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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1911
Page
4
The many friends of Capt. Marion Martin conductor on the G M rail road and brother of Capt. Dan Martin conductor on the Southern will be glad to know he was brought home yesterday from the run very ill with an attack of appendicitis.
Prof. and Mrs. R J H DeLoach depart today for Washington where Prof DeLoach will be officially connected with the Bureau of Plant Industry during August. They plan to spend September in New England and visit friends in New York state.
Special to the Banner reports Hall county tragedy as Green confronted his wife at her father A J Bryant’s home on South Bradford street. After separating a month earlier Green had whipped his wife. He came to bid wife and child goodbye before leaving the country, then shot her three times before turning the pistol on himself and dying from the wounds. He had been an employee of Bagwell and Gower Co and was the son of farmer W D Green.
More than three thousand men women and children attended public exercises of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Ila Madison County Ga. The crowd filled the church and moved to a nearby oak area for a long dinner with four speakers from Athens Gainesville and Stateham. Col J F Bond presided and the speakers received an enthusiastic reception.
Mr Austin Comer, long time staffer at E H Dorsey, will Tuesday join the Stern Company at the old clothing firm. Previously he spent nine years with Stern during Charles Stern’s era and now looks forward to meeting friends at his new old place after August first. An experienced clothing salesman, he knows Athens stock and the regional trade.
Rev M L Troutman will fill the pulpit at the First Methodist church this morning and evening. He will speak on Sabbath observance amid a city wide debate over Sunday laws and enforcement. A common sense gospel address is expected from the pastor.
Dr. W. T. Coggins, an applicant for the Athens postmaster post, told the Banner yesterday he believes Fleming’s appointment aligns with civil service ideals under Postmaster General Hitchcock. He praised Hitchcock as a capable head of a major department and reaffirmed his long standing party allegiance.
Mr. Fletcher Laird, a farmer near Athens, brought two enormous squashes to market. Each squash weighed eighteen and a half pounds, the largest in the area. He noted one could be cut for immediate meal with the rest kept for a week by drying the cut surface on paper.
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