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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1917
Page
9
Local notices advertise insurance with Lipscomb and Jester, bank deposits at Athens Savings Bank, rental offers for rooms and cottages, used cars from Athens Overland Co, and misc buys. Listings include a black mare lost near Lexington, seed beans, shortening, refrigerators, and building lot offerings by Wm. J. Russell, with contact details and prices.
Dr. Pearce urges South to support a major Brenau endowment to rival Northern women’s colleges. He plans to expand the Brenau board from one to thirty six trustees to secure a perpetual fund, with Gainesville and state support anticipated. Col H H Dean praises the gift as a boon to Southern education and regional progress.
Dr H J Pearce president of Brenau College Gainesville GA donates the entire college property to a self perpetuating board of trustees with the condition that an endowment of 250000 dollars be raised within ten years The gift aims to expand facilities and keep Brenau as a leading nonsectarian women’s college in the South adding nine new board members two from alumnae and three women on the slate Brenau now has about 400 students and a 45 member faculty with a valued estate around 300000 dollars.
John W. Overton of Nashville and Yale student shattered the indoor one mile world mark in Philadelphia on March 10, clocking four minutes nine point teen seconds. The bold performance highlighted a standout night for middle distance running.
The entire estate of Miss Alma Relce valued at 150000 was left to the Presbyterian board of foreign missions. The will was announced today and may be contested by her nephew amid probate scrutiny.
Engineer Dan Fant arrives in Athens after a near on time run from Lula Junction aboard a large mountain type locomotive. He will deliver sermons and talks at the Tabernacle and Strand Theater, including a mass meeting on "The Emergency Run" as part of a long-standing YMCA engagement.
Athens Railway and Electric Company closed a ten day sale of electrical appliances with hundreds visiting daily. The final contest involved guessing the total number of registered guesses from March 1 to 10, with a $10 sewing machine motor as the top prize. The actual count was 638. Mrs. Brooks entered 659 as the 76th guess and Mrs. Brown 618 as the 124th, both within the target figure by the same margin of 21. The tie broke for the prize to the earlier registrant.
The City Baraca-Philathea Union meeting, originally set for Tuesday night, is postponed for one week because speaker Dr. R. Belk is away in Albany and will return March 17. The next gathering is planned for March 20 at First Baptist Church. Burpee's celebrated garden seed promoted by Royal Pharmacy.
St Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias plans an evening session at Castle Hall with the second rank to be conferred. All Knights are urged to attend for the event and potential entertainment.
Weather report from Atlanta and surrounding areas notes increasing clouds and possible rains late Sunday afternoon with warm temperatures. Central valley highs reach around 5 degrees, Macon 3 degrees, and Augusta 38 degrees, while western regions rise gradually. Forecast extends to the week with overcast skies and warmer spells, possible local rain and thunderstorms early in the week.
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