$50,000,000 Loan to Cotton Growers Reported
New York and Chicago news describe plans for a large loan to cotton planters amid wartime uncertainty. Banks consider extending up to fifty million dollars, with funds held until cotton can be shipped abroad. Market conditions show cautious optimism, while exchange rates and money markets remain tight.
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New York
London
Wall Street
Chicago
Great Britain
Treasury Department
Washington
Galveston
New Orleans
Gulf
England
Montreal
Black Woman Bound Over On Charge Of Assault
Mary Greer a Black woman living on Campbellton road near Oakland City was bound over by Judge Luther Rosser in municipal court on a charge of assault and battery against Mrs Oscar Head wife of rural carrier Oscar Head. Mrs Head was beaten into unconsciousness the morning of July. Mary Greer and her husband were arrested by County Policeman A W Jackson. Greer was liberated after the judge ruled evidence insufficient.
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Mary Greer
Campbellton Road
Oakland City
Luther Rosser
Oscar Tread
Oscar Head
Greer
Rosser
House Devotes Session to Appropriation Bills
The legislature devoted most of its session to passing appropriation bills including 210,000 for cotton disease control, 10,000 to eradicate cow ticks, and 15,000 for penitentiary maintenance for 1914 and 1916. A county representation update would raise Georgia’s lower house to 189 members. A Montgomerry county board abolition debate ended with the bills passing without amendment. Local bills passed included Newnan electric and plumbing procurement and a public schools plan in Fox Springs Talbot county.
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House
Yattan
State Board On
Senate
Georgia
Board of Commissioners
Montgomery County
Mr. Clarke
McIntosh
Newnan
Bryan County
Board of Education
Richmond County
Forsyth
Monroe County
Fox Springs
Talbot County
Stubbs Presented to Succeed Akerman as Georgia DA
Senator West endorsed Hatonton attorney Roy Stubbs for district attorney of the southern Georgia district. Attorney General McReynolds deemed Stubbs underqualified with four years practice, likely ending his candidacy. West to confer with President Wilson to decide appointment status and future action.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Senator West
Roy Stubbs
Hatonton
Georgia
Stubbs
McReynolds
Smith
Weat
Wison
Alex
Akerman
Nake
Senate
West
Putnam County
Hoke Smith
Terrell
Department of Justice
Roscoe Luke
Thomasville
Wilson Congratulates Gore on Primary Victory
President Wilson telegraphed Senator Gore of Oklahoma congratulating him on his reported victory in the primaries and renomination bid from Washington.
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Wilson
Gore
Washington
President Wilson
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Georgia Speeches by Senator Smith
Washington reports Senator Hoke Smith plans two to three speeches in Georgia within two weeks to close his senatorial campaign. He may speak in Atlanta Macon and either Savannah or Augusta to highlight his Senate record and goals for a second six year term.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Atlanta
Auditorium-Armory
Macon
Savannah
Augusta
Senator Smith
Senate
Smith
Federal Trade Commission
Administration
Funelary Commilttee
Progressives Turn Against Roosevelt in New York
In New York on August 5 a Progressive party meeting of 600 staged a storm over Theodore Roosevelt’s endorsement of Harvey D. Hinman for governor. Roosevelts’ speech sparked cheers and criticism, with disorder blocking progress until adjournment. Pinchot proposed a committee to question Hinman. Roosevelt urged unity on a broad reform platform.
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New York
Harvey D. Hinman
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
Mr. Hinman
Amos Pinchot
Tnman
Henry Burger
Pinchot
Hinman
Wife of Slain Doctor Dies of Broken Heart
Rome Ga August 5 Special. Mrs Nora Landrum 35 wife of Dr W L Landrum a Taylorsville physician killed July 27 near the Jones home died from a broken heart after his death. She had been in poor health since the shock and funeral was held at Cave Springs.
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Rome
Nora Landrum
Tate
W. Il. Landrum
Taylorsville
Barlow County
Landrum
Westcott Jones
J. W. Tinsley
Jones
Cave Springs
Boatright Found Dead Beside Tracks in Georgia
The body of G. M. Boatright, a Lindale resident and skilled musician, was found beside the Southern railway tracks near Roms, Ga. Coroner Miller conducted an inquest after indications suggested death from a fall or being thrown from a moving train. The jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure. He is survived by his wife and two young children.
