Gov O Neal Completes Two Years In Alabama Office
Special to The Item. Gov Emmet O Neal marks two years in office on January 16 1913 as he enters the second term phase noted for stability after a stormy start. He faced impeachment charges against sheriffs none were removed for lynching others retained. one sheriff faced incompetency and intoxication charges. A Hale county case against William Martin heads to the Supreme Court February 14. He has issued many paroles and commuted a death sentence in a South Alabama county and pushed back mob law amid earlier investigations into lynchings. He began his term January 16, 1911.
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Ontgomery
Ala
Emmet O'Neal
Acton
Bir
William Martin
Hale County
South
Alabama
Will Beautify Capitol Grounds Adjacent to North Wing
Gravell ed driveways paved walks and a concrete walk around the Confederate monument will be built on the capitol grounds near the new north wing. The grounds will be terraced and graded to mirror the south side as closely as possible. State Highway Department plans and R P Boyd supervision guide work, which will start next Monday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Capitol Grounds
State Highway Department
Next Mon
Sint State
R.P. Boyd
Four Officials to Take Oath Monday in Alabama
Four state officials will be sworn in for four-year terms next Monday. Elected last November and nominated in spring 1911, the group includes Associate Justices A. D. Sayre and T. C. McClellan of the supreme court, Charles Henderson, president of the Alabama Railroad Commission, and John H. Wallace Jr., state game and fish commissioner.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. D. Sayre
T. C. McClellan
Supreme Court
Charles Henderson
Alabama Railroad Commission
John H. Wallace, Jr
Dr Wolfred Nelson Dies in New York Hospital
Dr Wolfred Nelson a sanitarium expert and author died in a New York hospital from heart disease at age 66. He studied yellow fever extensively and wrote on tropical diseases. He was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and other scientific bodies.
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W. Nelson
New York
Wolfred Nelson
Royal Geographical Society
Twentieth Victim of River Tragedy Identified in Alabama
John Pharr of Camden Alabama, a Blue Rock Manufacturing Company representative, died at Providence Infirmary at 2 30 p m marking the twentieth fatality from the James T Staples boiler explosion a week earlier at Poe’s landing on the Tombigbee river. Henry Molton’s body was recovered from the hull, while C S McKee and several deckhands’ remains were not found. The search contends the remaining two boilers lie somewhere between Poe’s landing and the wreck.
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John Pharr
Camden
Ala
Blue Rock Manufacturing Company
Providence Infirmary
James T. Staples
Poe
Tombigbee River
Pharr
Mobile
Wilcox County
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Gorman
Evidence favorable to Koreans produced at trial in Seoul
At the Korea trial near Seosan or Korea, evidence favorable to several of 106 Korean prisoners accused of plotting against Governor General Count Terauchi was presented as three alibi witnesses were examined. Police Inspector Kumitomo denied torture claims as unfounded and cited a missionary doctor who reported prisoners looked well in 1912. The defense argued that if earlier police and missionary statements were not credited, other statements should also be dismissed.
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Seal
Korea
Count Terauchi
Kumitomo
Insurance Companies Face Interrogatories in Alabama Case
The Union Central Insurance Company of St Louis appeals in Alabama over whether insurers must reveal if they belong to the Southeastern Underwriters Association and if membership triggers a 25 to 26 percent surcharge on policy faces. Pepper sued after a fire loss, the court defaulted for the policy amount plus 25 percent, and the insurer challenged the interrogation as contempt and a breach of anti trust laws. The appeal seeks to determine rights to cross examine and present evidence.
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Montgomery
Ala
Talladega
Court of Appeals
Peppers
Pepper
Southeastern Underwriters’ Association
Crapshooters Jailed in Alabama Quarters Brawl
Nine African American men were jailed in Minette Alabama after a free-for-all craps game in Douglasville near town. Deputies continued rounding up sixteen others said to have participated in the incident last Sunday.
Millionaire Tillis May Lose Fine Plant
Condemnation of Richard Tillis electric light plant in Montgomery is sought by Schofield Engineering Company in circuit court. The firm claims a lien for installation and says Tillis owes $3,802 beyond $12,000 already paid on a $316,040 project.
