Social and calendar items from Athens week
The weekly page notes church prayer services at First Methodist, a Harvest Home Festival at First Baptist, and social events by Miss Eugenia Lawrence and Miss Nell Mallory. It also previews fashion trends like overskirts, highlights musical program Enoch Arden, and lists numerous local visits, gatherings, and Thanksgiving plans across Athens with many residents named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Eugenia Lawrence
Colonial
Nell Mallory
Mary Render
Athens Social Roundup Trails and Guests
Mrs CL ON Fiedelson of Savanna visited Athens yesterday. Mrs Dearing traveled to New Dr o and Mrs John W Hinton of Hot Shoals were in Athens yesterday. Miss Regina Silverman of Atlanta is guest of Miss Helen Michael. Miss Lena Mathews of Washington is visiting trends in the city. Mr Leonard Hass of Savannah spent yesterday in Athens. Reuben Jackson at Riverside spends Thanksgiving in Athens. Mrs Asbury Church will have a guest for Thanksgiving. Mrs J A Phelps and Misses Gertude Mitchell Lar ele Philips of Crawfordville visiting. Mr O S Randolph of Auburn visiting Mrs T K Randolph. Maggie Barrett Smith has returned to Social Circle. Carefully done Dental Work at Dr Mason Clayton street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Barrett Smith
G. F. Stephenson
Educators Gather in Richmond for State Conference
Richmond hosts the Virginia Educational Conference with about 2,000 educators expected. Teachers, trustees and supervisors attend, as the State Teachers' Association plans morning and evening sessions and sectional meetings across study areas over three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Teachers’ Association
West Interested in Lumber Preservation
Washington D C Nov 23 Hon John A Fox returns to Washington after a national trip for the National Rivers and Harbors Congress He reports strong Pacific coast interest in the Southern Commercial Congress movement and calls attention to possible Trans Mountain Commercial Congress plans aimed at cooperative regional advancement and rating other organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
John A. Fox
Congress
Pacific Coast
Southern Commercial Congress
United States
Rocky Mountain
Local Assembly Seeks Full Year Session Attendance
A brief civic notice states an expectation that all sessions will be attended this year. No specific dates or members are listed in the readable text.
Elliott Begins Life Sentence In Fulton Chain Gang
Dr. Jud Elliott of La Grange, who shot and killed G. A. Rivers, began a life term in the Fulton county chain gang after four near gallows escapes. Commuted last Thursday, he was brought from the Tower for safe-keeping and assigned to the Buckhead gang. Guard AJP Thompson delivered the order to jailers, and Elliott departed in a cheerful mood, vowing to be a model prisoner and perform all duties assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlinta
Jud Elliott
la Grange
G. A. Rivers
Fulton County
Elliott
Buckhead
Thompson
T. J. Donaldson
Deadly Duel At A Social Dance In Baldwin County
In Point Clear Alabama on November 23 two men died and four were wounded after a social event at Barnewall angered by a girl refusing to dance with Wesley McKenzie. Four men were arrested on murder charges. Victims included Bert Pierce beaten to death and Mack McKenzie shot through the heart. Others wounded were John Farley and two brothers of Bert Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Clear
Ala
Simon Nelson
Wesley McKenzie
Barnewall
Baldwin County
Bert Pierce
Mack McKenzie
John Farley
Pierce
Barnewall dance leads to confrontation after refusal
At a Barnewall residence a Saturday night dance hosted by Simon Nelson saw about thirty people present. Wesley McKenzie reportedly asked Miss Nelson to dance. she refused due to his drinking. He allegedly cursed her, sparking a general fight among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenzie Brothers
Simon Nelson
Barnewall
Wesley McKenzie
Miss Nelson
Confessed Murder to Reward Mother in Ohio Burglary Case
Ohio man Edward Buchman, under five counts of burglary, confessed to a double murder at Gulfport Mississippi in October 1908 to benefit his mother. He shot Policeman Leo Varnada and a deputized bystander during a celebration. Gulfport authorities confirmed the murders. The Ohio case carries a life sentence possibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Mississippi
Galion
Edward Buchman
Gulfport
Miss
Leo Varnada
Bachman
Waldman
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets promising a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee if it fails. The box bears E W GROVE S signature and is priced at 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
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Ersonal
Make-Believe
Firiries
Elfland
Heaven
Earth
Enoch Arden
YOW Co Ad
Clayton Street
Strauss
Roberta Hodgson
Frank Griffeth
Annie
Phillip
Enoch
Dshud
Sunie
Phillip Ray
Asain
Lonely Isle
John Gerdine
Laura Rutherford
Daughters of the Confederacy
Gerald Green
Johndine
Bosaline Prince
Fanny Mitchell
Emmanuel Parish
Nell Hunnicutt
Miss Nell Hunnicutt
Mary Bender
Wess Feyn
Suest
ThoryKesehy Tage
Raasalolph
Childvert
Det Wits
Alice Towns
Annie FL Borsey
Macon
Spel Thanksgivie
Athens
W. Wait
Conway, South Carolina
W.T. Byson
Langdon Quin
Washington, Ga
Jennie DuBose
Atlanta
Kappa Alphas
Miss Rolling Phinizy
Charles Phinizy
Edward Brown
Maggie Welch
Brown
Mary Harris Brumby
Mrs. Ames Phinizy
Mrs. Barrett Phinizy
Augusta
R. E. Fullilove
Jessie Phelps
Carlton
F. L. McWhorter
Stephens
A. T. Brightwell
Bessie Brightwell
Maxeys
Frances Jackson
Fairburn
Miss Stovall
Appalachee
City
J. H. Patman
Joel Mecins
Savannah
N. H. Shackelford
Arnoldsville
Mrs. S. B. Ethridge
Birmingham
Graves Stephenson
Ruby Cunnigham
Maud Fleman
Lexington
Gertrude England
Winterville
Jim Ivey
D. N. Cohen
Baltimore
Oberon
Stein Bloch Co
Lampeck” Co
E. H.dorsey
Howards, Walthams
Elgins
Hamiltons
New Englands
Excelsiors
Ingersolls
R. Brandt
CL ON. Fiedelson
Savanna
Athers
John W. Hinton
Hot Shoals
Regina Silverman
Helen Michael
Lena Mathews
Mr. Leonard Hass
Reuben Jackson
Riverside
Mr. O. S. Randolph
Auburn
Mrs. T. K. Randolph
Tr. Mason
Rocky Mountains
Layton Street
Mr. Man
Shhoos Bros
Hickey Freeman
Young's
Stetson
New Shoes Man and Son
Our
Manhattan
Eclipse
Chas. Stern Co
Athens, Ga
GANG
the McGregor Co
Goerz
Kodak
Frederick J. Ball
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