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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
5
Several fine farms available for rent in Jackson Greene Oglethorpe Morgan and Hancock Counties. Write us at once or call TAL and F C Shackelford Athens Ga. die.
Train timetables show Seaboard Air Line routes north and south from Atlanta to Norfolk Birmingham Abbeville and Greenwood with express connections to Thorn ton Calhoun and Augusta plus Georgia Railroad points. Central of Georgia lists station departure times for Macon trains at 7 30 am and 4 45 pm and arrivals at 12 10 pm and 9 30 pm with contact J Y Bruce for details.
Gainesville Middlesex Railway schedule lists No 2 daily for Gainesville at 7 45 a m No 12 daily except Sunday at 10 45 a m No 1 Gainesville to arrival 5 20 p m No 11 daily except Sunday from Gainesville 10 10 a m Southern Railway No 6 Athens 8 00 a m Lula 9 40 a m No 8 Athens 4 16 p m Lula 5 50 p m No 7 Lula 6 55 p m Athens 8 30 p m No 6 Lula 10 05 a m Athens 11 a m B Miller C A Athens Ga Telephone 8t
T. Larry Gantt and a party of farmers traveled through Clarke Oconee Greene Tallapoosa Jefferson Burke Richmond Columbia and McDuffie counties surveying roads crops and the boll weevil situation. He notes better progress among farmers than in some counties, ongoing preparations to use poison and cotton, and lingering desolation in agriculture after price collapses.
The writer sees vacant houses and stunted crops from boll weevil damage and heavy rains. Corn yields of only three or four bushels per acre and small haystacks mark hardship. Few motor cars on long rural stretches reflect bleak farming conditions in multiple counties.
Cambridge reports a comet discovery by a Cape Town astronomer. Inmates released after sentences arrived. Dublin cites a republican plot. Greece’s King George reportedly nearly prisoner in Athens palace. Chilean Congress discusses Tacn Area protocol. tensions rise as foreign ministers comment. Local counties face labor and crop concerns amid ongoing racial and economic strain.
An ad promoting No To Bac tablets promises rapid relief from cigarette pipe cigar and chewing tobacco cravings. It asserts desires stop soon after use and offers a money back guarantee through the druggist if cravings persist.
Holm announces a shift to strictly cash sales starting December 1, 1922, ending credit to select customers. City deliveries will continue for devoted customers and orders for groceries and country produce can be placed by calling 188. Deliveries to your door from 315 Baxter Street.
Advertisement touts 666 as the quickest cure for colds fever and la grippe promising prevention of pneumonia and speedy relief from illness.
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