Genoa Parley Open to All as Peace Measure
Premier Lloyd George told the National Liberal conference that all European nations are invited to the Genoa conference to end wars and rumors of wars. He credited the Washington conference with strengthening Anglo American understanding and suggested a July 1914 meeting might have prevented World War I.
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Genoa
London
Associated Press
Lloyd George
National Liberal Conference
Europe
Washington
United States
Lee Street Church Welcomes New Pastor Harrell
Rev L A Harrell begins duties at Lee Street Church with a Sunday service and a faith centered message I am determined to know nothing save Jesus Christ and Him crucified A large attendance is expected and a detailed program follows including organ preludes hymns sermons and solos by Mrs Bucahan Mrs Morgan Dr Runlett Mr Morgan and Mrs Olin Dixon
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L. A. Harrell
Lee Street Church
Jesus Christ
Melodie—Williams
Scottish Rite Masons Gather for Albany Convention
Scottish Rite Masons from across New York state will meet in Albany February 22 to 24 for a three day convention. A class of about 100 candidates will receive degrees from the fourth to the thirty second. Emeth Lodge No 2 Albany will confer degrees four through fourteen, while Savannah bodies will confer higher degrees with about fifty Savannah Masons attending. Elaborate luncheons dinners and smokers are planned to entertain candidates and visitors during the event.
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Albany
Emeth Lodge of Perfection
No. 2
C E Societies of Southwest Georgia Meet in Albany
The annual convention of the Christian Endeavor Societies of Southwest Georgia opened at the Presbyterian church in Albany with welcomes by S R Fenner and Mayor B A Peacock. Mrs I M Selser of Moultrie delivered the visitors’ response as several speakers including Miss Hazel Holt Thomasville and Dr L G Henderson Albany presented talks. The principal address was by H T McIntosh.
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Albany
Christian Endeavor Societies of
Southwest Georgia
Presbyterian Church
S. R. Fenner
B.A. Peacock
I. M. Selser
Moultrie
Hazel . Holt
Thomasville
Annie Mae Lyle
L. G. Henderson
Henry M McIntosh Celebrates 70th Birthday Editor
Albany Jan 21 Thursday marked the 70th birthday of H M McIntosh editor of the Albany Herald. It also noted his sixth anniversary as a newspaper editor. McIntosh started publishing a Tiens- Paper at Quitman before he could vote and arrived in Albany in 1877, making him the oldest editor in Georgia by years of service.
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Albany
H. M. McIntosh
Albany Herald
Quitman
Georgia
Mexico eases entry rule for U.S. citizens
Mexico on January 21 announced a decree signed by President Obregon allowing United States citizens to enter without passports. The measure, approved Wednesday, becomes effective February and broadens entry conditions for travelers from the United States.
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Mexico
Obregon Wednes
United States
Ayres
Neosho Plan Shows Gains Where Used Versus Declines Elsewhere
The Neosho Co Operative Sale Plan, better organized in other regions, is evaluated by comparing towns with and without the program in Indiana Illinois. Data indicate towns using the plan posted increases across sectors while nonusers showed widespread decreases, with only one exception in industries.
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Indiana
Illinois
Muscle Shoals property could be developed without treasury funds
Florence Alabama January 21 Gray Silver Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation told conference delegates from the South that the government property at Muscle Shoals could be developed without drawing a dollar from the treasury. He proposed amortization as a plan to finance power and nitrate plants with income repaying interest and redemptions on bonds.
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Florence
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Treasury
Gray Silver
Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Silver
Ford Muscle Shoals Contract Delayed for Signature
Secretary Weeks said a contract embodying Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals offer will not be sent to Ford for signature before early next week. The action is a formality prior to forwarding the Muscle Shoals matter to Congress.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Detroit
Congress
Ford
Weeks
Swaps Car of Hogs for Mules in North Georgia
RICHLAND Jan 21 G G Murrah has returned from North Georgia with a carload of mules. He had previously left with a carload of hogs to sell to North Georgia farmers but found cash unavailable. He swapped the hogs for mules and now owns a pen of mules instead of hogs.
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Richland
Jan
G. G.“Murrah
North Georgia
Murrah
30 Days and Fine for Angered Omega Swain
Ed Smith, a young Omega man in Moultrie, was jailed for 30 days and fined 150 dollars or ten months on the Colquitt county chain gang for making an attack on James Wilson, a night telephone operator at Norman Park. Judge W. E. Thomas sentenced him late Friday and a motion for a new trial was filed, with the hearing date pending.
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Moultrie
Ed Smith
Colquitt County
James Wilson
Norman Park
Smith
W. E. Thomas
John Taylor and Son Sell Cordele Interests
Cordele January 21 Dr T E Bradley yesterday purchased the interests of John Taylor Jr and his father John Taylor of Americus in the Cordele Auto Supply company a supply concern started here a year ago by John Taylor Jr and Robley McDonald Bradley and McDonald will continue the business Taylor has won many friends in Cordele and his leaving will be regretted
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Cordele
T. E. Bradley
John Taylor, Jr
John Taylor
Americus
Cordele Auto Supply Company
Robley McDonald
Bradley
Mr. McDonald
Taylor
Farmer Tom Johns Sentenced to Two Years on Chain Gang
Tom Johns, a wealthy Moultrie farmer, convicted in Colquitt Superior Court on two indictments. He faces two years on the county chain gang for moonshine production and carrying a concealed pistol, serving six months in each sentence.
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Moultrie
Tom Johns
Colquitt ‘Courty Chain
Ofie
Eight Hundred Injured in Berlin Factory Fire
A large chocolate factory at Tempelhof near Berlin was nearly destroyed by fire. About eight hundred workers were seriously injured, and damages are estimated at forty to fifty million marks.
