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COTTON
11 7-8c
WEATHER
THE BANNER, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1915.
ESTABLISHED 183:
JUDGE BRAND WILL GIVE PETRO-
POL AND FORCHAS A HEAR-
ING AT 11 TODAY.
11 Ulll LU VT • UI1L 1 Judge Brand will open court this
There has again been considerable m ° rnIn S At IT o'clock, pursuant to an
fighting between the British and OTder lssned Christmas Day-to give
Arabs in western Egypt near the a hearin S to v - Petropol and J.
Tripoli border. | Forchaa > two former near beer deal-
London claims success for the Brit- erB > 8 '* w cause why they should
ish and Constantinople for the Arabs. not proceeded against for alleged
General Townshend repulsed a disregard of the court’s restraining
Turkish attack at Kut-El-Amara after order—instructing them to cease the
the Turks entered one fort with losses koto of the beverage after the night
to Turks estimated at abont 700. I-of the 18th of this month.
Russian reports of activity in Per-I r —
sla show successes. < QT'firftll' fllT Ilf 1 IF
No changes are reported' on the oth- Villi/ lin 11 Iml Ml A V
ulUHHfl Uli WAI
turned hurriedly to London today to
discuss the results of Lord Derby’s WEATHER BUREAU WARNS OF:
recruiting scheme before parliament SNOW AND COLD RAIN COM-
reconvenes. ! fNG FROM SOUTHWEST.
The "Dally Mall” understands
Lloyd-George threatens to resign from c * - (By Associated Press.)
the cabinet unless Premier Asquith Washington, Dec. 27.—The weather
adheres to his pledge to apply com- bureau announced tonight that the
pulsion to unmarried "slackers.” storm centered over Texas Is expect*
Rumors of the resignation of Sir ed to move northeast, bringing anew
Edward Grey, owing to ill health, are Tuesday in Tennessee and rains
heard. Tuesday* with colder weather Wed-
TEUTONIC SUBMARINE ACTIV
ITY CLAIMS THE CENTER
* NEWS STAGE IN WAR
FOR THE DAY
WOULD FORCE BANKS IN RE
SERVE SYSTEM TO USE
CLEARING HOUSES.
LATEST PROGRAM AT THE ELITE
TODAY FEATURES MANY
FAMOUS STARS.
To afford parties who are in jail
and w*sh a prompt hearing such op
portunity, to save the county the ex
pense of keeping and feedng a num
ber of felony cases till late in the
spring, and to get t1ie grand jury to
gether to investigate—probably—oth
er matters and doings of immediate
importance, Judge Brand has called a
special term of Clarke superior court
for Thursday, January Yith.
- The court order issued yesterday is
as follows:
Cause of the Call.
At Chambers, Athens, Georgia, De
cember 27th, 1915. It appearing that
there are four prisoners confined in
the jail of Clarke county who are
charged with the conujiission of a
felony, two for assault with Intent to
murder and two for cow-stealing:
And it appearing that it is cheaper
to the county to call a court to try and
.dispose of these casesithan to keep
them in jail until the April term of
Clarke superior court;
And it further appearing that the
ends of justice require- that a speedy
trial be had in each of Baid cases;
It is ordered that a special term of
Clarke superior court he held to try
said cases, beginning Thursday, Jan
uary 6th, 1916. To this end the grand
jury which was sworn and empaneled
at the October term 1915 of said court
are hereby directed and. required to re
convene on said Thursday,
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 27.—The federal
reserve board asked Attorney General
Gregory for a ruling-on the extent of
the board’s authority to compel banks
of the reserve system to subscribe to
a check clearing system launched by
the feoaTd some months ago.
•Alt present, with the plan purely
voluntary by 2,-500 of the 8,000 banks
in the reserve system subscribed, the
plan is designed to save millions in
the cost of collecting checks drawn
by member banks on each other, and
to strengthen the reserve system by
transferring to the federal reserve
banks sums now kept by the small
banks in the vaults of city banks
which deaT checks for them.
