William F. Dorsey Announces Candidacy for Mayor
William F. Dorsey, former two term mayor and long time alderman, announces he will run for mayor of Athens. Supporters across professions urged him to enter, citing his municipal knowledge, leadership during a critical period, and leadership of the Dorsey Furniture Co. He promises to keep Athens at the front in moral, social, and commercial affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Dorsey
City of
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Cna
William F. Dorsey
Sdate
Gali
Dorsey
Dorsey Furniture Co
Old Negro Sentenced to Stockade for Old Offender
Tom Moody, an elderly Black man over seventy, was found guilty of keeping whisky for sale and jailed six months in the stockade by the mayor. His prior rulings were upheld by higher courts, and a council hearing is set for Tuesday evening on appeal.
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Tom Moody
Court of Appeals
Superior Court
Tom
Col
T. W. Rucker
Capitol Steps a Capital Place to Do Your Courting
Atlanta on September 9 reports E. E. Holmcombe assistant keeper of public buildings says Capitol steps are a lawful place for courting and that he himself won his wife there. He adds that young couples should kiss, calling it perfectly natural during courtship discussions.
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Capitol Steps
Atlanta
E. E. Hol
Combe
Arrest at S A L station leads to suspect description
Johnson was arrested by police at the S A L station while buying a ticket to Royston. Detectives say the Hartwell wanted horse thief Will Heard matches the description given, and a negro claiming the name last night bore the same appearance as the suspect.
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Johnson
Royston
Will
Hartwell
Davis
Meeting marks Georgia Dairy and Live Stock leaders gathering
Hartwell hosts the Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association with a January State College of Agriculture meeting to elect officers and consider resolutions. Key speakers include Commissioner Price promoting a pure milk campaign, Capt C W Parker, Judge Walter L Hodges, Prof Milton P Jarnagin, State Vet Peter Bahnsen, and Dr G F Hunnicutt, delivering a lively, practical program.
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Hartwell
Athens
Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association
State College of Agriculture
Agricultural Society
Capt C. W. Parker
Elberton
Jim Price
Pure Milk Crusade
Price
Hart County
Capt. Parker
Kennedy and Vincent Musical Comedy at Majestic
The Kennedy and Vincent Musical Comedy company, a local hit, presents an entirely new play today at the Majestic. A rip roaring comedy with music features attractive chorus girls who perform popular specialties. matinees daily at 4 30, evenings at 8 15 and 9 45, with twelve performers, mostly girls.
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Majestic
Kennedy and Vincent
the Majestic
Athens
Former Congressman Howard Here Yesterday
Col W M Howard, former congressman from this district and longtime tariff revision commissioner, visited yesterday from Lexington Oglethorpe County where his law offices and home are located.
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Howard
Col. W. M. Howard
Tariff Revision Commission
Oglethorpe
Lexington
Six new teachers join State Normal School roster
Six new instructors join the State Normal School for the year beginning this week. Names include Miss L M Warbuton Farmville Virginia teaching 7th and 8th grades and Miss Magnolia Scovill London Kentucky in 5th and 6th grades. Also Miss Nellie M Clifford Virginia IN teaching 3rd and 4th grades and Miss Bessie M Baird Menominee Wisconsin assisting in domestic science. Miss Bessie Smith Naples New York assists in music and Miss Augusta Center Forsyth Georgia heads oratory. Moina Michael Monroe Georgia will occupy the new holy principal post. Prof Pound says every place will be filled by Monday. one dormitory is full and trains bring more students. Opening Thursday at 10 am Athens invites all to attend. exercises will be simple and the year promises to be the best in twenty years.
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State Normal School
Farmville
Magnolia Scovill
London
Nellie M. Clifford
Virginia
Bessie M. Baird
Menominee
Wis
Randall
Bessie Smith
Naples
N. Y
Augusta Center
Lucy Cobb Institute
Forsyth
Moina Michael
Monroe
Athens
Pound
Atlanta
Savannah
Florida
South Carolina
Athens Bludwine Company a Proud Local Industry
The Bludwine Company of Athens Georgia started in 1906 with $60 capital and now has eight figure capital stock. Its product sold in a dozen states with daily sales averaging 27,000 glasses and over 2,000,000 bottles produced in 1912. All manufacture occurred in Athens using local capital and labor.
