Busy day as tax limits clash with constitutional aims
Montgomery delegates clash over limiting county and city debt while capping the state tax at five cents. Birmingham and Montgomery push hard against curbs, citing risk to public improvements. Sheriff impeachment and governor’s staff details finish a day of heated debate in Alabama's constitutional convention.
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Montgomery
Ala
Colbert County
Birmingham
Lowe
Birminghem
Executive Department
Reese
Dallas
Alghema
North
Alabama
Jones
Jelks
W. W. Brandon
Tuscaloosa
Barry L Holt
Fell Off Train and Killed in Alabama
Union Springs July 3 A railway worker W B Powers supervisor of the fourth division of the Central Railway of Georgia fell from the rear of a backing caboose and was instantly killed He leaves a wife and six children in Eufaula whose body was taken there this evening Also Birmingham July 3 The Alabama national guard Third Infantry will encamp at the estate fair grounds on July 10 and the residence of former Alderman J T McKnight burned after a gasoline stove exploded causing about 3600 in losses.
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Union Springs
Ala
W. B. Powers
Central Railway of Georgia
Montgomery
Eufaula
Bufaulo
Birmingham
Third Infantry
Alabama National Guard
J. T. McKnight
North Highlands
Lynching of Jim Bailey near Smithfield NC over assault claim
A black man named Jim Bailey was lynched by a mob four miles from Smithfield North Carolina after allegedly assaulting a white girl Maud Strickland fourteen, and her sister. Bailey was disarmed earlier but captured while being taken to the sheriff. The mob hanged him from a tree near the road as local officials recovered the body.
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Charlotte
N. C
Jim Bailey
Smithfield
Maud Strickland
Maud
Slater
Strickland
Bailey
Charles Powell
Powell
Negro lynching in Alabama ends with Rob ert White hanged
News from Montgomery reports Robert White a negro was taken from officers near Tallassee Elmore county and hanged by a mob of about twenty five while being transported to Wetumpka. His brother Winston was wounded in the earlier exchange of fire. The mob freed Robert from custody as Winston remained jailed.
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Robert White
Montgomery
Ale
Tallahassee
Elmore County
Winston
Mr. Goodwin
Thomas
Winston White
Wetumpka
Charged With Kidnaping Case Dismissed in Huntsville
Judge Stewart dismissed the kidnapping charge against B A Lewis brought by his wife Mrs Kate H Lewis in county court yesterday afternoon. The case drew attention due to the parties’ prominence and Mrs Lewis seeking divorce. This week the court will try Berry Wade and John Jamar for manslaughter and three men in the New Hope bridge arson case, Wade killing drummer Robert Purdy and Jamar killing Will Turbyfill.
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New Hope Bridge
Paint Rock
Wade
Robert Purdy
Jamar
Will Turbyfill
Boy Fractures Skull In Tree Fall Near Tuscaloosa
Heil from a Tree reports eight year old Will McCormick, son of W. T. McCormick, fell from a high tree yesterday afternoon in Tuscaloosa, fracturing his skull. He remains alive but in a critical condition, a fall of thirty to forty feet. If he recovers it will be almost a miracle.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Will
W. T. McCormick
Brookwood Miners Hit Work Pause in Alabama
Report from Brookwood Consolidated Coal and Coke Company indicates miners have not been at work since last Friday. A Monday return is anticipated after ongoing talks to resolve misunderstandings. Dr James K Powers to lecture at Oxford Miss normal institute after ending presidency at the University of Alabama.
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Brookwood
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Brookwood Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
Dr. Powers
James K. Powers
University of Alabama
Oxford
Miss
Powers
Two Jackson County men held in Melt distilling case
They Were Released, Huntsville Alabama July 3 Special Jim Miller and Ab Cooper well known pilant ers of Jackson county were brought to Huntsville yesterday by Deputy Willis on Melt distilling charges. They were released after a hearing before Commissioner Greenleaf.
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Huntsville
Ala
Jim Miller
Ab Cooper
Jackson County
Willis
Greenleaf
Balch Named Teacher for Philippine Islands Appointment
Huntsville Alabama July 3 Special. On the recommendation of Superintendent J W Abercrombie the government has appointed H H Balch a young school teacher of this county to a position of school teacher in the Philippine islands. The appointment is for three years and pays a salary of 1200 per year.
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Philippines
Huntsville
Ala
J. W Abercrombie
H. H. Balch
Philippine Islands
Cup Shoot Brings Huntsville Teams Together
A match shoot for a handsome silver loving cup is set for tomorrow in Huntsville with teams from Huntsville Russellville and Sheffield Gun Clubs. Each club will host a shoot and the team winning twice будет claim the cup.
