Pay of the Clergymen and Cotton Prices in The Athens Banner
The Athens Banner urges fair clergyman salaries to cover living costs and dignified service, citing Findley Ohio resolutions and a call for $1200 per year plus automobile upkeep. It also reports cotton price optimism as the American Cotton Association endorses forty cents per pound, with New Orleans meeting boosting sentiment and guidance to hold cotton until prices exceed thirty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Findley
Ohio
West Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
House of God
Roosevelt Memorial Association urged for Georgia plan
The Roosevelt Memorial Association reports nationwide support for memorials to Theodore Roosevelt. Georgia plans to buy Bulloch Hall near Roswell as a memorial site with C. W. McClure as state chairman. Invitations will be sent to subscribe toward a ten million dollar goal to fund memorials in several states.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Bulloch Hall
Roswell
C. W. McClure
Memorial Associaion
Roosevelt
Georgia
A Temporary Aberration of Cotton Market
The sudden drop in the cotton market price on Friday and Saturday is not lasting. Raw cotton remains about thirty cents, with a brief dip to 28 3 4 cents. prices are expected to rebound as global financial conditions stabilize. Speculators push down values, but producers should hold the crop. Dunn's weekly review notes improving business sentiment and fewer broad labor disruptions, signaling a potential rise in prices once uncertainty wanes.
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Germany
Dunn’s
Pilot Injured In Plane Crash In Ocala Florida
Lieutenant Paul Heffner suffered severe burns and bruises when an aircraft from Carlsstrom Field crashed after striking a tree during takeoff in Ocala. Lieutenant L. B. Cundiff escaped unharmed as the plane burned this afternoon.
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Associated Press
Ocala
Fla
Paul Heffner
Carlsstrom Field
L. B. Cundiff
Shackelford Talk Features Sessions
New Orleans September 8 Five ban gettes representing the ten tion states gathered in Grunewald room for American Cotton Association meeting. J A Wannamaker opened with President Wilson letter urging action and aid. Georgia delegates named to committees on price and cotton seed value. Shackleford Athens chairs finance. debate on fair cotton price expected. Dorsey and Smith attend. Senator Smith urged withholding cotton until price improves. farmers urged to raise food and stock instead.
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New Orleans
Grunewald
Presden
Wannamaker
Wilson
Georgia
Solutions
L. B. Jackson
Atlanta
J. W. Willams
Valdosta
J. J. Brown
R. A. Boykin
Sylvania
Chas, Fitzpatrick
Warrenton
T. J. Shackleford
Athens
Meyer Behrman
Pleasant
Louisiana
Thomas J. Shackleford
South
Texas
Hugh M. Dorsey
Hoke Smith
Smith
Association
Dorsey
America
Rent Charged For American Training Areas In France
Paris September 8 Colonel Blanton Winship head of the requisitions and claims department of the American expeditionary forces testified before the American congressional committee investigating war expenditures that French claims for trench ground were limited to training areas. He said areas used to familiarize troops with front conditions were cut up and damaged but no broader rental demands were made.
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Associated Press
Paris
Blanton Winship
American Expeditionary Forces
Congressional Committee
judiciary bill seeks Supreme Court appointments for civil service board
Washington September 8 chairman Steenerson of the house judiciary committee introduced a bill to remove the civil service commission from partisan political influence and have commissioners appointed by the Supreme Court instead of the president.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Steenerson
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Aobs
Warehouses in Georgia to Be Regulated by New Act
Plans for infection and licensing of all Georgia warehouses and those in the southeast are outlined by R L Nixon of the U S Department of Agriculture. Fifty to sixty thousand dollar bonds, model structures, and federal inspection certificates will govern licensed storage facilities to stabilize cotton prices and improve warehouse storage nationwide.
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Georgia
Athens
State College of Agricluure
R. L. Nixon
Bureau of Marketing
Unite States Department of Agriculture
Nixon
State College of Agriculture
Federal Department
American Cotton Association
Federal Bureau
J. A. Davis Stardis
Southeastern
League Not To Meet At Capital During October
Washington reports the first league of nations meeting will not be in Washington in October as planned. It may be held in November if the Senate ratifies in time or later in Paris or London. The meeting can be called after three powers ratify the treaty, and U S representation depends on Senate action.
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Associated Press
Washington
League of Nations
Senate
Paris
London
League
United States
Treaty's Benefit to Common People Highlighted by Wilson
President Wilson told about eight thousand in Sioux Falls that the peace treaty serves the laboring man and the common people while warning against a pro German element seeking to keep the U S out of the league of nations. He defended four reservations and argued that without full consent from Germany the Senate could not approve changes. He warned a renegotiated treaty is impossible and urged taking the pact as is despite lingering doubt.
