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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1908
Page
1
An important Knights of Pythias gathering is planned at the castle hall tomorrow night. Every knight is urged to attend as matters for the big convention on the 19th will be discussed and arranged. Committees will report and new entertainment features for visiting delegates may be added. The event is of wide interest to Athens residents.
Rita Arnold thirteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur EB Arnold died yesterday at midnight at her parents home in Atlanta after brief illness. Her parents in this city mourn with many friends and Mr and Mrs John L Arnold left yesterday to attend the funeral in Atlanta today. Advertises Choice Cut Flowers for receptions weddings and funerals from Athens Floral Co. Meeting tonight urges active attendance from all members despite possible sacrifice.
Tomorrow at seven o clock the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts directs an educational train leaving Athens for a thirty five day tour through Georgia. It will stop at 150 places reaching about 300000 people. Farmers receive agricultural pamphlets and a Georgia 800-08 Club booklet welcoming them to the university. One baggage car will display exhibits and two passenger coaches will host lectures by eminent agricultural specialists.
A new fire insurance company with two hundred thousand dollars capital is planned in Athens to be named The Columbia Fire Insurance Company of Athens. George T. Hodgson will manage stock subscriptions as they come in, with a charter to be applied for and full organization expected in months. President Soule and aides plan addresses at each stop, signaling high statewide interest in the venture.
Cotton receipts this season approach 100000 bales with next week’s report likely to exceed that figure. Current on hand hovers around 20000 bales as a comparative statement shows stock, receipts by wagon and railroad, and shipments for 1907-8 versus 1906-7.
Cornelius Wise, thirteen, a Negro boy, was arrested in Lexington for opening a rural mailbox in Fulton County months ago. He had also aided in a recent break into Pat man’s meat market, for which he was fined fifty dollars. He was sent to the reformatory in Washington, D. C., by Judge Newman, with U. S. Deputy Marshal T. P. Trammell accompanying him to the capital.
Pension report for 1908 lists 256 recipients in Augusta. Indigents 152, disabled 52, widow 21, indigent widows 58. Died 1907 count 15, moved to other counties 11, moved from other counties to this 6. Local sales, shipments, stock on hand 15,865.
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