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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1916

Page

8

Local Plant Sale and Insurance Notes Prompt Purchases

Short notices advertise fire insurance with J C Jester and several plant sales. Sweet potato plants Nancy Hall Porto Rico and Southern Queen priced at 1 50 per thousand with March 25 shipment, other offerings at 1 10 per thousand. Tomato plants Barhana Beauty Globe Stone listed with volume pricing. Evergreen Plant Farm and Oaks Plant Farms promote orders for April May delivery. Auction sale for Rowland upcoming. furniture storage suggested.

Nancy Hall Porto Rico Southern Queen W. H. Hobby Rebecca Gaim P. O Eyvergreen Plant Farm Evergreen Ala Porto Ricos Oaks Plant Fort Green Fla

Savings Bank Marks 4 Percent Interest in Athens

The Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded semiannually on January 1 and July 1. Deposits begin at 1.6. Includes other local ads for Buick car, rental cottages, stenographic work, and loans on farm or city property with notices about upcoming Rowland Place event on May 4th.

Bank IN Athens

Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safer Calomel Substitute

An advertisement advocates Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant vegetable liquid that safely starts the liver without causing salivation. It contrasts with calomel as a dangerous mercury-based drug that weakens the body. The copy claims year round health benefits and a money back promise if not effective.

Dodson Adv

Dr. King's New Discovery Promised Quick Cold Relief

Advertised as a remedy for fall through spring coughs and colds. The copy claims immediate relief from coughing and inflammation, calling it antiseptic and healing. A customer testimonial from W. C. Jesseman of Franconia, N.H. endorses keeping a bottle on hand.

Dr. King W. C. Jesseman Franconia

Union Meeting of Sixty Baptist Churches at Nicholson

The Sarepta Baptist Association's sixty churches hold a three day union meeting in Nicholson. The program covers devotions, missions, church support, baptist papers, evangelizing, Sunday school, and sermons by Dr. Dobbs and Rev. Henderson with sessions for discussion and church life topics.

Nicholson Sarepta Baptist Association Athens W. M. Yeargan Dr. Dobbs W. M. Voil T. C. Hardman L. F. Elrod W. M. Sage L. A. Henderson W. E. White J. W. Lynch P. W. Davis R. E. Neighbour J. A. Bell C. H. Word Jno. D. Mell C. J. Hood

Strand Today Presents The Sowers Starring Blanche Sweet

Blanche Sweet appears in The Sowers at the Strand with Theodore Roberts Mabel Van Buren H B Carpenter and Ernest Joy. The Russian Court drama from Henry Seaton Merriman showcases her in formal gowns and marks a rare dressed up performance.

Sweet Strand Miss Sweet Theodore Roberts Mabel van Buren H. B. Carpenter Ernest Joy Henry Seaton Merriman The

Engineers survey route for federal highway Athens to Atlanta

University of Georgia engineers and state officials surveyed the Athens to Atlanta segment of the federal highway route through Oconee Walton Oglethorpe Wilkes counties. Professors Slack Strahan Griggs led reconnaissance as students will conduct future surveys in two crews.

W. G. Griffeth Strahan University Col. Griggs T. P. Stanley Judge Fullilove Oconee County Athens Atlanta Oconee Walton 8. B. Slack Oglethorpe Wilkes Engineering Corps Department of Actvil Enngineering Good Roads Division University of Georgia Slack Griggs

Georgia rallies to beat W. & Lee in tight contest

Georgia overcame a poor start at Lexington April 27 to win 6 to 5 over W. & Lee. Westbrook pitched well after the first inning, allowing four hits while Vance produced two home runs and a two base hit. Floyd and Wooten added two base hits, and Rawson secured a final outs.

Lexington Georgia R. H. E. Georgia W. & Lee

Father Clark Identifies Child in Question at Gainesville

Gainesville Ga April 27 Habeas corpus hearing on the missing boy case is postponed to next Wednesday awaiting Mrs Ella Glass of Jersey City N J who will try to identify the boy with the gypsies. Father Clark who visited the Costello camp near Gainesville identified the Gainesville boy and said the descriptions do not match the Glass child.

