Georgia Knights Elect Officers at Grand Lodge Meet
Georgia Knights of Pythias concluded annual grand lodge sessions in Athens with officers elected. Savannah's Geo. Schaufele named grand chancellor, Jos. D. Smith of Barnesville vice chancellor, W. H. Leopold of Savannah keeper of records, R. C. Norman of Washington grand master of exchequer, Jacob Geean of Savannah grandmaster at arms, Wm. H. Huff of West Point inner guard, Jesse M. Woods of Atlanta outer guard. Macon chosen as next meeting place. 1917 session to be one day with Uniform Bank camped in Macon and Pythian sisters meeting there. Grand Lodge action approved budgets, bylaw changes, and flag display rule, plus appointing committees for past chancellor degree and emergency fund debates. Memorial services held for sisters and a prize drill by Uniform Bank units drew notable attention.
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Georgia Knights of Pythias
Geo. C. Schaufele
Savannah
Jos. D. Smith
Barnesville
W. H. Leopold
R. C. Norman
Washington
Jacob Geean
Wm. H. Huff
West Point
Jesse M. Woods
Atlanta
Grand Outer Guard
Norman
Leopold
W. G. Moore
Macom
Macon Bureau of Conventions
Uniform Bank
Macon
Pythian Sisters
Pythian Sisters Grand Lodge
Geo. C Schaufele
Gussie Behr
Laura Cox Bridgers
Louise Turner
Maggie Zeaanon
Ad’nie Cummings
Augusta
Annie W. Saubter
Grand Protector
Bertha
Scheede
Grand Water Guard
Rosabelle Bureh
Portland
Ore
Josie Cox
Grand Lodge
T. J. Curling
Frank Hooper
T H. Nickerson
Athens
Georgia
Troy Beatty
Home Lodge
Provisional Lodge
Choice plants for sale from Dixie Brooks Co Georgia
Advertisement notes Porto Rico Yam and Dooly Yam potato plants and three leading varieties of cabbage and three varieties of tomato plants. Sold by Bower Truck and Plant Co Dixie Brooks Co Georgia. Patronage solicited.
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Porto Rico
News from the border may now mean from the Girard headquarters
Reports suggest a shift in the origin of news from border areas to Girard Alabama, where local headquarters are now seen as the primary source. Officials indicate changes in communication lines, with updates likely to originate from the Girard facility.
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Girard, Ala
Revenue estimates cut for 1917 to ease prep budget
Secretary McAdoo submitted revised receipts and expenditures estimates to Congress showing about 150 million dollars in additional revenue needed for the coming year. The total is 75 million less than early expectations, with planned increases from incomes inheritances and munitions taxes. Leader Kitchin said the revenue plan would be finalized in two weeks and taken up after the national convention.
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Washington
McAdoo
Kitchins
House Ways and Means Committee
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Wilson
Kitchin
House
Mothers Day Program Planned at First Methodist Church
Arrangements for Mothers Day in the First Methodist Sunday school were not made earlier. Next Sunday May, the program will feature Miss Laura Speer and Chancellor D C Barrow as speakers. All children and adults are asked to wear white flowers in honor of the occasion.
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Methodist
Laura Speer
D. C. Barrow
Lucy Cobb Play Postponed Indefinitely by Weather
The Lucy Cobb play scheduled on the Institute lawn was postponed indefinitely due to weather. An announcement will be issued later when a new date is determined.
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Lucy Cobb
Italians Repulse Austrian Attacks in Multiple Fronts
London reports vivid combat across the Ledro and Lagraina valleys southwest and south of Trent where Italian forces repelled Austrian attacks. Italians also reclaimed trenches in the Adamello zone. German efforts against French positions near Verdun and Belgian Steenstraete were held. British actions in Egypt sunk a Turkish camp at Bayoud and damaged a submarine. Austrian aircraft bombarded Avlona in Albania. Three German steamers were sunk in the Baltic. A British fishing fleet arrived at Lowestoft after sub shelling.
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London
Ledro
Trent
Lagraina
Rome
Zegnatoria
Adamello
Avecourt Wood
Verdun
Steenstraete
Egypt
Bayoud
Avlona
Albania
Baltic
Lowestoft
Athens Bonds Sold to Local Investors at Premium
The forty thousand dollar waterworks bond issue approved by Athens voters was sold to local interests. The National Bank of Athens bought the bonds at 102.25, covering engraving costs. The bank also secured the first twenty thousand at par and the remaining twenty thousand at the same premium, signaling strong local confidence.
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Athens
National Bank of Athens
Bond Commission
Change of venue in case of Partee trial in Athens
J W Partee, indicted weeks ago in connection with the killings at Lavonia, will be tried in Athens before Judge Brand instead of Lavonia. The Saturday night shooting at a show tent left Cohen Davis and Tom Davis dead and Chief of Police Ledford and others wounded. Partee, a railroad special officer from Toccoa, had been deputized to aid Lavonia officers.
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Athens
J. W. Partee
Lavonia
Judge Brand
Cohen Davis
Tom Davis
Ledford
Davis Brothers
Partee
Toccoa
Children of Public School Stage Games at Sanford Field
Crowds gathered at Sanford Field yesterday afternoon as Athens public schools organized a Folk Game Festival. More than 1,000 students from all schools, including the high school, participated in races and games despite a light drizzle.
