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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1914
Page
1
Austria faces renewed desertions as European tensions surge. German forces mobilize two million more troops under Imperial Guard leadership while hard fighting continues near Paris. Famine-stricken states endure continued strain amid a stubborn French defense.
A Berlin wireless to the German embassy claims the British cruiser Warrior stranded likely after a fight with Goeben while escaping the Bosphorus. Diplomats doubt the message and note possible neutrality violations if Goeben acts under Turkish flag. No Turkish war declaration is reported.
A London evening News Boulogne dispatch cites General Pau declaring an Allied victory at Precy sur Oise. The Imperial guard under Crown Prince Frederick William is reported annihilated by British forces.
Reports from Austro-Hungarian fronts say soldiers are deserting daily with many reaching Switzerland via Tyrol. It is claimed thirty four percent of Mochlay regiments have disappeared, reflecting growing unrest and troop losses.
A traveling man identified as A. C. Perdue died after tumbling down the Stone Mountain cliff. Witnesses G. F. O Kelley Hawkins Scarborough saw the fall and helped recover the body and another survivor who was unaware of the death. The victim suffered severe injuries and died likely before reaching the lower slope.
A color child was struck near Wrayswood Greene county Sunday and died that evening. The driver C W Bishop fled to Madison then Jefferson Jackson county. he was arrested and brought to Greensboro for questioning. An agreement reportedly reached suggests relatives may not pursue prosecution.
President Wilson appeals to employers and employees to adopt a tentative basis for strike adjustment, drafted by the commission of conciliation named by Secretary Wilson. Fresh produce ad copy follows, highlighting beans corn okra tomatoes and pickling supplies from Arnold & Abney with phone 1076.
The Athens city council approves four ballot boxes to handle the vote on a new charter. Four polling rooms in city hall will serve each ward with three managers and two clerks per room, aiming to process about 1200 voters between 9 am and 4 pm. The mayor schedules a 6 pm meeting on election day to declare results.
The Baraca-Philathea monthly gathering enjoyed a pleasant evening with a Miss Madge Mewbourne solo Miss Belle Pendley recitation Kathleen Kytle "Bobby Shaftoe" and Rev R M Dixons address on Purpose. The Oconee street Sunshine Philatheas won best attendance and Prof J B Vaughn led songs. The meeting closed with prayer led by W H Kytle. Pink Meat cantaloupes and fresh produce advertised by Arnold & Abney.
Mr T H Nickerson named director of the American State Bank in this city He is president of the Athens Hardware Company and comes from a family with banking ties His uncle the late Reuben Nickerson headed the old University Savings Bank before merging with American State Kefir tonic advertised by local doctors and Arnold Abney ad in Clarke County Bank notice small borrowers
Mrs. W. C. Wortham seeks $500 from the city over illness after vaccination by the city physician. Officials debate causation with doctors differing, while the mayor and city attorney plan continued investigation. Meanwhile a mass meeting promotes Buy a Bale of Cotton to bolster local commerce and possibly attract federal funds under the Vreeland-Aldrich act.
(Special to The Banner) Atlanta Georgia September 7 John Henry George aged 175 years aged resident of 75 East Harris street died by suicide at his home after sending his son from the room He waited for the son to leave then shot himself with a shotgun in the doorway tragedy attributed to ill health
The Classic presents a political drama starring Robert Frazier and Edna Payne and a sharp comedy about brothers robbing each other. Six reels shown over three days weekly including Monday Wednesday and Saturday with Universal Pictures stars J Warren Kerrigan and King Baggot. Admission 5 and 10 cents.
Gardner & Price, progressive printers, relocate to 225 Lumpkin St next to the YMCA and add a full stationery and office supplies line. They install Modern Rubber Stamp equipment and offer rubber stamps of all descriptions with related supplies.
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