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parsed, the members of the hoard
present being Dr. Proctor, president,
end Messrs. Crawford, Soule, Dorsey,
The license gave the president’s
age at fifty-nine and Mrs. Galt’s at
forty-three.
The ceremony will be at the Galt
residence Saturday night at 9 o’clock,
but while the honeymoon plans are
still a secret it is known that the
couple will go South.
Insist Upon “Femddll Mincemeat.”
It is superior in flavor. Arnold
Aibney, Phone 1076.
FUNERAL OF INFANT OF
MR. AND MRS. STANLEY
Yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
occurred the funeral services over
the body of the three-year-old child
of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stanley—the
services being conducted by the Rev.
T. p. ghaw from the home on Ingle-
side avenue and the interment being
in Oconee cemetery.
pension board, a telegram'was formu
lated and forwarded to the chairman
of the board.
It is believed that the suspension
board will suspend action for the
present until the question, which is
all-important to this section of the
country, can be investigated further.
The following is a copy of the tele
gram wired yesterday:
Athens, Ga., Dec. 16,1916.
Chairman Suspension Board,
Interstate Commerce Commission,
"Washington, D. C. '
Wo request Suspension of change
to rates effective January first as pro
mulgated in Tariff Sheet December
first to allow further investigation.
• C. D. FLANIGEN, President.
Athens Chamber of Commerce.
about a dollar a box less.
Aibney.
Dollar Can of ‘‘Royal Scarlet Coffee.”
Makes an ideal Christmas present.
Meet popular coffee to Athens. Ar
nold & Aibney.
Special Prices on Nuts.
Extra large paper shell pecans, 3
pounds for a dollar. Most dealers
sell for 50c. Fancy large pecans, 25c.
Fanciest walnuts and almonds ever
brought to Athens. See our window
display. Arnold & Aibney.
Head Lettuce.
Crisp Celery.
Phone 1076.
Arnold & Abney,
Nice fresh cocoanuts, 10c and 12%c
each.
Fresh cranberries, 2 quarts, 25c.
Nice celery, 10c and 12%c stalk.
Nice oranges—just like Indian Riv
er, 15c, 20c and 25c dozen.
Fine tangerines. 20c and 25c dozen.
Fancy Baldwin apples, 50c peck.
Extra fancy Baldwin apples, 60c
peck. v ix "
Nice Malaga grapes, 25c pound.
PHONE 646.
Christmas Box—A nice selection of
eight different articles arranged In a
box, a nice Christmas gift; ask to see
them—at WHiLiMiMSONTS.
Fresh Green Heiad Cabbage, 10c each.
ARNOLD & ABNEY.
When You Buy “Fruit Cake”—
(Ask the dealer to show you bis
OAKE. *Fancy boxes do not always
contain (best cake. We will gladly
let you see $nd taste our fruit cake—
3 pounds for a dollar and guaranteed
the best sold in Athens. Arnold &
Abney.
All purchases amounting to as
much as 25 cents will, be delivered
promptly. MlCLURE TEN CENT CO.
All purchases amounting to as
much as 25 cents will be delivered
promptly. M’CLURE TEN CENT CO.
ave Jjje/VfiUf Coupons
10 Admit Vou to Elite Theatre.
Layer raisins, one and five pound
boxes; seeded raisins, currants, dates,
citron—King-Hodgson Co.
ave yenT-Uf Coupons
10 Admit Tou to Elite Theatre.
Nice fat xurkeys—King-Hcdgson Co.
COTTON
11 3-8c
THE ATHENS BANNER
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ATHENS* GA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1915.
AGENTS OF THE
ME HELD MEETING IN ATHENS
PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR
STATE WORK UNDER THE
THE
SMITH-LEVER BILL
One of the most important meetings
of the year was yesterday morning
held at the State College of Agricul
ture when the demonstration agents
of the entire state system assembled
for conference and to be present at
the federal inspection of the work by
the government department officials.