Father Clark Gainesville Ella Glass Jersey City N. J William Costello Atlanta E. Marvin Underwood van Ruden Atanta Mr. Ruden Washington Sarah Moss Athens Washington Post

Tax Returns Due State and County By May First

Tax receivers warn defaulters that failure to file or value property will trigger a double tax. If no return is made the assessor will file for the delinquent using best information and double the tax for each year of default. State and county tax books close Monday May 1. J. Dorsey Tax Receiver.

Dorsey

Murphy-Cranford Wedding at Dupont Apartment

Miss Agnes de Ricci Murphy and Henry Loud Crawford wed in a simple ceremony at 4 PM with only immediate relatives present. The service was led by Mgr. James F. Mackin at Mrs. Annie Murphy’s Dupont apartment and the couple plans a Columbia Road home after an extended wedding trip.

James Raymond Murphy Ludwick Wilbert Crawford

Mrs. E. F. Marshall Dies After Illness

Mrs. E. F. Marshall died last night at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Sterling P. Wiggins on Grady avenue. She had lived with them for years and was an aunt of Mr. Wiggins. An influential figure in Alabama and Georgia, her death mourned by hundreds. The body goes to Opelika, Alabama, for funeral and interment at Pitts Chapel tomorrow morning conducted by Rev. C. C. Jarrell.

E. F. Marshal Sterling P. Wiggins Grady Avenue Marshall Wiggins Alabama Georgia Opelika Ala Pitts Chapel Cc. C. Jarrell Atlanta

The Legal Gazette Debuts In Athens Satirical Legal Stings

A new Athens publication titled The Legal Gazette appears daily with six copies printed by typewriter and carbon copies. Anonymous editors publish satire targeting law school personnel and young lawyers, selling for ten cents to a quarter or half a dollar.

Legal Gazette Athens

Tax Notice City Installment Deadline and Discount

The notice states the first installment of city taxes is due by May 1. A 2 percent discount applies if paid in full when due. Taxes paid on time incur a cost of 1.50 dollars for fee. Signed by B F Woods and M.

Fife

Georgia cadets host visiting officials at Camp Newton

Chancellor Barrow and Dean Snell visited the University of Georgia cadets in camp at Camp Newton near Gainesville yesterday. They were accompanied by Mrs Snelling Charles Snelling and the grandson Master Crowe. Officials report the camp a success and praised what they saw.

Barrow Dean Snelling University of ‘Georgia Camp Newton Gainesville Snelling Charles Snelling Master Crowe

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Berwin , Co Dorset Furniture CO. Furniture and Undertaking Athens Audit Co Lipscomb Insurance J. C. Jester American Land Company Rowland F. M. Green McAlpine T. L. Mitchell Gracedale Greenhouse Lumpkin St Bloomfield Street J. T. Anderson College Avenue B. H. Lasnett P.O Daisy Richards Holman Bldg Cobb St Ring A. H. Davenport Rowland Place River Farm Millege and Lumpkin D. G. Real Estate Anderson & Co Clayton St Athens, Ga Athens Engineering Company R. E. Minish Have the Baptists E. B. Clark Blanche U. of Ga Washington and Lee Biscuit Dacksonville Crocker Works J.D. Bradwell Afton Brady Am Ing Farms Orr Athens Business College S. P. Orr Wray St E. Marvin Underwood Don Ruden Nora T. Calloway George Tully Vaughan Jane Gregory Holland Fitts Elliott Cheatham George ‘Carroll Todd D. C Herald Young Women’s Christian Association Cuba C. A. Scudder Y. W. C. A. Extension Club W. C.M Yall Recreation Club E. F. Marshall Ss. P. Wiggins the Legal Gazette F. Woods Georgia ‘Boys
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