Short Notes of Interest From Athens Listings
Local classifieds show Fresh Country Eggs at Weatherly and Son with phone 232, plus assorted produce at Williamson's. Ads offer fire insurance by Lipscomb and Co with contact 109 and 719, car repairs by Klein and Martin, overhauling services, and a new City Directory for $1. Also listings for dental work by Dr Allen, carpentry and painting services, a Maxwell Runabout for sale, wood yard with steady supply, a Yale motorcycle, strawberries arriving today, barber services by O K Barber Shop, and job openings for a stout boy.
Athens City Directory Sells Quick
The new Athens City Directory is popular and selling rapidly. It offers extensive information about Athens plus a city map and is priced at one dollar. The second shipment arrived yesterday, with copies available at book stores and the Banner Job office.
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New
Athens
Dr Benjamin F Riley Opens Prohibition Work for Negroes
Dr Benjamin F Riley long associated with the University of Georgia and now living in Texas has entered a new effort organizing the blacks of the South for prohibition. He pursues this work with notable energy and optimism, believing it will yield substantial results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Riley
University of Georgia
Texas
South
Rat accessory derails trolley in Darby hat mishap
A wind gust off a peach-basket Easter hat blew a feathered blonde rat from Miss Mary Stickney of Chester on a Darby trolley. Crowds stopped Main street traffic for five minutes as a small boy helped recover the item and prevent injuries. Police hurried to the scene mistaking it for a riot.
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Main Street
Darby
Philadelphia Inquirer
Smith, Clark
Crumback
Mary Stickney
Chester
Southern Educational Conference delegates hear reports and plans
The Atlanta meeting of the Southern Educational Conference opened with sessions in the auditorium and discussions led by state and federal education leaders. Papers covered progress in elementary and higher education, agricultural and industrial education, and the national program.
Acquittal Followed by Damages for Peck in Larceny Case
S J Peck a former railroad engineer in Atlanta yards was arrested for stealing coal but later acquitted. The state court of appeals awarded him $500 damages against Southern Railway for illegal arrest and false imprisonment.
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Ulm
Atlanta
S. J. Peck
Southern Railway
State Court of Appeals
Peek
Court of Appeals
Carnival Draws Large Crowds at Great Cosmopolitan Shows
The Great Cosmopolitan attracts daily crowds at the Chase Street show grounds with attendees expressing satisfaction and vocal approval of the performances and atmosphere.
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Chase Street
Carnival Queen Contest Opens Voting At Local Spots
The Carnival Queen contest lists nominees Miss Mattie Gains Emma Belle Willoughby Katharine Lantes Jester and Jessie Susanna Jackson with voting at Palmer s Athens Cigar Havana Cafe Costa s Scudder s and Athenaeum Cafe. Voting ends 6 30 p m Friday the 23rd after a public vote in front of Scudder s Jewelry. Col M J O Leary reports plans for Savannah companies to join July 20 outing to Waynesboro and a possible joint trip with Augusta s third battalion.
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Onr
Mattie Gains
Emma Belle Willoughby
Katharine Lantes Jester
Jessie Susanna Jackson
Palmer’s Drug Store
Athens
Havana Cafe
Costa's
Scudder’s
Athenaeum Cafe
Scudder
M. J. O'Leary
Frst
Scott
Savannah
Waynesboro
Millen
Augusta
P. P. McIntyre
Georgia Hussars
Cavalry
Twenty five more homes needed for Y M C A delegates
Citizens pledge to host Y M C A delegates at the state convention, with about twenty five host homes still required. H O Williams will lead the Sunday men's meeting on "The Question of the Ages" as the Piedmont Quartet from Atlanta performs. Frederick Foster and Bailey Thomas Hodgson will be christened at Emmanuel Church this afternoon.
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H. O. Williams
Piedmont Quartette
Atlanta
Young Men's Christian Associations
New Haven
Conn
Virginia
International Committee
Atlantic States
Mississippi
Richmond
Williams
Emmanuel Church
Frederick Foster
Bailey Thomas Hodgson
Troy Beatty
Hodgson Catlett Engagement Is Announced in Falls Church
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Hodgson of Falls Church Va announce the engagement of their daughter Jeannie Ancrum Hodgson to Mr. George Fitzhugh Catlett. The wedding will be at the Falls Church old Falls P. E. church on April 28. Jeannie has many city relatives and has visited here as a guest of her uncle Joseph M. Hodgson. Also noted is a music program at State Normal School during anniversary exercises and several local social notes.
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Hennehker Aang Hodgson-Catlett
Thomas A. Hodgson
Falls Church
Jeannie Ancrum
George Fitzhugh Catlett
Old Falls P. EB
Miss Hodgson
Joseph M. Hodgson
State Normal
State Normal School
Stanage
Brooks
Tilzer
Weltz
Strauss
Yallah
Loraine
Predeville
van Alstyne
Curly
Powell
von Suppe
Maurice
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Bank of England
Erwin & Company
College Avenue
Weatherly & Son
al Williamson
Lipscomb & Co
New City
Klein & Martin
Williamson's
Maxwell
W. H. Bishop
O. K
Jackson St
Yale
H. B. Sparks
Clayton St
Sanitary Plumb, Ing Co
J. C. Jester
Prince
Stout Boy
R. E. Holcomb
Prince Avenue
Banister
VICI
Oxford
Lanier
Broad Street
B. F. Riley
New Field
Lanta
Uim
Avlanta
Southern Educational Conferene
Joyner
Raleigh
N.C
Jere M. Pound
Georgia
G. E. Cook
Arkansas
Elmer Ellsworth Brown
Clarence Ousley
Forth Worth
Tex
Record
Southern Association of College Women
Emma Garrett Boyd
P. P. Claxton
University of Minnesota
Gifford Pinchot
Washington, D. C
Lycett
State National Guard
Burke County
Batalion
Adjutant-General’s
of Court of Appeals
Atlanta Court News
Brooks County
H. J. Sandlin
Valdosta
Southern Express Company
Dixie
Curtis Crane
Triea
Y. M. C. A. Committee
C. A. Scudder
E. C. Branson
J. Stewart
T. J. Wooster
D. L. Earnest
Frances Henley
T. Carl Stephens
Sandy Cross
Purhlaski St
Prince Ave
W. A. Mallory
Baepaaaiia
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