Lightnin for years inny on Broadway brings famed play to stage
The long running Lightnin play returns to Broadway for a single perf on Tuesday Dec 26 with Milton Nobles starring as Lightnin Bill Jones. Winchell Smith directs. the London engagement is planned for spring. Seats on sale. The story follows Lightnin a light hearted, shiftless figure, and a young law student who rescues his wife’s property and happiness through a courtroom plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todat
Coloniath
Milton Nobles
Lightnin
Bill Jones
Me Gaiety Theatre
New York
Winchell Smith
London
Gale
William Jones
Jones
Calivada
Calfornia
Nevada
Renon
Reno Judge Weds Divorcee Cast Heads the Stage
Cast includes Frank Thornton Barney Gilmore Delly Nobles Nydit Westman Emory Blankall Mina Shirley Milton Woolwine Pauline Moxon Neema Farnsworth Geof Spelvin and Ruth Channine alongside the newly united couple. Wise through thick and thin, the pair’s happy match tops a lively showbill with a noted cast list.
Abattoir Plant Nears Operation in Athens
The Athens abattoir building is completed and awaiting the final machine arrival. Officials say it will be running by January first, providing local protection on meats. The operating firm is incorporated with H. Cutler as president, R. T. Wright as vice president, and L. O. Price as secretary and treasurer, located along the Georgia railroad between Broad Street and the S A L tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
H. Cutler
R. T. Wright
L. O. Price
Georgia Railroad
Broad Street
Orange Growers Seek Frost Insurance for Crops
California Fruit Growers' Exchange officials say orange growers have appealed to Lloyds for frost insurance. It is not yet announced whether the Lloyds Insurance Company will assume the risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angeles
Orange
Lloyds
California Fruit Growers' Exchange
Lloyd Insurance Company
Northcutt elected president of Atlanta Auto Association
Floyd Northcutt of the John M. Smith Co. has been chosen president of the Atlanta Automobile Association for 1923, succeeding D. C. Black in a change announced in Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Floyd Northcutt
John M. Smith Co
Atlanta Automobile Association
D. C. Black
Two Youths Arrested After Whiskey Car Chase in Atlanta
Atlanta police halted two youths, C. R. Owens and H. H. Hopkins, after they fled a whiskey laden car that outran officers. A tire blew out and 128 gallons of corn liquor were found in the vehicle. The pair were held on a blanket charge of disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
C. R. Owens
H. H. Hopkins
Christmas Boxes Sent To Sick Soldiers
Five Christmas boxes mailed by the women's auxiliary to five Athens ex soldiers at the base hospital in Mrenoville South Carolina. Two boxes were colored and three were white. The Christmas cheer boxes contained items to remind the men they are not forgotten by homefolks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
Athens
Mrenoville
8. C
City Schools Close For the Holidays
The city schools closed Thursday afternoon at two o clock for the Christmas holidays and will open again in January affording two weeks vacation for city children. The colleges close Friday and resume January 8, with students required to register before midnight January 2 or face a fine for the delay.
Mrs McHatton Named Legion Auxiliary Convention Leader
Mrs Hammond Johnson, president of the women’s auxiliary of Allen R. Fleming post, has named Mrs Marie McHatton as auxiliary convention chairwoman and she has accepted. The Legion’s convention and auxiliary programme will be held here next July with the auxiliary participating prominently in planning and activities. Johnson will convene a meeting after Christmas to appoint committees, followed by a joint auxiliary and Legion session announced by Commander West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond Johnson
Allen R. Fleming
American Legion
Marie McHatton
Auxilary
The
Legion
Ais
Legionnairesses
Cotton Ginned This Year Falls Short in Clarke County
Clarke county cotton statistics show 3133 bales ginned by December 13, down from 9400 the prior year, a shortfall of 6067 bales. The season’s poor conditions and boll weevil impact limited yields, despite earlier expert projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ash
Clarke County
Auburn May 60 10 Montgomery Trust meeting on move to Montgomery
A large delegation of alumni and supporters arrived for a Thursday meeting to decide on transferring Auburn Polytechnic Institute from Auburn to Montgomery. Trustees favor expansion plans while opponents argue against moving the institution to the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Trust
Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Lathers
Nix Returns From Shrine Election
H. Abl Nix returned from Atlanta where he attended the shrine temple officers installation on Wednesday night and gave a nominating speech. Noble W. Bayne Gibson was reelected illustrious potentate. other officers named included chief rabban Charles Bowen, assistant rabban Wylie Weat, treasurer James Floyd, recorder George Argard, oriental guide John Joiner. Imperial council delegates named for Washington in June: Gibson, Past Potentate Henry Heinz, George St. Donovan, and W. T. Arnold of Biberton. The 1923 dues increase failed. dues remain five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Abl Nix
Atlanta
Yaana Temple
Noble W. Bayne Gibson
Temple
Rabban
Charles Bowen
Wylie Weat
James Floyd
George Argard
Oriental Guide
John Joiner
Imperial Council
Washington
Potentate Gibson
Henry Heinz
George St. Donovan
Word Battle Ends Thursday Session
In Lausanne a heated clash between Ex-Premier Venizelos of Greece and Turkish Nationalist delegate Riza Nur Bey disrupted the Near East commission session on minorities. They clashed over liberty of emigration and accusations flew as the president, Signor Montaona, adjourned the meeting amid confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Associated Press
Venizelos
Greece
Riza Nur Bey
Signor Montaona
Near East Commission On Minorities
Angora
Anatoliza
Montaona
Mrs Underwood Funeral Friday In Union Point
Funeral services for Mrs Josie Underwood age 38 who died at her Union Point residence Wednesday at 8 pm will be held from the Baptist church Friday at 3 pm conducted by Rev RL Inson and in Pont cemetery Bernstein Bros funeral directors in charge. She was active in church work and survived by her husband D T Underwood two children Agnes and ante brother John Brown of Chicago and seven sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie
Underwood
Union Point
Kridey
Pont
D. T. Underwood
Agnes
Ante
John Brown
Chicago
U S Buses Men May Visit Germany
London reports a German trade commission urges an American business group led by Herbert Hoover to survey Germany’s economy as a basis for a new reparations treaty. The proposal, supported by Germany and semi-officially learned in Britain, seeks Allied consent from France and Britain, with Secretary Hughes handling negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herbert Hoover
Germany
Great Bricwn
American State Department
United States
France
Cuno
United States Chamber of Commerce
Hever
Arrest Orders Issued Over Ku Klux Klan Regalia in Harrison
Police posted instructions to arrest anyone seen in KKK regalia in Harrison New Jersey. The notice called for determining the sanity of detained individuals by physicians and included ten days imprisonment as part of the penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
N. J
Chet
Walsh
666 is a Cold Remedy Patent Advertisement
An old time advertisement touts 666 as a speedy cure for colds fever and la grippe claiming it prevents pneumonia. The copy presents the preparation as a universal cure with emphatic language and no medical endorsement.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joh Golden
Jones Hotel
Athens Engineering Co
Northcutt Heads Auto Association
Lisle
W. T. Collins & Co
McHatton
Legion Auxiliary
Uburn
Nix
Shrine
Mrs. Underwood
Bregitts
E. H. Dorsey
Columbia
Columbia Records
Clayton Street
U.S
Hughes
Amerian Commission
Great Britain
Pgs
Lorng Terin
H. O. Epting & Company
Ivory
Vesuita
W.T. Collins & Co
Charles Stern. CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!