Sumter County Fair promises thrilling exhibits and shows
Sumter County Fair opens Tuesday at the fair grounds at the foot of Jackson street with strong hopes of surpassing prior years. Women submit preserves cakes and foods for judging. live stock and agricultural displays line the grounds. Five free daily acts will entertain, including a balloon drop, Hugo’s bands, Eskew’s Wild West show, and Lionel Legare’s famed piral act. Merchants may secure free exhibit space via the Chamber of Commerce.
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Chamber of Comrw
Sumter County Fair
John Shiver Recovering After Lumber Yard Incident
John W. Shiver, struck by a 5000 pound object at Shiver Lumber yards, is reported in entirely satisfactory condition. He received oral stitches for a head wound and bruises on his body. Scout notice. Troop I plans an exhibit at Sumter county fair next week, with a meeting Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock near the fairground.
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Shiver Lumber Yards
Mr. Shiver
Sumter County
Jackson Avenue
Cloel
Fire Alarm Reports Saturday Run Through City
Saturday's fire calls kept the department busy with several alarms. The first blaze started in Ashby street at a negro residence, extinguished with no damage. A kitchen fire on Jackson Street at the Mareh home caused about $5 damage. Two other calls followed, and illness is reported for Mrs. D ed Stevens and Miss Mary Will Stevens on Jackson Street.
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Jackson Sreet
D Ed. Stevens
Mary Will Stevens
Jackson Street
Wiffs Light Love Forgiven By Tiernan
In South Bend Indiana on September 23 a reconciliation occurred between Mrs Augsta Tiernan and her ND professor husband after she testified to an illicit relationship with Harry Poulin the father of her youngest child Born months ago The couple will raise the infant together and reunite their family
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Augusta Tiernan
Notre Dame University
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Habord Baker
Bend
Notre Dame College
Tiernan
Theater wreck in Pittsburg kills child at free showing
Fifty eight children recount the Strand theater foyer collapse in Pittsburg on Friday. Madeline Kunkle eight, invited to a free showing of The Trap, died. Eighteen injured were hospitalized and four remained in critical condition.
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Strand Theater
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Cox Sees Tariff Reversal as Main Election Issue
Cleveland Ohio September 23 Former Governor James M Cox in his first post Europe address says the people will be asked to elect a Congress that will undo the present tariff monstrosity He frames the tariff policy as the central campaign issue for this year and upcoming elections.
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Associated Press
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Ohio
Europe
Curtain rises on Dixie grid season opening in 1922
The 1922 Dixie football season begins with Macon Josh Cody's Orange and Black facing Piedmont in the opener near winete of the year. Newberry meets the University of Georgia Bulldogs in Athens as campuses across Dixie launch a schedule heavy with six or seven intersectional contests on five Saturdays starting October 7.
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Central of Georgia to run passenger cars only Americus train
Central of Georgia officials announced plans to replace mixed trains with a passenger cars only service between Columbus and Americus, starting October 2. The schedule would have an 8:45 a.m. departure from Columbus and 3:15 p.m. return from Americus, enabling faster, more reliable travel for Americus merchants and nearby towns once approved by the Public Service Commission.
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C. Baldwin
Gs ¢. Harris
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Ameriai
State Public Service Commission
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Buena Vista
Ellaville
la Crosse Doyle
Putnam
Seaboard Airline Train to Savannah Belent Restored Today
The Seaboard Airline service from Savannah to Belent, curtailed around July 1, will be restored today. The Savannah Helena train schedule will run morning and afternoon trips, resuming its normal service pattern.
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Savannah
Belent
Helena
Singers to Gather for Sunday Sacred Harp Session in South Georgia
Hundreds of singers from all sections of South Georgia plan to attend Sunday's gathering at the agricultural grounds. Attendees are asked to bring old and new books for a Sacred Harp session. A barbecue dinner will be provided by local leaders with Chief John T. Brage of Americus as a leading organizer. Mrs. R P Moore is ill with dengue fever on Taylor Street.
