Relations Between U S Germany Improved By Note
Washington reports say no official reply from Europe yet to President Wilsons peace note. Entente reactions mixed, with expectations that responses will cover the wider peace topic. Berlin welcomes Wilsons note, while German officials caution about misinterpretation and anticipate careful steps to avoid friction. A messenger delivers a Russell open letter urging peace to the president.
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Associated Press
Washington
Europe
Wilson
London
Teutonicab Dlen
Lensing
United States
Germany
Girlewessenger
New York
America
Bertrand Mussel
Russell
Preadent Wilton
Earl Russell
England
Berlin
Io Berlin
Railroad to show cause on non return of cars
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders railroads to show cause at a December 28 hearing why they should not immediately return all foreign coal and refrigerator cars to their owners without diversion or misuse after unloading. The action targets cars used for shipments and emphasizes prompt, proper ownership return.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Col Snelling New Director Southern Mutual Ins Company
At a regular board meeting the Southern Mutual Fire Insurance Company elected Col Charlies M Snelling to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr J Y Carthers The appointee is described as eminently fitted and his election is expected to be approved by policyholders across the state.
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Southern Mutual Fire Insurance Company
J. Y. Carthers
Col
Charlies M. Snelling
Ma. Carithers
Snelling
Olf Mutual Company
Christmas Cheer Helps Many Families In Local List
The Ladies' Christmas Cheer Committee still has several families on the gift list and some names may be obtained by phone. Louie Lane oversees gift distribution with Mrs Ascoryte assisting at the Chamber of Commerce. Those wishing to help but unable to go may phone Mine Lane or Mrs Useorr for involvement.
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Mise
Louie Lane
Mra
Ascoryte
Chamber of Commerce
Émmts
Mine Lane
Useorr
Piedmont Market Today Christmas Specials and Goods
Piedmont Market Co offers Christmas specials with Fresh Eggs Fresh Lettuce Fresh Beets Fresh Carrots and more. Meats include ham spare ribs beef pork veal lamb hens fryers eye butter and choice fish and oysters. Imported Bologna Knockwurst Frankfurters Salami and Carvalat. Phone 1118 for prompt delivery.
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California
Three Officers Made Bond and Qualified for Next Year
Clerk E. J. Crawford and Treasurer E. I. Smith have made bond sworn in and received their commissions. Ball Cook was yesterday sworn in and commissioned. Except one county constable, he is the only such officer to qualify for the next year. We close our store Wednesdays and Christmas Day. Sealed Select Oysters available Saturday afternoon for Sunday. King Hodgson among Entente nations, but doubt that notes will follow official speeches of Lloyd George and others.
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E. J. Crawford
E. I. Smith
Cook
Lloyd-George
Irland
World War Fronts Hold Steady Amid Market Rally
The Associated Press reports a stock rebound in New York as recent market weakness eases. In Europe, Teutonic forces press in Dobrudja while Petrograd and Berlin trade updates on retreats and advances. British forces take El Atish, capturing the Egyptian town from Turkish control.
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Dobrudja
Beneardbis
Petrograd
Berlin
Lake Babadagh
Ruselana
Lake Ibplata
Somme
Verdun
Galicia
Zabatse
el Atish
Suez
University suspends holidays for back Jan 3
The University of Georgia suspended work for the holidays yesterday afternoon as students left in large numbers for home or with friends. Several faculty members planned brief visits elsewhere, and work will resume on January 3.
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University of Georgia
Calendar by D G Bickers A Christmas Gift
D G Bickers of the Banner creates a calendar titled On Living at Home with twelve brief poems and a front illustration of Harden Home where John Howard Payne’s sweetheart Mary Harden once visited. The poems are praised as high merit and suitable for a shelf. Copies available at McGregor's for twenty five cents.
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D. G. Bickers
Fov
Harden
John Howard Payne
Congress Adjourns Till Jan 2 After Record December Weeks
Washington reports Congress adjourned to reconvene January second after three December weeks during which the House approved urgent deficiency Indian and District of Columbia bills and diplomatic appropriations, with the Senate passing the urgent deficiency bill. Immigration literacy test and prohibition measures move forward, while Borland migration and suffrage amendments advance with varying committee positions.
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Congress
Associated Press
Washington
House
District of Columbia
Senate
Convicted of Killing His Mother in January Trial
Buffalo December 22 John Edward Telper convicted of murder in the death of his mother last January after a twelve hour jury deliberation. The defendant’s penalty case was deferred as the verdict was delivered in the criminal murder trial. Telper sobbed and cried that the result was not fair or humane.
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Associated Preas
Buffalo
John Edward Telper
Telper
Atlantic coast gales hit 84 mph off Norfolk
Washington reports heavy gales reaching eighty four miles per hour off Norfolk and along the Atlantic seaboard. Frigid air moves southward with continued cold in the southeast and a slight warmup expected by Sunday.
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Atl
Associated Press
Washington
Norfolk
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle Gulf States
South Sastern
Meeting of Chamber Directors Was Postponed
There was no meeting of the Chamber of Commerce directors that night due to a rush week. The next meeting will be the annual gathering with a banquet at the YMCA building on Thursday evening next week. Committees are arranging details and the directors will likely not meet again until the new board is chosen.
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Chamber of Commerce
Specials Today at Costa's Delicatessen
Specials at Costa's Delicatessen offer fruit and bakery items. Oranges priced at 20 cents a dozen, final city apples in a bushel box, assorted nuts tangerines and grapefruit, and Christmas gift selections. Oysters available Monday with delivery, box gifts of Indian River oranges and grapefruit, and Bearshipt oysters from Norfolk. ARNOLD & ABNEY contact numbers 1131 and 1076.
