Rural credits plan urged to aid Southern farms
Delegates at a Chattanooga conference urged national level rural credits to supply cheaper farm money. Dr. John Lee Coulter outlined Harding’s plan. H L McElderry proposed a 160 acre cap and land tax. T J Brooks cited Denmark’s farmer cooperation. Clarence E Poe urged government action and postal banks to fund cheap rural credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Lee Coulter
Nashville
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Talladega
H. L. McElderry
Ala
Clarence E. Poe
Progressive Farmer
Raleigh
N. C
Europe
America
Southern Conference and Industry discusses farm conditions
Bradford Knapp and B F Harris lead talks on better agriculture and banker's standpoints. Delegates discuss rural credits, teachers training, and school improvement leagues during a morning session with sectional meetings and a luncheon for educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Bradford Knapp
B. F. Harris
Southern Conference and Industry
Southern Industrial Council
Country Church Conference
Artisan
South
Murder charge against overseer for fatal lashing in Alabama
In Montgomery on April 28, B M Fulcher former Burton plantation overseer is charged with first degree murder in the death of Jim Lee a black convict leased by the Burton owner. A coroner's jury heard Lee was beaten into insensibility and whispered that Fulcher killed him. Fulcher fled and has not been seen since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
B. M. Fulcher
Burton Plantation
Fulcher
Jim Lee
Burtontation
Lee
Three Charges Against Kentucky Bank Officer Indicted
Eric Gregory of Central City Deposit Bank was indicted by Muhlenberg jury on forgery and receiving deposits while knowing the bank was insolvent. He is jailed in Greenville, Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Eric Gregory
Poten
Central City Deposit Bank
Central City
Muhlenberg
Gregory
Miss Peck Defeats High Cost of Living
New York report notes Annie S. Peck keeps daily food costs at 25 cents while climbing mountains for leisure. Her thrifty diet includes fruit cereals coffee milk chocolate a banana and oatmeal with raisins for lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Annie S. Peck
Governor appoints twenty-one staff members in Alabama
Governor Henderson named a 21 member staff for his current administration. The list includes twelve colonels and nine lieutenant colonels from across Alabama, with three former O Neal aides among the appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
O'Neal
W. L. Pitts
Marion
A. G. Quinn
Mobile
T.S. Fraser
Union Springs
Winston Garth
Huntsville
Harry T. Inge
Frank B. Fowlkes
Birmingham
J. W. Douglas
Brooks Flowers
Leon Strassberger
G. W. Wailes
Samford
Richard Hobbie
C. S. McDowell
Eufaula
Crawford Johnson
Birming
Leutenant
W. E. James
Cullman
Stickney
Greensboro
Val Taylor
Uniontown
Wm. L. Waller
Geiger
Frazer
Henry Forcheimer
Fred Henderson
Troy
M. D. Smith
Prattsville
R. W. Jennings
Lanette
Ryan Elected National President of Railway Mail Assn
Edward J. Ryan of Boston was elected national president of the Railway Mail Association after a mail vote counted last night. In New Orleans Vice President Thomas R. Marshall will deliver the dedicatory address at the opening of the New Orleans ss Club on May 6, announced last night. In Washington President Wilson may attend a Brith Abraham meeting in Philadelphia May 9 to 10 and has accepted an invitation to speak in Philadelphia May 10 to address newly naturalized citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edward J. Ryan
Railway Mail Association
New Orleans
Thomas R. Marshall
Ss Club
Washington
Wilson
B’rith Abraham
Philadelphia
Woman Suing Jackson Daily News for 25000 Damages
Mrs. Mary Kimbrough Sinclair wife of Up ton Sinclair novelist and Socialist leader filed suit against News Publishing Company publishers of the Daily News for 25000 damages. She says a report that she was arrested in New York last April in a Rockefeller Jr demonstration was false and brought unwanted publicity in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mary Kimbrough Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
Today
News Publishing Company
Daily News
Sinclair
Mississippi
Plutarch Arrives to Complete Alabama Coal Cargo for Buenos Aires
The British steamer Plutarch, 3200 tons, arrives in Mobile harbor with lumber and crossties to finish a coal cargo. Mobile Liners will sail next week to Buenos Aires after bunkering 1700 tons of coal. The Dorothy from Galveston also arrives for bunker coal as Pratt Consolidated Coal Co loads Alabama mined coal aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plutarch
