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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1909
Page
8
Robert Wilkinson, a colored man, brought a three legged chicken to the Banner office. He earlier had a four legged chicken that died. The three legged fowl is healthy and expected to live.
New York and Liverpool report steady to firm cotton prices with middling around 10 1 0 6 cents and slight gains in spot markets in Atlanta New Orleans and Savannah. Cotton seed oil shows firmer tone amid higher crude oil in the South as refiners boost buying.
The Southern Educational Conference in Atlanta ends after a program featuring Dr. E. A. Alderman and Dr. Charles St. Van Hise. Morning talks on education and women include Mrs. Mumford and Lida Shaw King. Afternoon state sessions and a Piedmont Driving Club reception follow. A separate debenture case in Atlanta concerns the Western Railway of Alabama tax disputes and the Georgia portion of the West Point railroad.
Macon Ga April 16 probable that at Tuesday night’s mayor and council meeting the committee on public property will report the location for a memorial drinking fountain honoring the late Morris Happ. The bronze bounded marble and granite fountain features a horse bowl and a lower dog bowl, four feet six inches square and six feet six inches high. Its simple block style will bear a tablet with Happ’s name and the donor. The location aims to avoid hindering street traffic and will be set after the committee reports. The fountain is expected to be in place before hot summer days.
Mr William Galt Chipley and Mr R H Cantrell of the Great Southern Accident and Fidelity Co, Atlanta, are in Athens to inspect the field for opening an agency. They praise the progressive city and say its establishment will be welcomed by forward looking citizens.
Atlanta authorities impose a limit of 1000 dollars or 12 months chain gang on a near beer violator after raids found liquor in a saloon. Judge Calhoun stressed enforcing the prohibition law as the result. The report also covers police pension plans, conservation meetings with Gifford Pinchot, and tariff adjustments including peach crate weights and an upcoming railroad rate hearing.
Miss Margaret Cox of the tenth grade College Avenue school won the five dollar prize offered by the Athens Chamber of Commerce for the essay Athens as she is today. Her piece extols Athens climate, health, water system, education, and industrial potential.
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