League of Nations Delays Convention Rifts in Republican Camp
Chicago June 9 The Republican National Convention's fate hinges on the league of nations issue as reservationists and irreconcilables clash over endorsing or rejecting the league with reservations. Knox Johnson Lowden Wood and Borah faction dynamics unfold as delegates debate platform timing and potential nominations amid rumors of backroom deals.
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Chicago
Republican National Convention
League of Nations
Republican Party
Senator Lodge
Worths
Chauncey M. Depew
League
Wilson
Johnson
Resolutions Committee
Wood and Lowden
Knox
Johnson, Lowden
Wool
Borah
Wood
Lowden
Bion
Oy Lowaden
Lowdon
Michigan
Supreme Court affirms prohibition amendments and act
Washington June 7 the supreme court unanimously held the prohibition amendment and the enforcement act constitutional. Justice Vandevanter wrote that the amendment is within federal powers and now law, invalidating acts permitting beverages above one half of one percent. The ruling limits both federal and state powers but allows enforcement by proper means. Chicago June 7 Levy Mayer called the loss final, while Prohibition Party figures hailed the decision as a major reform victory.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Vandevanter
Congress
New York
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Territorial Assembly
States
Revival Meeting in Andrews Draws Large Turnout
The Baptist Church hosts a revival with Dr. Jester of Greenwood delivering sermons to men and all services drawing strong crowds. About 3850 men attended the Sunday lecture, many shedding tears and vowing to improve their lives through Jesus Christ. Merchants closed from 4 to 5 pm for attendance and singing led by Mr. McCravey received high praise.
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Baptist Church of
Jester
First Baptist Church of
Greenwood
Vonener
Sawa
Jesus Christ
McCravey
Crops Thrive After Rain In Big Dam Area
Local notes report pleasant crops after recent rain. Social visits include Alva and John Fulton with Bernive and Flosve Ivey, Alma Fultonx and Myrtle Haselden with Evan Perrell, Robbie Briwder and Mary Alice Evans with Mary Evans, Herbert Kirton with M F Herring, and Murry Powell visiting Mrs Herring.
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Alva
John Fulton
Bernive
Flosve Ivey
Snday
Alma Fultonx
Myrtle Haselden
Evan Perrell
Robbie. Briwder
Mary Alice Evans
Herbert Kirton
M. F. Herrings
M.F. Herring
Murry Powell
Maggie Ola and
Pear Evans
Kate Casselman
Prohibition Drive Intensifies After Supreme Court Ruling
Federal agents in New York announce enforcement intensified after the Supreme Court upheld prohibition and the Volstead Act. About 50 violators were arrested in days, with 75 percent of covert saloon fronts expected to close. Three Brooklyn steamships were searched and hundreds of bottles of whiskey seized from hidden lockers and compartments.
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New York
James Shevlin
United States Supreme Court
Shevlin
Brooklyn
Methodist Church Services Preview
Sunday School begins at 10 a m with preaching at 11 15 a m by the pastor. Morning topic The Business of a Teacher and evening topic The Business of a Member announced by Lening.
Birthday Dinner Honors L W Turner and Jack Martin
A birthday dinner was hosted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L W Turner last Sunday in honor of the birthdays of Mr. L W Turner and Mr. Jack Martin. Guests included Rev. and Mrs. D D Jones and Rev. and Mrs. P H Bussey along with several couples and single friends from the community.
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L. W. Turner
Jack Martin
John Blakely
D.D. Jones
P. H. Bussey
Charles Ash
J. H. Webster
G. C. Blissett
Emery
Joe, Jr
Savannah
Claude Smith
Julia Rose
Senator E D Smith Discusses Fish and Game Law in Columbia
Senator E D Smith visited Columbia and met with W H Gibbs South Carolina chief state game warden. Gibbs pushes to apply interstate shipment rules to fish as well as game to allow state officers to curb illegal selling and regulate trade.
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E. D. Smith
Columbia
W. H. Gibbs
Gibbs
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Smith
Woman's Missionary Society Meeting Announced
The Woman's Missionary Society will meet Monday at 4 p m at the Methodist Church. Members are earnestly urged to attend the gathering.
