Largest Farm Land Sale in Georgia History At Lexington
The estate of late James M. Smith sold 69,000 acres and 53 farms near Lexington in a record single-day sale. Buyers were mainly local Oglethorpe County residents with prices averaging 49.60 an acre, the home place fetching 265,638.00. The American Land Company handled the deal, completing all transfers by 4:30 p.m. with detailed purchaser records.
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James M. Smith
South
Col. Smith
Lexington
Court of Ordinary
Oglethorpe
Mississippi
Texas
Prince
Oglethorpe County
American Land Company
Athens
T. H. Doster, Jr
Olin Dozier
Tom Dozier
Pershing to be promoted to full general
The War Department plans reviving the rank of full general to honor General Pershing commander of the American expeditionary forces. Secretary Baker said early promotion is essential as Pershing will soon command a large army and divisions will form army corps with lieutenant generals. This move avoids friction with allied commanders who hold higher ranks like marshals and generals.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
War Department
Pershing
Washington
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Baker
Last Chance for University Quartermaster Training Course
Prof Sanford reports a short window before Christmas for men to enroll in a university training course for quartermasters. With 50 to 60 already enrolled and 25 places remaining, the program runs before January as a government plan creates a Jacksonville training school. Mrs Sanford accompanies Lt Sanford, who sails for France soon.
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Sanford
Ako
E Jo
Washington City
War Department
New York
P. Sanford
France
Jacksonville
Norwegian Losses In Shipping
The Norwegian legation reports that in September nineteen Norwegian merchant ships totaling thirty thousand tons were lost. The rest reads like a hodgepodge of advertisers and land transact listings with names and places scattered through unrelated items.
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Associated Press
London
Famous Airmen Meet Their End
British headquarters in France and Belgium report the body of the famed German airman Lieutenant Vosse found within British lines after a period of missing status. British airmen dropped messages behind German lines confirming Vosse’s death, noting the coincidence with French ace Guynemer’s fate as both perished about the same time. Vosse died valIANTly fighting.
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Associated Press
France
Belgium
Vosse
Guynemer
War Tax Bill Sent to President for Signature
Congress sent the war tax measure to the president for signature after House and Senate approved the conference report. The bill taxes more than two and a half billion dollars, with intense criticism over the postage provision and effects on publishers. It is expected to raise about $850 million from incomes, corporations, and individuals.
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Associated Press
Washington, D
Oet
Cond &Ress
Senate
House
Smoot
Thirty Cents For Cottons Suggested New Board Formed
A New Orleans meeting set thirty cents a pound as a farmer price for cotton, justified by current U S selling prices. L B Jackson proposed the rate and delegates created a Cotton States Official Marketing Board of agriculture commissioners market bureau directors and Farmers Unions presidents to gather demand data and share it with farmers.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
L. B. Jackson
Georgia Bureau of Markets
Cotton States
Commissioners of Agriculture
White House denies designation of assistants to Colonel House
Washington October 2 officials rejected reports that public men are being designated to assist Colonel House in gathering data for use when peace talks begin. Also appearing are assorted grocery ads from Arnold and Abney and Buchwald's featuring prices on beans, cantaloupes, grapes, apples, and onions.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
White House
Colonel House
German Front Nervous Despite Haig's Forcing Attacks
Nervousness grows along the Ypres salient as Crown Prince Rupprecht's forces press Haig's lines. German infantry launched strong assaults to regain positions while French and German duels rage along the Aisne and Verdun sectors. Russian pressure continues near Riga with gains against the invasion forces. British success in Mesopotamia exceeds initial reports, with over 4,000 Turks captured along with guns and war stores.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Ruphrecht
Haig
Ypres
Aisne
Verdun
Riga
Mespotamia
Expulsion Demanded For Sen LaFollette By Rights League
New York October 2 The American Rights League telegraphed Vice President Marshall urging the expulsion of Senator LaFollette from the Senate. The message warned that thousands of young people might be sacrificed due to his allegedly treasonous utterances. Sun dried apples offered at 12 ½ cents per pound.
