Athens Council Bans Fireworks Sales and Use Citywide
The Athens council approved an ordinance banning the sale and discharge of fireworks and pyrotechnics within the city limits. The measure followed debates over reducing a $50 special license tax and concerns about fire risk amid cotton warehouses. The ordinance also repeals conflicting ordinances and sets penalties in the recorder's court. Additionally the council noted at least twenty stockade escapes in the past year and discussed inmate labor.
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Hinton
Gordon
Athens
City of
Recorder’s Court
Police Department
Banner Year for U.S. Harvests as War Prices Lift Values
The United States earned a record 5.57 billion dollars from crops in 1915. Wheat, oats, barley, rye, sweet potatoes, rice and hay set records while tobacco neared its high. Corn yielded over 3.05 billion bushels valued around 1.75 billion, the year’s second largest crop. Wheat topped one billion in production. Sweet potatoes surpassed 1910’s top by 14 million bushels.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Harris to Run Again as Georgia Governor
Atlanta dispatch reports Governor Nat E. Harris of Marcon will seek re election. The announcement, authoritative and definitive, states Harris will run for a second term with active backing from leading Georgia prohibitionists.
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Atlanta
Nat E. Harris
Marcon
Judge Holden to Assist the State in Rail Plan Case
Governor Harris appoints Judge Horace Holden of Athens to act as associate counsel with the Attorney General to prepare the state's case over Louisville and Nashville Railroad plans to extend into Atlanta. Holden, a former state supreme court justice, met with Mr. Walker in Atlanta to coordinate readiness.
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Atlanta
Harris
Horace Holden
Athens
State Supreme Court
Lee
Louisville and Nashville
Western and Atlantic
Holden
Walker
Blanche Sweet Stars in The Secret Sin at Elite Today
Blanche Sweet appears in a dual role as a drugs-using sister and her normal twin in The Secret Sin at the Elite. The film, shot partly in San Francisco Chinatown, is praised as a vivid realistic drama and a likely hit of the year for local audiences.
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Blanche Sweet
San Francisco
Chinatown
Three Year Old Pierce Stanley Found Dead in Bed
Mr and Mrs J D Stanley of Inglewood avenue woke to find their three year old son Pierce dead in bed. The child had a rash resembling chicken pox but was not believed seriously ill. Funeral from the residence this afternoon at 3 and burial in Oconee cemetery.
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J. D. Stanley
Inglewood Avenue
Pierce
Oconee Cemetery
Christmas Box-A Gift At Williams
A festive box display titled Christmas Box-A offers eight distinct articles neatly arranged as a holiday gift. Shoppers are invited to "see them at Williamson's" for a curated selection and seasonal browsing appeal.
Polygamy Prohibition Doubted for Philippine Islands
Washington December 15 Brigadier General Frank McIntyre head of the bureau of insular affairs told the senate committee that polygamy could not be prevented without great bloodshed in the Philippines He suggested striking prohibition against plural marriages from the new bill for the islands.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frank McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Senate
Philippines
Islands
Cooley Announces Candidacy For Western Circuit Solicitor
Formal announcement appears in the Banner declaring Mr. Cooley as a candidate for solicitor general of the Western Circuit. He is noted as an Athens resident with long practice in the circuit and current solicitor of the Jefferson city court. His supporters are active and encouraging.
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Cooley
Athens
Jefferson
McKellar Wins Democratic Nomination for U.S. Senate
In Nashville the Memphis Congressman Kenneth D. McKellar secured the Democratic nomination after defeating former Governor Malcom Patterson in a run off by an estimated 15,000 votes Patterson conceded defeat signaling a clear victory for McKellar in the Tennessee U.S. Senate race.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Kenneth D. McKellar
Memphis
United States
Malcom R. Patterson
Patterson
Villa Soldiers Lose in Street Fighting
Advices from the Carranzas consulate at Neave Laredo report several hundred Villa soldiers killed and many captured in street fighting at San Juan Del Rio Durango on December 12. Supplies were also seized. Also includes a local ad for fruit cakes and fresh produce at A William Son Delicatessen Shop ahead of Christmas.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Texas
Carranzas
Neave
Villa
San Juan del Rio
Durango
Teutonic Army Puzzles Entente Allies On Balkan Move
London reports the Balkan front of the war shows the Entente across fortified lines as reinforcements arrive. German plans center near Monastir Doiran and the Romanian border with possible moves against Salonika and attacks on the Entente. Haig to succeed French in France and Flanders. French accepts title and role in England.
