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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1915
Page
4
A cluttered Athens Banner page echoes July heat and local wit. Notes on weather, coal season shopping, and distant war events mingle with quips about German troops, American peace efforts in Mexico, and elections, pairing light commentary with brief editorials and local commentary.
The Georgia history curriculum has grown with a university chair and large endowment, raising statewide awareness. Southern Railway President Fairfax Harrison offers two prizes for University of Georgia student essays on The Industrial Development of Georgia, spurring study of state conditions and future needs.
Political writers and students debate future European borders and regimes after the war. Proposals range from German annexations to socialist republics, but most expect little land shift and widespread poverty, with war debts lingering for a century.
A man is described as offering long Sabbath prayers and asking the Lord to help the poor in His own way. Soon after, he allegedly charged a widow double interest to a wealthy client yet blessed with unction. Another prayed for God to remember need and, in turn, gave all to orphans, claiming this was “His own way” to bless.
A North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin warns ice cream makers to avoid fraud and keep butterfat around 14 percent. Some use 6 to 10 percent with thickeners, others 18 to 22 percent, while gelatin ice cream must be labeled. Gelatin is blamed for adding air to raise profits. physicians should ensure safe standards for patients.
The Segall Children's Orchestra invites Athens music lovers to a concert next Monday evening August 2 at the Colonial Theater. Rehearsals have focused on polishing a program that organizers hope will be the best ever heard from these young artists.
Judge R C Orr dismissed the habeas corpus action brought by Mrs Lillian Gunnells to recover her daughter Neally Gunnells later Neally Evans after witnesses testified she had married two years earlier. The court found insufficient grounds to proceed.
The judge's opinion states the petition should be granted and the proceedings were dismissed.
London reports a shrinking birth rate and rising deaths. In the first week of July 3,050 births occurred with 1,500 deaths, births 530 below average and deaths about 100 above. Berlin and Vienna data for late June show similar trends.
New York story recounts the 1912 Rosenthal murder and the Becker case culminating in Becker and four gunmen being executed by electric chair. It covers Becker’s trials, appeals, clemency efforts, and his wife's unwavering defense.
After adjournment last night Councilman Gordon urged a special ordinance to curb councilmen eating multiple dinners. He charged Councilman Price Hintom with having eaten four complete dinners yesterday and proposed penalties to ensure no more than one dinner per day amid wartime costs and heat.
The Jackson County Superior Court will convene Monday morning at Jefferson with Judge C. H. Brand presiding. Many members of the Athens bar are expected to attend.
A woman recalls a vague premonition that her husband Jim Lester alias Jim Johnson would be harmed if he went on the river. She begged him to stay home but he laughed at her fears as he drowned escaping a hornet swarm.
Lavonia Ga July 30 notice given that the Broad River drainage case will be carried to the court of appeals delaying a final decision for ten months to a year. The case involves about a hundred thousand dollars to dig a new Broad River channel for twenty miles and drain three thousand acres of swamp land.
A Glenville reader recounts the Eastland disaster via a letter from Garland H. Huggins in Chicago to his father J. H. Huggins. The note says the wreck occurred in the river’s heart near land, with many drowned close to shore, mostly women and children. It notes the boat remained tied to the wharf and suggests a delay could have worsened the loss.
National league results include Chicago beating New York 3 2 and 4 0, Cincinnati 6 3 over Boston, Pittsburg 2 3, St Louis Philadelphia rained out. American league: New York 4 6 over Chicago, Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 5 in 10 innings, Washington 3 0, Boston 6 7 Detroit. Federal: Chicago 2 1 Buffalo 1, St Louis Newark on wet grounds with only two games scheduled. Southern: Chattanooga 1 Birmingham 0, Memphis 3 4 Mobile 10 innings, Nashville 4 New Orleans 2, Little Rock 6 Atlanta 3.
Chancellor Barrow spent yesterday in Atlanta and returned last night. He said the legislature did not reach the question of appropriations for the University and its branches yesterday. Local bills will engage the body today and the University provision will not be heard until next week.
The article notes a striking coincidence that England's greatest genius William Shakespeare and Spain's Cervantes both died on April 23, 1616, suggesting a remarkable parallel in their deaths.
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