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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1922
Page
5
A cloudy period extends across North Carolina and South Carolina with adjacent regions including Georgia Florida Alabama and Mississippi. Tonight and Tuesday bring partly cloudy skies with local thunder chances mainly in the north portion late tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to show little change overall.
Notice invites subscribers of the Banner and Herald to join the Banner Herald Free Travel Accident and Pedestrian Accident Insurance Club. Banner Herald covers premiums for registered subscribers. Also lists unrelated misc items including a hemstitching attachment ad and Gainesville Midland Railway schedule updates with several times and routes.
New York stocks opened with a favorable tone as prices rose across many issues. Bond and note figures show Liberty bonds varied, call money remained firm, and foreign exchange quotes featured gains in several European currencies. Notable names and instruments appear in the list, including Allied Chem, Am. Car and Foundry, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, and many others among a broad market roster.
Early dealings in Chicago markets showed a sharp decline in wheat with Liverpool quotations dampening sentiment. Corn and oats weakened after opening 7-8 cents lower, while provisions fell despite high hog quotations. Wheat closed unsettled with a net decline, and cash wheat and grain prices across corn, oats, rye, barley showed mixed to lower moves. Cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts were substantial with mixed price action and some gains in well-bred beef and packer demand. Studebaker and several other stocks rallied while overall market momentum trended upward in select issues before closing weaker.
Guotations furnished by Atlanta offices Henry L. Doherty & Co. City debentures and preferred stock figures show varied yields. New York dairy and raw sugar markets move differently with butter creamery higher and raw sugar easing. Live poultry and eggs show mixed shifts across New York and Chicago trading floors. Potato markets in Chicago reflect sluggish movement and price softness across grades.
The Athens spot market shows steadier tones with cotton around 22 1/2 cents as traders note gains from Saturday. New York and New Orleans quotes slip amid soft Liverpool cables. futures edge down with government crop reports awaited and daily price swings narrowing.
Police assign detectives to hunt a suspected terror squad blamed for escalating bomb and torpedo explosions near International Railway Company lines in Buffalo New York. Explosions occur in day and night with torpedoes used as signaling devices causing varying damage.
Eyewitnesses report a blast that shattered car windows and woke sleepers within a block of the scene. The car crew were stunned as the explosion occurred. A wire from Mrs. James White to Mrs. Bradshaw announced the safe arrival of their party at Halifax, Nova Scotia, describing a very delightful trip.
Athens motorists led by Mrs. A Scudder Mrs. James White Sr Mrs. W H Bocock and Mr Alexander Scudder traveled to Halifax Nova Scotia from Athens in eight days with day stops at Richmond New York and Long Island They visited Princeton Yale and New London Conn and drove through Evangelina country Writing home they report a delightful trip and plan a splendid return by a different route.
The boys who attended a month long camp at the Y M C A near Tallulah Falls returned to Athens Monday night at 8 30 o clock. The first year at the new location yielded the greatest benefits, with reports praising the experience. Mr Forbes will stay, then return with the girls for their month long session.
A tall silk crepe frock features cross-stitch embroidery with red fabric and black thread detailing. The item notes a red silk dress adorned by a black embroidery pattern.
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