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THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—i-THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
VOL. 3. NO. 281.
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY EVENING, JULY-22,1915.
PfctLY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. $5.00 PER YEAR.
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LATEST NEWS
[DIONS CLAIMING
'etrograd Claims AustteGer-
man Forces Were Hefd or
Hurled Back at Vita! Points.
Russian Resistance Apparen
ly Strongest Sputh of Lublin.
Petrograd Asserts Gentians
Were Driven Back Along the
Narew Line—Russians Claim
That Their Lines on the Left
Bank of the Vistula Are Hold
ing—Vienna Declares Attacks
on Gorizia Were Checked;
(By Associated Press).
London, July 22,—Desperate flght-
e continues about Warsaw. The Is
is in the balanee.. Vienna: and
erlin claim new advances on the
ntire front. Petrograd. claim* the
'eutons were held or hurled-hack at
ital points.
The Russian resistance seems
trongest south of Lublin, where a
irious breach would mean the cjit*
ng of the Lublin-Chelm railroad
1 the division of the Russian ar-:
es north slid south. Petrograd]
laims the Teutons are held there.
The counter attacks have driven
he Germans back along the Narow
ne north of Warsaw, the Russians
isert. They "alsdiSlaiintha#- their
lues on the left bank of the Vistula
re holding. ( -
In tne Baltic provinces the' Ger-
an outposts are barely twenty
ilea from Riga. Along the Anstro-
ulian front Rome, claims the gain
' a part of the heights’commanding
' Gorizia and Isonzo .bridges from
.risht bank. The latest Vienna
patches declare that the attacks
Gorizia were checked and...-the
igl'i taken by the Italians recap-
red.
Idgian Consul * '
.caves Warsaw.
Washington, D. C., July 22.—The
rcerican consul at Warsaw, Poland,
, , “-day that the Belgian con
i'! has taken over the affairs of both
'■cum and Serbia.
hssian Retreat
nto Ivangorod Fortress.
Berlin, July 22.—The war office an-
ounccd today that the Teutonic forces
m," 1 ? f Warsaw from the aonth
spelled the Ruasiansto- re tre at:lnia
art of VVindau ■ ' ;
urned by Russians. *
Berlin, July 22,—The. Russians
urned the greater part of Windau
More evacuating, according to’ LI-
au advices. ' .
Delightfully Cooling
and
Wonderfully Thirst
Quenching
Makes You $fil Y ou
Are Thirsty
At Founts ,.mn4 la' ..
Hobble Bidet
Bottles^
5c
Steers Torpedo 20 Miles at Sea
Associated Press.)
Washington, D,. C-, July 22.—The
new American note'lo' Germany is on
ita way to Berlin.'It was cleared from
Washington on the' telegraph wires
.during the right .andjodgy is being
cabled to London,'thence to Copenha
gen and then telegraphed to Berlin. It
will reaph its destination tonight or
marly tomorrow.
, Concerning the future conduct of
German submarines the -note does not
a —isjaHty call for'an-answer. On
oflier hand < it -■ demands a dis
joint Hays-Hammond, Jr.
Launch controlled by wirela
John Hay* Hammond, Jr., son of
the well-known mining engineer, has
perfected a wirelss apparatus by
which he can control the movements
of a small boat twenty miles at sea
from his front porch on the ocean
shore at Gloucester, Mass. He has
made experiments with this boat in
order to learn to control a torpedo to
be sent against a hostile battleship,
end now he has so nearly succeeded
that army officers who have made an
Investigation think he has provided a
means for defense which would make
it impossible for a foreign battleship
to get anywhere near striking dis
tance of the United States.
Purchase of the wireless torpedo
probably will be recommended to con
gress by Secretary Garrison.. The apr
propriations committees of the last
congress were urged to buy the in
vention for coast protection, but no
action was taken.
the -fortress of Itangorod, fifty-six
miles southeast of the Polish capital.
The f9stre**;is now closeiy-invested.
