Importance of Southern Harbors and Brunswick Appropriation
Congress authorized 240000 for Brunswick harbor improvement, seen as a wise step toward equitable southern harbor funding. The piece argues southern harbors lack parity with north Atlantic and Pacific ports and urges subsidies to boost South American trade, Panama Canal benefits, and wartime logistics.
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Congress
Brunswick
South Atlantic
Gulf
North Atlantic
Pacific
Hon
South America
Honson
Atlantic
United States
South
Americas
Union
Panama Canal
Barbarous Methods of Cotton Handling Should Be Changed
The Manufacturers Record argues cotton is among the world’s most barbarously handled agricultural products costing the South tens of millions yearly. It cites railroads and compress interests opposing better baling, recounting the round bale rise and the failed push for a square bale system as a national waste issue.
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South
India
Egypt
New England
England
Railroads urged to reform cotton handling under government
Editorial argues the Railroad Administration should wield full power to overhaul cotton handling to reduce waste and extravagance, even at the expense of railroad cotton ownership. It warns that current practices hurt everyone and questions the administration’s justification if it fails to act decisively.
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Farourers
Banner Commissary completes second Christmas work in Athens
Committees from various churches distributed gifts to Athens families over three days ensuring every needy person receives a Santa Claus gift and warm clothing. The work relied on broad community generosity, with venues provided by John J. Wilkins and Jake Joel and volunteers who matched donations with judged giving.
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Athens
Santa Claus
John J. Wilkins
Clayton
Jake Joel
Elue Theater
Replanting the War Forests Across England and Scotland
The article notes Britain and Ireland rush to reforest damaged lands to support war production. It cites Robert H. Moulton on ornamental origins and the shift to practical forests. In the US, locusts and black walnut are most depleted while sandlands in Whiteside County Illinois show how tree planting can reclaim barren acres and boost farm value.
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England
Scotland
Robert H. Moulton
Mechanics
United States
British Isles
Whiteside County
Sahara
Be Extravagant At Christmas Time
Poem urges abandoning thrift for Christmas joy and lavish giving. The speaker contrasts yearly frugality with a call to generosity inspired by the Good Lord’s gifts and the season’s spirit.
Have You Helped The Poor Needy And Deserving
A community Banner Com missary drive lists numerous individual donors and organizations contributing to a relief fund. Names include Walter Mayhews Hull Ga and Jake Bernstein, alongside many others and groups such as Southern Manufacturing Co. and Athens Hardware Co., totaling over a thousand dollars in donations.
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Pecpa
Walter Mayhews
Hull
Jake Bernstein
M. OM
Bernstein
J. P. Proctor
Lucy Linton
Jno
B. Witt
Waldo Anderson
Ho Andrson
J. W. Wester
D. G
F. Whitehead
C. M. Waff
R. P. Brooks
Col
P. E. Trippe
W. P. Welch
JuMa Orr
P. E. Hinton
A. Scudder
Howell C. Erwin
H. Edwards
Mary E. McWhorter
Willie Jones
H. M. Branch
Walter H. Bishop
Edgar Thompson
H. T. Huggins
W. F. Watson
Pitner & Beusse
Joaching Brooks
W. H. Charles Joel
Dozier & Co
Mamie Davis
Erwin
BE. D. Cox
Susie Gardine
John R. White
C. D. Emmant
Nettle Webb
J. N. Webb
J.D. Bradwell
John F. Tibbetts
Southern Manufacturing Co
George McDorman
J. J. Wilkins
E. H. Dorsey
J. M. Allen
J. Y. Carithers
J. Bush
Ian Sidney
Jesse Goldman
Marion Gerdine Morse
Joan Gerdine
Alice Adams
Cash
L. F
W. A. Carlton
Fred Morton
John Morrie
James W. Morton
W. T. Bryan
Beasse Buchwald
C. A. Ver Nooy Cash
A.B. Hammond Martin Brothere
J. H. T. McPherson, Jr
B. A. Crane
H. Brand
J. Ehane
W. A. Mallory Euneeeness
B. R. Bloodworth
Thomas Beasse
Henrietta Beusse
Ruth Beusse
di Hunnicutt
J. A. Hunnicutt
Horace M. Holden
A. E. Griffith
C. D. Flanigen
J. Z. Hoke
Mary Capps
David B. Cash
O. H
Talmadge Bros., Co
A. W. Brooks
Ladies Hebrew Benevorent ‘Association
Gimon Michael
Sarah T. Fortson
Laula Funkenstein
Decisive Factors in Winning the War
Dr J W Lynch argues multiple decisive factors in the war including England's sea power Belgium's bravery France's military genius America's resources and political leadership Wilson Lloyd George and Clemenceau the support of prayer and providence noting a national day of fasting and prayer as a turning point.
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England
Mahan
Germany
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D. C. Barrow
C. Barrow
Patrick's Pharmacy
FP. A, Lipscomb
Fannie Long Taylor
H. B. Ruehle
Kate Simpson
John B. Gamble
L. O. Price
Walter H. Jones
Athens Hardware Co
Billups Phinizy
F. J. Myers
T. W. Rucker
S. Sloman
Sarah Baxter
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W. B. Pope
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J. Lustrat L. F. Edwards
Hugh H. Gordon
Max Michael
A. J. Cobb
Martha P. Percy
M. Hodgson
Griffeth
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