Athens adopts one story school buildings to curb fire risk
Athens city engineers cite Covington and Lanett fires as proof one story schools reduce danger. Two new one story buildings rise in the city with improved fire drills and a Parent-Teacher push for better protection. Fire safety committees and weekly drills to be implemented across schools immediately.
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Athens
Covington and
Lanett
Ala
J. W. Barnett
Barnett
Covington
Alabama
Board of Education
Herndon McCurry Joins Standard Oil in Athens
Herndon McCurry, formerly of Hartwell and resident of Athens for three years, is now connected with the Standard Oil Company with headquarters in Athens. He is a kinsman of Julian B. M , secretary to Governor Hardwick, and has partnered with Julian McCurry in local business for several months, a move of interest to friends in the district.
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Herndon McCurry
Hartwell
Athens
Standard Oil Company
Mr. McCu
Julian B. M
Hardwick
Julian McCurry
Appreciation of Athens Christmas charity and civic effort
A Christmas appreciation from Rev A L Flury praising Athens citizens and church groups for aiding the needy. He credits fraternal, charitable, business, and individual cooperation for a successful Christmas, highlighting city citizenship. Also includes Festus J Wade quote promoting advertising power for banks and businesses.
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Athens
Kiwanis Officers Installed Today In Lively Ceremony
Kiwanis members gather as officers are installed at today’s meeting. Retiring president Charles E. Martin hands over duties to newly elected captain J. W. Barnett as E. Lamkin becomes vice president Harvey Stovall takes the treasurer role Fleetwood Lamier serves as secretary. Board includes Joel A. Wier Norman J. Stegeman Dr Jere M Pound T W Baxter W L Erwin D J DuPree Judge Andrew J Cobb. Ladies Night planned for later this month.
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Charles E. Martin
Calain J. W. Barnett
E. Lamkin
Harvey Stovall
Fleetwood La‘nier
Joel A. Wier
Norman J. Stegeman
Jere M. Pound
T. W. Baxter
W. L. Erwin
D. J. DuPree
Andrew J. Cobb
Rotary Club Meeting Highlights Tax Reform Talk
Rotary Club met midweek with Dr. W. H. Bocock of the University of Georgia delivering a address praising Dr. J. H. T. McPherson for reforming Georgia’s tax system. He urged statewide discussion of defects and improvements. New program committee members were named, and future talks announced with Dr. M. Ashby Jones scheduled for January 17 and a Boy Work committee led program on January 22. Rotarian James White shared insights from the Paducah Rotary visit.
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W. H. Bocock
University of Georgia
Co. N. Walker
M. Ashby Jones
Baptist Divine Laborator
Boys Work
James White
Paducah
Padgett Joins Shackelford Law Offices in Jackson
Charles L. Padgett of Jackson Mississippi has joined the law offices in the Shackelford building. Padgett, a student in the University of Georgia law department, was recently admitted to practice in Georgia after a successful examination.
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Charles L. Padgett
Jackson, Miss
Shackelford
Mr. Padgett
University of Georgia
Georgia
Woman kills husband while riding with adopted son present
Mrs Paul L Eberle, charged with shooting and killing her husband, a noted stock broker, in an automobile near Oskaloosa. She fired four shots into his head and neck, then fled to a farm. She claimed threats to her life and said the baby would not reach Oskaloosa. She was released on bond and later hospitalized.
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AON
Statenas
Paul L. Eberle
Oskaloosa
Ebererle
Eberle
Harvey 5 GUEST OF THE PRESIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE
Ambassador Harvey visited President Harding at the White House in Washington after arriving from New York. He plans a private conference to brief on European economic and other issues from his London post. The meeting aligns with Paris Allied premier discussions on Germany reparations.
