Byrnes Attacks Admiral Sims in House Naval Debates
Representative Byrnes blasted Admiral Sims in the House accusing him of violating confidence by publicizing instructions and alleging he libelled the army and mocked the navy. The debate also stalled a vote on allowing counsel for the naval decoration inquiry and continued efforts to remove the resolution from the calendar.
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Washinon
Sims
Senate
House of Representative
Representative Byrnes
South Carolina
Naval Decorations Committee
Byrne
Democris
Hale
Parab Ldano
Sherman
Tiinois
Admiral Sims
United States
Great Britain
Death toll rises in Chicago influenza and pneumonia cases
In Chicago on January 27, influenza deaths reached 96, up ten, and pneumonia deaths totaled 91, up eleven. There were 1,279 influenza cases, down 258 from Monday, while pneumonia cases numbered 210, down 107.
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Chicago
Dea
Wyoming approves woman suffrage amendment in extra session
Cheyenne Wyoming January 27 the Wyoming legislature completed ratification of the woman suffrage amendment when the house voted 44 to 0 after the senate action yesterday. In Washington January 27 Hugh C Cummings of Hampton Virginia was nominated surgeon general of the public health service by President Wilson succeeding Dr Rupert Blue whose term expired.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
House
Senate
Blue Washington
Hugh C. Cummings
Hampton, Va
Public Health Service Today
Wilson
Rupert Blue
New York Reports 3 663 Flu Cases and 57 Deaths
New York on January 21 reports 3 663 new influenza cases and 57 deaths, the highest daily totals since the outbreak began about a week earlier.
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New York
Men Not Invited Officers Refuse Danse in Rome
Rome Ga January 26 Officers of an army detachment on recruiting duty refused to attend a dance because enlisted men were not invited. Major J A Heywood said officers will not attend unless enlisted men are included, calling it a democratic gesture of the new army. The organizing committee cited lack of partners for nearly 200 men as the reason for canceling the affair.
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Rome
J. A. Heywood
Rip
Heywood
Lenine abandons idea of world revolution envoy says
Soviet representative Ludwig A. K. Martens told the foreign relations subcommittee that Lenin has dropped the plan for global revolution. He said Russia’s survival under the current system shows the belief in universal revolt is fading and reconstruction is the period now. Martens cited tentative American contracts totaling about seven million dollars to be paid in gold on delivery, including food, medicines, shoes, machinery, and other goods, with the plan hindered by church opposition and weather. He noted gold reserves between 450 and 500 million dollars and described an arrest wave near military posts in Georgia.
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Washington
Man
Lenine
Ludwig
K. Martens
United States
Martens
Russian Socialiste
Russia
Church Peopleni
Camp Gordon
Benning
Stilluilatine
United
Army Life
Dalton
Senate approves education bill in Americanization push
The Senate passed the Kenyon Americanization bill 36 to 14, requiring youths 16 to 21 and certain aliens to attend at least 200 hours of schooling yearly. Administration stays through the secretary of the interior and bureau of education with funds tied to illiteracy levels. debates noted treaty-age concerns.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Secretary of Interior
Bureau of Education
Secretary of Labor
Red Cross Abbeville Home Service Plans Weekly Meetings
At a recent Abbeville Red Cross Home Service meeting the sixteen member committee split into groups of three or four to meet weekly for conference. The first group gathered at Red Cross rooms to review records and plan family service. Miss Louise E. Bishop discussed feeble-mindedness in the state, and attendees included Mrs. F. B. McLane Miss Eliza Lindsay Hon J. M. Nickles W. M. Langley C. H McMurray S Cochran Dr. G. A. Neuffer and Mrs. M. T. Coleman.
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Home Service Section
Abbeville
Red Cross
Louise E. Bishop
State Board of Charities and Correctioms
Legislature bill hikes salaries and sets tax board in motion
In the assembly a Berry bill would raise the pay of members from 200 a session to 400 with the increase taking effect next session after senate approval. The speaker’s pay would rise to 750 under Bradford’s amendment. Also proposed are rules to bar infectious disease teachers, a state tax board bill, and a jury pay rise to 8 a day with 5 cents mileage. A cotton bale prep bill was referred to agriculture.
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General Assembly
Coluuebia
Senate
Berry
Bradford
York
House
Court House
Mr. McAdams
Thurmond Nominated for Another Term as District Attorney
Washington dispatch reports J William Thurmond of Edgefield was nominated by the president for another term as district attorney for the Western district of South Carolina. He will continue in office pending confirmation.
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Washington
J. William Thurmond
Edgefield
South Carolina
Assassination Attempt Wounds German Finance Minister Erzberger
Berlin reports Finance Minister Matthias Erzberger was shot and wounded as he left a Berlin criminal court. The assailant, identified as Ottog von Hirschfield, a 20 year old student, was arrested. Erzberger received a shoulder wound. a second shot struck his watch and jacket but caused no serious injury.
