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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
8
Athens savings bank offers 4 percent interest on deposits compounded January 1 and July 1 with deposits from $1.00. Ad highlights printing services, insurance options, and various local business notices. Includes rental and vehicle listings, furniture sales, and job ads from multiple Athens businesses.
Vincent Mathews a prominent businessman active in civic improvement is reported to run for alderman this fall. Plans to create a new ward around the State Normal school may shift his candidacy between the Fourth and Fifth wards if approved.
Local ad listing groceries and fresh produce including Fine India Relish Heinz vinegars canned goods and fruits at PIGGLY-WIGGLY. Offers on apples oranges bananas pecans trout lettuce peppers tomatoes and more. Includes notice about Georgia State Board of Embalming license exam to be held June 14 at Wigwam Hotel Indian Springs with applications due by June 4.
The area recently annexed by the city may gain ward representation this fall. Mr. Mathews has been active in pushing streets sidewalks and water and sewer extensions and his candidacy would likely secure election. The new ward is expected to be created and joined to city government this autumn.
In Atlanta on May 11 Paul Clifton William LaBrant petitions for a court ordered name change to Paul Clifton LaBrant claiming the surname LaBrant was borne by his family in France until an ancestor fled to America during the Huguenot persecutions. His ancestor Simonson fled on the Fox to Staten Island and dropped the surname becoming Simonson.
London May 11 Associated Press reports prizes awarded at the Tobacco Fair in Royal Agricultural Hall for women who smoke Most gracefully during afternoon tea. Judging was public, with observers noting poised etiquette and decorum among contestants.
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