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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
8
A client seeks a six or eight room house on a street close in for 3000 to 4000 dollars. They offer to view property that matches this description and arrange purchase.
A brief notice invites buyers to call and view the plat with terms stated as five hundred sixty dollars. The terse ad signals willingness to negotiate on price and arrange a sale promptly.
Classified listing presents multiple properties in Athens area including a five room cottage near Prince Ave with walk to town and $425 price. Also an eight room house on prime street with attractive terms. A farm with home in Oak Grove city limits and a country acreage of 35 acres with macadam road access. Terms offered.
Vacant lots offered across all sections of Athens with a complete list and bargains. Prices range from 200 dollars upward. See us for details and availability.
An ad lists a neatly arranged new six room cottage near the Normal School priced at 15 dollars monthly and a large store room on Thomas Street near Broad listed at 30 dollars monthly.
Mr. W. I. Jones of Lamar Tonkin Drug Co Atlanta attends the convention and promotes the Red Star cigar as a leading product. He presented boxes of the brand to dealers, praising its quality and market appeal as a top seller.
A dense column lists items for sale and services including dry wood for one dollar, a reopening cleaning and pressing shop by Daniel Isaacs on Clayton Street, fire insurance pitches by Lipscomb & Co and Erwin & Co, two cars offered by Bishop Motor Car Co, plumbing by Sanitary Plumbing Co, a Shetland pony and cart horses, lost keys on College Avenue, and a保warrantee note near the Georgia National Bank with a reward offer.
Mt Vernon Lodge No 23 F and A M calls emergent meeting Sunday March 28 at 8 30 am to arrange attendance at the funeral of Brother J C Kirk in Colbert Georgia Members depart Colbert at 9 30 am Worshipful Master W A Capps and Secretary J R Crane urge attendance and payment of last tribute to the deceased.
The books of the city assessors of real estate are open at city hall for inspection and protests. Property owners may call on the assessors from 9 am to 12 m and 3 pm to 6 pm daily until Saturday April 5, Sundays excluded. COBB LAMPKIN, Chairman.
Mr C D Flanigen continues to improve in health and is now in Philadelphia. Friends in the city are rejoicing at his steady recovery and health progress.
The undersigned will receive sealed bids until noon Friday April 9 for furnishing city schools with soft and hard coal for 1909 1910. Bids must be marked bids for coal and priced for May delivery. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. Consult Superintendent as to quantity. GEO H PALMER.
Yesterday afternoon a widow, Mrs. Boggus, lost her house and all contents when a fire destroyed her dwelling about one mile from the Georgia Manufacturing Co plant. No one was home. Mrs. Boggus and her children were elsewhere. The fire’s cause is unknown.
The season opening baseball game in Macon matched Mercer and Auburn. Auburn edged Mercer four to three as both teams displayed even play.
Last night at the Colonial a breach of promise trial served as a benefit for tents for students encamped annually. Mrs. H C Conway led as plaintiff with Mrs. J W Barnett and Mrs. W R Mathis as witnesses. The jury awarded three dollars and forty eight cents with shares to the jury and judge.
Tomorrow at eleven o'clock Rev M L Troutman will preach at Oconee Street Methodist church. At the same hour Presiding Hitler Pierce will fill the pulpit of the First Methodist Church.
Mr J F Carson of Atlanta has been named traveling freight agent for the N C and St L in this section. He spent yesterday in Athans mingling with local business leaders as Mr George Clifton of this city accompanied him.
Yesterday afternoon the College avenue school hosted a contest for high school speakers and readers. Ira Funkenstein won best declamation with Joseph C. Stewart second, and Ruth Rogers captured best recitation with Lella Head second. The winners will represent Athens High in the Eighth District contest at Greensboro next month.
The governor and commission clash on choosing a penitentiary location. The commission touts the Wimberly tract as ideal with timber and water, suitable for winter work and factory needs, while the governor prefers Turner or Tift farms for agricultural use. George H. Bell, who shot himself on a train, left a will signed before his death.
On a Wednesday morning Mr. Bell consulted attorney George A. Carter to draw a brief will primarily leaving all property, estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars, to his daughter Viola. Bell, recently released from the state insane asylum, had spent time in Atlanta but remained coherent though mental clouds lingered. He left the signed will with his coat in an inside pocket and departed with a stranger.
Mat Derricotte, a Black man, was arrested yesterday in this city on the charge of cheating and swindling. The report notes the arrest and charges without graphic detail.
In a witty exchange the first man questions why the board chose a president with no textbooks, diplomacy, or notable discoveries. The answer points to what he had not done, specifically never knocking football, as the decisive factor.
A sardonic line ponders the devil's fate if coal runs out. It suggests a girl’s manipulation causes a man to fall in love and to view her as beautiful, framing a satirical view of desire and deception.
The New York World reports Paul Mandeville sued H. Koch & Co. for 322 in Newark Circuit Court over a load of eggs. Expert testimony claimed Missouri eggs are brown and larger, Iowa eggs white and smaller, with methods to force hens to lay more. Judge Heisley denied liability, verdict for the defendant.
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