Alabama Probers Visit the Governor in State Investigation
Six members of the legislative committee on investigation organized and met Governor Henderson to offer cooperation. They plan to trace public spending and potential misuse of funds, then examine conditions at the governor's mansion with witnesses including Dr. Thomas Owen and Judge Coev McCall. The capi tol improvements were questioned with a claim of paying nearly $20 000 too much for the mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Legislative Committee On Investigation
Merritt
Smith
Crenshaw
Green
Dallas
Ward
Welch
Jefferson
John McCain
Clay
Denson
Wallace
Shelby
Henderson
Senate Chamber
Thomas M. Owen
State Department of Archives and History
Owen
Ev McCall
Dan G. Trawick
Finnish Lutheran preacher closes successful revival in Laine
Rev P Lipsnen of the Finnish Lutheran Church from Ohio concluded a successful series of meetings in Laine and Pecan Mississippi. The speaker praised as the best visitor in years delivered eloquent sermons in Finnish and impressed the southern audience with his Bible teaching and forceful delivery on his first southern trip.
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Laine
Miss
P. Lipsnen
Farmers Adapt to Cattle Market Expansion in Butler County
Greenville March 2. Farmers in Butler county have long raised cattle for home use and local sale. Recently four cars of cattle were shipped by local dealers with ready markets found for all stock. Observing neighbors success, more farmers plan to enter cattle raising as a profitable venture.
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Greenville
Butler County
Perry
Army Deserter Taken to Pensacola From Evergreen
Zeal C. Sims, a United States army deserter, was arrested in Evergreen Alabama and taken to Fort Barrancas near Pensacola by Sheriff A A Williams. Sims enlisted in June 1914 and deserted last September at Yuma Arizona. The standing government reward of fifty dollars will be collected by the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen
Ala
Zeal C. Sims
United States Army
Fort Barrancas
Pensacola
A. A. Williams
Sims
Yuma
Arizona
Williams
Committee to Hear Witnesses On Convict Department Reforms
Judge McCall and Mr. Trawick testified before the committee on convict department issues. The panel will hear witnesses daily from 9 to 12:30 and 2:30 to 5 with open meetings for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amine
Quiet Oakdale wedding ties Seaburns to Spikes family
Beulah Kelley of Wilmer Ala. wed Dan Spikes of Wilmer at the Spikes home on Parham Street with Rev. Vaughn officiating. The ceremony featured Lohengrin on piano by Edith Ellis and a reception with ferns and cut flowers. The couple will live in Wilmer where Spikes will work as a telegraph operator.
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Seaburn
Magnolia Street
Providence
Oakdale Baptist Church
Edwin Patterson
Hay Avenue
Spikes
Parham Street
Beulah Kelley
Miss Hattie Spikes
George Seiple
Hattie Spikes
Local Social Roundup Moves Through Merrill Community
Merrill Mississippi notes show J E Taylor and Ea Walters visiting Lucedale for business. New Orleans visitor Mrs I K Scharff and Harleston guest Mrs M Breland stay in town. Several residents travel to Basin Moss Point and Lucedale while fish shipments and logs moves tied to local families. Col F B Merrill of Mobile visits Knob Hill for a few days with Miss Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Miss
J. E. Taylor
Ea Walters
Lucedale
I. K. Scharff
New Orleans
M. Breland
Harleston
J. C. Dorsette
Maine Street
L. G. Danner
Hugh
Mr. Danner
Tamela
D. K. Ball
Ball
J. FE. Taylor
Bennie Taylor
Basin
Elijah Phillips
Hugh Jones
Col
F. B. Merrill
Mobile
Ala
Miss Merrill
Knob Hill
Local Happenings Report From Local Alabama Town
Local Local Ala March 2 residents enjoyed a school auditorium entertainment. Sunday singers visited Grandmother Scales to sing, with her improving after illness. Louise Wilson and Arthur Wilkerson wed in a weekend ceremony. Farmers begin plowing for a hopeful prosperous year.