HON, J, 0, PRICE WILL
SPEAK AT MEETING
Commissioner of Agriculture of the
state of Georgia, Hon. J. D. Price, of
Athene, is on the program for a speech
at the state-wide meeting which will
be held at the Hotel Tybee, on Tybee
Island on next Saturday, July 24.
He has announced as the subject of
his address at that meeting, “Geor
gia’s Need for More Farmers and
What She Has to Offer."
Hon. J. W. Motte, president of the
Savannah Board of Trade, will be
chairman of the meeting and many
other noted men over the state will be
present at this meeting.
In regard to arrangements for the
delegates the Savannah Board of
Trade makes the following announce
ment:
“Trains will leave Savannah at 1.
o’clock p. b., eastern time, and the
meeting will begin promptly at 2
o’clock, eastern'time. Owing to lack
of lime programs will not be mailed
to those invited as originally intended
and persons desMrous of attending the
meeting should promptly forward
their acceptance.”
BOY ACCIDENTALLY
SHOOTS HIMSELF
THROUGH KNEE
NEW AMERICAN NOTE
; IS ON ITS WAY TODAY
avowal of intention as to the sinking
of the Lusitania and the requests for
reparation are renewed.
It is likely that these and other
pointe will bring an answer in two or
three weeki. It is generally agreed
among the officials that any loss of
American lives in the meantime would
In itself raise the question as to what
action would be taken regardless of a
formal reply from Germany.
It js the general understanding that
the immediate assembling of congress
would follow another Lusitania dis
aster.
AT TWO MEN KILLED
IN STRIKE RIOT
AT BAYONNE !
Frank Reid, of Columbus, Cuts
and Seriously Wounds Charles
* Miller, Another Convict—Reid
Was Sent Up For Murder.
Each Lays Blame on Other.
Clifford'Davis, a young white boy
who lives at number 224 Williams
street, accidentally shot himself
through the knee this morning about
7 o’clock while he was lying on his
bed of sickness. Dr. J. C. Holliday
was summoned immediately and the
young fellow was reported this after-
noon as resting easy.
The bullet went through his right
knee and then paesed through his
right foot. Dr. Holliday probed the
ugly wound and removed the bullet.
Several bones were fractured. In mak
ing the operation the doctor had to ad
minister tednus, an antitoxin to pre
vent lock-jaw, which is liable to fol
low a gunshot wound at dose range.
The young fellow is about 12 years
old and was sick in bed with a bilious
fever. Someone came into the room
and left the pistol, which was a 38
caliber, on the bed. The boy picked
it up!to look at it and in doing so U
was s accidentally 1 discharged. The
many friends of the family are glad
tokear: that he was not fatally hurt.
(By Associated Press).
-. Mllledgeville, T&^lWy. 22.—Frank
Reid, of Columbus, cut and seriously
wounded Charles Miller, another con
vict, in an altercation at the state
prison farm today.
Miller, who was convicted in At
lanta for burglary, wag cut in the
stomach. Reid was .convicted at Co
lumbus of murder. The official ex
planation is that the men'jvere re-
JgjjBjt 'removed «r stewards, la the
ttfEkawosia hosjritaL Each
the other for the trouble.
SEHTENCES OF BOYS
TO THE REFORMATORY
On account of an epidemic of ty
phoid in the state reformatory three
little negro boys will have their sen-,
tences changed to serve on the Ali
ens stockade. Harrison Lumpkin,
who was convicted of larceny from
the house about two weeka ago, was
sentenced, to six months in the re
formatory for boy* by the city court.
He stated that ha would rather serve
his sentence here and on account of
the epidemic he’■ will be allowed to do
IRST GEORGIA BALE
BRINGS 18 1-16
CENTS POUND
GEORGIA’S FIRST BALE!
—Pelham, Ga., July 22.—Georgia’s
(By Associated Press.)
Savannah, Ga., July 22.—The
-first bale of Georgia cotton was ,
sold at auction at the cotton ex
change here today. It brought;'
18 1-6 cents a pound.
first bale of cotton of the 1915 crop
was ginned at Pelham yesterday. It
weighed 510 pounds and was grown
by Ned Sanders, a colored farmer liv*
ing twelve miles west of Pelham'in
Mitchell county. It was shipped by
express by the Hand Trading com
pany to E. A. Curtis at Savannah, to
be sold on the exchange.
