Atlanta banker sued for 100000 in alleged shipboard attack
In De Byfield Ina Kalk Superior court Mrs. Sarah Gillespie Byfield seeks 100000 damages from Walter Candler son of Asa Candler and financier Mrs. Gillespie. She alleges an ad aboard a liner to France on July 16 confined her to bed and caused harm. Mr. Byfield counters with differing statements and a separate suit accusing Candler of extortion of 25000 aboard the Berengaria.
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Atlanta
Walter Candler
Asa Candler
Sarah Gillespie
de Byfield
Ina Kalk
Candler
France
Jack Berengaria
Byfield
Clyde Byfield
Mr. Candler
Berengaria
Reuben R
Lowry Arnold
Mr. Byfield
Europe
Reuben Arnold
Governor bars Dempsey Brennan bout in Michigan City
Governor McCray instructed LaPorte County sheriff not to permit the Dempsey Brennan fight in Michigan City under any circumstances. The notice came from Indianapolis dated August 16.
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Indianapolis
McCray
LaPorte County
Michigan City
Phillips Refuses To Allow Insurrection In Atlanta
August 16 report from Atlanta describes W. McClure, a leader of the insurgent faction of the state central Republican committee, being ejected by detectives from the Candler building after seeking entry with a proxy vote. The incident centers on the chairman J. J. Phillips, who ruled McClure’s admittance denied and McClure was removed as disturbances, etectives were employed to prevent further conflict.
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Alanta
State Central Committee
Republican Party
Candler
W. McClure
Atlanta
McClure
J. J. Phillips
Phillips
McClare
Cabinet approves Ger Teparstions policy and praise
A cabinet unanimously approves the Premier's Ger Teparstions policy. In other news burglars entered a London drug store overnight, stealing $5 in cash and other valuables after forcing a front window.
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Rambouts
Prance
Stet
Preach
London
Man Poinea Fon Hince
Expect Return Of Miners In Other Fields
Cleveland April 16 For the first time in 20 weeks the striking bituminous coal miners in seven states are under orders to begin coal production. The partial settlement affects only a minority of about 450 000 miners who struck in March as union officials head home to seek peace with other employers. President Lewis of the miners union predicted operators would accept the agreement and hoped for early production.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
Lewis
Miners Union
Pittsburg Coal Producers Refuse Meeting With Union
Pittsburg on August 16 reports the Pittsburg Coal Producers Association flatly refused to meet with mine union officials to negotiate a wage agreement.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Producers’ Association
Crisp County Cotton Crop Fails Again
Crisp county report warns of a fourth straight poor cotton season with losses likely. Dairymen hog producers and truckers expect yields to push Crisp county below 10,000 bales as weevils invade late maturing bolls. Calcium has saved some cotton but not enough to avert further decline this year.
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Cordele
Crisp County
Crisp
Tobacco sales on Tifton market reach 55 thousand dollars
Up to Tuesday night the Tifton market had paid out 55,076.77 for tobacco this season with 209,580 pounds sold at an average 26.28. The season opened 12 days earlier with 251,320 pounds at 10.87. Tuesday’s 19,384 pounds brought 5,893.03 dollars at 30.40 each, the fifth day over 30 cents.
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Tifton
Thomasville Petitioners Claim Paving Costs Too High
August 15 report from Thomasville shows residents who backed Broad Street paving contest the price while the city proceeds with four blocks to be paved sixty feet wide with sidewalks and curbs as per the petition. The council continues the project despite objections.
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Thomasville
Broad Street
Injunction Bars Prosecution Over License Violation
In Thomasville on August 16 Judge Thomas granted an injunction to stop the city from prosecuting Mr. and Mrs. O K Brown for violating the city license ordinance. The city had refused a drug store license after a sheriff raid found whisky. E K Wilcox of Valdosta represents the defendants as the city seeks to determine its powers and grounds for license refusal.
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Thomasville
Thomas
O K. Brown
E. K. Wilcox
Valdosta
Arthur Griffith Buried Today in Glasnevin Cemetery
Ireland laid to rest Arthur Griffith in Glasnevin Cemetery after solemn services at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception. Huge crowds from all walks of life paid homage to a leader in Ireland’s struggle for emancipation.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Ireland
Ajilhur Griffith
Cathedral of Immaculate Conception
Five Seek Seats in Colquitt Primary Race
August 16 Colquitt county sees five candidates qualify for representative seats R J Lewis R G Clark W A Covington James L Dowling of Moultrie and R L Norman of Norman Park Also thirteen vie for county commissioners with G W Newton latest entrant though not formally announced Four of the five current commissioners seek re election S W Prince will not run The registration file exceeds 4000 names with uneven turnout among districts including high female participation in some areas
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Moultrie
Colquitt County
R. J. Lewis
R. G. Clark
W. A. Covington
James L. Dowling
R. L. Norman
Norman Park
Board of County Commissioners
G. W. Newton
Newton
S. W. Prince
Cotton Market Americus Spot Cotton Up Twenty Points
The market records Good Middling spot cotton in Americus at 20 cents, with an overall gain of 20 points reflecting the day’s activity and price movement in the fiber trade.
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Americus
Fatalities at Southern Railway Rise Among Trespassers
Washington August 16. In the first five months of 1922 the Southern railway system improved passenger and employee safety, yet nonemployee fatalities increased 24.64 percent. Of 86 total deaths, 42 were trespassers on tracks, 13 trespassers on trains, and 28 from highway crossings.
