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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
8
A compilation of notices and ads listing insurance, loans, sold items, wanted items, rentals, land for peach growing, bicycles and motorcycles, offers for roadster, tires, clothing, furniture, buggies, and cash purchases. Includes shop names Athens Overland, Levy's Toggery, Atlantic Ice & Coal, and address details in Athens Georgia.
Advertisement notices from The Athens Banner include banking offers from The Athens Savings Bank paying 4 percent interest with deposits from $1.00, vehicle sales from Athens Cycle Co and Overland dealers, rental and sale listings on Cobb Street, names and contact points like J. C. Jester and E. C. Callaway, plus solicitations for sales agents and second-hand items with simple contact instructions.
Thomas Brothers of Normal Station offers refinishing upholstery packing and shipping. Also listings include rental and sale notices for local properties and produce. Includes rental on Dougherty Street near Prince Avenue and paper shell pecan nursery stock for sale by F. K. Freeman.
An Atlanta beauty school promotes its Rose Garden System for faster training in beauty culture and electrolysis. The notice invites interested individuals to request full particulars and catalogue from 52 W Mitchell St Atlanta Ga.
T H B Mc Knight of the Pennsylvania Railroad warned railroad financial officers that capital shortages, reduced immigration, and stiff freight competition will cripple American business after the war. He said the railroads faced a critical situation.
A notice from Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 announces a called communication tonight at 8 o clock with work in the Master’s degree. All Masons qualified are invited to attend and refreshments will be provided. By order of J H McKinnon W M.
The jury found Richard Jackson guilty of manslaughter in the Goelett killing. Eddie Harper pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and Henry Harper was acquitted. The Harber brothers were linked to the affair, with Goelett allegedly beating a woman connected to them. a pistol discharged during a struggle. Other cases included Nat Hubbard’s calf theft acquittal and Becker Fleming v Savannah land suit verdict for the plaintiffs. Judge Brand approved a charter for Hilley Furniture. The grand jury remains in session and may not finish before tomorrow.
The program outlines sessions for the Baptist women convention including devotional services, minutes, messages from vice presidents, roll calls, offerings, and memorial and conference sections. It lists speakers such as Mrs. J. C. Price and Rev. H. H. Jennings and notes schedule details across Wednesday and Thursday sessions.
University athletic authorities announced the Georgia Auburn football game will be played in Columbus Georgia on November 4th with invitations from the Rotary Club Chamber of Commerce mayor and council alumni groups and other parties securing the relocation.
Atlanta reporters note confusion over a state senate contest. Hon J J Flynt announces Hugh Price of High Shoals as the Democratic nominee, with no second candidate on the ticket. The senatorial convention and party committee confirm Price as the regular nominee for the September 12 primary and general election support.
The Masonic lodge Mount Vernon will present the Master’s degree this evening in an unusually interesting session. Refreshments follow the work. This may be the last third degree before the Georgia Grand Lodge meeting in Macon on the 31st, and attendance is strongly urged.
The text notes repeated wasteful funds spent in New York on coal bed searches before geologists proved New York beds could not contain coal. It stresses Devonian fossils in New York rocks versus Carboniferous fossils in Pennsylvanian anthracite, halting fruitless expenditures.
A new type of electric fan can be hung from its feed card from a suitable lamp socket, saving space. The five inch diameter unit weighs a little over two pounds with its socket and runs on 110 volt circuits, delivering good room air circulation.
On Sunday a grandmother took Baby Jane, three, to church. When the collection began, Jane placed her two pennies in the box and cheerfully said the coins were enough because they “paid for two.”
Evangelist P. G. Cross preaches on The Prevailing Church urging pardon by God and Spirit power. He warns against religious forms without God's Spirit and announces tonight's sermon The Devil's Barber Shop with upcoming youth lectures and all night services. Also reports a Port Elizabeth oil drill finds hot medicinal water at 3600 feet.
A quotation reflects on time use and effort. It argues that people can fit desired tasks into their day if the will exists, and that excuses about time reveal a lack of resolve rather than real shortages.
A reflective meditation on becoming as a hard struggle shared by all living beings. The text speaks of creation groaning in travail and an ongoing warfare where pain accompanies any progress, stressing communal effort beyond humans alone.
Uncle Eben notes that a reformer who can save others from destruction may risk his own prospects. He cites a column from the Macon News about donors giving to public movements instead of paying essential household bills.
A column lists multiple fraternal groups in Athens inviting members to weekly meetings. Knights of Pythias St Elmo Lodge No 40 meets Mondays at 8:00 pm in Castle Hall Clayton Street. Various I O O F and F and A M lodges meet in Maxwell Joseph and Masonic halls with officers named and invitation extended to all brethren. Weekly schedules include Wednesdays and Thursdays with specific meeting themes and locations.
A man jokes about failing to recognize his wife’s cousin after a year of marriage. The reply suggests familiarity grows with time, saying the speaker has been married ten years and still misses relatives. The exchange plays on social awkwardness and everyday marital life.
A brief conversation reveals a lighthearted quarrel between a man and his companion about Miss Golder. He says they had a difference of opinion not serious, while she thought he ought to marry her.
A Punch cartoon caption features an elder addressing a beadle about a minister who speaks of Satan. The elder contrasts his own minister who calls the figure a deevil and shows no fear, noting the minister’s habit of referencing the adversary.
A mother leads Mary Jane to church for the first time. The child grows restless and is warned to keep quiet or be expelled. Mary Jane retorts that she wishes they would put her out, revealing a defiant mood.
The La Brea beds near Los Angeles have produced over 300000 geological specimens now housed in the University of California museum. The asphalt area has become a park and excavation may resume this season.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls a social call from a friend his wife and mother-in-law. The young boy, asked who had visited, answers that it was a papa and two mammas, capturing a playful domestic moment during a family dressing hour.
The traveling libraries traveling into many sections are expanding access and supporting communities. Uncle Eben notes that the man who makes hay while the sun shines must also care for those who idle away time, underscoring the need for proactive effort.
Forest fires along the Pacific coast send smoke drifting over the ocean, creating a navigation hazard for ships and vessels at sea.
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