Southern Commercial congress to meet in Savannah in December
The eleventh annual convention of the Southern Commercial congress will be held in Savannah on December 11. Delegates and 100 official participants from states and commercial groups will attend, with noted diplomats, cabinet members, and Gen. Pershing among speakers. The event will also include the women's auxiliary and the house of southern governors, plus a focus on southern merchant marine and cotton finance.
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Southern Commercial Congress
John J. Pershing
Buist C. Getsinger
Ecommerce
Congress
de Soto Hotel
Savanah
Woman's Auxiliary
House of Southern
Savannah
Congress of the United States
South
Duncan A. Fletcher
Robert W. Bingham
Womans Auxiliary
Louise G. Lindsley
Nashville
Tenn
House of Southern Governors
Hugh M. Dorsey
House
The
Trade Commission
Europe
Trade Commissions
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Harleston
Norfolk
Baltimore
Atlantic Eet
War Department
Star
Pershing
the &Th
United States Department of Commerce
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Sweet
Department of Commerce
Savannah River
Navy
Liquid measure used for day
W B Young Guilford county weights and measures officer filed a civil action against S Hii and S F Brown High Point grocers in Greensboro. He alleged they sold peas and beans using liquid measures instead of dry measures. Judge Col lis ruled for Young, awarding $40 to each defendant, who appealed to the superior court.
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Young
Hill and
Brown
Candidates for German presidency attract contenders
Berlin reports a wave of presidential hopefuls with Adolf Damaschke from Hamburg the latest to declare willingness if called by people from all camps. He has attached a signed pledge list to his declaration. The Berlin Tageblatt criticizes his move as ill advised and warns of mushrooming candidates. Damaschke, formerly a schoolteacher, turned to social and political studies and authored many pamphlets.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolf Damaschke
Hamburg
Herr Damaschke
Artificial Stimulation of Vice Is Scored
Miss J. E. Higson of the Archbishop's Central Advisory Council condemned artificial stimulation of vice at a purity association meeting in London. She argued that moving pictures and plays show stories of unfaithful wives and unmarried mothers, challenging youths' ideals. Canon Frewer of Brighton called it England's moral crisis.
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London
J. E. Higson
Archbishop’s Central Advisory Council
Canon Frewer
Brighton
England
Cockney Dialect Strong in Bahama Islands
In the Bahama Islands, settled over two centuries ago by Londoners, the Cockney dialect is said to be as strong as in Cheapside.
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Bahama Islands
Cheapside
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the Southern Commercial Congress
Clarence J. Owens
W. B. Young
Guilford
Hii
S. F. Brown
High Point Grocers
Greensboro
Justice of the Peace
D. H. Collis
America
Bie
Allison
High Point Saving & Trust Co
High Point
North Carolina
United States Bonds and Liberty
Ed L. Ragan
C. M. Hauser
L. Ragan
Casnier
Dred Peacock, R. R. Ragan, A. E. Tate