Gulfport
Mobile Liners
Buenos Aires
Mobile Coal Company
The
Coal Company
Dorothy
Galveston
Tex
Pratt Consolidated Coal Co Ny
Mobile
Pratt Company
Alabama
Rotarians Plan Fund Drive to Fight Citrus Canker
Rotary Club members met at the Cawthon hotel to discuss raising funds to combat citrus canker in Mobile County. Speakers included Dr F W Keller man Prof Ernest Walker George E Murrell and Col W Taylor. The club authorized the president to form a committee to assist Col Taylor in canvassing the city for donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
Rotary Club
Cawthon Hotel
F. W. Kellerman
Bureau of Plant Industry
Ernest Walker
George E. Murrell
Southern Railway
Col. W. Taylor
Chile Ohio Railroad
Taylor
Duroc Jersey Hogs Figure in Movies
J Laws Siple of the New York Commercial Motion Picture Company visited Creola on Wednesday and Thursday to conduct a dipping van demonstration involving Duroc Jersey hogs used in film work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duroc
Jersey Hogs
J. Laws Siple
New York Commercial Motion Picture Company
Mr. c
Evangelina Casasus Arrives in New York After Global Dance Tour
Evangelina Casasus, daughter of Dr. Joachim Casasus, arrives in New York, ending a 9000 mile pursuit of Terpsichore begun in Mexico City and Paris. The senorita embraced American dances after cultural excursions and a stint in Washington society, amid era of secretaries Daniels and Garrison bans on dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Terpsichore
Evangelina Casasus
Joachim Casasus
United States
Mexico
Washington
Daniels
Garrison
Paris
New York City
Veterans' Choir Snub Sparks Mississippi Protest at Richmond
Confederate veterans from Biloxi and Beauvoir protest the Richmond reunion committee for omitting the recognized choir chairs. A petition and letters of protest are planned, with leaders from Raphael Semmes Camp and Beauvoir organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Mise
Jefferson, Davis
Beauvoir
Richmond
Mississippi
Hampden Osbourne
Columbus
Miss
Richard Committee
Southern Mississippi
Richmond Committee
T. Coleman
Williamson T. Price
E. B. Lyman
Raphael Semmes
Jile
W. W. Robson
W. M. Collins
H. 8. Farr
J. T. Farr
J. H. Clark
C. M. Cooper
W. H. Stone
R. E. Daly
Raphael Semms Camp
Daly
Health department urged at Southern Commercial Congress
Senator Robert Owen of Oklahoma urged creation of a national health department with a cabinet seat. He argued health safeguards equal priority to national issues and could save money by reducing disease, citing financial and human losses. J White supported the health department concept, as did business leaders including George W. Perkins, who spoke on recent legislation's effect on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
United States
Oscar Dowling
Louisiana Board of Health
Southern Medical Association
Southern Commercial Congress
Department of Health
Omy
Robert Owen
Oklaeer Greie
Congress
Owen
J. . White
United States Bureau of Public Health
South
George W. Perkins
New York
Chauffeur Vaughan Case Postponed Ten Days
Charles Vaughan, a chauffeur, charged with violating the state automobile law, had the case continued for ten days on a guilty plea in recorder's court Thursday morning. Two other arrests for similar violations were made that morning, William S. Benedict of 2512 Old Shell Road and Henry J. Murath of 207 Madison Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Vaughan
Recorder’s Court
William 8. Benedict
Old Shell Road
Henry J. Murath
Madison Street
Women Custodians of Life Urged to Halt War at Hague Congress
At the Hague Peace Congress held through London ties, Jane Addams presided as American delegates including Grace Abbott and Emily Balch debated resolutions urging women to prevent wars and repair war damage. Mme Rosika Schwimmer urged women to demand an end to conflict and to drown the cannon’s roar with their voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
London
International Congress of Women
Jane Addams
Grace Abbott
Chicago
Emily Balch
Wellesley College
S. P. Breckenridge
Annie E. Malloy
Boston
Ies Holbrook
Mme
Rosika Schwimmer
Hungarian Women’s Suffrage Association
Mme. Schwimmer
Three Involved in Hawk Divorce Suit
Dr. Philip B. Hawk, professor of chemistry at Jefferson Medical College, files for divorce from Ellen Henrietta Hawk. The complaint names three married Philadelphia society men as corespondents, referencing activities at the Hawks summer home in Wildwood New Jersey. Custody of the couple’s two children will be decided in the first action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philip B. Hawk
