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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1912

Page

7

Greene County Delegates Named for State Convention

Greene County named a large list of delegates to the Georgia state convention in Atlanta on May 29 led by J. C. Williams editor of the Greensboro Herald Journal. Williams is a strong Underwood supporter and a leading weekly editor in Georgia. The Greene delegates include J. C. Williams B. W. Loyd R A. Rhodes Dr. C. C. King James Deham J. M. Jernigan and many others from the weekly press and local professions.

Greensboro Green County Atlanta J. C. Willams Greensboro Herald- Journal Underwood Weekly Press Williams Weekly Thos Wray W. Walker J. S. Cawthon Jon J. Durham Jeans S. Brook John A. McWhorter Z. T. Walker J. H. Mado J. H. H. Brown James T. Boswell J. Sanders W. R. Nash J. H. Barnhart Noel P. Park J. G. Faust

Cotton Region Weather Bulletin Highlights Weekly Rainfall

The Weather Bureau reports mean cotton region temperatures ranged near normal to 5 degrees above. Heaviest rainfall hit southern Louisiana with 10.08 inches at Melville. over 260 stations across eight states recorded rain. Georgia saw unsettled weather with showers early in the week and soil remains very wet. southern areas reached up to 90 degrees while temperatures broadly stayed above normal in parts of the region.

Orleans Weather Bureau Ken J. M. Clime Louisiana Alabama Texas Arkansas Melville Oklahoma Mississippi Georgia Florida South Carolina

Industrial growth boosts ventures across Southeast region

The Industrial Index reports nineteen new corporations formed this week with minimum capital totaling 31,784,000. Plans include railroad bonds worth 3,500,000, new offices in Birmingham, and multiple construction projects from Georgia to Florida. Banks organized in Alabama and Florida. Cordele and Duval County issue bonds and sell road and municipal funds.

Columbus The Industrial Index Southeast South Georgia Alabama Americus Milltown Huntsville Ala Florida Birmingham Athlata Tuscaloosa Orlando Fla Gadsden Avlanta Savennah Plainfel Gecran Pelham Dake Okeechobee Douglas Tarpon Springs Ft. Valley Palmfield Jacksonville Montgomery Eau Galliel Lake Butler Richland Byromville Ga Macon Manchester Grand Bay Titusville Cocoa Winadilla Albany, Ga Cordele Duval County New York

Indigestion claims relief with MI-DNA guarantee

An advertisement asserts indigestion causes dizziness nervousness biliousness sick headaches and sleeplessness. It explains digestion failure leads to fermentation and gas irritating the pneumogastric nerve, promising MI-DNA relieves stomach misery or money back from H. R. Palmer & Sons and druggists.

H. R. Palmer & Sons

Southern golf tournament opens in Birmingham

Birmingham Alabama May 9 The participation of some of the foremost golf experts of the south assures interesting and keen competition in the annual invitation tournament which opened today on the links of the Birmingham Country Club. The tournament will continue through the remainder of the week.

Birmingham Ala South

Poultry Production Seen Surges In 1909 Census Data

Washington May 9 preliminary census figures show farm poultry and egg production rising sharply in 1909. Farms reporting fowls numbered 5,655,754 with 488,554,000 fowls and 1,591,311,371 dozen eggs produced valued at $206,688,960. East North Central and South divisions dominate output, with Illinois Missouri Iowa Texas Kansas Ohio Indiana key states contributing over 39 percent of national poultry.

Washington, D. C E. Dana Durand Bureau of the Census Department of Commerce and Labor le Grand Powers John Lea Coulter United States West North Central East North Central Division South Atlantic East West South Central Middle Atlantic Illinois Missouri Iowa Texas Kansas Ohio Indiana

Poultry Output by State in 1909 Noted in Report

Missouri Iowa Ohio and Illinois led 1909 poultry and egg production with eggs totaling 100 119 418 dozen valued at 18 940 454 and a dozen eggs averaging 19 cents. Missouri produced 31 913 210 fowls worth 14 572 585 at 46 cents per fowl. Iowa reported 29 990 147 fowls valued at 13 91 985 and 46 cents per fowl. Ohio had 23 433 005 fowls valued at 10 997 633 and 47 cents per fowl. eggs reached 109 760 487 dozen valued at 15 235 600 at 18 cents each.

Missouri Iowa Ohio Illinois

Opening Day in Central Baseball League Kicks Off

Special to the Banner from Newton Kansas May 9 reports the Central Kansas Baseball league opening with Salina at Great Bend Manhattan at Lyons and Junction City in Newton. Club owners expect a strong season as the league features top clubs from last year’s state and central Kansas leagues. A 90 game schedule runs through August 8.

Newton Kas Central Kansas Baseball League Salina Great Bend Manhattan Lyons Junction City Kansas State League Central Kansas League

Await Coming German Squadron Heads for Hampton Roads

Washington officials await the German naval squadron as despatches say it sails tomorrow and arrives in Hampton Roads last week of May. The fleet will tour Washington Mt Vernon and Annapolis before visiting New York Newport and possibly Boston and the New England coast. It includes the armored cruiser Moltke the protected cruiser Bremen and a turbine cruiser.

Specia Washington, D. C Navy Department Navy Berlin Hampton Roads Washington Mt. Vernon Annapolis New York Newport Boston New England Moltke Bremen

Anaconda Hosts G A R Department Encampment

AnacondaMont May9 Anaconda is decorated in national colors for the annual encampment of the G A R department of Montana assembling for a three day session Today meetings of Spanish War veterans Women’s Relief Corps Ladies of the G A R and other affiliated bodies will be held in connection with the encampment

Anaconda Mont Department of Montana Women's Relief Corps

Illinois Society of Criminal Law meeting opens in Chicago

The inaugural session of the Illinois Society of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology starts in Chicago with many prominent lawyers and instructors in attendance. The gathering will continue tomorrow.

Spevia Chicago Illinois Society of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Greene County Hugh Tallman San Antonio Dr. King Cotton Region Weather Bulletin Ernest Young Bluffton Ramon Ramons Abor Greenville Tenn Guarantead Southern Golf Tournament Lope G. A. FR. Veterans Crime and Criminal Law ISTAR Dorsey Funkenstein, Furniture and Undertaking Clayton Street Athens Procter & Gamble Distributing Co
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