Argy Gantt column sketches old Lexington town lore
Oglethorpe County sketches recall Lexington's rise as a trade hub, with Platt store era, Meson Academy endowment, and a modernizing court square. Observers praise new jail sites, the Brooks store, and the growing business block. The piece notes on grade roads, banks, and post office plans amid county pride.
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George F. Planttsmith & Young
William Cottheimer
Lexington
Craw
Court House
W Meson
Meson
Lexon
Meson Academy
McWhorter
Ing
Ford
Tale
Fine Lainess Center
Rr. Brooks
Brooke
Coastion
Tom Crane
Hurinesa
Pope Benedicts Slow Demise Seen In Rome Vatican News
The pope’s condition grows worse in Rome as doctors report pneumonia and declining mental faculties. Cardinals remain at the Vatican and seek updates while diplomats and dignitaries crowd the rooms awaiting word on the pontiff’s fate. The pope tells cardinals he is ready to die if God calls him.
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Associated Press
Rome
Benedict Sary
Conattending
Jung
Holy
Vatican
Thall
Tor
Ohureh
Ford proposal signs for Muscle Shoals plan ahead
Florence Alabama reports Ford’s offer for Muscle Shoals Fertilizer project nearly in contract form and ready for signing. Ford expects speedy congressional action and says plant operations will supply fertilizer ingredients for farms nationwide. Delegates visit the Muscle Shoals site and plan to go to Washington for the national service conference to push the project forward.
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FORD
Washington
Musele Shuai
Sinaetorsl
Peneree
Leowil
Congress
Florence
Alabama
Henry Ford
Muscle
Shoals
Farm Bureau
Con
Muscle & Ig
Ica
Early life of Pope Benedict XV Historical profile
Born November 21, 1854 at Pegi in Genoa diocese Italy. Ordained priest in 1878 in Homeland. Served as secretary to Mgr Ram & later Cardinal Hampolia when nuncio to Madrid. Returned to Rome with Cardinal Rompolla and joined the secretaryship of state as minutant in 1887.
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Nedict XV Pope
Pegi
Genoa
Italy
Homeland
Mgr
Rampolia
Hampolia
Madrid
Spain
Rome
Cardinal-Rompolla
Merry del Val
Bologna
L Pius.x
Sistine Chapel
Pontin
Temas Catholic Church
Pit
Immigration limits urged to protect U S intellect
Professor Edwin Grant Conklin of Princeton University warned in a Friday lecture that the United States must enforce stricter immigration bans to preserve its intellectual standing. He warned that in 200 years amalgamation of races could occur despite large differences between whites and blacks.
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Princeton
N. J
Edwin Grant Conklin
Princeton University
United States
Abandonment of Camp Bragg Defense Hearing
General Pershing opposed moving artillery training from Camp Bragg North Carolina to Sepp Canoning Georgia. In a House military committee hearing Representative Miller urged the arrangement. The War Department favors large camps near cities to mix troops with civilians and provide basic infantry training before unit service.
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Washington
Brags
N.C
Bening
War Department
Pershing
Lithuanian Cabinet Resigns Over Land Dispute
Washington dispatch reports Lithuanians cabinet led by Premier Grintus resigning on Thursday and Friday, with advisers citing a rift between the Christian Democrats and Popularists over land questions as the cause of the retirement. The shift reflects a government breakup affecting Lithuanian policy and regional stability.
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Lithuania
Washington
Grintus
Christian Democrats
Yost Warns Colleges On Football Overemphasis
Fielding H. Yost, Michigan coach, says football is being overdone by many colleges. Barnstorming trips at season end are wrong and athletics should be secondary to the classroom. A forthcoming Herald piece will address lack of eligibility in college athletics.
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Fielding H. Yost
University of Michigan
Herald
Yost
Carnegie Hero Fund honors 25 civil life heroes
Twenty six individuals were publicly recognized as Carnegie Heroes with 25 medals awarded. The fund granted pensions totaling 7,320 dollars yearly, disability benefits of 500 dollars, education awards totaling 8,000 dollars, and nine thousand dollars for other worthy causes. Four dependents received 9,500 dollars. The list includes Clarence Henry of Toledo, Howard Hawk of Clinton, William Nichols of Lenoir City, Warren Hoy of Elizabethville, Julius Hassel of Wallingford, Henry Deninkamp of New York, Leon Brewer of Houston, Michael Risch of Connersville, William Goff of South Boston, Walter Perkins of Dover, David Litt of Ohio, John Helfrick of Westville, J Albert Kelk of Brooklyn, Ivan Podrebarac of Swissvale, and others, all recognized for risking their lives to save others or complete acts of rescue.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Clarence Henry
Highteenths Street
Toledo
Ohio
William D. Nichols
Lenoir City
Tenn
Nichols
Lee Huffman
Warren A. Hoy
Elizabethville
Hoy
Julius Hassel
North Farms
Wallingford
Maine
Walter Perkins
Washington Utreet
Dover
N. H
Perkins
William’ Kelly
North Berwick
Walter D. Wheeler
St. Johnsbury Center
Wheeler
St. Johnsbury
Center
David C. Litt
Mt. Sterlin
Era
John Reed Helfrick
Fitch Street
Westville
New Haven
Conn
Helfick
New Hi
J. Albert Kelk
St. John's
Hital
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kelk
Cairo
Ivan Podrebarac
Swissvale
Robert
Miss Helen Veronee and the Peachtree Bandit's Father
Reporter ties Miss Helen Veronee to the Peachtree Bandit line as the mother of Frank DuPree Jr. and wife of Frank DuPree Sr. The Athens-born Veronee family, active in 1860s Athens life, ran a Broad Street hotel while notable locals recall her beauty and talent.
