Ninth Annual Convention of Cotton States Merchants Assoc
Memphis hosts the Ninth Annual Convention of the Cotton States Merchants Association from August 16 to 18 with a keynote on business truth and adaptation. Leaders Chas Henry Mackintosh Rivers Peterson and Mayor Rowlett Paine address themes on commerce finance and agricultural ties guiding Southern merchants, with sessions at Pantages Theatre and riverboat, racetrack, and fairground events.
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Cotton States Merchants Association
Memphis
Ome
Chas
Henry Mackintosh
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Rivers Peterson
National Hardware Bulletin
Rowlett Paine
A. Grant Mathews
Allan Hinchey
Cape Girardeau
George R. James
J. O. Taylor
Tallulah
Sidney Anderson
Lanesboro
Minn
Joint
Congressional Committee On Agricultural Inquiry
Anderson
United States
Pantages Theatre
Sron
Mississippi River
Idlewild
Princess
Memphis Driving Club
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Mississippi completes last link of north-south highway
Madison County plans bid opening August 18 for surfacing the final nine and six tenths mile link of Mississippi's first through highway. The project, a federal Aid project, will create an eighteen foot gravel surface with eight prior Federal Aid stretches already gravel surfaced. This completes a major state system linking county seats and population centers across six counties, with ratification of a broader State Highway System expected in November.
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Mississippi
Madison County Board of Supervisors
Hammond
Louisiana
Memphis
Magnolia
M@Gemb
Brookhaven
Hazlehurst
Jackson
Canton
Greenwood
Clarksdale
Tunica
Doak’s Creek
Pickens
McComb
Pike County
Lincoln
Holmes
Madison
Flagnolia
Highway Department
Cotton States Merchants Convention Barbecue at Fair Grounds
At six o clock a barbecue will be served in the automobile building at the Fair Grounds as part of the annual Cotton States Merchants Convention. Educational and entertainment programs are incomplete but national and international speakers will join soon along with additional attractions. Officials expect record attendance aided by reduced railroad fares for Memphis entrants.
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Memphis
Tenn
Alley
Song of the Little Spring Comes to the Sea
A lyric voice bubbles up among fern and blue flags, seeking the sea while wandering through green shade and limpid pools. The poem follows a kindly spring on a playful, lifelong journey toward the Main, promising gentleness and renewal.
Radio equipped motor buses pioneer Pacific coast service
Popu lar Mechanics reports 85 buses on the Pacific coast now use radio apparatus. Rival companies push the service to capture tourist patronage. Trials show practical, with a two step short wave set hearing concerts 15 miles away despite a low antenna.
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Pacific Coast
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Miss Kearney Questions Stephens on 1922 Senate race
A Mississippi reader letters Miss Belle Kearney questions Hubert D. Stephens about his congressional record and actions, citing the National Department of Education, the Draft, Child Labor law, the Federal Reserve Act, Prohibition, and women’s suffrage, asking what he gave for his $75,000 salary.
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Belle. Kearney
Congress
John Sharp Williams
Hubert Stephens
Second
Hubert
J. R. Shinault
Miss Kearney
Mr. Stephens
Department of Education
Nelson B. Aldrich
Owen and
Glass
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
San Francisco
Mississippi
Pat Harrison
Cox
Moore
Peter Olson
Democrats
Minnesota
United States Senate
Harrison
Hazlehurst
Mint
Belle
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Progressive Merchant
Bos
George
James B. Gibson
State Highway News
Tula
Girtie Coe
Velma Cole
Lloyd Cole
Carr
A. A. Tindall
Mary Coleman
Dedley Grimes
Oxford
Wade Cole
Pauline Davis
Texas
Monroe Johnson
Daisy
Secetary OF Labor
John L. Lewis
Pres
The
United Mine Workers
Davis
Illinois
Lewis
Stephens
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