Present were W. B. Merciar and
H. E. Savely of Washington, D. C,
inspectors, sent out by the depart
ment to make thorough examination
into the condition obtaining at the In
stitution here, and to check up the
business side of the institution with
reference to the operation of the
Smith-Lever measure soon to be ef
fective. They found the records and
the general conditions at the college
on Lumpkin Hill in excellent shape.
The following district agents were
here yesterday morning and conferred
upon the work of the year to come:
Dr. Bradford of Cedartown, F. D.
Garrison of Clarkesville, R. A. Strat
ford, W. F. Whatley of Statesboro, J.
G. Oliver of Americus, J. K. Giles of
Athens, and G. N. Cunningham of
Tifton. They were here primarily to
arrange the work in the new counties
— work to be taken into the program
under the provisions of the Smith-
Lever bill.
The Florida agents, it is interesting
to note, are spending this week to
South Georgia inspecting the work of
the South Georgia agents—especially
in the hog-raising demonstration fea
tures.
President J. J. Brown of the Geor
gia Farmers’ Union, always interest
ed in matters which pertain to the
welfare of the farmer, was on hand
yesterday and addressed the confer
ence in a strong and timely speech.
BOARD 01 HEALTH HELD UN
USUALLY IMPORTANT MEETING
THE CITY BACTERIOLOGIST
REQUESTS MEETING TO
INVESTIGATE CER
TAIN RUMORS
The boar,. of health of the city of
Athens had a lively meeting yester
day afternoon in the office of the de
partment in the city hall.
' The meeting was called at the re-
’ quest of Dr. Wed Brown, the city bae-
who . stated’ that there had
de-
Rced, and Strahan:
Meeting of Board of Health.
Athens, Ga., Dec. 16, 1915.
Meeting was called at request of Dr.
W. W. Brown, city bacteriologist, to
Investigate rumors and statements
current in the city reflecting upon the
character of culture made for diphthe
ria furnished by the city laboratory.
After hearing statements from Dr.
Brown, Dr. John A. Hunnicutt, and
other physicians of the city oh motion
of Mr. T. W. Reed, the following reso
lution was passed:
.“Resolved that in the matter inves
tigated at the request of the bacterio
logist of rumors and statements re
flecting upon the quality of culture
media prepared to the city labora
tory, the Beard expresses Its confi-
in the ability and conscientious
arge of duty shown by the city
teriologist, and in his competence
ccuracy in the preparation -off
culture media, and authorize the pres
ident of the board to publish this re
solution.”
PEACE TERM1S WILL LIKELY BE
AGREED UPON BY LEADERS
AT TODAY’S SESSIONS.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 16.—The National
League magnates passed today in in
formal conferences and perfunctory
duties, awaiting the arrival here to
morrow of the American League
peace 'committee from Chicago.
The American and minor leagues
have named their committees. The
Federal and National have not.
The National will decide tomorrow.
President Tenor of the National in
dicated in a statement that he was
against barring contract-jumpers un
less they made themselves morally
unfit or a detriment to ball players.
HOSPITAL MAHER LIKELY TO
BE LEFT AS LEGACY FOR NEXT
ATHENS MAYOR AND COUNCIL
MORE HOPEFUL FEELING PRE
VAILS IN GREAT BRITAIN OVER
MODIFIED BALKAN SITUATION
IVNIGBTi COLONIAL
“THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME
PINE" TO BE SPLENDID
FEATURE ATTRAC
TION.
The matter of the fleclarattioh of
the result of the recent) hospital elec
tion to the city of Ath< ns will likely
go over to tlhe. new mayor and coun
cil which will assume J fflee the .first
Wednesday in the new wear.
The committee recet tiy named by
the mayor to investigs :e the claims
of ithe pro-hospital side that the elec
tion really carried in ti eir favor has
not reported. 1 .1
The investigation lias resolved
itself into a three-cornered fight. The
city has its attorney representing the
administration in an effort to find ont
the real, status; the hospital advo
cates, the good la-dies and a number
TWELVE TERMS OF COURT THIS
YEAR ON THE WESTERN CIRCUIT
NO MONTH OF 1916 WITHOUT
ONE REGULAR OR SPECIAL
SESSION OF COURT
1
Judge Brand and Solicitor General
Gamble have made a record this week
to holding a special term of Gwinnett
superior court. At LawrenceviU© four
days’ court went to record this week
—three days business to the current
week and a day last week—-the court
being adjourned from that date.
