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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
5
In Austin on August 7 Governor Colquitt offered gavels carved from the live oak trunk used to draft Texas’s constitution for sale. Proceeds fund a monument to Joana Troutman, the Georgia girl who made the first Lone Star flag, whose grave was recently moved to a local cemetery.
New Orleans hydrographers rushed final polar region charts amid torrid heat. Notes from Peary and Amundsen are integrated as ice fields and glacier walls are depicted. Lieut. John C. Soley praised the New Orleans crew for producing high quality charts for Washington bureau.
Representatives of the Athens Chamber of Commerce will travel to Commerce this week to confer with the Commerce chamber about securing the next annual Georgia weekly Press Association convention for 1914. Attending will be C. C. Callaway secretary, M. J. Abney, A. C. Erwin, L. C. Smith, and possibly others.
Public notice-style ad urges mothers to treat children for worms with Kickapoo Worm Killer. Claims to remove worms, improve appetite, and regulate stomach and bowels. Sold by druggists or mail order for 25 cents from Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis offices.
Monroe Georgia August 7 The city of Monroe and Walton County plan an August 29 auto tour to promote the county and its towns The route includes Good Hope Bell s Mill Wright s Store Gratis Campton Bethlehem Winder Loganville Walnut Grove Jersey and Social Circle A barbecue lunch may be served along the way Cars bear the cost of gasoline and advertising materials The effort aims to showcase Walton County resources and interests and boost local development.
Newspapers across the Eighth District report upcoming events. Masons meet on the 13th, district medical association convenes at Albany on the 20th, and the Georgia Horticultural Society plans an event at Clayton the week after next with Mr. McHatton serving as secretary.
The Athens Manufacturing Co, with T. P. Vincent as president, will overhaul a building to house 10 000 spindles. Initial installation covers 5 000 spindles on hosiery yarns and will expand to full capacity. Present machinery cost about $30,000, with weekly yarn capacity ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 pounds.
General Powell Clayton former ambassador to Mexico and longtime Republican leader celebrated his eightieth birthday in Washington on August 7. A Civil War officer he later ran a plantation in Arkansas and rose to governor and U S senator while serving over forty years on Arkansas Republican National Committee and attending every party national convention.
An ad from DEVOE via Talmage Hardware Co warns that cheap linseed oil based paint may be counterfeit and ineffective. It notes paints at $1.75 and $1.50 likely counterfeit, stressing true paint forms a rubbery coating over wood to keep water out and comparing counterfeits to counterfeit money.
Atlanta, Aug. 7 The fate of judicial and penal reform measures in Georgia rests with the house rules committee today. If they receive special orders, a majority of these bills likely become law this year. A reformatory for wayward girls now seeks a $30,000 appropriation. Other measures include suspending sentences by superior court judges with probation for adults and an indeterminate sentence bill. All are considered valuable with no known opposition. The rules panel includes Burwell, Blackburn, Ragland, Slade, Hardeman, Rhodes, Nunnally, Miller, Redwine and Paulk.
City officials consider extending a water main across the river for better fire protection east of the river. The water works committee also orders hydrants near the check factory. Bond commission replacements are named and Athens Library Association seeks space on City Hall lot. Council adjourns to discuss bond sale details.
Aug. 7 Danielsville Ga The adjourned term of Madison superior court ends with Willie Sims and Lindsey Moon convicted of burning Dr O L Deadwyler barn at Carlton They received the maximum penalty allowed by law after a two day trial A motion for new trial was filed The State case against W H David charged in the same fire is postponed to the September term Wednesday for disposition.
A game between the Railroad team and Erwin's Y M C A was postponed due to a severe storm. It will be rescheduled at a later date, with captains to decide. Today the Office Men face Erwin's Y M C A.
Clarke County tax receiver J H Dorsey, also a gardener, shipped thirty seven pounds of blue stem Georgia ayer collard seed to the McMillan Seed House in Atlanta. He raised surplus on his South Lumpkin street patch and sought profit from the wholesale house. Arnold Abney advertises pure honey. G R Thomas of Ennis Texas visits Dr L N Betts family.
Old reliable Dr Porter"s Antiseptic Healing Oil advertised as a great dressing that relieves pain and heals wounds at once. Not an al seniment. Priced 25 cents for the small bottle and one dollar for the larger size.
A welfare work conference opened at Silver Bay New York under Y M C A sponsorship with the Industrial Workers of the World Rights of Property Socialism and Protection of Workers topics to be discussed by Secretary of Labor Wilson Seth Low and other prominent figures. Remarkable cure of dysentery is reported by B W Hill of Snow Hill North Carolina who credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after two months of illness and weight loss. the medicine is sold by dealers.
Pen Man Maryland August 7 The annual reunion of Odd Fellows from Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia was held here today with grand masters from all five jurisdictions in attendance A contributory women s compensation scheme was introduced in the Victorian Parliament providing joint employer and worker contributions to a state accident insurance fund to be managed by a commission able to issue policies to employers.
Mr. R. L. Callaway of Lexington has acquired the Epps-Wilking branch interests and will control most stock of the Callaway Grocery Co in this city. The firm’s style stays the same with a forthcoming re organization and officer election. Mr. Callaway is at present in Atlanta with Mrs. Callaway who is at a sanitarium for an operation. He plans to return to Athens in the fall to reside and direct the business.
Thomas E. Lockhart of Wellington Missouri died today after twenty seven years confined to bed in one position. He could only shrug his right shoulder and move two fingers on his right hand, yet wrote an autobiographical book that funded his home and nurse care. He was 43 and began his illness Christmas night 1896 after a cold ride.
Boston August 7 final practice for the forty first championship regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen on the Charles river basin. Preliminaries tomorrow and finals Saturday with top New York and New England clubs plus entrants from the Northwest Arm Rowing Club Halifax including F R Hart and R T Fitzpatrick. The Halifax City eight also competes.
International Geologists Congress opens in Toronto with delegates from many nations. Sir Charles Fitzpatrick welcomes attendees while Dr. G A Young of the Canadian Geological Survey speaks. The week long sessions cover pebble formation mineral creation and volcanoes with emphasis on coal resources of the world.
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