Lacy Investigation Costs State Seven Thousand Dollars
The Theo Lacy inquiry has cost the state seven thousand dollars in attorneys fees and incidentals. Governor O Nea l approved warrants totaling six thousand dollars drawn by State Auditor C Brooks Smith for Maj R B Steiner and R B Evans, who led the convict department probe with Attorney General R C Brickell. Warrants issued earlier totaled two thousand dollars. more payment may be delayed due to treasury conditions.
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Montgomery
Theo Lacy
O'Neal
C. Brooks
Smith
Maj
R. BE. Steiner
R. B Evans
Greensboro
Messrs Steiner and
Evens
Treasury
Major Steiner
Mr. Evans
R. C. Brickell
Music at the Sheriff’s Office in a Small County
A local note recaps a stray tale about a sheriff who bought a 46 piece piano orchestra but never paid for it and kept it in the county courthouse office under a paper deal with the Ragsdale company. The office would be a music room if funds allowed, with the room full of sounds from flute to snare drum.
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Dan Wax
McCulloch
Second Avenue
Ragsdale Company
Courtland Country Club Organized with 25 Members
Courtland Alabama July 19 The Courtland Country club has been organized with a membership of 25 the limit set by rules. Swoopes pond renamed as a leased fishing site famed in North Alabama. The pond fed by a spring hosts rock bass and bream. A large comfortable clubhouse will be built this summer.
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Courtland
Courtland Country Club
Paes Club
Bribe Attempt Said to Involve Samuel Gompers
Martin M. Mulhall testifies before the Senate lobby investigating committee about a 1907 08 alleged plan to bribe Samuel Gompers to abandon labor support. He says Atherton Brownell of New York outlined the scheme though Mulhall has no positive proof a bribe was made.
Vine Street Storekeeper Arrested for Prohibition Violation
Marvin Thomas who runs a Vine Street store was arrested and charged with violating the prohibition law and posted a $1000 bond.
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Thomas
Marvin Thomas
Oliver Pays State Ten Thousand in Settlement Talks
Montgomery reports state tax collector W. B. Oliver of Conecuh county may settle about 3 700 to the state and 7 000 to the county by July deadline. State Examiner J. T. Gorman traveled from Mobile to Evergreen after a telephone update. public urged to hear Oliver's side amid political tensions in Conecuh.
Explosion Victims Resting After Mill Blast Toll Reported
Reports from Trinity state Sanctani prove ment indicate three victims of the Thrasher grist mill explosion are resting easily. Richard Thrasher Wood McDaniel and Percy Thrasher are named injured with Mrs Dyer Bourghina and H G listed among the dead. Recovery of all injured anticipated.
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Trinity State Sanctani
Richard Thrasher
Wood McDaniel
Percy Thrasher
Thrasher
Prisoners Escape from Decatur City Jail
A white man and two black inmates escaped from the Decatur City Jail last night by digging a hole in the wall. They used a broken bread knife and a small piece of wire to create the escape route. None have been apprehended. All held on minor charges.
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Decatur City
Ambassador Homeward From Mexico Amid Crisis
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson left Mexico City for Vere Crute last night and will sail to New York today. Washington indicated no change in policy toward Mexico as England and Germany pressed the U.S. to accept responsibility for conditions there. Huerta controls only a few areas. Carranza and the revolutionaries remain unrecognized by the United States. Secretary Bryan said the Wilson conference had been under consideration and would not confirm foreign envoy meetings in Mexico City.
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Victoriano Huerta
M@in GH
Federal District of
Mexico
Mexico State
Cahuahua
Juarez
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tex
Huerta
Carranga
United States
H Jim
Carranza
United State
Hue
Bryan
Wilson
Mi City
Graskmen Strike Jewelry Heist on Grand Street
Thieves burglarized Rosenberg and Daniel jewelry supply house on Grand Street, stealing gems valued about 20 000 to 30 000 dollars after smashing three safes with a skeleton key. A large safe holding more valuable jewels and gold remained untouched as burglars departed with tools and a small wagon.
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New York
Rosenberg& Daniel
Place Ro
Grand Street
Enous
Mother Arrested for Kidnapping Own Twin Granddaughters
In Sheffield on July 19 the six year old twin granddaughters of Mr and Mrs A L Baker were abducted from their home by their mother Mrs A L Baker and her sister Miss Leila Henderson of Alexandria VA. They were driven toward Florence before being stopped by a bridge keeper. The Baker family row includes a Knoxville divorce suit seeking custody, with the children in the grandparents care pending settlement.
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Sheffield
A. L. Baker
Leila Henderson
Alexan
Florence
Baker
Tennessee Bridge
A. C. Baker
Knoxville
Colbert County
Arrests Made In Wagon Load Of Liquor Near Hartselle
Mat Henline and Lou Shaneyfelt were arrested by sheriffs near Hartselle on charges of transporting liquor unlawfully. A wagon carried 174 bottles of beer and 30 quarts of whiskey. the liquor was seized and taken to Hartselje while the pair remain jailed. Authorities say they transported the intoxicants from Cullman into Harteelle, a dry area.