Officials disclaim any intention of
intenferring with the established
clearing-housesv
‘The Sable Lorcha” has in it
INDIAN TROOPS TRANSFERRED
FROM THE FRENCH FRONT TO
SOME UNKNOWN POINT
OF ACTIVITY.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 27.—The Indian corps
of the British army has been re
moved the French front, but no an
nouncement was made as to whether
its new field of action is Egypt or
Mesopotamia, where, presumbly, con
siderable bodies of Indian troops are
engaged. The message telling the
Hindoos of their transfer was read to
the forces by the Prince of Wales.
The activity of Teutonic , subma
rines, especially in the Mediterranean
during the past twenty-four hours,
overshadows other operations.
Meager details of the sinking' of the
French steamer, Vilie De La Clotat,
with the loss of crew and passengers
estimated at eighty, says the vessel
was torpedoed without warning. No
Americans were aboard.
Casualties likewise are believed to
have occurred in torpedoing the Bel
gian steamer, Minislre llearncrat.
British, • Belgian, and French ship
ping destroyed in the past few days is
estimate 3 at 18,000 tons.
SERIOUS DIFFERENCES
OVER RECRUITING NOW.
(London, Dec. 27.—(Grave differences
of opinion over the voluntary recruit
ing or compulsion mused the council
cabinet to adjourn today without
reaching a decision. ~ N
Newspapers make no secret of the
fact that things are not going smooth
ly.
The "Post," “Times,” and “Mail”
see a possibility of cabinet resigna
tions or.an election.
(By Associated Press.)
• Washington, Dec. 27.—Department
of justice officials said tonight, that
the continued! rise in the price of
gasoline probably will be the subject
of an investigation to determine
whether there is any violation of the
Sherman l£w. Since no formal com
plaint has reached Washington, it is
intimated that the investgation could
be begun on the department’s own
initiative. V
MONROE DOCTRINE IS DECLAR
ED, SINCE IT IS A DERIVA
TIVE OF PAN-AMERICAN
ISM. ,
January
6th, 1916, at ten o’clock for the pur
pose Qf considering the charges made
against said prisoners and then and
there to determine whether or not in
dictments or presentments shall he re
turned against them.
Other Grand Jury Business.
It. is further ordered,that said grand
jury when so convened shall be au-
“tH^?zeiFTd T eotiStder {tod transact any
other business and matters or cases
which may be then and there sub
speaking - mitted to them by the presiding judge
id he had or -which may be called to their at-
resident’s tention by the Solicitor General or
ence was any member of their body.
' It is further ordered that new petit
sident of jurors be drawn for service at said
since .the term and for the special purpose of
ed' as a trying the cases against said prison-
im it has erST jf indictments or presentments
are returned against them.
— It is further ordered that said petit
jurors be and they are hereby requir
ed to appear for service on Monday,
W ' Janaary. 10th, 1916, at ten o’clock a.
m. This special teijn of court is call-
IMFNT'i ed and or d ere d to be held! beginning
UIILllIu iqinreday January 6th, as aforesaid
, . . but the same will be postponed, after
■ TnS the grand jury has discharged its
or oeor- datles> Monday January 10th,
every stu- 1916> when the same will• reconvene
y^ « Df for the purpose 0 f trying said cases if
tne stu- inaiotmonts or presents are returned
tte Z_ ^ against said prisoners.
18 furth er ordered that said ape-
> the uni- cJal term oI gjja court is called and
and every ordered {or th0 trial of all cnninals
ick ready and {or ^ disposal of any civil bust-
no oiesB,pending on any of the .dockets of
lents loan' : * .
