Minority currency bill outlined after conference in Washington
The bill titled minority currency din was introduced by Representative John Sharp Williams amid Democratic talks. Key provisions include stricter reserve requirements, a shift to gold backing in central cities, salary reform for bank examiners, and strict liability limits on banks with penalties for violations. The measure would also permit only certain high-quality municipal bonds as reserve securities known as interconvertible bonds.
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Washington
John Sharp Williams
House
Dolebind
Williams
Lewis
Georgia
Pujo
Louisiana
Glass
Virginia
Gillespie
Texas
Olle James
Kentucky
Crawford
North Carolina
McHenry
Pennsylvania
Banking and Currency Committee
Nationst Bank
Reserve Securit
Forest Mississippi Gang Clash Leaves One Dead
A clash at a Forest, Mississippi home left one white man dead and both sides wounded. Three black residents and a white man were injured as six black men and three white men fought after a demand for satisfaction escalated. Names of injured and involved parties are given in the report, with the house where the shooting occurred cited as the scene of the exchange. The dead man was identified as Ya Baxter Griffen. his comrade Gundy Shyyard was wounded along with others.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Forest
Ya Baxter Griffen
Com Onion
Gundy Shyyard
Coleman
Spencer
Willam Coleman
Many Converted at Revival in Nashville
Nashville Tenn February revival yields 58 converts the largest single day total. Converts spread across North East West and South Nashville with Edgefield Baptist Church auditorium crowded. A children's meeting drew attendees as overflow filled the Sunday School space.
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Nashville
Tenn
North Nashville
East Nashville
West Nethville
Borth
Character of Mrs. Vestal in Bryant trial
In Cookeville Tennessee on February 7 witnesses sought to attest to the character of Mrs. Chalmers Vestal as the trial of W. S. Bryant for Vestal’s murder continued. Frank Dean of the Southern Railway testified that Vestal was often under the influence of liquor on his train but Mrs. Vestal behaved in a ladylike manner and showed devotion to her children. The defense sought to prove Mrs. Vestal’s character, but the court ruled that her character was not in question until she took the stand.
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Cookeville
Tenn
W. S. Bryant
Chalmers Vestal
Frank Dean
Southern Railway Company
Vestal
Mrs. Vestal
Parents Refuse Medicine Jeopardize Nine Year Old in Illinois
In Danville Illinois a Christian Science family refused medical aid for nine year old Eunice and their four other children. The coroner and state attorney held the parents responsible for Eunice’s death and for endangering the others. Ailing children include a two year old infant and a twelve year old girl with grim outlooks. two sons aged fourteen and sixteen are also ill.
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Danville
Ill
John Conson
Christian Science Faith
Eunice
Many Veterans Get Pensions in Nashville
The estate board of pension examiners at the capitol completed a fifteen day session and granted 298 new pensions. Of these, 221 went to veterans and 71 to widows of veterans, with 79 deaths reported among old soldiers during the quarter. The board adopted a rule that no new proof presented at a session will be considered unless requested by the board.
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Nashville, Tenn
Estate Board of Pension Examiners
Capitol
Victim and killer in Kentucky feuds at Valley View and Jackson
In Valley View on the Kentucky river a lumberman named Eibin Newby killed his wife and then himself as a sickened child lay near death. In Jackson former County Judge James Hargis was shot and killed in his general store by his son Beath Hargis after a heated dispute. Both incidents reflect long standing local feuds and tensions.
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Lexington
Eibin Newby
Kentucky River
Valley View
Thin
Fayette County
Madison County
Newby
Coupe
Campbell
Jackson
Jamon Hargis
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Breathitt County
Tle Oon
Beath Hargis
Hargis
Young Hargis
Goran Smith
Grover Blanton
Judge Hargis
Kentucky
Dr. Cox
Marcum
Jim Cockrill
Democrats
Ohio Will Be Solid for Taft Delegates
Ohio Republicans push Taft with most delegates certain and a few primaries still contested. State convention on March third will feature 816 delegates with Taft’s camp confident of full support and near certainty of a large majority. The ruling by the State Central Committee reduces primaries to certification in most counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
William H. Taft
Republican State Central Committee
Taft
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Will Be President
A fragment from Henry Watterson's Democratic paper notes the paper prints news as it develops and invites reader orders and subscriptions. It mentions a price of one dollar a year and offers a combination cut rate for those who write to the paper, not The Hourier-Journal.
