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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1913
Page
8
Clarke County Sunday School Association prepares for its first regular meeting in Winterville with delegations from Emmanuel Church School and First Methodist. Officials and many teachers will travel by automobile Thursday and Friday to attend services in both churches and a possible large tent.
Yesterday a Teasley car driven by Miss Lillian Blanchard nearly crashed on the Oconee Street bridge over the belt line. The vehicle struck the timber wall, damaged the axle and wheel, but no one was hurt.
Yesterday in Athens Mayor Court Uncle Joe Byrd, a white man in his seventies, paid a five dollar fine for drunken disorderly conduct. A police officer who arrested Byrd forty-one years earlier sat in court, recounting the earlier arrest when Byrd was in his prime. Capt. Hill, now with Athens police forty-one years, recalls Byrd’s musket seizure and its loaded contents of shot, slugs, brass, nails and screws.
Capt. Dan Martin of this city reportedly raised tomatoes on vines over twenty feet long at a Georgia factory HQ. Representative Frank Lipscomb cites Mr. Al Bishop near the factory confirming vines surpassing twenty feet with tomatoes hanging around twenty five feet high.
Prof Joseph S Stewart head of the University of Georgia secondary education department is in Atlanta today to supervise the examination of applicants seeking admission to the two city medical colleges. The new medical practice law requires the professor to assess literary qualifications of aspiring medical practitioners in Georgia.
The Knights of Pythias St Elmo Lodge announces October 13 as the grand opening night for Castle Hall in this city. A big gathering is planned with speakers from home and abroad and a rally of knights to mark the new lodge quarters. Details remain undecided as the date was fixed at a lodge meeting with occupancy likely by October 1.
National league games featured Brooklyn over Pittsburgh 2 0 Philadelphia beat Chicago 5 1 and 1 5 Chicago 0. American league notes include St Louis 7 Washington 5 Detroit blanked by Philadelphia 4 0 Cleveland defeated New York 7 5 Boston Chicago rain and later Chicago 8 Philadelphia 7 and 3 2 Cincinnati bested New York 2 0 Boston 8 St Louis 1 with no American Sunday games.
Helena Montana September 22 The annual Montana State Fair opened today featuring the largest exhibition of the state's natural resources and wealth. A notable display is the forestry exhibit arranged by the Federal government drawing big crowds while racing and other entertainment continue throughout the week.
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 per cent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1. Deposits from $1.00. Also lists rental housing near Milledge and Lumpkin streets and local notices. Includes nurseries and fruit scions for sale and help-wanted and lost items notices.
Jim Jackson admitted drunkenness and memory loss and received a total fine of 195 dollars in aggregate yesterday morning. He fought restraint in jail, cursing and tearing bedding, and attempted to burn mattresses during Sunday in custody.
Hutcheson of Rome praises Logan as a promising addition to the Red and Black. Logan, a 160 pound player from Rome, is noted as a capable footballer and strong baseball talent. Malone, Paul Turner due soon. Paddock later. Conklin due Thursday. Team scrimmage today.
Insurance and real estate notes include fire insurance with J C Jester, 6 percent farm land loans through Deupree Hunnicutt at 309 Southern Mutual Building, and sale of a nine room Cloverhurst Avenue home with two baths and garage. Also boarders wanted at Wayside Inn 120 Hancock Ave, shoe repair by Martin Bros Clayton Street, and green carnations offered.
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