PLEA FOR COTTON BY HOKE SMITH IN WASHINGTON
Washington August 18 Senator Howe Smith opens debate on admin trust bills to press cotton warehousing and price protections. He argues southern cotton farmers face nationwide impact if relief does not come, urging national government action to warehouse insure and price cotton amid wartime demand and reduced exports.
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John Corrigan
Washington
Howe Smith
Smith
Lippitt
Senator Lippitt
Rhode Island
Georgia
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Vote for Broyles For Atlanta and Georgia
Fifteen years of service described for Nash Broyles with a call to support him for Atlanta and Georgia leadership. The message emphasizes loyalty and dedication to the city and state, urging voters to back his candidacy.
Conference to coordinate cotton producers and bankers
A federal conference will be arranged with the secretary of agriculture the postmaster general and the secretary of the treasury to seek maximum cooperation between cotton producers and manufacturers and the banking sector. A southern cotton delegation from Louisiana Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee urged a market plan for about 3,000,000 bales expected this fall and discussed practical measures with Secretary McAdoo who pledged administration support for the conference.
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Cipp
Smith
Repuclein Senares
Wesloo
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Board
Houston
Burleson
McAdoo
Washington
Andvise
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal
South
Louisiana
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Fate of Liege forts in doubt amid German advance
London reports an official French embassy statement saying Liege forts hold and none have fallen. A Brussels dispatch to The Daily Mail claims the fall of Liege forts is not confirmed by the Belgian ministry. German dispatches assert forts have fallen and detail German plans and artillery success around Liege as the invasion proceeds.
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Liege
London
Brussels
Daily Mail
Taege
War for Georgia Candidates Listed in Long State Ticket
A long list of candidates for state and federal offices appears, naming Andrews, Blackburn, Albright, Harris, Smith, Brown, Cooper, Felder, Hardwick, Hutchens, Cook, Weight, Hoberts, Grice, Prittain, Boxden, Landsey, Tmey, Tlanders, Price, Prown, Stanley, Speer, Park, Edwards, Park, Crisp, Adamson, Wright, Wise, Lee, Tribble, Vinson, Reynolds, Clements, and others for offices including Governor, United States Senate, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Superintendent of Schools, Railroad Commissioner, and multiple Congress districts.
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P Andrews
Robert
Blackburn
Samuel X. Albright
United States
William Schley Howard
T Randolph Anderson
Hardman
Nat Fo Harris
United States Senate
Stoke Smith
Joseph M Brown
O Hacon
John R Cooper Thomas S Felder
Thomas W Hardwick
Rufus Hutchens
John 0Blaton
Phil Cook
M Hoberts
Allorney
Warren Grice Alfford Wouler
Dreisher
J Speer
Peyton
Wade
Paul B Trammell
Gust, McLendon Tor
Charles G Edwards
Overstreet
Frank Park
Charles KR Crisp
Adamson
WC Wright
Walter A Wise
Gordon Lee
ST Tribble
Thomas McBell
A Charters
Evans
P Rawlings
Joseph Reynolds
Carl Vinson
Randall Walker
J A
J Henderson
Dudley M Hughes
Walter Clements
Carthusian Monks Return as French Soldiers
Paris August 18 The Eclair reports that all Carthusian monks of military age expelled when religious association laws were adopted have returned to barracks in Grenoble. They exchanged white habit for French army uniform and were warmly welcomed by Grenoble residents. A Servian legation note expressed gratitude to France for aid in the present crisis. A Marseilles dispatch notes wounded Alsace fighters say Turcos from Africa were the only French troops wearing khaki resembling German uniform, leading to mistaken identity by German troops.
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Paris
The
Eclair
France
Grenoble
Order of St. Brung
Servian Legation
Gaston Doumergue
Republic of France
Crist
Marseilles
Alsace
Africa
Muethausen
Villa Warned by Gen Carranza in Mexico
Villa receives orders from General Carranza not to come to Mexico City and plans to move to Chihuahua City. Washington seeks to avert a break between Villa and Carranza as Gen Fuller negotiates with Villa. U.S. officials discuss delaying war and preserving order during the constitutionalist advance.
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Villa
Gen. Carranza
Mexico City
U. S
Camargos
Chihuahua
Mexico
General Villa
Carranza
Ares
General Carranzas
Tts
Wilson
Washington
United States
Carbajal
Vera Cruz
Magdalena
Hay
Car- Tanga
Paul Fuller
New York
Fuller
Bryan
Villas
George Caathera
McCord Predicts Smith Will Carry 125 Counties
H McCord campaign manager for Benatar Hoke Smith states in a released promise that Smith will carry 125 counties with a conservative estimate. He concedes four counties to Brown, notes nineteen doubtful counties, and urges full turnout and support to deliver a large victory while condemning slanders.
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Brown
H . McCord
Benatar Hoke Smith
Benatar Smith
Mr Brown
Smith
Foxor
Fulton County
Senator Smith
Senator
Prince Alexander to go on foreign service
London reports Prince Alexander brother of Queen Mary and future Canada governor general will enter foreign service. In Washington discussions note the United States asked to act with Japan and take over an embassy in Berlin in case of emergency.
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Queen Mary
London
Prince Alexander
Feck
Queen Mar
Canada
United States
Japan
Washington
Berlin
Despondent man in Macon attempts suicide with three poisons
Be determined was FR. Allin Hartley a young man troubled by domestic issues who tried to end his life by taking multiple poisons in Macon Georgia on August 18. He first ingested fifteen thirtieth grain strychnine tablets then six grains morphine, then swallowed a bottle of paraoxide. He survived after being found unconscious in his room at 226 Ross Street and revived at a hospital. Hartley had married Rosa Leo Barber in Kibbe Want Bomery county but left her soon after and received a pardon letter from his wife asking for a divorce. he previously worked for Toledo Electric Company.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
London
Stein
Carding
Liege
Stem
France
Wommussarrat
Muins
Lisce
Macon
Allin Hartley
Hartley
Ross Street
Harley
Wis Rosa Leo Barber
Kibbe
Want Bomery County
Harthe
Barnes ‘Yile
Toledo Flectric_commans
Harris to Sweep Georgia in gubernatorial race
Judge Nat E Harris campaign headquarters in Macon announces there will be no second ballot and predicts victory statewide with a majority unlikely to be matched. Telegrams and letters show solid backing from the people, reinforcing early support and urging renewed enthusiasm across Georgia. Harris expected to carry over 120 counties based on assurances and opponent claims.
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Macon
Harris
Judge Harris
Nate. Harris
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Vila
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Camargo
George Carothers
State Department
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Sean Hee
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McOrd
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Goodyear
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Joop
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
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