Post Office to Name Successor After Eligibles List
Anderson Brown, a colored mail clerk at the Athens post office, has been discharged for unsatisfactory service. No successor can be named until Washington receives the civil service list of eligibles and the postmaster selects from the top three. The latest list showed five whites and seven negroes took the civil service exam, with grading pending.
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Anderson Brown
Athens Post Office
Brown
Post Office Department
Civil Service
Washington
Basketball at the Y M C A tonight game promised to be fastest yet
The Y M C A hosts a white ball basketball match between two teams led by Mitchell Forbes Kellogg Finch Murray versus Carson Rhodes Holtzendorf Wier King. The public is invited with no admission fee and women receive special invitation but no boys may enter. Tip off is at 9:00 PM sharp.
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Messrs
Mitchell
Forbes
Kellogg
Finch
Murray
Carson
Rhodes
Holtzendorf
Wier
King
Committee to Decide Spring Services at YMCA
The permanent executive committee in charge of Union Revival meetings will meet at the YMCA this afternoon at 5 o'clock sharp. Full attendance is desired as it will decide when and where to Bom the services this spring.
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BOM
Athens to gain mail carriers after breakdown
The Athens post office plans a service upgrade with one or two additional carriers to improve delivery across the city. Postmaster Fleming and RR El Barry reviewed current routes, aiming for better service despite a large service area. Citizens recall Hon. George Foster Peabody’s illness and wish him a swift recovery.
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EL Barry
Fleming
Athens
George Foster Peabody
New York
Choral Club Meets at Y M C A Tonight
The Choral Club gathers at the Y M C A tonight at 7 20 to select a new conductor and discuss plans to enlarge and improve the group. The chorus has boosted music at Sunday men's meetings and contributed to recent successes since last September. Refreshments at 8 30, then the club attends the basketball game together at 9.
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Erwin Vonderau
Funeral for Bertie Broach Set at College Avenue Home
The funeral of Miss Bertie Broach who died suddenly at her home in the city Wednesday afternoon will be held this morning at ten oclock at the residence on College avenue. The services will be conducted by Rev. W Young pastor of the Baptist Church.
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Bertie Broach
College Avenue
W. Young
The
Baptist Church
Athens to establish cooperative laundry with stock plan
The Laundry Athens committee reports strong stock sales for a new cooperative laundry. With at least ten thousand dollars needed to equip the plant and two hundred stockholders planned, the plan is praised as simple, satisfactory, and overdue. The committee continues soliciting subscribers while promising prompt, clean laundry service at reasonable cost for stockholders. Get Your Umbrellas covered or repaired by Tele J Phone 295.
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Athens
Tele J
Athens needs prompt citizen subscriptions for railroad fund
Subscriptions added yesterday leave Athens short of the 16,050 goal. City official George J. Baldwin urges immediate pledges to fund a new line, warning delay may push the project to another route. Current totals show 15,850.00 with several small gifts, totaling 16,050.00.
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City of Athens
George J. Baldwin
Athens
Flaming Arrow at the opera house this Saturday night
The romantic drama Flaming Arrow by Lincoln J. Carter debuts at the opera house with a Western frontier setting around Fort Reno. The plot follows Chief White Eagle and Mary Fremont amid soldiers, cow punchers, and Indians with elaborate scenic effects and a capable company. matinees announced.
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Opera House
Lincoln J. Carter
Fort
Reno
Great
West
White Eagle
Mary Fremont
Tsar survives as grape shot hits palace chapel
At St Petersburg on Epiphany day a gun fired grape shot at the chapel near the Winter Palace as Emperor Nicholas stood in prayer. The blast wounded a policeman and three marines, with others injured as windows and staff were struck. Police arrested the battery crew while authorities probe a deep plot against the emperor. A separate local item notes Henry Thomas fined $7.90 by Mayor Rhodes for disorder on College avenue.
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St. Petersburg
Henry Thomas
Rhodes
Thia
College Avenue
Stovall Makes Escape From Court in Handcuffs
Frank Stovall, a negro man awaiting committal trial, slipped from Judge Foster's courtroom in handcuffs dangling from his wrist. Police pursued, but he fled down Clayton Street, the first such escape in years, and authorities continue searching for him.
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Frank Stovall
Stovall
Felton
Calaboose
Franklin
Judge Foster
Ja Teup
Clayton Street
Stewart
Singer Sewing Machine Company Moves to New Quarters
The Singer Sewing Machine Company has moved into its new quarters on College Avenue in the building adjoining the Commercial hotel. Manager J R Williams invites patrons to visit the new offices, promising warm welcomes and improved service as he grows the business in this region. Rheumatism Cured in a Day is advertised as Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia, claiming rapid relief in 1 to 3 days with doses 75 cents or $1, sold by H H Palmer & Bons at 105 Clayton Street.
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Pany
College Avenue
Commercial Hotel
J. R. Williams
H. H. Palmer
Bons
Clayton Street
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Y.M.C. A. Hall
MR. Peabody
R. E. Barry
City
Eral
Democratic Party
National Committee
Parker
Davis
Peabody
Mido Bertie Brough
Jefferson Railroad
Eae
Ingfield
Nes Almer & Dinesss
Arrow
New Opera House
M. M. Arnold
Grady Peodeonia
St Yrriiameen's
Czar Nicholas II
Diplomatic Corps
McCormick
Eddy
Bliss
Army
Navy
Neesy
Singer Sewing Machine Company
the Singer Sewing Machine
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