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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1914
Page
7
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded semiannually on January 1 and July 1 for deposits from 1.09 dollars upward. Also lists misc notices, sales, and local ads including hay, rooms for rent, a typewriter for sale, and Kickapoo Worm Killer promotional copy.
Notices include a fire insurance inquiry and local shop ads, a bankruptcy petition in the Northern District of Georgia for Charles W. Parr with discharge hearing set for April 18, 1914 in Atlanta, and miscellaneous social notes about visits from Jefferson, Commerce, and Winder observers.
Last night at the Olive Lawn hotel Captain Storey, manager of Storey’s cotton warehouse at Clayton and Thomas, slipped from a piano stool while reaching a wall object. He fell and cut his neck and face on a broken window. he was resting well after treatment.
In Atlanta the Progressive movement proposed a $750000 bond to establish a greater hospital centered on Grady Hospital with support from the Chamber of Commerce, city council, and medical groups. Seaborn Wright of Rome and Harry Stillwell Edwards of Macon were named as potential United States senators, with a full slate expected at the May Progressive convention.
Atlanta church approves resolutions urging locker clubs to reform or disband. Dr. C W Daniel led the vote at First Baptist with 57 in favor and 10 against, noting that most clubs in the city rely on alcohol revenue for existence and urging compliance with the law.
A masked bandit captured express agent Bob Martin in a gunny sack and robbed the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe passenger train of currency estimated at twenty thousand dollars twelve miles north of Beaumont Texas. Posses reported no trace of the robber tonight.
Federal forest service sent post cards to Appalachian region residents warning against burning woods on government lands. Cards say burning harms grazing, soil fertility, timber value, and insect resistance, and will bar grazing to allow recovery. Fire prevention cooperation urged. includes a short humor snippet from a Judge cartoon captioned item.
Atlanta March 18 The attorney for James Conley the Negro sentenced to one year as an accessory to the murder of Mary Phagan notified jail authorities to permit no one to see Conley unless they had written permission from his attorney.
Savannah in March reports opposition to a proposed bill banning interlocking directorates as expressed in a Chamber of Commerce resolution. Athens enacts an ordinance banning manure accumulation on lots between April and December with docketed court penalties. Foley’s Honey and Tar promoted for coughs, bronchitis, and pneumonia risk with no opiates.
For 10 days only customers buying O Cedar Mops at $1.50 receive a free 12 oz bottle of O Cedar Polish. Those ordering $1.00 O Cedar Mops get a free bottle of Polish. Exclusive Athens sale promotes the genuine products and urges neighbors to compare quality.
Citizens from Jackson County favor Paul Harber editor of the Commerce Observer for state legislature. His supporters cite his hard work for the county and his section, with many Athens friends backing his candidacy.
Missionary Mrs Sundston will address the women of the Baptist Tabernacle this afternoon at 4 o clock. She will share a heart gripping message from the Orient and display rare curios and relics to the audience. All tabernacle women and visitors from other churches are urged to attend.
Several members of Godfrey de Bouillon Commandery Knights Templar traveled to Gainesville for the Pilgrim Commandery annual banquet and related exercises. The group included B. F. Hardeman James Barrow H. K. Palmer and W. C. Jordan.
Daily crowds view a collection of paintings loaned to Athens by the American Art Federation. The exhibit runs two weeks from morning from 10 until 6 in the evening with ongoing appreciation by local residents.
Reports from Texas and El Paso cover Henry Hutchings and General Alvadez about returning horses reportedly taken from Clemente Vergara. El Paso notes mixed battlefield reports in Torreon Rosario and claims of no decisive Rebel gains. Mexico City indicates Huerta may resume talks with John Lind amid financial strain and secretive diplomacy.
A newborn girl survives a young mother’s death at St Marys hospital in Athens. With no local public options, doctors care for the infant as a hospital center of concern. The Banner asks readers to contact if a kind family can take the healthy infant into their home.
An old ad touts Devoe paint at 25 cents a gallon and argues that delaying painting costs more due to rot from water. It urges homeowners to protect structures, noting paint’s role in preventing water damage and rot, then mentions a card of thanks from Mrs. W. A. Hendrick for support after a death.
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