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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1913
Page
8
Shop offers a wide range of aluminum enamel and stone churns tins and wood churns butter molds paddles cake boxes ham boilers roasters steam cookers and related ware. Moving stock to new building soon prompts bargains on glass earthenware knives water coolers filters freezers fruit jars jelly tumblers and jar tops with guaranteed onyx enamelware.
Special to the Banner from Atlanta Georgia will be without a governor Saturday after Governor John M Slaton leaves with Mrs Slaton and Colonel Paxon chief of staff for a governors conference in Colorado They will depart at 7 o clock Saturday morning and return within ten days or two weeks leaving the state during that period without a acting chief executive
The day featured few sensational plays as Atlanta shut out Montgomery 8 0 while half of Southern league games were rained out. New York piled 14 7 after a 4 7 start with Ty Cobb. Northeast Georgia crowned Madison in a regional final, Athens set for afternoon. Also listings show multiple scores across Southern, National, American and Empire leagues with several rainouts. WANTED AT ONCE BETWEEN 18 AND 20 YOUNG MEN TO JOIN A NEW CONCERT BAND IN ATHENS. PREFER YOUNG MEN BETWEEN 18 AND 35 YEARS OF AGE. FOR PARTICULARS ADDRESS BAND CARE banner to Advertise your wants.
The forecast calls for showers in Atlanta and vicinity on Saturday. High pressure over the Atlantic coast has diminished while a northern low pressure area center over the lower Lakes has strengthened. Light showers are expected in the western cotton belt and along the northern border with possible showers tonight or Saturday in Atlanta.
Representative bankers from all regions assembled in Qileago Michigan to exchange views on the currency bill before Congress. The conference, under the currency commission of the American Bankers Association, aimed to determine potential effects on business and finance worldwide.
Edward Hogan of New Orleans says he came to Atlanta to marry Miss Marie Byrd but forgot her address. Police say the actor stared at women at Five Points for over an hour before Det Harper arrested him after deeming his conduct offensive. Hogan claimed he was jailed five days earlier. He offered a clerk money and displayed dollars before arrest.
The University of Georgia coaching school ends for the summer with more boys enrolled than in previous years. Several students sought extra work to improve conditions and prep for the next term. A three week pause follows, representing a near total cessation of campus activities.
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1 with deposits from $1.00. Also offers a used 3-70 saw gin stand outfit for sale and an experienced bookkeeper seeks work near Athens after September 1. The notices appear under local classifieds.
The article notes exceptionally good crop conditions across the South with expected large yields in grain and cotton. It cites higher price prospects due to a weak Western corn crop, forecasts a roughly billion dollar cotton harvest, and highlights increasing crop diversity boosting regional welfare amid tariff and currency uncertainties.
The Georgia congressional delegation unanimously deputized Charles L. Bartlett to confer with the house judiciary committee and report the charges against Federal Judge Emory Speer. Bartlett will contact Chairman Clayton this afternoon and may provide the facts early next week.
A prolonged heat and drought pattern grips the middle West while the far West enjoys comparatively cooler conditions. The week opens with persistent high temperatures and dry air, likely affecting agriculture and daily life, with little relief in sight.
Short notes cover fire insurance proposals in Lipscomb and Jester, rent listings on Milledge avenue, and partnership ads for Athens businessmen. Weather section reports prolonged heat and drought across corn and cotton regions, with sporadic rain in midwest and Atlantic coast states and overall dry western belt.
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