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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1914

Page

8

Savings Bank Promises 4 Percent Interest in Athens

Short notes list interest offered by The Athens Savings Bank 4 percent on savings deposits compounded twice yearly with deposits from $1.00. Also notices for sale land 13 acres fronting 522 street with 8 percent rental, business notices, and miscellaneous ads including motorcycles For Sale, help wanted, rental housing, and a dissolution notice by Thos R Edwards. Also observer advertising Jockey Club Coffee 35c per pound.

Athens Athens Savings Bank F. E. D. Morgan

Story Writer is Dead in Chicago

Chicago reports Cy Warman a 59 year old poet and short story writer died today after a long illness caused by paralysis. The notice notes his death and age in a concise obituary style.

Chicago Cy Warman

Yarn ball vs Sunday baseball provokes law clash in Atlanta

Atlanta police, exhausted after ineffectual chases of burglars, broke up a dozen embryo games in vacant lots last Sunday. The public shows little demand for professional Sunday baseball, yet many see a yarn ball as a minor Sabbath violation compared to a $40 golf outfit.

Atlanta

Athens High School Winners in Speech and Athletics

Winners in spelling declamation music and athletics were announced for Athens high school contests held yesterday with hundreds of attendees. Nine boys competed in declamation to reach Madison for the district and possibly state contests. track and field results included Arthur Cox and Merritt Pound leading jumps and sprints.

Athens High School Martha Comer Edward Williams Merritt Pond Robert O'Callaghan Uhird Lucile Cox Frances Good Caroline Davis Hird Lee Bowden Paul Bradberry Monroe Butler Carren Cox Will Crane Joel Daves Sewell Dixon Jefferson Eppes Joe Funkenstein William Garnett Arthur Griffith Ernest Jackson Herman Jackson Marion Lazenby Thomas Moss Barksdale Milstead Jim Park D. D. Quillian Murray Soule James White Constitution Winston Allen Willie Brooks Arthur Cox Garland Hulme Edward Park Merritt Pound Charlie Weatherly Nettie Webb County Court House Madison Athens Court House Messrs. Brock Nix Jerome Michael C. M. Snelling Eberhardt Elberton Glenn Allen Messrs. Cunningham Georgia Paddock R. E. Park Susie Gerdine Augusta Center

Public Hearings Before Senate Committees Begin

Senate canals committee opened hearings on repealing Pan ama canal tolls exempting American coastwise ships. Fifteen days allocated starting Thursday for proponents and opponents. Hearings to be public. roll call shows administration backing Poindexter resolution urging president clarify sensitive matters.

Associated Press Washington Gulf Pacific Coast Senate Canals Committee Senate Poindexter

Guilty on Improper Conduct Keeps NY Pastor

In New York on April 7 the court of the New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church found Rev. Jacob E. Price of Washington Heights church guilty of imprudent unministerial conduct. He was also found guilty on two other specifications. The committee admonished him, and he retains his pastorate.

Associated Press New York New York Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church Jacob E. Price Washington Heights Church

Senate Race Settled in Alabama Governor’s Race to Be Run

Oscar W Underwood swept the state for the U S long term senatorial nomination as returns come in. Hobson and White also lead in their contests, with a run off likely for the governorship between Comer Kolb and Henderson. Later counts could alter early indications. Electric Bitters advertised as a spring tonic for fatigue and digestive woes.

Senate Alabama Associated Press Birmingham Ala Oscar W. Underwood Richmond Pearson Hobson United States Underwood Hobson Washington Congress Frank S. White Johnson Ray Pashton Montgomery B. B. Comer R. F. Kolb Chas. Henderson Troy Comer

Huggins China House Housekeeper List Ad On Broad St

Partial list of items offered by Huggins China House includes refrigerators water coolers ice boxes cream freezers and many kitchen and household goods. The ad invites customers to visit or phone orders to 125 for prompt attention.

Huggins Calamo

Treaty Signed to Settle Panama Dispute

Late Associated Press bulletin reports the treaty between the United States and Colombia was signed in Bogota on April 7 by Thaddeus A. Thomson and Colombian officials, closing the Panama controversy. Kansas City re-elects Mayor Jost as Socialist defeat looms in Milwaukee. Blue-Sky officers sentenced in New York. Wilson congratulates Underwood for Alabama Senate nomination. New Jersey Republicans gain a seat. Dems lose in Paterson. Tampico fighting continues as rebels push to seize the city. Ogden tribute held in Louisville. Illinois votes show drying trend with several counties moving to prohibition. Chicago reports large turnout and a close alderman race in Springheld.

Associated Press Bogota Columbia United States Panama State Department Thaddeus A. Thomson Chicago Springheld Ft. Ward Marion Drake John Coughlan

Hugo Warns Against Learning Foreign Languages

The writer Victor Hugo told Henri Rochefort that knowing foreign languages is a dangerous possession for an author. He admitted regretting his folly in learning Spanish and urged preserving mastery of one’s native tongue by avoiding other languages.

Victor Hugo Henri Rochefort

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