Athens opens new rock quarry for street macadam work
The city of Athens secures a new quarry on Judge Hamilton McWhorter property to supply rock for macadamizing Milledge Avenue and other streets. Removal of old plant machinery on Waddell Street begins soon, with rock expected to enable paving portions of Milledge and Double Street pending council decisions.
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Judge McWhorter
Mifledge Avenue
Athens
Waddell Street
New Place
Hamilton McWhorter
Od Robbin
Aten
Milledge Avenue
Witout
Tay Pte 2
Honor Roll at Lucy Cobb Institute Features Bespoke Names
The Lucy Cobb Institute lists students earning honors this past month across Senior Latin English electives and freshman to sophomore levels. Notable top academics include Miriam Haselton Rosa Rogers and Josie Boswell with multiple class standings. bids for hauling the dispensary freight are invited by J M Allen, manager, per the Board of Commissioners secretary C H Phinizy.
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Lucy Cobb Institute
Miriam Pope
Eleanor Young
Louise McMullan
J. M. Allen
C. H. Phinizy
Sec. Board of Commissioners
Endorses Col James M Smith in Georgia governor race
Henry Scroggins writes in praise of Col James M Smith, urging voters to elect a farmer governor. He highlights Smiths moral character, educational support, and commitment to fair school fund division by tax group, while noting Smiths independence from political factions.
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Georgia
Itiseee
Piedmont
James M. Smith
Atlanta
Col. Smith
Owlethorpe County
Tate
Alditeau
Olely
Col Smith
South
Outlook Brightens for Athens Union Passenger Depot Effort
The Athens drive for a union passenger depot gains momentum as railroad officials respond with interest. The mayoral and chamber committees report encouraging replies and plan further meetings to secure commitments and finalize the depot project.
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Athens Chamber of Comae
Moss
Lecture and concert at State Normal School
The lecture Scattering Sunshine by Mr Upshaw comes with a musical program by the State Normal School orchestra under Prof Charles S Stain. Admission twenty five cents. school children fifteen cents. Also notices city business licenses due by April 1 1906 under the Special Tax Ordinance and a Jackson county farm for sale near Commerce with 313 acres total and payment terms.
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State Normal School
Upshaw Hae
Normal School
Charles Ss. Stain
Athens
Finance Committee
L. E. Brooks
Jackson County
Commerce
U. H. Davenport
Upshaw to Lead Boys Meeting With Beneficial Talk
Mr. W. D. Upshaw will lead the meeting for boys and deliver one of his characteristic talks full of benefit to the young. The event centers on guidance and motivation for local youths.
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W. D. Upshaw
Gold Watch Gift Promised At Final Play Engagement
Last night Camille led the bill at the play house to a good audience. Tonight the company will present a top bill and a gold watch will be awarded to the holder of the lucky number. The engagement in this city closes with a large crowd expected.
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Camille
Millinery Opening Next Week At Davison Nicholson Co
Grand display of stylish ready to wear and dress hats announced for next week at Davison Nicholson Co. The event promises a wide range of fashionable millinery with new arrivals and seasonal styles for customers.
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Davison-Nicholson Co
Upshaw Addressed College Men At YMCA Meeting
W D Upshaw spoke to college communities at a recent YMCA gathering. the session drew many attendees and was marked by strong religious fervor and enthusiasm. The piece also notes pneumonia death rates in November December 1903 in New York and Chicago and endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar as a cough remedy that protects lungs.
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New York
Chicago
Foley
Clemson and Georgia Playoff Doubleheader on Campus
This afternoon at three o'clock on the campus Clemson Tigers and the Georgia team will meet in a doubleheader witnessed by a large crowd. Admission is fifty cents. Both teams are evenly matched with strong lineups including Franklin, Brown, Sullivan, McWhorter, Fielder, McDonald and Hodgson for Georgia and Erwin, Gelver, Waldrop, Ellison, Robertson, McFadden and Sherrod for Clemson.
