Proclamation for Clean Up Campaign and Trash Wagon
A 1923 civic appeal calls residents to start Monday April 2 cleaning up premises. A trash wagon begins April 4 with captains for each street to mobilize residents and beautify homes. Committees led by Mrs. Lora Perry and Miss Beauty Griggs coordinate volunteers and city officials urge cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Greenville Street
E. V. Jones
South Greenville Street
J. J. Davis
Senora Street
J. T. McCollum
Mill Street
B. D. Murphy
Fairburn
West Side
J. W. Wise
Jonesboro Road
Laura Thorn
Ethel Tastin
Main Street
Fife Corner
Beauty Griggs
THE
Woman's Club
Lora Perry
Ethel Hastin
Amid R. Stephens
R. BE. L. Fife
Jeff McLucas
Democratic Victory Club Planned for Fayetteville
Washington D C chairman Cor dell Hull of the Democratic National Committee appoints W B Hollingsworth to organize a National Democratic Victory Club in Fayetteville. The nationwide drive aims to form 5 000 clubs each with 25 Democrats to create 100 000 volunteers for a 1924 presidential victory, with clubs led by appointed presidents and captains across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hollingsworth
Fayetteville
National Democratic Organization
Cordell Hull
Democratic National Committee
Washington, D. C
Democratic Victory Club
Hull
United States
Eira
Ete Ene
Victory Club
Esvoteville
Ini Hi
County School Contest Draws Large Fayette County Crowd
A fair day anchored Fayette county’s County School Contest drawing about 1500 visitors to Fayetteville. The event featured literary contests and athletics, flagging only by a rainstorm that halted the evening athletic portion. State Superintendent M. M. Parks spoke on five needs for schools: buildings, books, teachers, money, and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Constitution
Old Town
Old Fayette
Asusual
M. M. Parks
The
Baptist Church
R. P. Minter
County Board of Education
Fayette County
Col. J. W. Culpepper
Georgia State College For Women
Culpepper
Parks
Arts'ife
Georgia
County School Contest Winners Named in The Literary Banner
The Literary Banner honors Bethany and Woolsey with top points in multiple categories. James Rivers Bethany wins Composition. Edward Foster Rest leads Reading. Hazel Moore Rest wins Spelling. Lillie Wellington Bethany tops Arithmetic. Alma Roberts Lake Bennett wins Penmanship. Oratory boys J W Dumas Kenwood leads. girls Katie Lon Mittenell Woolsey tops. Attendance Banner goes Ebenezer with 270 points, Bethany 265, Woolsey 256, Mt Springs 254. judges assisted by Dr G W Garner Atlanta and F D West Jonesboro.
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Bethany
Best
Woolsey
James Rivers
Jewell
Cleveland
Union Grove
Reading
Edward Foster
Ruby Harper
Blouise Woolsey
Brooks
Spelling
Hazel
Moore
Rest
W. Hartley
Hopeful
Sally Stoke
Tyrone
Lillie Hllington
Hersachal M. Breyer
George Oakley
Penmanship
Alma Roberts
Lake Bennett
Katherine Johnson
Farris Boyd
Oratory
J. W. Dumas
Kenwood
Hinton Loyd
Oak Grove
Howard Boyd
Katie Lon Mittenell
Lucy Ellington
Lillie
Davis
Ebenezer School
Mt. Springs
G. W. Garner
Atlanta
F. D. West
Jonesboro
Sparks Circus to Perform in Griffin on April 7
Sparks Circus visits Griffin for an all day event on Saturday April 7 with a 10 30 AM parade. The show features a wild animal act with lions tigers leopards polar and grizzly bears as well as trained ostriches and two elephant herds. A spectacle titled Echoes from the Reign of King Tut and an English Fox Hunt finale are planned with music and a chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks Circus
Griffin
Sons
Stellinghen
Germany
Bibb County
Tiebor
Tut
W M A Rally Set for Pleasant Hill Church
The fourth district of the Fairburn Association plans its annual rally at Pleasant Hill Church Campbell county on the highway four miles south of College Park on Wednesday April fourth. Churches in the district include New Hope Fayette Mt Pisgah Bethsaida Shadnor and Pleasant Hill. A large representation from W M A groups in each church is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairburn Association
Pleasant Hill Church
Campbell County
College Park
New Hope
Fayette
Mt. Pisgah
Bethsaida
Shadnor
Pleasant Hill
Fayetteville school gains praise from visiting Dr. Parks
Dr. Parks toured Fayetteville and lauded the town’s new school building. He noted Georgia law aims to devote half the state revenue to common schools, suggesting ample funds once tax laws align with state needs. Parks stayed at the homes of D. B. Blalock and Col. J. W. Culpepper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Georgia
Dr. Parks
Fayetteville
D. B. Blalock
Col
J. W. Culpep
President orders tariff commission sugar price inquiry
President Harding directs the United States tariff commission to immediately study the relationship between sugar tariffs and rising sugar prices. If the inquiry shows any duty contributing to price increases, he will consider a reduction in sugar tariffs under existing law. The move aligns with ongoing justice and commerce reviews amid prices up to 12 cents a pound, versus five to six cents earlier in February.
