Fifteen Constitutional Amendments On State Ballot
Fifteen amendments to the Georgia state constitution will be voted on in November. The proposals cover judicial salaries, executive clerical staff, legislative pay, new county creation, debt authority for municipalities, and tax exemptions for endowments. Clarke county is unaffected by some changes while others touch a broad range of counties and officials.
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Clarke
Clarke County
House of Representatives
Evans
Treutlen
Cook
Atkinson
Atlanta
Eastern
Tully Lave
General Assembly
Assembly
House
Senate
Apprass
Nothing to Fear From Price Fixing
The cotton producer and fair desling cotton trade and cotton goods industries have nothing to fear from the War Industries Board action for allocating cotton and inquiring into the situation. Clarence Ousley, assistant secretary of agriculture, said there has never been a plan to fix cotton prices. The effort aims to collect information by the cotton committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Industries Board
Clarence Ousley
Influenza Treated by New Shipping Board System
Chairman Edward N. Hurley announces a Shipping Board method for Spanish influenza using fresh air, sun, cubicle isolation, and vented tents. Developed at a Brookline tent hospital, now in sunlit shacks with controlled ventilation. A hilltop site is advised for rapid, widespread hospital construction and access to air and light.
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Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Brooks
William A. Brooks
The
Shipping Board
Training Service
Brookline
Boston
Hurley
Henry Howard
Boator
Pershing Endorses Y M C A Work For Army Officers
The testimony shows high regard for the Young Men's Christian Association among generals and officers. It argues money invested in army Y M C A work raises efficiency by about 10 percent and that Pershing would rather have 900 men with a Y M C A than 1,000 without.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Army
Navy
Pershing
Col
Wheeles
John
Endorses Prayer Hour Amid World War War Prayer Message
Charitable preacher CHAS A ROWLAND of Athens urges national unity through daily prayer and fasting. He recalls May 20 as a day of prayer for Allied success and calls for constant observance, stressing righteousness as the base for world peace and urging believers to align with a wartime moral order.
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Germany
Wilson
Besa
Chas
A. Rowland
Clarke County Tax Levy 1918 Legal Advertisements
Clarke County Georgia boards order a 140 percent state levy and seven mills county levy for 1918 to fund debt bridges roads courts and offices with surpluses applied to lawful charges. A local school tax of 2.5 mills is levied outside Athens city limits to support the public school fund.
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Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue
Clarke County
Georgia
County Board of Education
County of
Clarke
City of Athers
General Assembly
Athens
R. L. Bramblett
Tate Wright
Lands of Mrs. Love A. Wilson to be sold November 1918
By order of Administrator Job H. Wilson executor of Mrs. Love A. Wilson estate will offer Lot No. 1 and Lot No. 2 on the west side of Church Street Athens Clarke County Georgia for sale on the first Tuesday in November 1918 at the courthouse door to pay debts and divide among heirs. Terms cash. Also a separate notice of sale under a power of sale from Annie L. Lambert to M Blanche Hart appears for public outcry on the first Tuesday in November next at the courthouse door.
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GALE
Georgia
Clarke County
Court of Ordinary
Said County
Eald Court
Highrat
Athens
Gia
Sid
C. B. Deniel
R. L. Coleman
Superior Court
Hughes
Coleman
Fannie Gunter
Dorsey & Funkenstein
City of
East
Oconee Street
Frank Patat
Dock Bullock
A. M. Seagraves
A. M. Center
Clare County
Andy M. SeasTaves
J. C. Seagraves
A. M. Sea Graves
Folk Lowing
Clarke
Towit
City
Reese Street
Milledge Avenue
W. M. Smith
Castlerly
Smith
Annie L. Lambert
M. Blanche Hurt
M. Blanche Hart
Deupree Hunnicutt
Hattie Lewis
J. H. Towns, Jr
W. H. Towns
W. T. Towns
IW. H. Towns
Ignature
R. Orr
Love A. Wilson
Court House
Church Street
Allen H. Talmadge
Talmage
Talmage Estate
A. H. Talmage
Allen H. Talmage
Mra
H. H. Carlton
Thurmond
O. O
Job. H. Wilson
John B. Gamble
Hart
Aale
Questionnaires Soon Sent For Draft Class Ages 18 to 46
Washington Oct 15 classification by local boards of men in the new draft registration has been rapid. Questionnaires will soon be sent to youths aged 48 and men 37 to 46. Influenza conditions may prolong the suspension of October draft calls, but the next call is expected to be unusually large.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ovt
Stamp tax on bank checks added to revenue bill
Washington October 15 a two cent stamp tax on all bank checks was proposed as an amendment to the war revenue bill by the Senate Finance Committee revising the House draft.