Jefferson Medical College
Ellen Henrietta_Hawk
Wildwood
N. J
Trade Zach Wheat Not A Chance Says Dodgers Owner
New York April 29 Officers of Brooklyn Nationals denied any plan to trade outfielder Zach Wheat to New York Nationals. President Ebbetts said none of his stars were for sale at any price and called rumors of a Wheat sale or trade to the Giants ridiculous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zach Wheat
Dodgers
New York
Brooklyn Nationals Today
Zack Wheat
New York Nationals
Ebbetts
Tam
Giants
Aeen Perrit
Murray
Brooks
Oklyn
Sabres
Miss Mabel Hartwell to Christen Cutter Tallapoosa
Miss Mabel Hartwell daughter of State Senator Harry T Hartwell left for New port News Virginia with her mother and Miss Edna Manning to christen the United States coast guard cutter Tallapoosa this Saturday stationed at while.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Hartwell
Harry T. Hartwell
Newport News
Edna Manning
J. J. Manning
United States Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Ohile
Hartwell
Service of Liquor at Harvard Clubs Probed
An grand jury investigates liquor service at Harvard College undergraduate clubs in Cambridge Massachusetts. Stewards of several exclusive clubs have been summoned as city officials say the clubs lacked liquor licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Nquor
Harvard College
Submarine Invented for Bermidji Lake Travel
Clarence A. Blain in Bermidji claims a new submarine with air ducts is unsinkable. He plans to use the first boat this summer to shuttle travelers between Bermidji and other lakeside resorts on Lake Bermidji.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermidji, Minn
Clarence A. Blain
Bermidji
No Sessions of Higher Courts Held This Week
Montgomery April 29 Special No sessions of the supreme court and court of appeals are being held this week. The courts finished the Sixth division work last week and, with no regular call possible before next week, are spending the interim reviewing old cases and drafting opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Once Noted Artist Dies in Obscurity
New York April 29 Wealthy patrons who forty years ago overwhelmed Francis Duque with commissions learn he died in an obscure studio where he retired after his fame faded He died yesterday suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Francis Duque
Ban Placed On Rooming House Agents
Chief Crenshaw imposes ban on rooming house agents after citizen complaints. Reported abuses include solicitors grabbing arms and clothing at depots and nearby streets as officers take steps to curb intrusion and protect residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olice Crenshaw
Police’ Department
Plan for Entry of Italy in World War II
Berlin April 29 reports that Austrian negotiations proceed satisfactorily with Overseas agency stating the most difficult point has been overcome and the remaining items are comparatively unimportant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Berlin
Forces at Dardanelles Report 80,000 Strong
Overseas reports from Constantinople say the French and British landing force at the Dardanelles numbered about 80,000 men. The dispatch notes Allied strength during the April operations near the strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Overseas
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Allies Capture Turkish Battalion at Suvla Bay
An Athens exchange dispatch reports fierce fighting at Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli peninsula where Allied forces won a victory. Turkish losses were heavy and one entire battalion was captured by the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Athens Exchange
Suvla Bay
Gallipoli
British and French Gallipoli landings detailed in telegraph
Exchange Telegraph says British forces landed on the European coast of the Dardanelles to occupy the Gallipoli peninsula defended by 60 000 Turks while French troops landed on the Asiatic coast to advance along the littoral. The bombardment of the Kilid Bahr forts resumed Tuesday, lasting twelve hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Asiatic
Littoral
Atlaita
Kilid Bahr
Loss of Gambetta victims near Ranier described
Report from ROMDE via Paris notes fifty six bodies recovered from the Eivaeh bay Leon Gambetta after an Austrian submarine attack. Italian torpedo boats and destroyers conducted final actions as residents and Italian sailors attended services at the cann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romde
