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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
6
Our stock of Sterling Silver is varied this season with new and beautiful patterns in toilet articles and tableware. Visit us to inspect Simmons water medallion chains, among the highest grade gold filled chains offered.
Local society items note Mrs. W. B. Hill visiting Macon and several residents returning from Tallulah Falls. Emmanuel Guild plans a reception to raise funds for missionary work with free admission and a coin box. Guild and parish groups hold meetings, urging full attendance for planned reports and business.
Mrs H L Cook returns home after time in Baltimore. Dr J W Walden preached the commencement sermon at Nacoochee Valley and now visits Columbia DC. Miss Kefpp of Lucy Cobb races to Selma Alabama on learning her mother's death. Friends in Athens extend deep sympathy in this hour of bereavement.
The Oconee Street Sunday school will hold its annual picnic on May 27 at Smithonia. Col. James M. Smith will host, bringing the school by train from Dunlap to Smithonia and returning in the afternoon. It will be the first Smithonia picnic for the school, with high hope of a large turnout and appreciation for Col. Smiths generous offer.
Athens welcomes Mr. C. A. Ver Nooy of Atlanta who has purchased the O. H. Hinton residence on Milledge Avenue and will move about July 1. Mrs. Ver Nooy, formerly Miss Montine Shackelford, is well remembered here and will resume residence in Athens with her friends pleased by the news.
Baseball items report Birmingham games with Batteries Clarke and Clarke and Montgomery with Herman and Fishe or Lee j Millerick, and Shreveport Memphis match with Breitenstein Graffin and Srelt Raer. Garwin notes a stray proverb about thirteen, a sewing machine and twelve phonographs aiding a horse team.
Items of interest announce large stock of glazed Jardiniers now available at the Huggins China House with prices from 35c to 1.00. Shoppers can view English and American porcelain, Haviland and Austrian dinner sets, plus plain white china in a wide variety. Also offered are housekeepers supplies including Tinware, Enameledware, Glassware, refrigerators, ice boxes, water coolers, cream freezers, fly traps and related items at Broad Street location.
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