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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1916

Page

13

Comparatively Small Amount is Missing from Washington Bank

Expert accountants report total shortage from the Washington Loan and Banking Company defalcation of W Shelton Gresham as 6800.79. Gresham, assistant cashier, allegedly took 5200 in a suitcase en route to Augusta and about 1800 in smaller sums over eighteen months.

Washington Bank Washington, Ga Washington Loan & Banking Company W. Shelton Gresham Gresham Augusta Washington

Social Roundup As Athens Welcomes Visitors For Weekend Games

A steady stream of guests arrived in Athens with Miss Helen Estes from Gainesville and Miss Regina Silverman from Atlanta for the Georgia Tech games. By road, rail, and car, locals welcomed relatives and friends including Mr. and Mrs. Conway of Blacksburg Virginia and Mr. J. C. Wood and party visiting Maysville and Crawfordville.

H. H. Dean Dorothy Dean Gainesville Georgia Tech Regina Silverman Atlanta Athens Thomas A. Burke Washington Georgia

Fool Proclaims Himself in Ancient Proverb

An Arabian proverb lists six signs of folly namely anger without cause speech without profit change without progress in quiry without object trusting strangers and mistaking foes for friends in warning against folly.

Plans to Extend the Fight on the Great Whit Plague

Washington May 13 plans for extending the anti tuberculosis campaign among workers were outlined by Dr Charles J Hatfield executive secretary of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in an address to the Sociological Section. He described four main local relief forms including employer funded schemes and union controlled efforts, plus general benefit associations in shops and stores and the work of international unions in fields like typesetting printing and cigarmaking.

Washington, D. C Charles J. Hatfield National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis Hatfield Lief

Hall's Catarrh Cure Exalts Mercury-Free Claim

Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as mercury free and internally absorbed to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Warns against mercury ointments and notes testimonials, Druggists carry it at 75 cents per bottle. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Hall F. J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio F. J. Cheney & Co

Bostwick High Announces May Commencement Events

Bostwick Georgia set its commencement schedule for May 18 to 22 with events including a grammar school entertainment, the high school play The Only Girl, a sermon by presiding elder Wiggins, and closing exercises with a keynote address by Dr. A M Soule. Senior classmates include Sanford Cecroft Marie Preston Martha Jackson and Roselle Snellings. The year was noted as highly successful with a county fair prize for best parade appearance.

Bostwick Grammar School Wiggins A. M. Soule Sanford Cecroft Marie Preston Martha Jackson Roselle Snellings Madison

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