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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1913
Page
4
The notice outlines payment options including ex rees and money orders and urges subscribers to report delivery issues promptly. It warns carriers not to solicit subscriptions and notes rising public interest in baseball and other topics from Athens and Atlanta.
The piece argues that while President Wilson pushes Congress to pass the currency reform bill before the special session ends, haste risks defects. It notes the bill’s rushed passage in the House, the need for Senate debate, and prefers a perfected measure even if it takes longer.
A historical column argues that President Wilson limits negro political appointments, praising the policy as beneficial for the race. It also critiques Columbus Day coverage and includes a “This Date in History” section with notable birthdays and events from 1649 to 1913.
Chief Lloyd Brooks and Officers Gentry and Short pursued a runaway engine that escaped from the local yards Sunday night. The engine, with fire in the box, rolled toward Union Point near the Empire State Chemical plant. They flagged an approaching Augusta train and steered the engine back into the yard before the passenger train arrived.
Yesterday morning Judge Brand announced a reduction of Ed Watkins colored from fifteen years to ten. Watkins is already serving his term for criminal assault on a woman of his own color. The judge cited mental weakness and mercy in shortening the sentence.
Ed Fewclothes known to municipal and superior courts faced Judge Brand after being found guilty of burglary and car breaking. A motion for a new trial was granted, leading to an unusual step where he pled guilty at the fresh hearing while turning state’s evidence against himself. Sentence had not yet been passed.
Fresh country eggs and Jersey butter available with a variety of produce. Extra sugar, tomatoes, lemons and more offered for early nine o'clock delivery by phone 1176. The Friends of Mr Joe Arnold mourn his mother who died in Athinta last Friday and was laid to rest in Wilkes county near Washington Sunday morning.
Eight divorce cases were heard yesterday morning in the superior court with most verdicts for the first time. Defendants objected in two of the eight, and more cases for temporary and permanent alimony are to be heard this term. Fresh green corn and okra listed.
Funeral and burial held Sunday for J. W. Carthers a prominent citizen near Crawford. Services conducted at Crawford Baptist Church with many friends in attendance. The report notes a major Georgia trial of Hon. Thomas E. Watson on obscenity charges linked to mailed writings and Catholic critiques. The case before Judge Rufus E. Foster is anticipated as a top current event.
A 50 cent Parisian Sure bottle is advertised to treat dandruff and thinning hair for men women and children. It promises to stop scalp itching and burning and to promote new growth with nightly scalp rubbing and gradual use. The ad notes the product carries the Girl with Auburn Hair trademark and is sold by H R Palmer & Sons.
An ad touts Dr. Leonhardt hemorrhoid tablets claiming a 24 day cure for internal piles and lists Buffalo New York and druggists as sources. Separate notes mention three native larch species in the United States and European larch planted in prairie states. Dr Kings New Discovery is recommended for coughs colds and lung troubles with testimonials and pricing. Squirrels collect seed used by the forest service.
Dozens of cases show fainting dizziness backache headaches and debility improve after using Electric Bitters. Mrs Laura Gaines of Ovoca La credits the remedy after four doctors gave up. Available at druggists priced 50 cents and 1.00. Torrey pine plant noted in two southern California locales.
Commerce Ga October 13 Saturday was a banner day with record cotton buying. One firm purchased nearly three hundred bales at 14 cents a pound totaling about twenty thousand dollars. Wagons loaded with cotton from Jackson Banks Franklin and Madison counties flowed in from dawn to dusk as buyers merchants bankers and businessmen filled the streets with a gala scene.
A mild gentle and effective laxative is what people demand when suffering from constipation. Thousands swear by Dr. King's New Life Pills. Hugh Tallman of San Antonio writes they are the best pills his wife and he have taken. Price 25 cents at druggists or by mail H Bucklen Co Philadelphia.
One hundred acres of the Florida national forest will be sown to maritime pine seed this fall. Maritime Pine is the source of the French turpentine industry. San Francisco recently received its first cargo of lumber from the Tongass national forest Alaska. The shipment consisted of 1 500 000 feet for Sitka spruce.
The forecast notes fair and clear conditions across Atlanta and the region with cooler air moving in. Rains have touched Brownsville and coastal points, while frost touched Bay and Toledo in the Lake region. A central Canadian disturbance brings clouds and Pacific rain, with rising temperatures expected soon in the east.
An advertisement for RHEUMA 15 touts relief from rheumatism by cleansing the body of impurities without narcotics or adaptates. It claims kidney liver and skin detoxification and sells for 60 cents at H. R. Palmer & Sons. Testimonial from J. R. Crocker of Columbia cites crutch use ended after two days. Other items note Abe Link arriving from Wilmington and Fred Orr on professional business in Birmingham.
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