Georgia appoints Johnson to compile Western Atlantic valuation
Governor Harris names J Houston Johnson of Savannah as Georgia’s valuation representative to the Interstate Commerce Commission for the Western and Atlantic Railway. The post replaces H F Durham Jr, with emphasis on exact inventory and property valuation by federal experts, ensuring complete road data and maps.
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Banner
Atlanta
Harris
J. Houston Johnson
Savannah
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western & Atlantic Railroad
Western & Atlantic Releasing Commission
Johnson
IF. M. Durham, Jr
Slaton
Durham
Charles Murphy Candler
State Commission
Candler
Georgia
Chattanooga
Railroad Commission
Western & Atlantic
Interstate Commission
Western and Atlantic Releasing Commission
Nation Board
Congress
New Orleans Clinches Southern League Pennant In 8 Innings
In Little Rock on Sept 18 the New Orleans team clinched the Southern league pennant by winning the second game in eight innings after a tie extended play. With the victory New Orleans leads by a game with six remaining to be played.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
New Orleans
Police arrest spree highlights disorder in town
Last night Parnell Gresham and Wash Howard were jailed on 363 charges after a beer dispute. Limmie Culberson, drunk and disruptive, added to police trouble with an old docketed case. Other arrests include Jess Griffith for intoxication, Grady Jackson and Tom Hunter for fighting, and Andrew McCune for striking a lawyer. Ten of twelve docketed defendants were white.
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Parnell Gresham
Wash Howard
Wash
Gresham
Judge Price
Limmie Culberson
Grady Jackson
Tom Hunter
Rick enbacker wins Narragansett 100 mile sweepstakes
Eddie Rick enbacker wins the Narragansett Speedway hundred mile automobile sweepstakes in 89 minutes 24.71 seconds. Bob Burman finishes second, Willie Haupt third, Ralph De Palma fourth as the national board reports on Western and Atlantic progress toward ICC action possibly via special congressional act.
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Associated Press
Providence
Eddie Rickenbacker
Narragansett Speedway
Bob Burman
Willie Haupt
Ralph de Palma
Seeing Georgia on Main Street October First
Five hundred South Georgians will visit Athens October 1 for a Seeing Georgia film event. The chamber of commerce plans a street projection of the full feature plus scenes from their towns, with a 1000 foot reel of State College of Agriculture and extension work shown by electric light downtown if needed.
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Georgia
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
M. J. Abney
Atlanta
State College of Agriculture
College
Soule
Armies In West and Dardanelles Deadlock Press Report
London dispatch reports continued artillery stalemate in the west and at the Dardanelles. German offensives under von Hindenburg in Courland and von Mackensen southward claim progress with prisoner and machine gun captures as Vilna nears fall.
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West
Dardanelles
Associated Press
London
von Hindenburg
Courland
von Mackensen
Vilna
Dvinisk
Riga
Galicia
Sereth
Latin American nations plan Mexico recognition after three weeks
Secretary Lansing and diplomats from Brazil Chile Argentina Bolivia Uruguay and Guatemala agreed to recognize a Mexican government after a Washington conference in three weeks. They will judge which faction controls territory and can protect nationals, aiming to align with U S policy while awaiting consul reports.
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Associated Press
New York
Lansing
Brazil
Chile
Argentine
Bolivia
Uruguay
Guatemala
Mexico
Washington
Villa
O’bregan
Carranza
Torreon
United States
Dr. Rawlings Delivers Missionary Committee Address
Friday night at First Methodist church Dr. E H Rawlings educational secretary of the SMU mission board spoke at a luncheon for the church missionary committee. His theme The Age and the Hour an opportunity and a Challenge. Dr N G Slaughter presided. Brief talks followed by Rev C C Jarrell Dr Howard Odum and James Morton.
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First Methodist Church
E. H. Rawlings
Mission Board of the
Southern Methodist Church
Missionary Committee of the Church
N. G. Slaughter
C. C. Jarrell
Howard Odum
James Morton
Mexicans Kill Six in Rio Grande Clash at Donna
Brownsville Tex Sept 18 At least six Mexicans were killed in yesterday's fight across the Rio Grande between a United States detachment and Mexican forces near Donna Texas Border patrol reports at headquarters today say previous reports claimed no casualties Investigation by Colonel Blocksom shows Mexicans as aggressors Rumor says General Navarrote Carranza commander at Matamoros may be transferred
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande
United States
Donna
Border Cavalry Patrol
Blocksom
Border Patrol
Navarrete
Carranza
Matamoras
Rev Dr E H Rawlings to Speak at Young Harris Church
Special notice from Young Harris Memorial Methodist Church invites members to hear Rev R A Kellett at 11 a.m. and Dr E H Rawlings of Nashville Tenn Educational Secretary of the general Board of Missions preach at 8 p.m. The pastor urges a large attendance.
