28 Oct 1914
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1914
Page
1
Royalton Ohio October 27 officials report sixty one dead in a Franklin Coal and Coke mine disaster. Rescue efforts locate fifteen injured miners in a burning shaft pocket and bring them to safety as efforts continue to reach entombed workers.
Washington reports no confirmation of the Villa assassination attempt while El Paso notes an agent allegedly hired by General Pablo Gonzalez to kill Francisco Villa. A telegram from Villa’s secretary Louis Aguirre Benavides cites Francisco L Mugia as the would be killer, with Mugia executed after a confession.
London reports a brief war office note indicating Allied progress near Dixmude while German forces around Yser face setbacks confirmed by French infantry and British monitors. Other fronts show no major events as German operations shift. Russian actions near Warsaw and Vistula noted with varying success for both sides.
Petrograd dispatch reports Colonel Lopoukhine hearing a battlefield casualties list from his regiment after a first Galicia battle. He asks for the count of men killed and shows stoic restraint in receiving the numbers of 200 killed and wounded.
Paris reports recovery of the city’s appearance after the German retreat. Boards on fronts show government posters about mobilization and school reopenings. The Seine Prefect urges washing produce with boiled water and outlines hygiene and administration measures for reopens.
Dr. Andrew M. Soule and Dr. R. J. H. De Loach met to coordinate cooperative efforts between the State College of Agriculture and the Georgia State Experiment Station in Griffin. They discussed joint research, breeding, soils work, and avoiding duplication to benefit farmers through coordinated, practical programs tailored to each institution’s strengths.
Athens Chamber of Commerce promotes Athens Day at Commerce for the Four County Fair. reports indicate about fifty cars planned turnout and many travelers by railroad. the event aims to showcase local support with a large delegation and urges citizens to pay city tax and register.
The Board of Education held a meeting yesterday and approved actions, including forming a committee led by Secretary C. Flanigen to confer with President South of the state college of agriculture. The group discusses employing an agricultural expert to teach high school students agriculture and flower culture, and domestic science for girls.
London reports a fresh rebellion in South Africa led by Ger Christian De Wet and General TS. The uprising lacks a broad following but raises fears of wider trouble as reports unfold from the region.
In Columbia tonight the South Carolina House passed to a third reading a bill to submit to voters on November 3 the issuing of twenty four million dollars in state bonds. The funds would be loaned on notes secured by cotton warehouse receipts at nine cents per pound. The Senate has approved a bill in a somewhat different form.
Columbus Ga Oct 27 The annual convention of the Mississippi to Atlantic Inland Water Ways Association scheduled for Columbus on November 18 and 19 has been postponed until early 1915 announced by Leyland Henderson today.
Fresh country s and s. Nice fat broilers. Large fat fries. A few fat hens. Fresh tender corn. Fresh shelled peas. Fresh turnip salad. Home raised tomatoes. Large yam potatoes. Fine Irish Cobbler potatoes. Large baking apples. Full cream cheese. Fresh country butter 25 and 30 cents. Phone 1176. Cream Puffs Doughnuts. ARNOLD ABNEY. Tax notice expires Nov 1. Kingham's dried pork sausage. ears Grocery Co.
Athens reports ongoing construction with several projects advancing, including a $43000 New Christian church, a $12000 high school overhaul, the Talmadge Bros. remaking on Clayton Street for Kress stores at $18500, and a new Washington Hotel on Jackson and Washington Streets. Judge W G Cornett starts a residence in the Georgia Development tract, with other homes planned as labor and materials ease.
The federal reserve board disclosed full details of a 135 million dollar cotton loan fund plan to be administered under a central committee and a cotton loan committee including W P G Harding Paul M Warburg Col E M House A H Wiggin James B Forgan Festus Wade and others Loans run six percent with warehouse receipts as collateral and matured for one year with possible renewal Applications due February 4 1915 Also Comptroller Williams reported banks hold 580 million in excess reserves with 465 million potentially releasable under the new law.
Judge Brand warned burglars of residence crime that twenty years in the chain gang await those apprehended and convicted. Brown vs Wilson dominated yesterday’s recess as other calendars and motions were reset for today. Several defendants received prison terms from ten to five years while two dentists faced sentencing next term. Court adjourns around noon and reconvenes at month’s end.
The state of Louisiana filed a civil district court suit in New Orleans seeking to enjoin American Sugar Refining Company from operating in the state. It asks for appointment of a receiver for the firm’s holdings and judicial sequestration of its property and credits.
Winder and Barrow county residents keep up the campaign for a new county named for Chancellor Barrow. W. L. Blasengame of Winder tours Athens urging Clarke county voters to support the constitutional amendment and roll up a solid decisive county vote.
Yesterday the city marshal stayed late collecting last installment taxes while urging citizens who have paid all taxes to register. Call at the clerk’s office to take an oath confirming payments and have your name entered in the registration books to vote in the upcoming city primary. A delay could disenfranchise voters.
Mexico City October 27 General Carranza says he will resign as first chief of the constitutionalists if General Villa also retires to private life The decision hinges on whether Villa's retirement contributes to peace and to the advancement of true democratic ideas Carranza asserts his motives are patriotic and not personal reproaches or political maneuvering
At The Classic today Ameri can actor King Baggot headlines the Universal special Shadows in which he plays ten roles. Also shown are The Million Dollar Mys and the comedy Mis take. Five reels cart ten cents admission. Clarke County Bank advertises small borrowers.
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