Germans On Defensive In Second Great Battle
Hurt, Goldsmith, Turner and Dunlap win. John Y. Smith leads with George Johnson second in recorder race. E. E. Williams first, Frank Smith close in tax collector contest, creating a second primary unless runner ups opt out. Councilman Colcord's defeat surprises. Dr. J. C. White wins by forty-two votes. Dunlap vs Davidson for Ninth Ward alderman draws interest as election day passes quietly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Y. Smith
George Johnson
Recorder
E. E. Williams
Frank Smith
J. C. White
Dunlap
Davidson
Councilwen
J. Renfroe
V.alvernon
Alter~aman
J. T
Leaveright
Council Knight
J. J. McConl
Alterman
H. Kelley
Orville H. Het
George Freeman
C. McDonald
Claude 1
Ashley
A. WV. Farlinger
C. Thomson
Jesse B. Lee
W. H. Johnson
J. W. Maddox
Jenne V. Wood
Edwin F. Johnson
J. Lee Burnaes
Councelimen
le Dallas
White
Jesse Armintead
BK. H. Inman
Frank Meycolds
Owens
Ninth Ward
W. BD. White
C. W. Smith
Edgar Dunlap
Peuth Wani
City Government Ledger Notes 19E4 Council roster
City administration and council members listed with positions and ward assignments. Officials include Mayor Jamen Woodward, Clerk Walter Taylor, and Finance staff. ward representatives named for first through ninth wards with various aldermen.
Atlanta primary shapes city offices in ninth ward contest
Administrations candidates carried the day in Atlanta with a 949 vote primary. Julia Y. Smith led recorder race by 316 over George E. Johnson, forcing a possible second primary. Nym Hart won clerk of construction. E Williams vs Frank Smith narrow in tax collector. Goldsmith retained comptroller. Purner defeated Bowie as city electrician. Dunlap beat Davidson for ninth ward alderman amid Citizens League backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Julia Y. Smith
George XE. Johnson
Johnson
WW. H. Preston
Recorder’s
Thomas Bi. Goodwin
Nym Hart
L. W. Robert
E. Williams
Frank Smith
Willams
Smith
Ed Payne
S. B Lassalle
John 3. Holliday
City
J.H. Goldsmith
H. C. Purner
Dan W. Bowie
Davidson-Dunlap
Dunlay
Citizens’ League
Davidson
League
Dunlap
Bayins
NO COTTON MONEY FOR STATE BANKS
Washington September 16 The House Banking and Currency Committee debated relief for southern cotton farmers via the Vreeland Aldrich bill and Owen Smith bill. Chairman Carter Glass opposed emergency currency for state banks, favoring federal reserve banks. Senator Hoke Smith urged admission of banks to national currency associations. Continued on Last Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Corrigan
St, Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Carter Glass
Virginia
Federal Reserve Banks
Hoke Smith
House Committee
Owen-Smith
Senate
Smith
Work for Workers Work for Workers
An old advertisement invites workers in Atlanta to place Situation Wanted ads in The Constitution. It urges readers to publicize their abilities and sell themselves to attract opportunities at large companies. The note lists a telephone contact and city numbers for placing ads.
