Fight on Gompers Appears Certain
Colorado Springs June 18 reports say John L Lewis plans to run against Samuel Gompers for AFL presidency. Delegates traveling from Denver said Lewis would announce candidacy before Monday. Gompers supporters deny, while slush fund rumors circulate. International unions remain undecided on endorsement.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
John L. Lewis
United Mine Work, Era
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Isroad
Bia
Federation
Denver
Hikes Peak
Lewis
Lewry
Gompers
Gomperg
Barber Band To Play At Piedmont Park Sunday
Barber's Concert Band will perform at Piedmont Park Sunday afternoon from 8:30 to 5:30 o'clock with a program led by director Clint Barber. The selection includes works by Barber, Rosini, Whiting, and Nevin, plus marches and dances, ending with The Star Spangled Banner.
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Barber
Piedmont Park
Iount Barber
City Park Music
Ludera
Javwel
Boharmenka
Sulte’ Romantique
Venice
I Nevin
Su J. Dawn
Gonilatian
Snfranik
Clint Barber
City Park Mite
Eighth District Good Roads Association Formed
At a June meeting in Monroe Georgia the Eighth District Good Roads association became a permanent group with J M Hodgson chaired and R T Goodwin as secretary. Ten of thirteen counties sent delegates. Athens will host the next gathering. Prof C M Strahan outlined highway commission work and federal spending info.
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Monroe
Board of Trade
Eighth District Good Roads Association
J. M. Hodgson
Clarke County Board of Commissioners
R. T. Goodwin
The
Ascortas Uen
Athens
A. B. Mobley
Monroe Board of Trade
Hart
Franklin
Morgan
Ocones
Walton
Clarke
Omlethorpe
Newton
Greene
Witten
C. M. Strahan
State Highway Commission
Georgia
Newsboys' picnic feast at Grants Park Saturday
Newsboys enjoyed a hearty feast at a Grants Park picnic on Saturday hosted by the Y M C A. Food was ample with donations from John A. Magnet Stone's Bakery Schlessinger Bakery Tune Packing Kamper White Provision Kreag and Woolworth. Women’s auxiliary members served the dinner listing numerous officers and helpers.
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Newsboys
Grants Park
John A. Magnet
Stone's Bakery
Schlessinger Bakery Company
Tune Packing Company
Kamper Store
White Provision Company
Kreag and Woolworth
Woman's Auxiliary
W. F Trenary
Daniel Boone
A. J
Powell to Speak at West End Church in Atlanta
Dr Warren Mosby Seay pastor of West End Baptist church returns from Virginia after his father s illness. Dr B M Powell professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville will preach at West End church Sunday morning and evening.
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Warren Mosby Seay
West End
Watch Out Tigers Prohi Agents Are Back on Job
D. J. Gantt, federal prohibition director for the southeast, said 32 of 41 dry agents laid off five weeks ago would be reinstated immediately with 75 percent of all agents back on duty. He vowed a renewed war on liquor dealers and manufacturers and announced plans to clear space in his offices to accommodate returning staff.
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D. J. Gantt
Prohibition
Southeast
Congress
Gantt
Onion Growing Boom Hopes For Georgia Farmers
Georgia farmer Glisgow of Hawkinsville touts onions as a new wealth source. He brought four carloads totaling 736 bushels to Atlanta, says climate suits Georgia, irrigation not required, and his ten acre farm yielded 1800 bushels this year with $2100 per acre in 1918. He aims to form a growers association and plant 300 acres next year.
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Saga
Glisgow
Hawkinsville
Glisaon
Atlanta
Georgia
Glgson
Texas
Gliason
Gisson Ia
Onion Growers Association
Union
Coleman to address Baraca Philathea group at Central Baptist
Former Collier's Weekly editor J. Coleman will speak at a joint Baraca Philathea meeting Sunday at 3 PM in Central Baptist Church. Members of both classes in the city are invited to attend.
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J. ¥. Coleman
Colliers Weekly
Baraca-Philathea
Miss Campbell Hats Air Delivered For Atlanta Wedding
Atlanta society item notes Miss Isoline Campbell prepares for her Wednesday wedding with New York millinery sent by seaplane. Photographs show Edna Trilech and the Peggy Hoyt shop staff delivering a consignment destined for Lakewood Park and Piedmont Park areas amid wedding prep drama.
