City Council considers sewer line and incinerator plan
At a called meeting the mayor and council discussed installing a short sewer line and taking steps toward an incinerator plant for garbage disposal. The contract with the Georgia Development Company and Talmadge Brothers was reviewed and adopted with city ownership to follow when rentals equal six percent of investment. The session also touched on hospitality plans for visiting guests and on restraining early Sunday paper sales.
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Dudley
New York
D. G. Anderson
Talmadge Brothers Company
Bloomfield
Georgia Development Company
Col. C. M. Snelling
Jerome Michael
Tibbetts
Georgia
Athens
Gordon
Police Committee
Recorder’s Court
Wright
Two Civil and Criminal Dockets In Whitehall City Court
City court in Whitehall hears two damage suits today including Thomas vs Mayor and Council for 6000 dollars after a buggy accident blamed on town negligence. Other today involve Case Threshing Machine Company vs Shackelford Cook claimant Heath vs Georgia Railroad trunk case and Yarbrough vs Barrett over mule fright by car. Yesterday's docket closed with guilty pleas and not guilty verdicts in several cases and bonds forfeitures.
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Thomas
Whitehall
Jane Thomas
Threshing Machine Company
Shackelford
Cook
Heath
The
Georgia Railroad
Yarbrough
Barrett
State
Fred Fields
Oscar Wilson
John Logan
Lucius Cole
Philip Ableman
Tom Lee
Abelman
Gene Christopher
Mr. K. A. Hill Seeks Alderman Seat in First Ward
The Banner carries the announcement that K A Hill is running for Alderman in the First Ward. A long time resident with deep local ties he is secretary of the Woodmen of the World and active in the organization with large membership. He campaigns actively and friends are hopeful for his election.
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K. A. Hill
Hill
Woodmen of the World
Death Cuts U. S. Pensions Ten Percent in One Year
The annual pension report shows Civil War veteran pensions fell by about ten percent in the last year. 396,370 Union veterans remain on the roll, down 33,255 from the prior year, with pension payments reduced by roughly $15,000,000.
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Associated Press
Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Mexican Peace Plan Warns of Anarchy After Carranza Refusal
Roque Gonzales Garza former president of the Mexican conventional government urged a convention and a provisional government in Mexico. He predicted that recognition of Carranza would lead to anarchy and warned that neither Villa nor Carranza controls the situation, with protracted warfare likely as peace plans fail.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Roque Gonzales Garza
Villa
Seven Die In Subway Blast Collapse Near Excavation
Seven bodies were recovered after a dynamite blast destroyed temporary supports at a Seventh Avenue subway excavation. Two passengers and five laborers died as a trolley plunged into the wrecked trench. Several investigations are launched as injuries appear limited.
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Associated Press
New York
Anglo French loan agreement not forthcoming as talks stall
Commission sessions continued late with no disclosure on loan 15 terms. Several American bankers speculated a possible eleventh hour change, while officials kept plans under wraps.
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Associated Press
Millions of Bibles Shipped to Germany War Fronts
London reports from Sept 22 that the British and Foreign Bible Society continues bulk shipments to Germany. Over a million Testaments Psalms and Gospels have gone out since the war began, with 350 cases (40 tons) exported in August. Russian armies receive 450,000 testaments, khaki bound for field service, including German POWs in Japan.
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London
Associated Press
Germany
British and Foreign Bible Society
United States
Japan
Kiao-chau
Mr J H Dorsey Tax Receiver Goes On Vacation
Mr J H Dorsey the tax receiver left yesterday for South Carolina to take a vacation lasting several days. He was armed and equipped with malted milk tablets and several pounds of R J tobacco along with fishing rods and lines for the trip.
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J. H. Dorsey
2 H. Dorsey
R. J. R. Tobacco
South Carolina
Fire call to cottage. shingles scorched on roof
A call from Box 115 yesterday afternoon led the department to a cottage housing colored families where a few shingles on the roof were scorched. No injuries reported.
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Department
Fiftyeth Birth Night Anniversary at Bloomfield Corner
Mr J Y Dunaway invites fifty or more friends to a Sept 24 1915 Friday evening gathering at Bloomfield and Talmadge streets from 7 80 to 9 30. Rev S J Cartidge will preach and friends will sing a few songs.
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Bloomfield
Talmadge
J. Y. Dunaway
J. Cartidege
England Uncertain As 10 The Meaning Of Bulgarian Actions
London reports Bulgarian premier Rado Slavoff announced a convention with Turkey for armed neutrality. Other items note Balkan riddle, German advances, Bulgarian neutrality claims, and Allied counts of territorial gains in Galicia and Alsace Lorraine, with French aviators bombing Stuttgart and port epidemiology talk in Serbia.
