City Court and Treasurer Abolition Tracked in County Notices
Brunswick Glynn county considers abolishing city court and county treasurer. Proposals seek four superior court terms annually to replace two and the treasurer’s office ending after current term. County commissioners backed measures and notices appeared in this issue.
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Brunswick
Glynn County
City Court of
Glynn
Meader
Superior Court
Mse
Pyles
Mangum Acts as City Court Solicitor in Crovatt’s Absence
Walter Mangum of the firm Crovatt and Mangum serves as acting city court solicitor during A H Crovatt’s three month absence for government training in Atlanta. If Crovatt passes the exam and enters the army, Mangum will continue until a new appointment is made.
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Walter Mangum
Crovatt and Mangum
A. H. Crovatt
Atlanta
Mangum
First Baptist Sunday School Picnic Set for Saturday
The First Baptist Sunday school plans its annual picnic next Saturday departing at 9 o clock from Sea Gate to St. Simon Island. All church members and their families are invited. Boat line offers a low round trip rate of 25 cents for Sunday school riders.
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First Baptist Sunday School
St. Simon Island
Glynn County Board of Education Adopts Routine Items
An adjourned Glynn county board of education meeting was held at the courthouse yesterday morning. The session covered routine matters and a full discussion of the school situation in the city and county.
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Board of Education
Glynn County
Forger Identified In Brunswick Shop Theft
A man calling himself Pilon, described as a negro, forged checks in Brunswick purchasing goods and cashing $8.00 from a $11.50 note after swapping bank names. The same man allegedly targeted at least six merchants. Authorities traced him to Bladen and planned to return him to the city for custody.
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Pilon
A. Ryths Child
Glynn County Bank
A. R. Hensell
Brunswick Bank and Trust
Glynn
Rothschild
Bladen
Macon to Get One of 38 000 Training Camps
General Wood designates Macon as one of twelve training camps for drafted and young men. The plan aims to train thirty thousand soldiers in the Central City. Macon already hosts a national guard camp making it among the state’s strongest military locales.
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Macon
General Wood
National Guard
Germanys 328 U boats in operation and losses reported
Amsterdam reports via Telegraaf an interview with a crew member of U-58 stating Germany has 25 subs at sea with 30 to 100 lost to British nets. Submarines meet daily for wireless instructions and several newest type boats, each with 56 men, can chase cargo ships.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Telegraaf
Hegeland
Marlin Ill After Meningitis Complication
Friends and the Georgia Hardware Co. mourn as B C Marlin of Wolf street lies seriously ill at home following a nose operation. Doctors report meningitis with grave prognosis though Hopes for recovery remain. Marlin is a popular young businessman in the city with many supporters.
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KB. C. Marlin
Georgia Hardware Co
Wolf Street
Marlin
Roosevelt Heads an Army Corps
Washington reports the senate and house conferees agreed to a war army bill provision authorizing the president to raise volunteer divisions for an American corps led by Theodore Roosevelt. Draft ages remain 21 to 30. Administration opposes the amendment, but passage is expected by week’s end.
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Washington
Senate
House
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Georgia and South States Prosper Across Industries
The region boasts four billion dollars in farm goods last year while other industries total ten billion, with fishing growing to rival New England and mills exporting over a billion dollars. Factories exceed three and a half million, showing the South’s prosperity is diverse beyond farming.
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Georgia
South
New England
Many Called Few Chosen At Fort McPherson Officers Camp
Atlanta May 15 Many were called but few chosen at Fort McPherson training camp for officers. Warrenton Ga. lieutenant Spanish American War veteran Troup Whitehead says he was accepted and ready but missed his name due to a hearing defect and was discharged. He plans to pursue specialized ear treatment to rejoin service.
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Atlanta
Fort McPherson
Troup Whitehead
Warrenton
Whitehead
John A. Dill
Uncle Sam
Starvation Crisis In Palestine Reported
London reports appalling conditions in Palestine with an estimated 70,000 deaths from starvation or brutal Turkish treatment. The figures reflect severe famine and abuse during the conflict period.
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Palestine
London
Warmer Weather Expected Nationwide
The weather bureau states the unseasonable cool spell is ending and warmer conditions will prevail across most of the country starting soon.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Germans Resist Allied Advances as Crown Prince Seizes Bertha Farm
German forces launch intensified counterattacks on the Aisne and Arras fronts as British and French lines hold. Crown Prince’s troops claim Bertha Farm east of Fort de Malmaison on the Aisne front, while London reports repelled attacks near Bullecourt and Millian. The Abosso sinks with ninety lives. Allied ships destroy German bases at Valdes and Magellan.
