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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1916
Page
3
A series of notices from candidates for the Western Circuit Solicitor General includes W C Dean and John B Gamble urging support and outlining duties values. Also S J Tribble announces candidacy for Congress and Nat D Arnold and C D Stevens announce Senate bids. A Notre Dame Lady offers free home rheumatism treatment.
Captain Von der Lieth of the local Uniformed Camp notes the Tenth District annual encampment will be held in Pensacola from August 2 to 12 for Georgia Florida and Alabama. Local units have historically sent 20 to 30 men and won prize drills and contests.
Col. UC M. Snelling Chancellor Barrow and Mrs. Snelling Mrs. M W Welch Mr. John Welch and Mrs. George D Thomas returned from Augusta after attending the funeral of Col L H Charbonnier longtime Athens resident and University of Georgia faculty member.
Knights Templar from Athens will be well represented at the Grand Commandery meeting in Rome this week. About twenty five or thirty Sir Knights from the local Commandery plan to travel to Rome on Tuesday. The grand commander of the state body is Athens knight B. F. Hardeman and Rev. Troy Beatty of Athens serves as grand chaplain.
An erroneous notice in the Banner misstated the meeting place for Home Economics Clubs agents. Conferences will be held at the State Normal School from May 9 to 16.
A brief note states nicotine exists in a second plant besides tobacco, a large shrub identified by botanists as Duboisia hopwoodii, with reference to its interior region of Australia.
In yesterday's annual meeting Cloverhurst Country Club named Ed Porter president and R P Brooks vice president. D G Anderson W O Payne and C D Flanigen were selected as governors with W D Hooper continuing as secretary and treasurer. The Wheat cup golf tournament begins next week.
Washington May 6 The senate interstate commerce committee approved the Adamson Newlands bill to enlarge the interstate commerce commission from seven to nine members. The measure has already passed the house.
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