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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1912
Page
2
Multiple small ads and notices include a request to split fire insurance with J C Jester, rental offerings on Cobb Street, shoe repair promises from Martin Bros on Clayton Street, hay and oats pricing remarks, Ga Brick Co selling brick, a lost gold scarf pin at the Banner office, Weir Vulcanizing Co contact, calf buyers Suncrest, a for sale dairy cow, and a light delivery wagon offer.
The Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on deposits from $1 with compounding on January 1 and July 1. E A Luster advertises a school for day pupils at 1511-2 Clayton Building. Yonah Lodge in Nacoochee Valley invites boarders with reasonable rates. Nacoochee Institute at Santee, Ga offers board and lodging. Erswin & Co lists rental properties and ready homes. Normal School Pharmacy promotes canning powder with directions.
J W Reed state secretary of the Y M C A of Georgia and Florida visited Augusta after overseeing the Athens campaign. He praised the community effort that lifted Athens from a poor financial state to funding for the Y M C A and Y W C A buildings. He met the local Y M C A board for routine discussions.
Capt W B Denham, former general manager of the Gainesville Midland, reports from Baltimore after a road conference. President J S Williams and VP E L Bemis plan to visit Augusta this week to inspect the Georgia and Florida Railroad property as traffic rises. Watermelon and fruit shipments show steady monthly gains over last year.
The report notes favorable growth across about half the cotton area with other regions showing little advance or deterioration. West of the Mississippi prospects look strong and Texas and Oklahoma show the best seasonal condition in years with minimal rainfall needed in Texas.
A local advertisement lists Mason and porcelain line top jars, Sure Seal jars, Scaram sealing jar, extra jar tops and jelly glasses. Also large line refrigerators on installment, Frost King freezers, 20th Century water coolers, galvanized and porcelain water coolers, Haveland Gamar china and porcelain dinner ware, gold band china, open stock in a wide variety of patterns. Phone 125 for quick delivery.
Reports from H. T. Huggins & Son indicate a light growth and widespread moisture with sun shortage east of the Mississippi. Heavy rains and grass damage in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina slow cultivation while outlook improves in Arkansas and parts of the southeast as weather shifts toward sunshine and lighter showers.
The first bale arrived in New Orleans and sold at 28 cents a pound. Weighing 512 pounds and classed strict middling, it came from San Benito Texas via Houston. Drueile & Company bought it, while the show of crops reports notes favorable regional progress, rainfall shortages, and mixed conditions across states.
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