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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1912
Page
8
The Central of Georgia Railway schedules daily departures to Macon at 7:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. From Macon trains arrive in the city at 1:16 p.m. and 10:46 p.m.
The timetable shows Northbound trains 68 62 82 88 and southbound 41 67 33 with departures and arrivals at Athens Georgia. It notes 67 and 58 do not run north of Athens and lists Southern Railway service including trains 217 237 262 240 with times across weekdays and Sundays.
The fragment lists times such as 12:15 p.m 4:05 p.m and 9:00 p.m with references to a morning time and late afternoon. It appears to be a partial daily schedule or timetable item lacking clear context or destinations.
Daily except Sunday arrivals at 6 85 and 10 44 am with Sunday only 6 00 am and 11 00 am. Departures listed as 4 36 and 6 60 am for daily except Sunday and 8 00 am and 3 00 pm for Sunday only.
The sixteenth annual convention of the Pennsylvania Library Club and the New Jersey Library Association began in Atlantic City N J today and will continue tomorrow.
The Y M C A plans educational lectures on sex life with Dr Stewart R Roberts speaking on The Red Light vs The White Life at the Majestic theater. Two addresses remain, free to the public, aimed at guiding personal purity and willpower among men and college students. The Walter's Orchestra performs at 3 45 p m before the 4 10 p m address.
For sale a desirable Milledge Avenue property with expansive grounds. The listing notes escalating value of homes in this section as demand grows.
Readable text notes three Lampkin Street houses and valuable central business property with a small cash payment. The fragment hints at a long time until completion.
Real Estate Erwin and Company and Fire Insurance Erwin and Company are mentioned. A question proposes dividing fire insurance with J. C. Jester. A plumber is advertised with Lynn Plumbing Co and phone number 599.
Various listings in Athens include four room cottages for rent on Barber street and 240 Barrow street with modern conveniences. Local ads promote savings at Athens Savings Bank, Lynn Plumbing, Stone's groceries, and E D Sledge wagons. Job ads seek barbers and mattress stitchers, with stalls for farm sales and poultry seed.
Dixie Poultry Farm Athens Ga offers Black Orpington eggs from utility pens at 1.50 for 15 and showbird prize winners in three pens at 2.50 and 3.60 for 15. J H Mapp provides contact details with phone 366-5. Also MARTIN BROS advertise GOOD RUBBER HEELS AND SEW HALF SOLes for 1.00 at 456 Clayton Ave Tel 621.
Advertisement seeks bids for forty shares of Citizens Bank & Trust Co. of Athens Georgia. Will consider offers on all or any part. Address Charles Thompson care of Athens Banner. 2t.
Notice states Mr. Percy Lynn is no longer connected with Lynn Plumbing Co. and the firm is not responsible for debts he incurred. Signed by P. S. Johnson for Lynn Plumbing Co.
There is an assessment now due in the Oconee Burial Association on account of the death of Mr. Robert Flournoy. Leave same at Warren J. Smith & Bro or see J. H. Mealor, Secretary. 4t
Bloomington March 8 The three cornered intercollegiate debate between the state universities of Ohio Indiana and Illinois takes place tonight each institution represented by one team at home and one abroad The advisers discuss the advisability of states adopting the initiative and referendum on the chosen subject.
Social Circle Ga March 8 The Banner reports a head on collision near Social Circle between an Augusta bound passenger train and a freight train killing four negroes and injuring several passengers. Engineer Baugh of the passenger engine was gravely hurt and may die. Investigators seek cause including possible dispatcher misread orders.
Athens residents led by Mrs Hutchings and Mrs Hulme prepare a boarding house at 153 Park Avenue for a landlady and her three children. Furniture, cleaning, and pantry provisions arrive as volunteers move her into work-ready rooms. The Banner notes the story as one of the season’s most delightful.
The Georgia Baptist Sunday school superintendents gather in Macon from April 2 to 4 for a focused convention. Leaders will discuss practical programs and vital issues affecting superintendent efficiency and Sunday School work nationwide. Chairman Edwin S. Davis leads the entertainment committee.
Notice directs recipients to address 413 Poplar Street and send in names at once. Railroads have announced reduced rates, with the instruction to forward names promptly.
In Lexington Georgia on March 8 a Howard man was killed at a hot supper near Geo Little’s place near Crawford. Jim England, a Colquitt County negro, shot after an argument over liquor and words with another man. A bystander was struck fatally by a stray bullet. England was jailed in Lexington claiming he lived with Cornelius Stephens under contract for the year.
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