Clarke county tax digest shows $14.39 million total
Clarke county's tax digest totals $14,387,070, up $667,795 from last year. Tax receiver J H Dorsey led the figures to the Comptroller General, noting every district and property class rose, including farm lands, city property, banks, merchandise stocks, and automobiles, with white and colored taxpayers combined.
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Clarke
Clarke County
J. H. Dorsey
University of Georgia
State Normal School
Athens
Georgia
Buck Branch
Winterville
Bradberry
Veteran Methodist pastor to deliver birthday sermon
Rev. J. V. M. Morris, aged eighty eight, a longtime Methodist minister in the state, will preach a birthday sermon at Young Harris Memorial Methodist Church on Sunday at 11 15 in the morning. Later that day Jesse Warwick will preach at 9 o clock in the evening.
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J. V. M. Morris
Methodist Church
Young, Harris Memorial Methodist
Young
Harris
Jesse. Warwick
Congress Plans Summer Recess Amid Telegraph Measure Fallout
Senate prepares to adopt a house resolution authorizing presidential takeover of telegraph systems. Congress will recess for summer vacation. Wartime prohibition is postponed until after the recess following an all-day debate on the telegraph measure. Prohibition leaders agreed to the temporary postponement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
England to Intern Every Male Alien
The committee urged immediate internment of every male alien over eighteen years, with exemptions for medical or other cases, and repatriation of all female enemy aliens unless their husbands were exempted. Additional drastic steps were proposed.
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Associated Press
London
Thirty Convalescent Soldiers Arrive at Fort McPherson
Thirty convalescent soldiers from France arrived at Fort McPherson hospital today. Among the whites were Privates Laeron Hall of Graham Abraham Stuart of Onancock and Thomas Murphey of Fayetteville.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
France
Fort McPherson Hospital
Laeron Hall
Graham
Abraham Stuart
Onancock
Thomas Murphey
Fayetteville
U.S. Records 24 Airplane Deaths in Three Weeks
The War Department announced twenty four fatalities from airplane accidents at U.S. flying fields for the three week period ending July 6. The figure highlights the daily toll of air warfare and training.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Columbus Lieutenant Now in German Prison Camp
Washington July 11 The names of five additional officers of the American army held prisoners in Germany are confirmed. The report lists officers among those captured and reported as prisoners of war in German custody.
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Columbus
Washington
Uly
Bolsheviks and Czechoslovaks Fight for Siberia Control
London reports say Bolshevik forces press the offensive against the Czecho Slovakia army in the Volga region while government troops gain momentum. A Moscow statement claims Czecho-Slovaks retreating in Siberia as Bolsheviks overtake western Siberia. The Reuters dispatch notes Bolsheviks control much of the Trans Siberian route from Tehilibinsk to Krasnoyarsk, about 1200 miles.
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London
Volga
Moscow
Siberia
Siberias
Reuter
Peking
Tobolsk
Urals
Semipalatinsk
trans-Siberian Railway
Denahiolovak
Teheliobinsk
Krasnoyarsk
Five U.S. Planes Rain to Coblenz Captured by Germans
Berlin reports that five American airplanes from a six-plane squadron on a raid toward Coblenz were forced down in German territory. The crews were taken prisoner in the German capture, according to a general headquarters announcement.
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Berlin
U.S
London
Coblong
Athens Cannery to Open Next Monday for Season
The Athens Cannery will reopen Monday morning July 15 for the season. Miss Oliver home economics agent praises the canning effort and urges residents to use the plant for preserving fruits and vegetables. Miss Sallie Dobson will manage operations with a team of helpers and four years of canning club experience.
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Athens
Miss Oliver
Sallie Dobson
State Normal School
Five Named U. of Ga. Training Detachment Inductees
Five young men have been named by the local selection board to enter the second Training Detachment at the University of Georgia. They are Robert A. C. Ray Clarence Grady Smith Claud B. Little William Co. Puryear and Walter Hurst Griffith. They are directed to report Monday the 15th.
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University of Georgia
Messrs
Robert A. C. Ray
Clarence Grady Smith
Claud B. Little
William Co. Puryear
Walter Hurst Griffoth
Boy falls through elevator shaft at McGregor's
Dorsey Medhia, a young employee at McGregor's, slipped on a rear floor and fell into the basement shaft early yesterday, breaking his shoulder and suffering minor injuries.
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Dorsey Medhia
McGregor’s
French and Allied Forces Push Austrian Line Back
Allied forces including French and Italian detachments push Austrian troops along the western Alpine slopes and northern Italian fronts. Vienna concedes Allied gains as German raiding parties near American trenches on the Marne are repulsed with casualties.
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Vienna
Location and Strength of Germanys Fighting Fleet Problem
Washington July 1 Allied and American naval officials cannot form an accurate estimate of the present strength of the German battle fleets. It is believed Germany has seized Russian warships and put them into fighting condition, increasing her high seas fleet strength by about twenty five percent.
