Chamber Banquet At Windsor To Honor Shipper To Be Served
The Cham ber of Commerce will hold its annual banquet tonight at the Windsor for about two hundred guests. Lovelace Eve will preside and A A Gane will conduct the community orchestra providing music. The program includes a prayer by Rev John W Outlier and talks by several railroad officials and prominent citizens. L A Downs of the Central of Georgia Railway will address the gathering as the night features business reports and a round table on community issues.
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Chamber of Commerce
Windsor
Lovelace Eve
Chamber
A. A. Gane
John Wf. Outlier
First Methodist Church
Lovelace Woe
T.C. Tillman
Cobb Milner
Souther
Supt
E. C. Bagwell
Alabama
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard
J. D.mccartney
J. M. Mallory
Central of Georgia Railroad
L. A. Downs
Nathan Murray
James A. Fort
Americas
Central Railroad
Everett
Woman Tries Suicide With Carbolic Acid in Atlanta
In Atlanta on a February Saturday 19 year old Mrs Bie Nelson a bride of under a year ingested carbolic acid to avoid choosing between her husband and her native country She is in critical condition at Grady hospital Her husband a contractor with offices in the Fourth National bank building says she has attempted suicide before Her dog Toney mourns as he is kept indoors during the ambulance departure
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Atlanta
Bie Nelson
Grady Hospital
Nelson
Fourth National Bank
Rome council bans jay walking and marks crossings
Rome city council limited jay walking by designating white crosswalk lines. Pedestrians crossing outside the marked zones will be offenders under Rome walking laws. The meeting also discussed plans to build two new fire stations.
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Rome
Plan curb market building at Rome
Rome Georgia February 19 Kiwanis Rotary clubs committee chairman curb market association and chamber of commerce representatives outlined plans to house the Rome curb market. Authority is being sought from property owners to erect the building.
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Rome
Kiwanis Rotary Clubs Committee
The
Curb Market Association
Chamber of Commerce
Women voters seen as key in Calhoun primary race
Arlington Ga February 19 Seventeen candidates including one woman announce for Calhoun county primary on February 28. The four candidate race for ordinary draws chief interest with expectations that women's vote will be pivotal in the election.
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Arlington
Calhoun County
Thirteen Lives Snuffed Out in New York Tenement Fire
Fire of incendiary origin sweeps a five story tenement in Manhattan's lower east side, killing thirteen. Eight families are trapped as flames spread from basement to roof. seven victims are children. Four men fled, one named Louis Shoenfield suspected but later released after police concluded no connection.
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New York
Lower East Side
Louis Shoenfield
Shoenfield
Hundred Farmers at Leslie Meeting
One hundred farmers and business men attended a Monday meeting at Leslie addressed by a State College of Agriculture representative in Athens and railway experts from Seaboard Air Line and Central of Georgia. J G Oliver from Athens led with Cotton Production and Weevil Control, stressing cotton as Sumter county’s key cash crop and urging scientific farming and diversification with other crops to ensure year round income.
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Leslie
State College of Agriculture
Athens
Seaboard Air Line
Central of Georgia Railways
George O. Marshall
J. G. Oliver
Oliver
Georgia
South
J. I. Fitch
F. M. Connor
J. A. Wimslow
Central of Georgia Railroad
Basketball Tourney Set for Ashburn Dates
The Middle Georgia High School Athletic Association basketball tournament will be held in Ashburn on February 21, 22 and 23.
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Ashburn
Middle Georgia High School
Anarchists Led by Woman Attack Police in Sofia
A clash in Sofia left five dead and several wounded as police faced a group of alleged anarchists led by a woman. When officers attempted a search, a volley killed two raiders and wounded eight others, triggering a siege with soldiers and firemen. The building was set on fire and survivors surrendered.
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Sofia
Wnd
Notice to Subscribers on Paper Delivery Delays
Notice to subscribers requests phone 99 for undelivered papers before 6 PM and after hours to call Western Union Telegraph Co. A messenger will deliver the paper at the paper's expense.
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Western Union Telegraph Co
Oil Scandal Probers Work Behind Closed Doors in Washington
Washington February 19 the senate Teapot Dome investigation pressed a new lead on stock market speculation tied to a cabinet officer and Harding allies. Hidden information suggests insiders profited on the lease, with Denby not implicated. Financier Harry Payne Whitney and J P Bankard & Company officials were expected to attend but Whitney was not located as the session opened.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Teapot Dome
Denby
Harding
Harry Payne Whitney
J. P., Bankard & Company
New York Stock Brockerage
Bankard
Whitney
Demand Grows for Daugherty Resignation
Washington reports surge in calls for Secretary Daugherty to quit over the air crime scandal. Protests reached President Coolidge from multiple sources as cabinet members met, with indications of potential developments looming.
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Washington
Daugherty
Coolidge
Aged recluse burned to death in cabin blaze
Asheville North Carolina February 19. Mrs Nancy Owenby seventy living alone in a two room log cabin near Busbee Hall died in a Sunday fire that reduced her home to ashes. Her body was found on the burned bed likely while she slept.
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Asheville
N.C
Nancy Owenby
Busbee Hall
Eleventh Hour Appeal Fails To Break Tax Deadlock
Washington reports show a White House appeal to Republican insurgent leaders seeking agreement on the Mellon income tax rate schedule failed to end the stalemate. House debate on the revenue bill kept Democrats unified behind the Garnet plan while insurgents threatened to side with Democrats if their terms are not met.
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Washington
White House
House
Chappell Says 1923 Taxes Not Due for Primary Voting
Chappell states that unpaid 1923 taxes do not bar a citizen from voting in the March 19 primary if registered. He cites Georgia law setting December 20, 1923 as the tax due date and a six month window for eligibility, implying voters may participate regardless of payment status in the 1924 primary season unless taxes are paid by May 4, 1924 for general election qualification.
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Times- Recorder
Chappell
Georgia
Eleccion Oy
Capitalist Marries Grand Opera Singer in Chicago Ceremony
Huntsville Alabama February 19 The marriage of Tracy W Pratt Huntsville capitalist and cotton manufacturer and Miss Neida Humphrey grand opera daughter of Dr J D Humphery former mayor of Huntsville was solemnized Saturday afternoon at the Hotel Adelphia in Chicago with the pastor of St Andrews Methodist church officiating News of the marriage drew interest from relatives and friends here.
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Huntsville
Ala
Tracy W. Pratt
Neida Humphrey
Grand Opera
J. D. Humphery
Adelphia
Chicago
St. Andrews Methodist Church
New Voters Not Required to Pay Poll Taxes Before Voting
A 1923 ruling by Comptroller General Wright allows women who have never registered to vote to cast ballots in the March primary without paying poll taxes. County Tax Collector J. B. Small announced the decision, noting that previously taxes for 1921 and 1922 must be settled. Women who registered before may not vote until back taxes are paid, and refunds are available for those who paid in 1922 or earlier upon request.
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Wright
J. B. Small
W. W. Dykes
Court House
I. B. Small
Heys Funeral Largely Attended in Americus
Hundreds of friends gathered in Americus Sumter county on Sunday for the funeral of Mrs. W. B. Heys at Gordon T. Heys home. Rev. John M. Cutler led rites at First Methodist with interment in Oak Grove cemetery. Her husband W. B. Heys remained critically ill nearby.
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Americus
Sumter County
Gordon T. Heys
W. B. Heys
John M. Cutler
First Methodist Church
Heys
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Winsdor
L.A. Downs
Central of Georgia Railway
Purdue University
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Central of Georgia
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Downs
Down
East Side
WOMAN
Wade
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