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Germany
Mr George Davis Dies At Home In Athens
Mr George Davis of 165 Inglewood avenue died Wednesday afternoon at 2 15 o clock He was forty five years old and had been ill for six months Funeral services will be conducted from the residence Thursday with Rev Saha officiating Interment will be in the local cemetery Bernstein brothers in charge Survived by one brother and three sisters He had resided in Athens for fifteen years
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George Davis
Inglewood Avenue
Lanett School Fire Leaves Children Trampled
Lanett Alabama authorities investigate a devastating school fire that destroyed the building and caused a deadly stampede. Three children near death and five in serious condition, plus several others with injuries, were treated as teachers and older students evacuated the 1200 pupils.
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Lanett
Ala
Mary Hamrick
Josie May Wedon
Kate Pearly Peppera
Leonard Weldon
Gordon Thomas
Lewis Stillwell
Loren Dennis
Two masked robbers torment Columbus grocery vaulting at night
Two unidentified masked men robbed the Key Townsend Grocery Company in Columbus Tuesday night, taking about 1260 in cash after locking bookkeeper T H Everett in a vault. Everett was found nearly suffocated and later released by a locksmith as police pursued leads from witnesses.
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Pccolumbus
Polige
T. H. Everett
Key & Townsend Grocery Company
Everett
Ward Fulnt Hamim
Key & Townsend Procery Company
Artist Held In Jewelry Theft In New York
Mrs Irene Schoelkopf wife of Buffalo manufacturer S Hugo Schoelkopf says she was robbed of jewelry valued at 500000 after a New Year party. Artist host Frank Barret Carman was arrested Tuesday night on a charge of acting in concert with two men in robbing. Police say the crime was planned and executed in Carman’s Fifth Floor apartment building on West Find Street.
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New York
Irene Schnelkopf
S. Hugo Schoelkopf
Buffalo
Frank Barret Carman
Carman
Carmac
French Plan in Reparations Talks Faces Breakup Risk
Paris dispatch reports French Premier Poincare to press adoption of France's reparations plan as minimum. If rejected, he will seek formal registration of allied agreement. Britain seeks to shift blame to Poincare, while British and French positions widen gaps. German requests to address German proposals linger unresolved as talks threaten collapse.
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Paris
Associated Press
Poincaire
France
Millerand
Bonar Law
Foreign Office
le Matin
Great Britain
Old Council Dies As New Begins Its Work
The 1922 city government ended its term at 11 36 AM and a new administration took over at noon. New council members Wallace Bell and J H Rucker replaced McLeroy and Conoll, while the old board conducted a brief final session with reports from street paving, health, and the bond commission. The audit was not ready to read but will be published for taxpayers. 1923 mayor pro tem was R T Dottery.
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Scientists of America
Ameican Cotton Association
Harvie Jordan
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Jordan
Belng
Wallace Bell
J. L. McLeroy
J. H. Rucker
Paul H. Conoll
Tallulah Avenue
West View Drive
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J. C. Meacnney
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Col. Snelling
W. O. Martin
W. O. Martin Auditing Company
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R. T. Dottery
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Dottery
First Ward
E. L. Hill
Presbyterian Church
Ru Dottery
Enva Ward
C. Ward
Ward
Seneed
Armstrong
Rucker
Hill
Bell
Crymes
Convitt
Thornton, Bell and Dotte
Rucker, Howland and Thornton
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Heywood
Armstroom and
Howland
Culp
Athens Colleges Opened for Spring Term on Wednesday
The University of Georgia, the State Normal School, and Lucy Cobb Institute opened their spring terms on a Wednesday morning with classes resuming where they paused before Christmas. No special exercises marked the opening. Registrar T. W. Reed noted about 1200 students had registered by day’s end, with a dozen or more new students.
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University of Georgia
The
State Normal School
Lucy Cobb Institute
T. W. Reed
Romance begun at Atlantic City ends when paralytic wed
New York story notes Henry Clay well 36 a paralytic who wooed Miss Normal King 21 last summer at Atlantic City. He pursued at the Elks convention and proposed again at Madison Square Hotel where Miss King accepted after his teasing claim he would run away if he were a regular man.
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New York
Jenry Claywell
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