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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1921
Page
6
Beaumont Texas July 20 Fire of unidentified origin destroyed the Morsihan sugar factory near New Iberia La yesterday according to word received here last night from there About one million pounds of sugar was burned with an estimated loss of three hundred thousand dollars
Washington and London reports indicate France plans to ask the United States to guarantee protection against German aggression. Paris would revive the old tripartite pact with Britain and the United States if sufficient support exists among powers, and may push proposals at the Washington world conference. A ratification failure of the earlier treaty is noted. London source says a preliminary London meeting for the Washington disarmament conference may be abandoned.
Decatur suspends municipal activities except essential services Thursday to honor A B Houston longtime construction engineer and former superintendent of construction and water department who died Wednesday at age 50 He is survived by his wife four sisters one brother and services are set for Thursday morning at his residence with burial in Oakland cemetery
Birth notices list multiple newborns including a boy on July 16 1931 to Mr and Mrs C Worley of Field Avenue a boy to Paul Simonetis at 65 Park Avenue a girl to Mr and Mrs W W McCrea at 194 Hazabeth Street a girl to Mr and Mrs G Callahan of 11 Gaskill Street and a boy to Mr and Mrs H H Smith of Tennilie Street all dated July and June 1921 with scattered misprints and fragments from a local column.
Three people were buried under a porch that collapsed at Sam Cavender’s residence on Magnolia Street. Mrs. H. W. Hickman was trapped, badly bruised, and taken to hospital. Cavender, his wife, and two Cavender children escaped with minor injuries.
The General State Baptist Sunday School and B Y P U convention opens at Mount Zlor Baptist Church in Atlanta with more than a thousand delegates. Sessions run through Friday evening. Dr P James Bryant delivers the Wednesday address. Dr Silas X Floyd launches the 8:30 PM sermon. Closing Friday features a musical contest.
San Francisco July 20 Judge A M Noble longtime chief judge and secretary of native affairs at Pago Pago American Samoa arrived today en route to his home in Smithfield North Carolina Noble was succeeded at Pago Pago by Captain Hall of Detroit Michigan now in command in the island territory
Port St. Joe Florida July 20 liquor valued at thirty thousand dollars was found aboard the gasoline yacht Curlew of New Orleans which sought shelter after damage at sea. Six men were arrested and the vessel seized. Captain Henry Keller and Captain J J Munnden owners George Covers Ben Tharpe and two Italians were taken into custody along with a large arsenal and ammunition. The crew and liquor were moved to Blountstown jail.
Washington July 20 Railroads of the southwest asked the Interstate commerce commission to authorize rate reductions from 2 to 10 cents per hundred on lumber shipments from Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas to Nebraska Iowa Kansas and border points in Minnesota. Shippers seek the cuts to counter Pacific coast competition where similar reductions were granted.
Macon Georgia July 20 Watermelons begin moving from Missouri a month early and could cut Georgia melons from Chicago and western markets if the flow grows, though officials expect no sizable movement for about a week. Prices and supplies were satisfactory today.
In Balisbury North Carolina on July 20 Mrs Melissa J Woodington filed suit for 10000 against W A Roseman a grocer claiming flavoring extracts brewed since Prohibition attracted her husband away and led to neglect and abuse. The suit names flavoring extracts as co respondents to the alienation of affections.
Washington reports railroads in the Mississippi valley defend proposed freight rate increases at river and Gulf points where water competition kept rates low. Southwest and Southeast lines argue readjustment would boost revenues and affect traffic, warning midline reductions could bankrupt them. Over 1,000 protesters, including shipper groups, await hearings as the Interstate Commerce Commission revises rate differentials.
Paul G Huggins a long time railway mail clerk for A B and A died after a bullet wound suffered at Oglethorpe Gay mid afternoon. A fellow mail clerk in the baggage car heard a shot and found Huggins on the floor with a knife and blood. Police investigate but details unavailable. He was a 16 year railway mail veteran and a Shriner. Survived by widow two children Estelle and Elizabeth his mother of St Louis a sister of Savannah and another sister and one brother.
Hamilton, Ala July 20 Sergeant Robert L Lancaster and eight other Company M Alabama National Guard members face murder indictments tied to the lynching of William Baird near Jasper on January 11. Lancaster was arraigned and will stand trial next Monday in Marion County after a venue change from Walker County. The state’s earlier indictments were nolled, and each defendant is to be tried separately, with expected ten days per trial. A Supreme Court ruling limited changes of venue to one. Joseph W Key is set for arraignment July 27 at the conclusion of Lancaster’s trial.
Amatlan oil fields in Mexico burn fiercely as drilling towers topple and workmen flee. Reported as the greatest catastrophe in the history of the old fields the fire’s cause is unknown and the financial loss cannot yet be estimated. Columns hundreds of feet high engulf the site while efforts to suppress the blaze are deemed hopeless.
Creditors tabled claims against Life and Health Insurance Company of America must file with the Georgia Insurance Commissioner in Atta Georgia to show cause why withdrawal of bonds on deposit should not be approved. The notice, dated June 1921, instructs creditors to present claims for equitable distribution. Additional receivers’ claims related to the Georgia Florida Railway are also advised to file with the Auditor prior to August 22 1921 for pro rata distribution. Attorneys Brewster Howe and Heyman of Atlanta are listed.
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