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South Georgia
John T. Brage
Americus
End of Sixty Seventh Congress Adjourns in Septembers
The sixty seventh session of Congress adjourned sine die after ten months of action touching international affairs and domestic life. Key items included the permanent tariff revision and soldiers bonus bills, with labor unrest and rail and coal strikes shaping debates. Budgetary measures surpassed two and a quarter billion dollars, and multiple treaties and appointments marked the closing period.
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Striking railway workers face nationwide injunction
Chicago Sept 23 Judge Wilkerson granted Attorney General Daugherty a nationwide temporary injunction against the strike by railway shopmen. He found defendants knew of and were responsible for widespread violence tied to the strike.
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United States District Court
Wilkerson
Daugherty
212 Indicted in Herrin Riot Probe Report
Marion Illinois September 23 212 indictments voted by the special grand jury investigating the Herrin riot last June. The report shows investigators arraigned both state and county officials at Herrin for alleged failure to enforce the law.
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Hil
Associated, Press
Herrin
Closing sessions of Protestant Episcopal convention record
In Portland on September 28 experts note the triennial church convention achieved record outcomes. Religious services readings and a pastoral letter highlighted the closing sessions shaping church history.
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Portland
Ore
Protestant Episcopal Church
Nine Year Old Boy Dies From Yard Boiling Water Accident
Atlanta report details the death of Roy Marshall Stevens a nine year old at 28 Elmwood Drive from burns suffered September 7 when he fell into a pot of boiling water in the backyard of his home.
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Turks Take Definite Stand On Dardanelles
Constantinople September 23 The Angora cabinet in Smyrna faces a decision within 36 hours whether Kemalists will pursue peace at the powers proposed conference or act independently by invading Thrace as Turkey weighs war or peace. France is expected to push to curb any hostile move that could threaten its current advantageous position.
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Associated Press
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Thrace
France
Near East Peace Hopes Faced by Dardanelles Additions
London reports from Paris say prospects for Near East peace are brightening but Constantinople crowds persist with ugly rumors. Several more units of the Atlantic fleet are directed to ready for service at the Dardanelles, signaling continued military tension.
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Associated Press
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Near East
Constantinople
Dardanelles
French ask Kemal not to act before emissary arrives
The French government sent a message to Mustapha Kemal Pasha requesting he refrain from action until the special French emissary arrives, according to Associated Press dispatches from Constantinople dated September 23-4.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Near East peace prospects brighten at Allied talks
Paris dispatch reports that French and British cabinets met to discuss ten tentative settlement terms drafted by Allied representatives. The outline is expected to guide negotiations at the peace conference soon to be convened, signaling a more hopeful path toward an accord in the Near East.
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Near East
Plot to return Venizelos to power uncovered in Athens
Announcement reports a plot to restore former Premier Venizelos, with several arrests confirmed and authorities conducting house to house searches across Athens as the investigation progresses.
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Athens
Venizelos
Arrest of Former Greek Under Secretary Reported
Associated Press states M Grivasna former secretary of state in the Panie cabinet was arrested on a charge of plotting against the state and the present regime, per an Exchange Telegraph report.
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Associated Press
M. Grivasna
Panie
League Covenant Article 10 Revisions Tabled
Geneva September 23 The question of revising or eliminating Article 10 of the League of Nations covenant was passed to the fourth assembly without observation or recommendation. The Associated Press reports the assembly moved the issue along without debate or guidance.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Great Britain's Near East Policy Declared
London September 28. Prime Minister Lloyd George announced at a conference that Britain's Near East policy is established. It calls for freedom of the Dardanelles under supervision of the League of Nations, outlining a framework for international oversight and regional stability.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Near East
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League of Nations
Lloyd George
Fuel head urges cooperation in Nazi fuel crisis
Washington September 23. Federal Fuel Distributor and Spens call for cooperation among consumers, railroads, and coal operators as preparations begin to implement the coal distribution profiteering act.
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Am ericus Spot Cotton Closes Strong Up 17 Points
Am ericus market reports Spot cotton trading at strict middling 207 8e with Maxkail closing firm as prices jump by seventeen points reflecting active demand and tighter supply in the session.
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