Governor Harris to Speak in Athens Patriot Day Event
Next Wednesday Athens plans a Statue of Liberty Celebration with Governor Nat Harris addressing the crowd. Miss Lil Hodgson will portray the Goddess of Liberty as lights illuminate a replica statue, funding to light the New York-gift statue on a long-term basis.
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Miss Lil Hodgson
Athens
New York
Harris
Nat Harris
Harria
Atlanta
Lil Hodgson
New York Harbor
Hodgson
France
America
New York “World
President Wilson to choose national committee chairperson
President Wilson plans to select a Democratic National Committee chairman before the convention and send him to St Louis as personal representative. A final choice had not been made and the appointee is expected not to be a government official, ruling out John W. Davis and Senator Stone.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
John W. Davis
Department of Justice
Stone
Jackson County Farmers Union Offers Premiums for Yields
The Jackson County Farmers Union launches a prize program to raise up to $1,000 for top yields in cotton corn alfalfa potatoes tomatoes and other crops. The scheme targets all white farmers across land types and promises varied incentives to boost production.
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Jackson County Farmers Union
Farmers Oil Mill in Commerce Reelects Officers
In Commerce Georgia a stockholders meeting for Farmers Oil Mill re elected W H Gillespie president H O Williford first vice president W S Mize second vice president and C M Scoggins secretary and treasurer The directors also declared a 10 percent dividend with possible additional 5 percent later Assets support the plan New lease five years to Sheppard Gober and Read with four years remaining Plant updated with new machinery and well kept under leasees
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Commerce
Farmers Oil Mill
W. H. Gillespie
H. O. Williford
Messrs Sheppard
Gober
Sato Named New Japanese Ambassador to United States
Amoro Sato, former ambassador to Austria and brother in law of Viscount Chinda, elected to succeed Chinda as ambassador to the United States. Sato has spent much time in America and studied at Depauw University in Indiana.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Amoro Sato
Austria
United States
Viscount Chinda
London
Sato
Chinda
Depauw University
Indiana
America
Asbestos Mine Found in Barrow County Georgia
On Luther Arnold’s plantation in Gratham district Barrow county a rich asbestos mine was found. Owner plans development and reports millions of tons in the deposit.
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Barrow
Pecal
Winder
Luther Arnold
Jim Arnold
Gratham District
Barrow County
Arnold
Russians Capture Lutsk Push Westward In Galicia
London reports Russians claim 11000 new prisoners in lower Stripa Galicia while advancing near Lutsk and along the Ska and Byur rivers. Germans seal a Dvinsk region village, Greek export coal is banned, and Greece demobilizes twelve army classes as Italians gain ground against Austria. Survivors of the Hampshire float ashore after the Orkneys disaster.
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Associated Press
London
Lutsk
Volhynia Triangle
Ska
Btyr
Koval
Kovno
Stripa
Galicia
Dvinsk
Kunawa
Petrograd
Vatx
Thiaumont
Flanders
Trent
Ortler
Greece
Romantic Phase of European War in France
British soldiers in France form relationships with French women as battalions stay in the same areas for months. English and French mix in daily life with shared chores, courtship, and social outings as men return from trenches to help with farm work. The romantic ties arise alongside admiration for French thrift and industry, with some marriages likely despite the dangers of battle.
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Associated Press
France
Tommie Atkins
Miss France
Harmony committees named by progressives and republicans
Chicago June 5 Republicans adjourned to 11 am tomorrow and progressives to 10 am. Both sides named harmony committees. Republicans: Smoot Borah Crane Butler Johnson. Progressives: Perkins Johnson Wilkinson Bonaparte Parker. Committees seen as avoiding Roosevelt and Hughes joint nomination.
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Chicago
Smoot and Borah
Crane
Massachusetts
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
A. R. Johnson
Ohio
George W. Perkins
Hiram Johnson
California
Horace Wilkinson
Charles J. Bonaparte
John M. Parker
Roosevelt
Hughes
Republicans Adopt Platform Amid War Neutrality Clash
Chicago June 8 Republicans adopted the platform from the resolutions committee led by Senator Lodge. It calls for strict neutrality in war while preserving neutral rights and criticizes the current administration. It endorses the Monroe Doctrine, Philippine policy, tariff reform, and civil reforms, while backing women’s suffrage in principle but leaving it to states.
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Mexico
Carranza
Latin America
Chicago
Sen. Lodge
Progressives Pivot On Eve Of Nomination For Roosevelt
In Chicago progressives recess after a long day to seek peace between factions before Roosevelt nomination. Murdock and McDonald urged early action while McDonald used profanity prompting a rebuke. A Jacksonville court session and Atlanta parade plans add to the political stir as Hughes faces delayed crystallization and debate over a platform.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Victor Murdock
McDonald
Michigan
Murdock
Robins
Hughes
Georgia considers anti trust and anti pistol measures in legislature
Atlanta reports state Rep Z Dorsett of Carroll County seeks an intra state anti trust law modeled on the Sherman act and an anti pistol bill restricting revolvers to deter concealment. Also planned is a state board of arbitration and a fire safety note on incendiary blazes rising in Georgia.
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Atlanta
Lt. Z. Dorsett
Carroll County
Silar
National Mediation Board
Georgia
Dorsett
Board of Arbitration
W. R. Joyner
Insurance Department
Doreey Strong
Representative Anderson
Millen
Jenkins County
Supreme Court
Harris
Anderson
Dorsey
Watson
Jenkins, Screven
Emanuel
Wilely Bulloch
Burke
Y M C A Directors Thank Friends for Support of Building
The Y M C A directors and building committee credit supporters for paying the fourth assessment and arranging a temporary bank loan to cover 3496.89 due June first. They urge remaining backers to pay this month to avoid extra costs before the July 1 fifth assessment and to finish the building by August 1.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Commercial Bank
Funda
Southern Ferro Concrete Company
Qfr
Loridans
Athens
White Man Nominated for Recorder of Deeds
President Wilson nominated John F. Costello a Democratic national committeeman from the District of Columbia to be recorder of deeds for the district. Costello would be the first white appointee since Cleveland's era of appointing a Negro to the post.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson Today
John F. Costello
District of Columbia
Costello
Cleveland
Forecast of Wheat Crops Shows Decline in 1915
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture estimates a winter wheat crop of 462 million bushels and a spring wheat crop of 246 million, both well down from last year. Rev M L Underwood urges preachers be placed on juries to aid law enforcement, noting Clarke county’s use of ministers as jurors.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture Today
M. L. Underwood
Atlanta
Clarke County
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