Musgrove enters governor race as Alabama primary looms
June 26 Birmingham special report says candidates for governor are multiplying as a state primary appears likely. B Musgrove of Walker county, general manager of Corona Coal and Coke, confirms discussions of running. State Executive Committee chair Robert J. Lowe calls a Montgomery meeting for July 10 to decide if a primary will be held.
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Birmingham
Ala
B. Musgrove
Musgrove
Walker County
Corona Coal and Coke Company
Robert J. Lowe
State Executive Committee
Montgomery
John C. Pugh
Contractor In Bankruptcy In East Alabama City
Opelika Alabama June 26 Special William A Andrews the largest contractor in east Alabama was placed in involuntary bankruptcy yesterday at Montgomery by some of his creditors Andrews has for years run the largest manufacturing business here and has probably done more for the city than any man in it In a statement last week he valued assets at 19500 with indebtedness 12623 He offered to turn over everything to creditors to save court costs but creditors could not agree The case is set for July 9 in Montgomery and an order restrains him from selling property levied on under numerous executions The closing of his plant will be a sad blow to this city caused by dull business and competition.
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Opelika
Ala
Wiliam A. Andrews
Alabama
Montgomery
Andrews
Clark To Review Regiment In Governor's Absence
General Louis V. Clark will review the Third Regiment of the Alabama National Guard in Birmingham because the governor is away attending his brother's funeral in Hot Springs Ark. The governor requested Clark to act for him, and Clark has consented to do so.
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Clark
Birmingham
Ala
Louis V. Clark
Alabama National Guards
Hot Springs
Ark
Southern railway to build six spur tracks to new mines
Montgomery June 26 Special. The Southern railway filed today in the secretary of state office the preliminary papers for construction of six spur tracks to as many new mines in Walker Bibb Talladega and Tuscaloosa counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern Railway
Secretary of State
Walker
Bibb
Talladega
Tuscaloosa
Second Meeting of Southeastern Cotton Manufacturers
The Southeastern Cotton Manufacturers Association met in Birmingham Alabama representing 246 009 spindles and 100 looms for its second meeting since its Montgomery formation on February 20. President T L Wainwright spoke as delegates debated tramp labor and agreed on steps to curb migration of spinners and weavers between mills. The session adjourned at 4 o clock.
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Southeastern Association
Birmingham
Ala
Southeastern Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Montgomery
T. L. Wainwright
Dr Morris Quits the Clergy After Bishop Intimation
Special. Dr Charles Morris a noted Episcopal divine in Mississippi retires from the clergy after a debate over his marriage to a divorced woman. The bishop and committee judged continued service would hamper church work and accepted his resignation.
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Jackson
Miles
Charles Morris
Mississippi
Decesan Council
Morris
Southern Educational Association Convention Planned in Chattanooga
The Education Convention committee in Chattanooga announces arrangements for the Southern Educational Association meeting on July 14. They expect 1000 to 1200 delegates and have organized entertainment, including a tally-ho ride to Chickamauga Park and Missionary Ridge plus evening river excursions through the Tennessee River suck and Nickajack cave exploration. Delegates will be met and assigned to homes at depots to prevent confusion.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
The
Southern Educational Association
Chickamaugs Park
Missionary Ridge
Dr Fisher Falls to Death in Elevator Shaft
Dr W N Fisher formerly of Richmond Virginia and deputy coroner of the District of Columbia died after falling down an elevator shaft at Columbia hospital. He had served two years as deputy coroner and was active in several medical societies. He died early today after the incident in Washington on June 26. He was a delegate to the recent Saratoga medical association convention.
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Richmond
Washington
W. N. Fisher
District of Columbia
Columbia Hospital
Medical Association
Saratoga
Want No Oath In Primary Democrats of Mecklenburg
The Mecklenburg county Democratic executive committee meets tomorrow to hear a five member anti primary committee. They seek to remove the sworn oath feature of the Mecklenburg primary law which has caused division. If the committee refuses to remove the oath, an independent ticket may be fielded by anti primary forces.
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Mecklenberg
Charlotte
N. C
Democratic Party
Matthews Acquitted In Rickerson Murder Case
Macon Georgia June 24 Special This morning at a'clock the jury in Bible superior court found A F Matthews not guilty of murder in the killing of A T Rickerson. Matthews and Rickerson were jailed when they fought and Matthews stabbed Rickerson. Matthews still must serve a year for burglary. He previously told Judge Felton he preferred penitentiary over chain gang.
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Rickerson
Macon
Bible Superior Court
A. F. Matthews
A. T. Rickerson
Matthews
Felton
Freight and an Engine Mix on Mobile and Ohio
An extra freight train of Mobile and Bay Shore collided with a Mobile and Ohio switch engine a mile north of Mobile. Engineer Todd of Mobile and Bay Shore was badly bruised. Engineer McDonnell of the switch engine bruised about the hips. Fireman Busche suffered a broken right arm and bruises. The extra train was moving fast and officials conduct an investigation.
