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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1915
Page
6
Georgia Railroa Eastern Time shows Train No. 50 leaves at 8 55 a m daily. Train No. 52 leaves 3 55 p m daily except Sunday. Train No. 56 leaves 4 25 p m Sunday only. Train No. 54 leaves 9 05 a m. Train No. 51 arrives 1 20 p m. Train No. 53 arrives 9 20 p m. Train No. 55 arrives 8 00 a m except Sunday.
The timetable lists train No 2 from Athens at 7 20 am and No 4 at 2 30 pm departures while No 1 arrives Athens at 11 25 am and No 3 at 6 35 pm. Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmon for Winder Monroe and intermediate points with the Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern Stations and with Southern Railway for north and south connections.
Southern Railway announces Athens Branch daily departures and Sunday timetable. Arrival times include 12:40 p m and 6:50 p m with Sunday specific 3:15 p m and 9:45 a m options. For information contact Paul Pinkerton or E Shelton at the listed phone numbers.
E G Scales predicts a strong two year US market run with cotton at 15 cents a pound. He cites Europe’s demand, South farmers holding supply, bank funding, and steel mill activity as supporting factors for continued prosperity and higher cotton prices.
Executors of Mrs. S. J. V. Johnson offer 300 acres near Winterville and Arnoldsville with 100 to 125 acres cultivated, timbered remainder. Property fronts public roads, close to churches and markets. cash terms, titles perfect. Also includes historical cotton market commentary by J. T. Pittard and T. H. Dozier.
Preliminary census report lists cotton ginned by county in Georgia for 1915 and 1914. Totals show 133 420 for 1915 and 136 286 for 1914 with county by county figures such as Morgan 51 in 1915 and 92 in 1914 and Oconee 0 in 1915 and 131 in 1914.
The forecast through Wednesday evening calls for fair and cooler conditions in Athens and Georgia. A northern disturbance moved to the eastern states bringing widespread showers from Texas to New England and the upper lakes. A high pressure area in the northwest moved southward causing a notable temperature drop across the west with light frosts in several cities and a freezing reading at Sheridan Wyoming.
A reader from Montpelier Indiana extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy saying it never failed to give prompt relief for colds. The advertisement notes cooler fair weather and urges readers to try the medicine, available from all dealers.
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