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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1913
Page
5
A brief note highlights a gas range installation in progress today, prompting readers to prepare for cooking with the new appliance staged nearby. The item emphasizes install status and immediate use potential for kitchens and kitchens.
Gas Gas Ranges offer a cooler, more pleasant and cleaner kitchen environment by improving airflow and reducing heat buildup. The feature highlights efficiency and comfort for households seeking a modern stove solution.
Rain affected the day with many in nine innings and two extended games. local results include Athens 6 Royston 5 and Southern Chattanooga 2 Mobile 1. National Pittsburgh 12 Philadelphia 2. American St Louis 8 Washington 8 in 15 innings. Detroit 0 Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 3 New York 2 in 13 innings.
Special to the Banner Gainesville Gadaly Deputy Collector Cooley and Revenue Officers Bush Barney Richardson and Hymen Richardson raided White county distilleries destroying several stills beer and mash Two enslaved men fled burning wind described as they escaped They traced a still by following refuse up a stream Officers were told of a pending larger operation Chattanooga trip advised for length and arms Divorce filings highlight cases by pretty women The judge urged safeguards against fraudulent marriages Grand jury urged speed law review Fair planned by Chamber of Commerce Fall fair hopes to enliven local commerce Outdoor lawn church meetings gain popularity Confederate reunion speaker Col B P Gaillard set to speak at Redwine church August first Saturday Flowery Branch meeting of Gainesville district Methodist conference about 100 attending Clermont Odd Fellows meeting and dinner Ties denning the Tigers Police aim to curb blind tigers eight convicted last week with two cleared
Atlanta July 25 reports urge Representative J O Adams Hall county to seek Congress in the ninth district next year to succeed Thomas M Bell. Adams hints he may back W A Charters Gainesville if Charters runs again and may instead run for state senate. Also, Judge J J Kimsey of Cornelia visits Atlanta amid rumors of a northeastern circuit judgeship bid, with Judge Jones likely seeking re-election.
Cordele Chronicle notes Wilder and Fillengem set world baseball marks in a doubleheader. Fillengem pitched nine innings with ten strikeouts and no hits or runs. Wilder struck out ten in six innings. Both clubs impressed with sharp fielding as Cordele beat Waycross in two games amid high praise for pitching records and batter discipline.
Gainesville Ga July 25 At Bre hau auditorium next Monday evening 830 under auspices of local chapter Daughters Confederacy Col H H Perry will introduce speakers Affirmative Dr and Mrs M C Hardin Mrs Grossman Mr Leonard Grossman Atlanta negative Col Hammond Johnson Mr Edgar Dunlap and Col W B Sloan Address Miss Ella Powell Solo Mrs Sale
Mrs Hughes Spalding hosted an afternoon tea at the Piedmont club for visiting Athens guests Mrs Edgeworth Lamkin and Miss Mattie Wilson DuBose. Attendees wore evening gowns and lace trims. guests included numerous Atlanta and Athens society figures as they enjoyed gladioli decorations and refined hospitality.
A resident at Lumpkin Street comments on the Holman building nearing completion. He says it blocks light, but notes the soft color reduces heat and a persistent breeze now sweeps the street, with weather tests like a sand storm proving the structure has mixed effects.
The Ninth District Masonic convention will meet August 6 and 7 in Gainesville with Gainesville Lodge No. 219 hosting. Over 100 delegates are expected, with a public address at Brenau college Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Bennett of Jefferson presides as hosts promise hospitality and degree work for visiting delegates.
The Georgia Senate on Friday voted 24 to 9 to reconsider and defer the Barrow County bill until next session. The move delays action, placing the measure at the bottom of the calendar and ensuring it will not be acted on in the current assembly.
Greensboro Georgia July 25. For the past two years the annual pilgrimage is tied to a press meeting that has become a local curiosity. Citizens discuss farming, weather, and market news in a playful, idiosyncratic gathering highlighting community ties.
James C. Williams of the Greensboro Herald Journal, at a Georgia Weekly Press Association meeting, has suffered large poultry losses. Last year marauders stole over ten chickens in his absence. This week rats invaded his hen house, killing several dozen frying size chickens, spurring a new anti rats campaign.
Waynesboro Ga July 25 The first open boll of cotton reported in Burke County was brought to the city today by Mr Morris Tinley who farms on the Madden place near Waynesboro The recent rains have helped the growing cotton crop but were too late to save the corn much of which has been burned due to protracted heat With cotton the outlook for business improves
A survey of labor news reports notes the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada planning a September Montreal convention, California eight hour petitions, the Electrical Stage Employees set for Chicago next year, and the death of W J Maxwell former Railway Conductors official in Cedar Rapids. The US senate backs eight hour day for DC women, Salt Lake City streetcar wage gains, UMW District 21 moves to Fort Worth after Oklahoma repeals mine run, and Puerto Rico workers push injury compensation law. Abroad, unemployment relief in Britain rises, Australia debates public works preferences as unions protest, and machinists vote referendum for international officers led by John Flhton and Wilron.
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