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Huntsville
Ala
Russellville
Sheffield
Capitalists Take Possession of Walker County Coal Mines
Birmingham July 3. Specials The Pennsylvania capitalists who recently bought the coal properties from the Corona Coal and Coke Company and the Southern Coal Company in Walker county have formally assumed possession of the mines.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pennsylvania
Virginia and
Alabama Coas Company
Corona Coal and Coke Company
Southern Coal Company
Walker County
Sunstroke Attempt by Kentucky Fiancée Ends in Rescue
In Frankfort Kentucky Miss Annie Giles sought death by sunstroke after learning of her fiancee’s marriage. She lay on a sunlit plank above the Kentucky River hoping to perish, then attempted to jump into the river before a passerby restrained her. Boucicault Van Brugh nuptials report from London note celeb marriage.
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Ne Tady
Kentucky
Louisville
Frankfort
Annie Giles
Eigg
Kentucky River
Aie
Southern Negro congress forms in Jackson and sets Galveston plan
Jackson Miss July 3 Special The Southern Negro congress ends a three day session with about one hundred delegates from Texas Louisiana Kentucky and Mississippi. The group organizes branches to aid law enforcement and host a second convention in Galveston. A strong race progress resolution urges home ownership education taxation and industrial progress while Governor Longino and Texas' Richard Nelson address delegates urging upright conduct and peaceful co operation with whites.
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Jackson
Miss
Southern Negro Congress
Texas
Louisiana
Kentucky
Mississippi
South
Galveston
Congress
Longino
Richard Nelson
North
Jones Acted Very Promptly Quarantine Halts Livestock
Memphis Tenn July 3 Special Against charbon threatening Mississippi delta stock and people Memphis declares a strict quarantine on all live stock from infested areas Dr Herbert Jones president of the board of health acted immediately after learning horses and mules from the infected region had entered the city ordering their removal and preventing further shipments.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Delta
Herbert Jones
Board of Health
Mississippi
Barbon
Dr. Jones
Bryan speaks in Knoxville on national issues
Colonel W J Bryan, with Governor Benton McMuin, passed through Knoxville en route from Bristol to Monteagle. About 1000 people gathered at the depot as he spoke of preferring to speak over supper, outlining national issues before continuing to Nashville and home via St Louis.
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Knoxville
Tenn
W. J. Bryan
Benton McMuin
Bristol
Monteagle
Senn
Bryan
Nashville
St. Lois
Coonel Bryan
Nocturnal prowler menaces Brownsville women at night
Brownsville Tennessee July 3 Special report details a recurring prowler disturbing women for weeks. In recent attempts a disguised man perched on a barrel at a window threatened entry. Earlier cases include an attempted dragging of Mrs Rathite and an unmasked assailant kissing Miss Scott, daughter of the sheriff, who cried out for help. Police have not yet captured the culprit and suspects remain.
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Brownsville
Tenn
Sallie Jeffries
Rover 3
Gunboat Vixen Arrives Near Norfolk With Injured Crew
The gunboat Vixen arrives off Norfolk Coast with Lieutenant Commander Clinton KX Curtis aboard in precarious condition. Commander Creafay has been removed to the naval hospital for treatment.
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Curtis
Norfolk
Vixen
Pot
Cuba
Clinton KX
Naval Hospital
Sparks Claims Innocence After Alleged Ingersoll Killing
Professor C H Sparks, accused of murdering Jack Ingersoll, denies guilt and says he fled only to avoid lynching amid the town’s excitement. Governor Jelks orders military to Phenix City to escort him to Opelika, while Sheriff Hodge and Deputy Moon coordinate the transfer with Lee Light infantry and Solicitor Sanford assisting. no demonstrations occurred.
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Opelika
Ala
C. H. Sparks
Jack Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Phenix
Lee Light Infantry
Samford
Jelks
Sensation at Birmingham as young lawyer fined for note to Miss McGrew
W T Ward, a prominent young attorney, was fined $100 in the inferior criminal court this afternoon on disorderly conduct. He is charged with writing or sending a note to Miss Neille McGrew, daughter of a rolling mill man, asking her to meet him in a house of ill repute. The case drew a crowded, morbid audience.
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Birmingham
Aia
Vurys
W.T. Ward
Egeravated
Neille McGrew
President Henry speaks to Knoxville machinists in Atlanta
President B F Henry of the Southern Railway Machinists district says he met in Atlanta with three railway workers groups. They authorized three committees to go to Washington to press General Manager Frank Gannon to call a new conference and seek a settlement to the machinists strike. He declined to name the groups but called it strong moral support and hopes for a quick settlement.
