Chamber of Commerce Adopts Food Will Win the War Motto
The Chamber plans a spring campaign urging farmers to plant more foodstuffs and people to cultivate all vacant lots. President Abney prepares committees for the first meeting of the year to launch a drive similar to last spring, promoting drying kilns, grain elevators, and Banner's Commissary Garden to save and distribute produce and reduce waste.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Abney
Frst
Banner
United States
Banner's Garden
Ayress
Realty Values Rise in Athens City Assessors Report
The Athens city assessors report a $109 400 increase in total assessments for the past year. The digest shows real estate valued near eight million dollars, but the report lacks ward details and new-improvement figures, raising questions about data presentation and accuracy.
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Athens
Palmer
Board of Assessors
Gite 'Igo
Geo. H. Palmer
J. H. Patman
Geo. Collins
Council
Railroad Bill Passed by House in War End Return Plan
Washington Feb 28 The House passed the railroad bill 237 to 6. It requires return of railroads to owners two years after the war ends, instead of eighteen months as Senate proposed. Final rate fixing authority would rest with the president under the House plan, while the Senate draft gave that power to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shipbuilding Plan Aims Five Million Tons Yearly Output
Washington February 28 John J McGee former chairman of the skilled labor bureau of the emergency fleet corporation arrived with a plan to present to President Wilson. The proposal claims shipbuilding labor will undertake turning out five million tons of wooden shipping in the coming year. McGee says he speaks for the brotherhood of carpenters and the American Federation of Labor.
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Associated Press
Washington
John J. *Mcree
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Wilson
McGee
Brotherhood of Carpenters
American Federation of Favor
Bryan barred from prohibition meeting at hall
Toronto audience boos Bryan as he seeks to speak under Dominion Alliance. Returned soldiers create disturbance shouting anti Bryan and Lusitania questions. Chairman pleads for calm but supporters refuse to listen as Bryan is hushed and denied a hearing.
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Associated Press
Toronto
William Jennings Bryan
Dominion Alliance
Wells
Mr. Bryan
Price vs Yerby Defeated In City Court Ruling
The case Price versus Yerby was decided yesterday in favor of the defendant Miss Yerby in city court. Court recessed after noon pending completion of Dodson versus R. F. Wood.
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Price
Price Vs. Yerby
Miss Yerby
Dodson
R. F. Wood
Judge Young Seeks Justice of Peace Seat in Town District
Judge C T Young announces candidacy for justice of the peace in the town district to succeed Judge Carliste Cobb who has resigned. He notes eight years in the district and a record of sixteen hundred cases with only one certiorari to the superior court, a jury case in which the J P court was sustained. Despondency from constipation is linked to nervousness in women and Champlain’s Tablets are offered as a remedy.
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C. T. Young
Tewn
Carliste Cobb
Youngs
Sis
J. P. Court
Campaign leaders named for Y M C A drive in Athens
The Athens Y M C A campaign organizes twelve citizen teams and six ladies teams under chairs Billups Phinizy and Mrs George Dudley Thomas. Five of six captains are named, with a sixth to be announced. A major conference is set for Sunday at 4 PM with Chancellor Barrow and Dr J M Pound addressing the goals and needs of the association. The drive begins Tuesday March 6 with a 2 PM dinner conference and runs to March 8 unless completed sooner.
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Billups Phinisy
George Dudley Thomas
Thomas
Joel A. Wier
Julius Talmadge
Hammond Johnson
T. F. Green
D. C. Barrow
Athens Y. M. C. A
Barrow
Athens Association
J. M. Pound
Forbes
Timber delivery drive accelerates pine supply for ships
Washington reports the emergency fleet corporation dispatching logging experts from New Orleans and Jacksonville to locate southern pine timber for shipbuilding. Officials say the wooden ship program is at least three months behind schedule and aims to reduce wasteful forestry practices.
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Associated Press
Washington
New Orleans
Jacksonville
German Invasion of Russia Slows Down Possibly Peace Accepted
German forces report signs of a slowdown in the Russian front amid rumors that peace terms have been accepted and a treaty signed. Other dispatches note repelled German attacks in Chemin des Dames, raiding along French and British fronts, and political shifts in Spain over neutrality. Reports also claim German detachments leaving Luga, and commentary from an American observer on rising anti-American sentiment in Berlin.
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Russia
Associated Press
Germany
Chemin Des Dames
Warn Germany urged by U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington February 28 an overwhelming vote in favor of warning German businessmen that an economic combination will be armed against Germany after the war unless the danger of excessive armament is removed by making the German government the responsible instrument controlled by the people The Chamber of Commerce of the United States announced the vote to date 1200 to 150 after a preliminary canvass of its organization members.
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Associated Preca
Washington
Germany
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
New York Seeks Athletic Coaches for Cadet Flyers
New Yorkers back a plan from the Aero Club of America to supply athletic coaches at U S army aviation training camps. Cadets would be forbidden to ascend until they meet perfect physical and mental condition standards, amid rising fatalities.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Army
Aero Club of America
Regulations to prevent Halifax disaster repetition in harbors
Special to the Banner. Washington February 28. Secretary McAdoo issued regulations for strict control and supervision of munitions movements in vessels in American harbors. The rules target overloading and handling to avoid repeats of the Halifax disaster several weeks ago.
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Washington
McAdoo
Halifax
Great Patriot ic Rally at Monroe
Monroe Ga February 23 Yesterday morning a large patriotic rally drew prominent citizens from rural areas and neighboring towns. Dr Ashby Jones of Atlanta spoke for an hour on patriotism, praised by the audience as among the finest addresses. Red Cross members wore badges after the talk and Judge Andrew J Cobb welcomed speakers. The event, sponsored by the Monroe Board of Trade, followed a prior sermon at First Baptist Church highlighting local civic pride.
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Monroe
Red Cross
Ashby Jones
Atlanta
Dr. Jones
Andrew J. Cobb
Waltonuperior
Cobb
J. Joy Nunnally
Monroe Board of Trade
First Baptist Church of
Our Own
Andrew Cobb
Prinimbell Mource
Walton
New Jersey Flying Cadet Dies in Tail Spin
Houston reports the death of Faumett X. Elliott, a flying cadet from Haddon Heights New Jersey, who was killed this afternoon when his airplane failed to recover from a tail spin during a training flight. The incident occurred near Houston, Texas, on February 28.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Faumett x. Elliott
Hadden Heights
New Jersey
Vancouver Barracks Welcomes Athens Boys Enlisting
Mr Clifton Fowler writes from Vancouver Barracks Washington that the Columbia River camp is grand and well located. He notes it is good news to Athens friends who have gone over the Rockies and that about fifteen have enlisted recently. Among recruits are L E Cook Will James and Earl Wood.
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Clifton Fowler
Athens
Vancouver Barracks
Washington
Columbia River
United States
Rockies
Fteen
LE Cook
Will James
Earl Wood
Would Form New Union Coal Miners of Colorado
Delegates representing district Fifteen United Mine Workers of America in Peablo Colorado withdraw from the national organization and favor forming a new union for coal miners in the district. A bilious attack description references liver function and digestion with Cham berlain's Tablets as a remedy.
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Union Coal Miners of
Colorado
Peablo
Colo
United Mine Workers of America
National Organization
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