Cotton Debt Deals Spread Through Cotton Trade
The Constitution reports widespread agreements to accept cotton as payment for debts at 10 cents per pound. Hotels, firms like George D Witt Shoe Company, Reed Oil, and Gregory Hood Live Stock plan to accept cotton up to 5,000 bales and apply it to wagons, horses, and other goods. Cotton will be reserved at five South Carolina stations, with publicity in Atlanta and Georgia, as the Georgia division of the Southern Cotton association plans revival and a September 22 meeting in Atlanta to address the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory-Hood Live Stock Company
Lancaster
D. C
South Carolina
Columbia
Darlington
Bishopville
Timmonsville
BR. N. Reed
Reed Oil Company
Mr. Reed
Heed Oil Company
Peachtree Place
Resi
Georgian Pharmacal Company
Atlanta
South
Georgia
Old Southern Cotton Association
M. L. Johnson
Bartow County
Mr. Johnson
Mrs Eugene Black Dies in Montreal After War Escape
Mrs Eugena P Black dies in a Montreal hotel at five pm on Wednesday after arriving from Europe with her son William Harmon Black and niece Evelyn Orme. She was born in Forsyth, Georgia and had long resided in Atlanta. She is survived by her mother Mrs Apsylla Harmon, three sons Eugene R Black William Harmon Black and Charles H Black, a brother Charles E Harmon of Atlanta, and three sisters Mrs Albert H Cox Mrs A J Orme and Mrs Macy Hi Randall. Funeral arrangements will be announced and the body will be returned to Atlanta for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugena P. Black
Montreal
Canade
Europe
Eugene Black
New York
Atlante
William Harmon Black
Mise Evelyn Orme
Atlanta
Paris
America
Royal George
Little American Boy Protects Hungarian Widow Family
Theousre Waperser, a nine year old from Philadelphia, arrived in London in charge of four Hungarian widows and six children he escorted from Budapest. He found the family a father had become a naturalized American, acted as interpreter, and secured aid and steamship passage for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Theousre Waperser
Philadelphia
Budapest
Tapéezer
Hungary
American Committee
German cruiser sunk by British submarine
London announces submarine E 3 under Lieutenant Commander Horton torpedoed a German cruiser six miles south of Helgeland. The cruiser, believed to be the Hela, was previously reported sunk by a submarine from Berlin. Horton returned safely after the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Horton
Helgeland
Berlin
Ansley Hotel designated as headquarters for southern governors cotton conference
Governor Slaton designates the Hotel Ansley as official headquarters for a cotton conference of southern governors to be held September 25 and 26. Representatives from all southern states will attend. meetings and lodging will occur at the Ansley Hotel with several guests staying there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansley Ye
John M. Slaton
Ansley
Anley
Sis
Carden Forced to Leave Mexico as Carranza Shows Diplomatic Defiance
Washington reports reveal Sir Lionel Carden, British minister to Mexico, was ordered out by General Carranza after fears of a passport handover. U S intervention prevented a harsher expulsion as Carden departed for Brazil, amid tensions over Vera Cruz troop withdrawals and Wilson administration policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lionel Carden
Mexico
Carranza
Mexico City
United States
New York
Lionel
Wilson
Vera Cruz
Cecil Spring-Rice
Bryan
England
Carden
Carranca
Huerta
Garranza
Sir Lionel
Brazil
Carranna
Great Britain
Celtic
Liverpool
Allies and Germans in great struggle near Paris front
London reports a fierce battle along the Aisne with both sides throwing full strength into the fight. French and British forces push to dislodge German lines, as aid arrives to reinforce and sustain the engagement healing a long, exhausting contest around Noyon Laon and the Paris front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Aisne
Metz
Marne
Noyon
Ales
Laon
Eas
Austrian rout in Galicia huge losses reported by Russians
London and Petrograd dispatches detail heavy Austrian casualties and massive prisoner counts in Galicia. Russian sources claim 250 000 killed and wounded and 100 000 prisoners with hundreds of artillery pieces captured as German forces aided the retreat. The reports emphasize rapid advances and widespread equipment losses along the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Galicia
Lemberg
Petrograd
P Gasca
San
Przemys
Mans
Tourobine
Overtens William
Weather Prophecy RAIN Weather Prophecy RAIN
Local forecast hovers around rain with fair periods and strong north winds. Temperature readings vary wildly with untrustworthy figures but indicate a cool spell, normal values near 22 degrees and a low around the mid twenties while rainfall accumulates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Thoraday
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hurt, Goldsmith, Turner and Dunlap
Colcord
Frank ©. Smith
B. E. Williams
Thomas H. Goodwin
W. H. Preston
S. B. Lassalle
Ed T. Payne
BE. E. Williams
Jamen G. Woodward
Walter C. Taylor
Stovery
Jamen L. Mernen
James Mr. Fuller
Suilding
Fil KR
Hays
Thomas Evans
Treexarer
Thomas J. Peepler
Nim Hurt
Comptralier
J. H. Goldamith
R. C. Turner
Council
Constitution
Telephone
The
Gibson
Cincinnati
George D. Witt Shoe Company
Gen. Carranza
Amiens
Daily News
Kaiser William
Knoxville
Clear
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
Montgomery
P.clay
Nashville
New Orleana
Oklahoma
Phoenix
Fittsburg
Portland
Pt. Eldy
Raleigh
San Francisco
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