Athens High plans another standout athletics year
The Athens High School athletic program sparks renewed interest as the fall term opens with football and other sports. A fund aim for football uniforms and equipment has begun, led by A. H. Dorsey Jr and supporters including local businesses and the McGregor Co. Half the roughly seventy five dollar goal is subscribed.
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Athens High School
Georgia
Riverside
Gordon
Stone Mountain
The
High School Association
H. Dorsey, Jr
Athletic Association of the
University of Georgia
Amoun
The Boys' Best Friend at Majestic today
Imp at Majestic presents The Boys' Best Friend a picture full of interest that audiences should not miss. Mr Brown will sing Way Down South giving local entertainment value to the matinée.
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Imp
Majestic
Brown
Madison County Road Plan Moves Forward Under County Leaders
County commissioners focus on fall road work as J M Hodgson chairs a tour with C M Strahan and the county civil engineer to map a new road from the Clarke line to the National Highway at Poca. The Clarke to Danielsville route advances a traded area opening to Athens, while Athens night school road plans await Georgia Railroad Co. contract and city stake setting.
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J. M. Hodgson
C. M. Strahan
Madison County
Clarke Line
Poca
Davis
Madison
Athens
Clarke
Strahan
Danielsville
Georgia Railroad Company
Lynn's Orchestra Awarded Colonial Theater Music Contract
The Colonial Theater season music contract has been awarded to Lynn's Union Orchestra. Personnel includes Percy Lynn violinist R T Dottery cornet Mrs John Burch piano Henry Culp trombone George Goodale drums and traps John Morris bass.
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Colonial Theater
Union Orchestra
Lynn
Percy Lynn
R. T. Dottery
John Burch
Henry Culp
George Goodale
John Morris
Fine Cooking Applies at Arnold & Abney
A local ad notes fresh cooking apples for sale this morning from Arnold and Abney at 40 cents per peck. The item is described as fine in quality and ready for purchase.
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Peck, Arnold & Abney
Eating Apples Maiden Blush Ripen with mellow flavor
Arnold and Abney advertise Maiden Blush apples described as ripe mellow and fine flavored for sale.
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Arnold & Abney
Meeting of Farmers Union reps stirs state officials in Athens
In Athens a meeting of county union representatives from Jackson Oglethorpe Madison and Walton drew state officials. President Duckworth and Secretary Smith attended as rumors swirled about fertilizer pricing. A second conference is planned at the State Agricultural College next Wednesday week.
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Athens
R. F. Duckworth
Farmers’ Co-operative and Educational Union
T. M. Smith
Union Phosphate Company
Jackson
Oglethorpe
Madison
Walton
Duckworth
Banks
Oconee
The
State Union
Smith
Jackson Counties
Athens Emerges as Educational Center with 40 Buildings
The piece tallies over two hundred teachers and more than four thousand students across Athens. It notes forty school buildings, each costing thousands, serving white and colored schools, plus 800 in the State Normal School and 600 at the University of Georgia. It cites Knox Institute and the Industrial school for colored students, portraying Athens as a regional education hub.
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Athens
State Normal School
University of Georgia
Eens State College of Agriculture
Business College
Knox Institute
Industrial School
Institutons
Empire State
South
Strange Illness Confounds Henry Elliot’s Son Ennis Elliott
Eight or nine year old Ennis Elliott, son of Henry Elliott, lies in precarious health after being separated from his books and left on a Lumpkin street car. He has a history of infantile paralysis and has wandered unable to recall his route home. He was found near Judge Brand’s residence and returned home in a distressed state with convulsions lasting through the night.
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Meigs and
Harris Street
Little Ennis Elliott
Meigs Street
Lumpkin Street
Meigs
Lumpkin-Milledge Junction
Judge Brand
Local theater listings and social notes
Vitagraph at Lyric today and Essanay at Elite. Mrs Frances Wilson of Penfield visits sister in law Mrs John Wilson at the Moore House on Hancock Avenue. Indicates green corn and fresh market items from Arnold and Abney with phone 1076.
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Arnold & Abney
Frances Wilson
Penfield
John Wilson
Moore House
Hancock Avenue
Bartlett Leads Georgia Football With Losses Mounting
Shadows deepen as Georgia loses captain Kid Woodruff and Paul Bartlett will not return for a two year course. Broadus Estes and Lucas Heavy, key linemen, also won t be back leaving coach Cunningham with a depleted squad and worsening odds for the season. The Red and Black faces a streak of bad luck.
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Bartlett
Georgia
Woodruff
Paul Bartlett
Anderson
Cunnigham
Sarepta Association to Convene at Sandy Cross Church
Sarepta Association members from Athens Clarke county and nearby counties will gather at Sandy Cross Baptist church on Tuesday September 19 at 10 am. Delegates arriving by rail will be met at Crawford by Rev. W H Faust with transport to the church. The gathering, moderated by Rev John D Mell, D D, includes about 8000 constituents and is expected to be the largest in its history.
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Lexington
Sarepta Association
Sandy Cross Baptist Church
Georgia Railroad
Crawford
W. H. Faust
John D. Mell
D. D
Athens
Ww. H. Faust
Baptist
Clarke County
Clarke
First Baptist Church
A. J. Cobb
M. M. Arnold
J. A. Darwin
Col. T. 8. Mell
A. 8. Parker
Directors of the Athens YMCA to Meet at 5 PM
The Athens YMCA board of directors will convene this evening at 5 o clock in the building rooms. This first meeting since last spring will discuss important business and plans for the fall and winter campaigns. Fresh beans advertised at 15 cents per gallon by Arnold and Abney.
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Athens Young Men's Christian Association
Arnold & Abney
Athens Council Initiates Sidewalks and Chicago Exhibit Plan
The Athens city council discussed permanent sidewalk projects on Boulevard and Dearing street, plus extending Pope street. They considered a Georgia resource exhibit for Chicago with Clarke county and chamber of commerce funding, delaying final action until next meeting. An electric-lighted Baxter and Oconee playground area was requested, and street extensions Mell to Rutherford and Prince to Thomas were approved. A ten inch water main to the Boulevards was ordered for fire protection and feeder purposes. The session adjourned to Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
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Athens
Georgia
Chicago
Clarke County
Chamber of Commerce
W. F. Dorsey
A. W. Brooks
H. C. Stockdell
J. H. Dozier
A. J. Cobb
Ed M. Hafer
Atlanta
Hafer
Chamber of Athens
Light Committee
Prince Avenue
Old Thomas Place
Pope Street
Mell Street
Cloverhurst Avenue
Rutherford Street
Dearing Street
Milledge Avenue
Boulevard
Elberta Peaches and Vittagraph at Lyric Today
Elberta peaches likely season's last with only a few baskets available. Arnold and Abney perform Vittagraph at the Lyric today as entertainment.
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Arnold & Abney
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