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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1922
Page
7
Cloudy tonight with unsettled conditions across South Carolina Florida Mississippi and Kentucky. Reports indicate possible thunder showers tonight in some areas and no significant temperature changes expected tomorrow.
Fragmentary ad seeks members for a Banner Herald Free Travel Accident and Pedestrian Accident Insurance Club. Mentions premium payment and registered deed details, but text is incomplete and unclear.
Market brief summarizes New York stocks and foreign exchange quotes from Associated Press. It lists Liberty bonds price ranges, copper and silver values, and various foreign currency demands including Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany and others with multiple bid and cable figures. It notes an Allied Premieres meeting in London adjournment affecting prices, then lists further stock ticker highlights for major corporations and sectors with scattered prices and percent changes.
Wheat averaged lower amid bearish signals from Liverpool and a failed London conference. Corn and oats showed firmness from short covering, with oats rallying after an initial drop. Provisions held steady with hogs, while equities weakened overall as uncertainty around negotiations and economic issues restrained buying. Stock activity featured mixed responses with notable gains in Pierce Arrow and several industrials, and money rates eased to 3 percent as overall turnover neared 575000 shares.
Livestock price range shows steady bulk cows 2.75 to 3.05, hogs 28.96 to 41.0 per 100, veal calves 10 to 11, weights 175 to 196 pounds at 10.25 to 10.35, 200 to 225 pound butchers 9.90 to 10.00, 230 to 260 pound butchers 9.60 to 9.65, 270 to 300 pound butchers 9.00 to 9.20. Packing sows 7.75 to 8.26, light and heavy weights vary 8.35 to 10.34. Sheep receipts 11,000 with native lambs top at 12.00 to 12.25. Market activity largely steady, buyers deterred by limited Western and Washington buyers.
Quotations furnished by Atlanta offices cover Cities Service debentures and preferred issues, Empire fuels, and related stock scrip. Chicago poultry and dairy prices show lower live fowls and higher creamery butter. Savannah naval stores report firm turpentine and steady stock quotings. New York sugar and dairy markets remain firm with varied butter and egg prices. New York poultry prices outline live and dressed rates for broilers roosters fowls and turkeys.
Riga faces Washington conference limits. France offers Latvia the destroyer Haseard am, over 200 feet long and capable of 30 knots. Latvia balks at operating costs, possibly declining the gift after evaluating the financial burden and safety obligations in the new naval era.
The market showed fluctuating activity with Dec and Jan futures around 20.3 to 20.7 cents, buoyed by early rallies and later hits from rains in Texas. Spot cotton in New York and New Orleans remained around 20.34 to 20.50 cents, while Liverpool quotes eased, and cotton seed oil stayed firm as futures quieted.
Police announce a plan to curb traffic violations with daily enforcement. Officers will warn offenders before issuing tickets and will focus on blocking and stopping persistent violators as part of a broader traffic ordinances crackdown.
A Buick touring car owned by Mrs. R. W. Lamkin from a rear garage on Jefferson road was targeted by two bold thieves early Sunday around 1 30 am. A nearby resident glimpsed suspects in the garage and alerted Lamkin, who fired a shot as the robbers fled toward a Ford with a lantern tied to a treadlight. Witnesses describe the pair as white, well dressed, one wearing a blue shirt and cap.
Fage Sanitary violation charges arise from overdue sewer connections in Athens rocky districts. Most offenders are from Athens where solid rock delays installation and raises costs beyond property owners’ means. An appeal for more time was denied and cases proceed in police court sessions scheduled Wednesday morning and afternoon.
A Virginia Avenue resident, J. M. Brock, recovers a missing umbrella after two weeks of police pursuit for Matt Deadwyler, a suspect in a Hoyt Street clothes theft. The umbrella was passed to a woman before Brock’s find, and the owner’s name was later linked to the recovered item.
A vehicle driven by Paul Conolly of Woodlawn Avenue reportedly struck another car from the rear on a Sunday morning. The impact damaged Conolly’s car including a rear wheel and gas tank. The other vehicle, driven by Mr Howell, sustained minor damages.
An old newspaper fragment promotes a cure claiming to kill microbes for malaria dengue bilious fever and related ailments. The ad is a generic want ad style banner urging readers to purchase the treatment. It mentions sacrement as a keyword and touts the product as a germ killer.
Washington report notes the Senate opened its last week with the tariff bill under consideration. An agreement for a final vote next Saturday was reported, as hundreds of amendments remained to be resolved and extended sessions were possible through the week.
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