Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1918 — GERMAN BANNED IN SOUTH [ARTICLE]

GERMAN BANNED IN SOUTH

Language of the Hun Is Being Elim* " inated in Schools and •-*'s ■ • s : -i • <-» • ’ . ’ ’. ' '-i Birmingham, Ala.—German danguage and German names are being eliminated in the South. The most recent evidence of this fact is shown by announcement of Rev. Hans Reuter, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church, to the effect that he will discontinue preaching sermons in the German tongue. Hundreds of schools have eliminated teaching Germafti and business houses in several Southern cities have changed from German to English names.