Thalean district votes bonds for new school building
The Thalean school district in Sumter County approved a $60,000 bond issue to build a modern schoolhouse. With 66 registered voters, 44 ballots were cast all in favor, and trustees moved to validate the bonds. Miss Sarah Walters named principal for a K-10 program, and transportation plans will serve pupils living over three miles away. Consolidation moves also affect Friendship Concord Moasy Dell Plains districts.
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Thalean
Times-Recorder
Thales
Sumter County
Sumter Superior Court
Sarah Walters
Georgia
Board of Education
Friendship and Concord
Moasy Dell School
Plains School
Plains
Promy Sity Situation Reported in Atlantic City
Believing officials are investigating a developing situation in Atlantic City as of August 13. Details remain scarce as authorities assess potential implications and coordinate responses with local agencies.
Wilson to Veto Daylight Saving Repeal Bill
Washington August 13 President Wilson plans to veto the repeal of the daylight saving act and return the measure to Congress before the end of the present week. The Associated Press reports the administration expects a presidential veto. The move aims to preserve daylight saving provisions amid Congressional debate.
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Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
Congress
Senate panel finishes treaty as focus shifts to Mexican Colombian issues
Washington August 13 Associated Press reports the Senate Foreign Relations committee completed the peace treaty hearing and pivots to Mexican and Colombian matters. Senate leaders plan to temporarily set aside treaty fight to address other topics.
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Washington
Associated Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Germans to Build Big Mercantile Fleet
Mathias Eroberger, Finance Minister, told the Weimar assembly that Germany must immediately create a mercantile fleet and aid Germans abroad with state advances. He pledged a bill to carry out these projects would be introduced in short order.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Mathias Eroberger
National
Weimar
Cabinet Fate In Spain Turmoil Looms In Madrid
Ambiguous dispatch notes that Spain’s cabinet fate rests on a Madrid meeting. Deputies are summoned to Madrid as Prime Minister’s supporters weigh the cabinet’s future amid a pending decision.
Georgia Senate backs six months pay for veterans
The Georgia Senate unanimously adopted a resolution urging Congress to pass a bill paying all honorably discharged soldiers sailors and marines who served in the late war six months pay. Introduced by Rep John W Bale it seeks bipartisan support from Georgia's delegation to back the measure.
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House of Representatives
Georgia
Senate
Railroad operation normal within week foreseen
Chicago area shows no break in railroad shopmen strike with no change in rank. Officials in Atlanta district report strike called off and predict nationwide system will be normal within a week.
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Chicago
Atlanta
Bulgaria to gain access to open sea via neutral port
Paris reports the Supreme Council through Echo de Paris plans to grant Bulgaria a sea outlet to the Mediterranean by way of Dedengatch or Kavlan. The surrounding territory of the chosen port would be neutralized under a status similar to Danzig.
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Paris
Associated Press
Supreme Council
Echo de Paris
Bulgaria
Mediterranean Sea
Dedengatch
Kavlan
Danzig
Grove to Represent Britain at Washington
Viscount Grove, former British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has agreed to act as Britain's representative in Washington pending the appointment of a new ambassador. The decision follows a government request and marks a temporary arrangement at the Embassy.
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Grey
Britain
Washington
London
Associated Press
Viscount Grove
Foreign Affairs
Ant Ambassdor
Weather Outlook for Georgia Tonight and Thursday
Showers are likely tonight followed by additional rain Thursday across Georgia. Forecast calls for moist lows near the upper 50s to mid 60s and highs around the upper 60s to low 70s with periodic showers.
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Georgia
Georgia State Agricultural Society Opens Americus Session
The Georgia State Agricultural Society meets in Americus for its annual session with 50 to 75 delegates from across the state. The gathering, in the Superior court room auditorium, opens with welcome remarks from Mayor J. E. Sheppard and Joseph Perkins, followed by an invocation by Rev. Guyton Fisher. J. H. Wills responds on behalf of the society, and Capt. John A. Cobb addresses the delegates as the oldest living member. A recess and registration precede the president Hammack’s annual address.
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Georgia State Agricultural Society
Americus
Superior ‘Court Room
Courthose
J. E. Sheppard
Joseph Perkins
Americus and
Sumter County
John A. Cobb
Hammack
es-Recorder
Explosion at Hi Motor Co. in Selma
An explosion at Hi Motor Co. in Selma Alabama damaged the vulcanizing shop about 1200 dollars. Debris injured several bystanders fifty feet away while workers in the department were unharmed. A gasoline tank nearby was torn open by hot sheet iron. The blast rattled windows a block away with no serious injuries reported.
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Selma
Ala
Hi Motor Co
Death of Miss Ranew After Long Illness
Miss Jennie Ranew died at 12:30 pm after a lengthy illness. A Sumter County native, she lived all her life in the Americus area and was widely known. Survived by three brothers L W Ranew J M Ranew and H W Ranew of Schley County and three sisters Harriette Mary Ann Ranew of Schley County and Bessie Burte of Leslie. Funeral at 3:30 pm at the family residence with Rev LeRoy G Henderson officiating, interment in the family cemetery.
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Jennie Ranew
Americus
Jemis
Misa Ranw
Sumter County
L. W. Ranew
J. M. Ranew
H.W. Ranew
Schley County
Harriette
Mary Ann Ranew
Bessie Burte
Leslie
LeRoy G. Henderson
Supreme Council to Act on Romanian Crisis in Hungary
Following replies from Premier Bratsianu of Romania to notes from the Supreme Council regarding Romanian troop activity in Hungary, the council hastily called a meeting for 2 30 this afternoon to consider the Hungarian situation.
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Supreme Council
Paris
Associated Press
Bratsianu
Rumania
Hungary
Senate Committee Moves to Speed Treaty Hearings
In Washington on August 18 the Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed to expedite consideration of the peace treaty. Re-reading disputed sections and possible amendments will begin tomorrow. Senator Hitchcock warned that delays could lead to a floor vote, while Senator Lodge supports hastening action and Senator Fall cautions against precipitate moves.
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Washington
Associated Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hitchcock
Senate
Lodge
Fall
New Mexico
Robber Mocks Easy Heist at Hansey Trust Company
A gunman entered the Hansey Trust Company near police headquarters in Washington August 14 and demanded 15000 dollars from a teller. After shooting a clerk he shot himself in the jaw and was taken to a hospital as John Fetser of Defiance Ohio. He said he chose Washington hoping for easy money.
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Washington
Associated
Hansey Trust Company
Pollite
Potae
Ona Gh
John Fetser
Defi
Ohio
Strike of shopmen ends in Southeast
In Atlanta on August 13, allied railroad shopmen’s strike in the Southeast was officially called off by union representatives. A unanimous resolution ordered all workers to return to duty Thursday morning, with limited freight embargoes to continue briefly for accumulated repairs at Central of Georgia shops and other facilities.
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Atlanta
Allied
Southeast
Wilson
Hines
Central of Georgia
Americus Spot Market Cotton Prices and New York Futures
Good Middling 29 3 4e quoted in Americus spot market. New York Cotton Futures show October close at 31.03 with opens highs lows and final around 31.32, with late adjustments near 32.05 to 32.50 and 21.48 in Dep.
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Americus
New York
Prey
Supreme Council Peace Conference Session Report
The Supreme Council meeting in Paris today discussed the peace conference held yesterday. Officials and delegates remained brief on the agenda with no final decisions announced.
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Paris
Amoclabed Press
Coanett
Gharton
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