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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1913
Page
2
The Superior court resumes at nine o'clock with a heavy criminal docket expected. First case is the Ozzie Bush murder case, a Black convict charged with stabbing a fellow convict at Clarke camp over a bucket of water. County commissioners plan to meet Tuesday next, the twenty first.
The county board of roads and revenues schedules its Thursday noon meeting in the clerk Tattwright’s office. Agenda centers on selecting three assessors under the new state tax revision law, with no names yet proposed or accepted for appointments.
Dr C A Ryder, a well known resident, was severely injured when he slipped and fell near Clayton and Jackson streets. He twisted ligaments in a knee and could not walk, with bystanders assisting him to a drug store then home. condition described as serious and painful.
George Collins announces his candidacy for alderman of the Second Ward subject to Democratic primary action.
J H McKinnon announces his bid for Alderman of the First Ward subject to Democratic primary action through the party process.
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with possible rain and cooler temperatures Sunday. Western sections report clearing and much colder air, with frosts observed in Green Bay and Dodge City. No killing frost expected in Georgia yet, but a cooler pattern develops Sunday and Monday.
Yesterday’s football results include Georgia 20 Alabama 0 and Virginia 38 VMI 17. Other outcomes feature Auburn 20 Clemson 0, Vanderbilt 33 Henderson Brown 0, Princeton 13 Syracuse 0, Yale 37 Lehigh 0, Army 4 Pittsburgh 12, and Chicago 23 Iowa 6 among several listed scores.
An advertisement from Devoe Talmage Hardware Co urges homeowners to act on painting projects. It argues paint costs about two fifths of a job while the work costs three fifths and warns paint prices won’t drop due to postponed jobs.
Report notes at least seven fans accurately guessed the final score of the Alabama game. Bart Woods and others including Roy Smith Hastings Der tee Crump McCinnell and John Kevey are mentioned among those who matched the outcome. A traveling salesman for Talmady and A Duggan are also named in the account.
Public notices and ads list Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on deposits with no minimum, shoe repair by Martin Bros on Clayton Street, and various sales and rentals. Also included are help-wanted ads, a missing item reward, and stock sales for Georgia National Bank and American State Bank with executors listed.
Multiple notices include insurance offers from Lipscomt and Jester, sale of a Cloverhurst Ave home with nine rooms two baths furnace and garage, SKAT soap promotion, taken up heifer calf details, rented furnished Miss Anna Camak home, cottage rental wanted, room and bath for two men, Freeman's pecan trees and fruit scions for sale, used two car sale options, lost twenty dollar bills reward, and local social updates including visits and a death notice for Tom Carthers.
Judge Hart the state tax commissioner says only one seventh of Georgia property is on tax books. If all taxable property were returned the state could pay its debt next year and cut the tax rate from 5 to 2.5 mills. He toured counties including Clayton Henry Spalding Pike Meriwether Harris Muscogee and others.
The obituary notes Mr. Carthers aged sixty seven, a consistent Christian gentleman with a spotless reputation. Rev. P. W. Davis of Lexington conducted the funeral, and the remains were laid to rest in the city cemetery Sunday afternoon.
The chamber of commerce meeting scheduled for next Tuesday night has been postponed to the 28th. Businessmen should plan ahead to attend and contribute thoughts and interest to Athens' progress.
Mr J B Wier Jr on a visit to Hill street parents. He led the Tallulah Falls power plant for years and has joined a top New York engineering firm. He departs for New York soon to supervise Panama Isthmus coal station construction.
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