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Young Harris Memorial Methodist Church
Winterville
Young Harris
R. A. Kellett
Kellett
E. H. Rawlings
Nashville, Tenn
Gener Board of Missions
Rawlings
V. P. Scoville
College Night Planned at University Chapel
Tomorrow evening the university hosts College Night in the Chapel with speeches songs and a student program arranged by Y M C A secretary R M Guess The event features student poets vocal pieces and band music along with a student loan fund athletics and alma mater rituals Refreshments will be served and all students are urged to attend.
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Chapel of the University
R. M. Guess
J. B. Con
Barrow
H. Peacock
Cunningham
Immense Increase in Cash on Hand
Washington reports a dramatic rise in cash on hand as gold coin and certificates in fed eral reserve bank vaults grew by more than twelve million dollars in the last week according to a federal reserve board statement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Dario Resta Sets New Auto Record at Sheepshead Bay
Dario Resta broke the world automobile record at Sheepshead Bay, driving a 274 cubic inch car in 5 minutes 32.8 seconds for a speed over 108 miles per hour. The event occurred on September 18 in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Dario Resta
Sheeps Head Bay Speedway
Painting Wisdom on Frauds and Low Price Paints
The note warns that the worst paints are liars posing as the best and claims low price paints deceive buyers. It stresses that many claim superiority, yet a few stand on similar quality, while the ultimate argument of cheap paint is deception and cheating.
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Devoe
Presbyterian Laymen's Movement Speakers Address Chapel Exercises
Dr Rawlings spoke at the university chapel yesterday morning and will preach today at the First Methodist church and this evening at Young Harris church. He also addressed vespers at 8 N S and spoke at Farmington with Presiding Elder Allen at the quarterly conference gathering.
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Presbyterian
Jerre M. Pound
R. M. Guess
C. A. Rowland
John D. Moss
Dc. W. Crook
Rawlings
First Methodist
Young Harris Church
N. S
Farmington
Allen
Tax Collector Gets His Books in Shape
Tax Collector W A Mallory rapid ly tidies his ledgers in preparation for this year's taxes. The rate was fixed recently and he is calculating amounts due from thousands of property holders. Receipts will be issued for state and county taxes and alphabetically arranged for quick reference.
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W. A. Mallory
Mule breaks leg on bridge between Oconee and Clarke counties
An Oconee county farmer driving toward Athens had a mule break a leg when the animal stepped in a hole on the floor of the jointly owned bridge between Oconee and Clarke counties. Clarke County authorities went to repair the defective spot promptly. The coal man will have his inning after a while. Just be patient and you will hear something drop the temperature not the price of coal.
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Oconee County
Athens
Coconee
Clarke County
Westinghouse workers press eight hour day wage rise
Pittsburgh reports AFL IAM and Electrical Workers demanding eight hour day twenty percent wage increase and time and a half overtime from Westinghouse Electric with Thursday decision deadline as order books are war muni tions heavy. Differences persist over Anglo French loan terms as bankers seek better terms for subscribers and dispute including war munitions. Army recruitment unit convocation authorizes 140 garrisons to drill reserves. Archibald due in New York to explain letters from German officials. Villa evacuated Torreon as supply issues halt advances against Carranza forces. Sixteen wounded Mexicans arrive at Matamoros hospital. Eastland relief spending nears eight hundred fifty thousand dollars per Red Cross. Foreclosure suit against Missouri Pacific filed by Guaranty Trust and Eads. Condolence notices to Haudrup and others. Henry Chadwick, father of baseball, buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Associated Press
Westinghouse Labor
Pittsburgh
American Federation of Labor
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Industrial Association of Machinists
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
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Bernstein Bros
Broad Street
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Pennant
Pelicans
Clayton
Jess Griffith
D. L. O' Kelley
Crawford
Andrew McCune
P. M. B. Young Davis
Pulaski Street
Narragansett
Balkans
Serbia
Bulgaria
Viena
Volhynian
Lutsk Dubne
Rovne
DR. Rawlings
U. S
Nashville
Atlantic City
N. J
Army and Navy Union
United States Army
Archibald
James F. J. Archibald
Dumba
von Papen
el Paso
Chihuahua
Matamoras Hospital
Chicago
Red Cross
Missouri-Pacific
St. Louis
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Guaranty Trust Company of
B. F. Eadwards
J. H. Haudrup
Lottie Haudrup
W. H. Wilkinson
M. H. Powers
Henry Chadwick
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Eighth Avenue
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