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Bludwine CO
Athens
Bludwine Company
United States
Mules Wanted for Cash Sale in Athens Georgia
Mr. J. M. Billington of Atlanta seeks to buy a car load of good sound mules. He will be at J. N. Booth's Sales Stable at Broad and Hull streets in Athens on Saturday September 13 to view and purchase. Also advertised are goods: shelled peas okra cabbage. Arnold and Abney.
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J. M. Billington
Atlanta
J. N. Booth
Broad and
Hull Streets
Athens
Athens Chamber Wins Coal Rate Cut With Seaboard
After a Atlanta conference among Athens Chamber of Commerce leaders and Seaboard Air Line officials, the Birmingham coal rate is reduced ten cents per ton from 1.75 to 1.65, placing Athens on equal footing with Macon and broadening benefits to intermediate Seaboard points. The change follows eleven months of work by the chamber’s rate committee and signals potential further reductions as lines align.
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Atlanta
Bondurant
Callaway
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Charles R. Capps
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Birmingham
Athens
Macon
Chamber of Commerce
Railroad Committee
Southern
Chamber
Y M C A Board Holds Busy Monthly Meeting
The Y M C A board met at the association building with strong director attendance. Reports praised a profitable summer with active programs in the boys department outdoor athletics and Summer Camp. Two wooden houses on Lumpkin street will be sold at public outcry on October 9 to clear space for a new building. Dr Wedford W Brown was elected to the board. Tender corn and fresh beans advertised by Arnold Abney.
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University of Georgia
Herty Field
Athens
Office Boys
Cash Boys
Triangle Club
Forbes
Lumpkin
Mason
Daisy Colbert
Miss Colbert
Dr. Brown
Wedford W. Brown
Association
Pleas of White Women Save Neck of Negro Condemned
In Atlanta on September 9, Gov Slaton commuted Liga Lane sentence from death to life imprisonment after white women pleas from Clinch county and local officials urged clemency. Officials say the attacked woman was depraved and evidence at trial was weak.
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Atlanta
Clinch County
Liga ‘Lane
Slaton
Mein
Matinee Today at Colonial Norman Players Pleasing
The Norman Field Players show a strong bill at the Colonial with The Call of the Woods and The Cowboy Sheriff to be presented this afternoon. Cast includes Mr Field as Broncho Billy and Miss Mary Daniel as Bossy, with Happy Jack Kearney as Teddy. Tonight promotes My Dixie Girl a new comedy drama with Lindy and others. Palmer's tickets available daily up to 6 pm.
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Norman Field
Colonial Theater
Mr. Field
Jack Kearney
Teddy
Mary Daniel
Dixie Girl
Lindy
Palmer’s
Second-hand school books buyback notice and visit
School book sale notice urges buyers to bring all books for cash or credit now before the new term. The McGregor Company calls for submissions and warns of busy times once school opens. Colonel James M. Smith of Smithonia visits locally, described as the state’s biggest plantationist.
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McGregor Company
James M. Smith
Smithonia
State
Chief G. W. McDorman Returns From National Fire Chiefs Meet
Chief G. W. McDorman returned from a ten day trip to New York for the National Association of Fire Chiefs annual meeting. He reports a splendid gathering with new ideas for improving his department. Chief T. W. Hayne of Jacksonville was elected president. Next meeting set for New Orleans.
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G. W. McDorman
New York
National Association of Fire Chiefs
McDorman
T. W. Hayne
Jacksonville
Fla
New Orleans
Young Buffalo Bill Comes to Athens for August Show
A Young Buffalo Bill Wild West show representative announced the appearance in Athens on the 30th. The well known tent show is touted as among the best on the road. Local crowds are expected to attend both performances. The program promises clean, refined acts with popular prices and eager young boys rehearsing after the visit.
Pumpkin Yam Potatoes and local business notes
A fragmented OCR passage mentions Pumpkin Yam Potatoes and varieties like Large White Irish Botetoea Arnold and Abney with a contact phone 10786. It also references a business block and Col Smith asserting permanence of the fame in Athens with uncertain context.
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Arnold & Abney
Col. Smith
Athens
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