Winterville lake hero saves four boys from drowning
Jameson Neighbors of Winterville plunged into the lake with clothes on to rescue four boys after their rowboat tipped over. He saved three with help, then dived again to save Ralph Dawson who sank and later revived with pumps and doctors. Hundreds cheered his bravery and a Carnegie medal movement started in his honor.
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Winterville
Jameson Neighbors
Neighbors
Carnegie
Ralph Dawson
Dawson Boy
Tor
Dawson
Edward O'Farrar
Athens
Prosperity Tracks Growth Of Athens Territory Towns
A staff correspondent surveys prosperity in the Athens territory noting diversified farming and developing small industries fueling steady growth in numerous towns. The report highlights economic gains and expectations for continued development across the region.
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Athens
Bishop Ga Is a Splendid Social Community and Business Center
Bishop Georgia features a thriving social scene, strong business center, welcoming farming region for homeseekers, and favorable labor conditions. The report highlights community growth, good amenities, and prosperous prospects contributing to a booming area.
Bishop Georgia Town Plots Optimism Amid Hard Times
In Bishop Georgia a railroad town between Athens and Madison, residents insist hard times are overstated. The 400 plus population grows on a bustling, optimistic community with ten plus stores and prominent merchants led by J E O'Dillard and D Fambrough. The town, named for a local woman and later W H Bishop, features strong civic spirit, active business life, and plans tied to local organizations such as the Bishop Banking and Oconee Metchouse companies.
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Henry F. Saxon
Bishop
Athens
Madison
Oconeecoun
Georgia
Widike
Nothfo
Uda
Wld
W. H. Bishop
Prietor
Thentry
C. E. Jones
Orter Bros
Pigely-Wiggly Grocery
Famgh
Fambrough
Ing Company
Oconee Mehouwe Company
Jackson County War on Weevil Told at County Meetings
Jefferson Ga July 15 War against the boll weevil is being waged aggressively in this county. County agent W Hill Hoseh and an expert host meetings at several school houses to outline the eradication plan. Schedule includes Adren Plain View Center Talino Walnut Bold Springs Arcade from July 18 to July 23 with evening starts around 8 30.
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Jefferson
W. Hill Hoseh
Arcade
Hides Removed From Fordney Free List By House Vote
Washington July 15 The House voted 152 to 287 to impose a 15 percent ad valo rem duty on haw, green and pickled hides taken off the Fordney free list. An amendment to tax all leather products including shoes was supported by Hawley who warned farmers would be underpaid and the move would add about 81 million dollars to the shoe and leather bill.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Representative Hawley
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Lightning Spare Teen After Cedar Tree Strike
In Eastman Georgia on July 15 Travis Grimsley, youngest son of J. J. Grimsley, was struck by a bolt while sitting on a porch swing. The lightning split a nearby cedar, left him unconscious briefly, and a photograph print of a cedar tree remained on his back when family members revived him.
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Eastman
Travis
J. J. Grimsley
Soldier Bons Recommitted By U S Senate
The Senate voted 47 to 29 to recommit the soldier bonus bill indefinitely to the finance committee. During the closing debate, clashes between Democrats and Republicans surged as McCumber and Reed traded barbs amid a Capitol storm of rain and lightning.
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U. S. Senate
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Finance Committee
McCumber
North Dakota
Reed
Missouri
Watson
Georgia
Capitol
Miss Carolyn Cobb Hosts Summer School Evening
Miss Carolyn Cobb of Atlanta directs a Thursday night program at the University of Georgia Summer School. The event features storytelling readings and selections by the Carolyn Cobb reader, plus other class entertainment numbers for teachers and students attending the session.
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University of Georgia Summer School
Carolyn Cobb
Atlanta
At- Inota
University
Bummer School
Naval seaplane rescues missing officers in Chesapeake Bay
Col. H A Washington and R A Matthews of the Leaboard Air Line were found today in lower Chesapeake Bay after being blown off course. They were aboard a fishing boat and were weak from hunger, rescued by a naval seaplane which took them aboard.
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Norfolk
Adi
Col. H. A
Washington
R. A. Matthews
Leaboard Air
Chesapeake Bay
Ford to Hold More Talks on Muscle Shoals Plant Offer
Washington July 15 Further conferences between government officials and Henry Ford will occur before a final decision on Ford s offer to buy the nitrate plant and Tease dams near Muscle Shoals Alabama Secretary Weeks said today negotiations so far are preliminary and he will ask Ford to confer after he studies the plan Weeks plans to confer with Secretary Mellon on waterpower and Hoover on industrial development and did not commit to a definite answer noting terms might be modified in forthcoming talks.
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Washington
D.C
Henry Ford
Ford
Muscle Shoals
Weeks
Mellon
Hoover
Soldier Hero of Lost Battalion Buried in New York
Private John J. Monson, hailed for carrying the message that helped reunite the Lost Battalion on September 28, 1918, received full military honors at his burial in Cypress Hills after dying in Bellevar hospital while on leave. Officials dropped the AWOL charge once his illness was revealed.
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New York
John J. Monson
Bellevar
Oll
Monson
Ar Ronne
Premier Lloyd George Holds Separate Talks on Irish Issue
London July 15 Premier Lloyd George conducted separate conferences today addressing the Irish problem. Details of participants and proposals were not disclosed, but the talks mark continued government effort to ease tensions and find a settlement with Irish representatives.
