05 Oct 1912
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1912
Page
1
Rental ads list multiple houses with room counts and weekly or yearly prices. Properties include 1663 Milledge G room 619 Reese St 25.60 Lumpkin Hill 60.00 Grady Ave 40.00 Boulevard 20.00 Boulevard 22.50 Pulaski St 17.50 Pulaski St 17.50 Pulaski St 17.59 Pulaski St 17.59 Barberville Campus Ave 200.00 per year Barberville 10.00 per month plus other suitable city houses offered.
Secretary Callaway of the Athens Chamber asks five railroads to offer special Thanksgiving rates from points near the city to Athens for the Georgia Auburn football game. The first Turkey Day game in years between major Southern teams is expected to draw about ten thousand visitors, with Football Night at Colonial tonight.
The University of engineering students held its first meeting of the scholastic year last night. J Rhodes Slade was elected president T M Vonsprecken vice president and B Fisher secretary. Editors named include R T Goodwyn Jr Athens editor in chief R D Short Athens sophomore editor M W Fitzpatrick business manager and C V Middlebrooks assistant manager.
The Banner announces Mr. Cobb Lampkin entering real estate business. He is a longtime city official former chairman of the board of assessors and is noted as a sharp businessman whose real estate judgment aids investors. He opened an office weeks ago and has handled several important cases with property holdings worth inspection.
The piece urges Georgians to support Work Day for orphans with thousands of men women and children in Georgia seeking to raise funds for state orphanages. It highlights Athens as a city that will contribute and calls for earnest effort to earn as much as possible.
After a fire destroyed Mrs. Nix’s one room house on Nowhere road near Athens, local women launch a relief effort. They seek cash and materials to rebuild a small, dignified living space where she can live simply and keep her own coffee routine. Donations and plans are coordinated by Mrs. A H Davison and Mrs. J C Hutchens with The Banner requesting calls on how to contribute.
Matinee shows this afternoon at 4 o clock feature ten cent admission for pictures and matinee. Night prices rise to twenty and ten. Keiths vaudeville second billing at the Majestic pleases patrons with high grade entertainment and three reels of fine pictures. Tonight a self rising Aunt Rose flour prize is offered to ticket holders nearby the clock stop time.
Georgia plans to field the same eleven as last year with Powell filling in for injured Wheatley as full. Tech travels to Charleston to face Citadel while Georgia meets Chattanooga at Athens. questions loom on punt work pass usage and quarterback play as teams assess new rules and recruits.
Secretary Crichton Callaway of the Athens Chamber of Commerce visited Jefferson, capital of the commonwealth of Jackson, meeting the Jefferson board of trade to describe Athens campaign success in doubling local membership. Accompanied by W. F. Dorsey M. J. Abney and C. D. Campbell, he praised Athens Jefferson ties and noted substantial cross trade and Georgia rooters traveling to the football game.
Washington defeats New York 4 to 2 and Philadelphia beats Boston 4 to 3. Chicago wins over Detroit 7 to 2. In the National League Brooklyn defeats New York 8 to 3 and Boston overwhelms Philadelphia 14 to 2.
Classified ad fragment listing brick sale by Ga. Brick Co with contact numbers 718 and 8299. Mentions calves plants and a phone 832-1. Also an offer from Lon Parr for painting and plastering with phone 696-1. Other items include roller top desk at 24 1/2 Clayton Street and a table boarders notice with service end price.
Crawford Georgia October 4 A birthday party given by Mrs A W Wilkins honored her granddaughter Hazel Barge of Brookhaven Mississippi with pink and white decor punch and cake. Guests included Hazel Barge Louisa Mapp Floried Stokely Velma Echols and others while adults present included Mrs Barge Bowen Little Wilkins Arnold Mapp Bray Elen and Willie Brooks.
Tonight the University of Chattanooga visiting eleven and the University of Georgia Red and Black Warriors will be entertained at box parties hosted by managers Bishop and Goodale. The two teams will display their colors and Georgia's coach Cunningham approved the players attending as a group.
Lexington Echo reports Hon. W. M. Howard has reentered legal practice and now maintains an office upstairs in the courthouse, typically the former solicitor-general’s room. He is available daily when not away on business, greeting friends and former clients as part of resumed local life.
The Bell Brothers Marble Company in Athens shows strong growth under Frank M. Bell and Tom Bell with A. B. Bell as president. The firm has installed up to date machinery and serves Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Florida with 15 local salesmen, aiming for low costs and high quality marble monuments.
Arnold & Abney report a fresh morning express shipment of vegetables including beets cucumbers bell peppers snap beans grapes and fruits Concords and Delawares. Local market notes highlight garden freshness and seasonal variety.
The Athens Savings Bank announces 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1. Deposits from $1 up. Also notes various local sales and notices including farm produce, household items, a piano tuner return, boarding home, and a request for used rubber belting.
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