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Helen Veronee
Peachtree
Frank DuPree, Jr
Peachtree Street
Atlanta
Athens
Augusta
Cornelius Veronee
Frank Stanley
Frank DuPree
Veronee
Jesse Allen
Allen
Stanley
Googe
Thomas
H. W. ‘Beusse
Miss Veronee
Obregon to Visit U S for Arm Operation
President Obregon of Mexico will travel to the United States soon to undergo an operation in San Antonio Texas. A Mexico City report says the surgery will repair his damaged right arm, which was wounded at the battle of Trinidad and required amputation above the elbow. The field injury has never healed properly and now requires urgent treatment.
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Sanantonio
Texas
Obregon
Mexico
United States
Heater
Minn
Trinidad
Lower Rate Ordered Oni Hardwood Lumber Reduction
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a rate cut on hardwood lumber to take effect March 6. The reduction set at seven to eleven cents per hundred pounds above 1920 schedules targets the South and was sought by the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. Other regions will see revisions in line with the new regional rates.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
British Dispute Over Waterfront Land in Amoy
A conflict erupts in Amoy between British representatives and Chinese residents over a valuable waterfront district on the Bund. The British claim a concession on filled land where a British firm is erecting a jetty, while locals say the new land belongs to the city. The matter was taken to the Beijing government after unsuccessful local attempts.
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Amoy
China
Peking
Asso
Dangerous blaze on Broad Street narrowly averted
A small fire started in a third floor storeroom in the DuPree building on Broad Street about 10 p.m. Friday. It was caused by matches stored in a front room and briefly threatened a larger area before Athens Fire Department extinguished it. The Wingfield renoxey building housed the store. damage is believed minor and not yet estimated.
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DuPree
Broad Street
Athens
Jehir
Roentinegn
Wingfield Renoeey, Company
Brolth
Penalty for Missed 1933 Auto Licenses Warned
State Secretary Guyton McLendon warns motorists who fail to secure 1933 automobile licenses by March 1 will face the legal penalty. Lee Tanabe comments amid scattered notes about compliance and enforcement in Kansas.
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Guyton McLendon
Lee Tanabe
Ty Meenads
Black Shear Gunfire Hits Marion Hotel in Georgia
In Blackshear Georgia an armed group fired about 15 shots into the Marion hotel owned by Mrs J W Roberson widow of a former sheriff and mother of the present sheriff Olin Roberson. Windows in several businesses shattered and a post office window broken. No injuries reported. The former sheriff was killed years earlier during a still raid and Friday's shooting occurred hours after his raid led to a large still and two men jailed.
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Blackshear
Georgia
Marion
J. W. Roberson
Olin Roberson
Avauet
Deceased C Washows Envoy to Paris
The Cardinal de Cabrieres bishop of Montpellier died at 91. He served as France’s envoy to the Vatican during World War I and was praised by President Millerand as a great bishop and patriot. He excommunicated the pet when the church state separation law took effect but aided the prefect during the war. He sheltered vineyard workers in his cathedral during 1907 riots and urged clergy to protect their churches.
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Paris
Cardinal de Cabrieres
Montpelier
Vatican
Millerand
France
Prohibition raid halts ship with liquor cargo
Federal officers seize a vessel near Wilmington North Carolina amid a British conference related smuggling case. About 999 cases of liquor found aboard as Prohibition officials hold the ship under guard awaiting federal court action. Bond terms offered would double the vessel value but were declined. The case highlights tightening enforcement in North Carolina as authorities pursue smugglers.
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Carolina
Ais Ik
Ite Seisure Ag
Rts
Federnaare P
Ts Ing
Koteless
North Carolina
Kohless
Foot Shot Off By Unloaded Gan Injures Gainesville Bottle Works Owner
Mr. C. P. Wallace, proprietor of the Chero-Cala bottling works, suffered the loss of his left foot Thursday afternoon at 66 North street after an incident described as an unloaded gun mishap. The accident occurred in Gainesville as local authorities investigated, with details limited in the fragmentary report.
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Gainesville
C. P. Wallace
Chero-Cala Bottling Works
North Res Street
Ince
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