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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1911
Page
7
Real Estate Erwin and Company lists services while various merchants promote sales. A 9 room house for rent on Washington street appears with F G Umbach offering shoe, stove, and furniture deals. A night school at Athens Business College expands, and a lost pig notice is included along with contact details for shoe repairs.
Fire Insurance Lipscomb and Co Real Estate Lipscomb and Co The largest savings bank in Athens The Athens Savings Bank pays 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1 Deposits received from 1 00 up For Rent On Cobb Street 6 room apartment two private baths electric lights and gas Mrs W A Jester Get Chas W Parr s prices on painting and wall decorating before giving your order Messengers Can earn 20 to 30 per month Apply Western Union Tel Co Several Lots for Sale on Savannah Ave Athens Ave and Barber St John Bird For Sale or Rent Seven room house on Cedar Street Dr L N Betts For Rent A nice furnished room close in Phone 97 Wanted Experienced milliner and several sales ladies at once Apply at F Buchwald s Broad Street Wanted to Rent or a room house in nice neighborhood Address A 8 leave Banner
E A Cox a Lakewood resident and a black man named Lake drowned when a boat he was in capsized crossing a creek feeding a Paulding county pond. A. M. Niese in the boat swam to shore while Cox tried to rescue the work crew member. The event occurred near Dallas Georgia this morning.
Monroe Phillips of a 700 acre farm on the Ocmulgee river near Macon requests the secretary of war send soldiers to help exterminate bears invading his property. He plans to invite former President Roosevelt to join the effort as bears in the cane brakes have ravaged his plantation and caused heavy losses.
West Point Georgia October 9 Engineer Lee Wells and fireman Carr of passenger train No 36 were seriously injured when the engine derailed and struck freight cars wrecking three of them. The cause of the wreck is unknown.
Mr E K Lumpkin Jr and Mr Carlisle Cobb won a case before Judge West on Saturday afternoon with a verdict in favor of their client. The proceedings stemmed from a warrant sworn out by Mr W H Butt of Madison some time ago.
Commerce Ga Oct 9 F P Webb one of the oldest citizens of the county aged 75 died at his home after a brief illness The remains will be buried in Gray Hill cemetery tomorrow.
Lumpkin and Cobb filed habeas corpus after accusing Hoyt Stephens of cheating and swindling under the labor contract law. The case faced no resistance when called and Judge West dismissed it, pleasing the attorneys and their client.
Savannah Ga Oct 9 The United States government will soon operate a Pellagra research laboratory at the Marine Hospital in Savannah provisioned by a special act of Congress Dr H C Lavender leads the project with an assistant conducting southern investigations He disputes Dr Roy Harris on disease origin and will test claims about bad corn and gnat bites in coming studies
Commerce Ga Oct 9 George W Prickett a well known farmer near Commerce dropped dead from heart failure while working in his barn yesterday He was 61 and a longtime prominent figure in the county The interment was at Mt Bethel church today
Fire at the Dry Pond Stock Company ginnery in Maysville Georgia destroyed the facility along with 53 bales of cotton and 250 tons of cotton seed. Thirty two bales were badly damaged and losses reached about five thousand dollars with only a thousand dollars insured. No insurance covered the cotton.
The Debaters League was organized at the University of Georgia for directing polemic events and interclass debates. Members chosen include Geo T Northen Harold Meyer Joe Varela from Phi Kappa and W A Mann Charles Martin H D Russell from Demosthenian. The pentagonal debates involve Georgia Tulane North Carolina Virginia and Vanderbilt.
Jay Rial, press agent for Barnum & Bailey, arrived at 12:10 this morning and visited the Banner Office on the way uptown to a hotel. He announced the greatest show on earth is headed this way and nearly there, arranging early details the crew before him may have missed.
An order for leave to sell land of Lucy Goolsby colored estate in Clarke County Georgia will be sought from the Court on the first Monday in November. Administratrix Janie H. Vonderlieth signs the notice dated October 5, 1911.
Macon prepares for the Georgia State Fair with decorations across the city center. Officials and exhibitors report strong interest and the fair is set to open tomorrow morning with most exhibits already in place.
A Manhattan milliner returning from Paris on the Kaiser Wilhelm outlines upcoming fashion trends. Curved lines replace straight, furs trim velvet or cloth morning dresses, reversible materials and plaids rise in daytime wear, while velvet and satin with metallic laces dominate afternoon and evening styles.
Ernest Jester, long with G H Williamson, accepts a post with National Woolen Mills Co in this city. A well known young business man, he will begin at once and has many friends who will call on him at the new place of business.
Descriptions of attire include velvet hats trimmed with paradise or ostrich plumes, large handbags, and millinery featuring bands crowns and caps in gold silver and fabrics. Ornamentation cited includes tube or pearl beads and brilliants, reflecting era style trends.
Public schools in Athens report a total enrollment of 2336 students split into 1497 white and 839 colored pupils. White attendance rose 64 from last year while colored attendance increased 157, with colored gains about 23 percent and white gains around 4.5 percent. Figures compiled by Superintendent G. G. Bond after reports from teachers.
Clarke superior court convened yesterday at the usual hour for opening. Sheriff Walter Jackson announced the session in a public manner, and the court was adjourned to next Monday the 16th. Two traverse jurors, Lee Anderson and W H Bishop, reported but were released when no session was held.
Alfred Siles of Savannah known as the man believed dead after a cotton steamer bound for Liverpool allegedly battered hatch openings while he slept in the hold and disappeared. He telegraphed Norfolk for money to return, with a new theory that he was put ashore at Norfolk after attracting attention and the ship stopped for coal.
Seven room cottage for sale at the corner of DuBose Avenue and Virginia Avenue with water light and sewerage services. Easy terms offered. Property spans 67 acres located half a mile off Barnett Shoals Road priced at 25 dollars per acre. Terme.
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