Mississippi Agencies Win Permanent Writ Over Insurers
Jackson Mississippi January 12 The chancery court in Hinds county made permanent a temporary injunction forbidding 160 fire insurance companies from withdrawing from Mississippi. Chancellor W J Stricker rejects insurer claims of no authority and says the revenue agent can sue in the states name and use ancillary processes. A possible conspiracy to pull out could end the subject matter and trigger a public calamity. The insurers are defendants in a billion dollar antitrust suit now pending.
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Jackson
Miss
Stokes V. Robertson
Mississippi
W. J. Stricker
Hinds County Chancery Court
Stricker
State Revenue Agent
Prosperity Ahead Warns From Steel Head Judge Gary
The piece quotes Judge Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel forecasting long prosperity for the United States. It urges faith in recovery, notes bankers’ optimism, and calls for production wise spending and saving to sustain growth across communities.
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Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
United States
Banks
Evurhan
Watson seeks to make bonds and wartime paper legal tender
Senator-elect Thomas E. Watson of Georgia announces in the Atlanta Constitution his plan to introduce bills at the 7th Congress extra session making Liberty and Victory bonds and other government papers legal tender. He also proposes direct lending to farmers and issuing unissued Lincoln greenbacks totaling 102 million dollars to ease a domestic crisis and boost business.
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Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Liberty and Victory
Watson
Federal Reserve and
Farm Loan Banks
Secretary of the Treasury
Lincoln
Daniels Calls Naval Power To Guard World Respect
Secretary Daniels told Congress that disarmament must proceed through a universal end to naval building. He urged President elect Harding to convene a world conference and warned against a limited Anglo American Japanese alliance or a one year naval holiday.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Daniels
Naval Affairs Committee
Harding
Wilson
League of Disarmament
Mr. . Daniels
Coneres
Great Britain
Japan
Borah
Idaho
Ecomer
A Woman Voter Urges Oxford Women to Vote Freely
A call to Oxford women to exercise the franchise on January 21 with duty not party bias. The letter urges voters to judge candidates by moral character and to cast ballots for those who are honest and clean, for the safety of homes and public good.
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Oxford
Cotton acreage plan aims to halve 1921 southern crop
At a Memphis cotton convention on December 8 9 farmers bankers and merchants endorsed restricting cotton acreage in 1921 to one third of land to stabilize prices. The plan foresees diversifying crops and argues seven million bales could fetch as much as fourteen million with better farming policy.
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Memphis
South
Bradford Knap
Orer
Bankers’ Associations
American Cotton Assocation
Merchants Associations
Farmers’ Unions
Friends Like Dollars Hardest to Find in Need
A reflective line equates friendship with dollars, noting that true friends are scarce when support is most needed and highlighting the value of reliable companionship.
Foreigners Learn Reality of America’s Bountiful Promise
A line from a historical piece notes that while America is a land of plenty, newcomers discover it also requires effort to truly fill an empty stomach, beyond the popular image of abundance.
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America
Stomach Pump Saves Many Poisoned Victims
Louisville City Hospital notes the stomach pump saves fifty eight lives since January in 1920. The apparatus, a rubber tube and pump, drains stomach contents after poisoning from wood alcohol Jamaica ginger and other substances, with doctors guiding the patient through a painful but life saving procedure.
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Louisville City Hospital
Jamaica
City Hospital
B&b. Woodward
Woodward
Alu
Louisville
Church Notes and Comments on Local Ministers and Activities
Ten teachers from the Methodist Church School completed a training course led by Rev. R H B Gladney. Miss Mary E Doney and her class hosted a social for Junior girls. Rev W I Hargis conducted a funeral in Abbeville for a grandson of Mr J Anderson. Rev W L Smith preached at Water Valley and will speak at the Primitive Church next Sunday. Young preacher G W Robinson continues active work while H C Smith is assigned to New Prospect and Yellow Leaf.
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Church School
R. H. B. Gladney
Sardisfield
Mary E. Doney
W. I. Hargis
Abbeville
J. Anderson
Diptheria
W. L. Smith
Water Valley
G. W. Robertson
Midway
H. C. Smith
Yellow Leaf
Presbyterian and church society meetings listed in Greenwood
Rev Joseph Rennie of Greenwood plans preparatory communion services at the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. The University Circle of the Presbyterian Church met with Mrs W D Hedleston to study Ephesians. The Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church met at Mrs B S Guyton's home for a business meeting and new officers. The Misses Kirkwood hosted the Presbyterian Church Sunday School class Tuesday evening.
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Joseph Rennie
Greenwood
Presbyterian Church
University Circle
W. D. Hedleston
Women’s Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
B.S. Guyton
Misses Kirkwood
Snow blankets Memphis in first new fall of year
Memphians woke to a five inch snow cover that blanketed the city, followed by sleet and drizzle. Light flurries earlier along the Jane line melted before workers arrived downtown.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jane
Liquid Borozone Ad Cure Claim
An advertisement touts Liquid Borozone for cleansing wounds and accelerating healing. Prices listed are 30c 60c and 1.20. Sold by A. H. Kendel.
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A. H. Kendel
Adv
City friends mock country folk yet seek safety in the tall grass
The piece notes city friends joke about country people but retreat to the tall grass for weeks seeking refuge from bandits, illustrating a paradox in attitudes toward safety and danger.
Notice to Creditors of Merchants and Farmers Bank
Notice to all creditors of the Merchants and Farmers Bank Oxford Lafayette County Mississippi that a special receiver was appointed in a chancery case R C Carter et al vs Duke M Kimbrough et al No 4775. Creditors may file sworn claims on January 24 1921 at 10 A M with the chancery clerk.
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A. D
Duke
Chancery Court
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Oxford
W. M. Woodw
Puta Vopalves
Tod Wasson
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