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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1915
Page
4
A collage of small ads and notices lists rent offers for homes and rooms in Athens, requests for land, scrap metal, typewriters for sale, and a few services. It includes calls for horses and a piano class, plus a note about the Athens Savings Bank offering 4 percent interest on deposits.
Berlin notes say full settlement of the submarine issue can be arranged by Washington negotiations. Ambassador von Bernstorff has Berlin’s policy and terms, with power to negotiate subject to final Berlin revision. Berlin dispatched Instructions after his report, and officials expect a satisfactory settlement reflecting Germany’s good faith.
The first class at the Athens Gas Light and Fuel Company cooking school, five weeks old with 25 lessons, held a Friday night banquet at Reese Street School. The event honored the city’s colored ministers for their aid, featuring grape juice cocktail, fried chicken, Parker House rolls, French peas, tomato salad, ice cream, cake and coffee.
At two minutes before noon yesterday the University of Georgia registry neared 600 names with 599 counted moments earlier. The chancellor granted a 37 minute extension for late registration without extra fees, and a campus scout added the 600th registrant. Registrants still in the city had not yet signed in, and total ahead of last Saturday’s opening and close to last year’s full registration.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular meeting Tuesday night the last before the October 1 event welcoming South Georgia tourists. Hon. John N. Holder of Jefferson will speak, bringing practical business guidance as city mayor and former speaker of the Georgia House.
Yesterday Judge Brand presided in a Jefferson, Jackson county case involving landlord John Sears and tenant Garrett. Each asked for an injunction preventing harvest by the other. Judge Brand ruled Sears may gather the crop with Garrett supervising each lock and ear of the harvest. Attorneys W A Stephenson and W D Martin for Sears. Col A C Brown for Garrett Pett.
Political gossip stirs around Judge C. H. Brand as speculation links him to Congress in the 8th District, governorship, and the state supreme court. The Western circuit judge, praised for diligence and integrity, has not signaled any bid, while Gwinnett backs him if he seeks office.
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