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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1912

Page

8

Local Classifieds Include Rentals Lost Items and Goods

Short notices advertise rentals on Cobb street and Lumpkin street One person seeks light housekeeping help at night Dozier and Co offer a black pony with buggy and harness Buried in the ads are fruit jar rings for sale at Bondurant Hardware and Calves wanted Suncrest and Jersey heifers offered for sale A lost keys notice asks return to College avenue for reward Jewelry and hardware items listed with phone numbers and names There is a request to divide fire insurance with J C Jester and an imp a for sale fruit jar rubbers at Bor durant Hardware Co

Lumpkin Street

Athens Savings Bank Offers Competitive Interest Rates

Local notices list savings deposits interest compounded semi annually with 31.90 percent and higher yields. Classifieds include boarding requests, plow beam oak buyers, Maxwell car for sale, a day school ad, brick supplier, and fresh groceries with prices from George Collins.

Athens Athens Savings Bank Depoaita Bedic

Men’s Meeting At West End Baptist Church Tomorrow

A mass meeting for men only is set for tomorrow at 4 o’clock at West End Baptist Church. Rev T T Twitty will deliver a special message and preach again at 11 am and in the evening with services nightly next week. Arnold and Abney sell fresh produce listing Young Tender Corn Yellow squash butter beans and beets.

West End Baptist Church T. T. Twitty Twitty Arnold & Abney

Young East Athens Night School Stages Ten Nights in a Bar Room

The East Athens Night School presented Ten Nights in a Bar-room yesterday afternoon and two performances last night to crowded houses. The young performers deserve credit for a well staged show that raised a neat sum for the night school.

East Athens

Centenarian Stephens Memorial Draws Georgia Gifts

Crawfordville Georgia centennial exercises honoring Alexander Hamilton Stephens closed with $12,000 in subscriptions and further contributions. Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin led with $1,000, joined by Thomas E Watson and local officials from Taliaferro County vowing major support. A plan to fund Stephens history in Georgia schools emerged as part of the memorial program.

Crawfordville Alexander Hamilton Stephens Joseph Henry Lumpkin Supreme Court of Georgia Thomas E. Watson H. M. Holden Taliaferro County Stephens Mary Gay Decatur Dixie T. B. Massengale Warren County United States Georgia Thomas J. Shackelford Athens Liberty Hall Daughters of the Confederacy of Georgia Old Home Lumpkin South Green

Canning Season Stocks and Housekeeping Goods for Sale

Local store advertises Macons porcelain line toy jars Sure Seal and Scaram sealing jars extra tops rubbers jelly glasses tin fruit cans and large line refrigerators ice cream freezers and water coolers. It promotes Haveland and Gamar china English and American porcelain and Golf Band patterns in open stock with quick delivery to housekeepers.

Haveland and Gamar

Liberty Hall anniversary draws crowds to Crawfordville

A Confederate era celebration at Liberty Hall in Crawfordville features H T Huggins and others, with a flag drenched setting, a brass band, and tours of the mansion. Frances Holden hosts in the old bedroom while Aunt Eliza and a nurse attend. a noon barbecue funds an iron fence for Liberty Hall. Officers of the Stephens Monument Association are listed, led by president George T. Barnes and vice president M Z Andrews, with directors named.

W. H. Fleming Augusta Judge Hill Atlanta T. K. Oglesby Stephens Daughters of the Confederacy Frances Holden Mr. Stephens Liberty Hall Eliza Crawfordville W. O. Holden J.A. Beasley W. C. Chapman C. H. Stone E. C. Gunn H. F. White Stephens Monument Association George T. Barnes M. Z. Andrews Taliaferro County Major Barnes

Notable Georgians Named Across Counties in Civic List

A roster of officials and prominent figures from Crawfordville, Sparta, Macon, Savannah, Greensboro, Atlanta, Elberton, Augusta, Thomson, Madison, Warrenton, Lincolnton, Washington and other towns is cited. Names include Seaborn Reese, Thomas Hardman, Henry R. Jackson, Charles Willingham, John W. Hixon, John N. Chapman, W. O. Holden, L. L. Veazey, James R. Asbury, W. C. Rhodes, R. J. Reid, Casper Meyers, N. Sanders, B. F. Moore, Sam Flynt, W. M. Weaver, W. Hemp Hill, H. J. Lang, and several others. The list appears as a formal compilation of notable residents.

Seaborn Reese Sparta Thomas Hardman Macon Henry R. Jackson Savannah Charles Willingham Crawford Ville John W. Hixon John N. Chapman W. O. Holden L. L. Veazey James R. Asbury W. C. Rhodes R. J. Reid Casper Meyers D. N. Sanders B. F. Moore Sam Flynt Crawfordville W. M. Weaver Greensboro W. A. Hemphill Atlanta W. H. Meddox Elberton Joseph Meyers Augusta John Armstrong Thomas E. Watson Thomson W. H. Baldwin Madison W. J. Walker Warrenton Henry J. Lang Lincolnton W. H. Fleming W. H. Colley Washington Col. J. R. Randall W. R. Gunn Thomas E. Bristow

Wright declares candidacy for First ward alderman seat

R T Wright announces his bid for the unexpired term of the late A H Richards to serve the First ward. He asks citizens for support and promises to devote his efforts to their interests.

A. H. Richards R. T. Wright

Socialists Name State Ticket in Georgia Convention

In Macon Georgia July 5 the Georgia Socialist convention nominated A F Castleberry for governor M W N Gibbs for secretary of state W C Seigler for comptroller general and W B Johns for commissioner of agriculture Nominees for railroad and prison commissioners will be named The group also adopted a resolution opposing white slave traffic and urging a Georgia law banning transport of women for immoral purposes between cities

Macon Socialists of Georgia A. F. Castleberry Columbus M. W. N. Gibbs Waycross W. C. Seigler Augusta W. BE. Johns Tifton

Cubs Manager Praises Daubert as Top First Baseman

Frank Chanos of the Cubs hails Jake Daubert of the Superbas as the best at first base. The veteran analyst notes Daubert’s hitting and fielding prowess amid a season of strong first basemen.

Frank Chanos Cubs Jake Daubert Superbas Oniefon

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Broad Street MO. T. Gholston Tuck Rae Ruatace Inspranges Ammen Peake Atndy J. C. Jester Weir Vulcanizing Co Bordurant Hardware Co Suncrest Bondurant Hardware Co Normal School Pharmacy Cobb Street W. A. Jester Dozier & Co College Avenue Lynden Payhie Insurance & Real Estate, Lipscomb Sanges Piante—Suncrest Farm Georgia Piow & Implement Co Maxwell Athens Cycle Co E. A. Luster Clayton Ga, Brick Co GEO. Collins Orliss Wingfield THE Shop OF Quality C. A. Scudder Jeweer H.T. Huggins & Son Atlantic ICE and Coal Corporation City Property Milledge Avenue Clayton ST the McGregor. Co Castleberry H. P. Hinton Stephenson & Hull Lumpkin St Milledge Ave
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