Alabama voters seek new blood in state offices
Montgomery July 12 voters across Alabama show a desire for change in state officials, with W P Cobb of Tuskegee campaigning for secretary of state saying the public wants infusion of new blood in official life. He cites wide sentiment against rotation in office and expects nomination by a good majority against rivals Nunnelee and Purifoy.
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Montgomery
Tennessee River
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama
Claly
W. P. Cobb
Tuskegee
Capitol
Cobb
States Bar Sesociation
Mobile
Mr. Cobb
James H. Nunnelee
O’neal
Comer
John Purifoy
Telegraphic Taps Parallel Week to Week
A digest of brief items notes: Bradstreet's Supreme Court figures show 289 failures for the week versus 259 the same week last year. Justice Cohalan of New York City is exonerated on misco charges. a legislative committee at Albany. An amendment to the Underwood Simmons Tariff Bill adds 26 cent package stamp changes for whiskey tax paid. Debates on the tariff bill begin Wednesday. Christian Endeavor ministers at Los Angeles convention advocate sex hygiene in schools and crime reporting limits. Internal Revenue Commissioner Osborn opens an investigation into a Chicago marine manufacturer debt near $900,000. Bulgaria seeks de facto armistice though none yet, and Col Edwin P Brewer to secure Americans held by Mexican revolutionists at Hidalgo through War Secretary Garson.
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Supreme Court
Cohalan
New York City
Albany
Senate Finance Committee
New Decatur Council Plans Regular Meeting Monday
The New Decatur Council will meet in regular session Monday night marking three weeks since the last gathering. June has five Mondays this year.
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New Decatur Council
Local riders report 1500 miles without a puncture
Jas Transueing Py Regimon and the North on motorcycles reached Cleveland and will continue to Buffalo. Reportedly the group enjoyed a delightful trip with the last 1500 miles free of punctures.
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Jas
Py Regimon
Cleveland
Buffalo
Buttrey's Annual July Clearance Sale Announcement
Buttrey opens at 9 a m Monday July 14 for a month long clearance with a feast of bargains. The ad promises unmatched values in dry goods from top centers and urges shoppers to arrive early when doors open for the great annual event.
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Monay
Buttrey
Decaturs Daily
Alabama Good Roads Plan Calls 1000 Manual Workers
Birmingham July 12 The Alabama Good Roads Association mobilizes 1000 workers for public roads August 14 15 and 16 Governor O Neal issues a proclamation urging observance Secretary J A Rountree appeals to President John Craft and the executive committee to demonstrate faith by manual highway work on Good Road Day.
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Birmingham
Alabama Goods Roads Association
O'Neal
J. A. Rountree
John Craft
Ben Martin Loses Valuable Horse at Laundry Claim
Manager Ben Martin of the Quality Laundry reports a horse valued at 160 dollars lost last night. The horse died from founder disease after being purchased from Horton & Hodge.
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Ben Martin
Martin
Quality Laundry
Horton & Hodge
Storm Lashes Italy Deluges Hit Gulf of Tarin and Messina
A violent mid July storm devastates large parts of Italy. Rome reports below 60 degrees, a weather record since 1313. Vesuvius ash floods villages along the gulf of Tur in, with crops ruined and towns evacuated after a long earthquake aftermath. Messina region endures floods and damage. Cosenza suffers two days of tremors and panic.
Curbing Militants Breaks Hunger Strike Tactic in UK
The British government employs a new "cat and mouse" bill to manage militant suffragettes by releasing hunger striking prisoners for convalescence and rearresting them to resume sentences. The practice aims to deter martyrs and end the militant drive as funding declines and prosecutions follow aid to militants.
Trainmen and Rail Companies Seek Erdman Act Amendment
Representatives of railroad companies and train men's unions will meet President Wilson to urge action on pending Erdman Act amendments aimed at preventing a 100000 railroad strike. A House vote is planned Saturday on a bill expanding the arbitration board in labor disputes on railroads. the measure has Senate approval and is reported by the House judiciary committee.
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Washington
House
Board of Arbitration
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Captain Walden Attends Morgan County Confederate Veterans Meeting
Captain Dan Walden leaves this afternoon to attend an executive meeting of Camp 206 United Confederate Veterans of Morgan County. The purpose is to lay plans for a county July general meeting in August to mobilize attendance from every elan in the county for the event.
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Dan Walden
United Confederate Veterans of
Morgan County
Birmingham Lawyer 15 Found Dead in Woods
Birmingham July 12. James E Alexander 55 year old attorney at Ensley a steel suburb of Greater Birmingham missing since Wednesday found dead in woods between Ensley and Wylem yesterday morning by searchers who spent all night. Alexander likely died after being overtaken by heat and is alleged to have taken carbolic acid while walking toward Judge Appleton's home two miles away.
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Birmingham
James E. ‘Alexander
Alodd
Ensley
Wylem
Alexander
Appleton
Mrs Yates Confesses to Drowning Stepchildren
Nashville dispatch reports Mrs James Yates and her 15 year old daughter Florence Faris were jailed in Union City on murder charges. The woman allegedly confessed to drowning her two stepchildren Ligon Yates 12 and Ida May Yates 10 in a retaliation claim against her husband and the children.
