Montgomery Ready for Alabama Farmers Convention
Montgomery Alabama August 16 All details for the Alabama Farmers Union state convention are set for August 20 22 with 500 delegates and visitors expected Mayor W A Gunter Jr Governor O Neal and F G Salter to speak T L Harvey and A J Glenn to respond A barbecue will be served at Pickett Springs on the final day and farm experts are invited to attend the sessions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Farmers’ Union
W. A. Gunter, Jr
O'Neal
F. G. Salter
Business Men's League
Supposed Murderer Captured in River
New York authorities arrest Mariano Ferone a 50 year old shoemaker after a log is found with him in the Hudson river His clothes are bloodstained and a woman's handkerchief is found in his pocket Police will compare his head and beard hairs with those found in the victim s hand to test links to the unidentified woman murdered in Spuyten Duyvil last Sunday
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Associated Press
New York
Mariano Ferone
Spuyten Duyyil
Ferone
Hudson River
Ferome
Police suspend officer over suspect escape in bloodied case
Special to The Item Montgomery Alabama August 16 police suspend G W Marshall for letting a blood stained suspect flee and failing to follow patrol procedures. The man claimed to seek work near Mount Meigs but the foot chase ended with the fugitive vanishing.
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Montgomery
Ala
G. W. Marshall
Will Graham
I. Enzor
la Pine
Court Square
Mount Meigs
Alabama bar exam sets record with 23 passers
Montgomery August 16. The state board announced the July bar examination produced the best overall pass rate in Alabama history with 23 successful candidates. Notables include Oscar W. Underwood Jr son of Congressman Undersoed and Leroy W. Percy of Birmingham. other passers span Montgomery Huntsville Birmingham and Mobile among various towns.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Oscar W. Underwood, Jr
Congressman Undersoed
Leroy W. Percy
Walker Percy
Birmingham
Alabam
T. J. Reynolds
Bessemer
W. H. Blanton
Huntsville
J. R Adams
Fort Payne
W. M. Spencer
Gallion
H. A. Ferrell
Seale
Hugh Caffey
Mobile
T. W. Palmer, Jr
Columbiana
J. A. Walker
Alexander City
J. J. Speight
Clayton
A._T. Stewart
J. W. Holmes
W. H. White
W. EF. Tumlin
M._H. Rosenthal
C. C. Taul
J. N. Mullins
Tallassee
F. B. Embry
Asheville
L. L. Saxon
H. L. Anderson
Alabama Rifle Team Heads to Camp Perry
The Alabama Rifle team departs from Montgomery for Camp Perry to compete in the national matches. Captain Gen. J. B. Scully remains briefly to finalize regimental encampment details and will join the squad on August 20.
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Alabama
Camp Perry
Montgomery
Ala
J. B. Scully
C. R. Bricken
Laverne
C. S. Price
Birmingham
B. S. Chapman
Scully
Negro Surrenders to Avoid Lynching in Alabama
Will Graham, a Black man who shot planter I. Enzor near Las Pine in Montgomery County, turned himself in at Montgomery jail. He faces assault to murder charges. if Enzor dies, the charge could become murder. Graham had fled into a swamp for days before surrendering to avoid possible lynching.
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Montgomery
Ala
Will Graham
I. Enzor
Las Pine
la ?Ine
Private detectives held for shooting strikers
Three men were shot and seriously wounded during disorders linked to a ten day old moulders strike in Eric Pennsylvania. Kenneth Lapsley and George F Hall private detectives are under arrest charged with the shooting.
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Associated Press
Eric, Pa
Moulders
Kenneth Lapsley
George F. Hall
Fred Kelly Dominates Hurdles at Grant Park Meet
CHICAGO Aug 16 The USC athlete Fred Kelly drew the most attention at the Grant Park meet winning two championships the 220 yard low hurdles and the 120 yard high hurdles. He also qualified in the broad jump and is regarded as the premier West hurdlers in America with Olympic Remes in Stockholm prior honors.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Fred Kelly
University of Southern California
Kelly
Stockholm
Sneha
America
Endless fight on rates blocks Alabama railroad case
In Montgomery on August 16 a railroad commission argument warns that citing Loraville and Nashville lines to set reasonable Alabama freight rates could be endless. With 110 commodities, 110 citations and hearings are likely, delaying action on freight rates while a federal court may pursue contempt. The commission has yet to act on the freight rates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Railroad Commission
Loraville and Nashville Railroad
Allied Lines
Alabama
Jones
Soldiers fail to receive pay during camps in Alabama
In Montgomery on August 16, soldiers from the Second and Fourth Infantry regiments completed their annual encampments but were not paid. Adjutant General Scully said payrolls would be checked and money sent to commanding officers for distribution. This delay mirrors a rare past instance in 1911 at Pickett Springs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Scully
Alabama
Pickett Springs
Hill May Run for Senate in Montgomery County
W W Hill a noted lawyer of Montgomery Alabama is likely to seek the state senate seat for Montgomery county. He previously carried every beat in 1895 for the legislature and served ten years as assistant solicitor under Tennant Lomax. If he runs he appears unopposed as the seat is vacant after M Screws resigned to become judge of the inferior court.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
W W. Hill
Montgomery County
Hill
Tennant Lomax
M.+. Screws
Inferior Court of
General Le Duc In Old Age Is Comfortably Fixed
Gen William Le Duc of Hastings Minn aged ninety becomes financially secure after Mrs Julia Lorillard Butterfield of New York left him 100600 in her will. A Civil War figure and former agriculture commissioner under Hayes, he recently secured a $40 monthly pension by special act of Congress.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Minn
Julia Lorillard Butterfield
New York City
William le Duc
Hastings
Daniel Butterfield
General le Due
le Due
President Hayes
Congress
Estate of Mrs Fannie J Powell final settlement set
In the estate of Mrs Fannie J Powell deceased the probate court of Mobile County Alabama appoints September 2 1913 for the final settlement of administrator J N Cammack accounts vouchers and statements serve as notice for interested parties to appear and contest if proper Judge Price Williams Jr. seals the order.
