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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1913

Page

3

Hartwell Men Face Murder Trial In Hart Superior Court

Edis Nixon and his brother P H Nixon, indicted for the shooting death of John F. Heaton in Reed Creek last summer, surrender after preliminary hearing. The defendants plead self defense and are to be tried at the next Hart superior court term with local attorneys in defense and A A McCurry aiding the solicitor general.

Hartwell Edis J. Nixon Hart County Hart Superior Court John F. Heaton Sid Johnson Nixon Leaton Reed Creek P. H. Nixon Peru Ind Ellis Nixon Heaton Nixon Boys J. H Parke Skelton Skelton Ad Skelton A. G Julian B. McCurry A. A. McCurry T. J. Brown

Long Arm For The Peanut Vendor

A portable 8 ft pole with a wire spike holds six peanut bags and reaches customers up to 11 feet away. A nickel slips into a funnel slot, drops into a coin box, and rings a bell as the vendor serves.

Popular Mechanics

Emperor of Sorrows reaches eighty three years old

Special to the Benner reports Vienna in August as Francis Joseph Emperor of Austria and Hungary turns eighty three. He is in good health but aged frailty appears, summers at Ischt with occasional rifle and hunting trips while his reign spans sixty five years marked by wars and royal tragedies.

Benner Vienna Francis Joseph Austria Hungary Ischt Balkans Ferdinand I Francis Kossuth Charles Albert of Sardinia Italy France Sardinia Lombardy Elizabeth Genevt Maximilian Mexico Carlotta Belgium Rudolph Meyerling Marie Vetsera Prague Stephanie Lon Yay Hapsburgs Francis Ferdinand Chotek

Week Ahead in News and International Events

The Mexican situation and tariff and currency debates in Congress will dominate the week. Brig. Gen. Edgar Z. Steever and Brig. Gen. Marion P. Maus retire from the army. Lord Haldane sails to deliver an American Bar Assoc address. Major conventions include mining engineers in Butte, life insurance in St. Paul, and the National Negro Business League in Philadelphia. World events feature Emperor Francis Joseph’s birthday, The Hague Peace Congress, fisheries and athletic meetings in Europe, and upcoming Newport tennis, Rockingham races, Cheyenne carnival, and the Canadian National Exposition in Toronto.

Edgar Z. Steever Rio Grande Marion P. Maus American Institute of Mining Engineers Butte American Life Insurance Companies St. Paul National Negro Business League Philadelphia Francis Joseph The Hague Ostend Berlin Newport Rockingham N. H Cheyenne Wyo Toronto

How the Trouble Starts Constipation Ad

Promote Chamberlain's Tablets as the cure for constipation and related ailments. Claims regular bowels prevent diseases. Sells through all dealers.

Cotton Crop Summary Shows Varied States Progress

Weather favored the two Carolinas and Georgia with good field growth and development. Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and Louisiana show some deterioration from moisture shortages and boll weevil damage, while Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas report heavy losses and declining plant vitality. North Carolina and Georgia remain promising with beneficial rains. South Carolina and Mississippi seek rain to sustain yields.

Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Louisiana Texas Oklahoma Arkansas North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Tennessee River

Cotton crop conditions worsen across multiple states

Reports show rapid opening of bolls and overall deterioration in several states. Tennessee notes maturity but needs rain. Arkansas is mixed with some excellent and some poor yields. Louisiana suffers from excess rain in the south, while Oklahoma and Texas report high temperatures and alarming damage. Sandy soils shed. pests like weevils and leaf worms appear. overall late-season gains depend on heavy soaking rains to salvage top crops.

Tennessee Arkansas Louisiana Met Rouge Oklahoma Texas West Central South

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L. C. Smith & Bros Atlemen L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Company N. Pryor St Atlanta, Ga SRST Augusta Fisaco Athens Savings Bank M. Stern G. A. Mel Washington, D. C Congress Lord Haldane England New York Montreal American Bar Association J. B. Turner Carolinas Western Union Peerer Theo. WN. Vail Cong Seu Kekepbyone Meskinn Unies Telranaphrotpce Western Union Telegraph Company Linton Linton Spring Water CO Athens, Ga Georgia National Bank John J. Wilkins Thos. P. Vincent P. Brooks Chandler Eston Eppes Orr’s School S. P. Orr State Normal School Athens United States Commissioner of Education United States Jerem. Pound H. R. Palmer & Sons Prince Ave Pharmacy
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