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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1922

Page

5

Weather Service Reports Slippery Roads. Generally Fair Traffic

The past 36 hours brought light rain mainly north and northwest of Atlanta leaving road surfaces slightly slippery but roads generally fair to good. Few mud areas. paved surfaces remain in good condition for fast traffic. Rural routes are rough but passable. Forecast signals unsettled, cold winds, rain or sleet possible in next two days, with possible road deterioration if weather turns adverse.

Atlanta Cc. F. von Herrmann

Athens Tax Assessors to Hold Sessions at City Hall

The Athens City Tax Assessors will meet at city hall for ten days through February 1922 to review tax returns, hear complaints, and make adjustments where justified. Sessions run 10 am to 1 pm and 3 to 5 pm with information provided to returning residents. Patman chairs. Crane Weatherly and G S Crane participate.

Board of City Tax Assessors City of Athens A Patman G. S. Crane, Co N. Weatherly City of Athens

Augusta Point and Atlanta Rail Schedule Fragment

Schedule fragment lists times at Augusta Point and Atlanta with 1 35 pm 6 10 am 12 30 pm and 2 00 pm across routes, indicating a transit timetable.

Augusta Point Augusta Atlanta Seaboard Airline Railway Birm Atlanta-Monroe Memphis

Beware of All Quack Weevil Remedies Warns Georgia Board

IRA WILLIAMS of the Georgia State Board of Entomology urges farmers to avoid unverified boll weevil remedies. The message cites a 1920 law requiring registration of calcium arsenate and other insecticides, with state standards and penalties for noncompliance to protect buyers and save money.

State Board The Banner-Herald Poul Georgia General Assembly of Commissioner of Agriculture State Board of Entomology Tho Board Code of Georgia Ira Williams Georgia State Board Entomology

Ely's Cream Balm for stuffed heads and catarrh relief

An advertisement promotes Ely's Cream Balm to relieve nasal congestion and catarrh. It claims instant relief as nostrils open and the head clears, reducing hawking and snuffling. The ad urges buying a small bottle from any druggist and promises cold and catarrh relief like magic.

Ely

Rex Pageant Glitter Marks New Orleans Carnival Opening

Rex, king of the 1922 carnival, arrives at city hall to receive city keys from six year old Mary Heloise Burns as Mayor McShane greets him. A 20 float showcase titled Romances of the River and Valley traces the Mississippi’s history to modern times, followed by the Druids’ 17 float parade. Tuesday is a carnival holiday with masking and merrymaking until 6 pm. The season opened Monday with Proteus’s Romance of the Rose parade and ball, ending with the Rex ball tonight.

New Orleans Rex Mississippi River Valley Little Mary Heloise Burns L. H. Burns McShane Athenaeum

Unique Meeting of The Rotarians Wednesday

The Athens Rotary club will hold its regular weekly meeting Wednesday at noon with changes to venue and format for this week only, while standard procedures are suspended for the session.

Rotarians Athens Rotary Club

Revolutionary Iron Tonic Promises Real Flesh Gain

For centuries scientists sought an organic tonic to aid flesh growth and at Inet the issue is finally solved. The product Nusated Iron is sold by druggists under the name Nuxatec Iron and aimed at buyers seeking a genuine iron boost. Imitations often carry drugs, but the genuine tonic claims to deliver real flesh improvements.

Inet

High School Event At Princes Avenue Plans Y M C A Campaign

The article notes changes for a meeting at Princes Avenue High School where the domestic science department will serve the noonday meal. President Nix expects high school students to speak to the Athens club while Walter Forbes of the Athens Y M C A will outline plans to raise 11000 by popular subscription for the Y M C A’s maintenance.

Princes Avenue High School Nix Athens Club Walter ™. Forbes Athens Y. M. C. A

State troops may guard judge on return to Okmulgee

Oklahoma Governor Robertson said state troops could be used to protect Judge H. R. Christopher when he returns to Okmulgee after resigning from the superior court. The governor pledged to use every power to insure the judge’s safety as officials awaited Judge Christopher’s reply to the resignation letter from Chicago.

Oklahoma City Okla H. R. Christopher Okmulgee Leneh Bank of Co.mmerce Robertson Christopher Gust Chicago Oklahoma

Fight Extradition On Georgia Man

Attorneys for George Nichols, 75, in Tuscaloosa, prepare to fight his extradition to Floyd County Georgia for a murder charge in Rome dated October 25, 1870. Governor Kilby ordered Nichols delivered to Deputy Sheriff C L Wright. A habeas corpus hearing is set for March 11 while lawyers seek to block removal.