Paris
Eivaeh Bbay
Leon Gambetta
Ranier Onors
Hood
Greece Seeks Entente Co-operation in War
Telegraphing from Sofia the Daily Mail reports Greece has asked for definite Entente cooperation terms after previously declining to join the war. The Allies demand clearer concessions and Greece faces a cautious reply as negotiations proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sofia
Daily Mail
Greece
TWO CENTERS OF INTEREST AT GALLIPOLI AND YSER
London reports a focus on Gallipoli and the Yser as fighting continues with little confirmed gains. Officials suppress or alter statements from Constantinople and Berlin to sway neutrals. French and British artillery press the Steenstraate bridgehead while rumors of gas use prompt English women to supply respirators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gallipoli Peninsula
Turkey
Orer
Yser
Flanders
St. Julien
England
Confession of Thief Set Aside by Recorder
Willie Bradford a Negro held on burglary charges for entering J. G. Chambers home on George Street received a rehearing by Recorder Ed Ington on motion by defense attorney T. J. Touart. The move arose after Bradford confessed to entering the Chambers residence alone and linked the cigar band found to a prior house case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Bradford
J. G. Chambers
George Street
Edington
T. J. Touart
Willie Brown
Chambers
Bradford
New Naval Chief of Operations Appointed
Secretary Daniels has appointed Captain William S Benson to the newly created post of chief of operations of the navy. Benson, previously commandant of the Philadelphia navy yard, takes the role in Washington on April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniels
Willam
Benson
Navy
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Weather notes for Alabama and Mississippi
The report indicates generally fair conditions with no significant temperature changes overnight. Alabama remains fair tonight, while Mississippi experiences generally fair weather tonight and Friday with little temperature variation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Understanding With Allies Reached Report On Verona Move
Report states understanding with Allies now and Verona operations. Meres Aptee way service on the roih side of the aie details suspended for ordinary purposes. All lines are used to carry troops toward the Italian frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verona
Italy and Entente Terms for War Entry Revealed
Rome dispatch reports Italy negotiating terms with Great Britain and France to enter the war if chosen. Provisions include a temporary halt to hostilities, postwar territorial considerations, and a forthcoming alliance with the Entente. A Rome deputy cautions the Garibaldi monument event may signal war against Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Paris
Great Britain
France
Rye
Guseeres Eee
Germany
Austria
Russia
Englishman Author Strong for Germany Decorated by Kaiser
BERLIN April 29 Houston art Chamberlain the English author who has lived in Germany since 1885 has been decorated by Emperor William with the Iron Cross. German papers publish letters showing his support for Germany and blaming England for the war. One letter ends with God protect the glorious empire. There is no other hope for the future of mankind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Houston
Art Chamberlain
Germany
Peror William
England
Denied Young Woman's Love Tragedy Ends With Self Inflicted Death
Wagoner Oklahoma report states P 26 year old man shot Lamotte at a relative's home after being denied access to a young woman. Police say the same man then died by suicide. Relatives say the woman had refused him permission to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagoner
Okla
Aera 'Em
Peargeesiahpeton
N. D
Hunt
Lamotte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harding Rural
Denmark
T. J. Brooks
Mr. Brooks
B. L. Fulcher
Kentucky
Miss Peck
Dr. H. T. Inge
Henry Forchheimer
Jackson Daily News
Rotarians
Muse Terpsichore
Evangelina, Casasus
Veterans’ Choir
A. V. Snell
Charleston
S. C
Carl J. Baer
Little Rock
Ark
Howard Strong
Minneapolis
Minn
Lewis
George C. Lewis
Woman's Auxiliary
QOUTH
HAWK
Ellen Henrietta Hawk
Brooklyn
North
Straits
Naval Chief of Operations
Heip
Oloane
Trent
Trieste
Teuton
Prigge
Oatis
Quarto Sant’Elena
Garibaldi
Kaiser
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!