Annul Orders for Rail Strike Averts Walkout
Chicago, Oct 27. The rail strike planned for October 30 was cancelled after the switchmen trainmen conductors engineers and firemen unions adopted a resolution withdrawing walkout authority. Unions said public opinion and government opposition made a strike futile and they voted to declare the strike not effective.
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Chicago
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Alsot
L. E. Sheppard
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Labor Board
Washington
Mr. Sheppard
Sheppard
Associated Press
Contractor Kyle Enters Horse in State Fair Races
Mr. PL Kyle, a road contractor in Abbeville County, had a horse in the races at the state fair yesterday and today. He left for Columbia to observe the contests and plans to visit his family in Charleston before returning to Abbeville.
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PL Kyle
Abbeville
Kyle
Columbia
Charleston
Hill Begins Work On Donalds Greenwood Road Contract
W C Hill, who won the contract for the Donalds Greenwood road, has started work per today’s highway commission announcement. He reports fifty mules and the required machinery ready to proceed with dispatch.
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W. C. Hill
Donalds-Greenwood Road
The
Highway Commission
Judge Hollingsworth and Paul Graham Return from Confederate Reunion
Judge M. E. Hollingsworth and Paul Graham returned from the Confederate Reunion. The judge enjoyed the event but warned against travel spending. Fare to the reunion was $5.50 and total trip expenses were $8.45.
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M. E. Hollingsworth
Paul Graham
Abbeville Cattle Trio Tops State Fair Prizes
Parker and Reese, stock men, took nine prizes with eight Herefords at the state fair. Their entries earned six firsts two seconds and one third with multiple class wins including senior and grand champion bulls. Prince Real NT, a 2200 pound six year old Kentucky bred bull, judged worth at least 6000 dollars for international show consideration in Chicago next year.
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Parker & Reese's
Herefords
Hants
Parker
Parker & Reese
Chicago
Messrs
Prince Real
Kentucky
Mr Parker
Georgis
Mr. Parker
Prince
Messrs. Parker and
Reese
Abbeville
No Censure for Ku Klux in Savannah Episcopal Synod
The Savannah Georgia Episcopal synod declined to censure the Ku Klux Klan by name after a lengthy debate. Latent Reconstruction era memories were stirred during a resolution condemning the Klan, read during the session.
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Savannah
Episcopal Synod
Invitations Issued for 1922 Upper SC Methodist Conference
The Upper South Carolina Methodist Conference set for Lan caster on November 2 has already received three invitations for the 1922 meeting. Two invitations come from Columbia from Main street Methodist and Green street churches. The third invitation comes from Buford Street Methodist church in Gaffney.
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Upper South Carolina
Barn Fire Destroys George Bakers Barn at Ft Pickens
Fire wrecked George Baker's barn on Wilson Street Ft Pickens shortly after noon. Firemen responded quickly but hydrant distance hindered efforts. about 100 bushels of corn and feed burned as the blaze gained headway before containment.
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George Baker
Wilson Street
Ft. Pickens
Memorial service and property damage tied to veterans reunion
At Chattanooga the Southern Confederate Memorial Association re elected Arthur McDougal Wilson of Atlanta as president. A memorial service honored fallen officers of the United Confederate Veterans the Confederate Southern Memorial Association and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The program included an oration Our Duty and a hymn Lead Kindly Light. In Tampa Florida a tropical hurricane caused about 5 million dollars in property damage with 1.5 to 2 million in Tampa and several days needed to restore communications and rail links. Death toll stood at five with two in St. Petersburg and three in Tampa and nearby areas.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Arthur McDougal Wilson
Atlanta
Southern Confederate Memorial Association
United Confederate Veterans
United Confederate Veterans’ Association
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Memorial Serevice
J. W. Buchanan
Confederate Veterans
Memorial Association
Ithe Sons
B. A. Owen
Eagle Pass
Texas
Giles B. Cook
Confederate Southern Memorial, Association
Tampa
Fla
Hamhage
Florida Peninsula
St. Petersburg
Western Union
Pinellas Peninsula
Seaboard Air Line
Tampa Bay
Saffey Harbor
Hays to Lead Probe of Registered Mail Robbery
Postmaster General Hays arrives to personally direct the investigation into last Monday's mail truck robbery by automobile bandits. Banks and brokers report a known loss of 828,925 dollars plus a large currency shipment, with bonds and securities in owners' names potentially unsellable and feared to be destroyed.
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New York
Hays
Post Office
Omar Potentate Killed in Train Collision Near Union Station
Del G. McAllister potentate of Omar Temple Shriners and veteran Southern Railway engineer died when the passenger train he operated backed into a freight train near Union Station, overturning the engine.