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England
Associated Press
London
Wm. Radoslavoff
Turkey
Times
Sofiia
Erwin Hosts Barbecue for Wickersham in Atlanta
Mr Andrew C Erwin entertained two hundred fifty local business leaders at a barbecue honoring Mr Charles A Wickersham president of the Atlanta and West Point railroad and general manager of the Georgia Railroad. The guest of honor met Ath ens businessmen with a warm welcome and praised memory for names faces and timely remarks.
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Andrew C. Erwin
Mr. Wickersham
Ga. R. R
Charles A. Wickersham
Atlanta & West Point
The
Georgia Railroad
Erwin
Athens
Lucy Cobb Institute Opens Fifty-Eighth Year With Attendance
Washington September 22. President Wilson met with William Jennings Bryan at the White House for the first time since Bryan resigned. Bryan, who came to pay respects, declined to reveal the president’s remarks. Officials expect discussion of Europe travel and defense spending. Colonel Bryan departed to continue peace lectures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
White House
Brayn
Bryan
Europe
The Patriot and the Spy at the Lyric
Thanhouser Mutual Masterpicture featuring Marguerite Snow and James Cruse shown at Mr. Stones on College Avenue. A tale of love, daring deeds, adventures, valor, and dramatic appeal promises scenic beauty and compelling passages for today.
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Lyric
Mr. Stone
College Avenue
Thanhouser
Marguerite Snow
James Cruse
Captain Von der Leith Returns From W. O. W. Meeting
Captain C. A. Von der Leith returns from Atlanta after attending the large gathering of the W. O. W. He serves as captain of the uniformed rank locally and is a member of the grand lodge official family.
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C. A. von der Leith
Atlanta
Grand Lodge
Return Day Brings Little Grist To Mill
The October term of the superior court docketed little business with eight to ten minor cases and four divorce filings. Notable attendees included Sam W. Wilkes division freight agent of the Georgia road and J. T. Sams of the Atlantic Coast Line. An Ath ens joyed barbecue under a shaded Miledge avenue lot near Erwin’s home with a band led by Prof. Morris.
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Superior Court
Sam W. Wilkes
The
Georgia Road
J. T. Sams
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilkes
Athens
Georgia
Augusta
Miledge Avenue
Erwin
Prof. Morris
Mr. Erwin
Lucy Cobb Institute opens with renewed buildings and large attendance
The fifty-eighth Lucy Cobb Institute session began with favorable prospects and record enrollment including many state representatives. The campus showcases three months of improvements such as fresh walls, new bathrooms, sleeping porches, and extensive renovations. Alumni will tour the updated facilities soon.
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Lucy Cobb Institute
Georgia
Athens
Carolinas
Florida
Arkansas
Louisiana
Arizona
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Tennessee
Gerdine
Lucy" Gobb
Brumby
Lucey Cobb Institute
Mildred Lewis Rutherford
Lucy Cobb Institute—Bible
Elizabeth Balderston
Bryn Mawr
Louise Hollingsworth
Joseph Lustrat
Rachel Lettres
University of Georgia
Claudia Fink
Wellesley
Strickland
Kathleen O'Farrell
Georgia Normal and Industrial College
Mary Ann Rucker
Caroline Walden
Mabel Mott
College of Music
Cincinnati
Krause
Berlin
Emily Gaither
M. E. Jeffcott
Vassar
Kate Blake
Lilli Lehmann
Louis Bachner
John Morris
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Jennie Smith
Carriere
Helen Moore
Woman's College of Illinois
Stella O. Brumby
Marianne Frierson
Tebo
New Orleans
Moselle Scudder
Lucy Cobb
Lucy Cobb Institue
Sarah Wilson
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Jou-ou-ou-mnal
Sund’y ‘Mreian
Newsies
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Dorsey
MR. KA. Hill
U. S
Linton Spring Water Co
Bulgaria
Balkans
Nish
Serbia
Friederichstadt
Vilna
Flanders
Dolomites
Rumania
Greece
Amsterdam
Danish Island
Seeland
Sweden
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Cattegat
North Sea
Batavia
Java
Thames
Batavier
Tilbury
Thorvalsden
Warsaw
Overseas Agency
Vistula
Foreign Commerce Bureau
Galicia
Alsace Lorraine
Belgium
France
Russia
Wurtemburg
Paris
Stuttgart
Kingdom of
Montenegro
Andrew C, Erwin
Wilson-Bryan
Wm. P. Frye
Sept
William P. Frye
Prinz Hitel Friedrich
State Department
California
Concord
Arnold & Abney
Institute
King Hodgson
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