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Florence Faris
Ligon Yates
Ida May Yates
D. J. Caldwell
First Gospel Wagon Service Tonight
The Willoughby Presbyterian church sponsors a gospel wagon street service tonight at 7 30 with Rev J P Cotton speaking at 8 30 from the corner of Second Avenue and Johnson Street Rev Crouch of West Town Presbyterian will address from the wagon in South Town this evening.
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Brotherhood of the Willoughby Presbyterian Church
J. P. Cotton
Second Avenue
Johnson Street
Crouch
West Town
Quality Laundry Expands Building on Vine Street
The Quality Laundry, a De Caturs enterprise, extends its Vine street building by thirty five feet to house new machinery including another mammoth washer. Expansion driven by growing business necessitates larger plant and equipment.
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Decaturs
Vine Street
Denny urges local taxation to reform Alabama schools
Dr George H Denny president of the University of Alabama argues for local taxation to fund public schools. He cites Wisconsin as a model and calls for a constitutional amendment allowing counties and districts to levy taxes. He warns that without reform Alabama remains at the bottom of educational efficiency, affecting the state’s future farmers and resources.
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Progressive Farmer
Denny
University of Wisconsin
Northwest
Dehay
Alabama
Secios
Southern Railway Barred From Delivering Liquor
A injunction issued yesterday by Judge Shor restrains the Southern Railway from delivering spirits. The order blocks the forthern Railway and may lead to further action against boats and the Tennessee and Southern Express Company.
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Southern Railway
Shor
BE. Wert
Forthern Railway
Tennesse
Southern Express Company
X Ray TB Claim Sparks Homeopathy Convention Talk
Denver doctor cites 85 percent success in 400 cases of tuberculosis treated with X Rays. Announcement comes during National Institute of Homeopathy routine, with future conventions planned for Atlantic City 1914 Portland 1915 and Dresden 1916.
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Denver
Colo
National Institute of Homeopathy
Atlantic City
Portland
Oregon
Dresden
Germany
J. D. Gibson
National Society of Physical Therapeutics
Gibson
Card of Thanks for Geo Guhl and family
Mr Geo Guhl thanks friends and neighbors for help during his mother’s illness and death and for floral offerings and sympathy shown.
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Geo. Guhl
Pope Pius Deplores War in the Balkan States
Rome July 12 The pope's physicians kept him indoors due to stormy rain while he remained in good health. He expressed deep concern over the Balkan crisis noting Bulgaria and Romania engage in fratricidal war and regretted their conflict as the two most advanced Balkan nations.
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Pope Pius
Balkan States
Rome
Vatician Gardens
Balkan
Bulgaria
Rumania
Vanderbilt Professor Indicted on Libel Charges
Columbia Tenn July 12 The circuit court grand jury returned twenty one indictments including two against Vanderbilt University Professor George W Martin for libel He is accused of writing libelous letters to tenant Jesse Howell at Cullooka and to Attorney R B Hopkins During the term forty two indictments were found with several for carrying concealed weapons and others for selling intoxicating liquor
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Columbia, Tenn
Circuit Court
Lst
George W. Martin
Vanderbilt University
Jesse Howell
Cullooka
Martin
R. 8. Hopkins
Howell
Church Announcements at First Methodist
Morning service at 11 o clock with sermon The Problem of Pain. Evening service at 7.30. Sunday school at 9.30. Strangers specially invited.
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N. Nicos
Jeet
Ila A. Aap
First Presbyterian Sunday Service Times
The church invites strangers and visitors to worship with Rev. W N Shell preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday School meets at 9:45 a.m. in the same building.
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W.'N Shell
Sunday and midweek services listed for churches
First Baptist Sunday School at 9 30 a m B Y P U at 1 30 p m The mid week prayer service on Wednesday evening at 8 00 p m The regular Sunday morning service at Westminster Presbyterian church will take place at 11 00 am Rev Gordon Lang will preach and will conduct the quarterly communion services
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Gordon Lang
Wil
Nevada mine owner visits Negaturs
Capt Engle Smith of Selma is guest of Mr and Mrs J M Smith in Decaturs and visits his sisters Mrs Nichols and Mrs E M Org. A prominent Reno mine owner he controls the Altell Gold Mines and will return to West in a few days to resume duties.
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Capt
Engle Smith
Selma, Ci
Parer
J. M. Smith
Malleville
Nichols
E. M. Org
Capt. Smith
Reno
Nevada
Altell
Dysart to Ship Twenty-Five Cars of Hardwood to Buffalo
K. K. Dysart of the Buffalo Hardy wood Co. sails for South Alabama after purchasing eight million feet of hardwoods. He plans to ship twenty-five cars to Buffalo and stay about ten days before returning to Decatur to continue shipping on the Hitt Lumber Co. purchase.
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K. K. Dysart
Buffalo Hardywood Co
South Alabama
Buffalo
Mr. Dysart
Decaturs
Hi, i, Hitt Lumber Co
City Wall 13 Shows Effects of Chief Acker
Decatur Fire Department reports changes under Chief Acker including new greenery along the White Way past City Hall. Garden vines and a flower hedge attract attention as the department plans further landscaping efforts.
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Acker
Decatur Fire Department
Bescoming
Regula
Zoological Garden
City Hall
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