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Henry Watterson
Hourier-Journal
Empire State anti gambling bills curb church fairs and homes
Albany Feb 7 Assemblyman Yale introduced four bills interpreting the constitutional anti gambling provision to ban gambling in private clubs homes and church events and to restrict stock exchange betting and pool activities. One measure imposes up to one year imprisonment for church lotteries and related private gambling. Another repeats a ban on pool rooms and book making with a single imprisonment penalty. A third repeals section 22 of the personal property law allowing stock or bond sales lacking ownership at signing.
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Albany
N. Y
Yale
Ransom Again Made President at Hardwood Meeting
In Cincinnati on February 7 the Hardwood Manufacturers of the United States convention approved a resolution urging 60 days’ notice from railroads before rate changes. John B. Ransom of Nashville was reelected president, with F. F. Lee of Little Rock as first vice president and J. H. Himmelberger of Moorhead as second vice president, C. M. Crawford of Cold Cave as treasurer.
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Cincinnatio
Hardwood Manufacturers of
United States
John B. Ransom
Nashville
Tenn
Wan
F. F. Lee
Little Rock
John H. Himmelberger
Moorehuse
Second View
C. M. Crawford
Cold
Culberson Attacks Cortelyou Courtney Bailey in Senate
Senator Culberson demanded more details from the treasury department and arraigned Secretary Cortelyou, asserting a Wall Street ecurrency plan and accusing Aldrich and allies of aiding stock manipulation. He attacked Bailey and other Republicans on the finance committee in a surprise speech. Bailey exited the chamber and did not return.
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Treasury Department
Culberson
Aldrich
Cortelyou
Wall Street
Finance Committee
Senator Bailey
Texas
Bailey
Senate Chamber
New York City
Argument Closed in First Case
Nashville Tenn Feb 8 With a powerful oratorical display by Charles T Cates Jr Attorney General of Tennessee the hearing in the noted Fiest case concluded Friday afternoon The four hour session began before noon and ended shortly before four o clock The court remained filled as the State contended in the Supreme Court and theAttorney General delivered strong arguments with occasional humor to ease the tension
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles T. Cates
Tennessee
Fiest
J. Herman Fiest
Primary for Georgia Too Primary for Georgia Too
Atlanta, February 6. The Democratic state executive committee set June 4 as the state primary date to pick delegates to the Democratic national convention and nominate state officers and a U.S. senator. June 24 was fixed for the convention. The panel adopted that state officers require a majority, not a plurality, and if no candidate wins a majority a second primary between the two leaders will occur two weeks after the first.
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Atlanta
Democratic State Executive Committee
Warning to cattle traders near Maury County line
Public health officers warn cattle traders farmers and butchers that no cattle may be brought into Maury County from counties below the quarantine line or from cattle originating there in the past seven months. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Order to be strictly enforced until further notice by W C Gordon H W Thomas board of health Maury County.
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Maury County
W. C. Gordon
H. W. Thomas
Saloons Fall To Prohibition In The Pas Measure
Amid wild applause at The Pas the tower house passed the prohibition measure by a large vote effective December 31. The act ends saloon forms in Missata and was approved with little debate aside from an amendment by Mr. Johnson. A compromise on traffic and dates was rejected 89 to 20. Gov Noel sent a special message urging railroad fare reform and two cents per mile as a maximum passenger rate. Public sentiment was seen as against recent legislation.
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Am Jcon
Dee
Noel
Tower House
Child Burn Incident Prompts Doctor's Remedy Appeal
A reader from Hamburg, S. complains of severe facial neck and chest burns to her child and notes use of Dr Thomas' electric treatment, describing the page as a subscription prompt for The Herald and expressing concern over the child's comfort and recovery.
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Thomas
Mre, Nancy M
Hanson
Hamburg, S
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