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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
8
Short items promote fire insurance with J C Jester and W Pittman saving money on furniture, stoves and shoes. Ads mention belatedly new silk textiles, rent for two rooms on Cobb Street, various sale items, barber and hairdressing courses, and a Maxwell car bargain. Several notices request inquiries at the Banner office.
A slight schedule update for Sunday morning June 1st notes Train 60 departs 7 20 instead of 6 30 p m. Train 61 arrives 12 55 instead of 12 10 p m. Train 52 leaves at 4 05 p m.
A varied Athens newspaper page lists offers and notices including Banking savings at 4 percent, Wear-Ever aluminum, room and board requests at hotels, wagon inquiries, lumber for sale, cattle grazing, a lost pearl pin reward, half price hats, and poultry lice powder products. Also mentions Conkey’s Lice Powder and a demographic note on German empire agriculture.
A fragmented advertisement promotes hammocks for hot weather plus a full line of baseball goods croquet sets golf balls and gymnasium equipment. It urges readers to supply their needs with a complete assortment.
The Athens chamber of commerce will hold its regular meeting at city hall tonight at 8 30. Matters of supreme importance to the citys industrial progress will be presented and all members or prospective members are urged to attend.
Twenty members of the Atlanta chamber of commerce travel to Athens for a three day trip to inspect the corn club boys and canning club girls farm work. The itinerary includes a day in Athens for commencement exercises at the College of Agriculture.
The Board of Trustees adjourned after a productive session led by Chairman J. J. Conner. They recommended expansion of extension work, creation of an editor position for bulletin editing, authorizing contracts for teat plats in soil surveys, acquiring land for the college farm, and improvements to grounds, roads, and an entrance arch.
Citizens in Athens and Clarke County face a July deadline for filing tax returns. Receiver Dorsey warns of placing noncompliant names on the defaulters list to incur double taxes. He reviews 1700+ names from the latest county registration and city directory and urges compliance to avoid penalties.
Rain yesterday evening called a pretty game of ball in progress between two new city league teams the Athens Business College and the Georgia Railroaders. Georgia R R defeated A B C 7 to 6 in a close contest.
In Saavannah Georgia during the Georgia Pharmaceutical Association meeting at the DeSoto hotel officers for the next year were chosen. Third vice president Samuel E. Bayne of Macon was elected along with secretary treasurer T A Cheatham of Macon.
All citizens who have not made their state and county tax returns will please call at the city hall and make returns at once, as the time is now short. J. H. Dorsey, Hite were secured by Von der Au, Parr, Lanier, Franklin, and Davis. The attendance was three hundred.
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