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Premier
Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Nhe Cas
Georgia House Debates Economy Policy on Lawmakers Junkets
In Atlanta on July 15 the Georgia House narrowly defeated a resolution to end committee junkets, highlighting a split over economy. Representative Arnold argued trips cost 15,000 to 25,000 dollars yearly and yielded little public benefit, while Speaker Neill and others resisted trimming spending, leading to an 81 to 86 defeat after five members switched at the final vote.
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Atlanta
House of Representatives
Fower
Assembly
Arnold
Clay
Bowden
Ware
Neill
Costa
Academy For the Blind
Soldiers’ Home
Man Fined For Disorderly Conduct By Recorder in Athens
Nell Hawkins had John Smith arrested for disorderly conduct. The judge fined Hawkins 15.75 dollars for disorderly conduct and drunkenness, while Smith was released. Five more disorderly cases plus four traffic and a short-weight case were tried, each fined ten and three-quarter dollars.
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Athens
Nell Hawkins
John Smith
Hawkins
Smith
Beusse
Nell-Smith
Carolina Editor's Statement Denied By Strike Hdurs
David Clark editor of the Charlotte, North Carolina newspaper sent a letter from the Textile Workers of America national headquarters denying a statement he published. The union brands as malicious the charge of falsehood and questions the fathe portion quoted in the item.
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Carolina
Hdurs
Associated Press
Charlotte, N. C
David Clark
The
Textile Workers of America
Nebraska Cloudburst Destroys Crops and Life Lost
A cloudburst in northwestern Nebraska washed out the White River canyon flooding fields and destroying crops. One death reported, Mrs. H. A. Bassett, whose home was swept away, while livestock perished and residents faced devastation in Alliance and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Alliance
Neb
Nebraska
White River Canyon
H. A. Bassett
Mansion Sale Sparks House Fray In Atlanta
Special to The Banner Atlanta July 15 A public committee in the Senate faces pressure as the governor’s bill to sell the current mansion passes through committees. Frank Hooper, mismanagement, dies inadvertently during discussions. Senator Haralson’s measure aims to authorize sale and a temporary residence, with Swift and others expected to influence the outcome.
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Atlanta
Senate
Frank Hooper
Haralson
Querins
Oraepee
Brame
Haralson Mil
Mother Confesses Stepfather Shot Her In Albany Case
Albany Ga July 15 Robert and Sarah Temple ages 10 and 4 were shot to death on a porch while eating watermelon by their stepfather Glenn Moore Hudson after earlier beating them. The mother allegedly confessed to Sheriff L B Black in jail here. Hudson was taken to Macon before the confession became public. The mother claimed her husband tried to drive her to Albany to work and forced her to drive to the barn lot where the shootings occurred. The boys’ father had been killed earlier.
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Associated Prete
Albany
Robert
Sarah Temple
Glenn Moore Hudson
L. B. Black
Early County
Hudson
Macon
Black
Bye
Helicon Springs Draws Georgia Visitors From Athens Road
Clarke county’s Helicon Springs, on the Athens and Danielsville road about four miles from Athens, attracts many visitors. Analyses in the state chemist’s office and a popular book say the chalybeate water has curative qualities. A hotel once stood nearby, and the springs were a social and political gathering spot in earlier years. The water is free to all and locals and travelers alike are taking advantage of it.
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Ofce
Clarke County
Georgia
Athens and
Danielsville
Athens
Mails To Defraud Prison Bound over to Philadelphia court
Tracy W. Pratt and William W. Haroldson were indicted in Philadelphia on using the mails to defraud and were bound over to the federal district court of Pennsylvania by U. S. Commissioner Richardson in Huntsville Alabama. Pratt posted 10000 dollar bond and Haroldson 5000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Ala
Tracy W. Pratt
William W. Haroldson
Philadelphia
Federal District Court of Pennsylvania
United States
Richardson
Pratt
Haroldson
Red Cross Workers To Relocate In Athens
Mies Sara Jennings of the local Red Cross chapter will leave Thursday for A to spend a month before taking duties as secretary in Abbeville Louisiana. She has performed valuable work with Athens Red Cross and is greatly missed. Mies Susan Dawson, Athens Red Cross secretary, leaves in the fall for Atlanta to join that city’s Red Cross.
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Mies Sara Jennings
The
Red Cross
Abbeville
Fae Jennings
Athens — Cross
Mies Susan Dawson
Athens, Red Cross
Atlanta
Union Leaders Agree To Leave W Va Strike Region
Charleston July 15 David Robb international financial agent for the United Mine Workers of America said in Mingo county airlie field and three other union men will depart West Virginia before next Monday night. The state government issued no agreement and the West Virginia supreme court denied a writ of habeas corpus for their release from the militia.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Ya
David Robb
International Financial
United Ming Workers of America
Mingo County Airlie Field
West Virginia
West Virginia Supreme Court
Ha Corpua
IWW expelled from Aberdeen area by citizen patrols
About 1000 alleged IWW members were driven out of Aberdeen and surrounding areas tonight with aid from Sheriff Elliott of Men a county. The two groups, identified as Tyot cant dot and the other north, were driven about ten miles and nearby towns were warned to keep them moving.
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Associated Press
Aberdeen
5. D
Sheriff Elliott
Mena County
Sic
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