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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
9
Mary Montana Larges, 19, heiress to a fortune of one and a half million dollars, wed Raymond J. McDonald, a Broadway cab office clerk earning $60 a month. The couple, after a midnight ceremony, plan to tour by auto from New York to Europe on a lengthy voyage.
The Pan Anglican Conference opens next week in London, drawing over 200 bishops and more than four delegates from four quarters. The two week gathering will cover governmental social political doctrinal needs and reliefs, with a special thanksgiving offering to fund new dioceses in Manchuria Singapore Northern Rhodesia and Edmonton Canada.
Fragmented OCR summary lists teams Atlanta and New Orleans with unclear scores and lineup references. Mentions several players such as Turner Robinson Rainy and Schwenck with unnamed positions, plus umpires O'Brien Fitzsimmons Browny Carpenter. Details are garbled but indicate a baseball score and officials.
Athens markets show steady futures and improving dry goods and gar markets with old crop premium expectations. New York cotton quotes era show middling around 11.40c, tone quiet and steady. Public notices warn city taxpayers about potential double tax and urge action.
Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock the board of trustees of the State College of Agriculture was called to order by President J J Conner. President Soule reported, the board praised the year’s work, and additional sessions were planned to continue handling a large amount of college business.
At the city meeting a committee of Mayor Dorsey and Aldermen O Farrell Griffith and Rowe was appointed to present the twenty five thousand dollar bond issue for educational purposes to the university trustees this morning.
Through its attorneys Cobb and Erwin the Athens Terminal Company petitions the city council to allow paving Foundry street without laying curbing along the sidewalks. The request was referred to the street committee with power to act.
Yesterday John H. Bradford special agent of the Immigration Commission visited Athens to gauge local opinion on immigration. He interviewed Mayor Dorsey and various citizens collecting information while Mrs J C Harbin lies ill at her home.
W S White of Birmingham presented plans for a two story brick high school with basement. The design includes eight classrooms two teachers rest rooms and basement rooms for manual training kitchen and boiler. The structure measures about sixty by seventy five feet and is priced near thirty thousand dollars with bids to be sought soon and construction hoped to start within forty days on Childs Street near the city center.
Chancellor Barrow is awarded the degree of LL D by Emory College at commencement in Oxford. The honor reflects credit on Emory and on the distinguished Georgian who leads the State University.
Council elected three dog catchers led by chief J. C. Harbin with assistants L. H. Bureh j and T. C. Hillsman. Untagged dogs go to the pound, may be killed after a grace period if owners do not appear and pay fines. City Clerk Wood had sold 615 tags, the number of dogs in the city that morning eligible to live.
Indications point to a record-breaking attendance at the University Summer School this year. Applications for nearly all campus dormitory rooms have been received from teachers statewide, and there may not be enough dormitory space. Many students may need private-home or city boarding arrangements. those who can take boarders should notify Prof. T. J. Wooster with capacity and terms.
Dr F J Matthews aged seventy died at his Madison county home after a brief illness. A respected local citizen, he is survived by ten children including A E Matthews of Athens, a Sidney Boley salesman. Funeral was held yesterday at four oclock with burial in the family burial ground.
Contest papers judged at the Fifth District Agricultural School in Monroe Ga feature essays on Fertilizers written by students. Professor Johnson praises the high quality, noting the essays show strong work at a school less than a year old and foresee statewide benefit from district schools.
Thomas J. Brown of Elberton is the newly named solicitor general of the Northern circuit. He defeated Messrs Skelton and McGregor after an exciting race. Brown is described as one of the ablest men in this section of Georgia, with thousands of friends who gathered to celebrate his victory.
The council adjourned the meeting with several items of business carried forward and scheduled to meet again on Wednesday, June 17. The mayor and council announced the adjournment after taking up and passing a number of important measures.
Athens may have two representatives from the American teachers party who will visit England and the continent later this year. The board of education named Miss Clyde Patman and Miss Lesa Towns as the travelers, provided funds cover salaries while away from school. The matter was presented to the mayor and council last night and sent to the public school committee for review and a report to an adjourned council meeting.
Notice to all persons who have not filed this year that after June fifteenth their taxes may be doubled. Tax Receiver H Dorsey will be in his office daily at the city hall to receive returns.
A cluttered classified page advertises Our Drug Company with pharmacists and delivery, Steere's Candies at Thornton's, Allegretti Candy fresh shipments, Dr D G Peacock contact, money loans by Georgia Loan Co, a farm for sale in Madison County via Sidney Boley's store, boarders wanted on Hancock Avenue, a Holstein cow stray at John Larnold’s, and a bay mare for sale from W G Carithers.
Mr Arthur Long died at his home in Elberton Wednesday night after a long illness. He was once a prominent Athens citizen, son of the late Dr H R J Long and nephew of the late Dr Crawford W Long discoverer of anaesthesia. His burial in Oconee Cemetery was marked by a Masonic ceremony. The Athens community mourns a kind and highly regarded man with many friends and enduring sympathy extended to his wife and relatives.
The mayor and council adopted a plan to beautify the waterworks property and convert it into a small park. A $250 appropriation will fund grounds around the pond, aiming to transform a popular daily visit spot into an attractive public space. Col. H Beauchamp of the British army visits Dr. J H Goss at his Hancock avenue home.
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