Columbus youth tied to citywide home burglaries
Robert Lias, 20, a Columbus man, confesses to two break ins on Taylor and Farr streets and is held in the guard house. Fred Jackson was captured near the Cawood residence after two knives were found. police pursue a suspected gang involved in residential robberies over the past 10 days. Lias allegedly served two terms with the gang and additional property was recovered, including a watch and a ring.
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Robert Lias
G. R. Ellis
Taylor Street
Ed Mathis
Farr Street
Fred Jackeor
Recorder's Court
Monio
Jackson
Fred Jackson
Kimsey
Max Cawood
Church Street
Luella Knox
Salvation Army
Cawood
Lias
Columbus
R. A. Perry
Sheriff and moonshine run end in jail scare
Sheriff Lucius Harvey confronted Giles Smith on Lee Street as a subpoena delivery led to a dash to the jail. Smith allegedly aided by another man drove away with moonshine. a stash was later found buried in a garage hiding a box full of liquor.
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Lucius Harvey
Lee Street
Giles Smith
Imlos
Giles
Niagara Gorge roadbed to become public highway
The roadbed of the Niagara Gorge railway is to be made a public highway for automobiles and other vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Gorge Railway
Denies Poison Pen Letters In Candler Marriage Row
Mrs. Onezima de Bouchelle, former New Orleans society leader, admits opposition from Candler family to her marriage to Asa Candler, but denies knowledge of any poison pen plot. She cites religious objections by Bishop Candler and the Meece church, South, and notes delays caused by a $100,900 damage suit against Walter Candler. She says she has not hired detectives for such a plot and mentions a telegram from Candler delaying travel.
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Reno
Nev
Onezima de Bouchelle
New Orleans
Asa Candler
Atlanta
Meece Church
South
de Bouchelle
Candler
Sarah G. Byfield
Walter
Harold A. Moise
Watson calls Cliff an ass in political clash
Atlanta August report recaps a Hardwick campaign rebuttal using a Tom Watson editorial from two years ago. The piece, published in the Columbia Sentinel, lists harsh phrases aimed at Clifford Walker and asserts Watson has never repudiated the statement. The exchange centers on broken promises and political allegiance.
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Atlanta
Mr. Walker
Cliff Walkers
Watson
Columbia Sentinel
Hardwick
Walker
Typhoid fears grip coal miner camps near Uniontown
In Uniontown area colonies near Connellsville 16 typhoid cases have been found at Palmer plant of H. C. Frick Coke and at Phillips plant. Health authorities rush patients to hospitals and fix water supply as Frick pipes water to camps to curb the outbreak. Officials believe lack of funds for medical care spurred home remedies.
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Uniontown
Connellsville
Palmer
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Phillips
Frick
State Health Department
Frick Company
Rev Freeman to Preach Here in Americus
Methodists in Americus await Rev H T Freeman, pastor of Cherokee Heights Methodist Church in Macon, who will preach at 11 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. at the Presbyterian church. Next Sunday, Sept 3, Dr J A Thomas, former local pastor and now at St Luke's in Columbus, will visit. Congregation pushes rebuilding the burned church with substantial pledges.
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Americus
H. T. Freeman
Cherokee Heights
Macon
Freeman
Methodist Conference
J. A. Thomas
First Methodist Church
St. Luke’s
Columbus
Dr. Thomas
Ill J J Slappey a 90 year old resident ill at home
J J Slappey a former Americus and Sumter county resident is gravely ill at his Micanopy Florida home. He often visited the community as guest of his son on Church Street and despite age maintains a truck farm of about a quarter acre. In early summer he wrote to his granddaughter that he too had graduated by laying aside hoe and rake and would not resume farming.
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J. J. Slappey
Americus
Sumter County
Micanopy
Fila
Mr. Slappey
R. A. Slappey
Church Street
Florida
National army takes two Irish towns in Cork
Belfast August 25 The National army troops captured Kinsale and Dunaway the last two positions held by the Irish Irregulars in County Cork, according to advices received here.
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Belfast
Associated Press
National Army
Kinsale
Dunaway
County Cork
Evangelist Melvin E. Trotter Granted Divorce
Grand Rapids August 25 Judge Dunham of the Superior court awarded an absolute divorce to Melvin E. Trotter superintendent of the Grand Rapids Rescue Mission and nationally known evangelist The court dismissed Mrs Trotter's suit for separate maintenance finding her charges of infidelity and cruelty unsubstantiated by the evidence.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Dunham
Superior Court
Melvin E. Trotter
Grand Rapids
Storm Kills One Injures Three in Louisville Area
A violent windstorm that struck parts of Louisville and Jeffersonville Indiana after a rain sand and electrical disturbance left one dead three injured and caused significant property damage. The event occurred early Friday, August 25, as residents reported downed trees and power outages across affected neighborhoods.
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Louisville
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Calls on many to stop Ku Klux in Chicago event
Chicago August 25 Protestants churches urged to join Catholics Jews and Negroes in a stand against the Ku Klux Klan after a anti Klan rally. Dr Howard A Johnston president of the Chicago Church Federation said trustees would be urged to deal the Klan a death blow.
