Judge Cobb speaks at Franklin county anti draft rally
A large Carnesville gathering heard Judge A J Cobb in a Franklin County anti conscription meeting. He urged lawful duty and explained patriotism, while organizers pressed to stop sending soldiers to France. The morning session adjourned after tense exchanges. Cobb spoke at 2 pm to a mixed reception.
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Franklin County
Carnesville
Bold Springs
Hardwick
France
Tom Watson
Watson
Brittain
Cobb
U. S
Cornett
Judge Cobb
Franklin
Gale
Athens
Senator Hardwick
Carson
Thos. Watson
Wilson
Prea
Cardinal Gibbons
Jeff
McConnell
A. J. Cobb
Mine Explosion Fatal Toll At West Kentucky Coal
An explosion in a West Kentucky Coal Company mine near Lay, Kentucky, today killed twenty four workers and injured twenty five of the 140 men underground. Of those, 115 were brought to the surface.
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Associated Press
Lay, Ky
West Kentucky Coal Company
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders Flag Honored in Toronto Welcome
In Toronto on August 4 the Seventy-first New York regiment flag carried at San Juan Hill by Roosevelt’s Rough Riders was saluted by the Forty-eighth Highlanders as a detachment returning from United States recruitment celebrates its homecoming.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Canada
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
Seventy-first
New York Regiment
Forty-eighth Highlanders
United States
Five Killed As Auto Struck By Train In Tennessee
Five persons died and two were fatally injured when an automobile was struck by a passenger train on the Tennessee Central Railroad at Crossville, Chattanooga, Tennessee, today.
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Associated Pres
Chattanooga, Tenn
Tennessee Central Railroad
Crossville
Forecast of Weather For The Coming Week
Fore cast for the week beginning Sunday Aug 6 1917 for the South Atlantic and East Gulf States. temperatures will average near or above normal with occasional local thundershowers.
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the Banner
Washington, D. C
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Five Parties Back Kerensky in Petrograd Conference
In a Winter Palace conference the five represented parties issued resolutions declaring confidence in Premier Kerensky and inviting him to form a cabinet. Kerensky had not yet responded, as the partial conference adjourned in Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Winter Palace
Premiser Kerensky
Kerensky
Neutrals Move Toward Pledge On Food Exports
Washington reports an impending agreement among neutral powers and the export council to guarantee non export of food to Germany. Replies from neutrals indicate they will meet requests for information on requirements and assurances that supplies will not reach Germany.
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Washington
Export Council
Germany
Senate Food Control Bill Near Senate Vote Hopeful Next Week
Washington reports indicate the senate may debate the administration’s food control bill before adopting the conference report. Leaders hope the measure reaches the president by next week’s end. Reed attacked the report in a two hour speech.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
Saloons Closed at Key West Under Prohibition Proclamation
Key West Florida August 4 all saloons were closed tonight to enforce the presidents proclamation banning liquor within half a mile of a military reservation. Saloons men reportedly sent a petition to the war department asking thirty days to dispose of stocks.
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Key West
Fla
War Department
War Tax Measure Ready Monday Reported by Finance Committee
Washington explains the revised war tax bill to raise about 2.007 billion dollars with Senate changes boosting income taxes by around 72 million dollars and war excess profits and intoxicants taxes adding 31 million dollars as reported August 4. The measure goes to the Senate Monday for consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
U A
Trading With Enemy Bill Now Now Completed
Washington reports the senate commerce sub committee has completed consideration of the trading with the enemy bill and will report it to the full committee on Monday. The piece includes a poem excerpt by Louis Untermyer from These Times.
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Washington
Senate Commerce
Louis Untermyer
Root Believes Russia Will Emerge From Trials
Elihu Root head of the U S mission expressed faith in Russia overcoming difficulties to sustain a great free democracy at a luncheon honoring mission members. He urged sympathy for a nation struggling with problems America has faced for 140 years and called for manhood with democracy against autocracy, warning of sacrifice but promising eventual strength.
