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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1922
Page
7
Mixed weather forecast highlights cloudy conditions across North Carolina and adjacent states. Expect cool nights with gently rising temperatures and chances of scattered showers. A brief stretch of fair to partly cloudy skies is possible later, with cooler readings especially in the evenings.
New York markets opened with mixed action in stocks and bonds. Liberty bonds and foreign exchange quotes showed uneven moves while early trading highlighted Studebaker’s half-point rise on hopes of higher earnings and potential dividend increases.
Chicago markets show initial wheat firmness with a setback to below yesterday's finish as corn and oats weaken. No. 2 red wheat prices around 109 to 110 1/2, corn 63 3/4, oats 33 1/2 to 36 1/4, rye 79 3/4 to 80, barley 55 to 62, with cash bids and futures reflecting mixed movement and a mid-session firming trend in some fronts.
There was no change in the local cotton market Thursday with good middling quoted at 23 cents per pound, unchanged from Wednesday. The New York market saw an opening advance on strong cables and later mixed reports, while New Orleans and Liverpool noted heat and dry weather impacting yields and prices.
Other markets show slight gains in potato demand and movement, with a firm undertone but overall weakness. New York poultry prices for live and dressed stock are steady to mixed, sugar holds near recent levels, while naval stores in Savannah report steady turpentine and firm rosin. City service quotations from Atlanta list various preferred and common shares with mixed percentages and cash scrip values.
Rollin Sage recounts a chase that led to the seizure of 61 gallons of whisky on Nowhere road last Thursday. He claims Federal authorities played no role and county officials conducted the operation entirely from start to finish. The note ends with a correction honoring Messrs Saye and a stray satirical aside about diamonds and London offices.
For sale is 29 1 2 acres of land within one mile of Bogart Georgia. Includes a four room house, three mules and farming tools with good pasture. Apply at J C Coopers Farmers Bank of Bogart Georgia.
Grady Ausley of Madison County reports to Deputy Clerk Walter Cornett to begin a three months jail term for legal whisky manufacture after pleading guilty in federal court. Judge Sibley imposed the sentence to start August 1, Ausley says bad weather delays work and he will use jail time to listen to rain on Clarke County jail windows. He served with the 82nd Division overseas after volunteering when war began and was a sniper who says many comrades were killed in action. He describes several patrols including a stint in no mans land lasting days.
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