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Mat Henline
Lou Shaneyfelt
Hartselle
Hartselje
Henline
Shaneyfelt
Cullman
Harteelle
Freight Depot at Athens Moves North Three Blocks
The Louisville & Nashville railroad relocates its freight depot three blocks north of the old site in Athens. The new building is modern and commodious with improved access and streets. The passenger station remains in place and will be enhanced with better facilities and ongoing work by the company.
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Athens
Louieville & Nashville Railroad
Sti
Prompt Delivery Notice Urges Subscribers to Call If Late
To Our Subscribers We are anxious that your paper be delivered promptly each afternoon. We have no means of knowing if you do not get prompt service if you do not telephone when your paper does not reach you. Use the phone if your paper does not come and it will give us pleasure to see that the carrier serves you each afternoon.
Florence Man to Lead State War on Disease
Dr. R. H. Davis of Florence has been hired by Alabama's state board of health to head the state wide disease prevention campaign under State Health Officer W. H. Sanders. He trained in the east on campaign methods and will report to Montgomery this week. Davis, former Lauderdale County physician, will oversee the educational drive and devote full time to the effort.
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Florence
KR. H. Davis
Board OF Health
State Board of Health
Alabama
W. H. Sanders
Lauderdale County
Montgomery
Davis
Sanders
Galesburg Fears Girl Kidnapped From Show
Police and relatives fear a 16 year old Galesburg girl was kidnapped after failing to return home from a show. Neighbors and officers searched all night, believing show people took her for exhibition.
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Galesburg
Marke
Judge McDowell Reinstates Whipping Post in Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Tennessee on July 19 Judge Sam McDowell ordered the revival of the whipping post. Five juvenile offenders all described as Negro were flogged at the city prison for chicken stealing. The mothers were summoned and appointed to carry out the punishment.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Sam McDowell
Wednnesday
Senator Bryan lecturing sparks Senate clash over policy
The Senate heatedly debated Secretary Bryan's vacation lectures after Senator Bristow criticized the Cabinet official. William Speed reported that a faulty contract system harmed county roads, urging action by the Fiscal Court and County Engineers. A Central West heat wave persisted with deaths and prostrations, Joplin hitting 106 degrees.
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Bryan
Senate
Bristow
William Speed
Louisaville Automobile Club
Central West
St. Louis
Knoxville
Joplin
US Government in Philippines Praised by Dickinson
Col. Samuel D Dickinson former New Jersey secretary of state returned aboard the Imperator after a world cruise and lauded US rule in the Philippines. He argued the colony has prospered under American oversight and urged a Manila commission to inform the people at home. He noted Manila’s growth and urged Senate scrutiny of any plan to abandon the islands.
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New York
Samuel D Dickinson
New Jersey
Dokinson
Philippines
United States
Java
Aone
America
Manila
Dickinson
Islands
Senate
Daw Father Killed by Wealthy Merchant in Muskogee
A lawyer AR Dean killed Claude D. Smith a wealthy merchant at Smith's Nations store in Muskogee Oklahoma. Smith died after hours from a gunshot wound. Smith said Dean had threatened two weeks earlier over a alleged affair involving a young woman. The sixteen year old daughter witnessed. Dean came from Sherman Texas 20 months ago and offered no statement.
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Muskogee
Okla
A .R. Dean
Claude D. Smith
Smith
Ean
Sherman
Tex
Alabama delegates named for Good Roads convention
Governor Emmet O Neal announces ten Alabama delegates to the United States Good Roads Convention and Exposition in St Louis to November 10 to 16. The list includes H K Milner J Craft John W O Neill M D Wellborn J A Rountree N C Winn F N Gulledge W B Edmondson W E Skeegs Daniel Green George H Parker W T Brown W Grubb E B Deason J D Bloch Hugh McGeever W B Atkins P G Harding and others.
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Birmingham
Emmet O'Neal
J. A. Rountree
The
United States Good Roads Association
Alabama
St. Louis
H. K. Milner
John Craft
Mottile
John W. O'Neill
M. D. Wellborn
Anniston
N. C
W. Grubb
E. B. Deason
Clanton
J. D. Bloch
Mobile
Hugh McGeever
W. B. Atkins
Selma
P. G. Harding
Clark Says Salary Inadequate For Public Service
Speaker Champ Clark addresses the Good Roads Association of St Louis explaining his income relies on lecturing and magazine work. He notes his canal salary is insufficient and cites eight weeks of lectures in October and November under a binding contract that allows public service exceptions.
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Washington
Champ Clark
William J. Bryan
Congres
Lawson Sykes Involved In Courtland Auto Accident
Reported that a party from Courtland including Lawson Sykes of Decatur met an auto accident near Courtland yesterday. None were badly hurt though the cap turned turtle.
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Courtland
Lawson Sykes
Decatur
Cap
Georgia Confederates Elect Preston Chief
The Confederate Veterans of Georgia adjourned after electing officers. Col. J. W. Preston of Macon was chosen commander in chief after a prior candidate declined. Governor Slaton praised the veterans and a committee will arrange the final reunion details.
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Bruswick
Confederate Veterans of Georgia
Slaton
South
J. W. Preston
Macon
Georgia
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Henry Lane Wilson
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