Sandeie has brought In the first
Mitchell county bale for three years.
Le»t year it was brought in on July
22. The bale is expected to bring a
fancy price, and Sanders will raceive
all the bale brings after express
charges have been paid.
IS-HO WANTED HERE
FOR MURDER IH 1907?
The sheriff of Clarke county re
ceived a telegram today from the
sheriff of Bethsny, Ala., which asked
whether a negro named Harvey
Strickland .was wanted here for a
murder done back in 1907. The rec
ords at the court house were looked
up but no' such docket against the
negro could. be found.
FIVE-WEEKS-OLD BABY
WEIGHS BUT ONE POUND
Ashford, Ala, July 22,—This town
Is'widely excited over a mere mite of
a child, sajd.by many to be the small
est in th(L world. Mr. and Mrs. An
drew NwiftM, living three miles south
of Ashford, are th eparents of a
healthy girl five weeke old which
weighs only; sixteen ounces.
The baby when born weighed only
twelve' ounces which weight it held
for• tiie-.first feur weeks of it* life.
This past; Week it gained a quarter
of a pound to it now weighs exactly
one "pound.
The baby is in perfect health. It
sleeps on a pillow and cries loud
enough to awake it’a mother at night.
A number six -ring will go over its
hand and arm up to the shoulder.
The head is-hardly as large as the
bottom of a coca cola bottle and Its
fingers are about the eize of match
stems. Four or five hundred people
have been to sea the child.
The' other two are Harrison Wads
and Joe. Smith. They were convicted
at the last session of the superior
court of burglary and sentenced to
serve two years. Both of these boy#
state that they prefer to do their
time near their homes so they will
also be given a chance to hare their
sentences changed by Judge Brand,
FIND “PLUMED LADY”
SELLING COCAINE BY
PEANUT SHELL GAME
UlsvaUmb Ohio, July 22,-Euclld
avenue’s “plumed lady" has gone to
the Workhouse. “Fifty dollars.and
cost# , and sixty days fn jail," is the
police court entry on the passing of
a unique figure. For many days she
had strolled a regular beat, noncha
lantly munching- peanuts and wear
ing her fashionable tailored auit with
the air of a duchess'
Meeting friende se she strolled—
always the same friend*—she offer
ed her sack of peanuts and always
the friends were glad to join her In
a nut or two. There, was a reason.
Detectives discovered she was pass
ing out cocaine in carefully , glued
peanut shell* in her apparently aim-
lesa meandering*.
EXPRESS COMPANIES
REVENUE
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Has Decided That Reve
nue of Principal Companies
Are Inadequate—Former Or
ders Have Been Modified.
Five Hundred Men Attack Tide
water Oil Plant and Are Fired
on by Guards—Three Rioters
Wounded—Crowd Used Sticks,
Stones and Revolvers.
(By Associated Press).
New York, July 22.—Two men
wera killed and three wounded
by guards at the Tidewater plant**
in Bayonne during an attack by
a crowd of 600 men Ju*t before j
noon. { , , * . . ; j
During the fighting a fir# broke out
in the barrel yard* Tho crowd used
■Sticks, stones- and revolvers. The
guards used Winchesters. ''
Three others wero wounded earlier
during the fighting near the Standard
Oil plant, where a strike is on. The
crowd here dispc-Jzd after an ex
change of shots.
Two men were shot this morning in
a riot in front of the Tidewater Oil
plant. They are said to have been
shot by company guards during an
attack by a large crowd. It is re
ported the state troops have been or
dered out.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C.. July 22.—ha In-
terstate Commerce Commission hsl
decided that the revenues of the prin
cipal express companies are inade
quate. The commission has modified
its former orders to allow 25 cents for
collection and delivery of each ship-
ment The rail terminal allowance
was reduced at the rate of one-twen
tieth of a cent per pound.
JEALOUS OF HIS
WIFE, HE FIGHTS
along
stopped
his wife put
Sheriff Asks
For Trooks.