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Mobile
Ohio
Ala
Mobile and Bay Shore Railroad
Mobile and
Todd
Bay Shore
McDonnell
Busche
Disastrous Alpharetta Fire Destroys Business District
A devastating blaze in Alpharetta Georgia early today swept through the town's business section. Origin unknown with only the night marshal awake. losses estimated between 10 600 and 35 005, insurance minimal, but townspeople vow to rebuild.
Storm Hits Central South Carolina With High Winds
A severe wind storm swept central South Carolina later described with a striking electric display. Early corn crops are feared damaged while reports from Spartanburg and nearby areas note houses blown down and large buildings unrooted.
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Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Boy Drowns in River as City Sees Third Victim
In Columbus Georgia on June 26 a 14 year old named Malcolm McDonald drowned while swimming with companions near the south commons on the Chattahoochee River. His body was recovered hours later. The incident marks the third drowning in the area that week with two men killed nearby last Monday.
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Columbus
Malcolm McDonald
McDonald
South Commons
North Highlands
Progress on Warrior Southern Railway in Alabama
Tuscaloosa reports rapid railway progress with a 4 mile contract finished by R H Wright and bridge work by W B Oliver Company. A 530 foot tunnel is completed, rail lines push toward Tennessee while Warrior Guards prepare for a July encampment at Selma with about sixty men. The death of Rev Father Cassidy in Mobile shocks Tuscaloosa, where he served as parish priest. Dispensary receipts reach 285 dollars in a strong sales day, and cattleman Richard C Ware dies at Fort Worth after noted service as U S marshal and Texas Ranger commander.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Warrior Southern Railway
R. H. Wright
Tennessee
Southern Railway
W. B. Oliver
Warrior Southern
Warrior Guards
Selma
John Cassidy
Mobile
Three Rural Delivery Routes Planned in Habersham County
Carnesville Ga June 26 Special three rural delivery routes will be put on in this county on the 1st of July One from Royston to Litties camp one from Lavonia West to near this place and return one from Martin to Broom s store Flumb Red Hill and Cadiz and back to Martin
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Carnesville
Royston
Littie
Lavonia
Martin
Broom
Flumb
Red Hill
Cadiz
Bride 14 Weds Man 70 in Raleigh
News from Morrs ville reports a wedding in which 14 year old Hattie Poston marries 70 year old John Hart sell with both sets of parents present and the mayor performing the ceremony. Also reported is a grisly decapitation of Oscar Jenkins on Seaboard tracks and the North Carolina Liquor Dealers Association officers and board of control for Raleigh and surrounding areas.
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Raleigh
N C
Morrsville
Cupid
John Hartsell
Hattie Poston
Oscar Jenkins
Seaboard Hne
North Carolina Liquor Dealers’ Association
E. A. Lackey
Hamlet
S. T. Smith
J. G. Patterson
Durham
John U. Smith
E. V. Denton
A. L. Bally
L. N. White
J.D. Carrol
Board of Control
Boston capitalists seek Opelika Auburn electric road franchise
A Boston groupEmploying an attorney has secured an option on Wright's mill in Opelika Alabama to build an electric car line through Opelika and Auburn. They plan parks and a summer winter resort hotel with power from a proposed dam and water power. The drought and crop failures worsen farmers' outlook as land and color prices rise.
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Boston
Opelika
Ala
Auburn
Wright's Mill
Alabama
Elegant Perry Wedding Links Catchings and Martin Family Ties
Susie Margaret Martin wed Frederic Payne Catchings in a noon ceremony at the Martin home Perry attended by Corinne Baldwin Louise Catchings Nancy Catchings J M Starr Frederick Holmes Houser and Charles Edwin Martin. A luncheon followed before the couple departed for a coastal bridal tour. they will reside in Dahlonega after July 15.
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Louise Catchings
Nancy Catchings
Atlanta
J. M. Starr
Newnan
Frederick Holmes Houser
Charles Edwin Martin
Perry
Mendelssohn
Hughanson
Joel Mann Martin
Dahlonega
Charles Canton Duncan
Unadilla
Castor Lansdowne
Wesleyan Female College
B. H. Catchings
Martha Catchings
Capitol Avenue
Emory College
Vanderbilt University
Crown Mountain ‘Gold Mining Company
Gainesville and
North Georgia Construction Company
Dah- Jonega
Berry Lynch Wedding At First Baptist Church
In Columbus Georgia on June 26 a brilliant church wedding united Turner Berry and Misa Anna Pelle Lynch at the First Baptist Church. The contracting parties are popular in social circles with attendees from Atlanta Augusta Macon and Montgomery.