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Chicago
Howard A. Johnston
Chicago Church Federation
Federation
Michigan Lore With Fuel Administration
Lansing August 25. W W Potter Michigan state fuel administrator replies to Herbert Hoover telegram stating Michigan residents do not owe gratitude to the federal fuel administrator for fuel shortages and profiteering prices in the open market.
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Lansing
Mich
Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
W. W. Potter
State of
Michigan
Hines and Riley 2481 Voters for Legislature
Jr. A. Hines, a one term state legislator and railroad engineer, is announced by friends as a candidate for election. He is well known in the section, praised for courtesy and personality, and for serving district interests in the legislature.
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Jr. A. Hines
Hines
Voter Demographics in Sumter County District 27
Registrars report 2481 voters in Sumter county this year with district 27 containing 1350. Of these, 989 white males, 195 white females, 146 Negro voters, 37 Negro women, and 290 male Negro voters. The remainder are white.
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Sumter County
Two Local Legislators Poised for Re election in Sumter
George W. Riley and a fellow Sumter representative are urged to run again. Friends say little opposition will meet these two men known for diligent service to town county and state. Their efforts secured a Third District Agricultural and Mechanical school appropriation, backed by strong local support and legislative aid.
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George W. Riley
Sumter
Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School
Klan Issue in Texas Politics
The Ku Klux Klan becomes a major issue in Texas politics ahead of November elections. It dominates the Democratic nomination contest for United States Senator and margins state races. Republicans oppose the Klan in their Fort Worth platform, signaling a potential anti Klan Democratic vote bid.
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Dallas
Tex
Ku Klux Klan
Texas
Republican State Committee
Fort Worth
Fate of Frank Dupre in Governor's Hands
Atlanta August 25 The fate of Frank B Dupre a 19 year old slayer of Irby C Walker rests with the governor as counsel says the final appeal to the chief executive will close the matter regardless of the decision Dupre is sentenced to hang September 1 and prevailing opinion holds the governor will not commute the sentence
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Atlanta
Frank B. Dupre
Irby C. Walker
Dupre
Fire Destroys Oil Stove Fire at Mrs Redmonds Home
Firefighters raced to Church Street at noon to battle a blaze ignited by an oil stove in an upper room of Mrs Redmonds house. The fire caused only slight damage and was quickly extinguished.
Health of business index shows increase nationwide
The Post Office will issue a monthly business health index based on July postal receipts from fifty industrial cities. The July totals rose 10.45 percent from 1921, compared with a 41.62 percent gain in the fifty leading cities. Albuquerque led gains at 40.59 percent with several other cities posting double digit increases.
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Washington
Associated Press
Post Office Department
Glover
Albuquerque
New Mexico
South Bend
Ind
Trenton
N. J
Topeka
Kans
Pueblo
Colo
Tampa
Fla
Byfield Statement Expected In A Few Days
Atlanta august 25 a statement is expected in the next few days concerning the New York trip by Clyde K Byfield and his attorney Luther Rosser. The trip was said to relate to mrs Byfields suit against Walter Candler for 100000 and Candler note payment dispute. Rosser would not discuss details and Byfield remained silent stating his case rests with his attorney.
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Atlanta
New York
Clyde K. Byfield
Luther Rosser
Byfield
Rosser
Swedish Voters to Decide Prohibition Next Week
Swedish people will vote at the polls on prohibition next Sunday. The cabinet is expected to take no move toward prohibition unless 65 percent of male voters favor it, a belief currently prevailing among observers.
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Stockholm
Associated Press
Crusade Against Traffic Violators Continues
In the Recorder's court today the crusade against traffic violators was continued with several cases on the docket. Fines were imposed in practically every instance. Officers have been busy rounding up violators of the dog ordinance and had several cases before Judge Fort this morning.
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Recorder’s Court
Conferences End As Shopmen Strike Talks Collapse
New York August 25. The conference to end the shopmen's strike collapsed as rail executives prepared to depart. Labor leader David Williams said the break came after unions rejected a concession. About nineteen roads appeared at the Yale club with more joining before talks broke up. A Friday session was scheduled, and observers wondered if more carriers would send officials.
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New York
Associated Press
David Williams
Eastern Strike Committee
Brotherhood
United States
Association of Railway Executives
Yale Club
Woodstock
Attempted hotel bombing under investigation in Roodhouse
Federal deputy marshals patrol the railroad yards after an explosion believed aimed at wrecking the Illinois Hotel in Roodhouse Illinois. The hotel served as headquarters for non union Chicago and Alton shop workers. No injuries reported.
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Roodhouse
Ill
Associated Press
Illinois Hotel
Nonunion
Chicago and Alton
Reparation talks fail to reach compromise in Berlin
Paris reports that negotiations in Berlin between the reparations mission and German officials ended at noon without a compromise acceptable to both British and French representatives. Advices to French circles say no agreement was reached on the German reparations issue.
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Paris
Associated Press
Berlin
Am eric us Spot Cotton Market Declines
Americus spot cotton, good middling 21 1 2 cents, market weak with a 50 point drop.
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Americus
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Bob Sumter
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Riley Announces
Frank Dupre
Postmaster General
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