Local candidates enter race for Taylor County Tax Collector
Several residents announce their candidacies for the unexpired term of Tax Collector ahead of the March 9 special election. HA Childs N B Hammock EngleSh H P Wallace J J McCants Jr pledge faithful service, appreciation for support, and diligent office management if elected.
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HA Childs
Taylor County
L O Davis
Davis
Justice
H P Wallace
LO Davis
JJ McCants, Jr
Reynolds Seeks Democratic Nomination for 23rd District State Senate
State Senator candidate R M Reynolds asks voters in Taylor Crawford and Houston counties for the Democratic nomination. He pledges to voice the people's wishes and fill the office without discredit to the district if elected.
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Taylor
Crawford
Houston
R M Reynolds
Sheriff Candidacy Notices From Taylor County
Two notices announce candidacy for sheriff. J R Beeland seeks reelection in the Democratic primary and thanks supporters. E J Pool also declares for sheriff, pledging faithful duties if elected, pending primary guidance.
Taylor County Clerk and Ordinary candidates announce
Notices from multiple Tay lor county candidates for Clerk of the Superior Court and for Ordinary. Cameron Montfort Wilson and Riley seek Democratic primary support, pledging honest service, faithfulness, impartiality, and diligent duty in Taylor county offices.
Taylor County Treasurer Candidate Statement by T F Layfield
The candidate requests re-election as Treasurer in Taylor County, subject to the Democratic primary. He pledges a faithful discharge of duties and thanks supporters for past help.
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Taylor County
Superior Court
Cameron
W B Wilson
T F Layfield
Tax Receiver Cosey seeks reelection in county race
W. L. Cosey announces candidacy for reelection as Tax Receiver. He thanks county residents for the honor of one term and pledges to discharge the duties of the office better than before.
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Taylor County
W. L. Cosey
Taft nominates Pitney to the U S Supreme Court
President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Chancellor Hahlon Pitney of New Jersey to be associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Taft has named five associates in three years and may soon confirm Pitney.
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Taft
The
United States
Senate
Hahlon Pitney
New Jersey
United States Supreme Court
Pitney Long
Justice Harlan
Mississippi River
William O. Hook
United States Circuit Court
Charles Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Judge Hook
Oklahoma
Nagel
Pitney
Supreme Court
Edward D. White
White House
Mes
Lurta
Hughes
Vandeventer
Lamar
Mystery of Brooklyn Nursery deaths solved by maid confession
New York police say eight infant deaths at Brooklyn Nursery and Infants Hospital were tied to oxalic acid in milk bottles. Winifred Ankers, a hospital kitchen worker, confessed after two hours detention, claiming no intent to kill but seeking revenge on nurses. Authorities deem her story credible and plan homicide charges.
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Brooklyn
New York
Winifred Ankers
Ankers
Double Hanging at Blakely Bounds to Grim End
Charlie West and Will Sims were executed simultaneously in Blakely Georgia. West admitted guilt as Sims protested innocence until the end. Sims died instantly, West remained alive for over thirty minutes before death pronounced.
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Charlie West
Will Sims
Freeman Spence
Blakely
West
Sims
Perry G Holden Agricultural Expert Seeks Iowa Governor Post
Perry G Holden, noted agricultural expert, announces candidacy for Iowa governor. He positions farm policy experience and rural development as core priorities while outlining plans to expand agricultural markets and support prairie economies.
General Miles Identifies Dead Stranger as Brother
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles of the U S Army discovers the man he carries is his brother Daniel C Miles. The coroner cites heart failure as the cause. The Westminster Massachusetts resident was visiting Washington near the White House when he died on a Lafayette Park sidewalk.
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Miles
Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lafayette Park
White House
Daniel C. Miles
Westminster
Mass
General Miles
Houston Fire Ravages Industrial Zone In 7 Million Loss
A massive Houston blaze destroyed over a dozen major industrial plants leaving 1,000 homeless. Losses are estimated at 7 million dollars with insurers covering less than 40 percent. No deaths but several injuries. Significant damage to cotton operations, mills, and lumber yards across the northeastern city area.
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Houston
YEGGMAN LOOTS TWO SITES NETS LARGE SUM IN ATLANTA
Yeggs strike twice in succession stealing 150 first, then 2500 second night. The duo, linked to a Sunday grocery store safe wreck in Henry Hicks’s shop at 857 Marietta Street, is suspected of a Monday Austell bank robbery. Walter Littrell of Decatur Texas joined a pie club after eating six pounds of pie.
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Atlanta
Henry B. Hicks
Marietta Street
Austell Bank
Austell
Walter Littrell
Decatur
Tex
Candidacies for Taylor County Coroner Named by Local Figures
At the solicitation of many friends J T Byrd J P Jones Unchildree and Green B Windham announce their candidacies for Taylor county coroner subject to the Democratic primary. They respectfully solicit voters support and influence.
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Taylor County
A Rt
J R Beeland
AH Riley
J T Byrd
J P Jones
Green B
Windham
Boy Kills Girl in Schoolhouse Play at Noxon
Raymond Carroll, 10, shot and killed May McQuade, 10, at the Noxon schoolhouse in Noxon New York while playing with a gun. He claimed he did not know the weapon was loaded and pointed it at her when she tried to throw water at him.
