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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
7
RESORTS special notes fifty thousand per day fleeing the city for summer retreats as hot weather reaches new highs. Vacations begin slowly but now accelerate with Fourth of July interest and visitors from Baltimore, while seaborne lines rehearse life boat drills and emergency procedures amid reminders of the Titanic disaster.
The Southern Fertilizer Association sent letters urging Georgia farmers to learn control measures for army worm and cotton caterpillar, now present in many areas. A business conference coordinated with the state entomologist plans to distribute circulars and push local papers to print them in full to aid farmers.
A nostalgic note asserts air age progress will bring mail carriers flying in all directions. It praises Dr Kings New Discoveries for coughs and lung issues, claiming strong popularity in America and a testimonial from Mrs J Davis of Stickney Corner Maine. The ad notes prices 50c and 1.00 with trial bottles at local merchants W J Smith & Bro and M R Palmer & Son.
Special to the Banner Commerce Georgia July funeral of Rev H Hoyt drew large crowds as his coffin lay in state at the Deadwyler home then at Maysville and finally at the Commerce and Maysville churches. Elders from both churches led the service as Confederate Veterans escorted the pallbearers. Rev Samuel J Cartledge delivered the sermon from 2 Samuel 3:38 praising the beloved pastor.
Property listings across Oglethorpe, Moreau, Oconee, Greene and Clarke Counties offer 1200 acres at 40 dollars per acre near Athens with easy terms, plus 210 acres near Bishop and 400 acres on Monroe road. Listings include 96 acres, 50 acres, 41 acres and 2 miles from Athens on Jefferson road. Stephen son and Hull of Athens advertise.
Real estate experts warn New Yorkers may become a flat dwelling majority as ten to thirty families share the same roof in new apartment structures. Hundreds of houses were leveled last month for such buildings, signaling a shift in urban living. Rev. Eugene L. Hill led a funeral tribute in Athens for Dr. Henry F. Hoyt, a Confederate soldier and devout Christian, as his coffin lay draped with the Confederate flag. The service honored Hoyt’s military and religious life, ending with interment in a Mayesville cemetery amid veterans and a final blessing.
The state contemplates raising the locker club fee from 500 to 2000 dollars to boost revenue. A question arises whether the same dead locker clubset provision would also be affected by the proposed tax increase.
The Quadrangle Baseball League organized by office men mechanics and printers Y M C A and Southern Mfg Co in Athens adopts season rules. E B Bondurant is president with Heidler as general manager and Cobb as scorer. Games start July 1 at 6 20 pm on Herty Field with sixteen games per team through August.
Mr Pound reports a large influx of over two hundred students, many new to the university, arriving by every train. Registrations and daily increases suggest this summer term will exceed prior enrollments by about a hundred. Class work is organized and progress is satisfactory.
Among passengers on the steamship Amerika due to reach New York is Dr. Duncan Paasche first vice president of the German reichstag and leader of the national liberal party. He is touring to study government systems and public questions of general importance and is especially interested in legislation on liquor traffic. He will visit many principal cities in the United States and Canada.
State Normal School Athens Georgia invites bids to furnish 600 tons of coal. Deliveries: 200 tons in July August, 400 tons between October 1 and March 1. Coal must be good steam grade, lump 2 to 6 inches, specify seam and analysis. Quotations f o b Athens delivered to the Normal School. A Rhodes State Normal School.
Ottawa bids close for a colossal Canadian drydock to be the largest globally. The Dock 16 proposal could sit on the St Charlen River Beauport flats or at St Joseph Levis. Doomed by subsidy terms the winning firm would receive 12 12.5 percent for thirty five years on a 6 million dollar project.
Commerce candidate Col R J J Smith was praised as well fitted and confidently predicted to win. The Farming ton correspondent notes the belief and mocks rival claims while inviting a future verdict on election results.
Promote Oregon educators address sessions of the Mothers and Parent-Teachers Association linked to the University of Oregon summer program. Mrs J L Taft of Portland presides as speakers include Dr Calvin White, Dr Bertha Stewart, and Dr George Reboo of Michigan. Tensions conclude tomorrow.
Athens residents report dramatic improvement in kidney disease after using Doan's Kidney Pills. A quoted testimonial from Mia Glennie of Athens date March 1908 recounts a daughter's life changing recovery and personal use with ongoing relief from kidney weakness. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY markets the remedy nationwide for 57 cents.
Sir Charles Tupper celebrated his ninety first birthday in Vancouver where he has lived with his sons since his wife’s death last spring. Messages of congratulations arrived from across Canada as he is lauded as Canada’s Grand Old Man and a surviving Father of Confederation who helped create the Dominion and defeated Joseph Howe.
The British Empire universities congress began in London with Lord Rosebery chairing. Delegates from over fifty institutions across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and beyond discussed specialization and inter-university post graduate and research student arrangements at the opening session.
An advertisement argues women need health and strength to rule, praising Electric Ditters for curing fainting, spells of weakness, backache, and fatigue. Testimonial from Ellan Pool of Depew Oklahoma claims the remedy greatly helped her. Sold for 60 cents with guaranteed quality by W. J. Smith & Bro and H. St. Palmer & Sons.
Columbus July 2 The Republican convention of Ohio, adjourned June 4 after naming delegates at large to the national convention, reconvened to nominate a state ticket. The two most active candidates for the gubernatorial nomination are D. F. Anderson of Youngstown and Lawrence K. Langdon of Columbus.
A Boston man lost his leg two years ago from an insect bite. A warning to avert such calamities from stings and bites of Insecta promotes Hucklen's Arnica Salve to kill poison and prevent inflammation swelling and pain. Also touted for burns ulcers piles eczema bites bruises. Available for 25 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Washington July 2 The Library Committee of Congress held a public hearing on a measure to allow government purchase of Monticello Thomas Jefferson's home and burial place. Representatives of patriotic groups urged passage as Representative Jefferson Levy showed support for the property transfer to federal ownership.
A Broadway project to establish a church supervised theater wins broad interest in New York. Cardinal Farley has voiced approval, while founders finalize operational details and curate religiously themed plays with a decently toned program.
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