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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1912
Page
4
The notice urges readers to register before closing time and supports Oscar Underwood as the Democratic standard bearer. It highlights nationwide support for Underwood, calls for bonds and progress, praises Alabama leadership, and stresses the need for road work in Georgia while urging car owners to aid the campaign.
Tomorrow Clarke County faces an election to approve issuing 200000 dollars in bonds for a new downtown courthouse and jail building. Supporters argue tax burdens taper with rent savings and property value rises, while arbitration will set property value transfers.
The Athens window at 225 Clayton Street showcases radium diamonds as a clever substitute for rare gems. H. R. Palmer & Son’s drug store hosts a four day demonstration sale with radium set pieces priced regularly from three to eight dollars, now offered for one dollar.
Mack Moseman of W J Smith & Bro drug store on Broad Street reported a broken bottle fragment struck him during an altercation on Broad Street with O Neal Mathews. He suffered only a slight injury while there as a customer was being waited on.
The Y W C A directors met in Judge Cobb's office and ordered immediate start on an advanced equipped building. A committee chaired by Mrs M L Troutman with members Mrs A M Soule Mrs F A Lipscomb C H Phinizy T H Nickerson and J F Edwards to secure plans and issue contracts.
About 200 men gathered Sunday at the Majestic Theater for a Miss Millie Rutherford talk on God’s love and reconciliation. She stressed that rebellion lies in man not God, and urged obedience to awaken close relations with the Father as the orchestra and quartet provided fitting musical interludes.
The working man of the South supports our Work-in-Comfort Shoes, priced at 3.50 dollars. The shoe features chrome tanned leather, a heavy flexible sole, and comes in three colors and several styles. Made in Georgia, dealers are urged to stock this line.
Highlights include 1720 death of Massachusetts Governor Joseph Dudley in Roxbury born 1647 and 1838 birth of Leon Gambetta. Events list 1801 Nelson fleet bombards Copenhagen 1810 Napoleon I and Archduchess Marie Louise wed 1830 Chicago survey 1844 Fleet Prison abolition 1865 Ambrose Hill killed Petersburg born 1824 1866 Philadelphia Evening Star first issue 1894 Coxey’s Army reaches Pittsburgh.
Archbishop Francesco Pellegrino Stagni Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland born April 2 1859 in Bud orf Italy. He joined the Servites at 15 studied in Rome became parish priest in London and later professor and Superior General. In 1910 named papal representative to Canada and Newfoundland. Also noted are Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University 50 and Senator George S Nixon 52 and the Duke of Saxe Meiningen 86.
Tonight a final bond meeting is planned at Pledger's store near the Southern Mfg Co factory. Speakers include Judge A J Cobb Mr W F Dorsey and Col J B Gamble.
A joint legislative committee arrived in Athens to inspect the University of Georgia and its branches. Senators Whitehead Ennis Harris Mann Mayson Morris Oliver and others will tour the campus chapel Herty Field State Normal School and later the State College of Agriculture and other institutions with plans to meet in Atlanta Friday for a Tech inspection.
A married man in Athens pulled an April Fools joke on his wife at breakfast. He burst into the room with a towel around his hand and wore a wreath while shouting April fool. Later he accidentally stabbed his finger with a copybook and harmed himself.
Judge H S West rejects Ed Hill trespass habeas corpus bid. Athens city police held Hill on a Polk County warrant for disposing of mortgaged property, a misdemeanor. Sheriff information led to Rockmart felonious disposition charge. warrant deemed legal and valid.
The city will hear twelve fire bell signals tomorrow underlining ballots cast for Bonds and progress. The campaign argues the alarms mark progress toward county bonds and better business interests, with an expected turnout above one thousand two hundred votes.
The Lyric Theatre brings Steele and Lewis as star singers for Patrons. If you missed yesterday’s show, visit today to hear them perform The Chicken Rag. Two reels of fine pictures will be shown at each performance.
The University of Georgia student body is described as strong for Underwood as he writes a leading story for Tuesday morning’s paper. He is said to have clipped a piece from a finger on the same hand with long scissors before supper, leaving the outcome for the morning sheet uncertain.
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