This adjourned term made it pos
sible to say that to the Western Cir
cuit there was a regular or a special
term of the court held every month
of the year 1916—a record which has
been rarely made in this or any other
circuit of the state. The judge and
solicitor general have been kept busy
but -they have saved the counties of
the circuit hundreds of dollars—by
being busy. Holding terms of the
court at the convenience of the larg
est number interested has been of no
small moment to the people and the
saving to jail fees, board of prison
ers, and like expenses chargeable to
the counties have been considerable
in the aggregate.
At Lawrenceville the past three
days the superior court has disposed
of a larger number of interesting and
important cases than in any given
time in recent years.
On the fourth Monday in January
court will be in session at Watkins-
vill-e; on the fifth Monday to Janu
ary the court again convenes at Law
renceville to adjourned term.
CHAMBER COMMERCE WORKING
FOR FREIGHT-RATE REDUCTION
AMERICA WILL CONSIDER REPLY
FROM AUSTRIA UNSATISFACTORY
(By Associated Press).
Washington; Dec. 16;—The United
States will regard Austria’s reply to
the American note regarding the An
cona as unsatisfactory and unaccept
able, should the official text .be iden
tical with the' unofficial versions ■ in
the London and Amsterdam dis
patches. ' :
A reply is momentarily ■ expected at
the state department tonight.
Persistance by Austria-Hungary to
the course she apparently has> deter
mined to pursue would result in the
severance of diplomatic relations’ w4th
the United States and the Vienna gov
ernment.
This would not be taken by the
Providing Against Canadian V :
Railtoads Falling Ihto Hands
of Americans, Is Gr. Britain
Line In -“The Trail
of the Lonesome Pine.”
Eugene Walter’s play, “The Trail
of the Lonesome Pine,” with Miss
Bily OlConnor in the leading role, will
be presented- at the ^ Colonial this
evening. The play, which is founded
on the novel of the same name by
John Fox, Jr., is in flour acts. The
first and fourth acts are laid under
the pine at sunset, and sunrise; the
second act at the Gap and the third
act in the heroine’s mountain home.
Eugene Walter has condensed the
time of the unfolding of the romance
of June Tolliver and Jack Hale, but
increased the rapidity of action. The
first act closes with June, the little
barefoot mountain girls on her way
to school. In the second act, she
learns that Jack is not thinking se
riously of a marriage she believed to
be inevitable and returns to the
mountains. Tbe third act thrills
with the love story of June and Jack
Hale and the suppression of the feud
aided by the awakening of June to
the difference between the duty of
love and the duty of law resulting in
the re-union and marriage of the
most delightful book characters ever
conceived in the last act. The Will
/FI Oulhane (Amustetment Company
have given the play a magnificent pro
duction, thp mountain scenery being
especially beautiful.
The article to the Banner yester
day morning calling the attention of
the wholesalers and shippers to the
proposed readjustment of the freight
rates which are' scheduled to go into
effect on the first of January, aroused
much interest and as a result a meet
ing of the officers and directors of
the Chamber Commerce was called
and a number of business men invit
ed to be present.
The meeting was held to the Cham
ber of Oomriierce office on Clayton
street, and a most interesting and im
portant conference was held.