Trenton, N. J., July 22.—Sheriff
Kinkead has asked Governor Fielder
to send troops to Bayonne to cope
with the strike situation.
TWO LECTURES GIVEH
IN CHAPEL TONIGHT
CHAIMS THAT WIND BLEW
HORNS OF HIS COW OFF
Ualthnrst, La., July 22.—J. B. Hop-
son, of Oakhurat, La., in speaking to
saveral,friends about a recent storm,
sSfit that he had suffered a little Bad
lotiz and. knew bow . to sympathize
with the good people of Friars.Point,
“although,” said Mr. Hopson,- “my
case is rather laughable^ Yesterday
after the storm had passed my yard
man approached and' said, *bosa, wa
done, suffered some damage, too, one
of de cow’s horns has been knocked
off.’
“Soon the animal was brought for
ward and sure enough the horn was
gone. The yardman thinks the wind
blew off the horn and still (ticks to
his belief,”
At the chapel Mr. Gilbert T. Pear
sons Wednesday evening interested a
large audience with a splendid lecture
on “Birds.” Mr. Pearsons as' secre
tary of the Audubon Society, pre
sented in a clear manner the work of
this national organisation.
Prof. Clifton Hodge, at the State
Normal School, delivered an excellent
talk, illustrating his subject with
splendid stereoptlcon views.
MORNING ASSEMBLY.
Today Mr. Pearsons talked to the
teachers in the chapel on “Birds of
America and Their Care.”
FRANK'S CONDITION
(By Associated Press).
Milledgeville, Ga., July 22.—IAo
Frank’s condition Is unchanged.
CIRCULATING RETITION
Because Tom Cook stop
tho sidewalk to watch his
on her shoes, Jesse Smith got mad
and challenged Tom to a fight, or a
duel or any other way to pay him for
looking.at his wife. The negro whs
very jealous of his wife and wa*
afraid that aha would run off wit
some other negro and when the inno
cent passerby stopped: in front of his
porch for a few minutes, Jesse’s tern*,
per overflowed. Judge Price pnflS
him $19 or twenty days.
Officers Eberhart and Wood nipped
a fight in the bud which would have
probably keen serious if it had not
been stopped yesterday. A case was
made against the two parties,
Messrs. J. L. Arnold and W. &
Broxton, ’ but the recorder did not
think that there was sufficient evi
dence against them so ip was dis
missed,
A. D. Mayfield and Ora C6b Har
per forfeited theiy cash bonds by not
appearing in court to answer the
charges of "
disorderly conduct.
BEER CASES WILL BE
HEARD ON AUGUST 7
Judge Brand yesterday signed an
order passing over the hearing of the
near beer injunction cases until Au
gust 7. This postponement was made
pending the action of the Georgia
legislature on the bill in regard to
licensing of near beer salons which
is before it now for action.
SOLICrrfOR GAMBLE
IS RETURNING HQME
Solicitor John Gamble and his fam
ily will return sometime the latter
part of this week from an automobile
trip through the New England states.
They spent quite a while in New
York and are now on their way home
so that Mr. Gamble can bo back- in
time to attend the session of the
Oconee county superior court next
week. ,
ATTEND BARBECtJE
Several of the officials' from tho
court house went out today at dinner
time to a good old barbecue at the
John J. O’Kelley farm about two
miles out from Athens on the Lex-
ington road. In the party-were Sher
iff Jacksen, Deputy Sheriff Hancock,
Judge Brand and others. They all
reported that the ’cue was fine.
tion is being circulated in
MARION
In
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FLORENCE REED,
Clyde FitdJ’s Unique Ro
mance ’.''i";- '/■'
•HER OWN Ygjjgtf.;
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about one hundred and fifty names
signed to it early this morning.
DAUGHTER OF POET
LONGFBLLOW DEAD"
Lancaster, Mass., July 22.—Mrs.
Richard H. Dana, wife of a promi
nent Boston lawysr hnd daughter of
the poet Longfellow, died here yes
terday. Her mother was th* post’s
•acond wife, , .
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