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Washington
Senate Finance Bormmitiga
House
Georgians listed in ED forces casualties report
Washington DC October 15 report lists Georgian casualties among American Expeditionary Forces. Died of disease Robt Wallace Bowden James 38 Mechanic. Wounded severely George Shady Valdosta Robert A Dolan Atlanta Paul King LaGrange. Missing in action William Hicks Rome. Also listed October 16 casualties include KIA Richmond J Lavett Tifton Ga. Died of wounds Lt Joel Neel Jr Macon Ga. Wounded Society Charles Manly Augusta Ga and Lt James A Corley Marietta Ga. President Wilson praised for handling peace proposals, seen as man of the hour in diplomatic matters.
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Washington
D. C
James 38
Wallace
Roopville
James T. Johnson
Bowden
Ira M. Moore
Blythe
George Shady
Valdosta
Robert A. Dolan
Atlanta
Paul King
LaGrange
Ralph E. Honea
East Point
William Hicks
Rome
Richmond JL
Lavett
Tifton
Joel N. Neel, Jr
Macon
I Eeiveta Joba
Hughes
Commerce
Setae Co
Charles Manly
Augusta
James A. Corley
Marietta
Judge Cobb Removes Athens Civil Service Chief
Judge A J Cobb rules F J Rowe was not eligible to serve on Athens Civil Service Commission and orders his ouster. The decision, after quo warranto proceedings, directs return of papers to the commission and a ten day delay for filing a bill of exceptions.
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Andrew J. Cobb
Messrs. Field T. Tuck
George A. Tucker
J. LaBoon
W. NM. Cochran
H. J. Rowe
Civil Service Commission
City of
Athens
Rowe
Avin
Cobb
F. J. Rowe
Conve Superior Courte
Superior Courte
Western Circuit
Captain Barnett Leads Coal Conservation Drive In State
From Wednesday's Banner Captain J W Barnett chief engines fuel conservation in Georgis division is systematizing his office and coordinating with plants statewide. He writes letters and distributes literature to plant managers directing strict records of coal and water use to gauge steam production. His estimates and plans aim to reduce coal waste, conserve thousands of tons for winter supply, and ensure power for commerce remains steady. He stays in touch with every coal using plant and has saved thousands of tons already.
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J. W. Barnett
Georgis
Federal Court
Hng
Bandng
Capt
Barnett
Capt. Barnett
Great Old World and All's Well Over Here Love Poem
A fragment from a poem praising the Great Old World and its light and shadows. It contrasts morning brightness with tears and hopes, noting soldiers and burdens with a refrain that the boys back home declare all is well over here. The voice references Frank L. Stanton and wartime sentiment about letters home and kept spirits.
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Frank L. Stanton
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Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Fulton
Floyd
Sumter
Muscogee
Bibb
Chatham
Richmond
Lula Grissom
End Grisson
Clarke Superior Court
Edd Grissom
Andrew Cobb
K. J. Crawford
Claude Mahaffey
Petitoner
Board of Commissioners
Hartian
George Lewis
Georgh Lewis
Hull
I. H. Carlton
Clarke Supt
Austin Bell
A. J. Cobb
Chairman OF Civil Service Commissioners
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