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Germany
U. S
Associated Press
Washington
Rary Benson
Aes
Ashiiiral Denson
Georgia Aims to Organize Vocational Education Statewide
At the State College of Agriculture in Peabody Hall the second annual meeting of agricultural science principals and teachers will launch Georgia into a statewide vocational education organization. The executive committee plans today’s convention with welcome remarks by Chancellor Barrow and a talk on food developments by Dr. Soule. Prof. Maltby outlines yearlong vocational work under Smith Hughes.
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State College of Agriculture
Georgia
South
National Association of Vocational Education
Peabody Hall
Messrs. RD. Maltby
John T. Wheeler
H. T. Maddux
State College
T. H. Wilkinson
Pelham
T. C. Galloway
Barnesville
Barrow
Soule
Maltby
Smith-Hughes
Busch family buys German war bonds amid neutrality claims
Deputy State Attorney General Becker says the Busch family of St. Louis bought at least a million dollars in German war bonds sold in the United States for propaganda and press purchases. He estimates over a hundred million dollars in bonds were sold to Americans before the war, noting the German govt profited without expense while the American press was funded with American gold.
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Associated Press
New York
Busch Family of
St. Louis
New York Evening Mall
Genera Becker
United States
Becker
Twenty One Years in Service of the Post Office
John R. Mack, a 21 year post office clerk in Athens, died suddenly while preparing to go to work. He was a respected leader in both races, survived by his wife and five grown children including Richard Walter Billie Mack Lucille Mack Fannie Laura Duncan of Mobile and Dr Burney’s wife. Funeral plans were not set at report time.
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John R. Mack
Athens
Thi
Richard
Walter
Billie Mack
Lucille Mack
Fannie Laura Duncan
Mobile
Dr. Burney
Training Twenty County Girls In Short Term Courses
County agent Miss Oliver announced a short term program for twenty girls at the State College of Agriculture starting next Monday morning. Expert instructors will lead classes in cooking dairying poultry farming canning sewing drawing and home nursing. The Woman's Club of Athens will host the twenty girls and local businessmen have contributed $25 for transportation and materials.
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Oliver
State College of Agriculture
Woman's Club of Athens
Copenhagen Protests Germany Occupation of Baltic Provinces
Copenhagen voices strong protest to Germany over occupation policies in the Baltic provinces and government actions. The protest condemns oppression and calls for an end to occupation.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Baltic
Associated Press
Bowel
Badist
Uncle Sam Forms Sugar Stabilizing Board to Fix Prices
President Wilson created a sugar equalizer board with authority to acquire sugar even at a loss and sell at stabilized prices to shield consumers from expected shortages. The move aims to hold sugar prices steady amid looming supply concerns.
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Associates Press
Washington
Wilson
Fon Board
R. R. Administration to Improve Rivers Initiative
Washington July 11 The railroad administration announced a plan to take over waterway transportation development on the Mississippi and Black Warrior rivers and appointed M J Sanders of New Orleans as federal manager for the new enterprise. The Mississippi river south of St Louis is named and the Warrior river route links Birmingham district in north Alabama with Mobile and New Orleans. No existing facilities are taken over.
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Washington
Mississippi and
Black Warrior River
Railread
M. J. Sanders
New Orleans
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Warrior River
Birmingham
Alabama
Mobile
Gainesville Man Leaps To Death After Arrest In Birmingham
J M Johnson of Gainesville Georgia jumped three stories from the United States Marshal Skeggs office in Birmingham. He had been arrested and charged with violating the cannect. The incident occurred late today on the street outside the office.
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Birmingham
J. M. Johnson
Gainesville
Pia
United States
Skeggs
Urging Boys to Remain in U S Colleges
President Wilson was urged by a committee to endorse a campaign to recruit male students for colleges and curb the turning away of young men to military service. A meeting to formulate plans was announced for Wednesday in Washington.
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Washington
Wilson
Major Allern to Speak at University July Fourth Celebration
Major Allern head of the French mission will address Athens in the Octagon at 4 p m Sunday July 14 as part of a French American Independence Day observance at the Summer School of the University of Georgia Athens residents and nearby communities invited. The program includes Prof Sanford Chancellor Dr H C White and local band and orchestra with Marseillaise and Star Spangled Banner and French tricolor decorations.
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Major Allern
Wheeler
America
France O
United States
Athena
Georgia
Atheny
Major Ullern
France
Sanford
Chau
Barrow
H. C. White
Impressive Funeral for New York’s Former Mayor
John Purroy Mitchel former New York mayor was laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery in a remarkable funeral attended by thousands. Prominent figures included former President Roosevelt Joseph P Tumulty representing President Wilson and official representatives of England France Italy Japan Cuba and Persia.
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Associated Press
New York
John Purroy Mitchel
Woodlawn
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wilson
En- Madara
England
France
Italy
Japan
Cuba
Persia
Athens Boy is Promoted At Camp Wheeler
The Athens Banner reads that Mr Beacham, a private in Sanitary Squad No 2, Thirty third division at Camp Wheeler Macon, has been promoted to Lance Corporal in recognition of his duty. The note from an officer of the squad confirms the promotion.
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Athens
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Sanitary Squad
Beacham
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