Thanksgiving Day Services and Americus-Columbus Game Highlight City Events
Thanksgiving will be observed across Americus with church services at Calvary Episcopal and a union service at Central Baptist at 10 30. Americus High meets Columbus High in football at 2 30 at the Playground, after which baskets will be delivered by Associated Charities to the needy. Banks and public buildings close for the holiday. schools take Thursday and Friday off for travel and rest.
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Americus High School
Columbus High
Americus
Columbus
Associated Charities
Atlanta
Tech
Calvary Church
Calvary Episcopal Church
Sumter County
Central Baptist Church
Her A. Harrell
Arby
Council Heads for Athens to See Tech Auburn Game
G Council departed today by auto for Athens to watch the Tech Auburn football game with his young daughter Miss Eliza Council, a student at Ky Cobb, accompanying him.
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Athens
Eliza" Council
Ky Cobb
Tech
Dangerous bill sparks GOP split in administration debate
In the administration shipping scene the House of Representatives led by Representative Andrew from Massachusetts declared the measure still offered dangerous. The debate highlighted party divisions as the bill faced opposition within Republican ranks.
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Bill Hington
House of Representatives
Andrew
Aasachusetts
Defense Scores at Buena Vista in Huling Murder Trial
In Muscogee county the defense rested their case in the J M Huling murder trial as 36 witnesses, including 22 character witnesses, testified. Autopsy results showed eleven bullet holes with two mortal wounds while Miss Anna Griffin testified to Huling raid participation and threats against him. An Ala witness described tensions after the raid and Clements’ threats, and Columbus eye witness B F Carpenter testified he observed the shooting.
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Buena Vista
J. M. Huling
Muscogee
J. O. Clements
Clements
Huling
F. L. Cosby
Muscogee County
Cosby
Anna Griffin
Columbus City
Miss Griffin
Captain Huling
Sessian Thompson
Girard
Ala
B. F. Carpenter
Perkins Hosiery
Columbus
Tiernan's Wife Is In Seclusion
In Hansell Iowa on November 29 Associated Press reports that Rev. Charles P. Shawn, father of Tiernan's second wife, says it would not be healthy for Professor John P. Tiernan of South Bend Indiana to visit his daughter here. He states the daughter has returned home and forbids newspaper questioning.
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Hansell
Iowa
Associated Press
John P. Tiernan
South Bend
Ind
Charles P. Hawn
Sher
Boys Hunting Causing Menace In Sumter County
W. T. McMath, game warden, warns of a rise in unlicensed hunting by youths. A $1 license funds state school programs and teacher salaries, while Sumter County offers abundant game. Violating license rules risks prosecution. officials urge hunters to obtain proper licenses before afield.
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W. T. McMath
MecMath
State Treasury
Sumter County
McMath
Woman found burned in Harlem yard in fatal mystery
Ada Willingham, a member of a prominent Harlem family, was burned to death last night. Her body was found in the back yard of her home this morning by her daughter who went to bed early and did not miss her mother until the tragedy was discovered.
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Harlem
Ada Willingham
Willingham
School Fire Disaster Kills Two in High Point Area
A blaze at a High Point area school destroyed a keath structure housing 99 pupils. Mrs. Oscar Grant directed pupils to safety from the upper floor but both she and two boys perished in the flames. Eight more children died and thirty eight were injured, many severely, as exit routes failed and jumping led to further injuries.
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High Point
Here
Oscar Grant
Grant
Atlanta
Charlie Bachelor
John James Field
Wm. Johnson
Joe Meador
Elwood Lasseter
Charles Dick
Murray Mobley
Augusta hunter seriously hurt in hunting accident
J. D. White of McCormick was likely fatally wounded after a shotgun discharged when his foot slipped as he hunted near Augusta. The load struck his hand and penetrated his abdomen. he was rushed to Greenwood hospital.
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Augusta
J. D. White
McCormick
Greenwood
Lausanne Conference Gripped by Greek Executions News
The Lausanne conference hears of Greek ministers executed in Athens. Delegates feel gloom as the news heightens the political and economic tensions in Europe, underscoring the fragile state of pending decisions.
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Lausanne
Europe
Athens
Aneaves
No Bill Found in Hall Probe
A special grand jury in Somerville New Jersey failed to indict Mrs. Francis Stevens Hall or others for the murder of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and choir leader Eleanor Mills after eleven weeks of evidence. Mrs. Hall sat outside the jury room during deliberations as witnesses testified, including Jane Gibson the so called pig woman who claimed to witness the killing.
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Somerville
N. J
Francis Stevens Hall
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Mills
Hall
Jane Gibson
Home Grown Okra for Calvary Church Thanksgiving
A stalk of okra with 140 pods grown in Calvary church garden near Seaboard bridge will grace the altar at Thursday morning’s Thanksgiving observance. Rev. James B Lawrence, rector, asks that seed requests be made after the 11 o’clock service tomorrow. The garden has provided flowers to sick friends each Sunday.
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Calvary Church
Seaboard Bridge
Friends of
James B. Lawrence
Americas
Calvary Garden
Aew
Filibuster in Senate Over Anti-Lynching Bill Continues
Washington November 29 Democrats opened a second filibuster against the Dyer anti lynching bill as Senator Underwood demanded a quorum call and then moved adjournment until Friday. The session saw multiple roll calls and eight journal amendments amid broad political bravado and warnings of obstruction by Republicans and southern Democrats.
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Washington
Senate
Underwood
United States Senate
Congress
Republic
Harrison
Mississippi
Heflin
Alabama
McKeller
Tennessee
South
An Biek Sse
Ku Klux After Camblers Meet Heavy Attack
Monroe dispatch reports a clash near Smackover Arkansas between masked vigilantes and oil field workers and gamblers. Wounded and possibly dying, wires were cut in the region as a sheriff and posse move toward the scene.
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KU Klux
Monroe
Smackover
Akansas
ElDorado
Harper
Camden
Smackovee
Gagement
Money value of crops in South increases says Atlanta bank
The Sixth Federal Reserve district's total crop value for the year is expected to exceed last year's, led by cotton with over two million more bales than last season. Alabama and Georgia show rising values and yields, Florida notes improving farming conditions and citrus shipments, while Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana report varied gains and strong prices across key crops.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Federal Reserve District
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Alabama Agricultuure Statistician
de Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Florida
Republicans Certain of Vote on Administration Shipping Bill
Washington November 29 Republican leaders predicted the administration shipping bill would pass by a comfortable margin when the House votes this afternoon after a final session for amendments.
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Washington
House
Hardwick to Act Monday on Peach Ty Case
Governor Hardwick said he will not act on the Peach ty case until Monday after returning from a Southwest visit. The statement was issued from Atlanta amid ongoing discussions and public interest in the case's outcome.
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Hardwick
Atlanta
Peachty
Southwest
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