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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1915
Page
7
Train schedule shows departures and arrivals from Macon and Madison with connections to Georgia Railroad at Madison and Appalachian County Railroad at Appalachee for Monrog and southbound routes. Contact R Bloodworth commercial agent at phone 640 or 18 for info.
Daily departures include Train 60 at 8 56 a m Train 62 at 4 25 p m and Train 64 at 9 05 a m Sunday excluded. Arrivals list Train 61 at 1 20 p m Train 63 at 9 20 p m and Train 65 at 3 00 a m except Sunday.
Southern Railway schedules for 421 and 411 points list daily departures and arrivals with times such as 3:00 pm, 1:00 pm, and 6:50 pm. Daily services exclude Sundays on some routes. Tickets available via Paul Pinkerton, commercial agent, and R L Johnson, ticket agent, phone numbers 81 and 1024.
The schedule shows No 2 leaving Athens at 7 00 a m and No 4 at 1 00 p m No 1 arrives Athens 11 25 a m and No 3 at 6 25 p m Connections are listed at Belmont for Winger Monroe and intermediate points with the Georgia Railroad for all points and with Southern Railway north and south Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern stations.
Nicholson hosts a school picnic led by Miss Cleo Evans with Hood Academy and local Sunday schools in attendance. Center announces a Debating Society meeting April 30 on ambition. Clarke County Choir and Union Choir plan spring gatherings. Commerce schedules revival at Presbyterian church led by Rev. E F Griffith Gainesville. local convicts attend a barbecue in Commerce. Nicholson mourns Mrs Myra Smith with schoolchildren at her funeral. Maysville reports a possible missing person case of a white woman and her daughter. Julian Smith obituary notes generosity to First Baptist Commerce. Watkinsville will host Congressman Samuel J Tribble April 17 in a free illustrated lecture. Lavonia reports a convict escape with a dog. Children’s Day on May first at the Methodist church features an original program.
Special to the Banner from Atlanta Georgia April 16. Frank Adair of Forrest and George Adair says Georgia has a strong financial rating after a successful bond sale. He praises Governor Slaton and Mr Candle for attracting the highest price and notes capital turning southward with ample loan money and rising real estate activity. He believes a broad business revival is underway as eastern financiers see the US as a self sufficient republic despite the war.
An Athens resident, J. W. Henley of 700 Pulaski St., recalls three years of kidney trouble with frequent urination and backache. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief when other remedies failed, urging readers to use the Dean's Kidney Pills model trusted by Henley. Price 50c at dealers.
A National Geographic Society statement traces Bulgaria in history from Byzantine clashes to Ottoman subjugation and 19th century reforms. It notes population around 4.5 million, land area 43,300 square miles, rich Danube Maritza valleys, mineral wealth, and rose attar exports. It outlines 1908 proclamation of a constitutional hereditary monarchy by Prince Ferdinand and the political seriousness in elections.
The YMCA religious committee brings Rev. R. V. Miller to speak on Christ on Trial at the New Elite Theater in Athens Sunday afternoon. Miller, a North Carolina preacher and former YMCA secretary, delivers a sermon praised elsewhere and linked to revival among men. The event starts with a 3:30 singing by a male chorus, followed by the 4 o clock sermon. A boys meeting at 3:30 in the YMCA parlors will be addressed by Abit Nix, a committee member, who previously spoke to the boys with strong impact.
The bulletin forecasts fair weather for Athens and surrounding Georgia through Saturday with generally clear skies and mild temperatures. It notes high pressure over the central valley, unsettled western regions, and a disturbance over Arizona with light rains in the plateau, extending into the upper Lake region. Also mentions Sloan's Liniment for rheumatism relief and a historical remark on Bulgarian Tsar titles.
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