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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1915
Page
11
Engineer C. B. Baer died after his head was crushed when a mail crane struck him while he leaned from his cab window at Carlton. His mother from Atlanta, a daughter who works as a nurse at St. Joseph's, and his wife from Abbeville were present. The body was taken to Atlanta for funeral and burial today.
East Athens Baptist church welcomes Rev Wade Lord and family as pastor for the coming year. He arrives in the city and will reside near Broad and Poplar streets opposite the church. Today’s services include Sunday school at 9 45, preaching at 11, and evening song service at 7 45 with preaching at 8 15 inviting all attendees.
At a chapel meeting presided by the chancellor the Class of Nineteen Nineteen chose John Rigdon of Tifton as president and R G Dickerson of Homerville as vice president with no opposition. The 150 member class then celebrated its organization in the streets until midnight.
Southern: Chattanooga 7 Chattanooga 7 Atlanta 1 0 in seven innings. Little Rock 1-1 New Orleans 0-7 second called 8th. Memphis 3 Birmingham 6 Nashville 4 Mobile blank. National: Chicago 1 Brooklyn 7 Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 5. Pittsburgh 8 New York 2. St. Louis 1 3 Boston 20 6. American: New York 3-1 Chicago 7-4. Washington 1 St. Louis. Philadelphia 7-1 Cleveland 5-5. Boston 1 Detroit 0 in 12 innings. Federal: St. Louis 4-5 Brooklyn 3-2 first 12 innings second called 7th darkness. Kansas City 6-0 Newark 5-1. Pittsburgh 5-6 Baltimore 4-2. Chicago 0 Buffalo 1.
Forecast till 7 pm Sunday shows fair weather in Athens and vicinity and generally fair conditions across Georgia with mild to warm temperatures. The past 24 hours brought mostly fair weather in the southern states, light showers in southern Florida and central Texas, and unsettled conditions in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. The forecast notes no frost and potential storm formation in the east Gulf, with fair weather expected Sunday in Athens.
The Colonial season begins Friday evening with the comedy A Pair of Sixes starring Haughey's orchestra. The farce by Edward Peple features a lawyer, a dissolution dispute, and a show-down poker twist leading to a comic caseload of misunderstandings.
Peking reports Japan seeks rights for Buddhist missionary work in China as part of group five demands. Chinese press view moves as political, fearing increased Japanese influence. Buddhist revival spreads with two South Chinese leaders in Peking pushing a college for standardized priests and nuns with government certification.
Col W D Martin, a young attorney active in Commerce, visited the city on legal business in the superior court. He is in an active race for the solicitorship of the city court of Jefferson, currently held by Col Pemberton Cooley.
The review roundups hail A Pair of Sixes as a strong Broadway farce with constant movement and abundant snap. Critics from Evening World Chicago papers applaud it as hilarious, witty, and well written with broad audience appeal.
John Wade files in Ath ens city court for 10 000 against Dr W H Harris and Dr B B S Thompson alleging his wife died due to unskillful operation. Attorneys Green and Michael represent plaintiff. Case targets colored medical practitioners in the region.
Officials report that formal note writing has slowed as direct conversations replace slow diplomacy to speed actions. The shift aims to resolve frictions and advance negotiations more swiftly amid mounting tensions.
Revisor T. W. Reed Commissioner Cornett and a United States internal revenue official will tomorrow after noon about 4 o clock draw the juries grand and traverse for the next term of the federal court in the presence of two freeholders.
Judge West will reconvene city court tomorrow at 9 o clock with jurors expected. The regular calendar will be taken up and no disposition announced on the criminal docket delayed by a damage suit occupying the prior day.
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