Proposals to Greece Mirror Ultimatum in Sealed Note
Paris Sept 8 The note from inter allied ambassadors sent to Athens by Premier Mussolini repeats most terms of the original ultimatum. Penalties remain the same but Greece must salute allied flags and the top Greek military official must convey regrets for the Janina murders. Indemnity to be set by the international court, with Greece depositing 50 million lire in Swiss bank to show good faith.
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Paris
Greece
Athens
Mussolini
Council
Italy
International Court of Justice
Optimism urged at Kiwanis luncheon by Rev O Quinn
Rev J E O Quinn of Plains spoke to the Kiwanis club urging safe and sane optimism. He told business leaders that now is the time to pay bills and help pessimists, insisting every man should smile and rely on God while making a heroic effort to meet financial duties. Continued on page seven.
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J. E. O’quinn
Plains
Kiwanis Club
New York Cotton Futures Jump as Prices Hit Highs
New York cotton futures rose sharply with October delivery at 27.90, advancing over 13 bales from last week. The market posted new season highs in morning trading while government yields and acreage data showed a very tight supply outlook despite record planted area.
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New York
Greece May Settle Italy Dispute If Accepts Paris Proposals
Geneva reports Signor Felius, a Greek sportsman before the League, said Greece will accept the inter allied council’s terms to settle the dispute with Italy. Acceptance hinges on removal of Italian forces from Corfu and other Greek islands now occupied.
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Geneva
Italy
Paris
Inter-Allied Council
Greece
Signor Felius
League of Nations
Corfu
Fifty Teachers Meet to Plan Sumter County Fair
Fifty teachers from rural Sumter County met at the office of County School Superintendent E W Dupree to discuss the new school year and to plan county participation in the Americus Sumter County Fair set for September 25 to 29. R C Moran of the Chamber of Commerce outlined a plan for broad school representation, and the group agreed to support it. A luncheon followed at the Sign of the Pine Tea Room.
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Sumter County
E. W. Dupree
Chamber of Commerce
Americus
R. C. Moran
Sperking
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Sign of the Pine Tea Room
Carrollton Wins New Knitting Mill Contract
Carrollton officials report new nan capitalists have leased the Bradley Warehouse for a five year term to establish a knitting mill. Remodeling contracts are awarded, 200 knitting machines ordered, and operation planned by January 1, with an estimated $100,000 investment employing over 200 workers.
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Carrollton
Newnan
J. ’. Bradley
Bradley
Theompany
Littie named aid to Grimshaw on Macon line
L H Littie longtime yardmaster of the Macon Dublin and Savannah Railway has been appointed chief clerk to S T Grimshaw assistant general manager. The change, effective August 1, follows the resignation of J L Shealy, officials announced in Macon.
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Macon
L. H. Littie
Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railway
S. T. Grimshaw
J. L. Shealy
Seventh Arrest in Macon Floggings
Macon dispatch reports J F Bloodworth a traveling salesman was arrested and released on 5000 dollar bond in the floggings roundup. He is the seventh arrest in the crackdown. Officials say the Klan's connection is established in the outrages in Macon and Milledgeville.
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Macon
J.F. Bloodworth
Boys’ Institution
Milledgeville
August Arrests in Macon Same as Last Year
Macon records show 383 arrests in August, the same as the prior year. Of this August’s arrests, all were tried and 257 convicted on minor offences, with fines totaling 1581.70 dollars.
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Macon
Atlanta Kiwanis to Make Trip in Automobiles
Atlanta Kiwanis members plan to attend the Georgia State District Kiwanis meeting in Columbus on October 25 and 26. More than 100 local Kiwanians will travel in about sixty motor cars, aiming to complete the five hour trip. International officers attending the meeting will join as guests of honor.
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Atlanta
Georgia State District Kiwanis
Columbus
Two Hundred Read in Jap Foreign Colony Yokohama
Washington reports two hundred foreigners killed at Yokohama in the navy department’s first direct word. One hundred thirty refugees, mostly Americans and English, were at Hakone with others arriving daily from Kobe. Admiral Anderson’s messages describe the flagship’s arrival and a September 5 dispatch.
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Yokohama
Navy Department
Anderson
Hakone
Kobe
Missionaries in Japan Safe Says Cablegram
Nashville report states all 75 Southern Methodist missionaries in Japan are safe. J B Oxford, secretary of the Japanese mission, sent a cablegram to mission headquarters confirming safety of all mission members and returning missionaries and instructing notification to their families.
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Nashville
Southern Methodist
Japan
Oxford
Japanese Mission Church
Anti Italian Demonstration Reported in Patras Greece
A Rome dispatch via Corfu quotes a Pa tras Greece incident where an anti Italian demonstration led to the burning of the Italian consulate. Italians in the colony retaliated and two Greeks were reported killed.
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London
A_ Central News dispatch
Rome
Corfu
Patras
Greece
Stewart Named Yokohama Consul General
Nathaniel B. Stewart of Americus, chief of the consular personnel office, was appointed consul general to Yokohama to succeed the late George H. Scidmore and has been ordered to proceed immediately to take charge of the consulates part in relief efforts.
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Washington
Nathaniel B. Stewart
Americus
State Department
Yokohama
Geo. H. Scidmore
America
Fire destroys Ponce de Leon ball park in Atlanta
In Atlanta on Sept 8 the Ponce de Leon baseball park home to the Southern League club burned down. The grand stand bleachers and club house were wiped out as flames spread, with damage estimated between 59000 and 166000 dollars. Nearby houses and the Ford assembly plant were briefly threatened as firefighters contained the blaze.
