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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1923
Page
5
Classified ad notes new hotel management at Marion Hotel with furnished rooms for day week or month at reduced rates. Steam heat hot and cold water in all rooms free baths corner Washington and Jackson streets. Also promotes Sidman cigars and Havanas from Henson Bros as distributors.
The body of Paul Smith, shot and killed by Harvey Seakraves at the S A L station Sunday night, was shipped Tuesday to Raleigh North Carolina for interment. Relatives from North Carolina and friends accompanied the body from Athens. Bernste in Brothers were undertakers in charge. Youthful fashion notes describe gowns with large bows and shoulder accents, a butterfly satin bow as trimming.
Northbound and southbound Seaboard lines show times to Atlanta Monroe Birmingham Norfolk Abbeville and more. Georgia Railroad timetable lists departures from Union Point Augusta and Atlanta with arrivals and intermediate stops. Central of Georgia offers Macon departures at 7:80 a m and 4:45 p m with return 12:10 p m and 9:30 p m.
Daily Gainesville schedules outline the Gainesville Midland Railway No 2 departure at 7 45 am with No 12 at 10 45 am on non Sundays and arrival times for No 1 at 5 20 pm and No 11 at 10 10 am on non Sundays. Southern Railway connections show Nos 6 8 7 and 6 10 05 am Athens Lula and Athens Athens Lula routes with varied arrival times.
A fragmentary column argues about who pays in society, noting that men pay in lump sums while women pay by the hour or minute. It contends women lack money but must perform indispensable vices, and that morality is a device for taking from others. The piece ends with a bemused view of bookkeeping and intangible assets in relationships.
M Link, a Broad Street merchant, enters involuntary bankruptcy Tuesday morning. No asset estimate was given. Max Michael filed the petition, with Earnest Michael of Michael Brothers as clerk of the sale department Velver.
London dispatch citing the Dublin correspondent of the Evening Standard says four rebels arrested in the Tralee district were executed by the Free State on Tuesday. Identified: Matthew Moroney, Thomas Devane, Cornelius Casey, and Dermott O Connor.
BEAUMONT Texas authorities report additional arrests in the death of Hiram Knox a wealthy lumberman found shot in his bed November 26. Mrs Lillian Knox widow already in custody is to be charged with murder. Preliminary hearing for Mrs Knox is scheduled at Hemphill as investigations continue and more arrests are expected Tuesday.
Local cotton markets showed little change after the holidays. Middling prices hovered around 26 1 2 cents per pound, with Friday’s decline from 26 5 8 cents. New York outlook remained cautious as January demand wavered amid general market reactions and December optimism cooled. Spot cotton in New Orleans and Liverpool mirrored modest gains and shifts, with middling values around 27 cents and seed prices near 10.60 to 11.20 per unit.
Liberty bonds and government certificates appear amid a list of security quotes. Key entries include Liberty & 1 258 at 100.04, Second 4s at 98.44 to 1-48 at 09.00, Second 4 Leds with 1-48 at 98.96, and Fourth Uncalled Victory issues under 5S. Government certificates remain referenced as tb. 48.
At the first county commissioners meeting of the year J. H. Griffeth was named chairman to succeed Hugh W. White who had served the past year. The board uses a rotary system and Hodgson, the third member, had served in 1921.
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