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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1922
Page
2
A speaker urges Athens residents to patronize home concerns to keep money local, create jobs, and build a thriving community. The message stresses buying local goods supports HOME people, improves satisfaction, and strengthens the regional economy.
Local merchants united in support of a broader Athens future. Listings include automobile dealers Lawler Motor Co Studebaker Morris Yow Dodge J M Hood Columbia Light Six Clayton Street. C A Trussell Ford Lincoln. auto parts E S Sporting Goods. repair shops Armys Garage Keller Motor Machine City and West Washington Streets. banks Commercial Bank of Athens National Bank. bakeries Peleons Skeltons. bottling Econ Bottling Co. battery service Clarke Battery Willard. barber shops ley Jones. advertising Athens Peres. candy Athens Candy Kitchen. cotton firm North Georgia Cotton Co. contractors Southern Street and Holman Building. coal Armstrong Dobbs OCONEE Street.
A call for residents to divide spending among local merchants and others who serve the public. Encourages buying locally to boost volume and cut costs, arguing communal prosperity depends on townwide cooperation and mutual support.
A. J. Lindborg celebrates Athens Georgia as a leading educational and cultural center. He urges support for beautification projects, a public park, and a white way, praising local hospitality and the welcome given to students and returning veterans. He argues expenditures that enhance prosperity benefit all in Athens.
A fragmented list of local businesses including fire insurance, furniture, gas, clothing, departments stores, farm implements, electrical supplies, grocers, wholesalers, hotels, ice and coal, jewelers, jobbers, lard manufacturers, lumber, life insurance, loans, lawyers, building, mattress factories, printing, theatres, and transfer services arranged by street names and streets such as Broad Clayton Washington Oconee and College Avenue. Named firms include Lipscomb & Co, Bernstein Bros, Athens Gas, Piggly Wiggly, Hodgson Co, Webb-Crawford Co, Georgian Hotel, Atlantic Ice & Coal, M. E. Fickett Jewelry Co, Fidelity Loan, Erwin & Nix, Green & Michael, Williams Transfer Co, and The McGregor Company.
A CHAFIN TAXICAB CO note praises Athens progress and urges citizens to showcase the city to visitors. It highlights expanding manufacturing, new homes needed, and the desire to attract ten thousand residents by the next census while stressing unity and practical efforts on the ground.
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