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Washington
Southern Railway System
Southern
S S Safety Department
Poe
Quick work saves child from death near Tifton
In Georgia near Chula eight miles north of Tifton a two year old, Joseph Lee Jordan, fell into a well from a porch curb. John Clayton descended to the depths, pulled the child free, and withdrew ingested water. Rescuers revived the boy. by morning he played normally.
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Tifton
Chula
Joseph Lee
Nick Jordan
J. J.cook
John Clayton
Mr. Clayton
Clayton
Plains School to Teach Farming
Plains high school trustees vote to hire a vocational agriculture teacher at 1500 dollars yearly with three eighths funded by government under Smith-Hughes. The program starts this fall with about 300 pupils and plans to select a teacher in coming weeks.
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Plains High School
J. E. D. Shipp
County Board of Education
Plains
L. H. Sheffer
Athens
Smith-Hughes Fund Organization
National Fund
Smith-Hughes
Baseball Players Union Nearing Complete Organization
Milwaukee August 16. A baseball players union designed to lift diamond idols from pawns of the club owners is near completion. Ray Cannon, attorney and former player, announced that an application has been made for the backing of the American Federation of Labor.
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Milwaukee
Associated Press
Baseball Players Union
Ray Cannon
American Federation of Labor
Mrs J W Shinholser Buried in Macon
Mrs. J W Shinholser, daughter of Mrs Clara Bates Walker, died suddenly at the Shinholser estate Putnam Terrace near Eaton ton. The funeral was held at 5 6 o clock from 545 College Street with Dr Rutherford E Douglas officiating. Interment at Rose Hill cemetery. Survived by her mother and husband. She was a graduate of the Georgia Normal and Industrial school at Milledgeville.
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Guyton Fisher
Emma Love Fisher
Macon
J. W. Shinholser
Clara Bates Walker
Shinholser
Putnam Terrace
Eatonton
College Street
Rutherford E. Douglas
First Presbyterian Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Clara
Bates Walker
Georgia Normal and Industrial School
Milledgeville
Giant air cruiser Sampaio Correia takes off for Brazil
New York reports the giant air cruiser Sampaio Correia, piloted by Lieutenant Walter Hinton, lifting off this afternoon for an official flight to Brazil. The departure marks a notable aviation milestone with the crew signaling readiness for the mission.
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New York
Sampaio Correia
Walter Hinton
Brazil
Three Bills to Be Acted Upon in the Senate
Atlanta August 16 The rules committee announced bills to be acted on in the Senate include repealing the tax equalization law and the house income tax measure and the biennial session bill. Senators debated highway bond reconsideration, and the Senate passed a negro agricultural college bill and a stream fishing bill. The Georgia Tech tuition bill and two Confederate pension appropriations passed, as did a resolution limiting floor privileges for women. The House approved large pension and county reimbursement measures, while a county officer fee system repeal in several counties failed on a second vote.
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Atlanta
Rules Committee
Senate
Campbell
Negro Agricultural and Mechanical College
North
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Daughters of the Confederacy
Soldiers’ Home
Clay
House of Representatives
House
R. N. Berrien, Jr
Berrien
Fulton County
Supreme Court
Fulton
Chatham
Bibb
Richmond
Muscogee
DeKalb
Aggie bill lost as manager bill clears house
The agricultural bill to fund the Third district school was lost in the house on Wednesday. A wire from Representatives E. A. Hines and George Riley in Atlanta confirmed the loss and also reported the city manager bill passed.
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E. A. Hines
George Riley
Atlanta
Avera Beats Hanlon in Atlanta Boxing Semi Final
Larry Avera won a ten round decision over Eddie Hanlon in Atlanta last night, advancing in the American Legion card. The report notes a large crowd and a nearby context mentioning town names and a wheat field incident with massive mouse slaughter.
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Atlanta
Larry Avera
Eddie Hanlon
American Legion
Harding to present government stance on railroad troubles
Washington August 16 The White House set for a joint session where President Harding will present Congress with the government position on the industrial troubles notably the railroad strike. He urged Interstate Commerce Commission enforcement of safety laws as locomotive withdrawals may begin. Striking leaders rejected the final compromise and asserted return to work only with unimpaired seniority status.
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Washington
Associated Press
White House
Lodge
Harding
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
McChord
Railroad Union
B. M. Jewell
Cotton consumption in 1921 exceeds production in US
Washington, August 16. The 1921 consumption of cotton exclusive of linters in the United States surpassed production by more than a million bales. The census bureau announced US consumption about 16,914,000 bales while world production was near 15,197,000 bales.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Miss Mirany Minstrel Aids Preston Church Painting Fund
A minstrel show titled Miss Mirany's Minstrel will be staged at Preston school auditorium Friday to raise funds for painting the historic Friendship Baptist church. The program features the Mandolin club of Americus, readings by Eve lyn Walters Josephine and Donna Wells, and cross fire jokes plus A Negro Sermon by Claude Walters. Admission is 15 and 25 cents with hopes for a large audience.
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Mirany
Thalean School
Friendship Baptist Church
Preston School
Mandolin Club of
Americus
Claude Walters
Evelyn Walters
Josephine
Donna Wells
Shipping Board asked to reveal liquor supply details
Resolutions introduced in Congress call on the Shipping Board to disclose where and how much liquor it has bought for sale on American ships since national prohibition became effective. The measure is sponsored by Representatives Gallivan of Massachusetts and Brennan of Michigan.
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Washington
Shipps Board
House
Gallivan
Democrat
Massachusetts
Brennan
Lican
Michigan
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