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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
8
Local notes list prescriptions from Our Drug Company and multiple shop notices from Arnold & Abney and Weatherly & Son. Ads promote food items, turkeys, cakes, bread, oats, wood, and fresh produce with contact numbers. Also keres a lost gold glasses notice and room rentals. A stray Jersey heifer is reported missing.
Governor and Mrs Hoke Smith announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Mary Brett to Mr Ronald Ransom. The wedding is planned for December 19 but will be simple due to a recent family bereavement.
Tomorrow at 11 am the pulpit of the First Methodist Church will be filled by Rev WW Patton from Marietta and at 8 pm Rev Richard Orme Flinn from Atlanta will speak. The visiting ministers are highly regarded Presbyterian clergy welcomed by Ket Methodist members and interested congregants.
A vintage bakery ad promotes old fashioned pound cake at 25 cents per pound from Arnold & Alner with a note you are sure to like it.
A group of prominent railroad executives from Seaboard Air Line and Gainesville Midland toured Athens for a few hours yesterday. Seaboard’s L L Sevier and J A Pride and R L Cheatham and W A Gore led the delegation with Gainesville Midland’s E L Douglas and Veazey. The visit appeared to focus on road inspection rather than other business.
Yesterday J F Rhodes sent a large horse tied to a delivery wagon to Klein and Martin. The horse backed away, slipped, and broke its neck, dying shortly after. A note about swapping coats appears, asking the Cravenette overcoat be returned for exchange at Punoner office.
Williamson's Grocer advertises a wide stock of fancy and staple groceries in Georgia. He promises prompt attention and urges housewives to share their cooking needs to ease the burden of meal planning this season.
The Crystal Theatre and Fairyland continue to draw large crowds with daily new motion pictures. Manager Taylor has invested in refined entertainments, promising the best productions for every visitor at both venues.
Yesterday afternoon at Lyndon Manufacturing Co. J. M. Martin Quince injured his left thumb when a lumber saw unexpectedly bit, tearing a severe cut but not breaking the bone. He returned to town for treatment after the accident.
Rumor suggests President Roosevelt could succeed Senator Platt of New York in the Senate. Observers in Washington think the move possible only if the president signals openness before March 4, with conditions attached to such an election.
New York reports Charles W. Morse was given a fifteen year federal prison term in Atlanta. Judge Hough presided as Alfred H. Curtis, Morse's co defendant, had his sentence suspended. Missouri returns show Taft leading Bryan for president and Stone favored for the Senate with a Democratic legislature possible deadlock.
Richmond Virginia Navy notes a storm of objections to a proposed monument honoring Captain Wirz keeper of Andersonville prison. The Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy offered the piece if locals accept, but critics say it would cheapen other monuments. A Richmond Daughters chapter meeting is set to decide.
Yesterday afternoon on Childs street the uptown Stars defeated a city team by 12 to 0. The uptown lineup included Cobb L Griffith Wilkinson Howard McWhorter Rhodes R Griffith West W Lanier Mell Flanigen Erwin S Lanier and Dorsey. Downtown players were Michael Link Rawson Cohen Baugh Bradberry Epps Dootson Griffith Reed Bailey and O Farrell. Some splendid playing was noted by all the boys.
Will Barnett, a Black man, was arrested yesterday on a warrant filed earlier by E H Dorsey, accusing him of selling mortgaged property. He is to be committed trial in a few days.
Atlanta Nov. 1 Luther Martin of Elbert is rumored to seek the agricultural commissioner post. A longtime legislator and former head of the agricultural committee, Martin is known for agricultural education advocacy. His public stance remains silent as insiders forecast spring primaries.
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor travels to Denver for the organization’s eighth annual meeting. He states he is not seeking re election as a candidate but would serve again if the convention wills it, and affirms his commitment to labor causes. He notes continued opposition and denies any cabinet ambitions.
New York buyers and sellers quoted governing cotton prices with tone steady and middling range reported as 9.30 to 10.00 cents per pound. The market remained quiet as traders watched for signals from global demand and weather developments.
The Liverpool market lists ex-change values as of November 6 with middling prices around six thousand and notes on the current vulnerability of the cotton.
Mr Fred E Boston quits his post at Davison Nicholson to join Chamberlain Johnson Dubose in Atlanta as head of the decorating department. He has made many friends here who regret his departure.
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