Athens Cotton Exchange Reports Market Conditions
Miller Co and other Athens firms report the second largest inland cotton market in Georgia with steady tone. Spot values show middling around 7.65 cents with New York and Liverpool prices cited. Weather, supply and demand opinions from several firms point to possible further declines or rallies depending on conditions. Texas Wires note cloudy weather. forecast from many states varies. Noon letter notes weakness as traders liquidate and prices fall toward 12.90 cents, with support around 13 cents for January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Rothschild & Co
A. Norden & Co
Miller & Co
Norman & Mayer Co
Liverpool
Wall Street
Griffith and Welch Report South Profits Shrinking
Athens Georgia traders Griffith and Welch note profits in the southern market. Sentiment, more bearish after a rising crop outlook and better weather, signals continued decline. Bull leaders watch closely as estimates rise and prices fall.
Accessory to Murder Case Dismissed After Insufficient Evidence
A three charged group labeled as accessories to murder saw only one defendant proceed to trial. The court granted a motion for dismissal due to failure to develop sufficient evidence, resulting in the others being discharged.
Improvements planned by Gainesville mid land president
The president of Gaines ville Mid Land announced that work will be completed.
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Gainesville Midland
Gainesville Midland to broaden gauge amid $325,000 funding
General manager W B Beauprie forwards a Baldwin letter to readers announcing immediate gauge broadening on the Gainesville Midland narrow gauge division. The project, funded by security holders for 325000, aims to improve transport capacity and spur increased business along the line and at its terminals. Merchants and residents are urged to support and use the short line to maximize the railway’s service.
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Gainesville Midland Railway
W. B. Beauprie
Baldwin
Savannah
Gainesville
Peruna Promises Appetite Restore With Tablets
An advertisement touts Peruna as a cure for loss of appetite, claiming it restores interest in meals and improves mood. It urges taking Peruna before each meal and notes tablets are available for those who object to liquid remedies.
Georgia Industrial Home Appeals for Public Support
The Mumford Home in Macon Georgia asks the public to help its 440 dependent children. For fourteen years the Georgia Industrial Home has cared for destitute youngsters at risk of neglect or crime, relying solely on voluntary charity. With recent hard financial years, the facility seeks contributions to continue state wide outreach and vital care.
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Georgia Industrial Home
Mumford Home
South
Orleans
J. A. Harris
Macon, Ga
Best Paint What Is It Devoe by Talmage Hardware Co
Devoe paint is presented as the best choice after 160 years of use and study. It emphasizes durability and low long term cost, claiming longevity and economy per job and per year. The message promotes Devoe through hardware store advertising.
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Devoe
Talmage Hardware Co
Soup Sick Man Wrote Just to While the Time Away
In Smithville Lee county a local printing office owner Frank Stanton rose from upstairs shop to fame writing verses while minding a drugstore below. The piece rails at Soup a critique of life, laments enforced idleness and the doctor Palmer, with banter about pills, liveried as a period ode and comic jab at daily sickroom life.
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Smithville
Lee County
Lauich
Frank Stanton
Stanton
Athens
H. R. Palmer
Eczema Cure and Laxative Pills Promoted in Ads
An advertisement touts Dr Hobson s Eczema Ointment as a rapid healer for rashes ring worm and other eruptions claiming it penetrates skin and stops itching. It also promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a mild effective laxative with a testimonial from Hugh Tallman of San Antonio Texas and notes availability by druggists or mail order.
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DR. Hobson
Three Men Freed After Commitment Hearing In Denton Murder Case
Warrants against Rob Bullock Jim Prichard and Earnest Wommack for accessories after the crime in the Denton murder were dismissed after a preliminary hearing before Justice C T Young. The coroner's jury had linked Horace Denton’s stabbing to Jack Scoggins, who allegedly fled with help. The trio had been jailed for days but released to their homes as prosecutors offered no evidence tying them to Scoggins' escape.
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Rob Bullock
Jim Prichard
Earnest Wommack
Horace Denton
Messrs
Woolver Smith
Young Davis
C. T. Young
C. T. Young, Justice of the Peace
Jack Scoggins
Denton
Scoggins
Jim Bullock
Jim
Bullock
Chase Strart
Southern Manufacturing Company
Display of Roses Delights Garden Club Exhibit
Athens showcases numerous rose gardens with new varieties to be displayed on October 14. The event offers buyers a chance to inspect roses and place orders as catalog descriptions may mislead. After the show, cuttings are often given away. Local climate and red clay soil favor rose growing.
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Garden Club
Athens
Pittard Improves After Elevator Collision
Winterville ia reports county commissioner John T. Pittard was injured when an elevator at Arnold & Abney struck a projecting beam on the third floor. He is badly bruised and mashed but no bones broken and is confined to his room for several days as he recovers.
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Winterville
John T. Pittard
County Commissioners’ Board
Athens
Arnold & Abney
Pittard
Baptists Soved Methodist Reaped In Georgian Revival
Rev B G Smith, state evangelist, led a tent revival at Danielsville with Henry of Maysville. First week gains: Baptist nine, Methodist four, Presbyterian four. second week four Baptist and eight Presbyterian. Totals: Baptist 10, Methodist 12, Presbyterian 4. Proposal to divide expenses by shares: Baptists five thirteenths, Methodists six thirteenths, Presbyterians two thirteenths.
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Georgian Baptist Conception
B. G. Smith
A. J. Smith
West End
Henry
Maysville
Danielsville
Baptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
They Make You Feel Good Purge Tablets Advertised
A vintage advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as a pleasant purgative. It claims the product produces a joyful feeling by improving body and mind and notes it is sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
License Restored to Otis Cardell in Georgia
The Georgia insurance commissioner General W A Wright has restored Otis Cardell of this city to conduct insurance business. After a period of review charges were filed, Cardell countered with accusations against his accusers. The companies involved were exonerated and Cardell was granted a license to represent the International Health and Life Insurance Company of Nashville Tennessee.
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W. A. Wright
Georgia
Otis Cardell
International Health and Life Insurance Company
Nashville
Tent
Invite President Wilson to stop in Athens and Atlanta
A historical note urges President Wilson to add Athens as an educational stop during his Mobile visit. Local factions seek a chat with University of Georgia and State Normal School faculty, plus relatives of Mrs. Wilson. Atlanta’s Chamber of Commerce also hopes for a brief address and dinner invite en route to Mobile.
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Presient Wilson
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
Athens
State Normal School
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
A Marvelous Escape Narrative by P F Bastlams
A fragment from Prince Albert letters recounts a boy's escape during a night incident. The writer describes a severe croup attack and a mysterious phrase about a careless escape. The text appears garbled with misplaced words and incomplete phrases.
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Prince Albert
Croup
Smeetien Leet
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