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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
8
A narrative warns of a young woman drawn into urban danger by poverty and longing. It contrasts rural respectability with city hardship and ends with a moral about price and worth, praising Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and mocking Congressional action on the Webb bill.
The Boston Nationals opened practice in Athens with 23 players on the field and manager Fred Stallings evaluating arms and infielders. Rex Devogt and Walter Maranville showed pep, Bill James impressed as a potential ace, and Albert Whaling signed to join the squad. Schultz suffered a thumb injury, while Miguel Gonzales and Fred W. Smith arrived, and Arthur Rees returned after holding out. Hap Myers remains a holdout.
W. O. W. members gathered in their lodge room for a regular camp meeting with extra speakers. Prominent Georgia officials addressed the crowd including Newton Phillips of Atlanta, a head camp officer, and J. Rosenthal of Americus, a national lecturer.
Gainesville Georgia reports a sustained building boom with two new banks, bitulithic paving on main streets, a new Episcopal church, a finished Southern passenger station, and a planned federal court building. The Gainesville and Northeastern railroad extends to Cleveland with service to Robertstown expected before the 20th.
Advertisement hawks Dr King s New Life Pills claiming to cure constipation by stimulating the liver improving digestion and removing poisons from the body. Sold for 25c at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
An old advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe herbal remedy to jump start liver function. It markets a 50 cent bottle from druggists with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory. The copy targets both adults and children, promising relief from constipation biliousness liver and headaches.
Heavy pure aluminum cookware advertised at about half old prices for Athens housekeepers. Lipped sauce pans Berlin pans and kettles coffee pots rice boilers pie plates tea kettles and mixing bowls with numerous items priced from a few cents to a few dollars. Consumers urged to view the line before buying to save money.
Mr H C Conway manager of the Southern Bell Telephone Company here is in a dangerous condition at Piedmont sanitarium Atlanta An operation was performed yesterday and physicians say peritonitis is the illness He was not in stable condition and grave fears are entertained for his recovery Dr R M Goss was with him Mrs Conway and relatives are in Atlanta Mr T H Dozier Jr has been with him since he was taken three weeks ago Messages say he rested easily and was recovering from the operation with plans of treatment expected to improve his condition.
Atlanta March 5 Georgia lacks a cabinet seat under Woodrow Wilson yet. E Lee Worsham fans push him for assistant commissioner of agriculture and his name is before the president. Worsham's work on cotton varieties to combat boll weevil is cited as statewide and national value.
Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on deposits compounded twice yearly with no minimum, inviting deposits from 1.00. The notice appears among other local classifieds and government procurement items. It lists services at Hotel Sanges and a job posting for regular boarders.
Judge West names twenty five jurors to serve at the continued February term in Athens city court. Names include M. P. O Callaghan Andrew J Patterson Percy Anderson R H Culp Chas H Allgood Alan C Hancock Geo W Joiner John N Booth Jas R Edwards Robi G Davis Jno N Carlton Sam E Woods Jno H Griffeth M N Daniel D H Winter John W Swindler J Z Hoke Sr John F Tibbets W J Tuck Jack F Jackson J G Lambert E Bancroft Chas J Kenney and J L McLeroy.
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