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Montgomery
Ala
Richard Tillis
Schofield Engineering Company
Tillis
Tuskegee students to publish monthly magazine Progress
Beginning with the February issue the Tuskegee public school will issue a monthly magazine named Progress. It will be 16 to 20 pages edited solely by advanced students. Professor Porter aided the project and city businesses are supporting with advertising.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Public School
Porter
New Year's Resolve Wins the Endurance Test
A lingering New Year's resolution shows strength as it passes an endurance test, suggesting continued progress into the new year. Strong persistence and steady effort mark the evaluation, highlighting the resolve's staying power.
Confederates Pay Tribute to Leader on Lee Birthday
Confederate observances at the Old Soldiers' Home Mountain Creek mark General Robert E. Lee’s birthday with a program including an address by F. M. Wood editor of the Clanton Press and a Civil War events discussion by Judge E. B. Deason.
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Montgomery
Ala
Old Soldiers
Mountain Creek
Robert E. Lee
F. M. Wood
Clanton Press
E. B. Deason
J. M. Simpson
G. A. Hornaday
Ee W. J. Bethune
J. T. Elleberry
Bay Minette Couple Quietly Weds at Stapleton Home
Fred H. Fortenbury and Grace Grant were secretly married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Grant in Stapleton near Bay Minette Alabama. Fortenbury is manager of the Stapleton yards of the Yaryan Naval Stores Company at Gulfport Mississippi.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Fred H. Fortenbury
Grace Grant
A. G. Grant
Stapleton
Fortenbury
Yaryan Naval Stores Company
Gulfport
Miss
Revised edition of good fellow outshines rival o f variety
The revised edition of good fellow is vastly superior to the o f variety which previously referred to the bartender by his first name. This comparison highlights perceived quality improvements in the newer version over the earlier portrayal.
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O. F
Washington
America
Russell County Banks Make Fine Showing
At the Phenix-Girard Bank annual meeting in Girard Alabama the 8 percent semi annual dividend was declared. Officers for the year re elected were F. W. Kirven president C. L. Mullin vice president and W. J. Price cashier. The Bank of Seale also reported a strong year with a 5 8 percent dividend declared and officers named Judge H. T. Benton president W. N. Anderson vice president and T. W. Anderson cashier.
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Girard
Ala
Phenix-Girard Bank
F. W. Kirven
C. L. Mullin
W. J. Price
Russell County
Bank of Seale
Seale
H. T. Benton
W.N. Anderson
T. W. Anderson
Three Girls sue for ten thousand each in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama on January 16 three sisters Lucile and Ethel Lewis and Brooksie Hood filed suits seeking 10000 dollars each for injuries alleged after a Powderly line collision. Their father M J Lewis also sues the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Co for 5000 dollars for loss of services of the three girls.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lucile
Ethel Lewis
Brooksie Hood
Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co
Powderly
M. J. Lewis
Hood
County board declines aid for corn prize winner
I B Kerlin of Auburn College extension workers sought funds to send Tiry Calhoun of Notasulga to the National Corn Show in Columbia South Carolina at month end. The county commissioners refused the roughly $35 request, citing heavy existing obligations.
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Opelika
Ala
I. B. Kerlin
Auburn College
Tiry Calhoun
Notasulga
Columbia
U S. C
Board of Commissioners
Purfood Law Set To Take Effect February First
Pensacola Fla Jan 16 Wholesale and retail firms were notified this morning that the pure food law enacted by the legislature will become effective February 1. The delay was granted due to stock on hand that did not meet the law. After Feb 1 all goods must bear weight on measure and disclose adulterations if present.
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Pensacola
Fie
Aegislature
Berdaline Limbaugh Sues Compt for Damages in Court
In the law and equity court on Wednesday Berdaline Limbaugh filed against Compt seeking 563.50 for loss of an item or asset. The action seeks monetary relief and description of caseload remains unclear from the fragment.
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Berdaline Limbaugh
Law and Equity Court
Compt
Caning Bay Camendraed
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