Jones Smiled On The Gallows In Alabama Hanging
Walter Jones aged 24 was hanged in Birmingham rail yard at 11 55 am for the October 1911 assassination of Lawrence B Evans a mining contractor at Lewisburg. He did not confess and smiled at times on the gallows saying the man hanged was not hurt but his folks at home were. He died eight minutes after the drop amid Bloody Beat 22 murders.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Walter Jones
Lawrence B. Evans
Lewisburg
Jones
Brewer orders more convicts to levees near Greenville
Jackson Mississippi April 4 Gov Brewer ordered an additional 250 convicts sent by special train to Miller s Bend above Greenville where the levee is reported in bad condition. A 200 convict force is already at work on the threatened stretch and a third squad may be sent tonight.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Brewer
Miller's Bend
Greenville
G W Eley in Mobile for a Visit
Traveling Passenger Agent G W Eley of the Southern Pacific, headquartered in Montgomery, is in Mobile for a several days visit. The piece notes no relation between good habits and bad ones.
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G. W. Eley
Southern Pacific
Montgomery
Mobile
Local Driver Charged With Standing Violation
Joseph T. Jones was arrested Friday morning by Traffic L. H. Layford for violating the standing section of the traffic ordinance. He is to be tried in recorder's court Friday afternoon.
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Joseph T. Jones
L. H. Layford
Recorder’s Court
Speeding Chauffeur Fined in Recorder's Court
R. E. Burgess a chauffeur living at 355 Government Street was fined in recorder's court Thursday afternoon for speeding. The citation was sworn by Motorcycle Officer Noah Harris Jr. Burgess was arrested shortly before 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
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R. E. Burgess
Government Street
Recorder’s Court
Noah Harris, Jr
Burgess
Smith's Blood and Liver Syrup Promises Blood Cure
Advertises Smith's Blood and Liver Syrup as a permanent cure for blood poison and various skin and joint ailments. Claims to purify blood, ease aches, and heal ulcers with Botanic ingredients. Available in Mobile Alabama through Van Antwerpse Drug Co with price details and mail order option.
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Smith
Mobile
Ala
van Antwerse Drug CO
Royal and Dauphin Streets
Express
Louisiana town flooded by bayou in Winn Parish
Shreveport La April 4 Reports from Atlanta La Winn Parish today tell of the flooding last night of that town which is now under from two to four feet of water. A bayou on which the town is situated went out of its banks after a precipitation of six inches. The Trad ition Company and the Tremont and Gulf Railroad are unable to operate trains through the Atlanta section because of the washouts.
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Shreveport
Atlanta
Winn Parish
Tradition Company
Tremont and Gulf Railroad
Sympathy for Mrs. Pankhurst Expressed in Chicago
The Woman's Party of Cook county expressed sympathy for Emmeline Pankhurst the English suffragist sentenced to imprisonment while denouncing militant tactics as unsuitable for the United States. Mrs George W Trout Illinois Equal Suffrage Association president urged nonviolent methods and praised American men for judging the issue.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Woman's Party
Cook County
Emmeline Pankhurst
Womenmabrodd
George W. Trout
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
Trout
Methodist Institute to Meet at Anniston
An nouncement says the Talladega district institute of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will convene at First Methodist Church in Anniston for three days starting Sunday Ministers will discuss church work in the district with Rev S L Dobbs presiding over the opening session Rev Dobbs is presiding elder A Birmingham preacher Rev R M Archbold will lead Sunday morning services Bishop Warren A Candler of Atlanta will speak Monday evening and Tuesday morning President Mary N Moore of Athens Female College will address Tuesday morning Delegates include district pastors and four laymen with about a hundred attendees expected, plus locals.
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Anniston
Ala
Talladega District
R. M. Archbald
Birmingham
Warren A. Candler
Atlanta
Candler
Mary N. Moore
Athens Female College
Lambeth
Nashville
Institute
First Methodist Church
Alleged Fugitive Is Given His Freedom
Walter P. Worth of Linton Indiana was released from a fugitive warrant in a Terre Haute justice court on charges of grand larceny tied to a $20 000 swindle of Frank Fox at Hot Springs Arkansas Fox says Worth posed as his friend and accompanied him to Hot Springs where the loss occurred Fox claims Worth avoided the Hot Springs grand jury and shot at John Padgett in Linton as part of a frame up
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Associated Press
Terre Haute
Ind
Walter P. Worth
Linton
Frank Fox
Hot Springs
Ark
Fox
Worth
Indiana
John Padgett
Unlucky Finds and Theft Tales In Early Narratives
A fragment notes that most people are unlucky when seeking money or a missing owner, implying difficulty in locating rightful owners and recoveries, with a wry sense of misfortune guiding the terse moral.
Hardage barred from Vanderbilt's baseball team
Vanderbilt athlete Lewis Hardage is ruled ineligible for this season by the Southern Intercollegiate Association after five years of play. he pitched three innings for Auburn against Mississippi A. & M. in 1908.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Lewis Haridage
Vanderbilt
Southern Intercollegiate Association
Auburn
Mississippi A. & M
Bank Capital Expanded At City National Bank
Tuscaloosa April 4 stockholders of City National Bank voted at a Friday afternoon meeting to raise capital from 75000 to 100000 The bank one of Alabama’s oldest having organized in 1869 as J H Fitts and Company Fitts served as president until his death J F Alston became president R H Cochrane is cashier and J H Fitts Jr assistant cashier
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
City National Bank
Beery
J. H. Fitts and Company
J.‘F. Alston
R. H. Cochrane
J. H Fitts, Jr
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Charles Steele
J. P. Morgan & Company
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Sele
Cal
London Woolen Mills
Louisiana
Gayfer’s
Vla
Woman's Party of
Illi
Methodist Institute
Home
Mobile Electric Co
N. Royal Street
Hardage
Vandy
BANK
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