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WEATHER
Cloudy
ATHENS, GA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1916.
RiE&IGNATION- OF MEMBERS OF
THE BRITISH CABINET NOW
IMPROBABLE.
SECOND AMERICAN SO DISTIN
GUISHED BY GREAT BRITAIN
IN CENTURY.
THE KEY-WORD M THE NEGOTIA
TIONS BETWEEN U. 8. AND
LATIN AMIRICA. '
SERIES OF SHOOTINGS AND OF
BURNINGS CONTINUED IN
SOUTH GEORGIA COUNTY.
ciple that no ships be sunk
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 31.—Although the
full Amer'can view will not be known
until President Wilson has studied
the text sent to' Hot Springs today,
Austria’s reply to the Ancona note
not only meets the cardinal points ot
the American Remands, but gives as
surances for the future,.-considered
more satisfactory in extent than those
given by Germiiny.
It is stated authoritatively that
danger of a rupture of diplomatic rela-.
tions is now piissed.
; Austria has subscribed to the prin-
unless
they.^resist or flee, without persons
aboard being brought off stafely.
The mere statement that the sub
marine commander was punished will
be accepted by the United States
without further inquiry.
Points Austria leaves for diplomatic
correspondence will not be . considered
important enough to bring on a new
crisis. ‘ „ *
Von Bemstorff conferred with Lan
sing today on the Lusitania case. It is
indicated that settlement in this af
fair is not far Off.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 31.—As a result of
two protracted meetings of the cabi
net today during which the draft of
a bill providing for compulsory serv
ice for unmarried men was consider
ed, the fear of any crisis involving
resignations of members of the min
istry seems dissipated.
With the approach of the new year
there was little fighting on any fronts,
except the eastern from the Pripet
marshes.
Through eastern Galicia the situa
tion is, obscure, but Petrograd looks
for great results.
The Austrians have sunk the
French submarine, Monge, in the
Adriatic.
Greece is reported to have protest
ed aaginst the fortification, of Salonl-
ki by the Entente Powers and against
the arrest of consuls of the Central
Powers, taken today because Teutonic
aeroplanes dropped bombs there as a
violation of her neutrality.
It was reported that bombs dropped
near the Greek army headquarters
staff were close to the tent of the
Greek general.
Desultory operations continue in
Albania, where it is said the Albani
ans continue harrassing attacks on
the Serbians.
rtalians recently landed at an Al
banian port are expected soon to en
gage the Bulgarians, assisted by Es-
sad Passa, president of Albania, who
is said to have powerful forces.
King George’s New Years honors
were confined largely to persons who
aided Great Britain during the war. .
(Special to the Banner.)
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 31.—The
annual convention of the Sigma Alpha
Hpsilon fraternity for the states of
Alabama, Georgia and Florida ended
today with the selection of Athens,
Gfu, as the next meeting place. Offi
cers elected for. the coming .year are:
V. O. Barnard, Ozark, Ala., province
arcon; J. C. Hodges, Birmingham,
Ala., deputy province arcon; L. B.
Haley, Birmingham, secretary-treas
urer.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 31.—William Waldorf
Astor, who sixteen years ago re
nounced his American citizenship to
become a British subject, was made
a baron at the New Year’s honors be*
stovfr&ls today. ' dSl
Astor ih the only American, except
Lord Fairfax of Cameron, ever to be
come a peer.
(By Associated ?reaa.)
Washington, j Dec. ®!.—Director
General John. Barrett,* o\ the I’Mkr
American Union, told the at
the Pan-American Scientific impress
here thta afternoon that tiletf** 111
American countries wth-.
physical and rwg* 1 force*-# .staha
for protection ntfi the sow eigniy of
the Untied 8tsit^ r jfeftt afiulckly as
the United States undenP orres P° n< *'
ing circumstances will s/°d for thedi
Integrity.”
He predicted this
of the Monroe Docti
American doctrine
fense against aggra
eeas, by both victor
■* In the European we*,
lea. / J, J
When theiwar ended, lie said, the
former will Vue Buying it won in spite
of the attl/ude ftf the United States,
and the letter that it lost because of
the attitude ot the United Stated and
its sister republics.
(By Associated Press.)
Blakeley, Ga n Dec. 31.—Two more
negroes were reported killed and four
wounded lodge bluldings burned today
In the renewal of clashes between ne
groes and whites in t)i^. western part
of Early county.
