Trade relations of South after canal opened discussed
Atlanta conference of diplomats and Southern business leaders analyzed the Panama Canal opening and its impact on trade with Cuba and Central and South American nations. John Barrett outlined expected changes, with talks on cotton, iron and steel, agriculture, manufacturing, merchant marine, and railroads and plans for a permanent regional watch organization.
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Atlanta
Southern Railroad and Steamship Company
South
Cuba
John Barrett
Washington
Pan-American Union
United States
Barrett
Snake and Hawk Fight in Mid Air Ends in Deaths
In Gren Cove Springs on December 10 hundreds watched as a hawk and a snake battled in the air. The snake then coiled around the hawk, sending both to the ground from over 100 feet. A man with a club killed both after they landed.
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Gren Cove Springs
Increase in Poverty in New York City
New York December 10. Despite general prosperity the annual report of the association for improving the condition of the poor notes an increase in poverty in the city during the past year.
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New York
The
Association For Improving the
Preacher Faces Slander Probe Over Atlanta Judges
Rev. Hugh Wallace pastor of Jones Avenue Baptist church accuses Atlanta judges of venality in a pulpit sermon prompting bar leaders to consider slander charges. Officials defend the bench as upright and above reproach while condemning the preacher’s statements as sensational and untrue.
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Atlanta
Hugh Wallace
Jones Avenue Baptist Church
Wallace
Fulton County
Bar Association
Superior Criminal Court
L. S. Roan
Brunswick Baseball Association Calls Important Meeting
An important Brunswick Baseball association meeting is set for this morning at 1 o'clock in the board of trade rooms at City Hall. Stockholders and baseball fans are urged to attend to elect temporary officers and discuss securing players for Brunswick’s Empire State League team. The Valdosta Times notes similar efforts by nearby cities as stock sales and organization progress, praising local enthusiasts and leaders in Valdosta and Waycross for advancing plans.
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Brunswick Baseball Association
Board of Trade
Brunswick
New Empire State League
Brunswick Daily
Valdosta
Valdosta Times
Valdosta Baseball Association
Harris
Henry Dinkin
Hardee Ressent
Roosevelt Faction Gathered as Progressive Party Hones Platform
Chicago dispatch reports prominent Bull Moose leaders and Roosevelt in a major meeting as the progressive movement plans a national headquarters in Washington and a push for reform bills. Delegates include state chairmen, governors elects, and about twenty congressmen. Roosevelt says progressives must stay united and push reform regardless of party. In Memphis, Kin Ley Bergen is killed after a rooftop firefight during a raid on a known gang. Holloway and two men arrested. Bergen had led a bank robbery confession tied to a Canadian bank. police pursue other gang members.
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Chicago
Progressive National Committee
Dixon
Montana
Roosevelt
Bull Moose
Progressive Movement
Washington
Bulletin
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Republican Party
Memphis
Tenn
Kin- Ley
Holloway
New Westminster
B. C
Louisiana
Wilson Street
Mitchell
John McCoy
New Pratt Lumber Sawmill Nears Operational Opening
Pratt Lumber Company completes a large sawmill near the A B A terminals. Machinery installation proceeds with up to date equipment and G H Cook named active manager. The plant should be ready to operate soon, with many jobs expected.
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Pratt Lumber Company
G. H. Cook
Battleship Centurion Strikes Unknown Steamer Off Devonport
The British battleship Centurion collided with and sank an unknown steamer off Devonport England. Centurion bow damage from anchors forced her to return to port and shore communications remain blocked after the incident near Plymouth Sound.
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Devonport
Eng
Centron
Plymouth Sound
Georgia Prohibition Conviction Bars Beer Licenses
Comptroller General Wright rules in a Georgia case that any person once convicted of violating prohibition laws cannot obtain a license to sell beer. The tax act requires $1,000 tax from wholesale agents for each beer brand they handle.
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Georgia
Wright
Dart
Unique Holiday Contest for Locale Boys and Girls
Bryant's Book Store announces a holiday popularity contest for all local children not over 16. The most popular girl will win a beautiful doll and the most popular boy a high grade bicycle. Entries are free and voting begins immediately with 500 votes provided to each entrant. The doll and bicycle will be on display at Bryant's Book Store until Christmas Day.
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Bryant's Book Store
Brunswick
Bryant's
Goth
Bryant
Fivery
Exoneration for Reynolds in pistol duel case
Tom Reynolds, a negro who killed Harmon Robinson, was exonerated by a coroner's jury after witnesses were heard. Reynolds, wounded by five bullets, fired only after being struck, and is expected to recover. Robinson's body was buried yesterday. In Rochester, New York, the Beekeepers Association opened its annual convention with a crusade against impure honey.
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Tom Reynolds
Harmon Robinson
Reynolds
Robinson
Rochester
N. Y
New York State Association of Beekeeper
Clash of Servia and Austria Draws In Other Nations
Paris reports from Austria-Hungary that over 900000 troops are concentrated on the Servian and Russian front. Austria is better prepared than Russia, and European capitals fear the Balkan crisis will draw in more countries once hostilities begin. In St. Petersburg all factions unite in denouncing Austria’s coercive diplomacy.
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Paris
Austria-Hungaria
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Russia
Balkan
St. Petersburg
Bridgie Webber retracts gunmen plot in Rosenthal case
Bridgie Webber the informer who helped convict Charles Becker and the four gunmen in the Rosenthal murder returned from Havana and issued a statement repudiating parts of his witness stand testimony. He now says there was no plot to kill Rosenthal, claiming the gunmen went to the Metropole to frighten him and two grew drunk, leading to a fatal shooting.
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New York
Bridgie” Webber
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Havana
Rosenthal
Superior Court in Glynn County Opens Short December Session
The Glynn County Superior Court will convene Monday for a brief three to four day session to handle civil business before adjourning until January 6 when the civil docket resumes. A long list of grand and petit jurors is announced for the forthcoming term.
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Glynn Superior Court
Gtand
Petit
Knox Studies British Panama Protests Amid Arbitration Question
Secretary Knox reviewed Sir Edward Grey's objections to the Panama tolls plan after Britain's protest. Grey urged that American shipping be exempt from tolls or remitted, arguing it violates the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and proposing Hague arbitration if needed. The dispute risks delaying arbitration until the 1909 treaty expiry.
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Washington
Great Britain
Panama
Knox
Edward Grey
Bryce
Hague
Grey
United States
Baker Electric to distribute $200000 stock as Christmas presents
Cleveland December 10 1920 Two hundred thousand dollars of stock is being distributed by the Baker Electric company manufacturers of automobiles Half of the stock goes to the employees and the other half to the officers of the company as voted by a majority of the stock
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Cleveland, O
Baker Electric Company
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