. ... said court
eved that Ci a BRAND, Judge.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 27.—Pan-Ameri
canism was described as new kind of
internationalism—the idea of which
is that American is to become a
guardian and which in the end will
j rule world—bv Secretary Lansing to
statement, disorderly. He spoke to ■
them in remonstrance. The older ne
gro, Sam Sims, is said to have cursed I
the officer and pulled: a pistol and be
gun firing—one ball clipped off a but
ton from the officer’s coat.
Bray returned the shot, as the ne
gro moved off, and the young negro,
then, it is said, pulled down on the
officer from the rear with a shot-gun,
peppering him with holes—and then
both negroes fled.
Game as they make ’em, Bray
mounted his motorcycle and started
after the negroes, who disappeared.
He then came-to the city, had the
shot removed from his legs and hack,
and then went back on the search
for the Sims negroes.
Up to last night, however, neither
of the men had been apprehended,
though the police had strong dews as
to the direction they went and some
clews as to where at least one of them
is.
Cimmissioner Jim Price says that
he is ready, willing, and waiting to
win those thousand plunks from Rep
resentative L. C. Brown on the pro
position that th€i commissioner eats a
partridge a day for thirty days. He
says that the more he thinks about'
brown birds on toast the "hongrierj
and bongrier” he gets till be “nearly
dribbles at tbe mouf.” He declared
that he believed he could eat several
birds a day, feathers and all—if he
had material to work on. He says It
Is with him like the old fellow who
said "if I had some ham I’d eat ham
and eggs for supper, If there were
any eggs in the house." _
He hasn’t seen a bird yet, however
—and he seems to he laboring under
the impression ithat Mr.. Brown who
was so swift to wager him a cool
thousand that he "couldn’t eat a bird
a day for a month is hedging by con
struing it to mean he “wouldn’t eat”
them—and is not famishing the birds,
so that he can’t.
Special Policeman Bray, the traffic
officer who patrols the streets oh a
motorcycle, seeking who he may de
tect in the act of speeding or others
nrtee violating the traffic and automo
bile ordinances of the city, is laid np
at his home with thirty-eight small
shot boles in his leg and back and is
still wondering how he came to es
cape with his life—
From a double assault which he
says was committed upon him by Red
mond and Sam Sims, negroes, Sunday
night.
On the street leading to Barbervllle
he met two negroes who appeared to
AGRICULTURAL MANAGER OF
THE AMERICAN COAL PRO
DUCTS WAS IN ATHENS.
Crisp Celery.
Head Lettuce.
•ARNOLD & ABNEY, Phone 1076.
Mr. Christopher G. Atwater, agri
cultural manager of the American
Coal Products Co., with headquarters
in New York. After paying the local
branch a visit and with Manager
Dobbs visiting a number of teet plants
in the state, has returned to New
York with a- very optimistic outlook
for business conditions, in this section
of the country.
Upon Mr. Atwater’s visit South the
American Coal Products Company be
gan a campaign of advertising that
will pat their fertilizers more before
the buyers. -A series on “top dress
ing” is now under way and other
phases of fertilizer application will
be covered.
SEVEN MORE PROVINCES IN CHI
NA SAID TO HAVE JOINED
THE REVOLUTION.
(By Associated Press)
San Francisco, Dec. 27.—Seven
provinces have declared against &
monarchy and promised to support a
revolution, according to a cablegram
received today by Tong King Chong,
president of tbe Chinese Republic As
sociation here.
returning here instead of remaining
at The Hague.
A wireless from Ford indicated that
he will back a permanent peace board
with 82,000,000.
The entire party will make the trip
to Copenhagen and The Hague.
(By Associated Press.)
Stockholm, Deo. 27.—After receiv
ing an unofficial invitation to make
Stockholm the center of peace nego
tiations, members of the Ford peace
party considered the possibility of
Devonshire Sausage.
Sealshipt Oysters.
ARNOLD & ABNEY, phone 1076.
Among the visitors in the city yes
terday was Col. Sam W. Wilkes, the
division freight agent of the Georgia
Railroad, with headquarters in At
lanta. He is a g:ood railroad man and
—more: He is, a delightful man to
know and to h€>ar talk. He Is ever
welcome in Athens', where he once
lived.