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Raymond Carroll
May McQuade
Noxon
N. Y
Carroll
Southern States Plan Immigration and Settlement Drive
Representatives from sixteen southern states and leaders of rail and steamship lines met in Baltimore to form a southern settlement and development organization. Headquarters established in Baltimore. plan to raise funds, open branch offices, and promote immigration, colonization, and settlement across the sixteen states. Recommends creating state immigration bureaus to publicize resources and opportunities with state support under the governor. Also suggests adding a farm labor department to state bureaus if feasible.
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South
Baltimore
United States
Farm Labor Department
State Bureau
Odom hanged after double trial for triple murder in Citronelle
J Lawrence Odom, a wealthy Citronelle resident, was executed in Mobile Alabama after two guilty verdicts for the March 18 1910 killings of Charles Goland Joseph Stokes and 16 year old David Gartman. He refused spiritual aid and asked to see his wife as he faced the gallows.
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J. Lawrence Odom
Mobile Ala
Salvation Army
Hazel
Odom
Charles Goland
Joseph Stokes
David Gartman
Citronelle
Ala
Chinese Die Of Starvation Amid Floods And War
Six million Chinese are starving due to crop destruction from floods and civil war. Bishop Graves of Shanghai appeals for one million dollars and proposes a world church collection date, possibly March 10, to aid the suffering. The worst hit area is the Yanktsekiang valley where farms were abandoned as conflict raged.
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China
Bishop Graves
Shanghai
Yanktsekiang
Raider on Sleepers Robs Passengers on Rail Route
A masked bandit armed with two pistols boarded the New York St Louis express westbound on the Baltimore and Ohio line between Piedmont and Altamont West Virginia. He robbed sleeping car passengers of money and valuables, fired twice without wounding anyone, and escaped before Altamont as detectives rushed to Cumberland Maryland. A separate brief reports Pauline Carder an eight month old of Terre Haute Indiana died when she was hanged in a cradle bar.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Piedmont
Altamont
W. Va
Allegheny Mountains
Cumberland
Pauline Carder
Terre Haute
Ind
The Manufacturing Rise in Taylor County
Mrs. Julians Edwards notes Taylor county's shift from farming to industry. The Potterville Cotton Mill near Reynolds has expanded from 400 to about 2200 spindles, spinning high quality yarns under Taylor County Manufacturing Company largely owned by Bibb Manufacturing. Other facilities include fertilizer plants at Reynolds, a bottling works in Butler, a guano factory, and a kaolin operation. untapped water power from Flint River and White Water could drive further growth.
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Potterville
Reynolds
Taylor County Manufacturing Company
Bibb Manufacturing Company
Macon
Maj . F. Hanson
Bibb M’fg Co
Central of Ga., Ry., Co
Butler
White Brothers
Taylor County
Middle West
Georgia
Flint
Mrs Alice Beall Matthews of Talbotton Dies at Home
Mrs Alice Beall Matthews of Talbotton Ga., died at her brother Thomas N Beall Sr home on Sunday morning Feb 18. She had two marriages first to Dozier and later to Judge Matthews. A leader in Talbotton and Talbot County charitable work she inspired the UDC and the Talbotton chapter was named for her. She is survived by brother T N Beall and sister Mrs William Watt.
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Alice Beall Matthews
Talbotton
Thomas N. Beall
Matthews
Dozier
Judge Matthews
Alice Beall
Talbot County
U. D.C
T. N. Beall
William Watt
Hoke Smith Likely To Become Minority Leader In Senate
Atlanta observers predict Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia could become the minority leader if the bid to oust Senator Martin succeeds. They note Smith's long association with the progressive wing and Martin's ties to the interests, framing the possible leadership change as a test of democratic principles.
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Hoke Smith
U. S. Senate
Atlanta
Georgia
Senate
Martin
Smith
Democratic Party
Electric Bitters touted as kidney and back pain remedy
“In the earth are sometimes heard before a terrible earthquake” warning of peril. Nature’s warnings are kind. A backache signals kidney trouble, and Electric Bitters are urged to prevent dropsy, diabetes or Bright’s disease. Peter Bondy of South Rockwood endorses the cure. 50c at City Drug Store.
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Bright
Peter Bondy
South Rockwood
Mich
City Drug Store
Right In Their Line Authors Foote and Bunyan
A Baltimore American quip notes two must read authors for every chiropodist’s library Foote and Bunyan are named as essential but the remark ridicules the idea.
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Foote Ams Bunyan
Baltimore American
State to collect near beer tax faces collection gaps
Atlanta February 22 The state faces a $250000 near beer tax bill with only $10000 paid as two months pass. Officials blame weak collection machinery and lack of authority over ordinaries who collect the tax, undermining funds for the general treasury rather than the school fund.
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Atlanta
School Auditor Would Save State $50,000 Yearly
State School Superintendent M L Brittain argues that hiring a school auditor will save the state $50,000 in the first year by correcting careless fund handling in local and county systems. The plan aims to provide full instruction on fund management and bookkeeping.
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M L Brittain
Flowers Found Flowering at 19200 Feet in Tibet
Scientists report the highest flowering plants reach 19200 feet above sea level in Tibet. The finding marks a record altitude for blooms and expands understanding of plant resilience in extreme highland environments.
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Tibet
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Montfort
Harlan
U. S. Supreme Court
Perry G. Holden
Iowa
Brother
Houston Tex
Yeggman
Railways
Baltimore, Md
Lawrence Odom
Mobile
Mrs
Julian Edwards
J. J. Windham
J. J. Windham, Butler
Farmers & Merchants Bank
H. J. Peagler
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