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Columbia
del G. McAllister
Potentete
Omar Temple
The
Shriners
Southern Railway
Union Station
Japan Ready to Reduce Navy If Armament Talks Progress
Vice Admiral Tomosaburo Kato, part of Japan’s Washington delegation aboard the Kashima Maru, says Japan will cut its navy if powers reach an understanding at the upcoming armaments conference on eastern questions.
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Japan
Conference of Armaments
Tomosaburo Kato
Washington
America
Cotton Market Briefly Steady After Strike Order News
The cotton market closed 14 to 20 points below yesterday. December opened 19.30, rose to 19.34 and finished 19.03. Spot cotton traded 19 to 19.25 with seed at 45 cents. The strike order annulment had little impact.
New Tax on Liquor Proposed in Senate
An amendment to the tax bill proposed by Senator Wadsworth would tax beer at 60 cents per gallon, wine at 1.20 per gallon, and whiskey or other liquors at 6.40 per gallon, under new regulations issued by Secretary Mellon.
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Washington
Mellon
Wadsworth
New York
Dr J D Chapman In Critical Condition In Anderson
Dr J D Chapman a prominent Baptist preacher remains critically ill at Anderson county hospital with his family expected to arrive tonight to be with him amid the seriousness of his condition.
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Anderson
J.D. Chapman
Anderson County Hospital
Presbyterians Debate Elders Rotation At Upstate Meeting
At Upper Long Cane in South Carolina the presbytery discussed rotating elders in office. The General Assembly had referred the issue to presbyteries with no recommendation. Ministers and lay delegates found the debate engaging and most favored keeping elders elected for life. The meeting, led by Rev. C. P. Squires, elected Rev. D. J. Wood moderator and Rev. H. W. Pratt stated clerk. adjourned Wednesday night.
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Upper
Long Cane
South Carolina
Presbyterian General Assembly
C. P. Squires
Laurens
D. J. Wood
Clinton
H. W. Pratt
Visit to Washington to be abandoned
London reports say Prime Minister Lloyd George may cancel or delay his Washington visit due to stalled Irish negotiations. Newspapers note little progress and a less favorable outlook, though no public statement has been made.
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London
Lloyd George
Washington
Ireland
Clergymen to Attend Annual Methodist Conference in Lancaster
The Rev. C. E. Peele Judge J. F. Miller and the Rev. J. M. Mason leave Monday for the Methodist conference in Lancaster. Abbeville reps expect a favorable report on church progress with all claims met and an annual increase of about fifty members.
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C. E. Peele
J. F. Miller
J. M. Mason
Lancaster
Abbeville
Methodist Church
Benning's Guns Roar for the President
The people of Columbus woke to roaring guns at Camp Benning signaling President Warren G. Harding and party arriving for an official inspection of the infantry school at 6 am.
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Columbia
Columbus
Camp Benning
Warren G
First Baptist Church Plans Sunday Services
There will be regular services at the First Baptist Church on Sunday. My Weeks will preach at 11 a.m. on Songs of the Lord no Strange Land. The 7:30 p.m. service will feature The Law of Christ. A hearty welcome awaits worshippers.
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Baptist Church
Christ
The
Augusta Banker Eugene Rosborough Dies by Own Action
Eugene E. Rosborough vice president and director of Merchants Bank Augusta committed suicide at his Broadway apartments after revealing in a note a 15 year embezzlement totaling 167000. The bank closed doors and affairs were turned over to state official T. R Bennett as coroner ruled death self inflicted. Rosborough also ran a major automobile agency and belonged to the Georgia State Automobile Association.
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Augusta
W. H. Sherman
Merchants Bank
Eugene E. Rosborough
Merchants’ Bank
T. R Bennett
Georgia State Banking Department
Broadway Apartments
Rosborough
Georgia State Automobile Association
Little Entente Seeks Charles Surrender and Hungary Move
Paris and London report the Little Entente demands Charles and Zita surrender, demobilize the Hungarian army, and provide reparations. If Hungary does not answer within two days, Little Entente troops may enter Hungary. Charles and Zita to be kept aboard a British battle cruiser pending further decision.
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Paris
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Charles of
Austria- Hungary
Zita
Danube
London
Little Entente
Rumania
Czecho- Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Hungary
Charles
Vienna
Confession Clears Bowman in Florids Assault Case
Will Brown confessed to attacking Mr. and Mrs. Gray near Thomasville Florida last month. He was convicted in superior court Wednesday of assault with intent to murder and of attacking Mrs. Gray, receiving ten years on each count. Jim Bowman, previously convicted as the guilty party, was relieved by Brown’s confession.
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Thomasville
Will Brown
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Little Sentente
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