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Associated Press
Sioux Falls
S. D
United States
Wilson
League of Nations
Germany
Omaha
Neb
United States Senate
Sewanee Million Endowment Fund Work Progresses
Seawanee million dollar endowment fund campaign moves forward with regional drives. Wamboldt returned from Asheville where a $30,000 quota is seen as easily raised. Diocese leaders including Bishop Horner and Brown push strong support, Raleigh hosts campaign HQ for North Carolina. Fayetteville reports early contributions. Mississippi, Texas and North Texas efforts under bishops Green Garret and Seaman advance toward targets.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Wickes Wamboldt
Sewanee
Asheville
N. C
Asheville Strict
Junius M. Horner
D. D
W. Vance Brown
Harmon A. Miller
A. E. Rankin
Haywood Parker
Willis G. Clark
Charles Robinson
Cameron C. Wadnell
Diocese of North Carolina
Raleigh
Joseph Blount Cheshire
North Carolina
Albert L. Cox
Dioocesan
Fayetteville, Tenn
J. K. Williams
Mississippi
Mercer Green
Texas
Dallas
P. P. Tucker
G. H. Shelton
Fred W. Offenhauser
Alexander C. Garrett
Harry T. Moore
District of North Texas
B. K. Seaman
Maybe an Athens Man Entitled to This Million
Treasury notes a hidden million dollars in gilt edge bonds and matured securities from 1861 onward lying in vaults and ready for owners who prove destruction or loss. Officials urge Americans to search old papers, as Congress may grant relief in tricky cases like the Titanic bonds. The fund includes loans from 1891 to 1908 and other matured items totaling billions in potential payoffs.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
America
Treasury Fund
Life Insurance Company
Monument planned for sewing machine inventor Bartholomew Thimonnier
Lyons France Sept 6 A monument will be erected soon to honor Bartholomew Thimonnier credited by the French as the sewing machine inventor. Thimonnier, a tailor's assistant, built his first working model in 1829 and faced hostility from co workers who feared losing bread. He died in 1867 at 64 forgotten and unsupported. The Thimonnier device differed from Elias Howes 1846 patent and faced similar opposition in the United States.
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Lyons
France
Bartholomew Thimonnier
Thimonnier
Elias Howe
America
Howe
Tropical Storms Off Florida Coastline Active Weather Warning
Tropical disturbances were reported by the weather bureau today and may reach the South Florida coast by Tuesday morning with dangerous winds. The bureau notes the storm moves west northwest and warns vessels toward Florida straits and adjacent waters to exercise extreme caution. Campaign furniture and clergy leaders are not relevant to this weather note.
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Washington
Sept
Florida
Weather Bureau
Florida Straits
Diocese of
Lexington
Sewanee
John R. Allen
W. Burton
Kentucky
Arthur M. Rutledge
Charles E. Woodcock
Zironron Tonic Promises Strength After Illness
An advertisement urges taking Ziron iron tonic to restore strength after severe illness and iron deficiency. It cites a Clifton Georgia reader J. EB who recovered from typhoid fever and hemorrhages, praising improved appetite, vigor, and vitality. The ad claims all druggists sell Ziron with a guarantee.
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J. Eb, Clifton
Lyons
Back to the Farm Trend Draws Northward to Georgia
Atlanta reports a surge of inquiries from the North West and even Oklahoma and Texas about Georgia farming lands. At the Southeastern Exhibit Association headquarters, president FE Y Clarke notes a flood of details sought on Georgia land prices especially in rice growing areas and the peanut belt. Farmers show specific county interests and a preference for southern opportunities.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South Eastern Exhibit Association
FE. Y. Clarke
Oklahoma
Texas
Used publicity to aid Mexico claims senator says
Washington Sept 8 Dr. Samuel Guy Inman an officer in the league of free nations association testified before the Senate Foreign Relations sub committee that the organization distributed literature to quiet calls for American intervention in Mexico Cas Taney described as a neighbor in Mexico admitted the claim in the hearing
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Associated Press
Washington
Samuel Guy Inman
League of Free Nations’ Association
Mexico
Cas Taney
Senate Foreign Relagions
Bullock Home Memorial To Roosevelt
Atlanta September 8 The Roosevelt Memorial Association for Georgia executive committee will meet in the Mr Glure building to receive a report from C W McClure on the national board’s stance toward a permanent memorial at Bullock Hall Roswell. A telegram from McClure in New York says looks good for Bullock Home.
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Atlanta
Roosevelt Memorial Association For
Georgia
C. W. McClure
MrGlure
Mr Clure
National Board of the Association
Bullock Hall
Roswell
Clure
New York City
Bullock
American Citizen Killed by Mexicans in Chiapas
Washington reports Herbert H McGill an American citizen was killed by Mexicans at Coapas Chiapas on August 30 the state department advised today indicating the fatal incident occurred during the final days of August and was confirmed by officials.
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Washington
Herbert 8. McGill
Coapas
Chiapas
State Department
Policemen Strike in Boston Over Pay Dispute
Police in Boston vote tonight to strike, effective tomorrow afternoon, halting routine city policing as officers protest pay and working conditions amid rising tension with city administration.
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Associated Press
Boston
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Shackelford
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Japan
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Zironron Tonic
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