LATE WNFE OF JOHN D. ROCKE-
FELLER GAVE MILLLION AND
HALF AWAY IN HER WILL.
the fund—and hundreds did. The
movement met with favor and as the
years go by the fund-will he in
creased and eventually become a
great means of help to young men
who must secure financial help to
carry through their college courses.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 27—The appraisal
of the estate of Mrs. Laura S. Rocke
feller, wife of John D. Rockefeller,
who died last March, was filed today
and,showed nearly $1,600,006, mainly
in railroad bonds! The bulk of the
estate goes to charitable and educa
tional institutions.
MR. A. B. SAYE MOVES
BACK TO THIS CITY
CHRISTMAS MARRIAGE
OF POPULAR COUPLE
agree with what seems, to be the
majority of thfe good citizens of Ath
ens in endorsing the closing of the
so-called near beer saloons.
The demonstration, as near com
plete as it was, was far more im
pressive to the writer than hqurs of
argument of the over zealous or tem
perance lecturer of the most logical.
The same means used to announce
my intention of conducting a saloon
in the city I hereby use to withdraw
the same. : -
With the best wishes for all con
cerned in the uplift of our city, I am,
Sincerely,
JNO. S. KEESE. -
The Banner was yesterday in re
ceipt of the following communication
from Mr. John S- Keese, who had,
made application for a near beer li
cense for the first Jour months of the
coming year, and had, according to
law, inserted the notice of such ap
plication in this paper some days ago
—the communication speaking tor
itself in no uncertain manner:
Mr. Keese’ Card.
The undersigned, being in a busi
ness of a public nature, and observ
ing during the past few days of the
Christmas season the spirit manifest-
I ed during the same, cannot, help hut
The last meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce of the present year will be
held tonight at the city hall—in the
council chamber.
There is no set speaker for the oc
casion. There will he instead brie?
talks by'members and officers of the
organization.
The year that is about passed
through will be reviewed and there
will i robably be made some plans
for the activities of the organization
tor the new year.
The meeting is to be essentially one
of good fellowship and getting togeth
er—largely in a social, friendly, fra
ternal manner—
For the good of Athens and the
pleasare of the members. .
Refreshments will be served and
there will be an informal smoker.
All members arq,asked to be pres
ent and prospective members will he
cordially welcomed.
Christmas afternoon at the home of
the pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle,
Rev. R. E. Neighbour, D. D., occurred
the marriage of Miss Ruby Langford
to Mr. Rufus Finch. Dr. Neighbour
performed the ceremony In the pres
ence of a few friends of the couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Finch will make their
home in Atlanta.
After an absence of several years—
in which time he has lived in Arkan
sas, Texas, and some other sections
of the West and Southwest—Mr. lA.
H. Saye has moved back to Athens
and will make this city his home. He
has been warmly welcomed by his
many friends here. His son, Mr. Carl
Saye, has been "back” tor some time.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 27.—Rear Admir
al Stanford, chief of the bureau of
docks and yards, in his annual re
port today recommended doubling
the present strength of the’ navy’s
corps of civil engineers, because of
the increased building program.
Pullman
[Chicago,
will make
as a New Year’s gift to employees.
(Half a million goes to conductors
and porters. The conductors get 10
per cent raise, the porters more.
J. E. Smith and little
Mr. and Mrs.
son have returned to their home in
Atlanta after a pleasant visit to Mrs.
Smith’s sister, Mrs. James F. Dunston,
In this city. J >
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Lost: Open face gold watch, be
tween automobile or in Elite theatre,
with initials “C. D. C.” on back. Re
ward if returned to Banner office.
Wanted
15 men and 10 women s
extras for “Everywoman,” Apply
stage door Colonial Theatre Thursday
at 12 o’clock.