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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1915
Page
5
Ruling prices and market activity from New York and New Orleans cotton trades shown for futures, spot, and nearby months. Includes Liverpool and Chicago quotations for cotton, grains, and meats, with notes on opens, closes, highs and lows.
The Census Bureau reports preliminary figures by county for cotton ginned in Georgia for crops of 1915 and 1914. Sam L. Rogers, director, announces the release from Washington. Also includes an advertisement for Chamberlain's Tablets with a testimonial from Mrs. R. G. Neff.
Mr. M. H. Merry of Crawford and Merry wholesale provision dealers had an arm broken yesterday morning on Broad street while cranking his automobile. The exhaust noise startled him, causing a broken bone in the right wrist and a painful but not serious leg injury.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praising its reputation from long-time users. It claims the medicine loosens a cold aids nature and contains no narcotics, with a price of a quarter and available from all dealers.
Forecasts indicate fair and unusually cool weather nationwide with some Lake Region cloudiness snow flurries in the west and rain along the Pacific coast. Low pressure near the north Pacific and a disturbance over Iowa area. frosts reach Tampa and Winnipeg reports 14 above zero. Shippers forecast protects shipments with temps amid 30s in the north and northeast and 30 to 32 degrees in the western cotton belt.
When your liver slows and your stomach acts queer take Dr King’s New Life Pills to purify blood relieve constipation and biliousness. They ease dizziness and indigestion and improve complexion. 25 cents at druggists.
In the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia Eastern Division Athens Pottery Co. and F B Hinton and C S Williams bankrupt No 640 creditors of Athens Clarke County Georgia advised of the first meeting of creditors December 14 1915 at 11 o clock in the forenoon at referee office Athens Ga to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact other business Dated Athens Ga December 3 1915 FRANK L UPSON Referee in Bankruptcy
Willoughby Jefferson, alias Will Jefferson known as Geechee, escaped from the county stockade by cutting a plank with a pocket knife. He has now been captured at Abbeville South Carolina and returned to Athens. He served a term for burglary tied to a break in on Hancock avenue.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a fast safe remedy for acid stomach gas and indigestion. It claims relief within five minutes and promotes a fifty cent case from any drug store with sudden taste transformation and no future distress.
A report claimed a long-imprisoned Athens Black man George Earle was slain in a gamblers row near the South Carolina Georgia line. Sources say his head was severed and the body cast into the Savannah river. The report was unverified by official channels.
Six federal prisoners released from the county jail after serving 30 day terms for moonshining or aiding illicit distilleries. Four white men from northern counties and two colored men were confined on the fourth story top of the county courthouse building.
At a Clarke County Medical Society meeting in city hall the group elected officers for the upcoming term. President Dr J A Hunnicutt Jr, Vice President Dr J C Holliday, Secretary and Treasurer Dr W H Vabaniss, Censor Dr J C McKinney, Delegate Dr C N Sisk, Alternate Delegate Dr S B Smith.
Three county moonshine cases were heard yesterday before US Commissioner W G Cornett. Jack Craft of Hart and Creight Whitney of Walton were bound over in 200 bonds each, and Lillius Thurmond of Barrow was bound over in 400 for alleged moon shining.
An advertisement urges relief after large meals using Foley Cathartic Tablets from H.R. Palmer & Sons. The copy claims to ease belching and bloating by clearing undigested waste and toning the liver and bowels.
Pete George of Montreal manager of the Nashville Amusement Company Athletic Show was thrown from a Wild West horse in Crawford Georgia on Thursday. He suffered a painful break above the ankle and is under care of Dr. W R King. Sympathy pours in as efforts to ease his pain continue.
Last night at the Prince avenue Kappa Sigma chapter house the 1915 16 Freshman Club began with an initiation rite. The large new member class was active amid noisy undercurrents of shingles and boards. The annual dance will be held soon after Christmas holidays.
Arthur Jones of Allen Kas says Foley Kidney Pills let him work in the hay field despite long standing bladder and kidney trouble. The ad claims the pills help weak or diseased kidneys for men and women past middle age, from H R Palmer & Sons.
An old ad warns that a cold will linger through winter and urges quick steps at first signs like sneezing and chills. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar to relieve coughs colds and croup and improve breathing. H.R. Palmer & Sons.
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