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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1911
Page
4
Baseball results from New Orleans Memphis Mobile and Birmingham with scores and battery details. Umpires Rudderham Fitzsimmons Colli flower Kellum Pfeninger noted. Several games ended early due to darkness.
Messrs. H. O. Epting and A. T. Conway depart for Cincinnati to arrange manufacture of the Luster Self Computing Cloth Measuring Machine invented by Mr. Luster. Aaron Cohen joins later as stock company seeks $50,000 capital and chartered status with officers to be chosen.
The August blotter printed in Athens by Banner Printery is a standout color lithograph with multi color photogravure. Inside, social notes mention sermons by Dr. E. M. Poteat and visits from Savannah and Atlanta notables, plus travel plans and local guests. An ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a family blessing.
Carl Brownlee twenty two year old Atlanta resident drowned in Piedmont Park lake as a crowd watched. rescue attempt failed and body remained missing at midnight. Piedmont Park has become a popular swimming resort this summer with hundreds of youths attending.
Sidewalk work on Milledge avenue continues with granolithic pavements being laid on both sides of the residence street. The long neglected thoroughfare will soon show a uniform, handsome sidewalk appearance as Hill street stretches lacking paving are now treated with the same granular surface.
Lipscomb & Co advertises the Y W C A property on the northwest corner of Washington and Thomas Streets. It features fine frontage on Washington Street and a house that can rent for 60.00 dollars per month.
Reports from Atlanta and nationwide indicate rural telephone use grows rapidly in Georgia and the South. Farmers gain direct contact with neighbors merchants and cities reducing isolation and enabling timely commerce and medical aid at low cost. The change is hailed as a practical twentieth century miracle.
Catholic Church hosts Father Sullivan from Atlanta for mass at 10 30 this morning. Emmanuel Church reports Sunday school on hiatus until September with morning and evening services led by Rev H L Jewett Williams of Macon. First Presbyterian invites all for 11 o clock sermon by Rev R E McAlpine. Young Harris Memorial Methodist lists services 11 and 8 30 with communion after morning sermon and Epworth League at 7 30. East Athens Baptist to hear Rev W E Moore from Auburn at morning and evening services today.
Local classifieds note fire insurance offerings from Erwin and Company and Jester, poultry supplies at Marriott's, and sale of fire pails. Hardware ads from Hardeman Phinizy and Bondurant Co. promote paints and varnish. Several wanted and for sale lines include stock, a house near campus, a corn mill, and a runabout with harness.
A compilation of short notices including fire insurance and real estate from Lipscomb & Co. and Athens Savings Bank offering best values and 4 percent interest. Help wanted for a sober collector. rental ads for houses and apartments. educational ads for hair and barber training. sales of horses, buggies, and rabbits. pets and livestock. and Foley Kidney Pills promotion.
Atlanta Aug 5 Governor Smith refused to honor a warrant paying former Governor W J Northen as collector and compiler of colonial and Confederate records citing no official appointment record in the governors office The move follows prior payments and notes a possible clerical error and a separate $100 clerk salary with no authorization.
Tomorrow the Elite presents a clever Biograph titled Bobby the Coward. The picture is pictured and played up to a high Biograph standard with strong promotional focus on the title.
The mayor maintains an office in the city hall and holds court at 10 each morning. He generally remains from court until noon and again in the afternoon from about 3:30 to 4:30 or 5. Citizens with city business should plan to consult him during these hours.
A comic exchange shows Constable Silas accusing a chauffeur of speed, then threatening to arrest for obstructing the highway after a wink. The scene blends regional dialect with a moment of comical law and order. A second note recounts a North Dakota farmer’s bid for office, joking about uncertain election results as he speaks to both parties at a tense moment.
A list of fraternal organizations meets weekly in Clayton street buildings. Keystone Chapter R A M meets third Tuesday at 8. St Elmo Lodge K of P meets Monday at 8 34. Athena BPO E meets Wednesday at 8 30. Williame Lodge I C O F meets Monday at Fellows Hall. Oliver Encampment meets Friday at Odd Fellows Hall. Geo B Davis Camp W C W meets Wednesday at 8 30. Blenn Lodge I O C F meets Tuesday at 8. Visiting members invited.
A five year old girl imitates reading while Grandpa hears a sensational newspaper item about a girl allegedly eating a chicken alive. Feathers supposedly grow on her back in the reported story.
A dignified Senator in Washington learns golf, causing a caddy to quip with humor about hitting “the District of Columbia.” The vignette, cited by Success Magazine, reflects fashion and manners of the capital era.
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