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Roms. Ga
G. M. Boatright
Southern Railway
Hia
Miller
Bostrigne
Lindale
Professor fined for removing Indian skeletons in New Jersey
In Trenton, August, Professor George Hoye of the University of Pennsylvania appealed to the state supreme court to overturn a $100 fine for desecration of graves after admitting he removed thirty skeletons from a Minisink Indian burying ground. He said he acted for scientific research with owner permission.
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Trenton
N. J
Minisink
George Hoye
University of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Heye
Museum of the University
New York Anthropological Society
American Anthropological Society
Merchants Boost Southern State Association Attendance
Merchants from across the South increased attendance at the Southern State Merchants association meeting in Atlanta on Wednesday. The day featured store visits to wholesalers and jobbers, steady orders, a film program at the Alamo theater, and a reception at the Piedmont Driving Club with numerous registered members from Georgia and nearby states.
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South
Southern State Merchants’ Association
Atlanta
Alamo Theater
Whitehall Street
Piedmont Driving Club
M. Currien
Jackson
Mins Katta Walker
Clin
Ala
Misa Pannie Belle Strickland
Clio
J.B. Suttle
Lit Brown
Alm
BOT
Harrick and Witt
Fairmount, Ga
Through sleeper daily to Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach
Informal notice directs travel by sleeper train to Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach with contact for reservations. Lists Fred Geis of Atlanta and A. G. Pl as points of reference for information.
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Wilmington
Wrightsville Beach
Fred Geis
Atlanta, Ga
A. G
Confidential list of named individuals with varied locations
A long OCR fragment lists numerous persons along with towns in Georgia Alabama Florida and related surnames. The names include D C Wilpon Fairmount Georgia and many others such as G W J Burton Miss Geasle Lowry Hel lin Ala WR Andrews Yates Willie Ga i Hies den Hendrix Plat City Fla J Nix Woodstock Ga A J Ros Bae tonton Ga and many more with street or town hints, suggesting a compiled roster or notice.
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D.C. Wilpon
Fairmount
G. €. Chastain
Swan
Burton
Douglaside
Geasle Lowry
Hellin
Ala
WR Andrews
Yateswillie
Gai
Hies’ Thden Hendrix
Plat City
Fla
J. Nix
Woodstock
A. J. Ros- Bae
Tonton
McDermott
Springfield
F. M. Purcell
Orange
Cornie Green
Titton
Tally
Nichols
B. E. Mondy
Tuscumbia
Hi MeIlroy
J J. “Gladden
Lincoln
Ale
C. G. Harris
Vincent
Alais
H Mothta
Quitman
W. F. Jans
Woolsey
J. T. Roby Wauchula
Fia
K.P. Mayson
Armour
W. A. Mipper
Aivaton
Ganj
A.C. Binder
Covington
Wiliam Preuss
Valadosta
M. Zivitz
Kellerman
Roe Wears
Franklin
J. 2. Lipscomb
East Point
E.G. Pitty Turin
W. H. Chambers Dies in London
Cablegram from London reports the death of W. H. Chambers, comptroller of the Florida East Coast railway and Florida East Coast Hotel Company. His daughter Kathleen was present.
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St. Augustine
London
W. H. Chambers
Florida Gast Coast Railway
Florida East Coast Hotel Company
Kathleen
Reserve Act Amended clears way for reserves in other banks
The Senate passed an amendment to the Federal Reserve Act allowing state member banks to hold reserves in banks in other states for thirty six months after the Federal Reserve System’s organization. The action broadens reserve holding options for member banks under the Reserve Act.
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Waniington
Auguste
Senate
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Fred S. Stewart Co
Marietta
Whitehall
Negress
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Osman D. Clark
George K Putnam
Eatonton
Jacobs
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Freah Daily
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Perry Taxi Service
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Tenn
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Scenic Line
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Gray & Haley
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Ivy
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Rockmart
Prachres St
R. L. Baylor
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