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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1915
Page
8
Brief local notices on services and rentals include fire insurance tips from C. Jester and George Bolton grocery orders. Rentals offered at 1055 Prince Ave and 229 Broad St with private baths. lost collie pup. job ads seeking boys with wheels. Western Union ad promises quick pickup via contact Geo Bolton.
The Bell Overall Co located at 9.8-3 Winder Ga advertises for twenty five experienced young ladies to work with power machinery in its plant. The notice emphasizes experience and local employment.
A collage of ads and notices includes mortgage, grocery, and service promotions, rentals, sale items, and job wants. Notable entries reference Eskimo Spitz puppies, open buggy, mercantile business for sale on Clayton street, and multiple rental listings around College Avenue Henderson Avenue Milledge Ave. Bennett’s and Bolton’s classified notes appear with contact cues like 718-J and phone numbers.
Athens city court schedules numerous bond forfeitures as defendants fail to appear or sureties neglect to secure attendance. Morning docket lists Charley Edwards Fred Moore Tom Jones James Billups Oscar Wilson and others. Yesterday’s mixed civil and criminal business included verdicts for the defendant in Athens Foundry case and rent suit against Sam Sims.
At a Clarke and Oconee chamber meeting Jos Woodruff outlined a year of farm demonstration work. He cited 4483 miles traveled 419 plats inspected 341 demonstrators 459 hogs inoculated 63 farmers to State College 208 corn club boys 10 pig club boys 11 sick animals treated 9 orchards sprayed 6 orchards pruned 245 acres alfalfa 120 crimson clover 64 burr clover 105 seed corn tests 332 letters 10 newspaper articles 17 public meetings 250 attendees 27 farmers visited for advice 16 cattle disease inspections 2 pure blood dairy bulls ordered 200 carload cattle to be shipped October plus 150 co operative demonstrators and the Rose Creek drainage project reclaiming 1000 acres for 40 bushels per acre.
A notice announces Barnum & Bailey Circus bookings in town for October 19. The story hints the family will learn of the event via billboards and local notices ahead of the show.
The Athens Elks plan an open house Friday evening as a house-warming for members and friends. Refreshments and sandwiches will be served. Mr. Bob Arnold serves as exalted ruler of the lodge.
A delegation from the Railway Firemen and Enginemen organization met Governor Haris in Atlanta to discuss pending train crew legislation. Officials indicate only emergency measures will be considered in the extra session, making passage unlikely.
Dahlonega agricultural school reports unusually strong enrollment and looks set for its best year yet. Trustee chairman W D McCants met with the governor to discuss school conditions and prospects. The banner note cites optimism for the institution's performance this season.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Luck Lodge No 358 held a well attended afternoon meeting in Eastville on Saturday conferring degrees and approving a large number of new members. Grand Treasurer C A Von der Lieth and Athens visitors Jake Joel and Charles Shupe attended. R W Haynie longtime Eastville noble grand presided for the first time since the lodge’s earlier reorganization and luncheon followed at 5 pm.
A speech in Athens outlines state control of convict labor for road building, praising Clarke county for pioneering top soil roads. The speaker calls for a centralized system, district divisions, and expert engineers to double road mileage annually at lower cost. He proposes drainage work, land title reform, and lender protections to boost farming finance.
London budget details reveal Reginald McKenna forecasts for the year. Revenue at 272 million pounds, expenditure at 1.59 billion, and debt at year end around 2.2 billion pounds. He proposes a 40 percent income tax rise and taxing all incomes at 130 pounds or more.
Representatives from the Woodmen of the World in Georgia gather at the Ansley Hotel to plan the annual convention. Fred Hauser of the Atlanta Convention Bureau will assist, with Newton Phillips and others on the executive committee handling arrangements.
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