Abbeville to Consider Statewide Military School Site
A mass meeting of Abbeville citizens will be held at the courthouse next Tuesday at eight to consider locating a Baptist proposed military school for boys in the state. The plan envisions 250 to 300 students, a $150000 initial investment, and a non sectarian Christian approach under Baptist oversight.
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Abbeville
Baptist Preparatory School
Aslel
Court House
Baptists of
South Carolina
Chag. A. Jones
Education Board
The
South Carolina Baptist Convention
Baptist Board
Furman
Wofford
Erskine
Presbyterian College
Wildcats Decide on Enlisted Man for Veterans Leader
Clarence E. Carpenter of Kings Mountain North Carolina was elected the second president of the Wildcat Veterans Association at Camp Jackson. Charlotte will host the next reunion while Raleigh or Charlotte will be the convention city. The group met after training drills with dinners and boxing contests, and the decision favors an enlisted man for the presidency. Major William C. McGowan of Columbia has led since organization.
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Mext
Columbia
Raleligh
Charlotte
Clarence E. Carpenter
Kings Mountain
N. C
Wildcat Veterans’ Association
Camp Jackson
Wild Cat Veterans Association
Raleigh
Association
Wild Cat
Camp
Ladies of Columbia
Wild Cats
Wm. C. McGowan
Division
Investors Hold On To Savings Stamps
Washington reports that about 75 percent of war savings stamps sold since the war began remain with investors. Treasury figures show $1,168,200,000 in sales and just over $360,000,000 redeemed through mid September. Outstanding stamps and certificates are evenly distributed with little expectation of further heavy redemptions until maturity.
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Washington
Treasury
Abbeville Cotton Market Leads Over Due West This Year
Col Alf Lyon notes Abbeville is a stronger cotton market than Due West benefiting Abbeville sellers and signaling leadership in regional trade. Wild Cat Association officials indicate uncertain attendance but expect about four thousand delegates between officers enlisted men and others.
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Alf Lyon
Abbeville
The
Wild Cat Association
Ford Motor Co to cut prices after war era profits
Detroit mid September 21 Henry Ford announces prewar price reductions at Ford Motor Co effective immediately. Trucks down about 14 percent and small autos up to 81 percent cut. Ford says halt on war prices profits and greed, aim to return to normal business and national prosperity despite unfilled orders of 146 065 vehicles and no wage cuts at any plants.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Ford
Moving Around As Local Families Relocate
Col Frank B. Jones moved Tuesday from the Essie Nickles home into a newly remodeled Magazine Street residence. Robert McKenzie and family move into Jones’s vacated apartments and will reside in Abbeville. The McKenzies’ Kerr Furniture Co. associate Will share the area while Whit Klugh and family take the Pickens Street cottage. George Shirley and family depart Abbeville for Wilmington North Carolina.
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Frank B. Jones
Essie Nickles
Magazine Street
Robert McKenzie
Jones
Abbeville
Pickens Street
Ben T. Cochran
George Shirley
Wilmington
N. C
Shirley
W. Joel Smith
Secretary Colby declines rescinding federal suffrage proclamation
Washington reports Secretary Colby refused to rescind his action proclaiming ratification of the federal suffrage amendment despite Tennessee legislature concerns. He rejected publishing full documents and dismissed an appeal by the American Constitution League to halt the proclamation.
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Washington
Colby
Tennessee
Afetr
Connecticut
Laskey
District Court of Appeals
Charles S. Fairchild
American Constitution League
Bailey
Georgia Supreme Court upholds alimony contract case
The Georgia Supreme Court rules a 1904 contract between Thomas E. Watson and Mattie Belle Burnley, former wife of Watson's deceased son, remains valid. The agreement provided $25 monthly support through Burnley’s life unless she remarried after divorce, and rose from Durham Watson’s estate claims. Justice noted the divorce or remarriage clause did not void the contract.
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Atlanta
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Georgia
Thomas E. Watson
Thomson
United States
Mattie Belle Burnley
J. Durham Watson
Durham Watson
Watson
Supreme Court
Greenville
South Carolina
Have you a boy or girl away at school
An advertisement touts sending the Tel Weekly Press and Banner to students away at school three times a week for the nine month term at $150. It promises the paper as a better alternative to letters home and invites readers to come in now.
Seeing the Boy Arrives at Bowie Home
Mrs. Nancy J. Agnew of Gilgal visited Tuesday to see her nephew and niece Mr. and Mrs. George P. Bowie and to meet the new young man who arrived at the Bowie home last week.
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Nancy J. Agnew
Gilgal
George P. Bowie
1. Bowie
Gulf hurricane drives gulf coast residents to safety
A tropical hurricane sweeps the Gulf of Mexico threatening coastal areas from Florida to Texas. Ports seek shelter as ships head inland. warnings extend to Tampa and Mobile. The Weather Bureau notes possible northward drift and hurricane winds by Wednesday morning. high tides rise as the storm nears land.
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Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Florida Peninsula
Gulf
Louisiana- Texas
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Corpus} Christi
Mississippi Delta
Tampa
Mobile
Eastern Gulf
The
Yucatan
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola
Mississippi River
Harding Leads in Longest Presidential Bet at 4 to 1
New York on September 21 reports $16,000 wagered that Senator Harding would win the presidency. The Wall Street brokerage holds the funds with Harding favored at 4 to 1, the longest odds ever seen this early in a presidential race. Cox bets total about $5,000 from curb brokers seeking 6 to 1.
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New York
Harding
United States
Wall Street
Cox
Land Sales Report Details Transfers Near Carraughs and Greenwood
T H Botts sold 260 acres near Carraughs to N A Shand and two Spartanburg planters for 19500 in a Dixie Land Company deal. Motts then bought the McKellar tract near Greenwood for 8000 and plans to move this fall.
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T. H. Botts
Carraughs
Ton
Cotton prices and futures dip on Abbeville market
Spot cotton in Abbeville sold for 31 to 31 1/2 cents per pound with grades. Futures declined with October down about 140 points from Tuesday, closing in New York at 27.85, roughly 100 points below yesterday's close as New York spots were quoted at gig.
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Abbeville
New York
League Council Adjourns After Smoothing International Disputes
The League of Nations council ended its ninth session in Paris with progress on four nations amid Polish Lithuanian hostilities, agreeing to an immediate ceasefire pending settlement and fairness in the Aland Islands issue. Finnish Swedish reservations were framed as technical, with moral not legal obligations emphasized for acceptance of league decisions. Appointment of Quinones de Leon and Matsui to liaison roles was noted, and Ralph Lyon departed for Charleston to resume studies at The Citadel.
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Paris
Council of the
League of Nations
Aland Islands
League
Finland
Sweden
Quinones de Leon
France
Keishiro Matsui
League Council
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Motor Concern
War Creed
Ellis Street
J. M. Anderson
Andrew Jackson
Mr. Evans
Parker Street
Tom Purdy
Jackson
Hospital
Ira Sprouse
Whit Klugh
Secretary of State
Tom Watson
Bureau
Beaumont
Fort Arthur
Senator Harding
Ralph Lyon
Charleston
Citadel
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