Georgia Agricultural Associations Open Annual Sessions in City
In a joint opening at Georgia State College of Agriculture the Georgia Live Stock and Dairy Association the Georgia State Horticultural Society and the Georgia Breeders Association began their twenty third annual meetings. Chancellor Barrow welcomed delegates and Dr Belk offered invocation as Mayor Arnold greeted guests. Dr Tait Butler spoke on a future South packing house and Soule delivered a keynote on Georgia as a live stock state. A night session focused on tick eradication and livestock economics with Mr Evans of the States' Rural Home Bureau presenting data.
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Georgia State College of Agriculture
Georgia Live Stock and Dairy Association
Georgia State Horticultural Society
Georgia Breeders’ Association of Georgia
Barrow
Univer ‘Sity
S. R. Belk
First Methodist Church
R. O. Arnold
Yames
W. Morton
Tait Butler
Pet Tait Butler
South
Memphis
Soule
Dr. Soule
Georgia
Dairy and Live Stock Association
H. A. Petty
Petty
Dr. McKellar
Department
E. M. Neighbert
McKellar
Wr. J. A. Evans
States’ Rele
Department of of
Federal Governnt
Bolt
Democrats to chart policy on revenue for bond issue
Washington January 15 Democrats will meet to craft a revenue plan for a bond issue to cover Mexican border expenditures estimated at 162 million dollars plus 25 million for Danish possessions purchase 11 million for an armor plant and 21.838 million for the Alaska railway. The Ways and Means Committee chaired by Kitchen and Treasury Secretary McAdoo report full harmony on the measure with passage aimed by January 30.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Kitchen
Ways and Means Committee
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury and Administration
Alaska
Resignations Due on March Fourth
American ambassadors and ministers abroad have been told by the state department it will be proper for them to send in their resignations on March 4 as the president begins his second term. The notice indicates a formal readiness to depart at the outset of the new administration.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Ball Players to Join the Union
Samuel Gompers and David L. Fultz met regarding the Baseball Fraternity members refusing to sign 1917 contracts. Gompers expects the Fraternity to join the federation soon, while President Johnson of the American League said enough players are under contract to start the season. It was announced that the Fraternity applied for a federation charter in Washington.
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Associated Press
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
David L. Fultz
Baseball
Gompers
Johnson
American League
Washington
Brower to Face Trial in New York City
Oliver A. Brower, charged with conspiracy with Thaw in the kidnapping of Frederick Gump Jr of Kansas City, must be returned to New York per a common pleas court ruling by Judge J M Patterson. Brower will be taken to New York tonight.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Oliver A. Brower
Frederick Gump, Jr
Kansas City
New York
J. M. Patterson
Brower
Specials Today at Costa's Delicatessen
Specials today at Costa's Delicatessen include extra fancy strawberries lettuce celery cauliflower carrots beets and fresh fruits with a fresh shipment of Frank's Meat Treats. Also advertised are toilet paper crepe paper rolls and Arnold and Abney offerings of head lettuce celery and more.
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COSTA
Frank
Arnold & Abney
Storm sweeps most of south from Texas to Virginia
A weather storm swept across the south from central Texas to Virginia, with Georgia and Florida left as the main exceptions. The Weather Bureau warned the system would continue today. Five inches of snow fell at Memphis and sleet disrupted traffic in Nashville, while Birmingham had ice and North Carolina and Virginia endured similar conditions.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Florida
Texas
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Memphis
Nashville
Birmingham
North Carolina
Chafin Trial Opens in Lexington Amid Severe Weather
Special to the Banner from Lexington Georgia reports a crowded courtroom as Thaddeus Chafin, a prominent farmer, stands trial for the Sept. 15 murder of his wife. Chafin was moved from Clarke County jail in Athens after the killing. Jurors were seated, evidence presentation began, and prosecutors planned a full week of testimony with defense rebuttal to follow.
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Lexington
Thaddeus Chafin
Chafin
Athens
Clarke County
Harris Likely Names Successor for Unexpired Judgeship
Atlanta message reports Governor Harris may fill the unexpired term of Judge Brand by Wednesday evening. Candidates discussed include Judge Andrew J. Cobb and Judge H. M. Holden, both reportedly declined offers. If no agreement among Athens applicants, a lawyer from another town in the circuit, Hal Nowell of Monroe, is named as a likely option.
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Atlanta
Harris
Brand
Andrew J. Cobb
H. M. Holden
Cobb
Athens Bar and Friends of Athens
Hal Nowell
Monroe
Randolph Rose to Open Athens Store Cafe Soon
Mr T P Holliday for Randolph Rose chain plans Athens company organization and a new store cafe opening here soon. Rose, recently ill after Atlanta operation, will visit Athens to supervise launch. chain will open next location in the city. Levy's Spring Hats $2 price, large stock and satisfaction promised.
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Chain OF Places
Athens
T. P. Holliday
Randolph Rose
Athens Company
Rose
Atlanta
Lawson Names McAdoo in Leak Scandal Probe
Washington Jan 15 Thomas W Lawson told the house rules committee that Representative McHenry named Secretary McAdoo banker H Pliney Fisk and a senator in the leak case. He said Warburg knew of the note leak and Count Von Bernstorff profited in stocks. Lawson shouted that Henry gave him the names and pledged truth under God. He accused White House aide Tumulty and others. Henry denied the claims.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas W Lawson
House Rules Committee
Mc Henry
McAdoo
H. Pliney Fisk
New York
Paul M. Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
Malcom McAdoo
C. D. Barney
Stewart G. Gibboney
Ruth Thomason
Henry McAdoo
Tumulty
Gibboney
Henry
Lawson
James O'Hara Cosgrove
The
New York World
Erman Ridgeway
Everybody’s Magazine
Donald Mc O'Donald
Boston
Bound Over for Assault and Battery in Home Entry
Ellie Mathews, a vex.white man with a long court record, was bound over to city court on a charge of assault and battery after allegedly entering a home near the business district, seizing a lone woman with her child, and attempting to kiss her. The woman fired at him as he fled. Mathews also faced charges of peeping into another house and taking an overcoat at carnival grounds. He was arrested, identified by the female shot at, and placed in jail on a $300 bond.