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Woman’s Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Man slays wife then kills himself after quarrel
Robert Hogan age 43 killed his wife Sallie Pitts Hogan and shot himself Tuesday afternoon in the presence of four children. The tragedy occurred as she descended steps to meet him as her keeper later report. Survivors include two children from her first marriage and a sister in Sumter. The body was laid to rest later at Mt Hope Cemetery with interment at Blithewood.
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Robert Hogan
Hogan
Robert Lesesne
Mr. Lesesne
Sallie Pitts
Hamlet man dies in Pee Dee river fishing accident
Char lie Shafer of Hamlet North Carolina, engineer at Seaboard lines Nos 14 and 20, drowned when his boat capsized on the Little Pee Dee near Gailvant’s ferry. He was forty, survived by wife and two children. Mr Knowles aided in the search.
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Mulins
Hamlet
Charlie Shafer
Wilmington
Charlotte
Little Pee Dee
Gailvant’s Ferry
Shafer
N. C
Growers urged to organize for sweet potato marketing
Clemson College officials urge growers and warehousemen to forecast conditions and build storage, warning storage alone does not guarantee success. They call for forming a statewide sweet potato growers association to advertise the product and open new markets, with a meeting slated in Columbia later this June or July.
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Clemson College
Geo. E. Prince
Clemson
South Carolina
South Caroliine
Columbia
Sweet Potato Growers Association
Weevil Found Inside Wall in Spartanburg
A boll weevil was found stuck in the wall paint of a Spartanburg house this morning. Experts say it appears to have arrived within the past day, marking the earliest known migration of the pest to that latitude and altitude.
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Spartanburg
Wooden buildings burn in heart of Orangeburg
Fire broke out around 5 pm in a large wooden building on Broughton Street causing destruction of several restaurants and a shoe shop and heavily damaging a pressing shop. J W Smoak and B B Owens owned the structures. Firefighters saved Owens main building. Estimated loss about $4000. no insurance.
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Orangeburg
Broughton Street
B. B. Owens
Messrs
J. W. Smoak
No Hit No Run Game Seals Charleston Victory over Georgetown
Special Charleston pitcher Reil hurled a no hit no run game with seventeen strikeouts to defeat Georgetown. Pierson pitched for Georgetown with Shafer catching. Pridgeon and Flathmann plus O’Shaunessy and O’Niel starred for Charleston while Bailey stood out for Georgetown.
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Georgetown
Charleston
Reil
Pridgeon
Pierson
Shafer
Flathmann
O’shaughnessy
O’niel
Bailey
Sheriff Seizes Largest Ledger of Whiskey in Lexington County
Lexington sheriff Sim J. Miller halted a whiskey shipment on the Augusta highway near Lexington capturing 49 gallons of Georgia mountain denatured liquor, a touring car, and four occupants, two white men E. B. Jackson and J. F. Hammond and a black driver Will Collin. The trio, from Savannah, claimed delivery to a Columbia contact. They were detained for state court trial before federal handling.
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Lexington
Lexington County
Sim J. Miller
Georgia Mountain den
Augusta
Lexigton
Miller
E. B. Jackson
J. F. Hammond
Will Collin
Savannah
Columbia
Strike at Sumter Ends After Ten Day Walkout
The Atlantic Coast Line clerk strike in Sumter ends with settlement this morning. Union representatives and railroad officials held meetings over yesterday and today to reconcile differences. Most striking workers will return to work tomorrow morning. Offices remained open during the dispute with volunteer help. Terms of settlement are not disclosed.
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Sumter
Atlantic Coast Line
Mrs. C. L. Copeland Dies After Illness
Mrs. L. C. Copeland of this city died Wednesday morning from heart failure after weeks of illness. She leaves her husband L. C. Copeland and eight children. Burial was in Timmonsville, the family’s former home, last Thursday. One child was then ill with pneumonia in Kingstree hospital but is improving. The family receives community sympathy. she was described as a devout Christian mother.
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L. C. Copeland
Timmonsville
Copeland
Mr Phillips Dies in Cedar Swamp Community
Mr J T Phillips aged about 80 and a veteran of the war between the states died at Kelly sanatorium Tuesday night. He moved to Williamsburg 37 years ago from Sumter county living in Bloomingdale then Cedar Swamp. Survived by wife and children W T Phillips Walter Philips Thomas Philips Mrs R M Candy W Foxworth H Epps Henry Chandler and Mrs Watson of Andrews. Funeral and interment were at Cedargrove Baptist Church yesterday at four in the afternoon.
