Taylor County Soldier Seeks Support Before Departure
Brooks Posey of M. G. Co. 121st Infantry writes from Camp Wheeler Macon Ga to Taylor County friends thanking them for favors and urging support. He recalls nine months of training vows to defend his country and expresses pride in Taylor County comrades and the duty to answer the call to war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Tom Carson
Walter J. Butler
Brooks Posey
M. G. Co
Inf
Camp Wheeler
Macon, Ga
For Sale in Greensboro Georgia Cotton Gin Outfit
For sale in Greensboro Green County Georgia an all steel Murry Cotton Gin outfit 100 H P boiler 75 HP automatic engine with new 30 American corn mill wood sawing and splitting machine. Outfit valued at $10 000. Due to poor health the owner offers at a cheap price. Interest should write ALL STEEL GIN CO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boro
Green County
Georgia
All Steel
Murry Cotton Gin Outfit
H. P. Boil
ALL Steel Gin CO
Three Die In Macon Hospital One Night
Macon Georgia May 12. Three people died at Macon Hospital after a night of accidents and violence. Minnie Davis wife of James Davis a Camp Wheeler soldier died from a skull fracture after a motorcycle collision on the Houston road. Beulah May Jones an 18 year old black girl was run over by a motorcycle driven by John George on Vineville avenue. Marshall Gentry son of G F Gentry of Skipperton shot himself in the head during a period of ill health and despondency. Mrs Davis and Mrs Maud Smith were injured in motorcycle accidents when riding with men friends. John George is under arrest likely charged with involuntary manslaughter. Gentry’s death shocked Skipperton neighbors.
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Macon
Minnie Davis
James Davis
Camp Wheeler
Cedartown
Houston
Beulah May Jones
John George
Marshall Gentry
G. F. Gentry
Sipperton
Florida
Skipperton
Camp Gordon Soldier Killed By Negro's Gun
Carl Ware of Camp Gordon was fatally shot on a highway by a man named Coot Mullin. Howard Ware was wounded. Matison Ware and the wounded brothers were brought to Woodbury before Carl died in Atlanta. Bloodhounds track the fleeing assailants after a prior threat. Carl Ware had just married.
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Woodbury
Carl Ware
National Army
Camp Gordon
Pineview
Coot Mullin
Howard Ware
Ware Brothers
Matison
Matison Ware
Atlanta
Sallie Ware
Solon Ware
Camp Wheeler
Wanted Farm Acreage For Sale Direct From Owner
Classified notice seeking 150 to 200 acres in cultivation with running water. Prefers direct dealings with the owner.
Chautauqua Draws Big Welcome at Butler Statewide Tour
The Radcliffe Chautauqua visited Butler May 11 to 14 with Dr D Lee Fitzpatrick of Richmond Ind leading sermons. Three sessions daily offered eight to ten entertainments praised as a top cultural event. A Red Cross drive netted about 800 dollars accompanying the closing lecture When the Boys Come Home. Forty notable citizens signed for another year. A treasury surplus will fund the Red Cross war fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliffe Chautauqua
Butler
Radcliffe
D. Lee Fitzpatrick
Richmond
Ind
Red Cross
Red Cross War Fund
Mrs Cowles Appeals To Club Women For Red Cross Drive
Mrs Josah Evans Cowles appeals to club women of America to support the Red Cross fundraising drive of one hundred million dollars for war relief. She urges aid for soldiers and Allied troops, for canteens, tuberculosis campaigns, and the care of French children to strengthen morale and reduce casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Women of America
France
American Red Cross
Josah Evans Cowles
General Federation of Women’s Club
Day of Fasting and Prayer Fixed by Wilson
President Wilson proclaims Thursday May 30 as a day of public humiliation prayer and fasting asking all faiths to gather in worship to seek victory for American armies and a just lasting peace. The proclamation dates May 11 and notes Memorial Day May 20 and urges national unity and sacrifice.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Congress
United States
Congress of the
Senate
House of Representatives
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
District of Columbia
Robert Lansing
Carload of liquor seized near Savannah during post prohibition raids
Savannah police seized a carload of bottled whiskey valued at $85,000 and arrested J. H. Bailey C. C. Tuten and two African American men. The operation occurred eight miles from the city on the Seaboard Air Line Railway as agents recovered 900 cases billed as empty barrels and captured six vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Georgia
Seaboard Air Line
J. H. Bailey
C. C. Tuten
Jacksonville
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Red Cross War Fund Drive Prompts One-Week Appeal
The United States is urged to give one hundred million dollars to the Red Cross War Fund in a drive spanning May 20 through May 26. Butler chapter aims for a thousand dollars, with two thirds of the county’s assessment already raised. officials expect full subscription before the drive begins. Citizens are urged to contribute proactively to support humanitarian work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Red Cross War Fund
Liberty
Red Cross
Butler
G. C. Smith
Death of Mr J H Bryant by self-inflicted pistol wound
Local farmer Mr J Horace Bryant aged about 43 dies from a pistol ball to the left breast fired by himself at his Norwich area home near Butler. He left a wife Miss Hattie McGinty and one child, with brother G F Bryant and his mother as survivors. The event occurred about four o clock in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace Bryant
Bryant
Norwich
Butler
Hattie McGinty
Wealthy Farmer Dies in Auto Crash Near Macon
Robert W. Jones of Pelham Georgia wealthy farmer was killed this afternoon on the Houston road seven miles south of Macon when his car was struck while refueling. His auto overturned and he became pinned beneath it after the collision with another vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Robert W. Jones
Pelham
Houston
Jones
Macon Officials Die After Car Hits Train at Telfair Crossing
J L Jessup Macon fuel administrator and J J Cobb insurance and loan partner were fatally injured when the Ford they rode in collided with a Central of Georgia passenger train at Telfair street. Cobb died later at Williams Sanatorium. Jessup died at 11:15 p.m. Both men were taken from the scene after rescuers responded. the accident’s exact cause remained undetermined. Cobb, longtime banker and Centenary Sunday school superintendent, left a legacy tied to Macon civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
J. L. Jessup
J.J. Cobb
Broadway
Ford
Central of Georgia
Telfair Street
Williams
Jessup
Cobb
Exchange Bank
Dime Savings Bank
Commercial National Bank
Centenary
College and
Shamrock
Centenary Church
John B. Cobb
Alice Culler Cobb
Wesleyan College
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City of
Greens
Red Cross Drive
J. H. Bryant
Jessup and
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