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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
8
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1. Deposits start at 31.00 with the bank urging habit formation for savings.
Senator Shaforth of Colorado addressed the senate saying he is bound by the Democratic platform to support exemption of coastwise vessels from Panama canal tolls and declared that exemption is not a subsidy. General Garcia Pena replaces Maas near Vera Cruz as Huerta strengthens his position. Dr Edward Ryan and Wilbert J Bonney arrive in Quarantine Louisiana after Zacatecas imprisonment. Speakers favor kind prison treatment and improved reforms. Banking law praised as freedom from elite rule by Comptroller Williams in Raleigh. Trinidad notes last day to surrender arms in the strike district with imminent seizure of arms by U.S. military officials.
Insurance and real estate notices mix with shop ads for John L. Arnold paint wall paper and glass. The snippet advertises loans, rental houses on Grace Street, a 4 room and a fourteen room house, handyman services from Martin Brothers, and a lost note with reward offered by H M Hughes. Relevant names include John L. Arnold Jackson Street Moss Mfg Co and Jester.
Hundreds of school children pledge to sign cards promising homeowners to clean their premises during a community clean up week starting May 25. Prizes from local firms motivate participants as the civic departments and Chamber of Commerce push for thorough yard and alley cleanliness.
Oklahoma City May 13 Plans for three Episcopal districts for Latin America Africa Cuba and Mexico and the Far East were presented to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The conference kept the words Holy Catholic Church in the creed and referred a resolution to adjust rules for establishing an Episcopal district. Church extension board reports were adopted.
Washington May 13 Despite justice department protests Charles M Allen former president and other New Haven Railroad officials will testify in an Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into the railroad and the Billard Company Commission McChord said Chief Counsel Folla said William Rockefeller and George M Miller directors are too ill to appear Rockefeller at Jekyll Island Georgia Attorney General fears testimony could shield officials from possible prosecution
About two hundred volumes of rare old law books were moved from Judge H. West's law offices to the University of Georgia library. The gift, valued at several hundred dollars, covers colonial laws, chancery cases, and early common law texts from the 1700s, enhancing the state's university library for legal research.
Special correspondent report from Atlanta on May 15 describes Governor John M. Slaton and Mrs. Slaton hosting Blackfeet Indians from Glacier Park during the Shriners Convention. After a formal standoff over greeting order, Medicine Owl exchanged gifts with the Slatons, and the group performed four hours of dance on the lawn led by White Quiver and Wolf Robe with Eagle Calf interpreting.
The regular monthly communication of Mount Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M will be held on Thursday evening May 14 1914 at 8 130 o clock in the Max Joseph building third floor hall. No work on degrees. All qualified Master Masons invited. By order of L N Betts W M Mo G Quenn Secretary.
A six cent lump of pumice stone is described as a versatile helper at the sink. It removes stains from hands and burns from granite ware without chipping the ware and also sharpens steel knives while cleaning.
A humorous Punch quote criticizes early science and medicine. It notes that ancient Britons lacked science, implies they are dead and buried, and resembles a satirical ad line about scientific progress. The snippet ends with advertising line about wants.
A catalog style notice lists spring items including flower pots jardiniers cemetery vases ferns dishes and glassware. It features FROST KING steel frame freezers water coolers white enamel items oak refrigerators snow white refrigerators and nursery appliances with prices from five to fifty dollars.
The article describes the Clarke's Courthouse structure with operable offices on each floor, including the superior and grand juries, solicitor general, and jury rooms. It notes skylit central halls, elevator access to the fourth floor, and a not yet ready jail with wings for prison functions and a dispensary.
The regular monthly vestry meeting for Emmanuel Parish is set for this Thursday at 8 30 pm at the rectory. Rector Troy Beatty presides.
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