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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1914
Page
5
Washington officials report the last day of income tax returns passed with no estimate yet on expected collection. They remain hopeful that about fifty million dollars will be paid in, though figures will not be available for forty eight hours.
Fort Loramie judge John Barhorst testifies after three doctors failed to help his rheumatism. He credits two bottles of RHEUMA with curing him, saying he has remained well for two years and previously used crutches. Ad claims a 50 cent guarantee by H. R. Palmer & Sons.
An advertisement urges avoiding a stuffy wheezy breath with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for inflamed air passages and bronchial congestion. It warns cold, bronchitis, la grippe, and pneumonia as dangers and claims the product is safe and opiate free from H. R. Palmer & Sons.
The Keystone Chapter No. 1 R A M calls a convocation at Masonic Hall this Tuesday evening at S o'clock. Past Master and Most Excellent Master degrees will be conferred. All campaigns are urged to be present. Meeting called by the High Priest and Secretary.
There is no sitting of the city court this week unless Judge West calls the jury together again. He may do so for Thursday. Due and timely notice will be given if court is called this week.
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co that the Toledo firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice promotes the six reel film shown today at Crystal Theater with endorsements and drug claims.
Yesterday morning the mercury fell to sixteen degrees, the lowest for this winter year. A gale persisted Sunday into Sunday night for about twenty hours with biting winds and boisterous cold. Ground was frozen hard and fast yesterday morning.
By authority of officers and the governing board an important meeting of the Cloverhurst Country Club is called for this evening at 6 o'clock at the Club House. Full attendance is desired to transact important business.
Mrs Clinton Hale, long with Freshim's of Atlanta, has returned to the city and joined W T Collins & Co. She invites friends to inspect Collins & Co stock, featuring an attractive line of ladies and misses ready to wear gowns for the season.
Callie Addis, a reportedly fifteen to eighteen year old girl, was detained at the city hall after being found near the S A L Railway station with 55 cents. She told varied stories about her past, claimed to be an orphan, and expressed fear of returning to her father or a reform institution. Officers seek outside guidance on her fate and potential placement.
Friends report Reverend J Y Dunaway remains gravely ill at his Bloomfield street home. The long illness continues with no sign of improvement this week.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, fast laxative for infants and children. It claims to cleanse stomachs, livers, and bowels, with a 50 cent bottle available and warnings about counterfeits.
The sheriff and officials conduct the legal sales day at the courthouse door while county offices meet. The education board, county commissioners, and ordinary's court begin March business as juries and trials proceed. Superior courts in Gwinnett and Madison convene with judges presiding, and Jackson County city court opens in Jefferson.
Sloganeered ad claims TIZ relieves tired sore swollen feet and eliminates corns bunions and raw spots. It promises immediate relief and comfortable feet with a 25 cent box available at druggists and department stores and a yearlong money back guarantee.
Washington March 2 Colonel Goethals chairman of the Panama Canal commission says dispatches alleging suspending W Shipley chief clerk of the subsistence department are erroneous He completely exonerates Shipley from any connection with the alleged transactions tied to the suspension of John Burke manager of the commissary committee
The Athens theatre stage welcomes a complete change with a new act titled Are You a Mason set for today and tomorrow. Mr Mack Miss Hasting and Benway and Dayton headline. Tomorrow the premiere of Over the Garden Wall is scheduled with principal roles.
The notice states pay road tax for 1914 at Fletcher D. Tuck wiring Hodgens company store each day until March 2. The receiver will be at the store from morning to 5 o’clock to receive the taxes.
A special health warning for March warns of dangers to the very young and far elderly from croup bronchial colds lagrippe and pneumonia. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as a safe reliable family medicine to stop coughs ease colds and relieve congested air passages. H. R. Palmer & Sons.
A mass meeting in Shreveport denounced district court verdicts as failures of justice and scored the jury system. It named a committee to confer with officials to locate faults in the machinery of justice after the acquittal of Mrs Harvey Little, a farmer, in the killing of attorney J J Van Cleave.
Wesley Simon on trial for Emmett Carroll murder in a gang feud is shot and killed in a saloon during a court recess. Prosecution witness Henry Zang surrendered after the incident. Deputies guarded the courthouse as Simon’s body is examined and no revolver is found in his hip pockets.
Promotes Parisian Sage as the cure for dull lifeless hair and itching scalp. Claims 50 cent bottle from H. R. Palmer & Sons restores hair, reduces dandruff, and adds gloss and fullness with repeated applications.
Louisiana Senator Thornton announced support for President Wilson's repeal of the Panama Canal toll exemption for coastwise ships. A member of the inter-oceanic canal committee he said the president believes repeal is necessary to maintain friendly relations with foreign powers and advance foreign policy.
Washington report says the Senate moved toward voting on the proposed woman suffrage constitutional amendment after a day of debate. The measure was marked unfinished business as Senator Shafroth and others delayed to extend debate, with an immediate vote once the filibuster ends anticipated.
Ella Sweeney twenty two was found frozen to death in a sleigh while her companion James A Bart holdi went for help after leaving her in a blizzard last night in Hazelton Pennsylvania.
Nogales Sonora March 2 General Carranza today upheld General Villa s action in halting the investigation into the death of William S Benton a British subject He ruled that requests for information on Bentons death should come to him as head of the revolution through British diplomatic channels The Benton incident drew the attention of the Constitutionalist commander in chief who for the first time submitted his provisional cabinet to discuss the matter.
Property listing for a business lot near the new court. Mentions splendid investment value and terms on request. Contacts E. D. Sledge for further particulars.
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