West Greenville mayor arrested on forgery charges
W H Cassell mayor of West Greenville was arrested on forgery and breach of trust charges related to funds handled by the treasurer of an insurance concern. The report also notes a fatality involving Miss Teenie Ray found burned at her Wellford home, described as accidental, with others including former officials and health board appointments in South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Cassell
West Greenville
Ps Clef
Teenie Ray
Wellford
Miss Ray
U. S
N. B. Dial
Coolidge
As Committee of
McKenzie
Illinois
Memorials and Bank Action Noted in South Carolina News
Alexander Hamilton Sears former city editor of The Columbia Record and The State died in Jacksonville Florida last Thursday and was buried in Columbia Friday. A bronze bust of David E Fin fey of York, a long serving South Carolina public figure, was placed in the House hall. The First National Bank of Florence failed to open last Thursday with its affairs taken over by the national bank examiner. capital $150 000 and deposits $1 096 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hamilton Sears
Columbia Record
the State
Jacksonville
Fla
Columbia
David E Finfey
York
South Carolina General Assembly
Congress
South Carolina
House of Representatives
First National Bank of
Florence
National Bank Examiner
Florence Times Merges with Morning Review in Florence
Florence will have a single daily paper The Review after a merger with Morning Review. A State Board of Public Welfare meeting today will discuss the new indefinite sentence law allowing judges to set min and max terms. The South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association says no cotton accepted after April 15 for 1924 25. J F Everett Jr elected mayor of Bennettsville, defeating H J Riley. Mrs Mary Ann Caldwell dies at 93 in Greenwood. Gaffney considers closing all poolrooms following Spartanburg action. William Allen White and Senator David R Walsh to address Focus Club in Columbia tonight and tomorrow. Florence County coroner seeks drivers of a car that struck and killed six-year-old in Scranton, six miles from Coward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Public Welfare
South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Association
William Allen White
Kansas
Columbia
David R. Walsh
Montana
Columbia Theatre
Florence County
Sam MceKnight
Scranton
Coward
Arm amputee Murray leads call for veteran aid to disabled
John Murray, an ex civil service worker turned Boston University instructor who lost his arm in the Argonne, appeals to support the American Legion Endowment Fund for disabled veterans and orphans. He credits education aid and the Legion with his future after war injuries and economic hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Murray
Argonne
American Legion
Boston University
Robert Furien
Boston
John Murray
Paes
Indianapolis
American Legion Endowment Fund For
Disabled Men
Legion
Murray
Sir Gallavedt
Ray
France
1Ifth
Monblainville
College of Business Administration
Legion considers 1927 convention in Paris
National Commander James A. Drain gains approval to appoint a France convention travel committee as discussions move toward holding the 1927 American Legion convention in Paris. The executive committee also sets October 5 to 9 for the Omaha national convention with Ak-Sar-Ben planned parade and various contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Executive Committee
James A. Drain
American Legion
France
The
Legion
Paris
Drain
America
Ak-Sar-Ben
Nebraska
Auxiliary
Legion praise from Woolley in Ogden Utah speech
National speaker Woolley extols the American Legion as a premier ex servicemen fraternity and urges Congress to follow Legion guidance on veterans legislation. He cites Legion sponsorship of beneficial laws and emphasizes memory of the war and patriotic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolley
American Legion
Ogden
Utah
United States
Congress
Legion
Personal Pleasure Solicitor and Gallant Gent in Rolls-Royce
A quivering plea from a solicitor asks help for the Working Girls' Home. A bold Gent replies he will assist, promising aid from his Rolls-Royce while questioned about the whereabouts of the workers.
Harvey on the gap between politics and journalism
Former ambassador to Great Britain explains that politics seeks majority favor while journalism aims at independence. He argues journalists resist pandering to selfish interests and that a newspaper can shift from patriotic to accused enemy as political winds change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Education Fever and the Push for Compulsory Attendance
In the State Senate Senator Duncan of Union argues we suffer an education fever, urging compulsory attendance for the 30 percent of school age children not in school. He criticizes timid legislative fear and calls for state control to ensure every child receives education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Union
State Senate
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Freak Hitchcock
Joseph W. Tolbert
Hitchcock
Tolbert
Frank Hitchcock
W. J. Hindman
Catawba
Fort Lawn
Hindmian
Davis Furman
Greenville
State Board of Health
C. C. Gambrill
Abbeville
J. Epps Brown
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Newberry
Atlanta
Court of Common Pleas
Orangeburg County
N. M. Wannamaker
Edna Trawick
Wannamaker
J. F. Everett, Jr
Bennettsville
J. J. Evans
H. J. Riley
Mary Ann Caldwell
Greenwood
Spartanburg
Gaffney
Illinois-Indiana
Murphysboro
Ill
Frankfort
the Legion
Harvey
By Geerce Haover
Spartanburg Herald
South Carolina Gazette
Tate
City OF
John I. Rice
Attorney At Law
Nat’l
Exchange Bank Bldg
Columbia, S. C
American Bank and Trust
Geo
American Bank & Trust Co
of Columbia, S. C
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