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Herr Erzberger
Criminal Courts
Helfferich
Oltwig von Hirschfield
Berlin
Friedlander
Finlance
Dr. Friedlander
Hee Erzberger
Senate Committee Approves Compulsory Military Training Bill
Washington reports a nine to five vote in the Senate committee approving compulsory military training for men aged 18 to 21 for four months. The plan envisions a citizen army from trainees, a standing force of 280000 enlisted and 18100 officers, and a national guard, with a conference report due on the army regulation bill.
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Washington
Senate aniTsters Committee
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Capper
Kansas
McKellar
Tennessee
Sheppard
Texas
Kirby
Arkansas
Wadsworth
New York
Warren
Wyoming
Sutherland
West Virginia
New Indiana
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Knox
Pennsylvania
Spencer
Missouri
Chamberlain
Oregon
Thomas
Colorado
War Department
Congress
Prophesying About Trees in Greenville Street
Foster Barnwell, a local prophet, predicts a pine in the Bradley yard will fall on January 3, 1922, without harming the house and providing stove wood. He warns a second pine along the sidewalk will fall in 1923 and damage the home. Jack Edmunds notes two trees in front of the High School were cut by street crews, estimating sixty four years of age from trunk rings.
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Foster Barnwell
Greenville Street
Bradley
Jack Edmunds
Jack
Ice storm cripples Anderson utilities halting city services
Anderson South Carolina endures one of the region’s worst ice storms since Monday. Power lines and water pumping fail, leaving hydro electric dependence idle and thousands of workers out. The Daily Mail cannot publish and attempts gasoline powered operation. Telegraph service temporarily routed from Greenville as crews repair widespread damage.
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Anderson
S. C
Courlie
Greenville
The
Daily Mail
Chief Justice at Home Reviews Record Daily Opinions
Hon. Eugene B. Gary returned from Columbia where justices discussed opinions to be filed. Tuesday the Court handed down forty six opinions, the largest number ever filed in a single day.
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Eugene B. Gary
Columbia
Williamson Home Sold and Chester Meeting Posts
Fragmented item notes a Williamson property sale on Wardlaw and a Chester gathering by The Knights of Pythias with speakers including L M Tolbert and Rev L J Brist. The report mentions Tolbert moving his family and a discussion of life while referencing C D street and R S Link.
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Knights of Pythias of
Chester
L. M. Tolbert
C. E
Williamson
Wardlaw
Two Cabinet Shuffles Shuffle Wilson Aides in Treasury and Agriculture
Washington notes two cabinet changes with David Franklin Houston moved from agriculture to the treasury and Edwin Meredith named to head agriculture. A third change, interior secretary to replace retiring Franklin Lane, is anticipated but not yet chosen.
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Washington
Wilson
David Franklin ‘Houston
St. Louis
Treasury
Edwin Meredith
Des Moines
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Interior
Franklin K. Lane
American Legion Post Organization Meeting Held in Court House
A meeting to organize an American Legion Post in this county is scheduled for February 2 at 8 p m in the Court House. A charter has been issued and officers will be elected and plans made. Posts exist in most South Carolina towns. Abbeville's charter is the second in the state, with none yet formed locally.
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Anderson
Greenville
American Légion
South Carolina
Abbeville
Cousin Percy Arrives for Friendly Abbeville Visit
Mr and Mrs Percy W Miller of New York stay several days with Mr and Mrs J D Kerr on Greenville Street. Abbeville friends are pleased by the visit and note Cousin Percy's cheerful state. He says he wired ahead his arrival time and recalls ration anecdotes from prior meetings.
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Percy W. Miller
New York
City
J. D. Kerr
Greenville Street
Abbeville
Percy
Davis
Presbyterian Sermon and Sacrament Service Next Sunday
The Rev GC A Ormand of Davidson will preach at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning and night. The morning service will administer the Lord's Supper. W A Calvert J A Gilliam and P A Roche departed today for several weeks in Cuba. SLENARAANSSEAN COTTON MARKET. N x January 28 Spot Cotton 40.00 March October December
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A. Ormand
Davidson
N. C
Presbyterian
W. A. Calvert
J. A. Gilliam
P. A. Roche
Cuba
Slenaraanssean
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U.S
Navy
Pershing
Paris
Mr. Byrnes
Glass
Virginia
Messrs.Hamblin and
Busbee
Jeounty Health Officer
Ways Anil Ments Committees
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Berry-Scurry
Erzberger
Saints
Mathias
Berger
City Bank
Herr Erzburger
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Deventer
Houston
Meredith
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Interior
Lane
Carter Glass
American Legion
Presbyterian Church
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