Higdon Allies Quit the ROC Meeting in Alabama
Birmingham March 12. A Birmingham conference of the Third Alabama regiment halted when Higdon allies left the room as a resolution for binding nominations for field officers was introduced. The remaining officers adopted the motion despite the exodus, leaving the regiment divided and uneasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ale
Alabama
Higdon
Higa
J. W. Parks
Bessemer
R. H E. Simpson
Florence
J. L. Daniels
Anniston
T. T. Huey
Lime Men Seek Tariff Relief for Cuban Shipments
Lime manufacturers from Georgia Alabama Tennessee and Kentucky met in Birmingham to memorialize Congress asking removal of the 5 cent per barrel tariff on lime to Cuba. They argue prices are low now and Alabama could ship more lime to Cuba if the tariff were lifted. A speaker said producers are getting 35 to 40 cents a barrel at the Isilhs, urging better pricing and investment profits. The conference will continue for two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Congress
Cuba
Isilhs
Hme
Life Voter Registration Opens in Calhoun County
Certificates of Elective Franchise issued in Calhoun County Alabama with Hon. John B. Knox first on the registration books. By March 12, 130 white voters registered including 80 from Anniston, 52 from ward 1. Eight Negroes applied but did not receive certificates. their names will be reviewed. The board sits at the courthouse through March 28 and will visit precincts after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County
Anniston
Ala
John B. Knox
Burns
Knox
Quinn
Ufe
Griffin elected mayor in Oxford city election
Anniston Alabama reports the Oxford mayoral race ended quietly with W H Griffin defeating Dr B D Williams by fifteen votes. Successful council nominees are A C Alten J M Whitesides G W Elcherberger B Russell O W Cooper and W A Orr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
Oxford
W. H. Grifin
B. D. Willams
W. H. Griffin
A C Alten
J. M. Whitesides
G. W. Elcherberger
Foot Crushed Under Train at Dothan
Osmond Fatson, 19, attempted to board a moving train in Dothan Alabama at about 6 this morning. He missed his footing and his left leg above the ankle was badly crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ala
Osmond Fatson
Hotel man Newton Pruitt killed by lightning stroke
Newton Pruitt a hotel owner in Roanoke Alabama was struck by lightning this afternoon and died instantly. Special report from Roanoke indicates the fatal incident occurred on March 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Ala
Newton Pruitt
Reverend Dr J W Harmon passes in Jackson district
Jackson Miss March 12 Special The Rev Dr J W Harmon a renowned southern Methodist divine died at his Paulding home and was interred in Jackson today His famed prayer before the Mississippi legislature urging clergy to bear arms led to an immediate reversal of the order for clergymen to shoulder arms as troops occupied Jackson and Macon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
J. W. Harmon
South
Paulding
Mississippi
Macon
Harmon
Young Girl Ends Her Life In Personal Crisis Intent
Miss Sallie E. Parrent a 21 year old who had recently moved to Columbia from Union died after taking four ounces of laudanum in a personal crisis. Her sister in law said she had threatened suicide before but showed no apparent reason for the act and had seemed happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie E. Parrent
Columbia
S. C
Union
D. G. Jami
Glass Substitute Adopted by Democratic Suffrage Conference
At the constitutional convention in Richmond on March 12, the Democratic suffrage conference heard Mr. Thom defend the majority report and attack the Glass substitute. The Glass substitute passed by a large majority, defeating the Thom plan and ending any immediate path to a permanent understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Thom
Turmbull
Saloons Closed Under Dunn Bill Across Mississippi
Mrs Harriet B. Kells, president of the Mississippi WCTU, says about fifty saloons were forced to close under the Dunn bill. Before passage only thirteen counties could host saloons, totaling 18 establishments. The closures affect retail saloons, not wholesale or jug houses, and some towns may seek population growth to regain saloon status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miles
Harriet B. Kells
Mississippi
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Parers
Jonah
Governor Aycock to Visit Charleston Exposition
Raleigh plans announced arrangements for Governor Aycock and state officers to attend the Charleston exposition. They depart April 8 for a four day stay with a composite regiment of twelve selected companies and the First regiment band from Asheville. Transportation for three officers and forty five men will be paid by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Aycock
Charleston Exposition
Asheville
Comepany
Convicts Build Roads Across North Carolina Countys
Eighty convicts are at work on New Hanover county roads using shell rock as macadam. Road building is under way in twenty eight counties. Wake County reports ninety convicts at work. Gravel is now used in some counties with macadam abandoned. Officials claim gravel roads cost only one seventh as much and meet all needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
New Hanover
Wake
Cyclone Rips Through Mississippi Killing Dozens
A violent cyclone swept the southern end of Coplah and northern Lincoln counties. It killed at least six people, destroyed structures in Montgomery and a railroad camp, with four bodies under debris and three African Americans dead. A passenger train on the Illinois Central lost every window, and Waterhurst suffered damage. Wires are down and communication is limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Miss
Coplah
Nothern
Lincoln Counties
Montgomery
Illinois Central Railroad
Pne
Illinois Central
Waterhurst
Windstorm in Mississippi Injures Residents and Damages Homes
