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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1917
Page
3
A British soldier who had served in France resisted arrest as an absentee for five hours atop a Kingston house. Police needed the fire brigade to soak him with a water barrage before arrest.
Advertisement urges readers to train for civil service exams in Atlanta for government office jobs. It promises salaries up to 1200 dollars yearly and notes strong demand for stenographers and typewriters in Washington and other cities. A special summer course offer lowers tuition to secure 100 students for September positions.
A patriotic appeal from the Navy Recruiting Station Athens urges enlistment across Georgia and Florida. It outlines vacancies in several ratings including radio electrical and others, details benefits, and argues for defense ahead of potential invasion. The appeal stresses duty, urgent war needs, and guidance from the Joint Army and Navy Board.
Parents urged to apply now for five week course at the University Summer School Demonstration School. Lessons include reading, numbers, handwork, games and activities for grades one to three with Miss May Zeigler and Miss Louise Dorough as teachers. Fifty cent materials fee per pupil. For more information contact Miss Laura M. Smith, Telephone 400. ADVERTISE YOUR WANTS.
Mr. Millard Whitten of Roanoke Alabama is reported drowned at that place. R A Whitten local agent for American National Insurance Company in Athens received the telegram yesterday and friends extend sympathy.
Weather forecast for Athens and vicinity predicts possible thunderstorms Saturday. Scattered showers dot the cotton belt from Mississippi to Georgia and Florida with cloudy conditions east of the Rockies. A moderate disturbance on the Rocky Mountain slope brings local thundershowers, temperatures near normal and little overall change.
Emmy Wehlen stars in The Duchess of Doubt a five part Metro wonder play directed by George D Baker shown at the Strand with scenes shot in Palm Beach St Augustine and Jacksonville Society extras perform in the ballroom scenes Polly Moran performs in Cactus Neil a Mack Sennett Keystone comedy at the Strand involving a sheriff lover and an Indian camp followed by rousing melodrama and stagecoach adventure.
Reading shows daily figures for New Orleans cotton futures with months January through December, prices for the Liverpool exchange including fixed price series, and Chicago quotations for wheat corn oats pork lard and ribs with opening, high, low and close values. The data lists numerous month contracts and current trade levels across these markets.
News of the Markets reports New York opening with a dip of 2 to 10 points, then a late rally as Liverpool sells less and rains in the southwest fail to meet expectations. October climbs to 24.72 and December to 24.88, with overall gains of 64 to 67 points amid thin offerings and steady midday action. Local stocks show a fourth week of over twenty thousand bales in minus, signaling faster movement out of cotton.
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