Athens Hosts Georgia Tour Visitors in City Vehicle Parking Plan
Second sighting Georgia tour under way with last night in Milledgeville and today in Athens. All visiting cars to be parked on designated streets Washington College to Lumpkin and Broad Street area with police guards at groups of cars. Public urged to cooperate as visitors stay through the day and into night.
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Georgia
Milledgeville
Por Lee
Athens
Police Department
Washington Street
College and
Lumpkin
City Hall
Broad Street
University
Jackson Street
Jackson
Thomas
Hancock Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
Pulaski Street
At Chamber of Commerce
Macon
Esterday
M. J. Abney
Seale
Paul Atkinson
Madison Committee of Entertainment
Will Griffeth
Morgan County
Madison
Athens Day Program Welcomes Tourists With Parade and Football
A Day in Athens features a motor party escorting visitors, a 4 pm arrival, and a 4:30 pm football game between University of Georgia and North Georgia Agricultural College at Sanford Field. Evening events include a torch parade, fancy dress parade, Seeing Georgia films, band concerts, and a large auto parade closing the program. Weather expected to clear by afternoon. tours progress from Macon to Milledgeville, Madison, and Athens with staged entertainments along the route.
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Sanford Field
University of Georgia
North Georgia Agricultural College
Dahlonega
University White Way
Clayton Street
Broad Street
Knights of Pythias
Woodmen of the World
Georgia
Colonial Theater
College Avenue
Jackson Street
Milledge Avenue
Carranza Cooperating With U S On Border Raiders
General Pancho Carranza commander in Matamoros reports the arrest of five bandits driven across the Rio Grande by U S troops at Camargo Mexico and says he is investigating a reported gathering of hundreds of Mexicans opposite Progreso This marks the first action by Carranza authorities to cooperate with American forces to clear raiders from the boundary.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Nafarrate
Carranza
Mattamoras
Rio Grande
United States
Camargo
Mex
Progreso
Neal of the Navy at the Elite today
Neal of the Navy appears in the fifth chapter shown at the Banner and Elite. The screen version includes naval life scenes such as a dance aboard the U S S Alabama and features the gun crew led by Jackson. Also shown is Clyde Fitch’s Her Great Match with Gail Kane in a five act drama.
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Gail Kane
Government urged to buy 700000 bales cotton
Representative Ketling of Alabama urged Secretaries Daniels and Garrison to have the government purchase 450000 bales of cotton and 250000 bales of linters for conversion into gun cotton and explosives to meet army and navy munition needs. Daniels noted the powder mills at Indian Head, Maryland, have been enlarged increasing demand for cotton.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ketling
Alabama
Daniels
Garrison
Army
Navy
Indian Head
Maryland
Government lends to farmers outlined by Senator Norris
Omaha reports Senator G W Norris outlines a plan at the national farmers congress to lend money to small farmers with three and a half percent bonds. A federal bureau would operate through postmasters to loan four percent to farmers who are American citizens.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Nebraska
G. W. Norris
National Farmers’ Congress
Do Not Prosecute Man Who Had Purse in Jefferson Case
J. T Smallwood of Jefferson was released and the purse theft charges dismissed after Gordon admitted he had entrusted Smallwood with his purse containing $65. Gordon testified to state officers that he asked Smallwood to keep the purse, leading to the case being dropped. Old Fashion Buckwheat Maple Syrup Arnold & Abney.
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J. T Smallwood
Jefferson
W. A. Gordon
Mr. Gordon
Smallwood
Arnold & Abney
Battle for second German defense line progresses in Champagne
London dispatches report stubborn fighting as French gain footholds on the second German line near Hill 191 and the railway triangle. German claims say attackers were captured or exterminated. Allies consolidate in Artois while new actions unfold east of Auberville. Von Hindenburg advances near Vilna with a new blow on Russia. Neutral telegrams delayed 48 hours by postmaster general.
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Associated Press
London
Champagne
Hill 191
Argonne
Artois
Auberville
von Hindenburg
Dyinsk
Vilna
Pripet
von Mackensen
Galicia
Dalmaria
Serbia
Sofia
Europe
Russia
Athens Wins Route for Ma con to North Carolina Highway
Athens wins approval to route the Twelve Highways from Macon to Asheville through Jefferson Commerce Maysville Homer Cornelia Demorest Tallulah Falls Clayton and other towns. Delegations from Hall and surrounding counties celebrated a major tourism and transportation victory aligning the Athens corridor with the Land of the Sky.
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Athens
M. J. Abney
Macon
Monticello
Madison
Cornelia
State Line
Asheville
North Georgia
North Carolina
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Eberhardt
John A. Smith
Hall County
Gainesville
Commerce
C. J. Hood
W. B. Burns
W. B. Rice
Jefferson
John N. Holder
A. R. Braselton
Montiellio
Mr. Griffeth
Madison County
Cu. D. Flanigen
Chamber of Commerce
Strahan
Slack
University Good Roads Department
T. P. Stanley
J. Y. Camthers
Will G. Griffeth
A. C. Erwin
Joe Woodruff
Tallulah Falls
Highlands
Clayton
Franklin
N.C
Messrs. Griffeth
J. Y. Carthers
C. M. Strahan
Jackson
Maysville
Homer
Demorest
Government denies rumors of negro uprising in Havana
Havana reports the government secretary denies current rumors of a projected uprising. He says there is no unrest among the negroes but the government will muster strong forces at any locality at the first sign of disorder.
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Associated Press
Havana
Anglo French loan bonds offer rebates to syndicate buyers
New York reports that while public price is ninety eight, buyers of one thousand or more can secure ninety six and a quarter net to the syndicate. The syndicate will maintain an artificial price of ninety eight for sixty days, then rebate one and three quarters percent. Fifty eight financial houses joined the underwriting syndicate led by J P Morgan & Co.
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Associated Press
New York
J. P. Morgan
Kansas City Picked for G. A. R. 1916 Encampment
Kansas City was chosen as the site for the 1916 G. A. R. encampment. Officers will be elected the next day. A White House reception intended as private became a general affair with over 5,000 veterans meeting President Wilson.
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White House
Associated Press
Washington
Kansas City
Wilson
First Increase in Athens Post Office Business
The Athens post office reports a 12 percent rise in September mail business compared with September last year. It marks the first monthly increase since the war began, with improvements seen across all postal services.
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Athens
Veterans Meeting to Hear Dr Pound at City Hall
Tomorrow at 11 a.m. the Cobb Delaney Camp of Confederate Veterans meets in the city hall council chamber. Dr Jerre M Pound president of the State Normal School will address the veterans on topics of special interest. Pink meat cantaloupes and large pink Tokay grapes advertised by Arnold Abney, phone 1076.
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Cobb- Delaney Camp of
Council Chamber
Jerre M Pound
State Normal School
Arnold& Abney
Gulf Hurricane Sows Death and Destruction Reach
Meager reports from Mobile on Sept 30 indicate between fifty and sixty lives lost and property losses exceeding two million dollars as the Gulf hurricane isolates New Orleans and nearby areas injuring hundreds. Wind speeds reached up to 130 miles per hour with extensive damage in Morgan City and New Orleans.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Natchez
New
Orleans
Racine
Mississippi
Morgan City
Los
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