After discussing the matter and
going Into the schedule of proposed
rates that ViU bo effective to Janu-
Commerce Com-
the report of the sus-
One, Four and Five Pound Fruit
Cakes. Don’t wait; select your goods
now. Fancy Indian River Oranges,
the best I have ever handled; see
them and note tbe difference. Dark,
firm, good keeping Cranberries, New
Soft Shell Almonds and Walnuts,
Paper Shell Pecans, Large Heavy
Cocoanuts, Fresh Shelled Pecans
Walnuts and Almonds; Fancy Import
ed Raisins, California Raisins, Dab
Figs; Fine Dark Red Eating Apples
Grape Fruit, Mince Meat, Plum Pud
ding, Nice White Celery. Come and
see what we have, and place your or
der for Christmas. G. H. WILLIAM
SON.
of the physicians' of the .city, have an
attorney or attorneys working on the
case; and now the opponents of the
hospital, it is said, have employed
counsel and they are looking ihto the
situation.
The committee has had a meeting.
It is composed of Mt. Hoke, chair
man, and all the members of council
who hold over for the next year. The
ballot boxes have not been touched;
the committee is determined to find
ont the status of the registration list
first of all—that it may ^ determine if
the ballot cast was legal. Some
Interesting developments are expect
ed to a few days.
PACIFIC AT MERCY -
OF ASIATIC ATTACK
United States, it was authoritatively
stated tonight, without one more com-
municaion- being* dispatched to Vi
enna.
The United States is described as
being prepared to insist that Austria-
Hungary promptly comply with the/
demands for disavowal, the punish
ment of the 'submarine commander,
and reparation by payment of an in
demnity for Americans killed or in
jured, making it clear that failure will
mean an immediate' break of rela
tions; '•**. '
A second note, it is said, would re
new the original demands without" dis
cussion of exchange of views, and be
more insistent.
STANDING ARMY OF A MILLION
NEEDFUL TO REPEL ATTACK
IF MADE ON WEST
COAST.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 16.—Sen. Works
of -California told the senate today
that a standing army of a million
would be necessary to defend" the
United States against invasion, and
declared that the Pacific coast is com
pletely at the mercy of an Asiatic at
tack.
He proposed, as a part of the pre
paredness scheme, the creation of a
mobile military reserve of 2QO,000 at
cost of 350,000,000.
According to the Works bill, this
reserve would be settled with fami
lies on five-acre tracts, provided by
the government, supplementing ten
months of productive work of nega
tion, flood prevention and reforestra-
tion with two months of military
training. They would be the soldier-
settlers.
HOWIGERMANY HELD
SO. AMERICAN TRADE
NATION OF “EFFICIENCY” HAD
TRAINED SALESMEN GOING
AFTEIR BUSINESS.
(By Associated" Press.)
London", Deer'll.-—IiSlttiry'In th"6
house of edmmons today caused Reg-
nald McKenna, chancellor of the ex
chequer, to announce that the plan
for the mobliziation add purchase of
American .and .Canadian securities
would provide that the control of tbe
Candian railroads would not pass in
to the bands of Americans.
He said the mobilization scheme
had the endorsement of the Dominion
government, and he hoped for the
good-will of the American govern
ment.
SIo Longer German Attache, Boy-Ed
Talks of Circulation of False Report
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 16.—Captain Boy-
Ed, the recalled German naval at
tache, in a statement issued tonight,
branded as fabrications and inven
tions the newspaper reports that he
had obtained through secret agents a
confidential report prepared by an
American naval officer and sumitted
to President Wilson.
He said that as a matter of fact be
never heard of such a report and pro
posed no longer to bear the brunt of
absurd stories put into circulation.
Sinco be is no longer connected
with tbe German embassy he feels
tree to talk.
Marriage License Tells Ages of
the President and His Bride-to-Be
(By Associated- Press.)
Washington, Dec. 16—The mar
riage, license issued for President Wil
son and Mrs. Galt today disclosed
that a clergyman of Mrs. Galt’s faith,
the -Reverend Herbert Scott Smith,
Episcopal, will perform the ceremony.
The president is a Presbyterian and
an elder to the church.
(
(By Associated Press.)
London, Dec. lfr.V-There is a more
hopeful feeling here regarding the
Balkans, now that it is definitely an
nounced that Italians effected a land
ing in Albania and the Anglo-French
force at Saloniki has been strongly
reinforced.
