Tax Collector Reports Fifty Thousand Dollars Collected
Morgan County residents hurry to pay as Chas Robertson reports about $50,000 in taxes collected so far. Poll taxes rise with many first time payers amid heightened political activity. A L and N railroad check, about $21,000, may push total to $100,000 by year end, funding county government for months.
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Robertson
Chas. Robertson
Morgan County
Wome
L. and N. Railroad
Morgan
Chief Crazy Snake 16 Again Sought by U. S. in Muscogee Oklahoma
Old Creek Snake leader Chitto Harjo known as Crazy Snake is sought by Indian officials to collect a credit balance at the United States Indian Agency. His 1909 escape sparked a major manhunt and killings tied to the Deep Fork area with Dawes commission work in progress.
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Muscogee
Okla
Chitto Harjo
Crazy Snake
United States Indian Agency
Oklahoma
Hickory Grounds
Har Jo
Deep Fork River
Here
Dawes Commission
Brain Absent From Most of Man's Head After Wound
Paris December 23 Dr Robertson reported a cage preserving life after most brain tissue was destroyed by an abscess in a 62 year old man treated a year for a minor occipital wound. Autopsy showed brain reduced to a shell.
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Paris
Academy of Sciences
Robertson
Christmas Exercises at Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Christmas exercises will be held Thursday evening at 7 o clock at Willoughby Presbyterian Church in place of Wednesday schedule.
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Willoughby Presbyterian Church
New Hobson Paper to Start in Decatur
Birmingham reports friends of Congressman Nobson plan parss in various sections of the state. The Advance weekly by Phil Painter prints over ten to twelve thousand copies weekly. Decatur will get a Hobson interest weekly and others in central and eastern Alabama are reportedly in the works. Musgrove confirms heavy Hobson support while Underwood offices issue literature statewide.
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Birmingham
Nobson
Var
Phil Painter
Hobson
Decater
Banks Share 1914 Calendars With City
Central National Bank has circulated a 1914 calendar while City National Bank begins distribution of its 1917 calendar featuring a Panama Canal image. The reverse explains canal construction and provides figures such as 12 locks 1000 feet length of lock usable width 310 feet transit times 10 to 12 hours and 3 hours per lock.
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Central National Bank
City National Bank
Panama Canal
Theanak
Corporations Move Toward Sherman Act Reform
President Wilson announced that another corporation, in addition to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, has signaled willingness to initiate reorganizational steps to comply with the Sherman anti trust law. The remark came amid questions on how firms would align with the new federal restraint.
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Washington
Wilson
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Decatur City Proclaims Firearm and Firework Ban
Mayor Skegés issues a proclamation urging safe Christmas behavior and prohibiting fireworks in fire limits and all firearm use within city limits. Police will arrest violators and a $5 reward is offered for false fire alarm arrests or interference with the new system.
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Decatur
Skegés
Wilson orders reprimand for Garaboa dinner officers
President Wilson publicized a letter to Secretaries Garrison and Daniels calling for a very serious reprimand for army and navy officers who attended a recent dinner of the military order of the Caraboa. He criticized the program as mocking government policy and undermining military standards, urging officers to uphold duty above personal amusement.
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Washington
Wilson
Garrison
Daniels
Army
Navy
United States
Secret Testimony in Hobbs Trial Revealed
Vicksburg Mississippi December 23 testimony said to be obtained by a telephone device was introduced in the trial of State Senator G A Hobby notes read in court Castleman testified he paid Hobbs 200 as a bribe and cross examination ended today with further evidence claimed to have been secretly obtained.
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Vicksburg
Miss
G. A. Hobby
Stepan Castleman
Castleman
Hobbs
Women Carry Revolvers in Muscogee After Murders
In Muscogee Oklahoma fear grips residents after two merchants B F Richardson and C B Everett were killed four days apart in nocturnal axe attacks. Bloodhounds fail to find a lead, and sheriffs warn citizens to arm for defense as women ask to carry pistols in purses.
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Muscogee
Okla
B. F. Richardson
Everett
Richardson
Mer‘chant
Evere*t @ grocer
Bud Ledbetter
Prize Winners at the Star Theatre Saturday Night
The Star Theatre awarded prizes Saturday night with weekly prizes to Mrs W W Nelson for fruit cake and Miles Pearl Wiles for silk hose. Third went to Mrs Phil Pointer for a $2.50 knife, fourth to Roy Summitt for a Star pass, and fifth to Sally Martin for a hand painted plate. Capital prizes include Bakery Bailey and Pointer as first and Sir Philip Humphrey as second for a ladies gold wrist watch awarded by Jas A Nelgon.
