Montgomery Street Cars Defy Jim Crow Law
A.W. Kelley and E.W. Meeks, conductor and motorman for Montgomery Traction, were arrested for violating the Jim Crow ordinance by failing to separate white and black riders on street cars. The case alleges insufficient white seating and improper division signage. The same dispatch notes Speigner’s hydroelectric plant opening may shift to July 4 weekend awaiting a later confirmation.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. W. Kelley
E. W. Meeks
Montgomery Traction Company
Financial status of the treasury 1913 surplus and spending
Uncle Sam ended the 1913 fiscal year with a surplus of 40.08 million dollars, driven by higher receipts though canal and debt transactions created a 2.15 million dollar deficit. Total receipts reached 723.78 million with 638.70 million expenditures, while internal revenue rose to 309.48 million and corporation taxes to 44.95 million.
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Associated Press
Washington
Uncle Sam
Anaca
the Treasury
Treasury
Trust of the
United States Treasury
Panama Canal
Birmingham 10 Get New Road into City
W M Blount, president of the Union Springs and Northern Railroad, announces 3 million dollar bond issue funds remaining construction and a line extension from Eclectic to Birmingham. The railroad now runs from Union Springs to Eclectic fifty miles, with Birmingham fifty nine more miles to be built. Plans include future southward work to St Andrew's Bay.
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Birmingham
W. M. Blount
Union Springs and Northern Railroad
Union Springs
Eclectic
Blount
Gulf of Mexico
St. Andrew's Bay
Stolen Jewelry Found in Depot
Jewelry worth more than 398000 stolen from Udall and Ballou on Fifth Avenue was recovered today at the Pennsylvania Station in a valise. The haul included a rare blue diamond. No arrests yet. store clerk William Beck fled from police headquarters after questioning and remained missing.
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Associated Press
New York
Fifth Avenue
Udall and Ballou
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Beck
Union Recognized Strike Averted at Capital Brewery
Montgomery July 2 A threatened general strike by all Capital Brewery and Ice Company employees in Montgomery was averted by a one year contract signed yesterday. The deal was between Naham J Greil president Zebulon C Lewis plant general manager and Ottomar Edler secretary and business agent of the international executive board. The company had initially sought to overturn last year’s agreement and warned of a strike if the corporation persisted.
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Montgomery
Ala
Capital Brewing and Ice Company
Zebulon C. Lewis
Ottomar Edler
New Orleans
International Executive Board
Brantley Postmaster Defies Transfer Over Civil Service Claim
Brantley Alabama postmaster J S Johnson refuses to relinquish office after being replaced by Democrat Roper. Johnson argues the Brantley post office was made a fourth class civil service job, effective July 1, complicating removal and potentially impacting other local postmasters facing similar shifts in status and authority.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Johnson
United States
Brantley
Post Office Department
Wilson
Ad Democrat
Roper
Johnoon
Johnsire
Drowned in Passaic River While Swimming Near Wallington
Jerry Savage a 21 year old Passaic man and elevator superintendent drowned while swimming with two companions opposite Wallington. Savage was seized by a cramp and sank before rescue. his body was recovered.
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New York
Passaic River
Jerry Savage
Passaic
N. J
Wallington
Savage
People’s Bank and Trust Company
Campaign for School Bonds Mass Meeting Held
The first of a series of mass meetings to discuss the 150000 school bond issue drew strong turnout at Clark school on North Conception street. Mayor Laz Schwarz and Capt Joseph Norville with Albert P Bush and Dr Erwin Craighead spoke, noting the tax rate cannot rise and urging support for improved schools.
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Clark School
North Conception Street
Laz Schwarz
Joseph Norville
Albert P. Bush
Erwin Craighead
The
School Improvement Association
J. H. Harrison
Semmes
Spring Hill Avenue
Russell School
South Jefferson Street
O. J. Semmes
City Court
Semmes School
John C. O'Connell
E. G. Rickardy
Joseph H. Lyons
John E. Mitchell
Norville
J. H. McCormick
Bienville Square
W. T. Linscott
BE. J. Buck
A. G. Moses
Etta Lambert
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Dauphin and St. Emanuel
Peck
Rogers
BLUE
Toggery
Speigner
Speigner’s
Sig
O’neal
John T. Morgan
Selma
Budweiser
Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis
J. BA Webster
Mobile
McAdoo
Jonson
Brantley, Ala
Civil Service
Claims Civil Service Protection
Palm Beach
Duck
Jacobson
the Good Clothes Store
Dauphin Street
Stearns
Stearns’ Electric Paste Co
Chicago, Ill
Mazda
Jaeben
Tony
Fee
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