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Yiel
Christman
Merrett Island
Arnold & Abney
Indian River
Funeral of Rev W J Bolton Held at Athens
Yesterday afternoon at two o clock the funeral of the Rev W J Bolton was held from the Mar Hill church near Athens. He was seventy years old and died near Bogart late Thursday night. He served many years as pastor of a Primitive Baptist church and was highly regarded for his honesty. Two sons and two daughters survive him.
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Hill
Athens
W. J. Bolton
Print Paper Probe To Be Resumed Soon
Washington reports the Federal Trade Commission will resume hearings next Friday on the news print investigation. Unheard topics include price reasonableness and profits of manufacturers and jobbers, with focus on the impact of a distribution plan proposed by manufacturers sharing paper with small publishers buying in the open market.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Western Union preps Christmas message blanks
Western Union Telegraph Company prepares attractive Christmas and New Year message blanks and greetings to be sent on decorated blanks described as mighty Christmasy The blanks may be weeded from today through January 3rd.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
The Last Day to Buy Costa's Holiday Cigar Boxes
The notice promotes Costa's cigars for gift giving with boxes from ten to fifty and Havana tobacco, plus domestic cigars, cigarettes, Norma and Nunnally candies, and a ten cent kazoo for children, urging readers to purchase before the holiday.
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Costa'b
Norma
Nunnally
Public Schools Close Fall Term Early
The city schools finished the fall term yesterday with most grammar and high school grades dismissed early. Classes resume January 8. Several teachers have left for holiday visits. Advertising appears for canned goods and local merchants, with Christmas promotions mentioned.
United States foreign trade to reach 7.8 billion this year
Washington reports that the United States foreign trade for the year will likely total about 7.8 billion dollars. For the eleven months ending in November combined exports and imports reached 7.448 billion, with November exports exceeding 350 million to set a new monthly record.
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United States
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Elberton Candidate Stovall Visits District During Canvass
A. J. Stovall of Elberton, candidate for congress, arrived in the city to canvass the district. He is visiting his daughter and has traveled through several counties while focusing time where no local candidates exist. He plans a morning departure to continue the tour and will spend holidays broadening support.
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J. Stovall
Elberton
Congress
G. A Booth
Stovall
Ben Devoulog
Christmas Entertainment at High School Audtorium Plays and Cast
The third year class directed by Mrs. Mable presented a fine Christmas program at the High School auditorium. The show included a three act play Tommay's Wife with a cast led by T. P. Carothera Rose Carothers Edith Bronson Sylvia Smith and others featuring Muse Belected Philharmonic Club Apollo Belvedere and Wayne Le Bouton. The scenes moved from Crother's studio to Edith's home with acts dated around Noon and evening in New York City.
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Mable
Elizabeth Carrol
Sylvia Smith
Elgabeth Carroll
de Yorburg Smith
Wayland Thompson
Pierre le Bouton
Norman Nickerson
Bynopis
Crother
Edith
Pisce
N. Y
Mune
Adminson
Thornton's Candy and groceries ad copy
An odder ad listing various candies and groceries from Buchwalds and King-Hodgson Co. includes Huyler's Candies 20c, cranberries, celery, lettuce, olives, fresh fruit and nut assortments, with Buchwald phone numbers and references to potato chips.
Reunion plans for United Confederate Veterans event
Washington December 22 preliminary plans announced by Colonel Rupert N Harper for the June 4 gathering to be held between the White House and Washington payment area. A city of tents seating ten to fifteen thousand will form the center as committees coordinate Sons of Confederate Veterans Daughters of the Confederacy Southern Relief Society and Confederate Veterans activities.
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Associated Press
Washington
United Confederate Veterans
Rupert N. Harper
White House
Washington Oayment
Sons of Confederate Veterans
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Southern Relief Society and
Confederate Veterans
Christmas Tree and White Gifts for the King at Central Presby
A Christmas night at Central Presbyterian Church on Prince Avenue drew a large audience of old and young. Primary and Intermediate grade children enjoyed a Christmas tree and the event featured the White Gifts for the King offering for local charities.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Prince Avenue
Flood Control Measure Passes in Senate Report
Washington December 22 The Humphreys food control bill seeks 60.6 million dollars for the lower Mississippi. Sacramento flyers, approved by the house earlier, were favorably reported by the senate commerce committee. Senator Newlands compromise scheme on waterways control failed, signaling a western senator fight ahead.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sacramento
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Newlands
Polar expeditions planned by Bartlett and Amundsen
American polar voyage led by Captain Robert A Bartlett may depart next summer with a ship built in the Pacific. Roald Amundsen, builder of a new Norwegian vessel, plans to sail from Norway via the Kara Sea. Both crews expect to stay three to five years in the polar regions, using airplanes for observation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Robert A. Bartlett
Peary
North Pole
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Bartlett
Pacife
Amundsen
Norway
Polar
Bebring Sea
Kara Sea
Polar Ocean
Police catch suspects after liquor found on arrestees
Nat Little was arrested by plainclothes officers and found with 11 gallons of liquor. Neville Howard and Grady Damron also faced county authorities on misdemeanors and drunkenness charges. The ad ends with BUCHWALD'S and KING HODGSON co. promoting fruits and dried fruit offerings.
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Nat Little
Esso
Athens
Neville Howard
Grady Damron
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COSTA
Arnold &Abney
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Western Union
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Arnold & Adney
Christeags Son Co.dail Diy
A. J. Stovall
Muse
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Huyler
Tle
King- Hodgson Co
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King Central Presb'n
King Hodgson Co
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