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Berlin
Tempelhof
More Street Skating Parties For Cor dele
Cor dele residents enjoyed a Friday night skating party in a downtown block. Ropes confined a crowd of several hundred youths for over two hours as Bobbie Neal earned the gentleman’s prize and Miss Lou Frazer won the ladies prize with local concert band music, and more events planned.
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Cordele
Bobbie Neal
Lou Frazer
Touring car sold for twenty one under hammer in Waycross
In Waycross on January 21 a Nash touring car with wheels tires and steering wheel was sold under the con stable's hammer for 21 dollars to satisfy a judgment against T. H. Blizzard. The buyer appeared pleased with the purchase and the car was deemed perfectly good.
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Waycross
T. H. Blizzard
Negro thief leader captured after two years on the run
Policeman P W Ross and others tracked down Jim Henry Milner known as Red a 17 year old negro leader of a gang of boy burglars. He admitted involvement in several store robberies and named companions Morris Johnson Booker T Saunders and George Myers. Milner was wounded by a pistol shot, treated, and jailed as the other three faces penalties already handed down.
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P. W. Ross
Jim Henry Wilner
Rylander
Ross
Americus Auto Company
Lamar Street
Bragg
Hampton Street
J. W. Chambliss
Jim Henry Milner
Coker Street
Jim Henry
Morris Johnson
Booker T. Saunders
George Myers
Williams-Niles
Hightower
United Grocery Company
Glover Grocery Company
Columbus
Fort Valley
Macon
Boys Reformatory
Milledgeville
Promoter Tex Rickard Held on Assault Charge
New York January 21 Tex Rickard boxing promoter was arrested on a criminal assault charge filed by the Children's Society after a complaint by a fifteen year old girl. Two other girls were held as witnesses. Rickard promoted the Dempsey Carpentier fights and operates Madison Square Garden.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Children’s Society
Richard
Dempsey-Carpentier
Madison Square Garden
Georgia Missionary Will Wed in Korea
Thomasville resident William Linton, a Southern Presbyterian missionary in Korea, to wed Miss Charlotte Bell of Shelbyville Kentucky in summer at Dr Beil’s home in Korea. Linton’s father is Leinde.
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Thomasville
South Georgia
William Linton
Southern Presbyterian Church
Korea
Charlotte ‘Bell
Shelbyville, Ky
Frgene Beil
Linde
Kiwanis Club Honors General Harris at Windsor
Americus Kiwanis marked its seventh anniversary with a ladies night at the Windsor. General Walter A. Harris of Macon served as guest of honor and principal speaker. About 100 members and guests attended. Harris spoke on Kiwanis and the year’s motto Now for Better Business, noting Kiwanis meaning varies for each member. The program included a silverware chest gift to Eugene A. Bailey, history remarks by J. Lewis Ellis, and short talks by Fred Smith, W. T. Lane, and W. M. Jones. Fun draws featured a tracker eating contest won by R. L. Edwards and a water drinking race won by W. M. Humber. Miss Mary Merritt read, and a quartet Clark, Davenport Cargill, Beavers sang several songs.
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Kiwanis
Americus Kiwanis Club
Windsor
Wiuon
Walter A. Harris
Macon
Harris
Eugene A. Bailey
J. Lewis Ellis
Fred Smith
W. T. Lane
W. M. Jones
R. L. Edwards
W.M. Humber
Mary Merritt
Tale
Messrs. Clark
Davenport Cargill
Beavers
Weston Loses Hard Game to Richland on Outdoor Court
Richland edged Weston 28 to 13 in a Thursday outdoor contest on Weston's court. Despite Weston weighing about fifteen pounds more per player, Richland rallied after a slow start, delivering a strong second quarter performance as their supporters cheered from the sidelines with Dr West and his drum among the festive crowd.
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Richand
Richland
Weston
West
Sual Boys
Pope Benedict Dies After Illness in Rome
Reports from Rome and foreign capitals confirm Pope Benedict XVI died late today. Telegraphed messages from Rome stated the pontiff’s end had come after days of deteriorating health. Doctors described him delirious and unconscious, with Cardinal Gasparri noting recovery was no longer possible as discussions of further consultations faded.
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Rome
Associated Press
Battisteni
Pope Benedict
Gasparri
Epoca
Marchiafava
Tent shows fail to pull in Richland crowds
Richland, Jan. 21. The tent shows scheduled for seven nights this week pulled up stakes after opening night and left for other towns. The opening crowd was so small the show was called off and refunds given. This is the third small tent to bill the town for two or three nights and leave after the first night.
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Richland
Court Sits Saturday to Oblige Attorneys
The City court extended sessions by order of Judge Harper to accommodate attorneys Orv A. Park Meéloge Laimar and M. J. Yeomans in a late Friday trial. The case of Mrs. M. C. Merritt of Macon versus the Central of Georgia Railway seeks $3,000 for property loss from a fire on her farm believed caused by a passing locomotive last year near between her farm and Andersonville.
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Harper
Orv A. Park
Meéloge Laimar
Macan
M. J. Yeomans
Dawson
M. C. Merritt
Macon
Central of Georgia Ae
Ner Cus
Andersonville
Passio
Thomasville Placed on Lone Star Trail Route
Thomasville has been officially placed on the Lone Star Trail a highway planned from Los Angeles to St Augustine. The route runs eight hundred miles through the Lone Star State and is fixed from Louisiana to Florida via Montgomery Doy Ey Bainbridge and Cairo. The eastward leg remains to be determined.
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Thomasville
Tasville
Los Angeles
St. Augustine
Lone Star State
Louisiana
Florida
Montgomery
Doey Bainbridge
Cairo
Theoute
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John Taylor and Son
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