Child Labor Bill Nears Passage in Georgia
Special to The Banner Atlanta Georgia August 3 The child labor bill of Representative Sheppard advanced after a favorable committee report in the senate committee on commerce and labor The measure has House approval Senators Ford Watts Kea supported the bill while Perry Turner opposed A public hearing heard arguments from Mrs Warren Boyd William Wier for the bill and Lee Jordan Alien F Johnson and F Gordon spoke against it
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Sheppard
Senate Committee of Commerce and Labor
House
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Charman
Watts
Kea
Longina
Perry
Turner
Warren Boyd
William Wier
Lee Jordan
Cotton Manufacturers’ ‘Association of Georgia
Alien F. Johnson
Exposition Cotton Mills
F. ®. Gordon
Columbus Manufacturing Company
Italy Proclaims Neutrality as War Widens
News in brief from Rome and London dated Aug 3 reports Italy formally declares neutrality while Burns resigns in London. Paris hosts socialist resolve to defend country as Germany notes to Belgium and British naval mobilization progresses. US officials deny alarm, discuss foreign vessel restrictions and naval mail lines, with tours abroad aided by Bryan and McAdoo.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bryan
McAdoo
New York
Mediation Wins as Rail Managers and Workers Agree to Mediate
Washington Aug 3 Western railroad managers engine men and firemen have agreed to mediate their differences after efforts by the president to secure peaceable settlement and avert a strike.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Western Railroad
United States
Improvements at Collins' on Clayston Street
Extensive improvements are under way at Collins' establishment on Clayston street. The second floor is being fitted with a passenger elevator and hairdressing parlors. A corseterie and manicuring department will offer modern service. A fancy soda service may be added in winter.
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Collins
Clayston Street
W. M. Stevens Dies At 61 In City Home
W M Stevens died Sunday night at 10 o clock from heart disease at 126 First Street. The 61 year old was a longtime Methodist Church member. Funeral held yesterday at 6 PM with Rev. Geo Stone officiating. Burial in Oconee Cemetery. Survived by wife and six children.
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First Street
Geo. Stone
Methodist Church
Oconee
Stevens
Dr Slaughter Enjoys Paris Stay In Recent Cards
Cards from Dr N G Slaughter to Athens friends announced a stay in Paris, penned ten days ago, and received Sunday, indicating he is enjoying the French visit immensely.
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Dr. N. G. Slaughter
Athens
Paris
Doctor Coleman Attends Mother in Speedy Sanatorium
Dr B M Coleman makes a Sunday visit to Spartanburg to sit by his mother at Speedy san itarium. Her condition is not critical, but she requested her physician son be present.
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B. M. Coleman
Spartanburg
Hubert Fleming Travels to Maine Coast and New York
Mr Hubert Fleming left yesterday for Barbarbor Maine to spend ten days or two weeks there before heading to New York at the Martinique Hotel.
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Maine
Barbarbor
New York
Martinique
Former Gov Brown Probes Hoke Smith’s Long Record
To the People of Georgia Senator Hoke Smith has announced no platform of principles upon which he seeks your votes yet he runs on his record. He promised port rates and cotton rate cuts while governor but did little. The railroad commission he shaped failed to protect public service during strikes, harming workers and farmers. In the Senate, he battled pension increases but could not stop some growth, a record the author critiques as politics.
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Peter Georgia Railroad
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Smith
Macon
South Georgia
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House
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Sherwood
McCumber
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United States
Washington
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Merietta, Ge
War News Across Europe Mobilizations and Declarations
European powers mobilize with Italy neutral or mobilizing tomorrow. Britain undecided on war entry, urges neutrality with Belgium crisis. Nicholas III outlines events leading to war. Irish and Confederate pension debate dominates U.S. politics with Joseph M Brown urging equal pensions for ex Confederates.
Appellate Court Candidate Visited City Yesterday
Judge R. B. Russell, a candidate for the court of appeals, was in the city yesterday without opposition or anticipated contest.
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R. B. Russell
Court of Appeals
Officers of Hoke Smith Club Named and Active
The Banner reports the friends of Senator Hoke Smith formed a county club and elected M. M Arnold president J. F. Tibbets vice president Harry Hull secretary and W. F. Dorsey executive chairman. Members are joining rapidly to support Clarke in the Smith column.
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M. M Arnold
J. F. Tibbets
Harry Hull
W. F. Dorsey
Senator Smith
Clarke
Smith
Brown club formed in Cobb County to back Little Joe
Friends of "Little Joe" Brown organized a county club led by A. M. Dobbs as president with R. Lee Callaway as vice president and C. R. Dobbs as secretary. Dobbs previously led Cobb County Joe Brown efforts in 1908. Supporters of Senator Smith and former Governor Brown plan to mobilize, with Clarke County identified as a forthcoming contest.
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Little Joe" Brown
Little Joe
A. M. Dobbs
R. Lee Callaway
C. R. Dobbs
Cobb County
Joe Brown
O. R. Dobbs
Smith
Brown
Clarke County
Burial of Phillip Wray in Oconee Cemetery
Phillip Wray formerly of Athens Ga died August 2 1914 at Wrayswood farm after Confederate service and cross of honor. His nephews Thomas and William Wray survived him. He cherished school friends, attended Presbyterian church, and prayed often in illness saying I give myself to Thee take me to my happy home.
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J. Cartledge
Oconee Cemetery
Athens
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Thomas
William Wray
Theodosia, Wray
Wrayswood
Roberts May Move to Athens to Make Home
Gainesville veteran councilman B P Roberts visits his son in Athens and considers settling here. His son M C Roberts of the Athens Jewishbury Company notes a favorable impression and potential relocation.
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Athens
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Gainesville
City
M. C. Roberts
Athens Jewbury Company
Roberts
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