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St. Augustine, Fla
United States Tariff Commission
Preswent Harding
Thomas C. Marvin
Tariff Commission
Department of Commerce
Seymour
Washington
Department of Justice
Ladd
Republican
North Dakota
Marvin
Mysterious Lady Parades Through Shamokin Street
A woman described as a mysterious lady in black wandered Shamokin's main street. Police detained her and conducted a search yielding a fictitious name a small anti Volsteadian flask a corn cob pipe tobacco and cigarettes. She was escorted to the city limits under a quarantine banner and sent back toward Montmarte or the Bronx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Paris
Montmarte
Bronx
Outlaws Escape Cordon Of Posse In Oklahoma
Two bank robbery suspects from the Mannford raid eluded a 24 hour posse bent on capture. One robber was killed, the other captured and jailed in Sapulpa. Bud Maxfield was identified as the dead man and Leo Sturtz, a Tulsa mechanic, is in custody. Al Spencer remains at large as authorities chase the final fugitive toward Tulsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Mannford
Creek County
Bud Maxfield
Leo Sturtz
Sapulpa
al Spencer
France Faces Washington Treaties Ratification Debate
French press urges caution on ratifying the Washington naval disarmament pacts. Some warn against yielding to Anglo American pressure and propose ten-year limits. Le Temps suggests a mutual security guaranty with England to stabilize Europe. Washington debate centers on the 5-5-3 ratio and U S battleship modernization plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Washington
Premier Poincare
Chamber of Deputies Foreign Relations ‘Committee
M. Bainville
la Liberte
England
America
Bainville
le Temps
Women Held in Murder Conspiracy in Chicago Court
In Chicago municipal court, Mrs. Annabelle McGinnis and her sister Miss Myra Pioch faced murder conspiracy charges tied to an alleged plot to kill former husband Michael McGinnis, a city foreman who was shot March 18. Two youths held as accessories admitted to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Annabelle McGinnis
Myra Pioch
Michael McGinnis
Life prisoner Mathiason Sends Salvation Army Donation
Peter N Mathiason, labeled No 2921, imprisoned for life for partner murder in his logging business, has earned $50 in five months and sent it to the Salvation Army with a note hoping it helps feed six poor families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A
Chicago
Peter N. Mathiason
Minnesota
Mathiason
Salvation Army
Liquor Boat Searched After Intercepted Tip Off New Jersey Coast
Coast guard across the New York area hunts for a drifting motor boat thought laden with liquor after a tip from intercepted wireless ties the rum fleet near the New Jersey coast to a Times Square hotel guest. A London cinema witness reports Joseph Chatfield 80 dies after laughing at a show. Dealers win new tax exemption on unrealized income under IRS rule aimed at uniform bookkeeping for dry goods merchants.
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New York
New Jersey
Times Square
Coast Guard
Long Island
London
England
Joseph Chatfield
Washington
Blair
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Passing of Divine Sarah Bernhardt across stages to grave
World renowned actress Sarah Bernhardt dies at 78 after a long career noted for Camille and other roles. Obituary recalls her influence on French drama, her American visit in 1916, and her indomitable will as she passed at 8 p.m. after a long illness.
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Paris
Bernhardt
France
Victor Hugo
Coppee
Sarah
Risser
St. Francis de Sales
Camille
America
New York
New England
Jackson Scholars to Conduct City Census in 1918
In Jackson the school board named Professor R. J. Knox and Miss Annie Lou McCord to lead the census of students. the effort aims to finish within days and anticipates a gala outcome for 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
R. J. Knox
Annie Lou McCord
Jackson Public
Board of Education
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Ebenezer
B. W. M. A. Rally
Florida
Moscow
Russia
Zeplak
Zepliak
Butchkavitch
Central Executive Committee
Wilkes Barre
Emma Rhoades
Binghamton, N. Y
Sarah Bernhardt
Rdea
Associated Press
Madame Normand
Anna Buzzi
Frederic Schneider
Schneider
New York City
Henry A. Brown
Newark
N. J
Beth Ivsrael Hospital
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Rome
Arthur Taylor
Girl and
Boy Scouts of
H. W. Harvey
State College of Agriculture
Athens
Jackson Public Schools
Knox
Boston
Jack
Augusta
Milledgeville
Georgia State Sancitarium
Dawson
Savannah
Barnard and
Broughton Streets
Gabriel
Jim Loo
Forsyth Street
Loo
Macon
Dry Branch
T. S. Thorpe
Con
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