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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
3
The Georgia Railroad Commission grants Athens Gas and Lighting Company permission to issue 50000 in bonds to fund immediate plant improvements and service expansion in Athens. The commission also denies raising the company’s capital stock from 125000 to 250000, citing no necessity for the increase.
The City plans a modern fire department building on the city hall rear lot at Jackson and Washington. Plans call for a structure tailored to 24 hour duty, improving comfort and convenience for the men. The mayor and council will start plans and begin erection, with possible basement prison space replacing the old jail to improve security and appearance.
Georgia University honors its alumni with notable achievements. Tomlinson Fort earned a Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard after AB and AM degrees from Georgia and will pursue mathematics studies in Germany on a traveling fellowship. J Ryals Conner, AB from Georgia in 1898 and PhD from Johns Hopkins in 1909, becomes associate professor of mathematics at Bryn Mawr. Dr. Downer previously held Hopkins fellowships and is recognized for high quality work.
Judge Brand yesterday decided three certiorari cases from the mayor's court. Emory Cameron and Tom Moody saw the certiorari dismissed and new trial refused. Jim McQueen’s case called a weak one and the $260 fine reduced to $75. Chicago June 15 the socialist party national committee plans a big demonstration to open the national campaign with Eugene V Debs and Emil Seidler listed as presidential and vice presidential nominees.
Atlanta June 15 Senator Jim Price touring Georgia says prospects favor twenty cent cotton this season. He cites reduced acreage, weather woes, and rising corn hay hog cattle farming as signs of shift to diversified crops. Price campaigns for agriculture commissioner, stressing he is a plain farmer candidate loved by rural voters.
Athens secures the Baraca State Meeting after strong bids from Dublin LaGrange Cartersville and Dalton. The Athens delegation impressed with enthusiasm and determination, promising warm hospitality as the young Christian workers gather next year.
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