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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1922
Page
10
A damaged OCR fragment shows a Savannah Georgia area classified ad text with scattered company names and contact details. The readable portion hints at sales, employment, and mail address references but lacks coherent context.
Wheat opened mixed with gains and losses, corn and oats showing firm to unsettled moves. Cattle and hog markets saw declines and varied demand, with prices for beef, veal, and pork reflec ting softer futures and cash trades. Announcements note local aldermanic candidacy in Athens under Democratic primary rules.
A continuation of steady selling in industrial shares characterized Thursday trading as professional activity persisted. Stocks like Reading and Mexican Petroleum moved, while standards such as Standard Oil and Pan American showed mixed results amid broader market declines.
C F Crymes announces his candidacy for re election as alderman from the Fourth Ward under the rules of the democratic primary.
Local quotations remained unchanged Thursday with middling cotton at 24 cents per pound. New York and New Orleans markets moved mixed with declines, then slight recoveries amid selling and demand for cotton goods. Liverpool showed steady prices with strong American sales and ongoing liquidation pressures.
Stocks showed broad weakness with declines from 2 to 15 points across many names including Studebaker Baldwin General Electric Consolidated Gas American Locomotive and Coca Cola. Hounton Oil rose, while heavy selling and short selling pressured markets and bonds slid with 14 percent issues near 99.38. Spot cotton and foreign exchange also moved, with thin trading at New Orleans and New York showing mixed results.
New York cottonseed oil closes strong with futures for July through May rising. Savannah, Ga reports firm turpentine and rosin activity with receipts shipments and stock tallies and mixed grade quotes across various refiners and products.
Athens circus day ends with two arrests one for drunkenness and one for traffic violation. The piece notes past circus days filled the lockup and court with fines, bonds and crowded dockets, reflecting on Prohibition era law enforcement.
ATLANTA Candidates for the U S Senate and Pension Commissioner in the October 17 primary are slow in filing campaign expenses. Only one report has been filed with the Comptroller General within the 20 day deadline. J M Dent of Macon reports campaign spending of 160 dollars, with 100 dollars listed as an entrance fee.
Former Federal Reserve Board governor W P G Harding will depart for Havana next week to audit Cuban finances and aid in establishing a Cuban banking system modeled after the American Federal Reserve. He travels at the invitation of President Zayas and is expected to stay six weeks.
Gloria Swanson delivers a decisive hit in Her Gilded Cage shown at the Palace theatre last night. David Powell leads with Harrison Ford Walter Hiers Annet Cornwall and Charles Stevenson in the supporting cast. The film is one of the season’s biggest hits and shows again today as the last performance.
The Athens High and Industrial school display has been confused with another exhibit. Officials clarify the correct origin and location of the educational display.
The third installment of city taxes is due from October 15 to November 1, inclusive. Delinquents will incur a $1.50 fire cost assessed against all nonpayers. G. E. B. O'FARRELL, City Marshal.
Train schedule fragment lists Augusta and Atlanta routes with times 1:25 pm 12:20 pm and 2:25 pm and mentions Aidrome Union Detoe Union.
A report error states Athens High and Industrial School has no exhibit at the fair. The item references a Danielsville road training and industrial program and clarifies no display is present.
After an all night deliberation the jury found J. M. McClure and A. McClure not guilty in the involuntary manslaughter trial over the October 22 accident on Mitchell's bridge road that claimed W. A. McClain of Forsyth, Georgia. The court adjourned and Judge Fortson will hold his next session in Walton county in November.
Funeral held for James J. Thurmond a prominent Attica district resident who died at his sister Ada Harrison’s home near Rastville Wednesday The service at Mt Tabor church was conducted by Rev J W Wood Interment followed in the churchyard He is survived by four sons four daughters and five grandchildren He was a member of the Christian church
Testimony to cover events leading to Arthur C. Burch's arrest after leaving Los Angeles for Chicago. State witness expected Thursday at his third trial for the murder of Beverly Hills broker J Balton Kennedy. Burch was removed from an eastbound train in Las Vegas after Kennedy was shot at his Beverly Hills summer cottage. Local residents, police, and witnesses expected to testify.
Twenty three young men aged 16 to 21 receive initiatory DeMolay rites in Atlanta at the Scottish Rite apartments. The class will take a DeMolay degree at the November 7 meeting as the order expands across Georgia and the South under Forrest Adair. Discussions consider a Gainesville chapter at Riverside Military Academy.
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