Tuscaloosa Ala George Nichols Peter Looney Rome Nichols Floyd Connestion County Georgia Kilby Hardwick C. L. Wright Georgia City Nichola Tuscaloosa County Jefferson County

Mrs Henderson, 76, Dies at Son's Home

Mrs. Alice Henderson, 76, died at her son H. T. Hendersons Baxter Street home at 4:45 AM Tuesday after a brief illness. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 3:30 PM at the residence with Revs. George Stone and Willie Saye in charge. She is survived by brother Horsey Collinger and sister Fannie Belcher, both of Chattanooga, Tenn. Pallbearers named Sam Kirk Jr Summers Bob Seagraves Newton Smith Wood Jackson Hen Jennings.

Alice Henderson H. T. Henderson Baxter Street George Stone Willie Saye Henerson Horsey Collinger Fannie Belcher Chattanooga Tenn Sam Kirk, Jr. Summers Bob Seagraves Newton Smith Wood Jackson Hen Jennings

Central Market Opens at Whitten Store in Athens

Under Fred G. Bell a veteran meat cutter, the Whitten Grocery company adds Central Market as a new department at Lumpkin and Washington. It offers fresh and cured meats, fish, oysters, dressed poultry, and delicatessen goods on a cash and carry basis to serve customers.

Fred G. Bell Athens Central Market Whitten Grocery Company Lumpkin and Washington Street

Nervy New York cotton market flirts with gains then dips

The New York cotton market opened steady with modest gains but faced selling as May and July slipped from early highs. Futures closed mostly steady, on continued reaction to foreign exchange, with March near 18.54 and May around 18.34, while reports of weevil fears and acreages influenced trading. Spot cotton remained steady at 18.85 for middling, and Liverpool futures showed a mixed picture as oil and weather rumors circulated. Cottonseed oil remained strong with brisk sales and echoed by March to August futures.

New York Liverpool Department of Agriculture Foreign Exchange

Untitled fragment on store credit approval advantages

A fragment notes that customers can secure added advantages by obtaining ments at the same time and place as grocery purchases and will likely meet with instant approval.

Young King Forced to Sell Pets and Garden Blooms

Sofia reports King Borla of Bulgaria endures hard times and has begun selling his private zoo animals and many palace plants in Varna. He says Bulgaria is poor and he is too busy to tend gardens, using palace grounds to plant potatoes as bread takes precedence over beauty.

Sofia Borla Palma Varna Bulgaria

New York Stock Bar Silver and Bonds Close

New York stock activity opens with gains in several sectors after Monday's reversal. Short sellers push contracts higher while Gulf States, Baldwin Locomotive show pool support. overall market buoyant with notable moves in sugars, oils, tobacco, and textiles.

New York Shorts Gulf States Bidel Baldwin Locomotive Rallo Jewel Tea Kelsey Wheel Hartmann Company and & New York Union Pacific Canadian Pacific

The Face In the Mirror and a Quack Remedy Ad

A fragmented fragment discusses facial health and public pity for a pallid look. It mentions a remedy by a nun known as senhora pinkham and suggests a standard treatment to remove nervous lines from the face and restore a healthy appearance.

Praia Inkham

Chicago markets grain and livestock report notes

Chicago grain prices show mixed gains with wheat up on Liverpool quotes and corn sustaining a steady to slightly higher finish. In St Louis and Chicago livestock markets, cattle and hogs trade unevenly with steady to higher cash bids and mixed demand for sheep and lambs.

Market report notes dairy eggs sugar and naval stores

New York butter and extras quoted 37 to 36 1 2 cents, firsts 33 to 36 1 2. eggs firm to extras 29 to 32 1 2. cheese steady. Raw sugar steady at 3.54 Porto Rico, 3.73 Cuba. Refined 5.10. Savann ah naval stores: turpentine dull, receipts 22, stock 2,925. rosin firm, stock 72,240, various grades quoted. Potatoes 1.85 2.05 per cwt. Minnesota whites 1.76 1.90. Chicago dairy: butter 36 1 2 to 31 1 2. eggs 26 to 23. poultry lower, fowls 26, springs 23, roosters 18.

NEW York Dairy New York Porto Rico Cubas NAVAL Savannah Turpentine Dull Chicago Dairy Chicago

Fullbright Talks To Tax Men Here

H. J. Fullbright state tax leader of Atlanta spoke in Athens to Clarke County tax receivers on tax reduction. The conference in the county courthouse attracted nearly one hundred attendees and continued for most of the morning into the afternoon with a wide chat on rates and Clarke County taxation.

Fullbright H. J. Fullbright State Taxiaer Atlanta Athens Clarke County

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