Sumter Faces Dishonor as Bond Quota Stands Short
Sumter county faces public embarrassment as bond sales lag, with less than half of the $328,250 goal raised. Chamber of Commerce officers urge rapid card returns and two days of intensive drives to avert slacker county stigma in the war loan effort.
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Sumter
Sumter County
Ellis
Joseph Perkins
Chamber of Commerce
Hightower
J. R. Cargill
Americus
Astrad
Cotton market notes mixed signals on futures and spot
Local spot prices show Middling at 27 cents while New York futures edge lower with May closing near 28.45 and July around 26.27. Market report lists daily highs and lows for several contract months, indicating cautious trading and small price swings across the board.
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New
Wilson calls Congress to meet May 19
Washington May 7 President Wilson issued a call for a special session of Congress to meet Monday May 19. It will be impossible for the President to attend. White House officials said the date was fixed earlier than leaders expected, guided by Secretary of the Treasury’s advice on the need to pass appropriation measures.
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Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
Congress
White House
Georgia Bale Off By Air for Mills
MACON May 7 The Wright bombing plane arriving from Washington carries a bale of Georgia cotton to be trans shipped by air for Lowell Massachusetts to be made into cloth and returned by plane to Macon. The big planes are due in Washington by five o'clock.
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Macon
Washington
Lowell
Mass
Poles Slav ex Envoy of Reds at Berlin
COPENHAGEN May 7 Polish forces who captured Vilna recently seized and shot Adolph Joffe former Russian Bolshevik ambassador at Berlin according to Polish newspapers received here. SOUTHER FIELD May 7 Lieut Alfred W Vance and Lieut Floyd Wilson flew to Macon and back reporting a new air mail route between Macon and Atlanta to be established during the aeronautical congress with a Souther Field pilot to carry mail.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Aasorelated Press
Vilna
Adolph Joffe
Ambassdor
Souther Field
Alfred W. Vance
iLeut
Floyd Wilson
Macon
Atlanta
Aeronautical Congress
Victory Liberty loan funds to cover demobilization costs
A Liberty loan representative explains funds will cover troop demobilization from France, transport, care of wounded, and vocational training. The demobilization and transport are projected at about 2.32 billion dollars, with ten months needed to complete the process for around 1.65 million soldiers who fought abroad.
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York
Victory Liberty Loan
France
Liberty Loan Committee
Women Start Fight to Gain Primary Vote
Atlanta suffrage leaders, buoyed by success in the city white primary, push a bill to allow white women to vote in Democratic white primaries across Georgia. Fulton delegation promises House support in the next session to begin hearings next month. The move aims to counter arguments by opponents and open the path to constitutional suffrage later.
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Atlanta
Fulton
House of Representatives
Georgia
Train from Macon to Montgomery arrives earlier
Central of Georgia passenger train No. 5 from Macon to Montgomery will arrive here at 2 01 P M instead of 2 17 P M. The change takes effect next Sunday May 11 per Geo M Anderson local agent, announced today.
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Macon
Central of Georgia
Montgomery
Geo. M .Anderson
Velvet Kind Ice Cream Arrives in Americus
A Purity Ice Cream Dairy Company representative has spent two days in Americus placing Velvet Kind Ice Cream at local soda fountains. The product is promoted as pasteurized milk based, renowned for cleanliness and real food value, and now available at most city fountains.
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Purity Ice Cream Dairy Company
Americus
Hawkins Firm Wins County Road Engineering Contract
The Sumter county board awarded the engineering contract for the federal aid road program to Thomas & Hawkins of Americus. Joe Hawkins and Knox T. Thomas announced plans to open a local office and base drafting in Atlanta, with two six‑man crews to begin surveying and drawing work next week on the Sumter bridge project and other federal aid efforts.
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Sumter County
Board of County Commissioners
Thomas & Hawkins
Joe Hawkins
Americus
Pa Boane
Dalod
Hawkins
Knox T. Thomas
R. L. Maynard
Attorneg
Macon
Mr. Hawking
Atlanta
State Highway Department
Walger County
Last of AEF to leave France by August
Secretary Baker announced that by August the last men of the American expeditionary forces will have been withdrawn from France. He said the American force is already being divorced from the army of occupation. Plans are in place to supply forces in Germany via Antwerp and Rotterdam, removing the need for a 700 mile Brest line of communication.
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Washington
Associated Press
Baker
France
Army of Occupation
Germany
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Brest
Weather forecast for Georgia shows possible showers tonight
A weather brief notes likely showers across Georgia tonight and on Thursday with unsettled skies. Strong upper air disturbances may bring scattered rain, cooling temperatures, and areas of showers across coastal and inland regions. Local normals expected to hold with breezy conditions in some locales.
Treaty of Versailles handed to German plenipotentiaries at Paris
The peace treaty between 27 Allied Powers and Germany, the longest ever drawn at about eight thousand words, is delivered at Versailles. It sets League of Nations governance, shifts frontiers, reduces German armed forces, and imposes reparations and economic terms. It also outlines trials for the ex-kaiser and establishes international bodies.
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Paris
Associated Press
Germany
Versailles
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
League of Nations
Europe
Upper Silesia
Poland
Morocco
Egypt
Siam
Siberia
Shantung Peninsula
Czecho-Slovakia
Rhine
Baltic
Heligoland
Kiel Canal
Holland
Paris Editor Says Pact to Resume Relations With Allies
Paris editor reports that Orlando and Sonnino back in Paris will resume relations with the Allies within six months before a peace treaty is signed. The article notes a new pact, described as not a treaty, aimed at stabilizing Europe's postwar framework as negotiations continue.
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Paris
Orlando
Sonnino
Governor Patte Lecture Scheduled Amid Political Tensions
Governor Patte prepares to address a public lecture in the capital as officials weigh timing and venue amid ongoing political tensions. The event draws attention from local leaders and residents seeking policy clarity.
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