Barbecue Dinner At Cotton Mill Park For Employees
A July Saturday barbecue at Cotton Mill Park drew about 1200 attendees including workers and families. Judge Frank B. Gary spoke on cooperation between labor and capital and education, urging Christian education for children. A large food table and cotton mill band provided entertainment plus an afternoon athletic program.
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Frank B. Gary
Joy Addrase
Cotton Mill
Abbeville
Lord Macauley
Cottonl Band
Man claims murder of Los Angeles woman in Topanga Canyon
Harry S. New, claiming to be senator Harry S. New's son, brought the body of Miss Frieda J. Lester to the Central police station and said he shot her after she refused his marriage proposal. He handed over a 38 auto pistol and described driving from Topanga Canyon to Los Angeles to surrender. Miss Lester, 20, was found with a bullet wound in the temple beneath a robe in his car. Senator New declined to discuss the matter.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Frieda J. Lester
Topanga Canyon
Burbank
Harry S. New
Central Police Station
New
United States
Indiana
Lalu Berger
Edna | Slaney New
Glendale
Senator New
Indianapolis
Linden
Miss Lester
P Ephis
Washington
Col James Simons of Charleston Dies at 79
Charleston July 4 Colonel James Simons a prominent South Carolina figure died here in his eightieth year. He served as vice president general of the Society of the Cincinnati president of the News and Courier Company chaired two local school boards and was a noted lawyer with a distinguished state legislative record.
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Charleston
S. C
James Simons
Society of the Cincinnati
News & Courier Company
Southern Paving Co. Wins Abbeville Street Paving Job
The Southern Paving Construction Co. of Chattanooga Tenn won a 480000 dollar Abbeville street paving contract. Their bid 3.35 per sq yd brick 2.52 asphalt and 1.72 for cement sidewalks. They will complete in five months starting with the Square and streets to depots.
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Southern Paving Construction Company
Chattanooga
Dunn Construction Company
Birmingham
Ala
Powell Construction Company
Columbia
West Construction Company
Tenn
Anderson
S. C
Abbeville
Sanders
Argan King Storeroom Bought by Railroad Men for General Store
Abbeville Realty Co sold the Dargan King Company building to Henry Gilliam G L Flynn H A Benton and O L Jackson for 12250. The purchasers plan a Co Operative Mercantile Company with 100 members and 10000 capital to stock groceries dry goods haberdashery and other goods by August 1. Railroad workers and Southern Railway employees are to be invited to take stock.
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Argan-King
Dargan-King Company
Abbeville Realty Company
Henry Gilliam
G. L. Flynn
H. A.i Benton
O. L. Jackson
Co-Operative Mercantile Company
Seaboard Railway
Southern Railway
Man Fatally Shoots Wife Near Antreville
Mart Garrett, a Black man, shot his wife Addie Garrett at their home near Antreville Friday night. She died Sunday at Anderson Hospital. Garrett fled and is at large. it is his second domestic assault after a prior chain gang release last fall. He also faces a $500 bond on a separate arson charge for setting the county jail on fire while awaiting trial.
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Mart Garrett
Addie Garrett
Antreville
Anderson Hospital
Garrett Field
Miss Frances Hill Celebrates Ninth Birthday At Park
Miss Frances Hill daughter of Dr and Mrs J C Hill marked her ninth birthday with a paddling picnic party in Klugh Park on July Fourth. Guests included Sacra Thomson Sara Neuffer Mary Chalmers Edna White Jenrose Pressly John MNeuffer and Susan Hill enjoying water fun ice cream cake and candy.
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Frances Hill
J. C. Hill
Klugh's Park
Miss Hill
Sacra Thomson
Sara ‘“Neuffer
Mary Chalmers
Edna, White| Jenrose Pressly
John Mneuffer
Susan Hill
Judgship Vacancy Filled This Week in Laurens
Senator N B Dial returns to Washington after recess and says the Western district of South Carolina judgeship for the late Judge Johnson may be filled this week. He believes the selection will be made soon after his return and urges a fair and prompt process.
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Laurens
N. B. Dial
Washington
Dial
South Carolina
Johnson
Former Crown Prince's Bold Claim Reported
Amsterdam reports Friday that the former German Crown Prince said the Allies could only have his dead body and he would decide his fate himself. A Dutch official said Frederick p Hahapenlenn is in excellent health, making motorcycle trips daily and visiting both rich and poor on the island of Woirengen.
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Amsterdam
Frederick P Hahapenlenn
Woirengen
France becomes buffer state for America and Britain by pact
A New York dispatch argues the Franco American British treaty places France on a level with Belgium before World War I. It says the pact offers France protection without reciprocal guarantees, effectively making France a ward of the Anglo American powers and elevating its international status.
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New York
France
Belgium
America
Great Britain
Fance
Germany
Htve
Europe
Sheriff Rector of Greenville Shot by Revenue Officer
Greenville D C July 4 Sheriff Hendrix Rector of Greenville county was shot and killed here today. Jake Gosnell internal revenue officer is jailed charged with the killing. An old feud between the pair was noted and the shooting followed an argument witnessed by Mrs Gosnell. Local officials sought state aid to prevent mob violence.
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Greenville
D. C
Hendrix Rector
Greenville County
Jake Gosnell
Internal Revenue
Gosnell
Cooper
Kentucky liquor exporters plan Europe shipments after June 30
Louisville report says Kentucky liquor dealers may form a corporation to export up to 49 million gallons left after wartime prohibition ends. They expect Congress to remove the export ban, allowing shipments to Europe before prohibition becomes permanent.
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Louisville
Congress
Kentucky
Europe
W. N. Cox
Louisville Warehouse Company
Unclear Entry Incomplete Local Notice
Mr Ray Watson of Willington appears in an incomplete OCR item with a fragment mentioning Abbeville on Monday making the record unreadable for further detail.
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Ray Watson
Willington
Abbeville
34 Completes Her Ocean Flight
Grete Brittan's airship R-84 completed an Atlantic crossing, landing at Roosevelt Flying Field Mineola after a long, perilous voyage from Scotland. Major H G Scott led a fatigued crew through fog, storms, and long vigil before arrival. The return trip was planned to start Tuesday morning.
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Atlantic
Mineola
Grete Brittan
Atlantic Ocean
Roosevelt Flying Field
Greenwich
Trinity Bay
N. P
East Fortam
Scotland
Almont
H. G. Scott
Tay
Canada
Bay of Fundy
Scott
American Mary Department
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