SERMANS TAKE RIGA THREATEN PETROGRAD ATHENS TO HONOR FIRST SELECTMEN SEND-OFF
Athens dedicates tomorrow evening to salute the first group of selectmen drafted for service. Nearly 300 from Clarke and Athens counties join in sending nine men to campaign service with five alternates. The event includes a luncheon, a chamber reception, and a citywide gathering at 6 pm to honor the volunteers and their impending departure aboard the 7 10 train Thursday morning.
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Sermans
Riga
Petrograd
Athens
Camp Gorfoo
Atlanta
Clarke
Rome
Hal Eddie Williams
Keifer Vaughn
Jal B. McWhorter
Collin Weatbrook
John ‘Herring
Earl Stephens Thomas Luther Lee Hall
David Linton Hall
Roy Tabor Holmes
Jesse Norma Parham
Altern
David Paul Kirk
Walter Lewis Barrett
Hall Brothers
Bradberry
Tri
Atlana
Seaboard Air Line
Tra
H. A. Nix
s@ager
Chamber of Commerce
Holman Building
Harold Lester
Pershing
France
Teder Eden
Cugste
Capital 10 Honor First Called Men Capital 10 Honor First Called Men
President Wilson with members of Congress, officials, diplomats, and thousands of citizens will march down Pennsylvania Avenue from the capitol to the White House to honor the Districts first quota of the National Army. Drafted men are expected in large numbers. the Senate and House will adjourn early to join the parade and the president will review the marchers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
White House
Senate
House
Athens Boy Goes to Virginia Military Institute in Patriotic Sendoff
Athens honors Ross Crane son of the late Mr and Mrs James R Crane as he leaves for the Virginia Military Institute. Home Guard lines the route from city hall to campus for brief speeches on chapel steps with veterans and women mobilizing to bid farewell. A motorcade, campus ceremony, and later train departure mark the sendoff with local officials, clergy, and business leaders participating.
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Ross Crane
James R. Crane
Virginia Military Institute
Athens
Holman Building
City Hall
Home Guard
Nix
Cobb-Delaney
Radical high tax defeated in senate amid war profits clash
Washington prompts a decisive Senate rejection of high tax proposals in the war profits debate. LaPollette’s 70 percent flat increase failed 55 to 26 while a 25 percent rise went down 53 to 71. A final vote on the war profits section looms as a one third increase near $1.06 billion remains likely for the overall levy of two and a half billion dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
LaPollett
Borah
LaFolletta
Superintendent Found Dead at Electric Plant
Smith, 2¢ years old, was killed by lightning near the electric plant Sunday afternoon. He was the third son of the late John H. Smith, a respected citizen and former First Christian church member. A former ward representative and youngest city council member, he married Miss Vella Mae Sharpton three years ago and leaves a wife, a daughter, mother, two brothers, and a sister. Funeral planned from his late residence pending brother Walter’s arrival from Verna, Texas.
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Sam Sharpton
Walter
Verna
Texas
Secretary War Predicts End Date of War With Germany
Secretary of War Baker told a Labor Day crowd in New Port News that the war with Germany would end when victory is achieved. He paid tribute to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor.
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Associated Press
New Port News
Baker
Germany
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
More Relief Ships Needed for Belgian Belgian Relief Diet
New York report quotes Prentiss Gray, director of the Belgian Relief Commission, urging urgent sea shipments to feed Belgian and French civilians cut off by German attacks. The item lists requested foods including peas, corn, beans, cabbage, celery, lettuce, peppers, ham, tongue, dried beef, and nuts from King Hodgsion Co. and partners.
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Associated Press
New York
Prentiss Gray
New Dormitory State Normal Faces Overcrowding
The State Normal School enters its twenty fourth annual session with registration near capacity. More than 100 girls are turned away awaiting space as the Miller dormitory adds 100 beds but remains full. Bradwell, Gilmer, Winnie Davis and Senior Hall are full, with over 500 students housed. The Pound Auditorium and 1200 opera chairs will open October 1, and opening exercises are planned in the old chapel.
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State Normal School
Scholol
Bradwell
Gilmer
Winnie Davis
Mgoms
Athens
Miller
Board of Trustees
B. 8. Miller
Columbus
Pound
Pou
Root Urges Lawyers to Sound Great Gay Alarm
In Saratoga Springs on September 3, Elihu Root told American Bar Association delegates to use every power over clients to push for peace and security with Germany, aiming to patch the nation’s career of determination amid the war.
