Jefferson achieves strong fall term start at Martin Institute
Jefferson Georgia opens its fall term at Martin Institute with high attendance and a robust teaching staff. Supt. Foster outlines plans as speeches from local leaders highlight the event and a two new teachers are anticipated to complete the faculty. Jefferson also notes a thriving cotton market and upbeat business outlook for the season. Gasoline boosts optimism, with Ford sales and rebates cited as proof of prosperity even in hard times.
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Jefferson, Ga
Martin Insitute
Supt
Foster
William Dunbar
S. W. DuBose
John N. Holder
L. ¥. Elrod
J. C. Turner
H.W. Bell
B. D. Porter
Bruce
G. T. Sorrell
Supe
W. T. Foster
Bonnie Brock
Grace Schley
Sara Foster
Erma Hancock
Lillian Brock
Kit Harris
F. H. Randolph
Jefferson
S V. Wilhite & Company
Ford
Jackson County
Ford Manufacturing Company
Hesperian sinking sparks cautious U S reaction
Washington reports show no change in American policy after the Hesperian sinking. Officials await full information while Prime suspects include German submarine actions or a floating mine as details emerge. Consul Frost at Queenstown reports eight lives lost, none American, and gun claims differ between sources.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ambassador Page
London
Frost
Queenstown
Allen Line
Montreal
British steamer Mimosa sunk after transatlantic voyage
Special to the Banner reports the British steamer Mimosa bound from New York to Belfast has been sunk with crew reported saved. Separately Riga is threatened as German forces hold the Fried erichstadt bridgehead cutting rail links southward and signaling possible naval clashes as land and sea moves tighten German control. The French are planning a new movement while Von Hindenburg advances from the Baltic toward Grodno as artillery duels continue in the west.
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London
New York
Belfast
Ireland
Riga
Friederichstadt
Gulf
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Baltic
Grodno
Prince Leopold
Marshal von Mackensen
Peace advocates urge war arms restraint at Chicago meeting
At the Friends of Peace convention in Chicago Col. Bryan drew loud cheers as he praised a president who loves peace and seeks to preserve it. Rep Vollmer of Iowa condemned war munitions shipments to Europe. Delegates instructed officers to present resolutions to Wilson, seek freedom of the seas, oppose making weapons for profit, and propose bills for a future Congress.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Col
Bryan
Convention of Friends of Peace
Vollmer
Iowa
Europe
Wilson
Barrow County Hosts Ambitious Singing Convention
The Barrow County Singing Convention opens at Chappell's church near Winder on Saturday and Sunday. Organizers predict the largest event yet, weather permitting, with attendees from Athens and leaders including J. B. Vaughn J. L. Moore and J. T. Camp among expected participants. Officers named are J. H. Wheeler president S. C. Potts vice president L. R. Sheridan secretary and Rev. W. H. Faust chaplain.
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Barrow County
Chappell’s Church
Winder
Seaboard Air Line
Pro Moters
Athens
J. B. Vaughn
J. L. Moore
Bethlehem
Ticket scalper fined thirty dollars in city court
Jim Moon faced Judge Price and received a thirty dollar fine for selling seven return trip tickets to Atlanta without a required railroad ticket license. The court found he acted as a scalper, selling or offering for sale tickets for a friend.
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Jim Moon
Judge Price
Atlanta
Allied offensive rumors and Turkish submarine loss reported
Reports from Athens and Paris describe intensified Allied activity and a Turkish torpedo destroyer Yar Hissar sunk in the Marmara Sea. Paris notes French air raids on Saarbrücken in reprisal for a German raid, with casualties among civilians.
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Athens
Yar Hissar
Marmara Sea
Paris
Luneville
Saarbreichens
Carranza Denies Forces Joined Texas Border Disorder
Brownsville dispatches report Carranza denies his troops took part in the Texas border disturbances. Navarreto says his men were fired on from the American side and he ordered restraint. Arrandondo notes possible international complications if investigated. Funston says Carranza soldiers fired across the border, Navarreto offers cooperation to prevent further clashes.
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Brownsville
Texas
Cerranza
Navarreto
Carranza
Washington
Eliseo Arrandondo
Arrandondo
United States
Tabasco Revolts Spark Street Fighting Across Cities
The major portion of Tabasco has revolted against Carranza with street fighting at San Juan Bautista and Frontera. Many women and children, General Colorado, the Carranza governor, the police chief, and the secretary of state were killed. Officials escaped. Tabasco seeks independence and joining Oaxaca.
