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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
3
A verbose advertisement touts a department store’s Ready to Wear line for misses and children from $1.48 up, with a $2.00 value dress, women’s suits from $15 to $25, plus cloaks, kimonas, corsets, silk shirts, waistlines, and fabrics like Scotch Cloth and taffeta. It highlights sweatshop-free policy, value propositions, and free Home Journal Style books.
Local retail item drew attention as the store Good Goods promoted popular merchandise. Reports mention customer interest and steady sales, with shoppers praising value and variety at the shop.
A new manufacturing venture proposes a curry and nickel forming plant in the Jester building on Clayton street. Messrs. Max Jonah L. B. Pitow and Harry Bpting plan a complete operation, with machinery already arriving and more due soon. The Maxin Manufacturing Company will also operate there, producing Maxim check devices under patent held by Mr. Max Joseph, gaining merchant favor regionally.
The article notes lingering questions about President Roosevelt as a possible presidential candidate. It highlights public skepticism about his health and fitness for office and summarizes the impressions of observers on whether he will stand for election again.
Washington D C September 28 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor began a formal campaign against Secretary Taft as a presidential candidate in a five page editorial in the federation official organ He argues Tafts views on boycotts would lead to dispersing and breaking up lawful workingmen gatherings by court orders and that Taft fears ruffling industrial power He claims Taft would hand over workers to the worst elements of capitalistic class if given support and his reasons are cited in the piece.
The south offers unparalleled inspiration and economic potential through crops and products unique to the region. Cotton, sugar, rice, goober peas, onions, pecans, melons, and tobacco under shade yield large sums, with Texas onions and southern watermelons valued at tens of millions yearly, fueling resilience after the war.
The Athens area will host a new apparel factory. Charles N. Hodgson and partners plan a plant in the old Standart Building near Broad Street by October 16, employing about 25 workers initially, rising to 50 in two months, under W B Smith who will manage operations. The venture aims to boost local prosperity via increased payrolls and circulating funds. The piece also notes a possible address by Bryan at the North Carolina fair.
Yesterday morning in this city United States court Col H C Erwin filed a suit for Myer Stern executor of the last will of Dr H Rosenburg against Fidelity and Casualty Co of New York for five thousand dollars. The claim rests on a policy held by the deceased with the company and alleges his death resulted from injuries from a fall in Atlanta and fractured ribs. The case will be called during the Federal court session in November.
The State Normal School has converted a small campus building into a model infirmary with attractive equipment and furniture. Miss Bryant, trained and employed to run the infirmary, will oversee health regulations and assist with medical care for the 400 attending students.
Work on the Central of Georgia depot is advancing rapidly with the roof on the freight sheds finished and the passenger depot under construction. The completion promises a complete and commodious passenger station, with the Southern likely to use the new facility as well.
Rural carrier J A Beverly had a dramatic encounter with a coach whip snake tangled in his buggy wheel. The seven foot serpent lashed the mule as the wheel turned, causing the buggy to scatter across a mile of road before the snake freed itself and the mule halted. Nearby residents prepared for the state orphanage work day.
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