Reports are that negroes were^
threatening the lives of white farm
ers and a mob, which later was dis
persed. surrounded H. H. Grimsley.
This caused a posse under .Sheriff
Howell to leave here tonight.
Seven negroes were killed yester*
day by posses seeking Grandison
Goolsby and his two sons, charged
with killing Henry J. Yiilipigue, an
overseer, who thrashed one of the
Goolsby boys. > i
Reports that the Goolsby boys es
caped instead of burning in the cabin
set afire, caused the hunt today. Mem
bers of the mob are said to have
found a negro lodge book showing
that the negro organization delegated
Goolsby and his sons td kill Villipigue.
Building of negro IQusons and Odd
Fellows were burned.
oJ an evolution
rue into a Pan-
f.X mutual do-
flon from over-
and vanquished
hostile to Amer-
Last night about 8' o’clock Mr.
Marion- Yarbrough died at his home
atyftillcrest. He ^d been ill for sev
eral days with pneumonia. He was
25 years ot age and leaves eight broth
ers and sisters. He moved' to this
city three months or more ago and
was connected with the Normal
S chool .Pharmacy.
The body will be taken this after
noon over the Georgia Railroad to
Siloam where the funeral and burial
will take place tomorrow.
TODAY COBB-DELONEY CAMP
MEMBERS WILL ENJOY FEAST
AT THE DELMAR.
The members of Cobb-Deloney camp
of the Confederate veterans will meet
thiB morning in regular monthly ses
sion at the city hall, and at 12 o’clock
they will enjoy a real, old-fashioned
genuine, Georgia barbecue at “The
Del mar." C
the haul to intermediate than to ter
minal points.
At the' same time they provide for
an increase in many cases in the rates
to such terminal points as Atlanta
and ^Birmingham.
The general effect of the order will
be to increase the rates to and from
Important centers where Traffic orig
inates or reaches its destination.
The commission allowed the roads
until August 1st to file new sched
ules of commodity rates on coffee, cot
ton, fruits, burlap, furniture, tobac
co’, and naval stores.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington,- Dec. 31.—Readjust
ment of freight rates on railroads
serving the South, from the Mississip
pi to the Atlantic, and from the Guli-
to the Potomac, framed i>y a commit
tee of southern railroad. men at the
commission’s order to ''tedu<* and
eliminate the so-called “long and ‘short-
haul” provisions of the interstate
commerce act, was approved today
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion.
The new schedule will reduce hun
dreds of rates now quoted higher for
(By Associated Press.)
'Washington, Dec. 31.—Official fig-
urea made public today disclosed that
in the lace of the rising price of gas
oline, the production of crude petrqf
leum. during last year was. grea{Mt
ty 2,000 barrels, than in 1914,- al
though production was “purposely* re
Mrded as far as practicable.” w
f The reserve stock of crude oil now
being held in the United States is
the largest oyer recorded, and ex
ports of gasoline,-to which the rise in
price la often attributed, in the last
ten months were less than exports
during the corresponding period of
two years previous.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 31.—Comptroller
VDliams has sent a letter to all the
tntiqnal banks announcing when
iajiks earned more than their divi-
leu the treasury department has no
ibj&tfcm,to their giving bonuses or
Slft> to employes without
mT of stock-hold-
• said toe records
s of bank officers,
•fcs are very mod-
MARY MILES MINTER STARRED
IN THE FAMOUS
STORY.
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS.
The best that I can wish to all Is,
that you be as happy ant} successful
the coming year as your patronage,
has caused me to be during the one
just closed. This greeting is ex
tended to one and all by *
MAX M. HUBERT, < V '
252 N. Lumpkin SL Phone 1010.
Based upon Whittier’s immortal
poem and Clyde Fitch’s famous stage
masterpiece, the story of “Barbara
Frietchie” has been‘perpetuated on
the silent filmland is toe attraction
at the Elite today. '
The story of tha aged Barbara
Frietchie and her defiant waving of
the flag she loves in'the faces of the
Confedencte soldiers' as they march
through . tha -streeto, of Fredericks
WTO. slM Stonewall Jackson’s‘iEa-*
mous command, is portrayed faith
fully, and toe romantic story of toe
love of her little grand-daughter, a
itherner, for a Yankee of
era. The comptrolle
show average sal&sii
bookkeepers,- gnd cle
erate. '
SOUTHERN BELL EMPLOYES TO
V; BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR
* j-f «uu ivw&umi u
The campaign Powder Springs end Doug-
by~thb Gebfgfir iasville.
riculture in co- Feb. 3, Villa Rica And Tallapoosa.