It is not stated how large an Italian
force must be sent to assist the Ser
bians and Monenegrins, but from the
fact that the official account intimates
landings at several ports, it is taken
for granted that an army of consider
able proportions will be sent. This
with Serbians and Montenegrin will
be serious threat to ‘central Powers'
right flank, while they cannot look
with idleness on the concentrating of
forces at Saloniki and the gathering
Russians^ to Bessarabia.
It is anticipated therefore, tbat the
Germans will strike at Saloniki before
the Anglo-French forces grow too
strong. It is believed with the end in
view they are now negotiating with
Greece. If their plans include Bul
garians they are likely to meet Greek
opposition, as Greece is strongly
averse to any Bulgarians crossing the
frontier.
This applies also to some extent to
Austrians whose ambitions have been
always for an. Aegean port, preferable
Saloniki; on the whole therefore it is
thought here the Greeks might prefer
to see Entente Allies remain there
until the war ends.
In fact Lord Robert Cecil, the un
dersecretary of foreign affairs In his
comments said that the Entente plan
was to keep central powers from the
city in accordance with Greek wishes.
- (By Associated Press.)
Charleston, S. C., Dec. T6.—Dr. J.
W. Jenks, professor of government in
the New York University, told the del
egates to the Southern Commercial
Congress today that Germany’s suc
cess to Latin-American trade was due
to her training of salesmen for that
special work.
Mr,. Hurley, a member of the federal
trade commission urged “mobiliza
tion of American forces,” because,
he said, competition for the Latin-
American business at the close of the
war will be "fierce.”
Pleas were also made for the crea
tion of a national “chamber of agri
culture,” a national system of rural
credits, and the enlargment of the
merchant marine.
BELIEVED U. S. WILL
RECALL HER MINISTERS.
London, Dec.- 16*—An Exchange
Telegraph from Amsterdam dispatch
quotes the Vienna Telegram as say
ing the feeling there is that the Unit
ed States will ask for the recall of.
the Austrian embassy as the Ameri
can note is couched inrsuch terms
that such steps is considered una
voidable.
It Is said the note weshsuibmitted to
the German ambassador before its
presentation to Ambassador Pemfield,
and also says that dispatch and Dr.
Dumiba, recalled ambassador to Unit
ed -States, took a hand in drafting tbe
document The message adds that
in today's editorials in Vienna news
papers on the note, extensive ex
cisions appear.
“THE SECRET SIN”
AT ELITE TODAY
BLANCHE SlVEET AND ROSCOE
ARBUCKLE ARE STARS;
DOUBLE BILL TODAY.
“The Secret Sin,” Blanche Sweet’s
latest film success, which was billed
for showing at the Elite on yesterday
and was delayed in transit will be
presented today. This unusual drama
in which Miss Sweet plays two roles,
has pnovpn to be a distinct screen
novelty of the year, is also conceded
to be. her greatest screen triumph.
As an added attraction the Elite
also presents today the Triangle-Key
stone comedy, directed by Mack Sen-
nett, entitled ,f Fickle Fatty's Fall.”
Fat Roscoe irbuckle keeps things
moving from start to finish and his
mishaps which include adventures
with runaway autos that run off the
dock, to say nothing of his domestic
troubles are irresi&table to provoking
laughter.
This combination of two of the
screen’s most popular sta^s completes
one of the best bills seen to Athens
recently. Admission today: Children,
5 cents; adults, 15 cents.
KILLED BY FALL
FROM A
HORSE
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_
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 16.—Capt. Frank
F. Robards of the United States Ma
rine Coips. was killed by a flail from
a horse while on duty with the expe
ditionary forces near Port An Prince,
Haiti, according to a dispatch to the
navy department tonight.
COURT REVERSES IT- _
SELF, W. U. MATTER
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 16.—The
supreme court today reversed Its
former ruling and held that the West
ern Union cannot condemn a.portion
of the L. & N, right-of-way (or use
in its business. The decision means
that the railroad may force the West
ern Union to remove Its poles and
wires from railroad property.