Local Men in Great Battle Near Soissons and Rheims
Citizens of Butts county follow the Rainbow Division action in France where Georgia soldiers, including the 151st Machine Gun Battalion from Macon, face Prussian and Bavarian units. Names like Kirk Biles Paul Byars Joe Watkins Joe Norris appear among local volunteers. Casualty lists have not yet arrived and families await confirmation.
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Butts County
Soissons
Rheims
Rainbow
Rainbow Division
Ourcg
Georgia
Macon
Butts
Jasper County
France
Kirk Biles
Paul Byars
Joe Watkins
Joe Norris
M. A. McDowell
McDowell Grocery Co
Butts County Democratic Executive Committee Meet August 17
The Butts County Democratic executive committee will meet in the Jackson courthouse on Saturday August 17 at 10 a m for the purpose of fixing assessments for the September 11 primary. All committee members are urged to attend.
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Butts County Democratic Executive Committee
Court House
Jackson
Extra Session Likely as Georgia Legislature Faces Budget Gap
The Georgia General Assembly may call an extra session if the appropriation bill cannot be reconciled. The House approved an about 9 million dollar budget, at least 2 million over state income of roughly 7 million, risking a session unless a compromise or veto by Governor Dorsey occurs.
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Georgia
House
Senate
Dorsey
General Assembly
District Agent Stratford Spends Monday in Jackson
District Agent R. A. Stratford of Barnesville spent Monday in Jackson County conferring with Mrs. C. A. Butner and Mr. J. H. Blackwell over their work.
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Stratford
Jackson
R. A. Stratford
Barnesville
County
C. A. Butner
J. H. Blackwell
Winter Wheat Is Urged in Georgia
Atlanta Georgia August 8 The State Department of Agriculture urges farmers to plant winter wheat stressing a minimum two acres per plow and to invest best land in wheat and oats The State Bureau of Markets offers seed assistance and will respond to inquiries at the State Capitol Atlanta to secure quality seed for fall planting
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Atlanta
State Department of Agriculture
State Bureau of Markets
State Capitol
No County Fair Here This Fall
War conditions force the Butts County Fair Association to suspend the county fair for the fall. Labor shortages and scarce high class attractions, plus wartime obedience to saving and war bonds, drive the decision. Directors note county has supplied over 400 men to service and pledge support to the war effort until normal conditions return.
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Butts County Fair Association
Red Cross
Butts County
War comes home to northern folk in war front mood
Two Jackson businessmen J. B. Settle and R. N. Etheridge report northern and eastern regions feel the war more acutely than the South. They describe patriotic activity, women replacing men in cities, limited food in New York dining cars, War Saving Stamps sales, Red Cross fundraising, and shortages.
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Jackson
Messrs
J. B. Settle
R. N. Etheridge
New York
North
East
Mr. Etheridge
New York City
Atlanta
Red Cross
Mr. Settle
Washington
France
Messrs. Settle and
Etheridge
New Courses At Sixth District School In Barnesville
The Barnesville Sixth District Agricultural and Mechanical School announces new offerings including a military department and Red Cross for girls under new principal Prof. T O Galloway, succeeding W H Maxwell. The school remains popular locally with current students enrolled.
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Red Cross
Agricultural and Mechanical School
Barnesville
T. O. Galloway
W. H. Maxwell
Open Boll Cotton Reported Tuesday
The first open boll of the 1918 season was brought in Tuesday afternoon by Mr. S. B. Kinard on his Towaliga farm. Planted April 16, bloom June 17, open boll Aug 5. Countywide cotton conditions are good after recent rains. first bale likely in a few days.
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S. B. Kinard
Jackson
Towaliga
Speeders to be cracked down in Butts County roads
Butts County officers announce a campaign to speed limit enforcement during the camp meeting with extra patrols between Jackson and Indian Springs. Violators will be dealt with as placards publicize the crackdown. Public cooperation is urged to aid traffic safety and reduce accidents on busy main highways.
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Butts County
Jackson
Indian Springs
General Assembly
Automobiles to Bear Stiff Tax in New Revenue Plan
Washington officials report House Ways and Means committee advanced an $8 billion revenue bill adding a federal excise on car use from 10 to 60 dollars for high priced vehicles, plus $5 annual motorcycle tax and a 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax. The plan expects $170 million from vehicle taxes and $45 million from gasoline.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
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Jutts County Peole
Jackson Business
Congressional
L.M. Crawford
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