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Associated
Ipress
London
Greece
Monastir
iAlso
Teutons
Natu
Andeir
Doiran
Ipoli
Rumania
Salon
Gallipoli
Egypt
iMany
Near East
Holland
Belgium
Luxemburg
Haig
Marshal French
Douglas Haig
John French
France
Flanders
iAn
French
England
Admiralty Opposes Disavowal of Ancona Submarine Commander
The Austro-Hungarian admiralty opposes disavowing the commander of the submarine responsible for sinking the Italian liner Ancona. It endorses his actions saying it would have been negligent not to fire to prevent the vessel’s escape. A reply to the American note is expected possibly Wednesday.
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Admiralty
Ancona
Berlin
Readjustment of Freight Rates Sparks Southern Fight
Representatives from across the country press the case in Washington against proposed readjustment of freight rates. The Atlanta Freight Bureau and Athens firms warn higher intra state charges hurt wholesalers and consumers, while railroads argue gains for their business. Hearing before the suspension board expected to last days with widespread shipper input. Fresh Indian River Oranges and Grapefruit at O Farrells.
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Washington
Atlanta
Inter’ State Commerce Commission
Try
Saale
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Georgia
Athens
Trilby at Colonial Theater with Young and Lackaye
At 3 pm this afternoon the five act feature Tril by starring Clara Kimball Young and Wilton Lackaye opens at the Colonial theater with Haughey's Orchestra. Tickets are 15 and 25 cents, children 15 cents, adults 25 cents, and the first reel runs about an hour and a half with the five reels completing the show.
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Colonial Today
Trilby
Colonial Theatre
Clara Kimball Young
Wilton Lackaye
Shubert Theatre
New York
Miss Young
Equitable Motion Picture
Change of Government No Trouble Reported in China
Peking dispatch says British, Japanese, Russian, French, and Italian diplomats advised a peaceful change in China's government. Chinese foreign minister Chan Heiang assured there would be no disturbance.
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Associated Press
Peking
Chan-Heiang
Viscount Alverstone Ex Lord Chief Justice Dies
London dispatch reports Viscount Alverstone former Lord Chief Justice of England for over a dozen years who resigned two years prior due to ill health has died today. The item notes his prominent role in the judiciary and his long service.
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Viscount Alverstone
England
Deal
Associated Press
London
Y M C A selects Southern Ferro Concrete for new building
The Athens Y M C A awarded the contract to Southern Ferro-Concrete Company of Atlanta after bids from eleven general contractors were opened. The firm offered 56077 dollars and will oversee design changes and construction starting in a few weeks with local supervision by Capt. J W Barnett.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Association
Southern Ferro- Concrete Company
Atlanta
Bengal
Southern Ferro-Concrete Company
Fulton County
Home Builders
Willard Boggs. Construction Co
Spartanburg
S.C
Charlotte
N. C
Wise Granite & Construction Co
Richmond
Little &Phillips
Cordele
King Lumber
Charlottesville
Palmer-Spivy Construction. Co
Augusta
Miles
ian _thon
J. W. Barnett
Loridans
Athens
Southern Mutual
Miles & Bradt
Jacksonville
Fla
Athens Y. M. C. A
Defense plans urged by southern congressmen at defense day
Charleston South Carolina December 15 a military and naval parade closed the national defense day of the Southern Commercial Congress. Congressman Padgett praised Secretary Daniels administration while Daniels and Breckenridge spoke urging support of the defense plan. The agriculture commissioners adopted resolutions to establish a semi official national state security chamber to promote marketing and distribution of farm products. Fresh Sauer Kraut bulk pickup dill tomatoes dill pickles offered by O PARREULIS phone 1062-1053.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Southern Commercial Congress
Padgett
House Naval Committee
Daniels
Breckenridge
Association of Southern Commissioners of Agriculture
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Solicitor General
Kellar
Tennessee
A. William
France and
Indian River
O'Farrell's
Y. MC. A
Trilby Today
Colonial
Haughey
China
Jones Dairy Farm
O'Farrele's
Philadelphia
New York State
O’farrell's
Southern Ferro-Concrete CO
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