Lilroads and toe Central of Georgia Railway,
ment of agricul- Fe(b. 4, Jonesboro and GTiffin.
f fine purebred Feb. 5, BarnesviUe and Thomaston.
allege farm has Feb. 7. Forsyth and Gordon,
nterest at every Feb. 8, Toomsboro and Tennllle.
arload of home- Feb. 9, Wadley and Statesboro,
racted much at- Feb 10, StilLmore and Millen.
lition to toe ex- Feb. 11, Waynesboro and Augusta,
ches have been Augusta Southern Railroad,
stock and valu- Feb. 12, Hepzibah and Wrens,
he subject has Feb. 14, Midville and Swainsboro.
Georgia Railroad.
»ut again on Jan- Feb. 15, Grovetown and Thomson,
tour portions of Feb. 16, Warrenton and Sparta,
toed. The itin- Feb. 17, Washington and Craw>-
to be made has fordville.
>ws: Feb. 18, Greensboro and Madison,
itions the stops Feb. 19, Monroe and Covington. .
. m.; at second Feb. 31, Conyers and Decatur,
ops will be made Atlanta & West Point Railroad.
Feb. 22, Union City and Palmetto,
lilroad. _ Feb 23, Newnan and Hogansville.
md Lula. Feb. 24. Lagrange and. West Point.
2 and Clayton. The remaining part of the itinerary
ad Toccoa. up to March !14th will be announced
nd Lavonia. later.
(Special to toe Banner.)
Atidnta, Ga., Dec. 31.—Gold and
blue enamel badges of honor will be
1 early , in January to 375
Atlanta employes of the Southern
Bell. They are rififtice badges, each
one showing the number of years the
recipient has been connected with toe
Bell continuously. They wffl be dis
tributed at a meeting of the -AUfmta
Telephone and Telegraph Society .to
employes who have served live yrofik
or more. ' 3KH
M \V \ 1
This plan of giving a token of A I
company’s appreciation to employ4/j
serving continuously for five years "Or
more was inaugurated by First Vice
President J. Epps Brown of Atlanta.
It is in line with toe other methods
whjch the Bell system has adopted to
crerji cordial relations between toe
company and its employes and to ac
knowledge in a visible manner its ap
preciation of loyalty and devotion to
duty.
Among those who will receive the
badges of honor are more than 100
women and girls. Two of the women
have been continuously in the service
of the company for thirty years.
IVashington, Dec. 31.—As a result
an agreement reached at a confer- di^rj^uted
(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, Dec. 3d.—The tug,
“Senator Bailey,” sent from Galves
ton to the assistance of the Southern
Pacific steamer, Algiers, which was
driven ashore on toe Louisiana Gulf
Coast off Bataria Light, in the storm
of Tuesday night, has reported by-
wireless that the steamer with twen
ty-live aboard is not in danger.
staunch - .
ficer adds to the Interest of the play.
The cast is an excellent one and
is further notable for the fact that
it includes the screen^ youngest star,
Mary Miles Minter, and the stage’s
oldest actress, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen.
ence today between Former President'
Taft, head of toe excetuive council
of the American Red Cross, and Sir
Cecil Sprin-Rice, British ambassador,
the Red Cross shortly will issue a
statement defining the class of hospi
tal supplies England will permit sent
to the Red Cross organizations in
Germany and Austria.
(§y Associated Press.)
Laredo, DecTSlT—Fifteen were kill
ed and a score injured, some fatally,
and much railroad property was de
stroyed in Monterey, Mexico, yester
day when box cars containing dyna
mite and hand granades for the Car
ranza army were destroyed by an. ex
plosion. The cars [loaded with ex
plosives were in center of the train
crowded with soldiers and were being
switched.
Rev. J. A. Bell, D. D., will hold his
first formal pastorial' service at the
West End Baptist church, to which,
he has been called, tomorrow morpy
ing.