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Associated Press
New York
LaFollette
Senate
Marshall
American Rights League
Federal fuel administrator explains coal price schemes
Washington October 2 Federal Administrator Garfield outlines how coal prices will be fixed for all communities. State officers must select state and local committees to aid in the process. Dr L G Hardman of Commerce Georgia attends the conference of state fuel administrators.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Garfield
L. G. Hardman
Commerce
Georgia
State Senator Ware named as man higher up in gunmen case
Philadelphia report on October 2 states State Senator Ware was identified in testimony as the man higher up who was to supply the funds to bring alleged gunmen from New York for the primary last month when a policeman was killed.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Ware
New York
Indictments Against I W W Members Made Public
Chicago reports that copies of indictments returned last week against Industrial Workers for the World members are released. Enid Oklahoma notes the Working Class Union case featuring eleven members on trial for conspiracy to resist the draft law is set to go to the jury tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Industrial Workers For the World Organization
Oklahoma
Enid
Okla
Third Contingent of National Army Begins Mobilization Today
Washington Marches toward mobilization as the third contingent of the National Army moves to sixteen cantonments tomorrow. About half of 687,000 drafted men are already mobilized with quotas from seventeen to forty percent. Uncertain transfer to national guard and pending presidential action for examinations and classifications loom as Congress weighs war deficiency costs.
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National Army
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Liberty Loan subscriptions surge nationwide and in districts
Subscriptions to the second Liberty Loan reach an estimated fifty to sixty million in two days. The state educational system joins the effort. The German-American Insurance and German Alliance Insurance cite one million and half a million respectively. In the Sixth district responses flow from Atlanta Knoxville and Tampa with large bank subscriptions. Athens reports broad customer purchases of fifty dollar bonds and plans further solicitations under Col. Michael.
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Libertyn
Associated Press
New York
German Alliance Insurance Company
Atlanta
Liberty
Federal Reserve
Knoxville
Athens
Col. Michael
Named religious director of camp near Atlanta
A regional notice announces the appointment of a religious director at a camp near Atlanta. An item at Buchwald’s Grocery advertises a horse and buggy for sale with a casual gain reference.
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Bar
Gain
Buchwaud’s Grocery
German record and the Colonel Roosevelt's Brazil plan
Amsterdam reports the Frankfurter Zeitung prints a German foreign office record claiming Col. Roosevelt told the German ambassador that a German state in southern Brazil would best guarantee improving South American conditions.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Col. Roosevelt
Washington
Frankfurter Zeitung
Foreign Office Record
Roosevelt
Brazil
Westwago Arrives After Reported Submarine Attack
Atlantic Port October 2 The American tank steamer Westwago, cited in a navy dispatch from Paris alleging a massed attack by six submarines on convoy merchant ships with two ships and a submarine sunk, arrived here. Officers stated losses of ships but did not confirm submarine sinking.
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Atlantic
Westwago
Navy Department
Paris
Washington DC Operators Discuss Readjustment Increases
In Washington DC, operators and minor competitors hold a meeting to discuss readjustments of approved increase amounts. The session continues as debates proceed over the proposed adjustments and impacts on rates.
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Washington, D. C
Minon
First Colored Selectmen Honored by Both Races
The thirty-one colored selectmen, first of their race to leave Clarke for cantonment, were honored by white and colored citizens. A banquet at Jim Brown place featured red cross tables and bands, with speeches at Morton's opera house praising the soldiers’ duty and American citizenry.
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Cantonment
Clarke
Southern Railway
Jim Brown
Good Samaritan Temple
Frank Allen
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Morton
Opera House
Colored People
J. T. Johnson
Prof. Brown
Jeruel Academy
W. F. Dorsey
W. H. Harris
Aaron Cohen
Pitts
D. G. Bickers
America
Georgia
Athena
Athens
Athenwald
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Jim. Smith
Geo. J. Cunningham
Costa
King-Hodgson CO
H. G. Wiley
Crawford
Ben H. Meadow
Arnoldsville
Martin & Co
Carlton
W. M. Ogle
Winterville
Thomas J. Irvin
F. C. Reed
Presdent
Georgia Market Bureau O
Arnold & Abney
Buchwald
Sen. LaFollette
National Guard
Congress
M. G. Michael District
Both Rages
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