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Ala
Grandmother Scales
Claire
N. R. Phillips
Louise Wilson
Arthur Wilkerson
S. S. Cox
McCullough
J. Cox
M. Phillips
Maros
Local Visitors and Gossip Include Bay Minette Family and Auburn Presenter
Mrs G N Brantley and two children of Bay Minette visited relatives in town. Maude Carlin left for Mobile for a job. Bob Jones returned to Camden after visiting his sister Mrs L Pierce. Ralph Maxwell of Pensacola stayed with relatives. J E Nettles of Burl Alabama spent Sunday with his parents. Rufus Watts of Selma visited his sister Mrs Brown. Gypsies camped here last week. Rev Thorp of Pineapple preached on Partnership With God at the Baptist church. Mr Williams from Auburn spoke on corn growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M'William
B. Ala
G. N. Brantley
Bay Minette
Maude Carlin
Mobile
Bob Jones
Camden
L. Pierce
Ralph Maxwell
Pensacola
Fla
J. E. Nettles
Burl
Ala
Rufus Watts
Selma
Brown
Thorp
Baptist Church
Williams
Auburn
Prestwick reader seeks correction over witness arrest claim
Mr. T B Sullivan of Prestwick corrects a February 25 item in The Item noting an arrest for failing to appear as a witness. He states he has served as a witness in all cases except those he was excused from and asks the paper to amend the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prestwick
Ala
T. B. Sullivan
Special Prayer Services by Greenville Baptists
Greenville Baptist Church hosts a week of afternoon prayer meetings at the church auditorium led by the Woman's Missionary Union. Each service focuses on home missions with special programs, and the first session drew a large crowd with expectations of strong attendance throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Woman's Missionary Union
Greenville Baptist Church
Church
Cause of Home Missions
Does Diversification Pay in Black Belt
Linden Ala March 2 Some neighbors states have given this Black Belt of Alabama men who prove crop diversification pays Mr J T Scogin from Newnan Ga moved here three years ago and has succeeded in growing vegetables sugar cane and more selling fresh and canning the rest He shipped a mixed car of sugar cane molasses and canned tomatoes to Birmingham today with several more cars to move
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Linden
Ala
Alabama
J. T. Scogin
Newnan
Scogin
Birmingham
County Board Meets at Pascagoula Convict Dead
Jackson County supervisors met in regular session at Pascagoula. They reviewed road district accounts and planned new roads, delaying work due to rain but aiming to push progress when weather improves. Jeffries, prisoner Frank Jeffs, died at work after a recent conviction. Burial planned for Mrs. Krebs Loefenadler in Pascagoula. she died in Palestine, Texas, and had strong local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascagoula
Miss
Board of Supervisors
Jackson County
Jeffries
Frank Jeffs
C. A. Krebs-Loefenadler
Palestine
Texas
Krebs
Quarantine Enforced Around Henrico Dairy Cattle Loss
In Henrico County Virginia a five mile quarantine surrounds a dairy where 275 cattle have hoof and mouth disease. State Veterinarian Ferney, Dr Henry Marshall and federal aides oversee patrols and a trench dig continues to bury the Biller Brothers herd. Nearby children are kept inside to prevent spread.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Nolice
Ferney
Henry Marshall
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
Biller Brothers
War Office reports troops in perfect condition at front
March 2. A note says M. Millerand visited the front recently and found the troops morally and materially perfect. He also inspected the strong defensive works around the entrenched camp of Paris.
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Paris
War Office
M. Millerand
Storeowner arraigned for Sunday opening in recorder court
Mitchell Latacus a proprietor of a store at Claiborne and Lipscomb streets was arraigned in the recorder s court on Monday afternoon charged with keeping open on Sunday and fined 25 dollars with the alternative of serving fifty days at hard labor An appeal bond was fixed by Recorder Edington at 150 dollars
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Mitchell Latacus
Claiborne
Lipscomb Streets
Recorder's Court
Edington
Brewton gets new bottling plant and postmaster
Brewton Alabama reports the purchase of the complete equipment of the Chero-Cola bottling works of Flomaton by R. Wigley who will relocate to Brewton and run the territory for Escambia Conecuh and Monroe counties. C. F. Rankin is named postmaster by President Wilson succeeding G. F. Schad. Band joys Brewton park crowds despite weather. Two negro boys arrested for stealing pennies by Police Chief Miller. R H McCall joins Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Brewton under supervisor George Henry Green. Stella Kate Lovelace returns from state visit.
