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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
3
Western athletes arrived in Pittsburg to compete in the national track and field championships at Forbes Field. Preliminary events start tomorrow with finals on Saturday as top champions face champion rivals.
A formidable aggregation of star performers shapes up to test the Eastern cracks in a hard tussle for first honors. The lineup promises high competition and a display of top talent across teams.
Columbia North Carolina June 29 officials from major South Carolina waterworks meet to form a state organization with plans to invite North Carolina and Georgia officials to join the association.
Gainesville Ga June 29 A cabinet meeting of the grand lodge officers of the Odd Fellows will be held in Gainesville Friday. Grand Master Dr L B Clarke of Atlanta Deputy Grand Master W S Coleman of Atlanta Grand Representative Daniel of Griffin and Bennett of Valdosta Grand Treasurer Davis of Thomasville Grand Warden Haynes of Savannah Grand Conductor Har Well of LaGrange Grand Guardian McClatchey of Marietta Grand Herald Bodenhammer of Decatur with district deputies from twenty districts present. Grand Secretary T H Robertson and Grand Marshal W B Sloan both of this city will fill their positions. Present conditions of the fraternity will be considered and plans for the future will be made.
Georgia farmers push for state funding to eradicate cattle tick and hog cholera and to support road-building efforts. The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union seeks $5,000 for equipment at the State College of Agriculture to combat cholera and $5,000 annually for the cattle tick campaign, plus strong emphasis on road construction.
Hundreds gathered by the Thames to watch Yale and Harvard oarsmen in final preparations for Friday's race. Both crews showed noticeable improvement this week and commentators expect a close contest.
Gainesville residents will celebrate the Glorious Fourth with a fireworks display at Nat Tahooochee Park next Tuesday evening. A car ride to the river will allow many to view the entertainment provided.
Alumni of the University of Michigan returned to campus for Alumni Day. The event opened with the annual alumni breakfast in Barbour Gymnasium and afternoon reunions were held by more than 20 classes from 1856 to 1906.
London observers report a Charterhouse dinner by the Titmarsh Club honoring the centennial birth of William Makepeace Thackeray. Attendees included leading figures from art literature and government circles. Thackeray once studied at the Charterhouse and drew on his experiences there in his novels.
About 200 college men from across the country gathered in Pittsburg for the thirtieth grand chapter meeting of the Sigma Chi fraternity founded at Miami University in 1855. The three day session includes a Saturday program of entertainment and H. A Nix represents the Georgia University Delta Chapter.
Beverly Mass June 29 Parammata the new summer White House is prepared for the Taft family arrival at week’s end. Work crews have fitted up the house and grounds with telegraph telephone and private signal systems. The barn has been remodeled to receive twelve automobiles including the president’s touring car amid preparations for Washington’s incoming party.
Knights Templar from Helena Missoula Billings Anaconda Butte Kalispell and other Montana cities gathered in Great Falls for the Grand Commandery annual meeting the first solo event in the state. The conclave began with a secret session to report and elect officers as parade participants marched through the business district.
Delegates from major U S and Canadian cities gather in Newark for the sixth annual convention of the International Association for the Prevention of Smoke. Mayor Hausslin welcomes visitors as Prof. R H Ferald of the U S Geological Survey lectures on gas producers smokeless fuels and briquets. In Milwaukee the Council of North American Grain Exchanges holds its semi annual meeting with leaders from major grain exchanges attending and continuing the conference tomorrow.
Gainesville Georgia reports the first well formed cotton boll brought to town by Mr. A J Brumalow of near Candler on June 29.
Throughout yesterday General Clement A. Evans held his own with no marked change in health. He shows no outward expression of his usual acute suffering, and only involuntary actions reveal any slight variation. Despite advanced age, Evans is holding out ably and friends maintain hope for recovery.
A large turnout attended the wedding of Miss Angie S. Kuhl daughter of Commander G W Kline and Mrs Kline and Judge Charles E Southard of Greeley Colo The ceremony was held at The Moorings the summer home of the bride's parents in Bound Brook N J on June 29.
In Galveston Texas the Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Association holds its annual convention with Oklahoma members joining. President F A Blain of Fort Worth presides, Vice President W A Sherman of Houston serves, and Secretary Robert Gibson of Dallas manages meetings over a three day session addressing key industry questions.
The fifth Sagamore sociological conference opened at Sagamore Beach, Cape Cod, with speakers including Milwaukee Mayor Seidel Clark University President Hall Vassar Professor Salmon and University of Chicago Dean Matthews. The event runs through Saturday with topics on subjects of live public interest.
An old advertisement proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the quick healing remedy for knife wounds burns boils sores skin eruptions eczema chapped hands and piles. It promotes availability at W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Pa mer & Sons for 25 cents.
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