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Georgia
Clemson Tigers
Will
Athens
Franklin
Brown
Sullivan
McWhorter
McDonald
Derrick
Ginsberg
M. Hodgson
Watkins
Walker
Clemson
Erwin
Eisel
Cheatham
Gelver
Waldrop
Ellison
Robertson
McFadden
Sherrod
Diel
Sandifer
Lee
Mercer Edge Faded By Techs In Macon Showdown
Tech defeated Mercer in Macon by a decisive score ending the championship hopes for Mercer. The matchup suggests Georgia versus Tech as the likely title clash this season.
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Mercer
The
TECHS
Macon
Tech
Georgia
School matinee at skating rink offers cheap skate
Children attend a special matinee this afternoon at three thirty with 10 cent skating. Tickets sold to school children. An ad promotes Ely’s Cream Balm as a safe remedy for nasal catarrh and related cold symptoms, claiming rapid relief without cocaine or mercury, priced 50 cents.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Warren St
New York
Leada
Remodeled Church Delays and Summer School Plans
The Presbyterian church construction proceeds slowly with granite steps installed and columns to follow, promising a handsome finish soon. Separately the University Summer School announces an unprecedented faculty lineup led by Supt Thomas J Wooster, with teachers from multiple Georgia institutions and distinguished guests slated for a June 26 to July 27 session.
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Thomas J. Wooster
Wooster
University
State Normal School
Lucy Cobb Institute
Gertrude A. Alexander
Southern Education Journal
M. L. Brittain
Atlanta
Stella S. Center
Monroe Female College
R. B. Daniel
Valdosta
C. H. Davis
Dahlonega
Lawton
W. H. Kilpatrick
Mercer
F. A. Merrill
Union Baptist Institute
Jere M. Pond
Milledgeville
Stewart R. Roberts
Emory
Roland D. Grant
Stan W. Search
Mildred Rutherford
Hlon
Luther Manship
W. H. Felton
Terrell
Chancctor Barrow
Tragic Drowning Of Two Children Near Macon
Mrs Fate Byn, wife of a local Macon carpenter, lost her two children aged four and six when they drowned in Walnut Creek near the farm of J. W. Minter. The mother's effort to aid ended with both children sinking. the girl’s body was recovered near the fall point, searchers labored for hours. A double funeral is planned in the city.
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Macon
Fate Byn
Walnut Creek
J. W. Minter
Pate Brown
Brown
Georgia State Sunday School Convention Concludes
The thirty second annual Georgia State Sunday School convention in Americus ends after a three day session. Principal addresses were given by C. W. Pearce of Atlanta and Major George P. Butler of Augusta. Butler spoke on training superintendents. Round-table talks closed the event. next meeting site not announced.
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Americus
Georgia State Sunday School
C. W. Pearce
Atlanta
George P. Butler
Augusta
English spinners arrive in Boston for Washington conference
A party of English cotton spinners including W H McAllister J Smethurst and Henry F Gregg arrived on the Saxon steamer at Boston for the national conference of growers and manufacturers to be held in Washington on May 1 and 2. They plan a southern tour prior to the meeting and discuss plans with American exporters to improve packing and transport of cotton and possibly establish English colonists in the United States.
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Noston
National Conference of Growers and Manufacturers
Washington
W. H. McAllister
Oldham
W. J. Orr
Rocksdale
Henry F. Gregg
Manchester
George More
London
John Smethuest
Mr. Moore
Boston
Theo
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Institute
Willie
Serrolls
Frances Cheney
Mary Wadley
Anne Lucie
Newton Os
Alice Lanier
Sarah Murray
Olive Shropshire
Mildred
Roberta Slade
Alcine Lott
Katie Dearing
Hilda Ausland
Nelly Cheney
Leila Goss
Catherine
Wharton
Norene Holliday
Hilda Meadow
Rosa Rogers
Miriam Haselton
Josie Boswell
Edith Brightwell
Fannie Neal Anderson
Neil Choate
Winifred Wadley
Ruth Jackson
Madison County
Henry
Scroggins
Comer
Mittee
T Chamber of Commerce
William D. Upshaw
Alie-State Normal School
Eke
Stephe Feather Queen
McWhint
Polka Netro
Laurendeau
Engel
Elind
Intermezzo
Eugene
the Sergeant Major
Lanrend San
Upshaw Willjoys
Housei
DavisonNicholson Co’s
Upshaw
Iver M. C. A. Riat
Clenson
Presbyterian
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