Public Sale Of Government Food Stocks In Brunswick this week
Government stores in Atlanta and major warehouses will be opened to the public Monday through Wednesday. The sale lists 2600 pounds of bacon 4900 pounds of flour 13000 cans of baked beans and many other items with prices set for post office customers. Purchasers must pay cash and place orders at the Brunswick post office with the postmaster or assistant postmaster. The Brunswick city treasury receives a $150000 paving bond payment from Continental Trust Company with funds held at National Bank of Brunswick.
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Atlanta
Brunswick
Louis J. Leavy
Posmaster
R. G. Harley
Contiretal Trust Company
Macon
Ludwig
National Bank
National
Continental Trust Company
Glynn County
Oates Seeks Brunswick Start for Atlantic Lithic
J M Oates of the Atlantic Lithic Company in Richmond says his firm will begin city contracts in Brunswick as soon as state approval and rail access allow. He notes nearby Daytona operations are active with equipment en route, and machinery for Brunswick remains in Richmond awaiting railroad readiness. He cannot specify a definite start date.
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J. M. Oates
Atlantic Bullithic Company of
Richmond
Oglethorpe
Oates
Artesian Well Contractor Wade Expands in South
Morgan D Wade of this city has become a leading artesian well contractor in the south. This year he has drilled eight wells including sites in Brunswick and nearby areas serving patrons such as A Townsend V Abbott Heppard Cypress Waycross D H Bennett and Lacy McKinnon among others. Wade specializes in deep tubular artesian wells and offers estimates by phone at No 18 for all well boring classes with prompt attention.
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Morgan D. Wade
Anso
Brunswick
A, O
V. Abbott
Heppard Cypress Company
Waycross
D. H. Bennett
Gardi Lacy
Brunswick Giants Return from Florida
The Brunswick Giants return to local grounds after Florida play. They will be strengthened by battery Pranklin and McMillan as the Jacksonville Collegians, a fast base running team in the Southern Colored League, prepare for engagements Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Jacksonville
Brunswick Giants
Pranklin
McMillan
Jacksonville “Collegians
Clerks at Capitol Busy with Incoming Bills
More than twenty clerks labor at the state capitol annotating the bills left by the recent general assembly. Clerks McClatchey of the senate and Moore of the house supervise the work amid the August heat in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
State Capito
General Assembly
McClatchey
Senate
Moore
House
Mrs. Lawrence Dies in Marietta Death brings Brunswick ties to end
Mrs. Robert de Treville Lawrence died at her Marietta home after a long illness. She leaves four sons including Alex Lawrence of Savannah and Samuel Lawrence of Raleigh, plus sisters Mrs. Erwin and Mrs. Blanton and several brothers in Atlanta and Camden. Funeral plans not announced. burial will be in Marietta.
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Brunswick
Robert de Treville Lawrence
Marietta
Lawrence
George W. Blanton
D. D. Atkinson
Camden County
Dr. Atkinson
Blanton
Oil Men In Auto Crash In City Junction
R H Rhoden chief of night police at Atlantic Refining and D J Rhea superintendent of watchmen were overturned in an automobile at the Richmond and G streets junction while returning from the refinery to catch a Southern railroad train for Jesup. Rhoden escaped with slight injuries while Rhea, cut by glass and badly bruised, was taken out with difficulty. The crash involved a trolley car and the car’s front was demolished. Both men blamed the auto driver for braking on the track and jumping for safety. Rhea could walk shortly after but bled from a hand wound. Rhea has worked five months for Atlantic Refining and previously seven months at the picric acid plant. Rhoden was formerly a city police member.
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R. H. Rhoden
Atlantic Refining Company
D. J. Rhea
Richmond
G Streets
Southern Railroad
Jesup
Rhoden
Mr. Rhea
Norwich Street
G_ streets
Rhea
Atlantic Refining Co
Women activists push for voting rights amid fee dispute
In Atlanta on August 16 the city democratic executive committee passed resolutions denouncing leaders of the women’s committee who returned 3,782 in reinstatement fees. The enfranchisement resolution remains on the agenda despite the dispute over collected funds.
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Atlanta
City
Democratic Executive Committee
Woman's Committee
Pistol Toter in City Court
After a Friday night shooting on Eilis street two mounted officers tackled a man named Quincey Hines who drew an old Colt revolver on Policeman Williams. The weapon failed to fire during the struggle and Hines, subdued with help from Policeman J. H. McGill, was brought before the city court yesterday morning.