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Edna Trilech
Thea Millinery Shop
Isoline Campbell
Atlanta
New York
Trousseau
Milas Campbell
Express and Parcel Post
Peggy Hoyt
Launcetot Loch- Invar
Milady
Madame Lucilleena
Gerlie
Miss Campbell
Jersey
Lakewood Park
Bey
Piedmont Park
Campbell
Pegsy Hoyt
Negro Is Arrested In Bond Theft Suspect Claim
John Webb, described as a negro and alleged pick pocket claiming parole from the Alabama state penitentiary, was arrested by federal agents Saturday while attempting to sell Liberty bonds said to be stolen from a black resident in Pensacola Florida. Webb is held in Fulton tower pending investigation of the claims.
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John Webb
Alabama State Penitentiary
Pensacola
Pla
Webb
Fulton Tower
Mortuary notices and deaths fill Atlanta area pages
A string of obituaries and funeral notices from Atlanta area residents appears, listing Captain Moore of Atlanta News, families of Marion Moore and J S Moore, William J Brown of 630 North Jackson Street, infant Johnie Mae Bacon, Emmie Mae Ward of Lincolnton, Effie V Cowan of Hapeville, Lillian Johnson of Covington, JoH Towers, Milton Lee McClure, Thomas S Byrd, and other survivors. Also noted is a New York inventor developing a radio alarm system for fires and sprinkler control, with details on related installations.
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Moore
James Stan
New York
Europe
Atlanta
B Moore
Williams
The
Atlanta Journal
Marion Moore
J. S. Moore
Coca Cola Board Defers Dividend On Preferred Stock
Coca Cola announces deferral of dividends on preferred stock to conserve resources during unsettled times. Board may declare later. stock reacts with a $4 loss on New York exchange as trading opens and bears raid the issue. Company reports sales and business improving toward 1919 levels, per president Charles H. Candler.
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Coca-Cola Company
Charles Howard Candler
Candler
Board of Directors
New York Exchange
Marine Sergeant Sets Rifle Medal Record in Georgia
First Sergeant Charles C Terry of the Marine Corps, stationed at the local recruiting station in the Austell building, won fourteen medals in rifle competitions. A Georgia native born near Five Points, he earned a gold medal in individual marksmanship at Sea Girt and a silver in the team shoot, with additional medals for high individual scores at other meets.
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Marine Corps
Charles C Terry
Austell
Terry
Georgia
Sea Gir
Mark Minshly
Saunders explains position on merger in Kirkwood
W. E. Saunders of Kirkwood said his remarks at the anti-merger meeting meant the opposition majority would vote against annexation if an election occurred. He added the inference that the anti-merger faction controlled the jetty and influenced voters was unintentional. The report notes both the British government and manufacturers aiding China in aviation school establishment.
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W. EK Saunders
Kirkwood
China
Aviation Schoola
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West End Church
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Coleman
Baraca-Philatheas
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Negro
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INCI
E. Hunter ST
William J. Brown
North Jackson Street
W. D. Cates
Johnnié Mae Bacon
Johnie Mae Bacon
J. E. Bacon
English Avenue
Alstera
Emmie Mae Ward
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Lincolnton
J W. Coloper
Drew Wertz
R. G Roswell
Marjorie Cowpar
W .N. Edmonds
R. Swearington
Roy Cooper
Effie V. Cowan
Hapeville
Mr. Cowan
M. V
B.S
R. J Cowan
Dorothy , Cowan
Lillian Lois Johnson
Lillian Ues Johnson
Covington
O. H. Johnson
Rubie
Taylor
Diamond Johnson
Ruby Johnson
Joh. Towers
I. H. Towers
McAfee’ Street
Milton Lee McClure
Mutton Lee M'Clure
H. B. McClure
Hel
Thomas S. Byrd
John Henry Byrd
J. W. Oliver
College Park
Coca-Cola
Saunders
Nu-Mint Bottling Co
Jay Lean
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