Speakers 10 Boost Bonds in Sixth Federal Reserve District
The Publicity Committee for the Second Liberty Loan in the Sixth District plans October appearances by national speakers. Gov. Henderson urges subscriptions, noting Liberty Bonds are a secure, interest-bearing wartime investment. Secy McAdoo may speak in the district in late October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlatan
Federal Reserve
St. Elmo Massengale
Washington
Lda
Chas. Henderson
Alabama
Henderson
Sixth
Atlanta
Joan
McAdoo
Reserve
Exceptional Farm Lands To Be Sold In Clarke County
On a Tuesday in November administrator A. B. Towns will auction Clarke county lands from the late J. H. Towns. The home place on eight acres near Whitehall features multiple buildings in a desirable community. A second tract of 151 acres, one of Clarke’s best farms with improvements, offers a strong opportunity for buyers.
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Clarke County
A. 8. Towns
J. H. Towns
Whitehall
Clarke
Towns
Magnificent Exhibitions by Clarke County Clubs and Schools
Clarke County banners a large county fair at the Elks Home directed by Miss Oliver and Mr Burns. Exhibits range from pigs and poultry to canning, sewing, and school work with prize winners across pig, corn, cotton, poultry, canning, and homemaking contests.
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Elks
Clarke County
Oliver
Burns
Georgia
Britain
France
Tuckston
Barberville
Edwards, Lampkin
Community Club
Capt. Long
Pig Club
Lillian O'Kelley
Gee
O'Kelley
Ted Johnson
Macon
O’kelley
Prince Hancock
John H. Patten
Harry Fowler
Odin Thurmond
Jack Thurmond
James Morton
Roy Evans
Corn Club
Lonnie Hall
John Patten
Hugh Evans
Paul Fleming
Harry Yarbrough
McIntyre Burnette
Y. H. Daniel
Dewey Thurmond
Frederick Evans
J.C. Butler
M. Burnett
Prince Harcock
Clara Fleming
Athens Bar Association Adopts Law League of America Schedule
At a morning meeting in the Court House Athens lawyers agreed to adopt a new uniform collection rate schedule from the Commercial Law League of America set to start November 1 1917. The plan adds 16 percent on the first 300, 8 percent on excess to 1000, 4 percent beyond 1000 with a minimum fee and a cap for commissions ensuring prompt services for merchants and attorneys alike.
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Athens Bar Association
LAW League OF America
Court House
Max Michasel
Bar Association
Commercial Law League of America
Michael
United States
Commercial Law. League of America
Law Lists of America
Four Die In Draft raid in Southwest Texas
A telegraph report from San Antonio dated October 6 states two days of county effort to arrest the Losa family Mexicans for alleged draft evasion left the deputy sheriff and two Losa brothers dead and the father fatally wounded.
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San Antonio
Tex
Geo. Weat
Losa
Loso Brothers
Athens Banks and the Bonds Rally to Liberty Bond Drive
Athens bankers meeting at the Athens Savings Bank pledged concerted action to boost the second Liberty Bond installment. Officers from the Athens Savings Bank Peoples Bank Georgia National American State Banks National Bank and Commercial Bank discussed offering free cash purchases and 4 percent deferments. They urged saving citizens to invest, stressing patriotism, financial prudence, and the bond’s safety and tax advantages.
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Athens
M. G. Michael
Meyer Stern
Geo. Mell
The
Athens Savings Bank
8. Bernstein
Peoples Bank
John J. Wilkins
Georgia National and
American State Banks
John White Morton
National Bank
J. Warren Smith
Georgia National Bank
Red Cross
The Reason Why America Fights
Argumentative essay defending U S entry into World War I against Germany. Defends freedom for all mankind, blasts German autocracy, cites violations of neutral rights, invasion of Belgium, attack on France and Russia, and the need to secure lasting peace and democratic ideals worldwide. Emphasizes moral and legal consequences, global democracy, and American responsibility.
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Germany
America
Universaal
Belgium
France
Russia
England
Kaiserdann
Pan German Intrigues Within the International Exposed
A Bureau of Information dispatch summarizes Adolph Smith’s views at the International Trade Union Socialist Congress. It contends German leaders sought a single world workers’ movement to serve a German empire, depicting two rival Internationals as manipulated and undermined by German centralism, doctrinaire orthodoxy, and intolerance toward dissent.
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Bureau of Information
Adolph Smith
International Trade Union Socialist Congress
Paul Brousse
Second International
Germany
Isbor
Workers’ International
Baker Advises The Charlotte Soldiers
Secretary Baker in Charlotte urges National Guard members to fulfill duties as soldiers and to uphold American values. He delivers a message from President Wilson during the address.
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Baker
Charlotte
Associated Press
N. C
National Guardsmen
Wilson
Proposed Increases in Live Stock Rates Set Aside
Washington DC October 6 proposed increases in livestock rates for less than carload shipments from origin points to destinations in the south and middle west would be set aside under a tentative Interstate Commerce Commission report released today.
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Washington, D. C
South
Middle West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mexican Rebel Forces Reported Near Monterey
Washington Oct. 6 Mexican rebel forces led by Portiro Gonzales are said to be organizing a revolution near Monterey as government troops from Monterery Matamoros and Victoria converge on the area to close in.
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Monterey
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Portiro Gonzales
Monterery, Matamoras
Victora
Remount Station enlistment urged for Georgia men
U S Army Recruiting Station Atlanta urges Georgians to join Camp Wheeler Macon Remount Station to train horses and mules for Army service. Promotions possible in Quartermaster Corps with steady pay from 20 to 81 dollars monthly plus board clothing and medical care. Married men need consent. volunteers warned against delaying enlistment as physical exams loom.
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U. 8
Army
Atlanta
Georgia
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Quartermaster Corps
Regular Army
National Army
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Clarke County Boys and Girls
Canning Club
Lola Dockery
Bertie Dellinger
Fowlers
Estelle Hancock
Sarah Dell Patten
Hinton Brown
Jessie Suddath
Beth Haven
Elsie Ann Johnson
Oulda Nelms
Lamkin
Wat
Daniel
Jas. Daniel
R. W. Wood
Charles Mathews
N. B. Davis
Mexico
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