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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1915
Page
4
Multiple items cover campus politics and state legislature in Georgia. Bills push divorce law changes and a move to place the U S flag in every public Georgia school. Nashville city receivership proceedings continue with Judge Bailey and Burns dispute over control of the comptroller’s office.
The piece reflects on the Magna Charta’s seven hundred year influence on rights and constitutional law in England and America. It compares the Charter to the US Constitution, notes harmonies among state and federal constitutions, and warns that delay in justice weakens respect for law and enforcement. It urges reviving the Charter’s principle of not delaying right and justice.
The Banner urges support for a Boy Scouts project to build a woods house for Athens boys. Rev. Charles C. Jarrell writes an open letter seeking a modest sum, with volunteers to do the construction. The piece emphasizes investing in boys as the future of the state and city.
A letter details preparations for an all day singing at Sardis next Sunday. The writer instructs Mollie to gather food items including ham, lamb roast, peaches, yams, lemons, nutmeg, and pies. They plan to wash shirts and rest the animals, with a drive for Frisk and Freak.
Forecast for Athens and vicinity fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures. Georgia partly cloudy Wednesday with possible showers in the southeast. Showers occurred across the Carolinas Georgia southern Alabama and Mississippi and along the Atlantic coast. Central valley remains clear with high pressure over Ohio and Mississippi. Moderate low pressure near the Po Valley region noted with temperatures above 70 degrees in southern areas.
Atlanta reports Senate committee favoring passage of a bill for college endowment tax exemption and the Dobbs bill authorizing state banks to join the federal reserve. The Stovall woman lawyer Dill is postponed. Judge Hart to introduce an amendment to require annual county tax board conventions in Atlanta. W. and A. committee meetings to be held jointly in future.
Clarke County Bank founded two years ago by Geo Y Coleman and others will liquidate. Depositors received notice from cashier E I Smith Jr that stockholders resolved to pay creditors and depositors in full and wind up. Georgia National Bank will handle liquidation details.
Chicago July 6 three Montenegrin officials were arrested on charges of conspiracy to violate U S neutrality laws. Captain Anton V Sef erovich an Red Cross member found in New York B Martinovich Montenegrin army officer and Savo Gjouraskovich Montenegrin foreign office secretary were arrested Bisbee Arizona Jovo Matanovitch another high Montenegrin official is being sought for enlisting recruits for the Montenegrin army.
A city education board committee held a morning meeting to arrange for additional desks for several school buildings. The session focused on classroom needs and potential desk purchases to ease crowded conditions.
An ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as an easy to take laxative. One or two pills with water at night lead to a morning bowel movement with no bad taste or belching and a feeling of being fine. Get a bottle today.
J. W. Parham and J. R. tlouis from Chero-Cola homeland offices visit Athens for a week of special advertising. A door to door canvass will explain a new premiums scheme to every family. C. S. Ward of the local bottling works promises full awareness of the beverage by campaign end.
An old advertisement explains bilious attacks as liver failure causing constipation and digestive fermentation. It claims Chamberlain's Tablets tone the liver, cleanse the stomach, relieve nausea vomiting and headaches and cost a quarter, available from dealers.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Hancock avenue residence with ceremonies led by Rabbi F. K. Hirsch. Mrs. Funkenstein leaves husband Peter and four children plus four sisters, all of Athens, with many friends mourning her loss. The deceased’s husband is noted as a prominent local citizen.
An inter departmental committee under Interior and Labor secretaries drafts a rural credits bill to relieve unemployment. The plan would use government loans through the labor department enabling urban workers to settle on public lands or reclamation projects with easy payments.
The Elite Theatre presents a five part photoplay The Fifth Commandment with Julius Steger in the lead as a young musician who tempts a girl and faces consequences. The story spans New York and Rio de Janeiro with themes of morality and forgiveness as the father and grandfather influence the young woman's fate.
Atlanta announces W. F. Cody as the new fire chief after a council vote. Cody, a nearly twenty year veteran of the Atlanta fire department, defeated incumbent Chief W. W. Cummings in a surprise election. Cody is not kin to the famed plains fighter.
Mrs. Florence Slife of Webash Tad reports great benefit from Chamberlain's Liniment for sprains bruises and rheumatic pains and endorses it strongly. The ad urges others suffering rheumatic pains to try the fast relief it provides and notes availability from all dealers.
Dr Searth delivered a bright lecture on Switzerland Illuminated at the chapel last night with an interesting address and excellent pictures. Tonight at 8 30 the chapel hosts the second music concert by Christine Levin contralto of New York with Stella Shaw pianist of Frankfurt Ky offering songs from various countries and eras.
Reports from Mexican officials describe renewed fighting between Carranza and Zapata forces near Mexico City. Conditions in the capital are dire with severe food shortages, and the Red Cross notes worsening relief needs as of July.
William Jennings Bryan urged passage of a law requiring editors to disclose their financial interests in policies they advocate during a July 6 address at the International Press Congress in San Francisco.
Mr. R L Lewis of Lewis Shirt Mfg returns from Chattanooga with the remarkable Legal Children's Orchestra. The group has performed at Lookout Mountain and elsewhere earning praise from the press and will soon appear in concert in Athens. Each child is skilled on multiple instruments and the ensemble is hailed as the highest grade youth orchestra in the south.
The advance party of the annual Y M C A camp left yesterday morning over the Southern for Tallulah Falls. The remainder, under Mr Joel A Wier, will depart this morning to join the camp. Boys should meet at 7:45 at the Southern depot. he will purchase the block ticket at eight. Indications point to this camp as the greatest success among Athens association camps. Mathers and friends are invited to visit.
Athens attorneys were in Atlanta yesterday on professional business. The group included Wolver Smith E K Lumpkin H Abit Nix S C Upson H S West and H M Holden as they handled federal court matters or argued before the court of appeals.
Advert explains Sloan's Liniment eases tired aching muscles after hard work. A testimonial claims it disappears soreness like magic and praises the product while urging readers to buy a bottle.
Letters from readers in Princeton Illinois and Poland New York praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female troubles and during the Change of Life. A nurse also vouches for its effectiveness and urges others to seek guidance from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
The World Convention of the Society of Christian Endeavor will gather at the Coliseum Chicago July 7 12 with about 15000 delegates from evangelical churches worldwide. Attendees include representatives from England France Spain Italy Persia India Siam China Japan Australasia Africa and Latin America. The 500th anniversary of John Huss will be observed the day before opening and an Athletic Field Day is planned for July 10 at the University of Chicago.
The Banner notes docketed cases against jitney bus operators for non compliance with auto regulations and one for disorderly conduct. No cases involved regular uptown jitney operators. charges involve two or three transient auto bus drivers with minor irregularities.
Judge Brand to rule today on Henry Smith motion for a new trial. Smith, held in county jail, faced as defendant in a highway robbery case with a gang accused of fencing for fence and crime. The court will hear the motion before any further proceedings.
A Midland R. A. official from Gainesville was a visitor in Athens yesterday on official business. The traveler, identified as one of the list of officials, met local routine scheduling and discussed regional matters.
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