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Chero-Cola
Brewton
Ala
R. ©. Wigley
May Candy and Grocery Company
Chero-Cola Bottling Works
Flomaton
Wigley
Escambia
Conecuh
Monroe
Rankin
C. F. Rankin
Wilson
G. F. Schad
Mr. Miller
R. H. McCall
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
George Henry Green
Stella Kate Lovelace
Governor May Act Upon Bills This Week
Governor Henderson returned to Montgomery from Troy and worked through the day in his office. He will examine about thirty bills on his desk during the week, handling a mass of accumulated official matters after his return from a brief vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
Troy
New Board Seated in Leakesville Mississippi
Leakesville Mississippi March 2 The county board of supervisors seated J E B Miller who was elected February 27 without opposition to fill the unexpired term of J H Tugner. H McMillan the liveryman bought another car. Dr Dan McLeod of Hillman visited town. Professor Pete Walley of Pine Level met with the county school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leakesville
Miss
County Board of Supervisors
J. EB. Miller
J. H. Tugner
H. McMillan
Dan McLeod
Hillman
Pete Walley
Pine Level
County School Board
Finnish Workers at Laine Organize Society in Mississippi
A Finnish labor group at the Southern paper mill in Laine joins a branch of a Michigan based socialist union. The first meeting occurred Sunday at Jack Steiman’s home with Talvo Matson Jack Steiman Oscar Nelson Rust Leaf and Konstu Komulainen named as members and officers.
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Laize
Miss
Finland
Southern
Michigan
Jack Steiman
Talvo Matson
Oscar Nelson
Rust Leaf
Konstu Komulainen
Oyster loaves at Schimpf Restaurant offer fresh plants
25 cent oyster loaves sold at Charles Schimpf Restaurant 8 5 7 North Royal Street. Fresh opened plant oysters by the dozen in loaf for 25 cents, 1 2 dozen and 16 cents toasted with 1 cent extra. Raw oysters available at stand, plants 20 cents per dozen, 1 2 dozen 10 cents.
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Charles Schimpf
North Royal Street
Man Arrested on Wife’s Affidavit Near Owassa
Evergreen Alabama March 2 Dave Lewis a farmer near Owassa was arrested on a warrant based on an affidavit filed by his wife Nealy Davis charging him with abandoning her and leaving her in danger of becoming a public charge Lewis posted 300 bond and the case will be heard at the next county court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen
Ala
Dave Lewis
Owassa
Nealy Davis
Lewis
Evergreen Forms Commercial Club In City Meeting
A mass meeting in Evergreen Alabama attracted thirty six citizens to discuss forming a commercial club. Permanent organization is postponed to Tuesday March ninth with a courthouse meeting planned to draft by laws and gather data.
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Evergreen
Ala
Small Boy Dies in Chicora Miss
Elbridge Joyal two year old son of Mr and Mrs George Joyal Chicora died at 6 yesterday after pneumonia relapse. He developed throat trouble during relapse and doctors said this led to his death. Remains sent by noon train to Magnolia Miss for interment.
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Chicora
Miss
Elbridge
George Joyal
Magnolia
Russian immigrant Nelson stops after church incident in Laine
Oscar Nelson a Russian employee at a Southern paper mill drew a knife on a group of Finlanders returning from church. He was disarmed by Charles Isaacson who then took Nelson to his home to prevent further trouble.
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Laine
Miss
Oscar Nelson
Southern
Charles Isaacson
Nelson
Pinex cough syrup remedy promises quick cough relief
An old home remedy text touts mixing 2% oz Pinex into a pint sugar syrup to create a cheap cough syrup. It claims rapid relief for stubborn coughs bronchitis and whooping cough with a pleasant taste and full gallon-like supply. The ad urges asking a druggist for BN ounces of Pines and offers money-back guarantee from The Pinex Co Ft Wayne Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
He Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
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