Burial of Samuel A Link at Center Ga
Center Georgia August 13 Samuel A Link burial conducted by Reverend Levern and Cooper pallbearers W M Mathews Jim Wright G J Wright H M Mathews C C Chandler survival Emma Link and daughter Mrs J W Johnson Center seven grandchildren. Link, eighty, longtime Center resident and Confederate soldier who served through the Civil War died from apoplexy stroke.
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Center
Samuel A. Link
Messrs
Levern and Cooper
W. M. Mathews
Jim Wright
G. 3. Wright
H. M. Mathews
C. C. Chandler
Emma Link
J. W. Johnson
Link
Letter of President Sparks Georgia Support for Harris
Atlanta Aug 13 The President’s letter urging Georgians to back William J Harris for the United States Senate prompts Harris and his campaign manager Dr L B Ledbetter to decline interviews The lobby ovation for Harris at Kimball House follows adjournment of the legislature with lawmakers from Decatur and others pledging support along with telegrams from towns and cities across the state
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Atlanta
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Wilson
William J. Harris
United States
Harris
Ledbetter
Kimball House
Georgia
Howard
Decatur
Will Vote for Howard Says Harris Will Win
Avlanta Ga Aug 13 That William J Harris will sweep the state like a cyclone in the campaign for United States Senate is the opinion of W M Higgins a traveling salesman who covers large territory in the state He expects to vote for William Schley Howard but concedes the race appears to favor Harris based on information from a business trip through central Georgia and the middle western section of the state Higgins has supported Howard since his announcement but now doubts Howard will poll as many votes as Harris or Hardwick after three weeks of touring and hearsay from various sources
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Avlanta
William J. Harris
United States Senate
W. M. Higgins
Higgins
William Schley Howard
Harris
Howard
United States
Hardwick
Georgia
Meeting of Apostolic Church of God on August 18
Notice announces a gathering of the Apostolic Church of God in Au genet on August 18 with baptisms at the Georgia railroad trestle on the Oconee river at 9 am. All day services include communion followed by foot washing at 100 First Street led by Rev. N A Whibley. all are invited.
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Apostolic Church of God
Augenet
Georgia
Oconee River
Irst
N. A. Whibley
Ow Sakes Ee
Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign Being Organized in South
Atlanta officials announce the Fourth Liberty Loan drive in the Sixth Federal Reserve District. Preparations begin before September 28 with wide county and zone planning, publicity features highlighted by St Elmo Massengale. Honor flags will reward communities for over subscriptions and taxpayer participation.
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Atlanta
Federal Reserve
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
M. B. Wellborn
Dstrict Liberty Loan Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
W. C. Wardlaw
St. Elmo
Banner Service Flag of 6 Stars
The Banner unveils a Service Flag bearing six stars for men connected to or sent from the office now in military service. Five in the army and one in the navy. Names include First Lieut. John W. Carrington, Corporal Allen Carrington, First Lieut. Chas. E. Martin in France, Corporal Walter B. Martin, Private Robert Burpee, and Seaman John Bailey.
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Army
Navy
John W. Carrington
Allen Carrington
Chas. E. Martin
France
Walter 8. Martin
Robert Burpee
John Bailey
Fourth Railway Between Vienna and Berlin Approved
Amsterdam Aug 13 The German railway control board approved construction of a fourth direct railway line between Berlin and Vienna.
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Vinna
Berlin
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Vienna
German Railway Control Board
Small Boy Breaks Leg by Rail Tie Incident
Wilbur Barrett nine year old son of Mr and Mrs W J Barrett of Pulaski street is recovering from a painful accident. Monday afternoon around five o clock while playing on a pile of creastre beside the 8 A S railroad tracks a loose tie rolled down and fell on him breaking the left leg just above the ankle and bruising the other leg considerably.
