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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
4
Local classified items note that ads carry a technical Banner address, not advertiser personal addresses. Listings include insurance pitches, farm or city land loans, rubber stamps in Athens, office supplies, rentals and sales in Athens, and Pearl White Shortening with fixed price. Local businesses Thomas Bros Furniture and shop items noted.
Ads offer Athens Savings Bank 4 percent on deposits with compounding dates January and July. Rentals include a cottage on Cobb Street and rooms at D G Bickers. Real estate lists four room houses near Normal School and a close in farm with stock and wagons. Pianos advertised from $97.20 to $314 with factory representative in town to close sale Saturday.
The body of Mrs Hattie Winn mother of Mrs Frank J Bell of this city was removed yesterday to Macon Georgia for interment today Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 1 20 at the home of Mrs Bell with Rev Belk and Rev Jennings officiating
The body of Mrs Martha Couch aged about eighty one was brought to Athens from South Carolina for funeral services at Princeton. Rev A J Sears will conduct the 2 pm service at the home of her son J H Couch in the Cord Mill area. She leaves five sons and two daughters and was a long time member of the Methodist church. Flowers may be sent in care of Bernstein Brothers.
A fragmentary patriotic piece urges support for Mr. Wilson and the nation’s cause, referencing rainbows and liberty goddess imagery. It suggests following a hopeful path across the continent and alludes to financial exhortations and plane ownership.
Winterville Georgia reports the death of M A Smith aged seventy two at his home after months of illness. He was a prominent planter and community leader with eleven surviving children. The funeral was held at his residence and he was buried in Hollycar Cemetery.
Monroe Ga January 24 Judge Thomas Giles longtime Walton county ordinary from 1872 to 1889 and earlier clerk in the ordinary's office died at his nephew A C Kelly's home. A Walton native he was 77 and donated land and cash to local education. His funeral will be at First Baptist church tomorrow at 11.
Judge Brand surrendered his courthouse offices to Judge A J Cobb the new superior court judge and has returned to Southern Mutual with offices on the fourth floor awaiting his move to Washington as representative for the Eighth district. He previously had offices in the old Southern Mutual building when he first came to Athens over a decade ago.
Clerk Elmer J. Crawford of the superior court, laid up at home for a day or two, was reported better last night and expects to be at his courthouse office today.
Mrs Gertrude McCune 36 died at her Broad Street home after months of illness. She leaves husband D J McCune Athens police, daughter Gracie son John M, two sisters Annie Emerick C C Seagraves and brothers J H Richards T S Richards. Funeral at Oconee Street Methodist Princeton today 1 30 pm with burial in Princeton cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
News reached Athens of the death of Miss Lula Lockhart in a private sanitarium in Atlanta after a two week illness. She was about 35, survived by her mother Mrs. M J Lockhart, a sister Miss Clara Lockhart, and two brothers Claude and Clarence Lockhart. Body to Athens at 10 40 this morning. funeral at 2 from 818 College avenue officiated by Dr B L Hill. interment in Oconee cemetery. Pallbearers named J L Pendley A A Johnson Anderson Payne Marvin McWhirter Robert S Bowden Frank H Bowden to meet at Bernstein Brothers at 1.
Real estate ad from SS G. Anderson & Co. offers 6 rooms and 2400 price bungalow on Bloomfield, another bungalow on Hall, various lots on Bloomfield Springdale Hall and Talmadge streets with prices from 100 to 250. Terms include sewer water and lights. Also an ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills as a laxative cure for winter constipation.
W W Edwards of Athens Ga testifies to rapid cure of indigestion after using Jackson's Cordial. He claims it aids digestion and sleep, and has sold hundreds of bottles with no complaints. He urges others to try it and notes widespread availability locally.
Will Franklin reports a shadowy follower night streets but officers find the pursuer to be his wife in overalls and cap. She confesses suspicion of infidelity and the couple are left to face their own consequences. An advertisement touts piano payment plans and Dr King’s New Discovery promotes cough relief.
The Industrial Index notes several large projects in the region including a $1,800,000 Sarasota hotel, a $200,000 Birmingham theater, additions to Albany Alabama and Meridian Mississippi hotels, and a hotel at Zolfo Florida. A 13,000 acre pine timber tract in Chilton County, Alabama will host sawmills and a railroad. Twenty-one new corporations form with at least $447,810 in minimum capital.
Washington January 24 exports for 1916 reached 5 481 000 000 surpassing 1915 by 1 926 000 000 and 1913 by 2 997 000 000 Imports in 1916 totaled 369 million dollars a record balance 689 million dollars and December exports at 521 million setting a new monthly high with a 205 million trade deficit in December 1916</analysis>
Civil Service Commission conducts an exam for stenographers and typewriters for men in Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi South and Tennessee to fill vacancies. Salary ranges from $900 to $1000 with occasional $1200. Applicants urged as male eligibles are in short supply. forms available from the Secretary Civil Service Board at any city post office or from the Secretary Fifth Civil Service District Atlanta Ga.
An examination for Railway Mail Clerk will be held February 10 1917 to fill vacancies in the railway mail service. Entrance salary requires age 18 to 45 height 5 feet 6 inches or more weight 130 pounds or over. Full details including sample questions and application form 304 can be obtained from the Secretary Local Civil Board at any city post office or from Secretary Fifth Civil Service District Atlanta Ga.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference claims about money received from a sale and touch on political candidates and campaigns. The text alludes to deception by an individual named Ananias and suggests ongoing political contention and acceptance of misleading statements.
Fragmentary line suggests a speaker derides a woman claiming expertise in childrearing while lacking children of her own. The setting uses dialect and informal quotes, hinting at social scrutiny and financial strain with mortgage pressures.
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