05 May 1907
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1907
Page
1
Our store offers 50 rolls of good China and Japanese matting at 8.50 per roll, far below the 1.00 elsewhere. Also 25 rolls of Japanese matting cotton at 15.00, below the 20.00 elsewhere. New and fresh matting plus a complete line of Crex art squares available.
A straightforward report presents Stel pon Their Merits as a factual performance review. It emphasizes accuracy and avoids embellishment, asserting no exaggeration or misstatements in the account.
Special parasol sale continues with white parasols priced at 1 1 50 2 and up to 5 dollars. Black silk parasols offered at 1 1 75 2 51, fancy parasols from 7 50 and children's parasols at 75c 1 1 25 and 1 50.
Readable text describes a sale of dress linens and fabrics with low prices. Mentions Mercerized Dress Linens in check and stripes, 27-inch Union Dress Linen in all colors, natural color dress linen, and yard prices from 18 to 40 cents. Also hints a local town presence.
Tomorrow shoppers will find White Lawn waist bargains with prices cut from $1.50 to $1.25 and $2.00 from $2.50. White China Silk waists, fully trimmed, drop from $4.50 to $2.50. Lace waists in white and blue offer savings from $6.50 to $8.50.
Silk buyers are offered 27 inch Black China Silks at 502 g a yard and 36 inch Black Taffeta Silk marked at $1.25 a yard, plus 24 inch Black Silk Crepe de Chine at 59¢ a yard. New taffetas and Louisines, fashionable checks, two tone checks and stripes are priced from tc to $1.00 a yard.
Dress goods storefront urges shoppers to view the new line before buying. Black wool voile 42 inches wide at 1.00 a yard. Black Panama 50 inches wide at 1.50 a yard. Silk warp batiste 40 inches wide at 1.25 a yard. Wool Panama checks and plaids 50c a yard. Brilliantines in white black and colors 38 inches wide at 50c a yard.
Special womens fast black gauze hose priced at 25c a pair. Womens lace lisle hose in black and tan at 50c. Children’s lace lisle black hose at 25c. Ladies linen plain hem handkerchiefs with narrow and medium hems at 15c. Ladies white belts with buckles at 10c each. White belts and bells advertised.
A catalog of ladies skirts in White Black and Colored in silk voile and Panama. Silk skirts priced from 12.50 to 17.50 Voile skirts from 8.51 to 17.50 Panama skirts from 5.00 to 12.50 plus Black Silk Petticoats valued at 6.09 to 10.06 and 8.50 to 10.06.
A local millinery notice announces reductions across all hat styles including Sailor Tailored Hats and WAC hats priced around 2.60. The item signals a broad price cut in the millinery section.
The Ladies' Home Journal patterns are described as the most progressive and enterprising journal in the world. Patterns are available here at prices of 10 and 15 cents each.
A list of white fabrics with widths and sale prices shows 48 inch lawn at 35c yard, 42 inch Mull at 35c yard, 48 inch wash chiffon at 60c yard, silk finished lawn at 12 1 2 c per yard, 42 inch India lawn at 12 1 2 c yard, 36 inch pin check mall at 15c yard, 32 inch white check Madras at 15c yard, white dotted Swiss at 25c yard, and sheer white check lawn at 5c to 50c range.
Mrs. William F. Clarke of Baxter Street vanished Tuesday noon after leaving a letter for her oldest daughter Jennie. She asked the two younger children be taken to their uncle in Stat ham and hinted at possible distress from her husband’s drinking. Police sought her but no trace found. some fear she may have harmed herself while others think she may have gone to Atlanta relatives.
The campus plans for a new agricultural hall are complete and out to contracting firms for bids. Hinman Spencer Co. of this city is preparing a bid and, if awarded, will construct a handsome, well built structure for the state. A northern investigation is expected to address the case of a missing person.
Reports say the Southern Ry will extend from Franklin to Bushwhit to form a through route from Lula via Tallulah Falls to Knoxville, Tenn. A Athens to Augusta path is favored for cost and feasibility, potentially giving Athens a chance to land the line with action by the mayor, council, and Chamber of Commerce.
Yesterday W. B. Burnett was declared bankrupt with a schedule of indebtedness filed. A receiver will be appointed to oversee the estate as required by law. For rent notices indicate an office over Sidney, with reply to R. J. Haricock.
This morning at the usual hour services are announced with offerings from Fire Insurance J and Athens Savings Bank noted in the program.
At the Cobb-Delaney camp meeting Mir A L Hull presented Captain McMahan with a gold headed walking cane as a token of esteem for his soldiering and leadership. Later, a brawl erupted with five white men named Bob Rice William Bray Thad Bray Lee Escoe and Joe Escoe involved, injuring Escoe Lee Escoe with cuts and stab wounds and Thad Bray with leg injuries and a head knock.
E G Whitehead declares in a public notice his bid for re election as alderman from the Second ward subject to the Democratic primary. The announcement emphasizes continued service and adherence to party processes within the city council.
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