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Root
Associated Press
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Elihu Root
American Bar Association
Bar
Germiany
Veterans of the Grey Escort County’s National Army Train
The Cobb-Delaney Camp U C V asks every Georgia camp to assemble on three mobilization dates to escort soldiers leaving their counties. Members are urged to meet at Clarke County Courthouse on Thursday, September 6 at 6 AM to form and escort the National Army train.
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Cobb-Delaney
James A. Thomas
Georgia
Clarke County
National Army
No Peace Riots or Pacifists Mobilization in Chicago
Chicago, Sept. 3. Delegates to the People's Council for Democracy and Peace in America did not attempt another public meeting. Pacifists attended a labor picnic but no speeches were made. A large force of deputy sheriffs guarded the grounds. Troops remained in readiness to prevent public meetings per Governor Lowden's orders. Mayor Thompson stayed in seclusion.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Ill
People’s Council For Democracy
Peace In America
Lowden
Thompson
Defective Cartridges Questioned by U S Officials
Washington reports steps toward investigating defective cartridges supplied to American forces in France. Brigadier General Crozier and the senate military committee arranged inquiries, with Secretary Baker to testify. Crozier noted bromide additives found in about two percent of army cartridges. shipments may be retraced and remanufactured.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Crozier
Senate Military Committee
Crosier
Senate
Baker
Navy
War Department ‘Ordinance Bureau
Conservation urged as sugar shortage looms
Washington warns of looming sugar shortage and calls on Americans to cut consumption. Food administration says ships are scarce, delaying Cabas, Hawaiian crops, and exports to Europe. World supply this year near average, with cane and beet crops above normal, but distribution hampered by shipping gaps.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Food Administration
Europe
Japan
Bagatelle Overdrafts Highlight Impeachment Trial
Austin Texas Sept 8 1916 Ferguson personal and Bell Rosque Ranch accounts at Temple State Bank were overdrawn by 50000 on Oct 18 per H F Blum assistant cashier first witness in impeachment trial Ferguson held stockholder in the Bell Rosque Ranch and connected to the bank accounts.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Ferguson
Bell Bosquer Ranch
Temple State Bank
H. F. Blum
Bell Rosque Ranch
National Guard Tightens Guard in Montgomery
Alabama dispatch notes high guard levels to prevent race trouble as troops monitor the city. Officials forbid integration attempts at theaters and in white sections of street cars, aiming to avoid clashes.
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Alabama
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Dept
National Guard
Fire Out on Sunday Sparks Defective Stove Cause
Fire crew attacked a blaze in box fifteen where a fire broke out in a location occupied by John Moorehead. Officials state the fire was caused by a defective oil stove. Damage was minor, about 25. Also shopping notes list Cooking Apples Sweet Florida Oranges and items from Arnold & Abney including butter beans and string beans.
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John Moorehead
Florida
Arnold & Abney
Germans Capture Riga Port As Allies Press Flan ders
In Riga the German garrison and civilians advance east of the Dvina as Russians withdraw across the river. Bridges across the Dvina were blown, Germans pursue the retreating defenders. Italians report progress while Haig bombs German trenches in Flanders.
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Riga
Russia
Dvina
Haig
Flanders
Quartette Reunites On Athens Street After Thirty Years
A chance reunion on Clayton Street brings together Dr. H R Palmer Dr I H Goasy Mr J B McWhirter of Fort Lamar and Mrs T C Hardman of Caramerce. Once partners in business they recall old dealings and friendships from thirty years past in Harmony Grove Commerce and Fort Lamar.
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Clayton St
Tiy
H.R. Palmer
I. H. Goasy
J. B. McWhirter
Fort Lamar
T. C. Hardman
Caramerce
Goss
McWhirter
Dr. Palmer
King
Palmer
Goss & McWhirter
Hiniin Wese
Harmony Grove
New Harmony
Grove—Commerce
Palner Cse
Hardman
School Book Notice and Local Produce Prices
The notice states school books will be sold only for cash by authorized selling agents for the Board of Education. It asserts equal treatment of customers and lists fresh produce prices, including sweet potatoes and beans, with corn at 30 cents per dozen and fresh carrots at 10 cents per bushel, under Arnold & Abney.
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Cel Ecae
Arnold & Abney
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Home Guards
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Keng-Hodgson CO
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