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Star Theatre
Capital
W. W. Nelson
Foster Pointer
Miles
Pearl Wiles
Yd Woodward
Phil Pointer
Pédencild Ramage
Roy Summitt
Star
Sally” Martin
China Hall
Priges
New Decatur Council Adjourns For Quorum Shortage
The New Decatur Council adjourned until Friday night due to no quorum. The session ended last night and will reconvene in the evening of Friday December 26.
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NEW Decatur Council
New Decatur
Villa Rebellions Hold Off Federals Near Ojinaga
General Villa waits as federal troops linger north of Ojinaga over 190 miles from rebel strongholds. Villa plans to move toward Torreon once conditions allow, while minor clashes occur near Gomez Palacio and Lerdo. Refugees report widespread extortion, with payments to support the revolution.
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Jaarez
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Ojinaga
Villa
Chihuahua
Torreon
Gomez, Palacio
Lerdo
Governor O Neal Inspects Convicts for Christmas Clemency
In Montgomery on December 23 Governor O Neal and several state officials toured Spiegner’s and Wetumpka to review about thirty convicts recommended by Dr. J. M. Austin for Christmas clemency. The party included Hartwell Douglass L. F. Greer CC. Brickell Kirkman O Neal John Moffatt Dr. William H. Oates Alma Hertz and others.
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Montgomery
O Neal
Spiegnerz
J. M. Austin
Convict Board
Spiegner
O’neal
Hartwell Douglass
L. F. Greer
State Convict Board
CC. Brickell
Pardon Board
Kirkman O'Neal
Secrery
John Moffatt
William H. Oates
Alma Hertz
We Convict Department
L. S. Betty
Austin
Schumann-Heink Seeks Divorce From Wm Rapp
Chicago December 23 suit for divorce filed by Mme Nestentine Schumann-Heink against husband Wm Rapp. Desertion alleged. married May 1905 in Chicago. No children. Rapp, a 40 year old lawyer, left her two years ago amid temperamental and family rifts. Mme Schumann-Heink has eight children from previous marriages.
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Chicago
Mme
Eenestine Schumann-Heink
Wm. Rapp
Rapp
Rapps
Schumann-Heink
Jor Means
State Unable to Pay Sheriff Budgets In Morgan County
The piece laments Morgan County's finances as Lacy defalcation strains the state treasury. It notes Sheriff R N McCulloch may cover county jail expenses out of pocket, awaiting reimbursement, with counties left to bear feed bills for prisoners amid a cash shortage.
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Morgan County
Montgomery
Beerd
McCulloch
Jewish Chanukah Festival Begins Today and Eight Night Lights
The Feast of Dedication starts today and runs to December 20 with Chanukah observed as a children’s festival. Legends recount a single oil cruse lasting eight nights, prompting families to light eight candles each night and share alms with the poor.
State wide conference planned for older boys in Alabama
The Alabama Sunday School Association and Birmingham Sunday School Association plan a state wide conference for older boys to be held in Birmingham with delegates elected from all denominations. Reading speakers of international reputation are sought. the event aims to boost teen church work and marks a milestone for state level teen Sunday school efforts in Alabama.
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Alabama Sunday School Association
Birmingham Sunday School Association
Birmingham
Sunday School Workers of
Etete
Ife
International Sanday School Association
Birmingham City Sunday School Association
Alabama
Mobile
Birminghm
Postoffices of Decaturs Rush With Xmas Business
The busiest places in Decatur are the post offices as a constant stream of men women and children send parcel post packages to distant friends. Postmasters Crawford and McMillan handle the rush giving prompt service as over 1000 parcel post packages were received at the New Decatur post office yesterday.
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Decaturs
Crawford
McMillan
New Decatur Post Office
Fatal Freight Train Accident in Yarns Area
An unknown Black man was fatally injured last night near Lang-Yarns yards. He was reportedly alighting from a freight car when a switch engine struck him, severing his body. The incident occurred between 2 and 3 o clock.
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L Ang-N
Christmas gift walking stick tied to President Wilson
Wichita Kansas reports a walking stick once given by Andrew Jackson was sent by parcel post to President Wilson as a Christmas present from Levi Ladlum. The item was part of a historic sequence with a similar stick previously given to Barney Fox and later passed to Ludium amid uncertain details.
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Wichita
Kan
Jackson
Dent
Wilson
Levi W.ladlum
Andrew Jackson
Barney Fox
Ludium
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McCullough
R. N. McCulloch
Judas Maccateus
Jerusalem
Antiochus Epiphanes
Kisley
XMAS
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