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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
6
Notes announce classified items from The Banner. Ads show Lipscomb's Specialty Insurance and The Athens Savings Bank offering 4 percent interest, loan funds available on city real property or farm lands, Williams Bros. moving services, car rentals, a boarding request, a lost gold heart locket, and a fire insurance inquiry, all in a compact Athens area context.
City taxes second installment due from July 15 to August 1 inclusive. Taxpayers paying after August 1 face a $1.50 cost on file against delinquents. Public notice issued by City Marshal G. E. O’FARRELL.
Local firm Williams and Shouse advertise radiator repair and boiler services at 151 Broad Street with a phone number 526. They claim to have installed machinery to fix leaky units and invite readers to try their service at a stated price.
A purse containing 61 dollars and personal items was found, with finder to return it to H. Spinks at Southern Express Co. City for a reward. Also an 11 pound Ford Roadster bargain listed with W. A. Fowler at 949-R. Furniture upholstery and refinishing offered by Thomas Bros. Normal Station, phone 28 1.
Special to The Banner Atlanta Georgia July 19 Governor Hugh M Dorsey on Thursday made the following reappointments and asked the confirmation of the senate Judge John A Sibley as judge of the city court of Baldwin county Judge Milton Barwick as judge and John R Phillips as solicitor of the city court of Louisville
The Georgia senate committee on agriculture led by Senator Gilmore favors a bill for itemized reporting by commission merchants detailing goods sold recipients and asking prices. A joint house senate committee plans a bill for a small appropriation to build cases in the capitol corridors on the second and third floors to preserve state records.
The board suspended Friday afternoon meetings for July and August. A session will be called next Friday afternoon if any matter requires action. President Tibbets will notify directors by telephone or by telegraph.
Mr Wm E Duncanyon an official of the Equitable Life Assurance Society spends the day in Athens accompanied by Mr Thomas L Mitchell.
In Atlanta the Georgia house approved the Torrens land title registration bill by 133 to 31 after earlier strong opposition. Other actions included local bills favoring tax changes, court term adjustments, and city charters. Senate debates centered on convict leasing and new insurance regulation measures.
A historical note explains that the practice of handshaking dates back to the reign of Henry II of England, reflecting a custom rooted in medieval diplomacy and social etiquette.
Plans to relieve Britain of rationing neutrals move forward. The United States will replace letters of assurance for American exports to neutrals with an export license system, announced from Washington.
Two million fifty thousand dollars distributed among six Chicago banks increases the estate of John Stewart, automobile accessory maker. The additional funds were revealed in probate court, unbeknownst to his two child heirs.
Mrs. John W Glenn died after a long illness at six this morning at her brother Prof H P Orr's home on Wray street. Born 1834 in Jackson county Georgia, she was eighty three. She married Prof J W Glenn in 1854. he died in 1904. Survived by brother Prof J P Orr, Miss Mary Margery Orr, one daughter Mrs W J Davenport of Atlanta, and thirteen grandchildren. Funeral from the Wray street home at noon. Interment in Oconee cemetery. Pallbearers: W C Ash Tom Comer Bob Washburn Gus Dozier Madison Nicholson Ernest Younkin.
Niagara at night impresses more than daylight with a dramatic display. The article notes the falls lit by artificial lights producing a powerful glow described as over a hundred million candle power, creating a striking visual effect.
The article states authorities identify a single premier opal locality at the Dubnyik mine near Czerwenitza Hungary. It notes opals mined there for centuries with ancient writers mentioning India as a source for opals though Precious varieties are no longer found there.
Washington reports sixteen women sent to the work house for a White House suffrage protest accepted presidential pardons and were released after two days of sixty-day terms. The women were treated as martyrs upon release and a dinner was held in their honor as plans to continue picketing form.
Judge A J Cobb will convene the Oconee County Superior Court in Watkinsville on Monday morning June 23, the fourth Monday, with civil and criminal cases on the docket and the grand jury possibly adding matters. Mr and Mrs Guy Griffeth of Aurora Illinois are visiting their parents in Athens, with Griffeth holding a trusted position at a large bond brokerage firm.
The Providence Journal notes billiards may be a growth rather than an invention while others credit a French origin. The New York Sun suggests doubt persists despite theories. Elizabethan references indicate the game existed long before it appeared in England.
A quotation from Sir Edward Clarke criticizes conferences as magnets for cranks. He asserts cranks dominate meetings across all human life areas, noting newspapers suppress crank views, which then thrive when conferences force them to be heard.
A brief quotation from the Louisville Courier Journal notes a humorous exchange about marriage and timing. The line suggests attitudes toward long term plans and social expectations in dating.
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