Wholesale Plans for Deportations and League Fight
Washington June 26. Government officials propose vigorous steps against bomb throwers and anarchists with a 2 million monthly fund for justice to suppress crime and 300 thousand for enforcing deportation of alien anarchists. Senate foes of the league of nations push for ratification reservations, as Elihu Root’s plan gains support and Will Hays conducts talks with Republican senators.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Department of Justice
League
League of Nations
Elihu Root
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
Captoln
July 4th Patriotic Celebration Planned at University Campus
City to mark Independence Day with a true American program on the University campus linked to Summer school. Plans call for most businesses to close in the afternoon to honor the holiday, with a majority supporting uniform closing for those observing patriotically.
Lynching of John Hartfield in Ellisville Mississippi
In Ellisville, Mississippi, a mob lynched John Hartfield, a Black man who had confessed to assaulting a young white woman ten days earlier. The victim was hanged to a gum tree limb under which Hartfield held her overnight before escaping in clothes. Governor Bilbo’s petitions to intervene failed as he was deemed powerless with no troops available.
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Ellisville
Miss
John Hartfield
Bilbo
Canteen workers kept on jump by many soldiers
The canteen committees for the week keep busy as trains bring hundreds of troopers to camps to be mustered out. Tuesday 1300 men passed through Athens with meals provided by local ladies. Wednesday a 500 casuals train arrived and special attention was given. Yesterday two trains with 517 men and 21 officers, many University boys, were hosted in a decorated hut with luncheon and refreshments.
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Camp Gordon
Athens
Georgia
Camp Shelby
Prominent Athens Man A W Harper Claimed By Death
O A Harper longtime Athens figure dies at 8 30 AM at his Dearing Street home He represented Elbert county in the legislature and the senatorial district in the state Senate He married Eugenia Long daughter of Dr Crawford W Long The funeral at his life residence 436 Dearing Street conducted by Dr Bram F Dempsey and interment in Oconee Cemetery Pallbearers named Judge Henry S West Judge Horace M Holden W A Mallory J N Webb J J Wilkins Billups Phinizy W P Glove R C Orr and Wallace Funeral Home listed additional death of R J Wallace 67 in Commerce to be buried at Beaver Dam Churchyard Rev J J Kimsey to officiate Survived by wife two sons R G Wallace Commerce and Dr J W Wallace Madison County
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O. A. Harper
Dearing Street
Elbert County
Georghi
Senate
Eugenia Long
Crawford W. Long
Long
A. O. Harper
Messrs. L. A
O. L. Harper
Elberton
Ida’ Maxwell
Oconee County
Bram F. Dempsey
First Methodist Church
Oconee Cemetery
Henry 8. West
Horace M. Holden
W. A. Mallory
J. N. Webb
J. J. Wilkins
Billups Phinizy
W. P. Glove
R. C. Orr
R. G. Wallace
Commerce
J. W. Wallace
Madison County
War Day Law Same in Peace
Washington reports wartime prohibition will take effect next Monday at midnight without new enactment. Congress will pursue enforcement measures after July 1, with Volstead Committee Chairman noting no immediate passage of proposed provisions but ample means exist for enforcement.
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Washington
Congress
Volstead
Clarke County Delegates Brown and Dubose on Key State Committees
Clarke county delegates Brown and Dubose win prominent committee assignments in the state House under Speaker Holder. Brown chairs congressional reappointment and holds several panels, while Dubose is vice chairman of appropriations and chairs public highways and rules as the assembly meets to organize and chart early legislation.
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Clarke County
Brown
Dubose
House OF Representatives
Congressional
L. C. Brown
R. T. DuBose
John N. Holder
State House
Assembly
Senate
House
Messrs. Johnson
Appling
Strozier
House Committee Assignments Made by Georgia Legislature
Special to the Banner from Atlanta reports the June 26 assignment of chairmen across committees. Notables include DuBose on Constitutional Amendments, Carswell on Appropriations, Dubose on Banks and Banking, Nixon on Corporations, Tatum on Counties and County Matters, Green on Drainage, Al friend on Educational, Pope Engrossing, Hallender on Enrollment, Wyatt on Game and Fish, Johnson and Jordan on Agriculture, Smith of Fulton on Judiciary No 1, Pace on Judiciary No 2, Brinson on School for the Deaf, Rogers of Elbert on Sanitarium, Bush on Hygiene and Sanitation, Bradford on Insurance Law Penalties, Picklen on Journals, Stewart on Labor, Brown on District Reappointment, Eve on Manufacturers, Anderson on Military, Kim on Mines, Knight on Penitentiary, Swint on Pensions, Cultose on Highways, Quincey on Railroads, Shanon on Reformatories, Nell on Rules, Covington on Temperance, Stubbs on University, Arnold on Ways and Means, and A. Mein on Wo A.