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Tella
Knoxville
Atlanta
Tenn
B. F Henry
Southern Railway Machinists
Washington
Frank 9. Gannon
Henry
Attorney Crozier Shot Dead After Suit Victory
Knoxville July 3 information reached here that Bruce Bundren a Granger county farmer shot and killed John W Crozier an attorney at law near Dutch Valley Tenn Bundren is at large Crozier from a prominent local family after Crozier won a suit and levied on Bundren property they met in the road after angry words Crozier turned to leave Bundren fired twice in the back.
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Crozier
Bundren
Knoxville
Tenn
Bruce Bundren
Granger County
John W. Crozier
Dutch Valley
Croier
Whisky Output Is Limited to 25 Million Gallons This Year
Louisville July 3 The Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Company wired its agreement to the production cap set by the Kentucky Distillers Association on June 21. The plan limits whisky production for the coming year to 25,000,000 gallons, with the company authorized to produce 12,500,000 gallons. Without the agreement output would have exceeded 50,000,000 gallons.
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Louisville
Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Company
Kentucky Distillers' Association
Knoxville Plans Mammoth Electric Plant Dam on Little Tennessee River
R. W. Austin reports Colonel John Bogart, expert hydraulic engineer, found the Knoxville Power Company's plant favorable. Eastern capitalists will finance the enterprise. A dam will be built on the Little Tennessee River near Knoxville to supply water power for a mammoth electric plant, with work starting soon.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Negotiating for Land Near Knoxville Timber Deal Forms
Dalton Georgia timber dealer M Baird met with F L Faatz P S Ross and Herman D Walters from Lestershire to discuss selling a large tract of timber lands near Knoxville. The Illa cops Lumber Company of Dalton currently owns the land. They plan to return in two weeks to close the deal.
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Knoxville
Enn
M Baird
Dalton
F. L. Faatz
Ross
Herman D. Walters
Lestershire
Illacops, Lumber Company
Will Close Store at Noon by Chattanooga Firm
The D. B. Loveman Dry Goods Company in Chattanooga Tennessee will close its store from 12:15 p m to 2 p m during the heated term starting Monday. It aims to be the first to try this experiment adopted from The Dry Goods Economist and expected to be echoed by similar houses nationwide this summer.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
D. B. Loveman Dry Goods Company
Governor Jennings Dined Before Tammany Celebration
Governor William F. Jennings of Florida will be one of three speakers at the Tammany Hall celebration in New York. He was hosted at a Central Park casino dinner and greeted by a Tammany committee on arrival. He toured sites in the afternoon and enjoyed a park carriage ride followed by a banquet tonight.
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Florida
New York
William F. Jennings
Tammany Hall
Central Park
Jennings
Hearts Wall by Little Boy at Capitol Square
A touching scene unfolds as a grandson of the late Judge Moncure sells lemonade on Richmond Capitol Square to support his widowed mother and sister. The constitutional convention pauses, debating adjournment and various resolutions while President Goode urges voter qualifications, including education or property tests.
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Judge Moncure
Capitol Square
Richmond
Gested
Walter Moncure
Mr Thornton
Blair
Stewart
Portlock
Court of Appeals
Phillips
Quarles
Goode
Army of the
United States
Mrs Gilmour Dies After Civil War Heroic Ride
Richmond reports the sudden death of Mrs Matthew Gilmour a daughter of Rev Abraham Davis Pollock of Fauquier. During the war as a girl she rode through federal lines to warn Colonel John S Mosby of an impending enemy assault saving the Confederate army from defeat. Her lineage includes the Lees and the Washingtons.
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Richmond
Matthew Gilmour
John S. Mosby
Gilmour
Abraham Davis Pollock
Fauquier County
John & Mosby
Lees
Washingtons
Lightning Kills Mechanic in Manchester Virginia
John W. Blunt a 22 year old mechanic was struck by lightning and killed instantly in Manchester Virginia today. The fatal event occurred despite clear skies and bright sun with no rain or clouds present.
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Johan W. Blunt
Manchester
Richmond
John W.W. Blunt
Water Power Purchase Sparks Southern Development
J Q Davis of Winnsboro has bought the water power of the Catawba river in Chester county for 31000 dollars. The deal fuels a railroad scheme likely to extend electric power to Chester Lancaster and Rock Hill, enabling mills and factories, and promising immense manufacturing growth in the northeast region.
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Catawba River
Columbia
8. C
J. Q. Davis
Winnsboro
Chester County
Chester
Lancaster
Rock Hill
Life sentence in Keystone State murder case at Parkersburg
The jury convicted Sidney Cole of first degree murder for fatally shooting William Terry, a carpenter, on the steamer Keystone State as it passed Parkersburg during the recent flood. They recommended life imprisonment.