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Sanford Field
Hich
Athens
Congress Rejects Five Year Naval Plan In Early Fight
Washington May 18 The house committee ended a five day deadlock by passing the naval appropriations bill without the five year program urged by President Wilson and Secretary Daniels. The bill funds 1917 shipbuilds including five battle cruisers and ten destroyers plus submarines totaling 240 million dollars. Daniels remains hopeful as the senate is expected to adjust the naval bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Administration
Congress
House Committee
Wilson
Daniels
Senate
Proposed to Send Baptist Missionaries to German Prison Camp
Asheville plans to send Baptist missionaries to German and Austrian prisoner camps holding two million Russian POWs, proposed by William Fetter who says he was banished from Russia for his Baptist faith in Petrograd. No formal action was taken by the Southern Baptist convention.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
Southern Baptist Convention
Willam Fetter
Russia
Petro, Brod
Attended Meeting Across Cities With Engineers Group
Prof. A. H. Davenport Col C. M. Snelling returned from Atlanta after attending the American Society of Electrical Engineers annual gathering spanning Boston New York Philadelphia Atlanta Chicago Denver Salt Lake City and San Francisco. About seven thousand attended with five hundred in Atlanta.
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A. H. Davenport
Col
C. M. Snelling
Atlanta
America
American Society of Electrical Engineers
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Society
Theo, Vail
Alexander Graham
Davenport
Electrical
Cornell
Lelani Stanford University
California
Protect American Interests in Mexico Conference in El Paso
Washington reports plans to safeguard American interests in Mexico while awaiting renewed talks with Carranza. Interior consuls and 1200 Americans in Mexico City and under 3000 nationwide participate in El Paso conference. General Trevino campaigns against bandits blamed for Glenn Springs raid. Col Sibley leads border expedition forces.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
State Department
Carranza
el Paso
Mexico City
Letcher
Chihuahua City
Im &1
Paso
Trevino
Glenn Springs
Col. Sibley
Mallee
El Paso Sergeant Shot Near Juarez by Mexican Guards
May 18 El Paso Texas Sergeant Harry Furman of the machine gun company Twenty third Infantry was shot and killed on Mexican soil near Juarez by customs officials. Carranza officials claim he crossed border intoxicated and fired. his commander said he appeared sober. Investigations indicate he entered Mexican soil while searching for stray mules. Furman’s pistol reportedly discharged twice. The incident follows a chaotic national meeting narrative detailing a nationwide gathering with a 7000-strong audience, multiple cities, and a collective pledge amid a sweeping program including remarks by notable figures and diverse city participation.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Texas
Harry Furman
Twentythird Infantry
Juarez
Carranza
Furman
Commencement at Eighth District Agricultural School
The Eighth District Agricultural High School finishes commencement yesterday with today's exercises. Trustees hold a two day session. A new principal will be placed in charge as part of changes. The school runs a 250 acre farm and serves both girls and boys in the district.
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FK. Freeman
Agricultural College
Alwas
President seeks stay of Lynch execution at request of senator
President Wilson, acting at Sen O Gorman of New York's request, urged every effort to delay the death sentence of Jeremiah C Lynch of New York, a naturalized American, convicted by court martial for involvement in Irish uprisings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
O'Gorman
New York
Jeremish C. Lynch
President to Speak to Big Peace League
Washington May 18 President Wilson announced he had accepted an invitation to speak before the League to Enforce Peace of which Mr Taft is president. He had previously declined such appearances since the war began but now backs a proposal for a league of nations with a common police force to maintain peace and an international court of justice.
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Associated Press
Washington
Precident Wilson
League
Taft
Wilson
League of Nations
International Court of Justice
Survey of Atlanta to Milledgeville Road Ordered
The University of Georgia Good Roads Department of the School of Engineering has been asked by Judge B. W. Hunt to survey the road from Atlanta to Milledgeville, a stretch exceeding 100 miles, for a highway association.
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Good Roads Department
University of Georgia
School of Engineering
B. W. Hunt
Great Highway Associations
Atlanta
Milledgeville
States Must Supplement Federal Flood Fund Changes
The Associated Press reports on a flood control bill: $45,000,000 allocated for the Mississippi project and $5,600,000 for the Sacramento. Over five years, state or local beneficiaries must match expenditures with equal sums.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mississippi
Sacramento
Yaqui Troops Move North Against Sibley’s Column
About 800 Yaqui troops have advanced northward to wipe out Col. Sibley’s marching force, signaling a major engagement as the conflict intensifies in the region.
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Sibley
Col. Sibley
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Alabama
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Murford
Herbert
Gayles
South Carolina
Nichols
Elam Lodge
Manchester Lodge
Beatty
St. Elmo Lodge
Chamber of Commerce
Sanford Fiee
von der Lieth
Asa Candler
H. B. Saylor
Georgia Co
Colonial Co
Colonial
Pomeroy
Soldier Knights
Central Railway
Rock of Ages
J. Russell Smith
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Lampkin
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Garebold
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Edieine
Patent Office
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Lynch
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