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Wilbur Barrett
W. J. Barrett
Pulaski Street
Reverend J A Hell Purchases Branson Baxter Street Property
Rev J A Hell has bought the former Branson place on Baxter Street from L F Edwards, including the house and over four acres. He plans to greatly improve the building and turn the property into a productive spot, combining soil knowledge and practical farming to yield large crops on a small site.
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J. A. Hell
L. F. Edwards
Branson Place
Baxter Street
Bell
Athens Colored Soldier Non-Commissioned Officer
A note from Eugene Byrd a colored selectman who left six months ago with the second contingent says he is now a noncommissioned officer in Uncle Sam s army and carries the Word of God everywhere. He signs as a corporal in the colored troops and notes his mother Lizzie Byrd 1060 West Broad Street.
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Lizzie Byrd
West Broad Street
Eugene Byrd
Uncle Sam
Resolution Withdrawn on Harris Request in Georgia
Atlanta August 13 The resolution endorsing President Wilson for his stand in the Georgia senatorial race will not pass. Harris asked by letter that it be withdrawn, and lawmakers in both chambers will honor his request. Harris thanks the president for endorsement but urges the resolution not be presented for official action.
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Harris
Atlanta
Georgia
Wilson
Griffin
Decatur
House of Representatives
United States Senate
General Assembly
Georgia Loyalists Urge Harris as Howard Faces Backlash
Georgia citizens plead unity in wartime politics urging support for Hon. W. J. Harris over Sen. Hardwick. They condemn Congressman Howard for challenging President Wilson and call for Howard to retire and back Harris to show loyalty to the nation and president. The note stresses patriotism over personal ambition and predicts a shift of Howard supporters to Harris.
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Howard
Georgia
Macon
United States Senate
Clark Howell
Wilson
W. J. Harris
Hardwick
Edwards
Congress
Savannah
Howard Club
Thie
Jack of All Trades in the Army Draft Song
The poem by Berton Braley celebrates all workers joining the military draft. It notes farmers plumbers agents drummers miners and tailors leaving civilian jobs to serve, highlighting their versatile labor as part of the Army of the Draft.
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Jack OF All Trades
Berton Braley
Sam
Akill
Camp
Treach
George H
First Georgia Editor To Land in France Commands Company
J. C. Williams editor and owner of the Greensboro Herald-Journal visited Greensboro on business and announced by cable his son Cranston Williams arrived in France. He was the first editor from a Georgia paper to volunteer for service, commanding a machine gun company in the Fifty Sixth Infantry after training in Georgia.
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Georgia
France
J. C. Williams
Greensboro Herald-Journal
Cranston Williams
The
Americas Times-Recorder
Fifty Sixth Infantry
Elizabeth Mather Adopts Military Training For Girls
Elizabeth Mather College in Atlanta announces a program of rigid physical training for its female students. Since the war began the school has engaged in war work, and the new regime aims to develop American bearing and fitness to meet wartime service demands, notes president Miss Blanche Loveridge citing improvements seen in drafted soldiers.
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Atlanta
Elizabeth Mather College
Blanche Loveridge
National Army
Eugene R Black Named Head of Southern Red Cross
Eugene R Black Atlanta attorney and University of Georgia graduate succeeds Colonel William Lawson Peel as director of the Southern Division American Red Cross. Black, noted in Athens for Red Cross talks, takes command as Peel retires.
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Eugene R. Black
Atlanta
University of Georgia
Athens
Red Cross
William Lawson Peel
Southern Division
Peel
Ten Thousand Porto Rican Laborers For U S Ready
Special Agent Roberts of the Department of Labor in San Juan reports readiness to ship 10,000 Porto Rican laborers to the mainland once transportation is arranged. About 10,000 have registered and hundreds more seek registration to fill essential war industries. He argues they will be assets to the nation once employed.
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Associated Press
San Juan
Porto Rico
Aus
Roberts
Department of Labor
Washington
Athens Bar to Meet for Calendar Arrangements
The Athens bar will meet Thursday at 10 a.m. in the city courtroom to arrange a calendar for cases to come up at the approaching term of court. Judge West presides and will convene next Monday morning.
