Georgia Endowment Tax and War Measures Stir Senate Debate
The report notes Georgia retained a tax on college endowments until 1877 and records an amendment to the war revenue bill, adding a two cent stamp tax on bank checks, passing 8 to 6 in the Senate finance committee amid questions of Senate acceptance. Governor Dorsey proclaims Educational Sunday urging school enrollment for all children of school age. A Greensboro Herald-Journal columnist mocks a church sermon. In remarks on postwar peace, opinions warn it will take years to normalize and unwind the wartime army. Mercer University trustee Dr. W B Hardyman dies after Spanish flu complications.
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Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Dorsey
Dorse
Jim Williams
Greensboro Herald—Journal
Coun
France
Europe
Hold Cotton For 35 Cents Says Commissioner Brown
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown urges Georgia farmers to hold cotton until the market reaches 35 cents or better. He says the price must cover the cost of production and withhold from the market under current conditions.
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Commissioner Brown
J. J. Brown
Georgia
Cottton Belt
Do Well Your Part In War Fund Drive Tone
A wartime editorial argues against sectarian money disputes in the War Work fund drive. It urges Catholics and Protestants to unite behind the national effort, noting past suppressions and calling on Protestant supporters to meet their quotas while ensuring Catholics receive their fair share. It praises the President’s combined drive and stresses cooperation over sectarian conflict.
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Empire
League of Organizations
Why Exemption Board Members Have That Wild Look
A column by J. D. Spencer riffs on wartime exemption board members with satirical letters. The misfit notes touch on unpaid wages, furloughs, family ties, gendered remarks, and odd bureaucratic phrasing, painting a comic portrait of home front anxieties.
Huns Cultivated Crops for Allies
Paris dispatch notes the fall harvest as the real war prize. Grain fields and gardens between the Marne and Vesle were tilled by Germans, harvested by French soldiers and freed farmers, and now eaten by American troops.
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Paris
Marne
Vesle
Foch
Tsaw
Tardenois
Ourco
Vesle Valiers
Ludendorff
Development Work Along The Railroads
The Railroad Administration forms committees of railroad executives to study conditions and push agricultural extension in undeveloped South and West regions. It aims to promote agricultural education while restricting emigration during the war. The southeastern region committee lists Croxton as chair with members Park Schweitert Welty Hamner Williams and Peeler.
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Railroad Administration
Texas
Oklahoma
W. W. Croxton
Atlanta
Birmingham and
Atlantic
A Texas Wonder Cures Kidney and Bladder Ailments
An old advertisement claims Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles dissolves gravel diabetes and rheumatism improves irregular kidney bladder function in men women and children. It promises two months treatment per box and claims sworn testimonials and mail order sale from Dr. F W Hall of St. Louis Missouri with druggist availability.
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F. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
War work drive set to ask 250 million in November week
President Wilson approves a nearly 50 percent increase in the United War Work Campaigns target. The involved organization will urge the nation to contribute 250 million dollars during the week of November 11.
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Wilson
United War Work Campaign
Colquitt County Fair Plans Push Ahead in Moultrie
Plans for Colquitt County's first fair set for November 14 to 16 report buildings nearly ready and committees progressing well. The Fitzgerald Animal Show was called off for this season by the Fitzgerald chamber of commerce board, with a livestock and poultry show possible in January if conditions permit. Mayor G. S. Wilcox of Ocilla and President L. L. Griner have authority to arrange a later exposition.
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Colquitt County
Moultrie
Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald Chamber of Commerce
L. L. Griner
Chamber of Commerce
G. 8. Wilcox
Ocilla
Georgia Farmer Williams Seeks U S Senate Seat
G H Williams of Dublin announces candidacy for United States Senator to oppose Harris with a pledge to oppose President Wilson on cotton policy. He argues government price fixing harms Georgia growers, rails at spinners and financiers, and calls for independent representation in the November election amid wartime duties and farm welfare concerns.
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G. H. Williams
Dublin
United States
People OF
Georgia
United States Senate
T. W. Hardwick
W. J. Harris
Clark Howell
Wilson
Harris
North
War Industries Board
Yankees
South
Mr. Wilson
John the Baptist
Cai
Macon Telegraph
John W. Bennett
Waycross
Little Willie
Macon
John Bennett
Caton
U.S
Areey, Agen and
Committee
Treasury
New England Mills
Wall Street
McAdoo
Bitb Manufacturing Co
Red Cross
France
America
Baruch
Tole. Ris
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Butler Herald
C. E. Benns
Taylor CO
Butler
W. B. Hardynan
Mercer University
Commerce Monday
L. G. Hardman
J. D. Spencer
Crystal Palace
Tam
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Washington
Cotton Exchange
New York
New Orleans
Cotton Exchange and Commission
U. S
New England
Boston
Brazil
Democratic Party
Dublin, Ga
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