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J. T. Phillips
Cedar Swamp
Kelly
Phillips
Williamsburg
Sumter County
Bloomingdale
Messrs
W. T. Phillips
Walter Philips
Thomas Philips
Mesdames
Liberty bonds final prices reported for New York
Liberty bonds final prices today show 3 1 2s at 91.90, first 4s at 86.14, second 4s at 85.10, first 4 1 4s at 86.30, second 4 1 4s at 85.22, third 4 1 4s at 89.22, fourth 4 1 4s at 85.52, Victory 8 3 4s at 95.50, Victory 3 48 at 95.60.
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New York
Liberty Bonds
Victory
Industry's Advantage in Life and Work
A condensed reflection on industry surpassing sheer genius in daily life. The text asserts that steady effort yields broader capability, enabling many tasks beyond creative genius. It frames work as the practical force shaping success and progress.
Rainy Days Bring Good Crops and Local Visits
A steady rain improved crops around Black River with reports of social visits among McGee, Fulton, Evans, and Benton families. Preaching is planned at Black River Church next weekend, and Pine Forest School held a closing fish dinner at Lumberlanding.
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M. E. McGee
Cliff Godwin
Frampton James
Dallas Powell
Josephine McGee
Alma Fulton
Eva Powell
G.R. Benton
M. C. Powell
Leland Evans
Daisy McGee
Jim Wellers
John Fulton
P. J. McGee
Dora
Daisy
Florence Poston
H. C. Benton
Black River Church
Pine Forest
Lumberlanding
Mary Alice Evans
Annie
Mellie Browder
Maggie
Ola
Pearl Evans
M. F. Casselman
Freda Fulton
Messrs
Alva
Burnice
Flossie Ivey
Beaton Evans
Robert Goodwin
Girl Scouts Outing From Andrews To Pauley's Island
Girl Scouts of Andrews venture to Pauley’s Island for a few days trip with chaperones Miss Francis Pegrum Miss Lanie Miss McCullough and Mrs C W Tallevast. The party travels by car to Georgetown led by Mrs Medlin and Messrs M Godfrey Zaille Bailey and A K Parsons. Members include Margaret Noel Margaret Palmer Nellie Moyd Addie Godfrey Mary West Myrtis Bruerton Mildred Parsons Louise Shepnard Meta Isokreit and Garland Crews among others.
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Girl Scouts of
Andrews
Pauley’s Island
Francis Pegrum
Lanie
McCullough
C. W. Tallevast
Georgetown
Medlin
Messrs. M. Godfrey
Zaille Bailey
A. K. Parsons
Margaret Noel
Margaret Palmer
Nellie Moyd
Addie Godfrey
Mary West
Myrtis Bruerton
Mildred Parsons
Louise Shepnard
Meta Isokreit
Messrs
Garland Crews
Sweet Potato Conference at Columbia on June 29
Clemson College Extension Service and the U S Department of Agriculture announce a meeting in Columbia at the South Carolina Development Board offices at 12 o'clock to discuss harvesting grading packing storing curing and marketing of the 1920 crop and securing disease free seed for 1921 Also to hear from Tenney of the North American Fruit Exchange about marketing sweet potatoes and the organization aims to boost state production and storage practices.
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Clemson College
South Carolina
W. W. Long
United States Department of Agriculture
Columbia
South Carolina Development Board
Liberty Bank
South Caroline
Tenney
North American Fruit Exchange
Asparagus Growers’Association
North American Fruiteens
United States
Birds Hold On While Sleeping on Perches
Tit-Bits notes that birds cannot open the foot when the leg is bent, keeping them from falling off perches. It observes how a hen closes its toes when lifting a foot and opens them upon touching the ground.
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Virgil G. Hinkman
Prohibition Party
Ae Antil Am
Woman’s Missionary Meeting
Drew
Dee River
Mullins
Weevil
Heart of
C. L. Copeland
MR. Phillips
Black River
Girl Scouts
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