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Tabasco
Vera Cruz, Léos
Carranza
San Juan
Bautista
Frontera
Colorado
Oaxaca
Justice of Peace Held Busy Monthly Sessions
Yesterday the regular monthly sessions of two justice courts were held. Judge Carlisle Cobb and Judge Carl Crossley presided in the superior and city court rooms and disposed of numerous civil cases, many of which were decided by default.
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Carlisle Cobb
Carl Crossley
Court House
Labor Day Observed Quietly in Athens
Labor Day was observed in Athens with no parade or union events. Banks closed and post office windows were shut, signaling the day’s significance amid general indifference.
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Athens
Tobacco leader James N. Boyd dies in Richmond
James N. Boyd, head of the James M. Boyd Tobacco Company and a noted cotton financier, died tonight in Richmond. The obit notes his prominent role in tobacco and finance sectors.
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Richmond
James N. Boyd
James M. Boyd Tobacco Company
Regular Council Meeting Calendar Outlines Street Work and Requests
The clerk provides councilmen with tomorrow nights calendar of business. Items include laying a water main on Springdale Street with an estimated cost of 600 dollars, jitney bus ordinance draft report, sidewalk project on Strong Street, and four new fire signal boxes at key intersections.
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Springdale Street
Strong Street
Ruth and
Madison
Jackson and
Hancock
Broad and Billups
Lumpkin and Milledge
Burton Wins to Lead in YMCA Junior League Standings
Burton's YMCA junior team defeated Hodgson's 7 to 1 in an uninteresting game marked by Roy Hodgson's steal of home for the lone score. Hodgson's club remains winless after seven games as Wood and Cox loom in the race for the championship. Work begins at Sanford Field for football practice, shifting remaining games to Herty Field.
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Burton
Hodgson
Roy Hodgson
Wood
Cox
Sanford Field
Herty Field
Bailiffs Report Record Property Sales in Athens
Bailiffs in the 216th district Georgia militia held a monthly legal sale of household and personal effects from citizens who left Athens. The total brought in more money than at any sale in six years, exceeding yesterday’s revenue by over a hundred dollars.
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Athens
216Th District
Georgia
Wood
School Book Notice Offers Cash for Used Texts
Bring us all your old second hand school books now. We pay cash or allow credit for usable volumes. We have most titles ready, so buy now and avoid the rush. All books strictly cash. No mileage coupons. The M GREGOR CO Ju th sa Watermelons. Wresh today. Arnold Abney.
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THE
M’gregor CO
State Normal School dormitories opened for students
The State Normal School dormitories opened today for the reception of students with a 10 30 a m opening exercises. The campus shows a newly renovated, better than new condition and hundreds of girls will register this week amid an overwhelming attendance.
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State Normal School
Red and Black football team opens camp at Franklin Springs
A nucleus of the Georgia football team leaves today for Franklin Springs near Royston to establish a ten day to two week training camp for the upcoming gridiron season on Sanford Field. Coaches, rubbers and paraphernalia go by Coca-Cola truck with early arrivals joining the camp as preparations begin.
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Georgia
Franklin Springs
Royston
Hon. L. C. Brown
Clarke County
University of Georgia
Pigskin Warriors
Athens
Mexican Agriculture Students Visit Athens College
Messrs J Reyton and Manuel Domingues prominent Mexican citizens arrived in Athens and stayed at the Hotel Georgian for the day. They came to view the State College of Agriculture and its methods, visiting buildings crops and barns with Dr Milton P Jarnigan and planning to wire Vera Cruz about their findings.
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Athens
Messrs
J. Reyton
Manuel Domingues
Georgian
Mr. Reyton
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Mr. Domingues
Washington City
State College of Agriculture
South
Milton P Jarnigan
Vera Cruz
United States
New Dean of State Normal School Here
Professor Horace Ritchie arrives with wife and son and takes over as head of pedagogy and psychology and director of the training school at the State Normal School in Athens. He previously led Fitzgerald public schools and was honored there by the board of education and local clubs before departing. He and his family are warmly welcomed by the Athens community.
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Horace Ritchie
Board of Education
Women’s Club
Ritchie
Fitzgerald
Athens
Death ride too on the motorcycle in Mobile
In Mobile Alabama on September 6 William Chenoweth and George Mason were killed when a motorcycle with a sidecar collided with a motor truck. Oscar Gordon was probably fatally hurt and J Busbee lightly injured in the crash. Arnold & Abney advertise shelled pecans walnuts almonds and seeded raisins.
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Mobile
Ala
Wm. Chenoweth
George Mason
Oscar Gordon
J. Busbee
Arnold & Abney
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