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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1923
Page
5
A commercial treaty between Canada and Italy was signed at the foreign office on Thursday. W. S. Fielding, one Canadian signer, said he had approached the Spanish and Italian governments with a view to similar agreements.
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight with Saturday rain in South Carolina and Georgia. Florida sees partly cloudy and warm weather with a higher chance of rain in the extreme north. Lost and Found notices list dozens of articles daily in Athens, best located via Banter Herald want ads.
Franklin county reports deaths from Lavonia and Lavonia area including Mrs Ralph Shirley Mr B A Looney and Dewey Hamby with Burrell Lowe noted as over 100 years old. Wilkes County lists Christmas marriages and 2368 bales cotton ginned to December 18 while road projects begin. Local deaths in Gwinnett and nearby counties and other oddities fill the town news.
The snippet lists northbound and southbound times for Seaboard Air Line Ry and Georgia Railroad trains, detailing arrivals and departures between Atlanta Monroe Norfolk New York Wilmington Augusta and other hubs. It includes Central of Georgia Ry Bolton and Gainesville Midland timings with station notes and contact mention for Bruce C A.
Local cotton remains steady this week with middling at 26 3-4 cents per pound on Friday. New York trading opened with light offerings amid European political news, while heavy buying sustained gains for March futures before fluctuations. London Liverpool and New Orleans activity varied as traders credited bullish southern spot advice and robust mill takings, with weekly U.S. and global trade figures noted.
We thank our friends for their sympathy and kind acts shown during the illness and death of our mother Mrs R E Bailey. Sincere thanks from R E Bailey Mrs M N Daniel Mrs T G Chandler Mrs M R Huff Miss Sallie Baer.
Announcement reports a mutual dissolution of a partnership affecting the tune The Pines with Miss Price as a participant, effective December 22, 1922. Advertisement notes Lovi Wilton will have the sole other female role in Bella Donna aside from Pola Negri.
Milton Sills stars in the big Palace special production Skin Deep a stirring melodrama by Thomas H Ince presented Saturday. The film blends tension with restrained sentiment and is suitable for families with no murders or sensational scenes, earning praise for its portrayal of a returned soldier and postwar readjustment amid Legion endorsements and wide viewership in major cities.
Private advices from Atlanta report promoters of wildcat stocks in mining oil radio chain stores and movies pushing schemes to gull the public with promises of fabulous returns. Bankers urge depositors to avoid such investments as promotions target salaried people and victory notes and war stamps are used to lure cash. A warning echoes that a sucker is born every minute and multiplied by a thousand.
Tax collector Walter Mallory returned 1922 tax totals on December 20 totaling 268,809.11 including state and county levies. County share 159,518.84 and state 99,674.27 plus polls professional and corporate taxes adding 6,881.00 1,845.60 and 18,000.00 respectively bringing state to 108,300.27 and county to 172,318.84. Items include autos 82,650.00 and dogs 4,315 and 886.00.
Finch and Roberts establish a partnership in Atlanta with John R. Roberts of Donal tonville Georgia joining G G Finch. Roberts, a University of Georgia law student and recent December bar exam winner, becomes the youngest member of Georgia’s bar. The firm will operate under the name Finch and Roberts.
A schooner named Avon Dale reported in distress Tuesday night off St Andrews Florida bound from St Andrews to Newport News with a cargo of cross ties. The vessel is in bad condition with danger of being wrecked. A tugboat and guard cutter were standing by and expected to arrive in May to render assistance. Efforts will be made to save the schooner.
Chief of Police H. W. Beusse warns automobile owners that 1923 tags are available from the secretary of state and urges prompt action before March 1. All cars must be registered at city hall once tags arrive. last year’s registrants need not recheck before arrival, but delinquency fines are expected to rise from 1922.
In Herrin Illinois on a Friday hearing defense witnesses testified for the first trial aimed at justifiable homicide claim. They said initial mine area gunfire on June 21 came from a machine gun inside the mine. Three union miners were killed and guards at the mine were accused of assaulting workers passing the site.
Rome reports the Paris conference failure was not surprising. Mussolini refused to join negotiations preferring lines favored by France or Britain. Giornal D Italia proposes Italy France Belgium meeting opposed to the British plan after Bonar Law announced gold deposits for loans sent to America.
International Bible scholar Dr G Campbell Morgan, former Westminster Abbey pastor, will give seven lectures at the University of Georgia summer school announced by director Dr Joseph E Stewart. The large event is expected to attract about 2,000 students across campus.
A masked gang robbed the Sioux County Bank in Maurice near Sioux City early Friday. A posse surprised the robbers as they worked. one bandit and three officers were wounded. The bandits escaped with no loot recovered. A replica of Clermont Robert Fulton’s first steamboat was built for a show titled Little Old New.
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