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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1905

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Prof Ritchie Drives Industrial School for Rabun County

Prof A J Ritchie, financial agent of Rabun County High School, pushes completion of an industrial school at Rabun Gap. Three carloads of lumber to Athens for interior work will ship to Clayton then seven miles to the site. The school, likely to be named Bleckley Industrial Institute, aims to serve about 400 valley children with dormitories and practical training, including a 20 acre farm and a new heating system.

A. J. Ritchie Rabun County Ritchie Athens Richtie Clayton Tallulah Falls Bleckley Industrial Institute Rabun Logan E. Bleckley New Central School Athens_as Harvard Baylor University Logan —. Bleckley

Adjourned Council Meeting Scheduled Tomorrow

The mayor and council will meet tomorrow night at eight at city hall following the first meeting of the year. Elections for clerk and treasurer are expected, with an accountant's audit of the books likely to influence the vote. The meeting may address other matters as the council requests and committee reports.

Barber

Epworth League Missionary Service This Afternoon

At four o clock this afternoon in the Sunday School room of the First Methodist church the Epworth League will hold a Missionary service led by Miss Louise Hopkins. A cordial invitation is extended to all.

First Methodist Church League Louise Hopkins

Invitation for Baraca Class at First Baptist Athens

The message invites young men in Athens not in Sunday School to join the Baraca class at the First Baptist church. Visitors are welcome even for a single Sunday. Class meets at 9 45 in the morning led by Roy Finch president and G Hale secretary.

Athens First Baptist Church Roy Finch

Ory Drug Op Revealed in Local Seizure Case

Police report details an operation codenamed Ory tied to a drug network under investigation in the city. Officials indicate multiple arrests tied to the scheme with ongoing probes into supply chains and distribution points.

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