State Normal Opens Amid Record City Attendance
State Normal School opened with high attendance forecasts as enrollment rises across Athens. Night classes began with 100 members and vaccination delays push anticipated total enrollment past prior records. Plans include adding grades to accommodate growth, while teachers await final assignments. The ceremony featured Dr Jere Pound and supporters from the University of Georgia and local churches. A new Negro vocational night school in Athens is also set to begin next Tuesday with strong demand expected.
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Bond
Schoors
State Normal
State Normal School
Pound
Jere Pound
Elam Dempsey
Selt
David C. Barrow
University of Georgia
E. L. Hall
Athens
J. Cartledge
S. R. Grubb
Negro Vocational School
Colored Vocational Night School of
Hand
First Methodist Church Announces Service Hours Change
Beginning Sunday September 7 the First Methodist Church will observe Sunday School at 10 a.m. Preaching at 11 15 a.m. Evening services until October 1 will be at 8 30 p.m. All services follow city time per pastor Rev Elam F Demsey noted last night.
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First Methodist Church
Elam F. Demsey
Fair Price Men Ordered Not to Increase Costs
Washington, Sept. 4. Attorney General Palmer cautioned fair price committees nationwide not to raise charges in any case. An official circular said the campaign aims to lower living costs, urging that original cost and replacement value plus all transaction facts determine reasonable pricing across fuel, clothing, food, and feeds.
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Washington
Palmer
Fair Price Committees
Department of Justice
Post Office Overwhelmed By Food Packages and Delayed Mail
Swamped post office handles hundreds of parcel post items and a heavy influx of government foodstuffs. Clerks work long hours to deliver mail while residents are advised to call for their packages. About $5,000 worth of foods are stored, saving purchasers around $1,000.
Corn Progres ses in Local District
Dry sunny weather favored crops across the state with unseasonable rain in extreme south. Corn is fair to good and fodder pulling general. Cotton progresses, opening rapidly in central and southern districts and increasing in the north. Picking and ginning advance, weevil damage affects central counties. Peanuts and sweet potatoes digging underway. Hay making general with excellent yields.
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Cotton Region Weather Bulletin
Banner
Eight men held after raid nets dope valued at unknown
New York Sept 4. Eight men were arrested after a drug raid seized dope valued at more than 100000 dollars. Police formed the raid and seized the narcotics in a local operation. Several suspects were linked to a larger trafficking ring and were taken into custody for further questioning.
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New York
Yaquis Kill American Driver and Four Guards Near Nogales
Nogales Ariz Sept 4 AP Pen yessey an American truck driver and four Carranza soldiers escorting him were killed by Yaquis below the border according to reports here today.
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Nogales
Ariz
A. P. Penyessey
Carranza
Wilson defenses League of Nations in Indiana speech
President Wilson told a 16000 strong crowd at the fair grounds coliseum that the league would make war violently improbable rather than impossible and that the covenant's economic and arbitration clauses would keep war on the outskirts. He urged acceptance as a new platform for world affairs while noting opponents focus on only parts of the covenant.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Fairgrounds Coliseum
Wilson
League of Nations
League
Goodrich
Indiana
Austria
Germany
Serbia
America
$150 Annual Pay Increase for Postal Workers Proposed
Washington report says the house passed a bill proposing a flat $150 yearly raise for all postal employees. The increase would be retroactive to July 1 and sent to the senate for consideration.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
All Australians To Leave Great Britain
London reports the Australian high commands plan to move the last Australian troops out of England by the first week in September. Soldiers have caused worry among English girls as the departure nears.
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Great Britain
Associated Press
London
England
Tropical Storm Moves Westward Across Caribbean Sea
Washington reports tropical disturbances centered over Eastern San Domingo with a moderate westward drift. The weather bureau says the system will probably pass west of Turks Island by Thursday night, indicating continued movement toward the Caribbean region.
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Washington
San Domingo
Turks Island
Weather Bureau
Sanford Couple Return From Atlanta Visit
Professor and Mrs. H. V. Sanford have returned home after a pleasant several days in Atlanta where they were entertained by friends and relatives.
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8. V. Sanford
Atlanta
Major Athens Real Estate Sale Shifts Prime Corner
A historic Athens sale transfers the intersection of Clayton Street and College Avenue to buyers F A Lipscomb Sidney Boley Sol J Boley and Louis Punkenstein. The Shacklefords who owned the property ten years remodeled the stores and expect notable improvements by the new owners. The deal underscores rising Athens values and city growth.
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Athens
Messrs
Kk C. Shackleford
Thos. J. Shackleford
Clayton Street
College Avenue
Kress
F. A. Lipscomb
Sidney Boley
Sol. J. Boley
Louis Punkenstein
Messrs. Shacklefords
Clarke County War Record Project To Begin
Clarke county commissioners move to compile a war record of all Clarke county soldiers from World War I. With many records incomplete and men back from overseas, the effort aims to create a fair county roll within a year, supervised by Mr. Tate Wright.
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Clarke County
Clarkes County
War Department
Tate Wright
Eighteen Day Singing School Plans in Athens
First Methodist Sunday School hosts a Sunday morning session and a Sunday afternoon sing along at the YMCA led by Prof. Austin Hazelwood. The eighteen day program starts Monday at 4 PM for youth and 8 PM for adults, running daily except weekends through Sept 20 with a $1.50 fee per lesson.
