assault with intent to murder. Evidence said Carter, while wiring a manhole for the Atlanta Railway and Power Company, became angry with a negro worker and fired. A bullet struck another negro as two shots went into a crowded street. The recorder claimed Carter was drunk or crazy. Carter denied guilt and blamed another person.
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W. Carter
W Carter
Decatur Street
Piedmont Avenue
Recorder
Carter
Atlanta Railway and Power Company
Thinks Boy Is His Brother in Atlanta Letter
Thomas H Crawford of Blue Ridge claims the boy William Crawford who faced county police with a shotgun during a raid is his brother. He says William came to Atlanta and that their mother is away, asking a fine be imposed to pay for his release and pleads not to send him to the workhouse. Funeral held for Isham Park Goss in Decatur with services at Dr John H Lopes home.
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Thomas H. Crawford
Chief Ball
Thomas H Crawford
Blue Ridge
William Crawford
Crawford
Atlanta
Isham Park
Strikers reject two settlement plans on good roads
Jackson August 5 Special Colonel John A Redhead president of the Blississippi Good Roads Association will address Mississippians on highway improvements. He says support for good roads remains strong, cites the new contract road law, and plans a fall executive meeting to draft a bill for the legislature with Governor Longino's backing. Redhead seeks copies of road laws from Washington to shape the proposal and will include best features. Three daily Tallulah Falls trains connect with Southern Railway from Atlanta at 7:50, 12:20, and 4:30 P.M. Weekend rates apply for round trips to Atlanta Clarkesville and Tallulah Falls.
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Jackson
Miss
John A Redhead
Blississippi Good Roads Association
Redhead
Boards of Supervisors
Redhead Wil
Mississippi Good Roadal Association
Mississippi
Hue
Longino
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Union
Tallulah Falls
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Clarkesville
Tallulah
Southern machinists renew strike pressure across multiple states
The Southern Railway machinists strike enters a third month as leaders push to deny reports of a settlement. Circulation of calls to unions nationwide urges machinists to stay out until an official end to the strike, targeting Atlanta Macon Knoxville Memphis Birmingham Selma Richmond Manchester Louisville Charlotte Asheville Salisbury Spencer. In New York the Building Trades board backs the Amalgamated Association strike against United States Steel, threatening to withhold steel products if AFL backing wanes. San Francisco sees no near peace as labor councils may summon additional troops up to 25 000.
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Knoxville Tonn
Southern Railway
Bob Henry
Southern Railway District Lodge of
Ihs
United States
Southern Railway Company
Atlanta
Macon
Knoaville
Tenn
Memphis
Birmingham
Selma
Ala
Richmond
Manchester
Louisville
Charlotte
Asheville
Steel Trust
Frisco
San Francisco
Phelan
Iabor Council
Strike Cost Newkirk Life at Tunis N Cand Train Incident
A Union man allegedly struck Thomas Newkirk a Black steel worker as he rode a moving train near Tunis North Carolina. He was knocked from the car, the wheel passed over him, and he died shortly after. Authorities recorded the event and statements.
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Suffolk
McKeesport
Thomas Newkirk
Castle Hayne
Newkirk
Rell Toad
Tunis
Les
Knoxville Street Car Strike Weeks in Settlement Effort
Knoxville Tennessee August 5. The street railway strike remains unsettled as two mediation attempts fail. Secretary Branson proposes a merit based return for strikers under new conditions while the union is not recognized. The company urges non recognition of the union and discharges to stand. Strikers demand union recognition and reinstatement of discharged men. Twelve cars operated today, two more than yesterday, with patrols preventing crowds and no major injuries or property damage reported.
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Knoxville
Tenn
H .M Branson
Chamber of Commerce
Branson
Hho
Knoxville Traction Company
C Howell
J W Gilbreath
Howell
Nolice
Tripp
Greenville & C
Traction Company
Atlanta
Sawmill Burned Near Hunteville in Alabama
A saw mill owned by the Alabama Lumber Company west of Hunteville burned last night causing about 1500 dollars in damage. No injuries reported and origin of the fire is under investigation.
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Fure
Hunteville
Ala
Alabama Lumber Company
Here
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