Relic Train set to visit Jackson October 8 campaign drive
Butts county outlines Liberty Loan drive from October 6 to 12 with a Relic Train visit in Jackson on October 8. A parade led by a band and school children will end at the depot where bond sales begin. Special speakers, Red Cross ladies, and officers from Britain Canada France and the U S will oversee the event.
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Liberty Loan
Jackson
Walt Close
Red Cross
Butts County
W. O. Ham
J. H. Carmichael
R. N. Etheridge
G. P. Nichols
A. F. White
J. D. Jones
J. B. Settle
W.E. Watkins
E. L. Smith
J. P. Etheridge
Robert VanDeventer
S. R. England
Hugh Mallet
L. P. McKibben
R. P. Lasnett
Government forms two cotton committees to fix prices
Washington reports that the government named two committees to study the cotton situation and to control distribution during the inquiry. The committee of inquiry may recommend basic prices and seek to widen distribution of low grade stock while preventing hoarding and speculation.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Smith
South Carolina
Local committees listed with chairs and members
Kibben and S H Thornton chair key committees including Church School Local Finance Special Sales General Sales Clearing House with names such as Pauline Mallet Lurline Lawson Mary Newton and Rosa Newton and others in a historical council roster. The document enumerates roles for church school and sales groups with female and male members.
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A. F. White
H. C. Childs
J. M. Gaston
R. J. Carmichael
J. C. Jones
B. A. Wright
General Sales
R. N. Etheridge
J. B. Settle
H. O. Ball
S. O. Ham
J. H. McKibben
H. M. Fletcher
C. M. Compton
T. A. Nutt
W. H. Mallet
Clearing House Committee
Pauline Mallet
Lurline Lawson
Mary Newton
Rosa Newton
Helen Carmichael
Hattie Buttrill
Harold Mallet
Jessie Jones
Annie Kate Ham
Butts County Draft Board Plans Entrainment to Camp Hancock
Butts County will entrain 20 colored registrants to Camp Hancock Friday as orders received by the county draft board. Names and details are being processed for the entrainment.
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Butts County
Hancock
Camp Hancock
L.- St
Thiaue
Last Call for Cash Subscriptions on October First
The Progress Argus warns this is the final issue under a government cash in advance order. All readers must pay cash for future subscriptions or lose print paper supply. If stopped, the reason will be provided. Call to mark subscriptions immediately. Do not expect special treatment.
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Progress Argus
Progress-Argus
Leaders deny 25 cents price for cotton amid national debate
Senator Smith of South Carolina refutes a press claim that President Wilson pledged a fixed price for cotton after a meeting. Secretary Houston rejects 25 cents as a proposed price, while Georgia lawmakers and county leaders urge no fixed price before the Cotton States Advisory Marketing Board meets.
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Washington
Smith
South Carolina
Waas
Houston
South
Congress
Butts County
J. O. Gaston
President Wilson
Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Washington, D. C
Georgia
J. H. Mills
Georgia Farmers’ Union
J. J. Brown
Wilson
Cotton States Advisory Marketing Board
Soldiers to Get Christmas Box
Washington D C September 21 Christmas packages for more than two and a half million American soldiers in France this year will be delivered through the Red Cross War Department announced only one parcel per man will be accepted to ease handling General Pershing will forward coupons with each soldier s name and address to be sent to next of kin coupons must be attached to standard 9 by 4 by 3 inch containers provided by local Red Cross Chapters applications mail by November 15
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Washington, D. C
France
Red Cross
War Department
Department
General Pershing
Judge Searcy Draws Jury for February Term in Jackson
Judge W E H Searcy Jr and Solicitor E M Owen visited Jackson on Thursday drawing the jury for the February 1919 term of Butts circuit court.
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W. E. H. Searcy, Jr
E. M. Owen
Jackson
Searcy
Butts
Harris to be opposed by Dublin's G H Williams in November
Dublin businessman G H Williams has announced as an independent Republican candidate to challenge Senator-elect W J Harris. Williams resigned as state senator from the sixteenth district and defects from the Democratic party. His platform centers on cotton price fixing. Williams cites a $30,000 loss from market slump and argues the South must break from one party to gain Washington recognition.
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W. J. Harris
Dublin
G. H. Williams
Williams
Democratic Party
Harris
South Georgia
South
Washington
Howard to Run for Georgia Governor in 1920
Washington dispatch reports William Schley Howard, Georgia congressman from the fifth district, will seek the governorship in 1920 to succeed Governor Hugh Dorsey. Howard previously ran for the U S Senate, finishing second to W J Harris in both popular and county unit votes.
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Washington Dispatch
Atlanta Journal
William Schley Howard
Hugh Dorsey
Mr. Howard
United States Senate
W. J. Harris
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