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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1913

Page

5

Weather and scores from yesterday across multiple regions

Daily sports results list Atlanta 9 Mobile 7 and Chicago 3 Detroit 2 with several regional games. Weather notes show high temperatures from 88 in Atlanta to 100 in Phoenix and moderate Rocky Mountain readings, with a 50s lower at some stations and potential local thunderstorms. Co. F. von Herrmann provides regionwide weather updates.

Rocky Mountain Atlanta Phoenix Ariz St. Louis Chicago Louisville Toledo Co. F. von Herrmann

Weather Summary for Atlanta and Nearby Regions

The Weather provides forecast through Wednesday noon with expected showers in Atlanta and vicinity. Scattered showers were reported in the south along the Gulf coast and minor precipitation across the Rocky Mountain slope, northwest, and north Pacific coast. High temperatures persist in the east with 7 am readings above 80 degrees from Hatteras to Key West and along the west Gulf coast.

Gulf Coast Rocky Mountain Slope North Pacific Coast St. Lawrence Valley Arizona South Atlantic Coast Hatteras Key West West Gulf Coast

No bill returned against A S Colyar in libel case

Fulton county grand jury declined to indict A S Colyar of Nashville on a libel charge after reviewing a bill in the case. Colyar, involved in a heated dispute with Colonel Thomas B Felder, was accused of libelling Felder in a June 8 Journal card signed by Colyar.

Atlanta A. S. Colyar Nashville Fulton County Grand Jury Tennesseean Colgar Thomas B. Felder Felder The Journal of

Slaton Signs Bacon Election Bill For July 15 Vote

Governor Slaton signed the Bacon election bill authorizing a July 15 election to choose Senator Bacon's successor. It marks the first law passed by the current General Assembly. An advertisement promotes Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment promising quick relief and a money back guarantee.

Slaton Bacon Atlanta General Assembly Hobson Pfeiffer Chemical Co Philadelphia St. Louis

Knights of Pythias to Convene Semi annual Meeting in Comer

The Knights of Pythias from the Eighth and Ninth districts plan a July 10 convention in Comer with many Athens Knights expected. Col John Houston of Lawrenceville presides, Col Sidney J Nix of Jefferson secretary. District Deputy Grand Chancellors F E Hearn Eatonton and W Brannon Rice Commerce will report progress and offer suggestions.

Knights of Pythias Comer Athens John Houston Lawrenceville Sidney J. Nix Jeffersos F. E. Hearn Eatonton W. Brannon Rice Commerce

Clarke Contained List of State Senate Committees

A long index lists party members and chairmen for numerous Georgia Senate committees including Public Highways Hygiene Pensions Public Property Banks Educational Affairs Enrollment and Engrossing Railroads Military Affairs Privileges and Elections Conservation Counties and County Matters State Sanitarium Reformatories Public Library University of Georgia Mines Printing School for Deaf Manufactures Corporations and Auditing with names such as Simpson Jackson Allen Shuptrine McWhorter Burney Field Cooper Wisdom Rhodes Paulk Collins Meadors Halls Rainey Hayes James Ran som Hines Kidd Holtzclaw Culpepper Spence Moss Neal Estes Ellis Lipscomb Palmour Greene Mills Foster Crawford Bullard Stovall Bryan Erskine Brady Burke Ferris Stovall etc.

Juan Methvin Simpson Jackson Allen Shuptrine McWhorter Burney Field Berry Cooper Carlton Wisdom Heath Rhodes Paulk Berrien Collins Liles Meaders Oconee Brinson McMichael Edmondson Rainey Atwood Carter Appling Hayes James Ransom Hines Kidd Holtzclaw Culpepper Meriwether Spence Mitchell Wright Moss McCurry Conversatn Hardin Neal Wimberly Duncan State Sanitarium Thompson Estes Ellis Public Library—Dorough McCants University of Georgia Lipscomb Palmour Academy of Blind Greene Houston Mills Mines and Mining Middleton Anderson Murray Printing Bryan Booker School For Deaf Foster Reese Thomas Manufactures Harris Crawley Bullard Stovall McDuffie Tracy Lane Decatur Rules—Burwell Blackburn

Tennessee Adopts Compulsory Education Law

The compulsory education law for Tennessee took effect yesterday, establishing attendance officers under the new measure. The article notes Georgia plans to adopt a similar system. It also references loyalty tests tied to voting for a political figure and the stigma of being a "Hoker" in employment eligibility debates.

Tennessee Georgia

HY League Organized at the Y M C A

A four team league formed at the Y M C A with first game set for next Monday at 6 15 at Herty field. No admission will be charged and crowds are expected. E J Bondurant elected president and C D Heidler manager akin to last summer. An executive committee to set rules and select umpires was created and captains must list players by July 4. Season runs through late August with twelve games per team. Entrants include Georgia Railway, Office Men, Y M C A No 1, and Y M C A No 2 led by Pittard, McWhorter, Pound, and Hodgson.

Herty Field E. J. Bondurant C. D. Heidler Heidler Forbes Bondurant Athens Georgia Railway Will Pittard Howard McWhorter Murphy Pound Ralph Hodgson

Political Winds Stir Eighth District Race Hints

The Greensboro dispatch notes Judge Horace M. Holden of Athens Ga in Greensboro for legal business as speculation grows on his political future in the Eighth District. It recalls his prior bid in the Tenth against Col Tom Hardwick and hints Rep Sam Tribble may face opposition, source Greeneboro Herald Journal.

Greensboro Horace M. Holden Athens James B. Parks Ocmulgee Holden Eighth Tenth District Congress Tom Hardwick Sam Tribble Greeneboro Herald-Journal

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