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Athens
West
Chief of Police Returns From Vacation in Florida
Ath ens Chief Henry W. Buesse arrives back from travels in Chattanooga and Atlanta with Mrs. Buesse. He resumes duty at city hall in a palm beach suit while still on leave. The piece urges loyalty to the strongest senate candidate and echoes President Wilson.
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Henry W. Buesse
Athens
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Bessue
City Hall
Palm Beach
Senate
Wilson
Price Makes Brief Announcement of Candidacy
Atlanta August 13 James D Price director of the Georgia Experiment Station and former commissioner of agriculture today announced his candidacy for state railroad commissioner to succeed Judge Hillyer He paid his entry fee to the state executive committee and pledged faithful service if elected He cites farmers representation on the commission and his years in state service as qualifications
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Atlanta
James D. Price
The
Georgia Experiment Station
Agriculture
Judge Hillyer
Price
Georgia
State Railroad Commission
George Hillyer
J. D. Price
Parlor Rifle Shooting Alarm Prompts Police Warning
Chief of police announces multiple complaints from uptown to halt parlor rifle practices within city limits. The public notice warns that such actions violate ordinances and will be punished regardless of offender. Parents urged to prevent their boys from becoming entangled in arrest and fines.
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Uptown
Bird Carried Check More Than 300 Miles To Nest
Raleigh reports a bird built a nest in the North Carolina Hall of History using a blank check from a Raleigh bank as building material. The nest arrived from Baltimore about 325 miles by rail, though crows fly shorter. Ornithologists say the nest likely belongs to a robin or thrush.
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Raleigh
N. C
Baltimore
North Carolina Hall of History
Soldiers Struggle to Pay Income Tax on Army Pay
A Washington report describes soldiers, once businessmen, facing tax on last year’s earnings with thresholds of 2000 for married and 1000 for single. One private confesses he earned 35000 last year and squandered it before payment due in June, illustrating financial confusion in wartime service.
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Washington
Arny
Twenty-Eighth Annual Reunion of Veterans in Tulsa
The Tulsa Confederate reunion committee plans the twenty eighth annual gathering of United Confederate Veterans Association and related groups in Tulsa from Sept 24 to 27. They foresee 100000 delegates and visitors with 5000 to 10000 veterans housed in public school buildings, free streetcar tickets, three meals daily, and ample railway facilities. EH A Pickens will cater, and President Wilson supports the event as wartime patriotism with McAdoo guaranteeing favorable rates.
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Tulsa
Okla
United Confederate Veterans' Association
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
Sons of Confederate Veterans
A. Pickens
Wilson
McAdoo
Cotton Farmers of State to Meet 16th
In Atlanta Georgia on August 13 President J H Mills of the Georgia Farmers Union called a noon meeting for August 16 in the Kimball House assembly room. The aim is to craft a farmers expression to the Food Administration on price and regulations for ginning season. Mills notes a prior meeting in the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce recommended 76 cents per hundred for ginned cotton, excluding bagging and ties, but claims no producer with financial gin ties attended. He argues 75 cents per hundred on lint cotton is excessive and should not be allowed.
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Atlanta
J. H. Mills
Georgia Farmers Union
Kimball House
Food Administration
Flynt Announces Senate Candidacy in Georgia Primary
Atlanta reports an unofficial announcement that J. J. Flynt, longtime chairman of the State Democratic Committee and former presiding officer of the state senate, will seek election to the Georgia State Senate in the September primary. Interest rises in legislative circles over his candidacy.
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Atlanta
J. J. Flynt
State Democratic Committee
State Senate
No More Commissions To Be Issued For Time
Washington August 13 The war department orders halt voluntary enlistments and stop issuing commissions in all army branches not already in process of sale. An exception may be 400 engineer corps commissions already recommended by Secretary Baker.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Baker
Engineer Corps
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von Bernstorff
Kaiser
W J. Harris
Vane
Elizabeth Mather
U. S
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