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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1912
Page
3
Advertises Galatea 18¢ items with a 12 1/2c offer, baby Irish effect laces 5c per yard, 25c Silk Sale shadow silk voile 26 inches wide normally 59c, one lot of val lace imitation torchon 1c, jabots up to 1.25 with lot choice at 25c.
A small yard sale item offers amber, black, and shell pieces priced at 1 cent each. The seller notes the entire lot is available for purchase, with items valued between 25 and 65 cents per piece.
Polly of the Circus starring Ida St Leon comes to the Colonial tomorrow evening in Frederic Thompson’s celebrated three ring production. The show blends humane whimsy with a sermon like mood and features clowns acrobats dogs horses and a vivid Hippodrome inspired stage.
The World's Purity Federation launched its international campaign in Toronto to fight the White Slave traffic. Led by Rev. T Albert Moore and a group of prominent activists, the tour will visit Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, St. John, Halifax, and Sydney in Canada, then Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and several U.S. cities before concluding in May in Louisville, Kentucky.
Georgia figures show the assessed valuation of property returned for taxation by Negroes in 1911 at 34,022,379 dollars, up from 32,234,037 in 1910, with a 1,788,342 dollar year gain. The data, compiled by Captain Tip Harrison for the comptroller general, notes 119,874 Negroes paid poll taxes and 4,685 defaulted, among other property holdings details.
The class of 1914 at Athens plans a peaceful banquet tonight at the Angel Hotel avoiding past campus clashes. A prior pledge with freshmen and faculty to replace early-year mêlées with orderly pushball led to a modest gate-receipts-supported feast.
Mr. Claire D. Heidler of Athens Steam Laundry attends the tri state convention of the Laundrymen association in Charlotte North Carolina. Georgia is represented along with the Carolinas. The report notes the number of professionals and taxable property among Negro residents as part of the convention’s broader coverage.
Longtime Clarke and Oconee resident Rev J V M Morris departs Athens today for Greene County to serve on a large plantation for the year. Mrs Morris left yesterday and the couple expect to return to Athens early next year. Morris is the North Georgia conference's oldest continuous Methodist minister with one possible exception and is highly regarded across denominations.
Ray Stibbens and Slater Edward Stibbens face trial in Bloomfield Indiana for the murder of their Knox county farmer father George W Stibbens found dead with a bullet wound in his barn yard on November 17 1911. Trial set before Judge Charles E Henderson with James M Hudson prosecuting and Eph Inman defense. Sister Nell Stibbens supports the defendants amid unfriendly family claims.
The Banner advertises Hot Springs Liver Buttons claiming quick relief for constipation liver issues and upset stomachs. The 25 cent box is sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons in Athens Georgia with mail orders from Hot Springs Arkansas.
Rev. Georg W. Heer pastor of St Marys Church in Dubuque receives the title prothonotary apostolic from Pope Pius the tenth, a notable papal honor announced in the Banner report.
In Montpelier and Burlington Roosevelt and Taft supporters mobilize for Vermont events. Taft is favored for the state convention and delegates-at-large while Roosevelt efforts intensify in the Second district. The First district and the state convention are seen as Taft domains.
Ten or more men in New England, all over 90 and some over 100, boast Revolutionary War lineage. The ad extols Vinol cod liver and iron, claiming immediate appetite lift and blood enrichment for the aged, with Mrs. A. M. Bassford of Harrisonburg endorsing its life-prolonging effects after three years and 32 bottles. Palmer & Sons, Ath ens, Ga., druggists, offer Vinol guarantees.
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