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Atlanta
Ponce de Leon
Ford Assembly Plant
Edson White, Son of Armour & Co. Boss, Dies in Bull Attack
Edson White aged 15, son of Armour and Company president, died in Chicago after a gun he used as a club to fend off a savage bull discharged accidentally. The incident occurred on the Lake Forest estate where the boy was attacked by the enraged animal. He and a companion, son of Armour vice president, drove the bull off after the discharge.
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Chicago
F. Edson White
Edson White
Armour & Company, Packers
Young White
Lake Forest
Armour
Edson
Company Locates Burned Points on Transmission Lines
L. L. Ferree, general manager of South Georgia Public Utilities, visited Americas and discussed frequent service interruptions. Crews have found several burned points on the 44,000 volt transmission line from the Albany hydro plant and are watching them to pinpoint causes. The company maintains local boiler firing crews and a trained line crew to replace insulators without interrupting service.
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L. L. Ferree
South Georgia Public Utilities Company
Americas
Times-Recorder
Mr. Ferree
Albany
Ferree
Mosquito Hatcheries Found Across Americus City
Dr. J W Chambliss city physician leading mosquito elimination issued a warning that mosquitoes are worse than at any time this year after inspections uncovered hatcheries in most blocks of Americus. Officer J C Arrington assisted during the week as inspectors reported multiple thriving breeding sites around the courthouse area and east of Lee street. Continued details promised on page seven.
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J. W. Chambliss
Americus
Mosquto
J. C. Arrington
Lee Street
Reverend Tallent Accepts Macon Baptist Call
Rev J Bernard Tallent, then pastor in Rossville Georgia, will become pastor of East Macon Baptist Church on October 1. He succeeds Rev A J Johnson who moved to First Baptist Jefferson Georgia. Tallent is a Carson- Newman College graduate from Jefferson City Tennessee.
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Macon
J. Bernard Tallent
The
Baptist Church
Rossville
East Macon, Baptist Church
A. J. Johnson
First Baptist Church
Jefferson, Ga
Tallent
Carson- Newman College
Jefferson City
Tenn
Floyd's First Bale Sold For 41c At Rome
Floyd county's first bale of the season was grown by G A Gray Jr weighing 510 pounds and selling for 41 cents a pound at auction in Rome. W S Crites of the Rome Chamber of Commerce acted as auctioneer. Gray reported calcium arsenate fought boll weevil and his crop is expected to average about three quarters of a bale per acre.
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Bureau
Boll Weevil
Army
Leaf Worm
Rome
Floyd County
G. A. Gray, Jr
W. S. Crites
Rome Chamber of Commerce
Wage contract nearing completion as talks pause
Harrisburg September 8. The wage contract to resume anthracite mining was over half written at noon today as operators and miners paused negotiations to finalize an agreement that will settle nearly all issues and allow early resumption of mining.
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Harrisburg
Ansley Defends Water Dept Profits In Americus Row
John B. Ansley former Americus water department superintendent now Sumter county engineer says Mayor Poole called past profits paper profits. Ansley cites annual department reports showing cash earnings from 1912 to 1919 totaling thousands of dollars and asserts real profits.
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John’ B. Ansley
Americus Water Department
Times-Recorder
J. E
Water Department
Ansley
Sumter
Poole
Missing minister and lecturer found near Austin
Rev. John T. Renfro, a Baptist minister and Ku Klux Klan lecturer from Hinton Texas, has been located by state rangers. He has been missing since August 22 and his exact whereabouts are not disclosed to avoid interference with his return home.
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Austin
Tex
John T. Renfro
Ku Klux Klan
Hinton
Texas
Malaria and Dengue Mosquitoes Threaten Americus Today
Dr. J W Chambliss warns Americus residents that malaria and dengue mosquitoes are widespread, especially in September and October. He urges immediate, vigorous action at homes and businesses to destroy breeding sites, noting one dengue case could spark an epidemic. Malaria has fallen 75 percent this year.
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Americus
J. W. Chambliss
Board of Health
Americas
Chambliss
Dr. Chambliss
Smith Makes Record for Killing Rattlers
Tifton resident A. B. Smith reports a two week tally of twenty one rattlesnakes killed with a huge fifteen rattle rattler and a battery of eleven young snakes found next day. He continues hunting the reptiles and says the supply shows no end.
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Tifton
A. B. Smith
Judge Luke Allocates Time to Religious Meetings
Moultrie reports Judge Roscoe Luke of the state court of appeals has been devoting much time to religious engagements. He delivered a sermon at First Baptist Church on Sunday morning and spoke in Camilla in the evening, drawing large crowds at both events.
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Moultrie
Roscoe Luke
State Court of Appeals
First Baptist
Camilla
Wyle W. Lee Dies In Suspected Self Destruction Near Hahira
Valdosta Sept 8 A report confirms the death by self destruction of Mr Wyle W Lee who lived near Hahira on the Douglas Hodge place. The act occurred in the presence of his wife with no cause determined.
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Valdosta
Wyle W. Lee
Hahira
Douglas Hodge
Arlington farmers pledge land to Bluffton church
Seven farmers near Arlington have set aside seven acres with proceeds to go to Bluffton Baptist church, as stated by pastor Rev. H. M. Melton. The plan aims to support church offerings and community ties in the area.
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Arlington Farmers
Arlington
Bluffton Baptist Church
H. M. Melton
Hawkinsville Schools Open For Fall Session
Hawkinsville grammar schools begin the fall term with large attendance in the grades and several faculty changes announced.
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Hawkinsville
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Tittle
Harry B. Grimshaw
Admiral Anderson
Harone
Southern Methodist Missionaries
Stewart
Atlanta Ball Park
Big Packer
Bernard Tallent
Macon Call
Floyd
Water Dept
Smith
Luke
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