Cabinet Names Delayed As Harding Refines Picks
Marion Ohio December 28 1920 President elect Harding nears deciding his cabinet amid consultations. He may favor Hughes Dawes Weeks Hayes Wallace Hoover and Daugherty with others under review for state treasury navy interior agriculture labor and more.
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Charles G Dawes
Illinois
Treasury
John W. Weeks
Massachuetts
Navy
Will H. Hayes
Indiana
Interior
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Agriculture
Herbert Hoover
California
Labor
Harry M. Daugherty
Mr. Harding
Miss Hanaah Cochran Visits Atlanta With Gilmers
Miss Hanaah Cochran, sole Press and Banner member with funds to travel, spent Saturday and Sunday in Atlanta, the Empire City of the South, with Mr. and Mrs. J. Irwin Gilmer. She returned Monday and remains at her office.
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Hanaah Cochran
Press and Banner Force
Atlanta
Empire ‘City
South
J. Irwin Gilmer
Moseley Wins Rhoades Scholarship Visits Abbeville Friends
Edward Moseley and Miss Moseley visited Abbeville from Laurens on Saturday to bid friends farewell before his departure for New York then sailing to Oxford. The occasion marked Moseley receiving the Rhoades scholarship.
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Edward Moseley
Moseley
Abbeville
Laurens
Rhoades
New York
Oxford
Visiting in Augusta with Hinsons for holidays
Mes C W Hinson and daughter LaRue are spending holidays in Augusta with relatives and plan to return at week’s end.
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Mes
C. W. Hinson
LaRue
Augusta
Death of E P Gray Farmer Confederate Soldier
E P Gray a Western country farmer died December 21 1920 at 76. His funeral was held December 22 at Sharon church with Rev Mason presiding. A Confederate soldier who enlisted at seventeen in Capt Thos Thomsons company 2nd S C Rifles he served four years. He never married and his passing grieves old comrades.
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E. P. Gray
Sharon Church
Mr Mason
Mr. Gray
Thos. Thomson
S. C. Rifles
Death of Mrs. E J Mayfield in South Carolina
Mrs. E J Mayfield died after a lingering illness at her daughter’s home near Due West South Carolina on December 3 1920. She was buried December 4 at Beaverdam church beside her husband John V Mayfield. Survived by three daughters and four sons including J B Temples S A McAlister W L Perry W E and D L Mayfield A B and A B Mayfield. She was a Baptist church member for fifty years.
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E. J. Mayfield
J. B. Temples
Due West
S. C
Beaverdam Church
John V. Mayfield
S. A. McAlister
Troy
W. L. Perry
Anderson
W. E
D. L. Mayfield
Atlanta
A. B
A. B. Mayfield
The
Baptist Church
Sketch of Eugene Blackburn Gary Chief Justice of South Carolina
The author outlines a brief life chapter of Eugene Blackburn Gary born August 22 1864 in Cokesbury Abbeville County. It covers his ascent from school days under his writer who was his teacher to his rise as lieutenant governor and later Associate Justice in 1893 and Chief Justice in 1912, noting South Carolina history and the era’s events.
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Carlyle
Eugene Blackburn Gary
South Carolina
Supreme
Circuit Court
Kent
Longstreet
Georgia
McCrady
Petigru
South
Cokesbury
Abbeville
Aed
Davis
Confederacy
Garrsons
Hampton
Mart Gary
Eugene
Farmers’ Movement
Benjamin R. Tillman
Tillman
Eugene Gary
Hiven
Democratic
Senate
Supreme Court
Young Carracott Injured By Cannon On Public Square
Marion Simpson, a young soldier, was found dying on the Blue Ridge line between Sandy Springs and Denver after a night exposure in rain. He died at a nearby hospital despite efforts. Investigators note head wounds and signs of a scuffle.
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Marion Simpson
Blue Ridge Railway
Anderson
Blue Ridge
Sandy Springs
Denver
Simpson
Pendleton
Atlanta
William Simpson
Floyd
James &Mpson
Anderson Mill
Aso
Charley Darracott
King Link
Press and Banner Block
Darracott
Neu Fer
Deetar
Cotton Men Meet At Abbeville Court House
The Abbeville Branch of the American Cotton Association will convene at the Court House next Monday at noon. Capt Nickles, president, says several speakers are invited to address farmers and discuss acreage reduction fertilizers planting good crops and related topics. The meeting aims for open farmer input and spirited exchange.
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Abbeville
American Cotton Association
Court House
Nickles
Captain Nickles
Tax receipts beat forecast for last quarter year end
Washington reports income and profits tax receipts for the last quarter exceeded Secretary Houston’s $650 million estimate. For December 23 payments totaled $650,602,546, versus $824,178,191 a year earlier, with two weeks left to account for and officials noting further gains possible.
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Washington
Houston
The
Treasury
Shortage near in cotton seed shortage near in
A Memphis meeting of cotton seed crushers oil manufacturers and South farmers warned of a serious cottonseed oil and meal shortage unless prices rise. They urged closer cooperation with growers and crushers with both sides holding seed and products until prices cover production costs.
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Memphis
South
E. W. Dobbs
Maysville S. C
J. H. Dubose
Wilson Marks 64th Birthday Amid Messages
President Wilson celebrated his 64th birthday with messages of congratulations from supporters. His daughters Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs. W G McAdoo joined him, along with Dr. Stockton Axson, brother of his first wife. Mrs Wilson and the daughters planned to attend the wedding of Miss Marjorie Brown that evening.
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Washington
Wilson
Margaret Wilson
W. G. McAdoo
Falso
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Montana
Daniels Gives
United States
League OF Nations
Daniels
Johnson
Republican
Congress
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Young Carracott
Cannon
Woodrow Wilson
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