Abattoir Owners Aim to Start Small Athens Plant
An Athens abattoir plans to open Monday and develop a small packing plant to boost local meat handling. The facility, overseen by Will Thompson, will slaughter about 25 head daily, with inspection required for all meat sold or peddled. The venture, located near the Georgia railroad, seeks to expand into a larger packing operation as facilities improve health protections.
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Athens
Board of Health
Harold Hodgson
Georgia
Sbattoir
Will Thompson
Atlantic Ice and Coal Company
Oconee Street
Atehna
Southern Negro Exodus Returns to Home in Georgia
Larry Ganit’s column notes a pattern of Southern Black workers returning from the North as harsh winters, higher costs, and Jim Crow-like treatment push them back. Reports from Greenwood and Clarke County describe earnings erosion, housing costs, and scarce work, with many seeking to farm or rejoin local communities. A separate item announces Frank Lipscomb’s plan to start a pecan nursery in Clarke County, proposing 14,400 grafted trees and expansion of his nursery network near Athens.
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T. Larry Ganntion
Price
Georgia
Rice
Darkey
North
South
South Carolina
Ei Ae Ory Gan
Greenwood
Philadelphia
Eros
Griffith
Arnoldville
Claude Tuck
Frank Lipscomb
Clarke County
Eipseons
Mr. Lipscomb
Buss
Athens
Lipsub
Majestic Bearing British Debt Commission Arrives in New York
The White Star Liner Majestic with members of Britain's debt commission arrived at New York Harbor early Thursday. The ship anchored off quarantine awaiting daylight before entering the dock while heavy fog delayed its approach. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Wadsworth planned to greet the delegation aboard the revenue cutter Manhattan led by Chancellor Stanley Baldwin.
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New York
Majestic
Debt Commission
New York Harbor
State Adjutant General Reaches Kidnapping Scene
Barstrop Louisiana Morehouse Parish remains under civil control with extra military forces and Col L A Tombs the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard on hand to act if directed by the Governor in the investigation of masked band depredations including alleged kidnappings and slayings. Attorney General A V Coco prepared to open hearings while Burnett’s murder case awaits his arrival. The search for missing Teegerstrom continues with no arrests yet.
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Barstrop
Morehouse Parish
Col. L. A. Tombs
Louisiana National Guard
Bastrop
Mer Rouge
Tombs
Col. Tombs
Richards
Rouge
New Orleans
Tr. Burnett
Carbon
Danielss
Coco
Burnett
Harote ‘Teegestrom
Department of Justice
Teegerstrom
Met
Peg O' My Heart Shines At Palace Athens Debut
Athens becomes the first Southern city to show Laurette Taylor in Peg O' My Heart at the Palace Theatre. The feature also includes Buster Keaton in The Electric House and Jimmie Bignop's musical program.
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John E. Drewry
Athens
Laurette Taylor
Palace Theatre
Boston
New York
Buster Keaton
Jimmie Bignop
Peg
Misa
Jerry
Chichesters
Metro
Peg O' My Heart
J. Hartley Manners
Seagraves Murder Trial Set for Friday Morning
The trial of Harvey H. Seagraves, railroad nightwatchman for Seaboard Air Line, charged with murdering yard master Paul Smith, will be held in the courthouse Friday at 10 o'clock. Judge Milton Thomas asks Justices Joe Nunnally and Tomas A. Holbeck to preside. Seagraves is represented by John B. Gamble and George C. Thomas. the state by Austin Bell and Wolver M. Smith.
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Harvey H. ‘Seagraves
Seaboard Air Line
Paul Smith
Milton Thomas
Joe Nunnally
Tomas A. Holbeok
Mr. Seagraves
John B. Gamble
George C. Thomas
Austin Bell
Wolver M. Smith
Presbyterian Service Preparatory Tonight at First Church
A preparatory service is held in the Sunday School room of the First Presbyterian Church tonight Friday at 8 oclock. Members are urged to attend as this service leads to the Communion Service on Sunday morning.
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First Presbyterian Church
Bridge Crash Kills and Pins Eight Missing in Kelson
In Kelson Washington the old suspension bridge collapsed during a traffic jam strewn with vehicles. Up to 30 people feared lost as rescue squads search the Cowlitz river. Eight bodies known, six rescued seriously hurt, two with fatal injuries. Surviving witnesses describe the sudden plunge and chaotic scramble to reach shore.
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Kelson
Wash
Tle Associated Press
Cowltts
Ben Barr
A. G. Huntington
Cowlitz
Columbia
Ufe
J. FP. Hamilton
Reparations talks at Paris see break imminent
Paris conference on German reparations nears collapse as British and French positions clash over concessions. Despite hopes for extension, Premier Poincare and Bonar Law show no signs of yielding, with observers split on whether a longer meeting could avert rupture.
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Paris
Associated Press
Excelsior
Poincare
Bonar Law
le Matin
Lloyd George
Briand
Marquis Della’ Torreta
League of Nations
Oriental Dancer Sued Whit ney For Sum
Miss Evan Barrows Fontaine a dancer and her mother face perjury indictments in a breach of promise suit involving Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. The case cites fraud claims by Whitney and an annulment dispute over Fontaine’s marriage to Sterling Adair. Records show the pair lived together a year, not three hours as claimed. The article also notes a separate club news item about Kiwanis leadership changes and civic plans.
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Nyack
N. Y
Evan Barrows Fontaine
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
Syanice Tompkins
State Supreme Court
Whitney
Sterling Adair
Waco
Texas
Rockland
Fontaine
San Francisco
Adair
Young Whitney
Cornelius Whitney
New York
Sonny
Yale
J. W. Barnett
E. E
Kiwanis Club
Barnett Seer
Goalles
E. Martin
E. Lamkin
Joel al Wier
Onah
Officials Watch Premier's Parley Fearing a Break
Washington pressed to salvage the reparations conference as Amb. Harvey remained in place after White House talks with President Harding and Sec. Hughes. Senate debate looms over Senator Robinson's plan to empower the president to name American reps to the reparations commission, while Lodge conferred with the president on the European crisis.
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Washington
Paris
Ambassador Harvey
London
Dent
Col
Harvey
Harding Wedspenday
White House
Hughes
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
Why One Firm Believes Advertising Works
A dialogue among two partners discusses ad strategy and perceived profits from advertising. They cite a $12,000 homecoming campaign and a $813,000 annual ad spend as examples of how advertising shapes customer minds and bank trust, claiming profits rise beyond cash gains and justify continued investment.
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Pate
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