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Atlanta
Academy For the
McDonald
DuBose
Carswell
Reiser
Lankford
Nixon
Tatum
Green
Educational
Friend
Pope
Hallender
Clarke
Wyatt
Johnson
Jordan
Judiciary
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Fulton
Pace
School For the Deaf
Brinson
Rogers
Elbert
Appling
Hykine
Bush
Penalons
Bradford
Stewart
Brown
Eve
Anderson
Kim
Knight
Quincey
Shanon
Rules
Nell
Temperance
Covington
University
Stubbs
Ways and Us
Arnold
A. Mein
Athens Woman Is Elected State Confederate Corresponding Secretary
Lola Lampkin of Athens was elected corresponding secretary at the Gainesville Children of the Confederacy convention. Other Athens delegates will return with her. The program included declamation for the Anna Bryant Lane medal won by Walter Bedard Jr. and multiple officer elections.
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Lola Lampkin
Athens
Children of the Confederacy
Gainesvile
Lilen Crawford
Gainesville
Miss Lampkin
C. C. Sanders
Children of Confederacy
Elizabeth ‘Launa
Anna Bryant Lane
Confederacy
Maron
Walter Bedard, Jr
Georgia Organization
Mary Taylor Jones
Julia Jackson
Atlanta
Nel Martin
N. E. Harris
Norcross
Alice Smith
Lula Kendall Rogera
Tennille
Alice Boone
Maysville
Helen White
Lois Lampkin
Ellen Crawford
Baum Dreyer
Adeline Baunt
Dublin
Laura Horn
Savannah
Stuart Child
Marietta
Ella Powell
New York
Robert E. Lee
Grant
South
Children of the Revolution
Miss Hanner
Jamar
Adeline Baum
Miss Baum
Dc. C. Sanders
Anne Candler Bunkley
Julian Perdue
Misa Baum
Lane
Macon
Georgia
Wesleyan College
van Hoose School of Music
WS. Peacock
Macon School of Music
Eugene Anderson
G.ala. Business College
Gordon In
River Under Tow Drags Swimmer Beneath Surface
Cline Shaw a 17 year old swimmer disappeared yesterday in the Oconee river in Oconee county after an under current pulled him under. His body was found half a mile downstream after friends failed to reach him due to danger. The river has been swollen from recent rains. He is survived by his mother Mrs Betts Shaw and two sisters and one brother. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 4 pm near Clayton with burial there.
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Alfriend, Lawrence and
Sibley
Georgia Training School
Board of Health
Board of Control
State Board of Health
Bale
Floyd, Poorlang
McCall
Brooks
Senate
Arnold
Clay
Carswell
Appropriations Committee
House
Neill
Muscogee
Rela
Neil
Oconee
Cline Shaw
Shaw
Bette Shaw
Oconee County
Clayton
120000 YANK CASUALTIES IN ARGONNE FIGHT
Washington reports 120000 American casualties in the Meuse Argonne offensive, about ten percent of the 1,200,000 engaged, per war department statistics released today.
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Argonne
Washington
War Department
Athens Man Returns With All Georgia Hospital Outfit
Sergeant E. Weaver Bridges of Mra. J. O. Bridges arrived from overseas, landing in New York. He serves in Field Hospital No. 111, the only all Georgia unit to see service in France, now expected to be demobilized and mustered out at Camp Gordon. Atlanta plans a large welcome for the unit. Other Athens men are part of the ranks and many from the surrounding territory.
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E. Weaver Bridges
Mra. J
Athena
Athens
Heavy rains bring hoped for moisture to Athens farmers
Athenians who previously complained about drought received a real rain, with evidence suggesting about an inch fell yesterday. Embryo farmers tending war gardens praise the wet spell and say crops have new life, while nearby farmers foresee improved yields from the rainfall.
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Athens
180 Are Killed in Clash in Hun City
Paris dispatch reports 180 dead in a clash in Hun City amid wartime turmoil. The item notes German ministers Muckler and Bell preparing to sign a peace treaty, arriving in Vervailles Saturday after leaving Berlin.
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Herman Mueller
Bell
Berlin
Hun City
Associated Press
Paris
Herman Muckler
Seashore Hotel at Wrightsville Beach Burns
A large fire is reported at a seashore hotel in Wrightsville Beach near Wilmington, with extensive flames visible and authorities unknown on the extent of damage as of June 26.
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Associated Press
Wilmington, N. C
Wrightsville Beach
Naval appropriation bill passes Senate for 644 million
Washington June 26 The naval appropriation bill passed the Senate today carrying 644 million dollars and moves to conference.
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U. S. Naval
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Rail rate hikes hinge on future business demand
Washington June 26 and increased railroad rates this year will depend on whether the growing volume of current business yields enough revenue to reduce the deficit, the house interstate commerce committee was told today by Director Hines.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Hines
Judge McWhorter to Hold Barbecue for Lawyers
Judge Hamilton McWhorter, renowned in the state, after retiring from law, will host a barbecue for his brother lawyers in the grove at his city residence on the first of July at 1 o'clock p m.
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Hamilton McWhorter
Marjorie Bush and Bright McConnell Wed in Georgia
In Lexington on June 26, Miss Marjorie Bush daughter of Mr and Mrs William Sherwood Bush and Bright McConnell of Augusta wed. McConnell a University of Georgia graduate and former football star works as a farm demonstrator in Richmond County.
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Marjorie Bush
Bright McConneLl
Augusta
Miss Bush
William Sherwood Bush
Shorter College
McConnell
University of Georgia
Richmond County
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