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Eilis Street
Quincey Hines
Williams
J. H. McGill
More Ships Due Here From Liverpool Coast
The S S Naperian arrived from Liverpool with cargo including cotton for foreign markets. The S S Edgewood is departing with 18 601 bales of compressed cotton, possibly the heaviest load this season. Also arriving is the S S Youngstown and the S S Akaka from Demerara and British Guiana, while the S S Keshnift sails from Jacksonville for game parties. Sailors from the English fleet fill the streets, many youths and apprentices, as crowds observe ship traffic and city commerce.
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S. S. Naperian
Liverpool
Nera
Edgewood Boing
Youngstown
Demenara
Guiana
Brunswick
Berwin
Liverpogl
Strachan Shipping Co
S. S. Keshnift
Jacksonville
S. S. Sioux
Bermudas
Downing Co
Pershing to Visit Rome After Paris Departure
General Pershing will leave Paris tonight for a visit to Rome and the Italian battlefields, arriving Monday. He will be entertained at the Carlton by King Victor Emmanuel at noon. Military circles in Rome discuss responsibility for Italy's defeat at Cagretto, blaming General Cadorna and factors like low morale, mood, and lack of reserves.
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General Pershing
Paris
Associated Press
Rome
Carrinal
Victor Emmanuel
Cagretto
Piave
Cadorna
Prize pig takes flight in great army aeroplane
Atlanta August 16 Lieutenant Mc Mullen of Souther Field Americus carried a pig from Americus to LaGrange and delivered it to a boy in LaGrange who won a prize for enlisting in the service.
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Great Army
Atlanta
Mc.Mullen
Souther Field
Americus
la Grange
LaGrange
Ultimatum to Carranza Government Sparks Tense US Mexico Talks
Washington notes frictions rise as William Cummings acts for Britain sending communications to Mexico. Carranza replies promising protection for Americans but cites difficulty in sparse areas and urges Americans to move to larger cities amid deadly crime in populous regions.
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Washington
Associated Press
England
Mexico
United States
William Cummings
Great Britain
Carrante
Associated Pre
Carranza
George T. Saume
Americas
Daisy
State Department
Carranga
Farmers Warn of Hard Times From Profiteering Ahead
Farmers testifying before the House Agricultural Committee warn that profiteering in food and wages could worsen next year’s living costs. They say crop uncertainty, reduced production, and President Wilson’s daylight saving stance threaten farm output and prices.
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Washington
Associated Press
House Agricultural Committee
Wilson
County officials plan bid for Glynn bonds and gas mains
Constant Miller urged the Glynn County commissioners to proceed with bids for fifty thousand dollars in bonds and to upgrade gas mains on side streets. He warned that delays risk tearing up streets again within seven months and favored forming a new company if the gas firm cannot meet needs. He also supported expanding main lines and noted the Aquate Refinery project as a possible $60,000 asset to the system.
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Glynn County
Constant Miller
Mr. Miller
Miller
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Charged in Bank Shortage
Warrants issued for Charles A. Ambler alleging conspiracy and malfeasance after the North Pennsylvania Bank failed on July 18 with an apparent $2,000,000 shortage. Ambler serves as Pennsylvania insurance commissioner and faces serious charges from the district attorney.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
District Attorney's Office
Charles A. Ambler
Insurance Commissioner of
Pennsylvania
North Pennsylvania Bank
Pig at City Pound Threatens Park Barbecue
A small pig weighing about forty to fifty pounds has been in the city pound for five days. Patrolmen threaten to dig a trench in the park and barbecue the animal. It was captured by mounted officers near the corner of K and Welf streets.
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K and
Welf
Musicians Strike Echoes in New York Playhouses
Stage hands walked out in solidarity with striking stars in New York theaters. Managers threaten to close houses as the Equity dispute widens. Playwrights offer mediation while many venues remain open and others shuttered.
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New York
Associated Press
Equity Association
Messrs. Shubert
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Morgan D Wade Brunswick
Florida
Capitol
Mrs. Lawrence
D D_ ATKINSON
G W_. BLANTON
Atlantic Refinery
Chy Court
Ellis Street
Naperian
ADDI_ TION
Port Big
New York City
Agricultural Committee
Department of Marine
Associated
Press
Asl
House of Representatives
Mondezi
jDemocratic
United States Sugar Equalization Board
Cuba
Betwee Managers and Equity Association
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