A wind storm near Brookhaven at 6 am caused severe damage. William Melville's house lost its roof and Mrs Melville suffered serious injuries. a negro cook was also badly hurt. Near Montgomery a woman was killed by a falling tree and a railroad laborer broke a leg. Homes of Mrs Isaac Smith and T W Bouchillon were demolished and the schoolhouse was blown from its foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
Miss
William Melville
Texas Under Cover of Rain Wrecks Houston Homes
A Texas rain and wind storm left four fifths of the state covered. In Houston twenty small houses were wrecked with about 15000 in losses and Emanuel White was killed. Rosenberg saw ten houses damaged, Tyler area had many destroyed structures, and several people hurt. Lightning struck near Llano and Midlothian and New Boston reports death and destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Texas
Emanuel White
Rosenberg
Baptist Church
P. H. Callahan
Llano
Tyler
Willam Russell
Bertram
Russell
Baby
Midlothian
Ed King
T. H. Bente
Standback hanged for assault on aged woman in Portsmouth
Neal Standback, a young Black man, was executed by hanging at the Portsmouth county jail for an attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Preufer, a missionary to the Negroes, a 6 year old. The event occurred March 12 and ended without incident as his neck was broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standback
Portsmouth
Neal Standback
Preufer
Bryan Club Plans Birthday Banquet for Nebraskan
Chattanooga Tenn March 12 Special The Bryan Club met to plan a banquet in celebration of Bryan's birthday on March 19. One hundred plates will be sold. Governor McMillin Mayor Head and Justice Beard are to be invited to attend and speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Bryan
McMillin
Head
Nashville
Justice Beard
The
Supreme Court
White Cremated in Wreck Near Sanderveen
C W White prominent Mobile attorney and father of C A White of St Louis cremated in debris of Southern Pacific wreck near Sanderveen last week. He was traveling from Mobile to Washington state and not listed among casualties.
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Mobile
EL Paso
Tex
C. W. White
C. A. White
St. Louis
Southern Pacific
Sandereen
White
Ala
Washington State
Beaufort Girl Defends Cash Against Robbery
In Beaufort on Saturday night a masked man targeted Charley Chin Lang’s Duke Street store. The 18 year old daughter resisted as a pistol was fired. the thief grabbed the cash drawer and fled. Loss estimated at 10 dollars. bullet lodged in wall, belt deflecting shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
F. S. Harle
W. J. Cathcart
This
M. C. Wallace
A. F. Funderburk
Earle
Cathcart
Wallace
Beaufort
Charley Chin Lang
Duke Street
C. and W. C
Greenwood
Southeastern Tariff Association
Anderson
Elliott
McLaurin
Orangeburg
J. B. McLaughlin
Congressman Lever
McLaughlin
Lever
J. W. Stokes
Stokes
William Elliott
United States Senate
Mec Laurin
Washington
New Decatur Tops Tennessee Valley in Manufactured Goods
New Decatur Alabama leads the Tennessee Valley in manufactured product value, with Huntsville second. The six leading towns report total manufacturing worth 9.57 million dollars, and New Decatur shows a large excess. The town attracts capital for rail, electric, and oil ventures, with growing real estate and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley
New Decatur
Ala
Congress
Tennessee River Association
Pennesses Valley
Huntsville
Decatur
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Alabama Oil and Gas Company
Louisville and Nashville
Missionaries' Conference Opens in Chattanooga
Business session of the Methodist Episcopal church south met in Chattanooga Tennessee with hopeful reports from foreign fields. Discussions covered literature district central committee district campaign missionary sermon and Epworth League. Dr F Reid superintendent of missions Korea urged doubling the mission force. no legislative action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Conference of Missionary Workers of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
District Central Committee
Epworth League
F. Reid
Korea
Ramey Death Not Fatal in Quarrel Verdict Cleared York
Clayton Ga March 12 Special By coroner inquest over Charles Ramey the jury exonerates Calvin York saying Ramey died of kidney trouble not from foul play in the quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton, Ga
Charles Ramey
Calvin York
Divorce Saturday Barr iage Sunday Untying of the knot
In Aniston Alabama Mrs H L Shultz obtained a Saturday afternoon divorce from W B Shultz on abandonment grounds, not defending. Sunday morning she married Jack Dekin in Judge Creens Hill building office, witnessed by a few friends. Dekin works at Southern Car and Foundry rolling mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aniston
Ala
H. L. Shultz
Jack Dekin
Creen
Hill
Dekin
Southern Car and Foundry Company
Rolling Mall
Dinner of words for Cooke retracts after Daughters clash
Rev R J Cooke editor of The Methodist Episcopal Advocate Journal retracts a recent editorial after criticism from the Daughters of the Confederacy. He says the piece was a critique of a paper read before a chapter and not a reflection on members. He apologizes for language that could be so interpreted and retracts every word. He disclaims any intent to compare Daughters of the Confederacy with Emma Goldman or anarchists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Confederacy
Knoxville
Tenn
R. J. Cooke
Methodist Episcopal Advocate Journal
Daughters of the Confederacy
South
Emma Gold- Man
Small wrecks litter Anniston area. freight car derails delay trains
Many minor accidents disrupted service around Anniston Alabama on Monday. A freight car jumped the track at Iron City twelve miles east of Anniston delaying a train for about five hours. A runaway pipe car derailed near Oxanna junction injuring a baggage master. Another wreck occurred at Jacksonville along the Mobile division, delaying traffic briefly.