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State of Alabama
Mobile County
Mobile
Ala
Fannie J. Powell
J. N. Cammack
Price Williams, JR
Drills Resume at Camp Johnston And Review By Governor
Camp Johnston resumed drills Saturday with dress parade planned for visitors Sunday. Governor Neal reviewed the regiment Friday afternoon in rain, with a long staff list. Pay day followed Saturday morning as Adjutant-General Scully paid the men and provided mileage home.
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Joseph F. Johnston
Revellle
Emmett Y Neal
George W. Covington
Montgomery
Everitt H. Jackson
L.S. Betty
J. T. Reeder
Florence
Hector D. Lane
Courtland
Gardner Greene
Pen— City
A. G. Quinn
Mobile
Thomas 8. Pounds
Birmingham
Francis J. Inge
J. S. Pinekard
Montgomry
G. M. van Liew
O'Neal
Laz Schwarz
Joseph B. Scully
Willingham Pleased With County Teachers Institutes
Alabama State Superintendent Henry J. Willingham returned to Montgomery praising the county teachers institutes held in Central Alabama. Next week white teachers institutes are set for Barbour Butler Coffee Conecuh Covington Crenshaw Dale Escambia Geneva Henry Houston Pike counties. Negro institutes will be in Butler Crenshaw Pike Houston Escambia. The Houston Institute will serve Henry Dale Geneva and Coffee counties at Dothan.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henry J. Willingham
Ontgomery
Alabama
Barbour
Butler
Coffee
Conecuh
Covington
Crenshaw
Dale
Escambia
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Pike
Currency Caucus Debates Amendments in House
Washington reports a three hour currency caucus clash as administration and insurgents clash over the bill. Leaders like Underwood and Borland defend federal reserve control while Hardwick Wingo and Henry press for restrictions on banks and notes to prevent monopoly and protect Southern and Western farmers.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Democratic
House
Borland
Missouri
Underwood
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Hardwick
Georgia
Roosevelt
Wingo
Arkansas
Henry
Texas
Bud Renaud Prominent Crescent City Sports Promoter Dies
P. A. Bud Renaud age 60 died in New Orleans last night from cirrhosis of the liver. A longtime promoter of horse racing and backer of notable boxing matches in Mississippi and Alabama, he helped bring Jim Corbett to public notice and was active in secret orders before retiring when races were outlawed. Born in Mobile, he left several relatives in the city.
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Associated Preas
New Orleans
A. C
Corbett
Renaud
Mobile
Ala
Bud" Renaud
Cape Horn Refloats After Petit Bois Grounding
The Norwegian bark Cape Horn ran aground on Petit Bois Island during a squall early August 8 after mistaking Horn Island light for Chandeleur. After seven days subsisting on meat, the crew were rescued by tugs Gulfport Leura and Ketzie Dantzler and towed to Mobile, where repairs will be made at Ollinger Bruce Dry Dock Company.
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Petit Boiss Island
Cape Horn
Ollinger and Bruce Dry Dock Company
Petit Bois Island
Horn Island
Chandeleur
Gulfport
Leura
Ketzie Dantzler
Mobile
Inmates Rescued From Burning Utah Infirmary
Associated Press reports heroic residents rescued all forty inmates of the Utah county infirmary three miles southeast of Provo when the building burned yesterday. Firefighters and locals braved flames to carry out many invalids. the $45,000 infirmary was destroyed.
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Associated Press
Provo
Uteah
Utah County— Infirmary
Here
N KILN WIFE Kills Wife Then Sets Fire, Arrest Made
In Hamlet North Carolina guests at a hotel found the murdered woman identified as Mrs. George S. Nance of Macon Georgia. The husband George S. Nance was arrested after a coroner’s jur y ruled he killed her and set a fire in their room. He claimed a struggle and insanity. Detectives reported the corpse had a fractured skull and clothing burned. The man faced murder and arson charges in Rockingham with relatives not yet located.
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Associated Press
Hamlet
N. C
George S. Nance
Macon
Nance
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