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Pacific Port
Russia
Elihu Root
U. S
America
Leader killed as Oklahoma draft uprising is quelled
In Oklahoma on August 4 a key uprising leader died after being wounded near Rockypoint. Sheriff Grall captured Boggs, a heavily armed ring leader, without resistance as authorities report several dozen band members jailed. A base near Lonedove coordinates posses.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Adam
Wallace Cargill
Rockypoint
Ianother
Grall
Wewoka
Boggs
Lonedove
France stronger today in fighting men and material
Washington Aug 4 France is stronger today in fighting men and war material than at any time during the war. Andrew Tardieu high commissioner of France in the United States sent a formal communication to Secretary Baker with figures on men guns and money France contributed to aid in striking the last blow at the foe of democracy.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
France
Andrew Tardieu
United States
Baker
Col Frederick Hodgson Dies After Ill Health in Washington
Col Frederick Hodgson longtime West Pointer and National Council for Defense member died at his Washington home at 12 16 Sunday from an acute heart condition. He was born in Athens, graduated from West Point in 1877, and rose to colonel before retirement five years ago. Survived by his wife and several Hodgson brothers in Athens and beyond, with many nieces and nephews. Relatives head to Washington as funeral plans unfold likely in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Frederick Hodgson
Washington City
South
Washington
National Cemetery
Arlington
National Capital
West Pointer
Col
Hodgson
Athens
West Point
Army
War Board
Milledge Avenue
Department
National Council For Defense
Jand
Lizzie Mure
Schnectady
N. Y
R. D. Mure
Mesars E. R. Hodgson, Sr
Jos. M. Hodgson
Guy Hodgson
Geo. T. Hodgson
Atlanta
Alban Hodgson
United States Navy
T. A. Hodgson
Treasury Department
Teutons Advance in East as Allies Press in West
Austrian front news reports German forces pushing on the eastern front amid growing Entente pressure in the west. Berlin notes heavy artillery on Flanders, with weather delaying decisive action and British stance on Arras front unchanged. Russians show stiff resistance on Galicia border as fighting continues near Skala and Bukowina.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Flanders
London War Office
Arras
Atiffer
Skala
Kimpelung
Bukowina
Women to Take Place at Law
Atlanta reports Georgia opens bar to women as war demands increase female entrants. Law schools, including Atlanta Law School, see rising applications from women eager for legal diplomas. Within two years, women lawyers may form a sizable presence at the Georgia bar.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Bar
Georgia Law
Atlanta Law School
Othr
Phonograph's Star Performance at Milledgeville State Sanitarium
Rev John B Amos of Milledgeville Ga reports remarkable mental health benefits from phonograph music. A clergyman with nostalgia speaks of his regained speech, a lawyer finds relief from melancholia, and a renowned author becomes an eager listener. Amos plans to buy a new invention and 560 records to boost lodge church and college society programs.
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Belgium
Alice Verlet
Cylinder Records
Aciion
College Society
John B. Amos
State/ Sanitarium
Milledgeville, Ga
Window Sills and Space Saving Window Seats
A sotted window without a sill can be made attractive by adding a bar and a hinged cover to create a window seat. In small rooms such a packing is impractical as it occupies too much space.
Farm Loan Association forms in Eastville area
County Agent Joe Woodruff leads a new Farm Loan Association in Eastville to aid farmers in Clara and Oconee counties. Eleven men apply for loans totaling about fifty thousand dollars under the federal loan act. Loans offer low interest and easy terms with security. Example: a thousand dollars may be borrowed at fifty eight dollars and twenty eight cents per year for forty years, with options to pay extra at any interval.
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Joe Woodruff
Clara
Oconee
Eastville
Athens Men Are On Crushers Committee
W M Hutchinson of Macon, head of the Cotton Seed Crushers Association of Georgia, named 1917-18 committees in Atlanta. Governing includes E C Ponder, Fielding Wallace, T S Carter, J T Dennis Jr, L G Neal. Executive features W H McKens ie, C A Whitehead, J W Hohenstein, Horace Lanter, Julian Field. Publicity lists P D McCarley chair with Ix 4 Thomas, B L Bond, L P Foster, E P Chivers, T S Kenan Jr, J H White. Legislative led by Harry Hodgson with H E Watkins as vice, plus T R Talmadge and others. Rules chaired by H B Watkins with W D Hall and others. Committees cover planting seed selection, seed standardization, arbitration, chemists, and traffic with multiple Georgia towns named.
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Atlanta
W. M. Hutchinson
Macon
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association of Georgia
E. P. Chivers
Georgia
Hutchinson
E. C. Ponder
Rutledge
Fielding Wallace
Augusta
W. H. McKensie
Montésuma
C. A. Whitehead
Tennille
J. W. Hohenstein
Savannah
Horace Lanter
Weat Point
Julian Field
P. D.mccarley
Thomas
Madison
B. L. Bond
Royston
L. P. Foster
F. N. Smalley
D. W. Almand
Valdosta
J. L. Benton
Memticello
Harry Hodgson
Athena
R. L. McMath
Americus
C. Dowthit
H. C. Brown
W. A. Shingler
Ashburn
P. R. La[mar
J. H. Taylor
Dickens on ladders of success through earnest effort
A concise quotation notes that talent and luck form two ladder sides but ladder rungs demand durable effort. True ascent requires thoroughgoing ardor and sincere earnestness, not substitutes, to reach achievement.
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Dickens
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Root
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A Farm Loan Association
Georgia Cotton Seed Crushers Association
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