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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
4
A cluttered page lists Fire Insurance from Erwin & Company and a dry wood deal for $1.00 via Vince Matthews. Ads seek salesmen for direct retail, apprentices for barbering, rent notices, and a loom of local services. Lost item, a diamond brooch. Mr Hicks of New York tied to a runaway horse incident. A medical pitch promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Fo ley’s Kidney Remedy, with Buick touring car rides advertised.
The Rabun Gap Route summer timetable takes effect June 15 1909 with multiple connections among Atlanta Athens Jacksonville Fla New Orleans Shreveport Jackson Miss Meridian Miss Charleston S C Tallulah Falls Clayton Dillard Franklin N C and links to Southern Railway at Cornelia Ga Details show departure and arrival times from Jacksonville Atlanta Shreveport Meridian Charleston Spartanburg Athens and New Orleans plus a special 16 mile drive from Dillard to Highlands N C For inquiries contact Assistant G P A Son R F Atlanta Ga J A Dodson Superintendent.
Athens daily timetable shows arrival times 2:15 a.m. 3:39 p.m. and mixed train 7:65 p.m. Sunday service 11:00 a.m. 7:45 p.m. Departures from Athens daily times 5:50 a.m. 0:50 a.m. 5:46 p.m. Sunday 7:45 a.m. 4:45 p.m.
South Bound trains depart at 4 44 A M and 7 00 A M with 33 2 25 P M and 58 5 34 P M. North Bound departures include 10 25 A M 2 25 P M and 8 15 P M. Remaining service 12 42 A M for No 36 formerly No 38.
Southern line shows mixed and regular passenger trains with arrival times at 7:25 p.m. and 11:51 a.m., and departures at 7:35 a.m. and 12:05 a.m. Daily service includes a 3:45 p.m. mixed train except Sundays, with Georgia Railroad timetable entries listing stations at 1:05 a.m., 12:00 noon, 4:15 p.m., and 8:50 p.m.
A church basement entertainment in Atlanta draws approval from the pastor and Rev Dr Ellenwood as a youth club plans amateur stage shows. J Randolph Anderson notes no bid for speakership, will still engage on summer issues. Jere M Pound attends Bartow teachers institute and Georgia peaches fetch strong NY prices amid ideal weather and brisk shipments.
The Athens Typographical Union 595 calls for members to send names and labels to Label Committee Box 462 Athens Ga before June 15 1909. Names received will be counted and updates published starting June 22 1909 showing contestants and their label totals.
William E Corey president of United States Steel Corporation and his wife were injured when their car crashed near Chateau Villegenis in Palaiseau France. Corey suffered a chest injury and head wounds while Mrs Corey had bruises. chauffeur and M Godilleau were more badly hurt. Ambassador White visited the chateau to check on their condition.
Chicago reports a doctor Dr Jennie A Beardsley attacked at 650 Peoria street by a would be killer linked to a Black Hand extortion plot. Detectives guarded her. a steel ribbed corset saved her life as the assailant fled after the back door assault. The letter demanding $500 had warned of death inside her home.
New York market reports show Sept prices at 10.70 to 10.87 with total in sight at 13,147,449 bales. Hester’s weekly New Orleans statement notes in sight for the week 74,402 bales and various overland and consumption figures for the period ending June 11, with year over year comparisons.
Baseball results show Atlanta 0 New Orleans 22 with 2 1/2 innings played. Batteries Bartley Rogers Smith and Hess Screiver. Umpire Pfenninger. New Orleans 12 Atlanta 40 2 0 5 9 1 Batteries Johns McMurray Maxwell Matthews. Umpire Pfenninger. Montgomery 2 Mobile 1 0 0 1 0 Batteries Thomas Hart Stockdale Ludwig Umpire Rudderham. Memphis Birmingham game called end 12th inning due to darkness.
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