Hart County youth blocks Georgia’s war endorse vote
John Seaborn Winn of Royston, a 25-year-old minister and teacher new to state politics, single-handedly filibustered a House vote endorsing President Wilson’s war policies. The Senate approved the Pace resolution praising Wilson, while Winn argued against conscription and urged scrutiny in the courts. Other measures opposed federal control of cotton prices and praised southern positions on race and state rights.
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Atlanta
Woodrow Wilson
Georgia
House
John Seaborn Winn
Royston
Hart County
Pace
Sumter
General Assembly
Senate
Roscoe Peacock
United States
National Congress
House of Representatives of
General Assembly of Georgia
People‘of
United States Senate
National House of Representatives
Winn
Illinois
Seah Wright
Floyd
House of Representatives
South
General Assembly of
Dixie
Old South
Ilinola
Johnson
Bartow
Interstate Commerce Commission
Submarine Attacks on American Transports En Route to France
American destroyers protecting convoys with troops to France fought two submarine assaults. One submarine was sunk. no ships hit and no lives lost. The first attack occurred June 22 and the second a few days later. Detected by searchlights, grenades deployed at distance helped deter torpedoes. The last of the American expeditionary force vessels with supplies arrived at a French port amid cheers, marking continued success of the operation.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Committee On Public Information
French Port
Russians Press Drive In Galicia. 20,000 Taken
Russian forces advance toward Lemberg as German positions retreat from Brazezan y center of heavy fighting. Three villages seized near Little Stripa river. nearly 20,000 prisoners reported. Volhynia offensive continues. British and Germans raid western front. General Hugh Scott witnessed Russian offensive begun July 1. An appeal urges unity behind the army. Duma dissolution opposed by Cossacks. wealth conscription debated in Ottawa.
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Associated Press
Galacia
Lemberg
Brazezany
Stripa
Berlin
Volhynia
Scott
Petrograd
Hugh Scott
U. S. Army
Clarke's 1912 Taxable Wealth Totals Revealed
Tax Receiver J. H. Dorsey completed the 1912 tax digests, sending a record to Atlanta. The total taxable property for whites and blacks combines to $13,719,276, up from $13,178,625 last year after adjustments. The report lists breakouts by asset type and district, noting a high number of dogs listed as property and detailing district figures such as Athens and Georgia Factory holdings.
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J. H. Dorsey
Atlanta
Dorsey
Athens
Georgia Factory
Puryear’s
Rainey Attacks War Revenue Draft as Rich Man Tax
Washington July 3 Representative Rainey ranking Democrat of the house ways and means committee warned that drastic changes are needed in the war revenue bill draft reported by the finance committee. He labeled the plan a rich man tax and said a total of 1.67 billion dollars must be raised with the publishers tax singled out as illogical.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Finance Committee
Representative Rainey
Ways and Means Committee
McAdoo Thanks Athens Liberty Loan Leader in 1917 Letter
Secretary McAdoo writes to Col. Michael of Athens Ga thanking him and the Liberty Loan Committee for patriotic service in 1917. He praises their unselfish effort and urges preservation of the organization for future bond issues while sending personal regards.
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Col. Michael
Liberty Loan Committee
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Washington
Mr. Michael
America
W. G. McAdoo
Army Still Short of War Enlistment Needs
Washington reports a recruiting week for the regular army exceeded 2,000 acceptances but the service remains 50,000 short of full wartime strength. Tax figures show poll tax across Buck Branch Bradberry's and others, with 1,206 colored and 2,157 white on poll tax lists. Professional tax digest lists white and colored lawyers, doctors, dentists, and architects, noting Dedrich Winter of Winterville as corporation president.
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Associated Press
Washington
Buck Branch
Bradberry's
Kenney’s
Princeton
Dedrich Winter
Winterville
Deatata
Exemption Board Issues Draft Regulations and Rules
War Department bulletin outlines how June 8 registrants will be drawn by lot, with claims for exemption or discharge heard by boards appointed by the president. It lists eligible classes for exemption, including military chaplains, aliens, and religious sect members, and notes regulations will be published for local boards.
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War Department
Washington
United States
States
District of Columbia
Germany
Cherokee Corners Sunday School Red Cross Donation
Mr. James W. Morton reported that Cherokee Corner Methodist Sunday School raised 5141.66 in cash and 64.00 in pledges for the Red Cross, totaling 205.66. He said the work continues and several thousand dollars may be added when nearby cities and counties complete their campaigns.
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James W. Morton
Cherokee Corner
Red Cross
Bludwine Bottling Co Increases Capital Stock
At a July meeting in Athens the Bludwine Bottling Co increased capital stock to 10000 dollars. A 100 percent stock dividend was declared as earnings for 1916 topped original capital. The remaining stock sold at 200 dollars per share, par 100, with rapid market interest and cash subscriptions. Within five minutes of closing, 210 dollars was offered and refused for portions of the stock.
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Athens Bludwine Bottling Company
Honor to Whom Honor is Due in Local Option Debate
Read in the People's Advocate August 11 1883 the passage of Georgia's local option bill highlighting F P Griffith of Oconee and other advocates like C R Pringle and Col Peek. The piece praises supporters and warns that opponents of liquor face oblivion while noting district boards determine exemptions under federal rules and President's review.
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People’s Advocate
Atlanta
Georgia
Athens
F. P. Griffeth
Lumpkin St
C. R. Pringle
Washington County
House
Col. Peek
Rockdale
Messrs
J. L. Sweat
Clinch
Thomas Eason
Telfair
Humber
H. A. Jenkins
Putnam
T. BE. Watson
P. Griffith
Oconee
Friends of Liquor
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Daniela
Russia
Masa
Baron Hardinge
London
India
House of Lords
Mesopotamia
Townsend
Kut- El-Amara
DUMA
All-Russian
Congress of Cossaks
Ottawa
Ontario
Dominion
J. J. Waters
Trades-Labor Congress
British Columbia Federation of Labor
Clarke
Mustang
Liniment
WM. M’adoo
Michael
Lierty Loan
M. G. Michael
Athens, Ga
Cherokee Corners
Bludwine Bottling Company
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