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France
Aisne
Arras
London
Bullecourt
Paris
Chemin Des Dames
Millian
Berthe
Fort de Malmaison
Liability of railroad as to engine sparks
Atlanta May 15 A damage suit for 27161 brings a question of railroad liability for engine sparks. K Koplin alleges two warehouses burned after a switch engine pulled burning cars alongside the second warehouse and employees deserted them amid heat, causing total loss.
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Atlanta
K. Koplin
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Reuben R. Arnold
Potato Shortage Ripples Through Germany Rationed Regions
Copenhagen reports a potato shortage across Germany with a 5 pound weekly ration in Belgian and Werpha Na districts. Complaints rise from other areas as the fuel and food control bureau struggles to meet demand.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Bureau of Food Control
Werpha
Red Cross Urges Mass Mobilization for War Effort
A call to recruit one million members in 1917 as the Red Cross expands wartime aid. The piece notes flexible volunteer roles from storage support to packing boxes, with Washington business leaders aiding in supply rooms and surgeons and nurses contributing on the battlefield. Mrs. J. B. Abrams chairs publicity.
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Red Cross
Army
Navy
Warrehouse
Europe
Washington
J. B. Abrams
Southern lawmakers thwart 1915 cotton tax plan
A proposed 2.5 per bale tax on cotton in the war revenue bill was blocked by southern congressmen with constituent protests. Georgia Governor John M. Slaton opposed a spring 1915 plan to limit cotton acreage, and the idea was abandoned. The piece notes indirect taxation via oleomargarine made from cottonseed oil.
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Congress
Georgia
John M. Slaton
Atlantic Coast Line to Run Special Train for Florida Confederate Veterans
The Atlantic Coast Line will operate a special Jacksonville to Washington train on June 5 to take Florida Confederate veterans to the annual reunion. Depart Jacksonville at 4 p.m. and arrive Washington at 5:50 p.m. the next day. The trip will include veterans and members of Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Veterans with Pullman sleeping cars and reclining chairs.
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Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Jacksonville
Washington
Florida
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sons of Veterans
Conference of railroad bond owners to meet in Baltimore
A conference of railroad securities owners from across the United States is called for May 23 at 11 in Baltimore’s Hotel Kiners. The meeting will discuss organizing owners into an association and concerns about railroads’ ability to finance operations amid wartime pressures. David Warfield Han, railroad securities owner, urged unity to aid rail funding and national economy.
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Baltimore
Oyners
Kiners
United States
David Warfield Han
Continental Trush Co
Seaboard Air Line
Warfield
Russian Workers and Soldiers Appeal for Unified War Effort
The Council of Workmen and Soldiers Deputies urges unity against German imperialism and warns soldiers not to fraternize with German troops. It calls for a revolution of workers and peasants to secure peace without separate nations and pressures front-line resistance. Also reports a government proclamation confirming minister Guehkoff’s resignation and the cabinet’s stance to remain in power.
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Petrograd
Council of Workmen's Wand
Apis
Russia
Workmen and Peasants
Council of Workmen's
SbIders
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Issacs
Wer Guehkoff
Tuasia
M. Guchkoff
Peach growers oppose 15 percent railroad freight hike
Georgia peach growers join other groups in opposing the Southeastern Railroads petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 15 percent general freight rate increase. Senator Helen Smith notes such a rise would add about 450 million dollars a year nationwide and cost Georgia peach growers about 75 thousand dollars this season alone.
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Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Helen Smith
Senate
Regular Army Regiments Form New Units At Chickamauga Park
The War Department designates regular army regiments to be withdrawn from the border and reorganized at Chickamauga Park. The Eleventh Infantry forms the 51st and 52nd, the Sixth Infantry forms the 53rd and 54th, and the Eleventh Cavalry forms the 22nd and 23rd. President Wilson cancels a cabinet meeting to attend the wedding of Miss Nona McAdoo and Ferdinand Mohranschit of the Russian embassy.
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Washington
War Department
Chickamauga Park
Wilson
Senator Smith Seeks Fairness Proof for New Rail Rates
Washington May 15 Senator Smith of Georgia introduced an amendment to the interstate commerce act. The measure requires automatic suspension of new freight tariffs when the ICC starts an investigation and places the burden of proof on carriers to show reasonableness.
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Washington
Senator Smith
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Act
Interstate Commercce Commission
Fire Underwriters Meet Elects New Secretary
The Board of Fire Underwriters met yesterday and accepted the resignation of L. Philiga as secretary. Dr. J. G. Jackson was elected in his stead. The organization reports itself in excellent condition and continuing steady work.
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Board of Fire Underwriters
L. Philiga
J. G. Jackson
Orests
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