Just outside city limits of Athens,
about ten minutes walk from the car
line at the corner of Mllledge avenue
and Lumpkin street and about three
blocks from Mllledge and Lumpkin
Terrace property fronting on Lump
kin street or Princeton road. This
property could be cut up and sold in
four or five - nice building; lots with
east fronts. Five-room house with
out houses and good well water on
property which is now rented for
3100.00 per annum. Will be sold be
fore the court house door in toe city
of Athens by R. L. Bramblett, admin
istrator of the estate of H. L. Mul
lins, deceased, on the first Tuesday
in January next. For further infor
mation, telephone 892 or 120-J. 2t
Can't Be Honest and Hifppy
Position
Judge Hamilton -McWhorter and
party returned from a delightful hunt
ing trip h) toe swamps of far-south-
Georgifc.. The party wa^ composed of
and so He Resigns
The story from Atlanta may be
supplemented with the announcement
from District Manager Jarrell to the
effect that ten or twelve, employes
here will receive the badges of honor;
in the district there will be fifteen or
sixteen in all to be so honored.
Judge McWhorter, Mr. W. T. Bryan,
Mr. H. H. Price, Mr. Marcus McWhor
ter, Mr. Robert McWhorter, Mr. How
ard McWhorter, and / Mr. Thurmond
McWhorter. I
Everything at and below cost. Must
be sold before Jan.-1st.
tf harpbrJgrooery CO.
Honolulu to< ay, said that he resign
ed “because e could not be both hon
est and happ in toe position.”
iMcCarn d« dared that affairs in the
Islands ere < ratrolled largely by five
Commercial Inns.
(By Associated Press.) - -
Sen Francisco, Dec. 31.-Weff Mc-
Carn, of Nashville, Tenn., appointed
United States district attorney of
Hawaii by Resident . Wilson two
years ago, who arrived here from
GOOD THINGS TO EAT
F<>R NEW YEARS'
Mayor Bob
Fancy Lettuce. > i
oeloy. jjMHfigij ,,-
Cauliflower. r
Mustard S=)alad. ij-'
Turnip Salad, j
Carrots. V '7 ^
Oyster Plants, f
Tomatoes. . » k ‘ Ife
Parsnips. I-3
Artichokes. . *
Radishes.
And a full line of strictly fancy
beef, pork and veal: fish and oysters.
Plenty of Peas and Pig Jowls for
New Years’.: 7S ; r?
ADAM S MARKET.
Wishes Cit i of
Athens a Prosperous Year
CONDITIONS OF . BANKS CLEAR
INGS A GOOD INDICATION
OF THi
Several thousand bunches of ba
nanas must go at once and price is
no consideration, it they are not sold
we have toe expense of moving them
when its too late. 40, 45 end 50- cents
per bunch are the‘prices you find,
with 5 and 10 cents per dozen on
small orders; 3 dosen 25 cents. Come
down and take, away all you can
SITUATION
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 31.—Improved
business conditions of toe country
were reflected' today in the bank
clearings of 1915 of nearly every city,
reporting large gains and with minor
exception the clearings of the last
six months show vast gains. Nearly
all the large Southern cities showed
gains.
“I wish for Athens tke best year
in its history—from every standpoint,
financially, morally, educationally,
and in all other ways,” said, Mayor-
Elect Bob Arnold last night to the
Banner.
PETE PETROPOL,
Corner Broad and College.
Phones 1360 and 767.
Old-Time Actor
Dies; Estate Is
Worth 3 Million
SERVICES AT ST.
JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Renting Bargain: Farm, .one to
six-horse crop for less than half
price. Dozier & Co. tu th-su tf w2
(By Aissoclated Press.) . -
Washington, Dec. 31.—The federal
reserve bank ruled today that agricul*
tural implements will be regarded as
permanent farm improvements. There*'
fore commercial paper drawn to pay
for them is eligible for rediscount
Dovenshire Pork Sausage, 25c.
Kingan’s Bacon, 3 pounds for 31-00.
ARNOLD & ABNEY.
New Years- being a Holy Day of ob
ligation, Mass will be offered up at
9:30 a. m. Benediction of toe Blessed
Spcrament iinmediately after Mass.
Non-Oatbolics are cordially invited to
attend. ‘ FATHER CLARK.
Head Lettuce, ,10c and 15c.
Fine Celeiy, l-'^c and .15c.
ARtfbUp & ABNEY.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 31.—-Joe Murphy,
an old actor of Kerry Cow fame, died
today here, aged eighty-three. His
estate is estimated at three millions;
Clearance Sale of Gossard Corsets.
709 So. Mut. Bldg. - eod-3t
Indian River Oranges, and
Indian Ritor Grape Fruit,'Just from
Florida. ARNOLD & ABNEY- •
Sealshipt Oysters.
Fresh this morning.
1 \ ARNOLD & ABNEY.
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