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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
8
A collage of local ads lists vegetables and fruits for sale at Williamson's and Pears & Son, including cucumbers squash beans cabbage and potatoes. It promotes lawn mowers, garden items, fire insurance services, auction notices, runabout for sale, crackers, barber shop, and rent listings with various prices and contact details.
For Sale a fine milch cow with young calf at 590 Barber St. Call 320 after four calls. Lipscomb & Co advertise fire insurance as their specialty with office phone 109 and residence 719. A seven room house with yard and barn close in with all conveniences is also offered. Weeare Banner 3 urges keeping property insured and calls Lipscomb & Co. Fire Insurance.
In San Francisco on April 28 Francis J. Heney clashed with Lewis H. Byington over testimony in Patridge Calhoun’s trial. Judge Lawlor intervened after a heated exchange. Heney and Earl Rogers agreed to settle private differences after the trial. Re-cross examination of James L. Gallagher concluded and Daniel S. Coleman testified next.
A called communication of Mt Vern non Lodge No 22 will be held Thursday evening at 8 oclock. The Master Mason degree was conferred. All Master Masons are invited. A Georgia barbecue supper will be served. W. A. Capps W. M and J. R. Crane Secretary.
The regular meeting of Athena Rebekah Lodge No. 34 L O O F will be held this evening at 8:30 at Odd Fellows hall. The degree will be conferred and other business transacted. All members requested to attend especially the degree team. Minnie Tuck N M Maud Nichols Rec'd Sec.
Governor Hoke Smith states the stamp fee system must be limited to cover bureau expenses and salaries from bank examinations. Fulton grand jury votes to abolish the fee system, hire a state auditor for county books, and push fixed salaries. Counterfeiting trial in Atlanta involves T T Bazard facing charges tied to stale clearing house certificates.
The tenth grade team defeated the other grades 9 to 7 on campus yesterday afternoon. Tenth Grade tallied six runs in the third inning and added one in the seventh, eighth, and ninth. Batteries were Michael Vonderau Lanier for the tenth grade and Link Erwin Wilkerson for the High School. The tenth grade had eight hits and three errors while the other team had five hits and two errors. Bread keeps better in a wooden box than in tin.
An advertisement extols Quaker Oats as the best and cheapest food. It claims a four person family can have a week of strengthening breakfasts from one package, cheaper than a single greasy breakfast. It promotes tins and long freshness.
Notice to consumers announces the start today of connecting the new coagulating basin to the filter plant at the waterworks station. Work will be rushed but may cause muddy water for the next day or two during the plant enlargement. James Barrow, Supt.
Seaboard announces Atlanta and Return service at one dollar on Sundays starting May 2 1909 Tickets sold for Athens departure 7 00 a m Eastern time and return from Atlanta 4 30 p m Central time Official notices by Co D Wayne assistant general passenger agent and J Z Hoke commercial agent
Messrs Champion and Chafin, proprietors of the Athens Motor Car Co, at 245 Thomas Street, announce a new up-to-date garage and repair shop. They deal in automobiles, are new Athens residents, and promise thorough equipment and the best service to the public.
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index reports a week of bold expansion across both states. Twenty new corporations with minimum capital of 400000 seek charters, Georgia mills and brick plants rise, power and pottery projects progress, and multiple farm and school construction contracts are awarded, including a ferroconcrete mill in Philadelphia and several Georgia courthouse and school projects.
Markets report from New York notes tone barely steady with 7,000 bales sold. Middling cotton quoted around 550 to 1004 in early exchange. Chicago quotations mirror the day’s index as of April 28.
Spot cotton prices listed for major markets. Atlanta steady at 10 cents. New York quiet at 10 75 to 100 cents per pound. Liverpool steady at 5 to 1004? cents. New Orleans steady around 10 to 16 cents. Galveston firm at 10 3 to 8 cents. Savannah steady at 9 15/16 cents. Wilmington quiet at 10 cents. Norfolk quiet at 10 5/16 cents. Baltimore quiet at 10 6 to 8 cents.
A Athens citizen shares relief from kidney pain after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad urges others with backache and urinary issues to try the remedy, noting the product's fame and the Buffalo agents Foster Milburn Co. Includes price 50 cents and a spectator count for polo game previews in New York.
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