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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
8
Jersey cows for sale in Lexington Georgia by Jno W Jarrell. Cattle are young and in good condition with third, first and second calves. Prices reasonable. Also grate polish advertised by J L Arnolds in Athens at 26c a pint or 40c a quart. Historical local notices reflect rural commerce and consumer goods.
Short notes mention sharing fire insurances with J. C. Jester and list plant varieties Chrysanthemum rooted cuttings White Money Maker Wally Rose Pink Mayor Weaver Pacific Supreme Yellow Holliday Appleton plus several local names and a loan offer on farm property by W. L. Erwin at 203 Southern Mutual Building.
President Andrew M Soule of the State College of Agriculture has been invited to address the cotton seed crushers of Georgia at their annual Meeting June 2 at Atlantic Beach. Also noted, Miss Helen R Baxter a Lucy Cobb Institute graduate will join Miss Carolyn Cobb on Reese street during start of University of Georgia commencement week before returning to her parents in Omaha Nebraska.
Advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a remedy for tired and nervous people, promising renewed energy and appetite. Testimonial from Mrs. O. Rhinevault credits the product with life changes, urging readers to try a bottle. Available in 50 cents and one dollar, with local endorsements.
Special to the Banner reports Atlanta in May where Mayor James G. Woodward pardons Dr WD Roper a druggist serving time for operating a blind tiger. He defends pardons as reducing harshness while Recorder Nash R Broyles denounces crime and warns law enforcement requires firm jury trials and upholds the need for order. The row drags in Governor Brown’s Shaw pardon as well as possible future appeals court candidacy for Broyles.
Mrs W T Cooper was yesterday carried to Commerce to the Hardman sanitarium for treatment and a possible operation. Her many friends hope she may pass the ordeal well and recover rapidly.
Atlanta editor Major A H Ulm executive secretary and pardon attorney to the governor urges Georgia Prison Association reforms to ease misde meanor penalties, allow partial fines while serving sentences, permit probation and indeterminate sentencing, and improve parole funding and record keeping to reduce reliance on the chain gang and harsh poverty penalties.
Capt. W. E. Haygood, former Athens resident, now represents a publishing agency with all major weekly and monthly titles. He notes Athens’ rapid progress and skyscrapers, saying Atlanta is larger but Athens may rival it by 1920 if the current growth continues. He has many friends in the city and his stay promises pleasure for locals.
Yesterday's scores show Southern Division action with New Orleans & Atlanta beating Montgomery 10 to 2, and Albany topping Columbia 6 to 4. In Jacksonville Wilder pitched a two hit shutout, Brannen manages LaGrange, Stallings reshapes Boston, and Waycross loses 3 to 2 to Thomasville amid Empire State notes.
The seventeen month old child of Mr and Mrs Robert Bullock died of pneumonia and was laid to rest yesterday at the family burying Ground near Hull. Rev S R England conducted the services. The death occurred Monday.
The Board of Education classified elementary teachers into classes A B C and BE and requires summer school courses or a three year professional reading program for promotion. Those in class B not pursuing the plans face annual exams and potential ineligibility for re election with an 85 percent threshold. Colored schools elect J G Harris Mary Reid and M I Heard. others include Mattie Hill Minnie Davis Annie Jones and more as the corps for 1913 1914.
Indianapolis May 27 the National District Heating Association opened its fifth annual convention with attendance from San Francisco Chicago Detroit Rochester Toledo and other cities. Mayor Bookwaiter welcomed visitors as committees reported and routine business was conducted.
A testimonial advertises Eckman’s Alterative as effective against bronchitis asthma hay fever throats and lung troubles. It recounts a Brooklyn man’s weight gain from 129 to 142 pounds after six months of treatment and says he was declared sound and insured by two companies. The notice urges readers to seek the remedy via Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia and notes availability from leading druggists.
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