Spot cotton rises as futures stay weak in New York market
Local spot cotton climbs half a cent to 2712 cents amid heavy selling in futures. Savannah prices run 450 points above March New York, driven by strong demand and scarce spots, with mills near exhaustion and buyers signaling potential futures comeback.
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New York
Savannah
Charles H. Burke
Victor Barron
Atlanta
Wall Street
Bears
May
Liverpool
Chamber Dines Tonight Speakers Moulted Menu Shock
F Roger Miller of the Macon Chamber will be guest and speaker at the booster supper at the tea room tonight arriving at 2 17. Attorney General Clifford Walker comes on the 7 30 from Atlanta. Quail missing so turkey on the menu. Programs cover addresses by J E Hightower and F Rodger Miller plus Walker on Brotherhood and civic life.
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Clifford Walker
Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
F. Roger Miller
Macon Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
J. E. Mathis
America
J. E. Hightower
J. E B. Sheppard
Americas
F. Rodger Miller
Macon Chamber of Commerce Music
Joseph Perkins
Americus Chamber
Sumter County to Compile War Service Records
The Sumter County Red Cross chapter plans a permanent record of every man from Sumter who served in any branch of the great war. Chairman Stephen Pace invites relatives to report names and addresses, detailing induction, training, overseas service, battles, wounds, discharge, and permanent addresses for inclusion.
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Sumter County
County Red Cross
Stephen Pace
Superior Court
Pace
Americas
Red Cross
Washington
France
United States
Brunswick Proposes Central Republic Formation
The government of Brunswick issued a proclamation proposing the formation of a central republic in North Germany. The statement comes amid postwar political shifts and raises questions about regional unification plans in the area.
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Copenhagen
Associated Press
Brunswick
Ten Thousand Starving Russians Plead for Bread in Petrograd
Ten thousand hunger stricken Russians marched through Petrograd on Saturday and Sunday begging Bolshevik troops to fire on them. Advices state no bread is available in the city and gunfire followed. Finnish police uncover Bolshevik plots for a new insurrection.
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Tockholm
Associated Press
Petrograd
Finland
County Relief Drive Reports Progress Toward Quota
Near East relief drive chairman H O Jones announced daily totals reaching 1249.38 with pledges to push past 1600. Men and women committees reported various sums including 882.78 for Armenian relief and an early fund of 217.78 in hand. Planned canvasses in Andersonville Sumter Leslie and a Greek colony aim to hit the 3125 county target.
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H. O. Jones
H. C. Jones
Judge Hixon
Annie Pickett
Jones
Plains
Leslie
Andersonville
Sumter
Americus Lieutenants Named Guards for Versailles Peace Commission
Lieut Howard Ennis of Milledgeville and Lieut Edwin T Murray of Americus were chosen as guards for the peace commission in Versailles. They were among seven selected from thousands of officers in France. General Harris announced at a dinner in Milledgeville.
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Howard Ennis
Milledgeville
Edwin T. Murray
Aimericus
Peace Commission
Macon
France
Ennis
Old Baldwin Blues
Murray
W. A. Harris
Harris
Herring Winship
Cherokee Seas
B. J. Murray
Lieut
General Harris
New York Herald
Great Dirigible Finishing Long Journey Readied for Key West
The naval dirigible C-1 departed Brunswick at 4 AM for Key West as the final leg of its voyage from Rockaway New York. C-1 then passed Gilmore near Jacksonville at 6:45 AM heading south, marking progress on the trip.
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Brunswick
Associated Press
Key West
Rockaway
N. Y
Jacksonville
Gilmore
Here
See RTaB Ep Bp ve Emb E Sueet of Honor
A concise item notes a person or group receiving an honor at a formal event. Named individuals or organizations are mentioned in a brief notice with emphasis on the accolade and occasion. The readable fragment signals a ceremonial recognition though full details are unavailable.
France Employs German POWs in Reconstruction Drive
Paris January 15 The French Cabinet ordered use of German prisoners for rebuilding districts in France. The plan requires a minimum of two hundred thousand war prisoners to be engaged in reconstruction work through March 20.
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Paris
Associated Press
France
Marca
Wood Commander of Central Division
War Department asked Major General Leonard Wood to proceed from Camp Funston Fort Riley Kansas to assume command of the central department in Chicago. The move would place Wood in charge of the central division headlines noted by Associated Press.
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Washington
Associated Press
Leonard Wood
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
Kansas
Chicago
Central Department
War Department
Cotton Market Local Spot Report
Good middling priced at 27.5 cents per pound marking the local spot market for cotton trading. Trade activity remains steady with buyers showing cautious demand as prices hold.
General strike spreads in Peru and martial law eyed in Argentina
Mobs clash with troops as Peru faces a general strike paralyzing business and transport. In Argentina martial law looms if the Senate approves a minimum food fund, with five provinces seeking troops amid disquieting reports. In the United States a labor dispute at Muscle Shoals prompts a labor department commissioner to intervene.
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Peru
Argentina
New World
South America
Bolshevists
United States
Portland
Department of Justice
Industria Workers’ Defense
Chicago
Thomas J. Mooney
Wwart Billings
San Francisco
Lima
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Senate
Rosario
Washington
Department of Labor
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Thirty-Second State Ratifies Federal Prohibition
Iowa and Colorado moved to complete the necessary ratifications of the federal prohibition amendment. Arkansas California Illinois Indiana Kansas Alabama North Carolina Nebraska and Utah legislatures also advanced or voted for ratification. The body now needs 36 states to make the amendment part of the U S Constitution.
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Arkansas
California
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Alabama
North Carolina
Nebraska
Utah
United States
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Miller
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U. S. Prohibition
Des Moines
Iowa
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