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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1913
Page
7
Athens remains the second largest inland cotton market in Georgia with steady spot prices. The Athens cotton exchange reports frost risks across the region, while New York and Liverpool prices show firmness. Weather forecasts warn of frost and colder conditions across the belt, with trade commentary from Miller & Co. and local officials noting potential price adjustments.
Athens stands as one of the largest cotton milling centers in the South. Market forces show no active speculation on dull stocks as merchants and spinners reverse positions. Tight money and political tariff fears kept buyers away, while ample past crops left goods stockpiles thin. Demand remains, but mills sell production at low levels and refrain from new cotton purchases. Global buyers resist cotton advances, delaying relief from pessimistic market sentiment. The latest US Census consumption report notes high bale counts, yet the market remains cautious amid lingering supply concerns.
A garbled January to December sequence hints at dates and events in New Orleans. readable bits reference months and numbers, suggesting a local public notice or brief item, but most specifics are lost in OCR corruption.
A compact ledger line lists totals for items 664 and 683 with a 1.50 unit rate. It records a 19.42 subtotal, a VAT of 10.47, and a final total for the warehouse or wharf-related entry. The fragment suggests routine cost accounting and tax calculation.
H. D. Marbut, a city merchant near a pool room, uses discarded billiard balls to craft pipes and a cigarette holder. He paid $11.50 for a ball and $1.25 for an amber mouthpiece, shaping them into meerschaum style pieces that color like ivory and resist breaking. He also made a second pipe from two balls costing about $40 and produced other small items from the scraps.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the American Mining Congress began in Philadelphia on October 20. Delegates from Alaska, British Columbia, eastern Canada and parts of Mexico attended, with West and East mining interests represented. The program centers on mining issues and policy discussions planned for the session through much of the week.
October 20 Danville reports an unusual alliance as Prince Makikane Q Cele, son of a Zulu potentate, marries Julia Smith, a local Black woman. The couple plans to return to Africa to teach Zulus to utilize resources, promote Christianity, and pursue missionary work backed by Hampton Institute.
In Moretown Vermont Mrs Iver View Farm relates sixteen years of pain and weakness eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. In Gifford Iowa Mrs Ina Mill Slagle reports relief from female weakness displacement and headaches after using the same remedies. Both endorse the medicine's curative effect.
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