Government seeks settlement in coal strike talks
Washington reports a government sale as talks aim to settle the coal strike. Attorney General Palmer and Judge Amez travel with John L. Lewis and William Green to Indianapolis for pre agreement discussions. Garfield signals uncertainty while arbitration proposals are debated and miners reject a commission option.
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Washington
Palmer
Amez
Indianapolis
Gana
John L. Lewis
William Green
Mine Workers Union
Joseph Tumulty
Wilson
Ann Baron
Federal District Court
Garfield
Jenkins Freed as Mexican Abduction Case Stirs U S Debate
The Mexican embassy notified Washington that American Consular Agent William O Jenkins at Puebla had been released from custody after being held pending trial for allegedly providing false information about abduction. The incident overlaps with Senate talks on severing diplomatic ties with Carranza’s government and stimulus for census work.
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Washington
State Department
Willian O. Jenkins
Puebla
Mexico
Jenkins
White
House of
Fall
Hitchcock
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Carranza
William O. Jenkins
Mexico City
United States
Davis
Tennessee
Jenkin
White House
Grayson
Asso
Dee
Moxpay
Ice City
Sam L
Say Jenkins Wal Gers
Dec
el Democrata
Georgia
J. Salter
Hansen
Census ‘Trust Company
New York
Mr. Hansen
Ginners Report Shows Lower Cotton Ginned Than Expected
The government report issued Monday shows 148,883,712 bales ginned to December 1. The total fell about two hundred thousand bales short of expectations, triggering a rise of about one hundred points in the cotton market.
Spartanburg Visitors Share First Visit Since Marriage
Mr and Mrs Burley Fretwell and their young daughter visited Mr and Mrs W M Barnwell from Spartanburg on Saturday and Monday. Friends were glad to learn of Mrs Fretwell’s improved health and see the newlyweds together.
Pecans From Abbeville Fetch Prices This Year
Abbeville reports an unusually fine and plentiful pecan crop this year. Nuts are entering the market at thirty five to fifty cents per pound.
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Abbeville
List of Greenwood income taxpayers names the Hemphills
The Index Journal listed Greenwood income tax payers in Sunday publication. Among the names shown are Miss Mary G Devlin and James C Hemphill, identified as among the town's well off residents.
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Index-Journal of Sunday
Greenwood
Mary G. , Devlin
James C. Hemphill
Abbeville Baptists Commended For 78s Million Showing
Abbeville Baptist Church receives commendation for a strong fundraising showing. General Director Scarborough praises pastor Louis J. Bristow as seven states report high subscriptions while weather hinders others. Abbeville raised about 45 721 dollars of a 27 500 quota amid 368 members with 275 residing locally and 80 away.
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Scarborough
Louis J. Bristow
Abbeville
Georgia
J Church
Rev H W Pratt Leaves Abbeville Post During 1919
Washington reports a surplus of 2 342 951 for the Presbyterian Church and a plan by Postmaster General Burleson to depart for the fiscal year. The Rev H W Pratt announced his intention to leave January 1 and may join the Presbyterian Seminary in Columbia. Pratt has served Abbeville since 1910 with a strong pulpit and parish leadership.
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H. W
Washington
Presbyterian Charette
Burleson
Pratt
Presbyterian Seminary
Columbia
Abbeville
Second ‘Presbyterian ‘Church
Washington, D. C
Presbyterian Church
Abbehild
Baptist Church
Champion Chick !Galloway
Philadelphia
Wilson to Let a Treaty Remain Where It Stands
Senator Hitchcock says President Wilson will not withdraw the peace treaty from the senate. After a briefing on the Mexican situation the president believes senate inaction at the special session shifts responsibility to others and will keep the treaty in its current place.
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Poport
Son
Semeistration
Wilson
Washington
Sénate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Col Young Appointed Military Attache to Liberia
Col Charles Young, retired the only negro officer to reach general rank, chosen as military attache to Liberia at the republic's request. He helped organize Liberia's military, retired in 1917 for disability, recalled for World War I to train recruits.
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Washington
Charles Young
Liberia
African Republic
Young
Proposes to Tax Average Income in Revised Revenue Plan
Washington seeks to shift tax burden by raising revenue from higher incomes while easing taxes on those earning below four thousand dollars. Secretary Claus urges revision of the revenue laws to remove the Sierra profit tax provisions and offset lost revenue by higher surtax on large fortunes.
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Washington
Claus
Codgram
McGlass
Glass
Treasury
Labor agitator painted in front of mill workers
In Anderson on December 4 a labor organizer named H. T. Lawson reportedly arrived to speak. Workers confronted him near the mill, dragged him to a steel bridge, stripped him, and painted him with lead paint, then released him. He paid a man $25 to reach Seneca for a northbound through train.
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Anderson
H. T. Lawson
Seneca
Resting Place of Lieut Oscar Stevenson Noted in Letter
War Department confirms the body of Lieut. Oscar Stevenson has been placed in a permanent resting place among U S graves in France. A library list thanks donor R M Haddon for purchases and cites new titles by McCutcheon Hillsié Houston Curwood Wright Porter.
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W. A. Stevenson
War Department
W. Oscar Stevenson
France
United States
R. M. Haddon
Sherry
George Barr McCutchedn
Honore Hillsié
Doris
Ethel Houston
James Oliver Curwood
Brian Kent
Harold Bell Wright
Gene S._Porter
Sunday Dinner Hosts With Family and Friends
Mr and Mrs Frank Welsh hosted a large Sunday dinner for friends and relatives. Guests included Mr and Mrs J K Durst Qanny Thomas Durst Mrs Graham Payne John Durst Greenwood Mr and Mrs A B Cheatham and Mr and Mrs IW Barksdale.
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Frank Welsh
J. K. Durst
Thomas Durst
Graham Payne
John Durst
Greenwood
A. B. Cheatham
IW. D. Barksdale
Greenwood visitors attend Miss Greene's Saturday party
Pretty Visitors Miss Ruby Hill-Devlin Miss Mil dred Cochran and Miss Annie Laurie Andrews came over from Greenwood Saturday as guests at the party given by Miss Mary Greene. Mrs Foster Barnwell returned to Greenwood Sunday to attend the wedding of her sister Miss Gladys Thompson in Pell City Alabama.
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Ruby Hill-Devlin
Mildred Cochran
Annie Laurie Andrews
Greenwood
Mary Greene
Foster Barnwell
Pell City
Ala
Gladys ‘Thompson
Rail service changes announced for Southern lines
Norfolk news reports disruption of main line services with trains reallocated. Consolidations affect routes between Cincinnati and Oakdale Tennessee and additional adjustments include Washington to Atlanta and Charlotte to Washington schedules.
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Norfolk
Leap
Bax
Tonlows
I Ia
Washington
Memphis
Cincinnati
Oakdale
Tenn
Buihats
Oadale
Colesbia
Charleston
Washington and Atlants
Charlotte
Washe
Dope Upset Ties Series With Greenwood Victory Hopeful
The local football team won 12 to 0 over Dope in a reversal that compounds Greenwood’s earlier 25 to 0 win over Seville. Greenwood, under-mined by weight and practice, plans a third game Friday to settle the tie.
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Tey
Greenwood
Green
Wwood
Ar Seville
Lewis Haskell Arrives in Washington as Consular Service Member
The State reports the arrival in Washington of Lewis Haskell a consular service member who served four years in Geneva and performed well during the war He will visit relatives in South Carolina soon after arrival.
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Washington
Lewis H. Haskell
Haskell
Geneva
South Carolina
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Col. Young
Chick and Buster
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