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Berry-Lynch
Columbus
Turner Berry
Misa Annapelle Lynch
First Baptist Church
Atlanta
Augusta
Macon
Montgomery
Democrats Plan Populists Fall in Buchanan Meeting
In Buchanan on June 26 a mass Democratic meeting released a ticket for county offices. nominees include M. J. Head for senator, M. K. Phillips for representative, R. H. Parker for sheriff, W. P. Howell for clerk, E. C. Wilson for tax collector, B. C. Reynolds for tax receiver, G. W. Gentry for surveyor, and N. H. Nelson for coroner. Populists prepare July 4 nominations as fight for state and county posts intensifies.
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Buchanan
Court House
Haralson
Polk
Paulding
M. J. Head
Tallapools
M. KE. Phillips
Bremen
R. H. Parker
Waco
W. P. Howell
Tallapoosa
E. C. Wilson
B. C. Reynolds
G. W. Gentry
N. H. Nelson
Car Shed Fire Destroys Richmond Utility Buildings
One of the Richmond Passenger and Power Company car sheds housing winter trolley cars burned today in Richmond Virginia. The loss is about 50 000 dollars and is insured. The fire’s origin is undetermined.
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Richmond
Richmond Passenger and Power Company
Conference in Session at Perry Georgia
The south Macon district conference sits in Perry on June 2 with Dr. J. B. McGehee presiding. Rev. J. B. Johnstone preached the opening sermon last night and Dr. Co Ey Dowman of Emory College will preach this morning. Nearly all preachers and delegates have arrived and the conference continues until Saturday.
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Perry
South Macon
J. B. McGehee
J. B. Johnstone
Macon
Co. Ey, Dowman
Em College
In Memory of Hon. B Z Herndon by Mrs Cleveland
Poem by Mrs Cleveland of Greenville S C dedicated to Mary E Herndon on the death of Senator B Z Herndon. Lines speak of sorrow, a bright in heaven, and a home left in gloom while awaiting reunion in paradise.
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B. Z. Herndon
Cleveland
Greenville
S. C
Mary E. Herndon
Georgia Enrolls Second Largest at Southern Summer School
Georgia contributes to the second largest enrollment at the South's summer school in Knoxville Tennessee. The state lists 174 students with many Georgians named among the attendees including Daisie Allen Lula Almond Julia Bacon and dozens more. Tennessee leads with 657 and Alabama is third with 12 percent. North Carolina fourth with 91. The long roster shows a wide Georgia representation from cities and counties across the state.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Georgia
Summer School of the South
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
Daisie Allen
Lula Almond
Julia, Bacon
Mallard Bacon
Mary E. Bailey
Agnes Borden
Frances Adele Barksdale
Rosa Collins
Mattle Cane
Nelte MM. Corbin
Eula Culver
Marcia Culver
Maude Cumming
Maria Davis
Mena Davis
Emma C. Denmark
William 4. David
Lizzie Ector
Thomas R. Edwards
Alva Fills
Mary Ellison
Belle Emerson
Florence Eubank
Mary Eubank
L. A. Field
Minuie A. Feld
Janie Fountain
G. S. Fulton
Susan G. Gerdine
Stella Gibson
Cordelia V. Glauton
George Delma Goddard
Jessie Goodall
Laura Graham
Pansey Greene
E. D. Gumby
Neta Gunn
Sophie EB. Gunton
Misa Lucile Hamm
Misa Olive Head
Alba Herring
Walter V. Lanier
Edness Chester Lanier
Harry F. Lawson
Cora Lozenby
Clara B. Ledbetter
Mamie R. Lewis
Mary Lightfoot
H. G. Logan
Mary C. Locie
John D. McClendan
Sadie A. McClendan
Ella M. McDaniel
Susia McMichael
Willie G
Albert M. Swann
Rosa Taylor
Belle Marian Thorin
Ewell
Treadwell
Lily R. Turner
Nellie Tyler
Mary Faith Waite
Katherine Wasserman
Mamie Weaver
Mysa Rosa F. Wesson
C. H. Weir
W. D. Wells
Laura Pettit Wesh
Cora Wynona Estan
Eee
Er Aoa
Enna Wood
Mra G. ‘Oo Ounce
Wiliam Wright
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Tb, Musgrove
Race For Alabama
Sleeting
Cotton Manufacturers
Dr.morris
Education
DR. Fisher
F. Matthews
Alpharetta
Warrior South
R. C. Ware
Fort Worth
Tex
Dallas
Richard C. Ware
United States
Texas
Mitchell County
Texas Rangers
Sam Bass
Agroom
Jas. Hartsell
Opelika and
Auburn Line
Democrats
I Haralson
Hfe
Paradise
Clapr
Whitehall St
P.H. Snook
Austin Furniture
Window and Plate Wholesale and Retail
North
Forsyth
Peters St
Savannah
F.J. Gooledge & Bro
Capitola
Grooverymen
Millicc Gon
HumMansvillle
Southern Engraving Company
Humansville
Southern Eegroving Company
Constitution Building
Saea
J. W. Graves
Tae Sf4z-Lysdae
White
Sguthern Engraving OG
Atlanta, Ga
Ninwepa
Saachive
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