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Parkersburg
Yasuy
Sidney Cole
William Terry
Keystone State
Peruna praised in reader letters from multiple states
Readers report relief from summer catarrh and stomach bowels issues after using Peruna. Letters from Georgia, Pennsylvania, Kansas and Ohio claim cures and improved digestion, with patients noting regaining appetite and regular bowels. Dr Hartman invites inquiries for further advice.
Hopper Acquitted In Spartanburg Kiss Case
Columbia dispatch reports C C Hopper was found not guilty after a four hour jury deliberation in the first criminal case tried in this state involving a kiss. Miss Maggie Cudd, sixteen, alleged assault and battery but the jury regarded the seduction as a mitigating factor. Hopper, a boss at Clifton mill in Converse, is married.
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Columbia
N. C
C. C. Hopper
Maggie Cudd
Spartanburg
Hopper
Cudd
Clifton Mill
Converse
John M. Sherwood Dies at 42 Seaboard Official
Secretary and assistant treasurer of the Seaboard Air Line, John M. Sherwood, died at his home in Portsmouth after illness that began following a Seaboard directors meeting in New York on June 26. He was 42. He had been taken ill at the meeting and never recovered.
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Seaboard Air Line
Norfolk
John M. Sheryoo
Portsmouth
Tie
Seaboard Directors
New York
National Social and Political Conference Platform Adopted
Detroit July 3 the second National Social and Political Conference adopted a platform demanding direct legislation proportional representation direct nomination of candidates equal suffrage for all honest elections free from partisan control progressive land value taxation inheritance and income taxes public ownership of utilities eight hour workday postal savings banks state insurance workmen’s compensation for injuries opposition to militarism and conquest and peaceful arbitration with a preamble condemning monopolies wealth concentration and current imperial policy.
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Detroit
Mich
Kimball Wins Boiler Station No 2 Foundation Contract
George B. Kimball was yesterday afternoon awarded the contract to construct the foundation for the new boiler at No 2 pumping station. His bid was 393 dollars. The contract was let by a committee of Judge George Hillyer Alder man J W Kilpatrick and Coltone Park Woodward. A water board meeting was scheduled for yesterday afternoon but failed to materialize due to lack of a quorum. Another meeting was set for Monday afternoon at four oclock.
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George B. Kimball
George Hillyer
J. W. Kilpatrick
Coltone Park Woodward
Water Board
Ofelock
Elders to be ordained at Jackson Presbyterian church
Newly elected elders L. L. Knight W. M. Riverett and Robert B. Adams will be ordained and installed tonight at Jackson Presbyterian church following last Sunday's congregational vote. Also reports reach Washington of two bubonic plague cases in Para Brazil via cable from the state department.
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Jackcop Hill
Westminster
Jackson EN Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
L. L. Knight
W. M. Riverett
Robert BE. Adams
Brazil
Washington
State Department
Cable
Para
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Planned on Baker Street Atlanta
Rev. George H. Mack to attend synod meetings in Tennessee and Lebanon Tennessee as a new Cumberland Presbyterian church is to be erected on Baker Street near Peachtree in Atlanta. The lot of 100 by 7 feet on D. Q. Dougherty property fronts Baker Street. Property price set at 57 dollars. Church organization to occur in the fall after meetings conclude.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Atlanta
Baker Street
Peachtree Street
D. QO. Dougherty
Colonial Club
Tefineasee Synod
Baker
George H. Mack
Church Extension Board
Tennessee
Lebanon
Tann
Dr Dunbar Roy Ill. Physicians Hope for Recovery
Late last night Dr Floyd W McRae reported Dr Dunbar Roy was resting well and improving under the circumstances. While not out of danger, he is progressing steadily and doctors believe recovery will come with further improvement.
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Floyd W. McRa
Dunbar Roy
Thara
McRae
Officers Installed at Schiller Lodge No Ti IOOF
The recently elected officers of Schiller lodge No Ti IOOF were installed last night at Broad and Alabama streets. Grand Warden A J Hynds led the ceremony. Officers installed include M Lichtenstein as noble grand and M A Smith as grand grand. Terms run for twelve months with December 11st as expiry for remaining posts. Alex Dittler is secretary and L Epjan treasurer. Schiller lodge ranks among the stronger lodges in the state with about 800 members.
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Schiller Lodge
Broad and
Alabama Streets
A. J Hynds
M. Lichtenstein
Noble Grand
M. A. Smith
Greg Grand
Alex Dittler
L. Epjan
Schill
Election Called for New Hapeville District August 16
Judge John R. Wilkinson in Hapeville today set August 16 for an election in the newly created Hapeville district. A justice of the peace and two constables will be chosen in the voting. The district was recently established.
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John R. Wilkinson
Hapeville
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