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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1913

Page

12

Sheriff saves two from Georgia mob

Sheriff McCurdy of DeKalb county rescued Ernest Maynard and Walter Wilkes from a lynch mob after they were tied to a tree near the Stevens residence where the murdered Mrs. Sarah Stevens and her daughter Nellie were found. Detectives arrived as deputies kept the crowd back and the prisoners were moved to Atlanta for safekeeping.

Associated Press Atlanta McCurdy DeKalb County Ernest Maynard Walter Wilkes Sarrah Stevens Nellie Stevens

Attorney Rowe Dies After Altercation in Fort Smith

Styles T. Rowe prominent attorney and former circuit judge died from injuries after a clash with railroad employee Alonzo Willett who was arrested. Willett said the fight grew from a complaint by Rowe’s wife during her interview as a witness in a police court case. Rowe had been a candidate for state attorney general.

Associated Press Fort Smith Ark Styles T. Rowe Alonzo Willlett Railroad Willett Rowe

Alabama man named among 1913 Naval Academy graduates

Annapolis June 8 Star members of the 1913 graduation class at the naval academy were announced yesterday. They include James C. Jones Jr of Alabama among others from Mississippi Kentucky Delaware Ohio Michigan Massachusetts and more.

Associated Press Annapolis The Naval Academy Thomas M Searles Mississippi Herman E. Keisker Kentucky W. H. P. Blandy Delaware Everette L. Gayhart Ohio George A. Andrews Michigan Henry A. Abbott Massachusetts James C. Jones, Jr Alabama Elmer L. Woodside Missouri Glenn B Davis Bruce B. Leighton Pennsylvania

Alabama Leaders Attend L N Rate Hearing in Atlanta

President Charles Henderson of the Alabama railroad commission and Attorney General R C Brickell left Montgomery for Atlanta to represent the state before three federal judges. They seek a permanent injunction against Louisville and Nashville railroad mustering the Alabama 21 2 cent passenger rate. The hearing before Pardee Shelby and Grubb postpones the commission order.

Montgomery Ala Charles Henderson Alabama Railroad Commission R. C. Brickell Atlanta Louisville and Nashville Railroad Railroad Commission Alabama H. C. Selheimer Samuel D. Weakley Birmingham Don A. Pardee David A. Shelby Huntsville W. I. Grubb

Alabama Licenses Sent To Sixty Six Law Graduates

Gen. R. F. Ligon, clerk of the supreme court, will issue formal law licenses to sixty six University of Alabama graduates. He calls it the largest law class in state history as licenses are mailed within the next two days after word from university president George H. Denny and dean Alva J. Farrah.

Montgomery Ala Alabama R. F. Ligon Supreme Court University of Alabama Ligon George H. Denny University Alva J. Farrah Law Department

Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertised Cure Claim

A 1912 letter from Julius Busch of Ledbetter Texas says skin sores began as itching pimples spreading over body, then healing after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad promotes Cuticura products for skin, scalp, hair and everyday use with free samples and a Skin Book offer from Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston.

Ledbetter Tex Julius Busch Cuticura Dept. T Boston

Enlistment Advice and Mouth Hygiene Promoted

A public notice extols enlistment in the Army or Navy while praising a mouth antiseptic toothpaste. It claims the product deodorizes, tones teeth and gums, prevents decay, and neutralizes lactic acid, presented as arch enemy of teeth.

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