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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
5
Auburn and Georgia both in fine shape and determined to fight to the finish. General admission is 10 cents with grandstand 25 cents extra. Riverside and G. M. C. play at 11 a.m. admission 50 cents. The Athens crowd is urged to attend to help bring in 1,000 visitors and showcase top athletes at the university.
Special Correspondence reports Auburn under Donahue and assistants Tichenor and Loui sell striving to ready the squad for the Georgia contest. Hairston is injured while Steed Dona hue steps in, with Lamfért and Jones aiding the line. Captain Rider may return at fullback as 21 players depart Friday for Athens amid mass support and high hopes.
Local ad invites Athens families to pure drinking water via Linton Spring Water Co. and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a positive customer testimonial from Mrs. J N Rose of Verona, Pa. Also features a jingle offer for Foley remedies and a 5 cent trial package through Fo ley & Co. of Chicago.
Commerce High School defeated Athens High 31 to 3 at home. Davis and Cooper scored two touchdowns each, Hardman added one, including a 90 yard kickoff return by Cooper. Athens managed a third quarter field goal by Rawson but were unable to halt Commerce's strong backfield and line plays.
Baxter Street Scrubs defeated the Regulars 48 to 0. Arthur Thompson starred with two touchdowns and a key tackle. Calvin Fears, David Snellings, Lamar Laboon, Edward Bishop, and Tom Pennock contributed scores or plays, while Snelling gained 50 rushing yards.
Baxter street football team defeated Childs street aggregation 24 to 0 yesterday afternoon in a hard fought battle. The report credits Arthur Thompson with coverage and lists players Felton Epting Arthur Thompson Thomas Stanley David Snelling Clinton Hodges Co Y Wier Herbert Head Calvin Fears Tommie Pennock Charles Thornton Homer Sanford.
Pay your last city tax installment before November 1 to avoid rush and save on execution costs.
The Tuskegee Singers from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama travel to Athens for a November third program at Moss Auditorium. Proceeds benefit the Judia Jackson Harris Model and Training School for colored students, with support from local leaders and the county superintendent.
Hartwell Georgias Hart County Fair hosted Senator G Ogden Persons president of the Georgia senate who urged for a compulsory education law. He argued Georgia must enforce schooling to reduce illiteracy and improve state resources and cited census data from 1910. He praised state progress in education and noted university relations with common schools.
The Northeast Georgia Union Singing Association plans an all day singing event at Prospect Church seven miles from Athens on the Tallasee road in Jackson county. Officers include President J B Vaughn and Secretary J L Pendley with multiple vice presidents and local leaders from Athens Danielsville Watkinsville and Oglethorpe. Dr B P Allen will preach at the morning service as the day unfolds with dinners and barbecue hash on the grounds for attendees.
Paris reports that since the war began France has spent about 30 million on supervising and supporting thousands of subjects from belligerent countries interned or living under permits. About 14 thousand remain after repatriations and naturalizations. Interned civilians in 63 camps receive free meals and medical care at government expense.
The notice reminds that the final city tax installment is due Monday November 1. An advertisement promotes Sloan's Liniment claiming immediate relief from neuralgia rheumatism lumbago neuritis toothache sprains and other pains. It markets 25 50 and 1.00 bottles with the larger bottle offering six times the amount of the smallest.
At the Macon fair, demonstrations by farm demonstrators under the State Agricultural College highlight county needs for personnel. The State College cattle exhibit, guided by Dr Soule, emphasizes breeding to pure bred bulls to improve local stock. The piece stresses soil fertility and management as essential to lasting farm productivity.
Homer David of Georgia dreamed the Georgia Virginia score would be nine to seven. His roommate claimed the guess and won five dollars in soft drinks from M. and W. in Athens. The same contest offers a prize for today's Georgia Auburn game.
The piece promotes Foley Kidney Pills to strengthen kidneys and improve waste filtration. It also gives farming tips: store annual plant nutrients, plow in vegetative matter, apply barnyard manure, plow under leguminous crops, and rotate corn after cotton to boost soil fertility yearly.
Dr Horace M DuBose former Augusta pastor and leader in Georgia prohibition efforts is elected editor of the Methodist Quarterly and book editor of The Methodist Episcopal Church South at a Nashville meeting. He and his family will relocate to Nashville in December while remaining connected to the North Georgia Conference.
The writer recalls a Saturday performance before evacation Monday in Richmond Virginia of East Lynn or the Elopement. Cast included Ida Vernon Captain Jim Charles Mr and Mrs E R Walton Harry Guion and others. Theatre packed with soldiers and strong applause. A friend paid ten dollars for orchestra seats.
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