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First Methodist
Austin Hazelwood
Athens
Clarke County
Hazelwood
Oscar Nichols
B. Dunaway
Strahan Opens Georgia Highway Commission Meet
Professor Charles M Straham head of civil engineering at the University of Georgia and chairman of the new state highway commission called the commission to order at its first meeting in the state capitol Atlanta All members were present Straham represents the North Georgia district W R Neal was elected to fill the highway engineer post under the new commission Other members include R C Neeley of Waynesboro Stanley Bennett of Quitman and B J Quincey of Ocilla
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Charles M. Straham
Waynesboro
Middle Georgia
Stanley Bennett
Mawyor
Quitman
South Georgia
B J. Quincey
Ocolla
Governor Leads Cotton Delegation to New Orleans
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey heads a large Georgia delegation of cotton growers merchants and bankers leaving Atlanta to attend a mass meeting in New Orleans for evaluating cotton conditions and securing a minimum price ensuring growers profits. The Georgia American Cotton Association coordinates the event with Dorsey presiding Tuesday and speeches planned by Marvey Jordan and Senator Hoke Smith.
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Atlanta
Hugh M. Dorsey
New Orleans
Georgia Division
American Cotton Association
Dorsey
Marvey Jordan
Monticello
Hoke Smith
Senate
Athens Men Are Making Western Trip
Capt. Ri. L. Miller and Mr. R. D. Miller of 467 Boulevard travel through the west visiting Kansas City Denver Albuquerque Phoenix San Francisco El Paso and more. The note praises a broad eightess day music session to aid reading by sight and promises music education for children, youth and adults without replacing daily study.
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Ri. L. Miller
R. D. Miller
Boulevard
Kansas City
Denver
De 1
Albuqueque
New Mexico
Pheony
Arizona
San Francisco
Calif
Paso
Texas
Holman Defeats Empire Laundry Case at Athens
Holman of Athens won a legal victory over the Athens Empire Laundry in a dispute filed in July 1917. He alleged the laundry used soft coal causing nuisance to Holman Building tenants and wall damage. The judge directed a verdict for the defendant before trial, but the Supreme Court later held the case should go to a jury.
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Atlanta
Bond Holders 10 Have Chance 10 Increase Interest
One million persons and corporations in the Sixth Federal Reserve District who bought Third Liberty Bonds may reinvest interest. A semiannual payment on September 3 amounts to 88,750,981 dollars. Treasury urges reinvestment in thrift and War Savings Stamps to multiply returns.
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Federal Reserve District
O. S. Bradbury
Portmaser
Bogart
Treasury Department
Georgia Cotton Outlook Mixed Despite Red Spider Presence
A bulletin from the cooperative crop reporting service for Georgia notes very favorable conditions for cotton in the northern district, with Clarke county crops rated among the best at an average condition of 81. Some red spiders appear occasionally but there is no weevil damage statewide.
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Cooperative Crop Reporting Service For
Georgia
Clarke County
South Wales prospers as wages rise for miners and workers
In Swansea on September 4, reports show South Wales shifts from poor wages to prosperity. Miners earn about 40 dollars weekly for seven hours, steel workers around 90, and dock coal trimmers clear 100 weekly by sharing shifts. Cargo foremen reach 150 weekly, while overall earnings far exceed prewar levels.
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Associated Press
Swansea
Wales
South Wales
Great Britain
Treaty with Four Proposals Ready for Senate
Washington Sept 4 Senate foreign relations committee finished work on the peace treaty with Germany and adopted four reservations to the league covenant. The measure is ordered reported to the Senate with much already incorporated. Action on the treaty may begin about September 15 after weeks of debate on reservations and the Monroe Doctrine interpretations.
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Foreign Relations ‘Committee
France
Washington
Senate ‘Foreign Relations
Thie
Germany
League of Nations
Cbvenant
Senate
Lodge
Japan
Italy
Great St
United States
League
McCumber
North Dakota
Labor-Industry Conference Names Set For October Meeting
Washington September 4 Conference called by the president to discuss relations between labor and industry will meet October 6. It will be composed of five persons from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States five from the National Industrial Board fifteen from the American Federation of Labor three from farming organizations three from investment bankers and fifteen representatives of the public.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Industrial Board
American Federation of Labor
Wells Buys Two Theaters Now Owns Five In Atlanta
Atlanta dispatch reports Jake Wells who controls southern theaters has acquired full ownership of the Strand and Vaudette Theaters in Atlanta. The Wells group now owns the Lyric Forsyth Rialto Strand and Vaudette theaters in the city.
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Wells
Atlanta
Jake Wells
South
Strand
Vaudette
Mr. Wells
The
Lyric
Forsyth
Rialto
Jazz experts doubt London dance trend revival
London reports on the Imperial Society of Dance Teachers secretary Charley Albert predicting the Fox Trot and other walk-based dances may fade as real waltzing proves harder. He argues true waltzing requires swing and grace beyond simple forward and sideways steps.
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London
Charley A” Albert
Imperial Boiety of
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