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Ellie Mathews
Price
Mathews
Family Poisoned After Drinking Buttermilk In Tecant
The Galloway family and a niece fell ill Sunday after consuming tainted buttermilk and roast beef, all recovering with prompt medical care. Mrs Galloway had been ill for a fortnight. Miss Annie May Bell drank milk but not the beef and remained largely unaffected. Similar dairy related poisonings have occurred in Tecant in recent weeks.
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J. W. Galloway
Grady Avenue
Galloway
Royal Pharmacy
Annie May Bell
Admiral Dewey Nearing Death in Washington Hospital
Washington reporters say Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay, is ebbing away as physicians warn he may not live thirty six hours. The 79 year old veteran suffers arteriosclerosis and general breakdown after collapsing last Thursday. Mrs Dewey and his son George are at his bedside.
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Associated Press
Washington
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Navy Yard
Breach Not Healed Split Persists in Party Rifts
New York January 15 George W Perkins chairman of the national progressive committee says recent actions by the republican executive committee failed to heal the breach with progressives. He notes the split remains wide with progressives to issue further statements.
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Associated Press
New York
George W. Perkins
National Progressive Committee
Republican Executive Committee
Willcox
Russian Offensives Abated and Vadenia Under Fire
Reports from multiple fronts describe reduced Russian offensives in the Riga region with Rumanians remaining active elsewhere. Teutons hold Vadenia near Galatz under Bulgarian fire, while Romanian bayonet attacks push Teutons back on the Kasino river area. Berlin cites gains, Paris notes Lake Malik advance, and German foreign minister Zimmermann signals no immediate peace steps.
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Associated Press
Riga
Rumania
Mesoptamia
Teutons
Vadenia
Galatz
Berlin
Sereth
Lake Oshrida
Macedonia
Czerna
Paris
Lake Malik
Petrograd
Kasino
Bertin
Alfred Zimmermann
Commission dissolves without result in Mexico dispute
The Mexican American joint commission, after four months of talks, was formally dissolved in New York on January 15. American members advised President Wilson to send Ambassador Fletcher to Mexico and to withdraw Pershing's expedition, signaling the Mexican problem returns to the White House.
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Associated Press
New York
Pershing
Judge Strickland Seeks Unexpired Judgeship in Georgia
Judge John J. Strickland and a delegation including W. W. Scott E. J. Crawford C. N. Hodgson M. J. Abney Roy M. Strickland W. M. White R. L. Callaway Drs E. M. Coleman and I. H. Goss met Governor Harris in Atlanta Monday. They reported a very satisfactory interview and expressed hope for appointment to fill the unexpired term of Judge Brand.
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John J. Strickland
Messrs. W. W. Scott
E.J. Crawford
C. N. Hodgson
M. J. Abney
Roy M. Strickland
W. M. White
R. L. Callaway
E. M. Coleman
I. H. Goss
Harris
Atlanta
Mr. Strickland
Brand
Elbert on & Eastern Railroad applies for stock and bonds
The Elbert on and Eastern Railroad Company asks the Georgia Railroad Commission for authority to issue 200000 dollars of common stock and 500000 dollars of five percent first mortgage bonds. A hearing is set for January 24, 1917 at 10 a.m. in Atlanta. Interested parties should contact the commission by that date. Queerton & Pastor Railroad Company, B C Hoffman Jr, President.
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Elberton & Eastern Railroad Company
Railroad Commission of Georgia
State Capitol
Atlanta
Georgia
Queerton & Pastor Railroad Company
B.C. Hoffman, Jr
Col Simmons in City for a Few Days
Col W J Simmons a prominent secret order man from Atlanta is in the city for a few days. He founded the new fraternal Insurance order The Ku Klux Klan based on Reconstruction era secret order ritual and will soon have that organization well under way. A statement tomorrow will cover the matter fully.
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Col
W. J. Simmons
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Judge Brand Thanks Supporters After Congressional Victory
Judge Brand asks the Banner to publish his cordial appreciation for the support received in the recent election for congress and for the hundreds of letters and telegrams from friends in the district and state congratulating him on his victory. He was busy with court matters in chambers and at Winder during the weekend and plans to reply when time allows.
Announcement: New Stock at J. Kenney Groceries
Same old phone and man but a fresh stock arrives at J. Kenney Groceries and Produce, now at J. B. Wier Stand on Prince Avenue. Phone 1015. Everything strictly fresh.
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Co. J. Kenney
J. B. Wier
Prince Avenue
Third time fire threatens university building again
A basement fire in the Academic building on campus was discovered Sunday afternoon by Prof. Walker and quickly extinguished with no damage. Authorities note it was the third blaze in recent months with no appreciable damage, amid a short, terse incident report.
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Walker
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UNION
Raid Fraternity
Oglethorpe County
Judge Brand
Levy
M’adoo
Dewey
Hero OF
FORD
S. A. L. Train
Barber Street
J. W. White
Lavonia
Garland Born
Fudeni
Sereth River
Kasino River
Strickland
Fender
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