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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
8
A compact report notes New York Cotton closing prices with middling at 1 1/400 and open quotes for Liverpool Cotton, plus June 9 1908 market data. Chicago quotations list ruling prices for WHEAT CORN OATS and PORK, with money loan ads for George Loan Co. at Shackelford Building.
A notice reports Prof 1 R Edwards resigning from a position at a local school in Mantervalie Gat ser Thence Ho Radwardis area. The piece notes Nas Mot Mee has elected Foot Talwards and praise for improved school conditions with fair teachers. It mentions Edwards family separation and possible revocation inquiry, plus a medical tangent about Foley Kidney Care and Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup with endorsements from W R Ward of Dyersburg Tenn.
The regular monthly meeting of the Bessie Mell Industrial Home was held at the Villa Monday afternoon at 3 39 Miss Watt led in prayer. Treasurer's report showed receipts 1647 balance May 1st 0 ad 0 66 and 2400 dues. Expenditures included workers 26 26 2ee 2 and 28 00 rent for 1-2 months. Disbursements included shoes and material for workers totaling 28 00. Over drawn 2 4 6 2 8. Members listed visits and cases relieved 22. Miss Louie Lane reported Rabun Gap visits relieving twenty-one. Mrs Nolan twelve visits and one case relieved. Mrs Roc Orr appointed as chairman of the Reject Committee in East Athens. Mrs Rutherford absent. Mr Coop? elected president and Mrs S Lyndon vice president. Gratitude expressed for Miss Watt who retires, urging Athens to honor her years of service.
The twenty first Pandora volume from the University of Georgia is praised as the best yet. It honors Dean Charles Mercer Snelling for his dedication to student welfare and features senior class members, fraternities, cartoons, poetry and prose including The Office of the Open Door. It sells for two dollars per volume.
Mrs Gurley departed yesterday for South Georgia to see her daughter Miss Birdie Gurley who is reported to be quite ill.
A Georgia led address at an Atlanta Methodist conference emphasized the South’s vast undeveloped wealth tied to transport. It argued inland waterways, with consistent funding, would unlock minerals, coal and farm products, aligning river routes with rail and market needs to propel prosperity. The piece stresses transport as the key to resource development and regional growth.
A Russian family in need was provided for yesterday after a request through the banker. A room on Washington Street was rented and furnished adequately for their comfort. The man remains employed as a city laborer and the couple appeared pleased with their situation.
W L SMITH extends heartfelt thanks to friends who aided with gentle ministrations and loving sympathy during the illness and after the death of his wife.
Scraps of lineups show batteries and umpires for multiple games. Vananda Shields O Leary Shannon lead the catching corps while Montgomery Moetnuphin Fite and O'Brien umpire, with Robinson Meek Chirk Stratton Yerkes Hardy Stockdale Garvin noted as battery pairs in different matchups.
All parties in Athens desiring to take boarders during the University Summer School should send their names to Prof. T. Jd. Wooster with terms and number of boarders wanted. The notice urges prompt responses to accommodate visiting instructors.
Last night at Mr A H Hodgsons residence the annual banquet of the Senior Round Table of the University of Georgia was held. The event was richly spread and enjoyed by Mesars Sidney Q Smith Lloyd C Newton Harry R Slack C N Felderson Toward Neisler Frank B Willingham Saunders Jones John B Harries F M Martin W C Henson and John A Davison. A TAX ON BACHELORS. From the New Orleans Daily States a tax on bachelors could be debated to aid the imperial exchequer and the growing population of women. The piece recalls a William and Mary era act taxing bachelors and widowers.
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