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  1. 1.10.105-106 - Legal Documents

    James Bellangee's copy of a subpoena for Melville vs Fairhope Single Tax Corporation suit dated 5/4/1914 including names of others summoned to appear.

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    1.10.105-106
  2. 1.10.108-116 - Letter

    Undated letter to E. B. Gaston from James Bellangee in reference to incurring debt for the water works system. Bellangee thinks that to show an effective demonstration of the Single Tax they should adhere more strictly to its principles by waiting until there is a sufficient accumulation of land values to provide services rather and not complicate nor mar the demonstration by other devices (such as taking on debt). He thinks that by deferring wan...

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  3. 1.10.117-122 - Letter

    Letter dated 10/6/1907 to E. B. Gaston from James Bellagee. This is a long letter and it is difficult to decipher where it starts and ends, it may be a draft. Mr. Bellangee is expressing discontent over Gaston's handling of the Fairhope Courier. He says that as editor of the Fairhope Courier Gaston has weight and influence with the outside world and that greater circumspection must be used in the future. "We can all pull together for affirmative...

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  4. 1.10.125-126 - Petition

    Petition with no date signed by some members of the Fairhope Single Tax Association. The building being used as a public school and always assumed to be for that purpose is actually owned by the FSTC. This information has just been brought to the attention of the Town of Fairhope, the school board and the public. The signers of this petition want to transfer the ownership so that it will be maintained only for the public school, and to do othe...

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  5. 1.10.129-133 - Letter

    Undated letter to the editor (likely of the Single Tax Review) authored by James Bellangee. Bellangee is responding to the editorial published by this paper in which is printed "the semblance of personality is unavoidable" in the discussion of the troubles in Fairhope. Bellangee agrees with that comment and says the "true story of Fairhope's troubles cannot be told without full recognition of a degree of human weakness and folly that will sh...

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  6. 1.10.135-139 - Letter

    Several pages of an undated letter, with only a few worlds readable. It concerns the Single Tax League. From James Bellangee's papers.

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  7. 1.10.140 - Note

    Back side of folder containing James Bellangee's papers concerning a 1905 amendment to the Fairhope Single Tax Constitution and the contentious publication of the issue. Note says "came to personal blows." E. Q. Norton of the Daphne Standard newspaper E. B. Gaston of the Fairhope Courier newspaper James Bellangee Mobile Daily Times newspaper Unknown who wrote this note on the file folder or when.

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  8. 1.10.14-17 - Letter

    Letter dated 6/25/1905 to "My Dear Post" (possibly Louis F. Post, publisher The Public newspaper in Chicago) from James Bellangee telling him about people who are making trouble in Faihope and accusing Bellangee and Gaston of dishonorable motives and conduct. These include Dr. Hail who is the local representative of the Bell Telephone Company, C. K. Brown, who he describes as a leading kicker and is Dr. Hail's father-in-law and E. Q. Norton, edi...

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  9. 1.10.18-20 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/17/1905 to the Mobile Daily Item from James Bellangee correcting errors in an issue of their newspaper called "Fairhope Facts."

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    1.10.18-20
  10. 1.10.27-31 - Letter

    Undated (but likely 1905) and unsigned (but likely James Bellangee) respose to "glaring inaccuracies" in a newspaper article written by E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard newspapers. (etter includes pages 8-12 but pages 1-7 are missing). Letter outlines rents paid and taxes refunded to many Fairhope residents. Letter concludes, "Mr. Norton's real cause for complaint, as shown by his actions from the inception of the colony to the present da...

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  11. 1.10.32 - Letter

    Unsigned letter (but likely written by James Bellangee) to E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard, telling him that Fairhope Single Tax Corporation feels that Norton should make corrections to an article "Inside Facts" in which he gave incorrect information about the Fairhope Colony rather than to offer the Colony space in his newspaper to post their own corrections.

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  12. 1.10.34-39 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/30/1905 to "My dear Miller" from James Bellangee responding to controversy caused by an article written by E. Q. Norton's in his newspaper, The Daphne Standard which Bellangee has asked him to correct.

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  13. 1.10.40-41 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/41905 to James Bellangee from E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard saying that the facts and figures given in his article in the Single Tax Review were taken from Fairhope Rent List, the county Tax Collectors books and other sources that he deemed to be reliable. He suggests that the Secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corportation make out a statement itemizing the mistakes together with corrections for publication in the Daphne ...

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  14. 1.10.42 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/5/1905 to E. Q. Norton from James Bellangee acknowledging receipt of Norton's letter of 9/4/1905 and confirming that Norton has asked the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to provide corrections to the facts which they believe to be untrue which he has printed in his newspaper, The Daphne Standard rather than correcting them himself.

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  15. 1.10.43 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/6/1905 to James Bellangee from E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard newspaper, acknowledging receipt to 9/5/1905 letter and saying that as he said in his last letter, if he can be shown where his article in the Single Tax Review was in error, he will be happy to correct it.

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  16. 1.10.44-47 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/9/1905 to E. Q. Norton from James Bellangee informing him that he is preparing a letter for the Daphne Standard newspaper in which he will point out the errors Norton has made in his article "inside facts." He is disappointed that Mr. Norton will not correct his own errors. This is an ongoing feud between the two. Mr. Norton feels he has not made errors and it is incumbent on the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to point out where t...

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  17. 1.10.4-7 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/3/1905 to E. Q. Norton, editor of the Daphne Standard from (author unknown) replying to 10/4 letter written to Mr. Call. The letter refers to Norton's attacks on Dr. Hail, Mr. Call and the author's father. He/she says that Norton had either twisted the report of an encounter between Dr. Hail and Mr. Call himself or published a furnished report without investigation. He/she goes on to say the Mr. Gaston received a letter from someon...

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  18. 1.10.48-50 - Letter

    Letter dated 10/12/1905 to "Editor Item" from James Bellangee in response to E. Q. Norton's article in the Single Tax Review, "Inside Facts" in which Norton includes facts about Fairhope which Bellangee believes to be untrue. "But the true history of the dissagreements that have existed in Fairhope cannot be stated to the outside world without recognition of the influence of certain meddlers on the outside who have presumed to dictate how o...

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  19. 1.10.51-52 - Letter

    Letter dated 11/21/1905 to James Bellangee from E. D. Braam, C. L. Coleman and H. C. Oswalt who are acting for a committee asking Bellangee to retract what they feel to be malicious and slanderous comments made about Dr. Harris S.Greeno, in his absense, at a meeting of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. James Bellangee said that Dr. Greeno was a drunkard and seldom sober. The committee feel that Dr. Greeno is a reputable and good citzen whose ...

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  20. 1.10.53 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/24/1905 to James Bellangee from Robert L. Hubbard, editor Frontier magazine in Colorado Springs, Colorado, returning articles on Fairhope. They are limited on space and cannot give over so much to Fairhope.

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    1.10.53

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