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Anniston
Ala
Iron City
Southern Railroad
Atlanta
Southern
Birmingham
Oxanna Junction
Mobile and
Jacksonville
Mobite
Miners in State of Unrest in Southwest Virginia
Reports from the southwest Virginia coal region say the unrest among miners continues with no change in conditions. Federal court ordered U S marshals to Wise County to maintain order and protect company property as a threatened outbreak looms. A deputy marshal special train headed to the coal fields for police duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Bristol Tonn
Southwest Virginia
Virginia Tron, Doal and Coke Company
McDowell
Federal Court
United States
Wise County
Bristol
Sharborough Resigns Chair In Mississippi Senate Panel
State Senator Sharborough resigns as chairman of the special joint legislative committee investigating the Industrial Institute and College. Lt Governor Harison selects State Senator Bradley to take the post, with the panel expected to finish in about three weeks and no sensational developments anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharborough
Jackson
Miss
Industrial Institute and College
Harison
Bradley
Company forms to make beer coolers and refrigeration gear
The Sendrixee Company was organized today with capital of $60,000 to manufacture beer coolers and other refrigeration appliances. Incorporators include C G Abercrombie W D Westcott R E Steiner J D Hendrix N J Grei and B S Greil. Abercrombie is president of the local brewery.
Morphine Fatal Work in Personal Crisis Case
Huntsville Alabama March 12 Special R F Hunt cattleman died this morning after taking a large morphine dose Tuesday night in a personal crisis. He leaves a family residing at Newhone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
R. F. Hunt
Mr. Hunt
Newhone
Not Duncan, Says 7 Bertilion Men
Birmingham March 12 A message from Bertilion measurement experts states the man measured at Hilliard Ohio is not Frank Duncan the alleged murderer who escaped from Birmingham jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Birmingham
Ala
Hilliard
Ohio
Frank Duncan
Norfolk Street Car Men Refuse to Treat
Norfolk Va March 12 The cars ran today without the usual guard though two soldiers were on each car tonight. Several rock battles after sundown broke windows and a non union conductor fired a revolver down the street but no one was hit. The railway company refuses to bargain further, claims to have submitted to arbitration and will follow its decision. The Seventy first regiment may be ordered away and the boycott by the central labor union remains in effect with few riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Norfolk Railway and Light Company
Higgins
Beaman
Sheriff Cromwell
Central Labor Union
Schuler brothers freed from prison sentence in Birmingham
In Birmingham March 12 five days imprisonment for contempt of court against E T and G H Schuler was remitted by Judge W W Wilkerson after their lawyers said all disputes with C B Robinson had been settled. The case involved destruction of certain books. new copies were made to satisfy Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
E. T
G. H. Schuler
W. W. Wilkerson
Sheriff's Office
Mr. Robinson
Hutchens Wins Tallapoosa Mayoral Race by One Vote
In Tallapoosa Georgia on March 12 special election results show G R Hutchens ahead of his opponent by a single vote for mayor. The elected councilmen are Dr W J McCurdy William H Meacham J Tumiin D B Har greaves and J M Crosby. Hutchens faces a contest notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchens
Tallapoosa
G. R. Hutchens
W. J. McCurdy
William H. Meacham
Book of Years Gone By in 1797 Deed Record Found
North Carolina official Grimes reports uncovering a plain back book containing deeds to the state made by the sheriff between 1793 and 1810 on lands with unpaid taxes. It covers about a million acres reverting to the literary board under law, including the Allison grants in Craven and neighboring counties totaling 203,000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Grimes
Literary Board
Allison
Craven
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Higdons Friends
Higdonites
Falious Pastor
Paulding, Miss
Ava
Wheck
Philadelphia
Amalgamated Association of Iron Workers
Pritiany
Columba
Beaufort Girl
Merchants of
Tite
Lies
Shultz
Urs
Lau
J. C. DoWits &Os
Obicaga
Cooke
Chicago
Parker
Burton S. Jones
Grant Building
Atlanta, Ga
Wallace & Copa
Elway
Schulers
S. S.S
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