Commission debate over Athens city waste and efficiency
Advocates of the commission form claim better value for taxpayer money and less graft. Proponents of the current system challenge these assertions, citing city engineering, staffing, and project choices while inviting specific examples of waste or inefficiency in Athens.
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Commission
Capt. Barnett
Atheny
Athens
Barnett
Council
Barrett
J. W. Barnett
Georgia
Nore
Booth
Messrs. Barnett and Booth
Postponement Granted in Griffin Case to October Seventh
Judge Brand announced the Griffin case hearing would be postponed to October 7 due to insufficient time to prepare the voluminous testimony. Griffin remains jailed as he failed to post the ten thousand dollar bond.
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Brand
Griffin
Sam Woods Showcases Cosy Electric Shop Window
Sam Woods, decorator, has fitted a clean attractive college man’s room in Athens with pennants pipe and all accessories. The display is elegant and there is faithful old electric on hand.
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Sam E. Woods
Sam Woods
Athens
Dr DeLoach Speaks On Expansion of Cotton Industry
Dr R J H DeLoach formerly head of the cotton department at the State Agricultural College of Georgia and now director of its agricultural experiment station spoke at the National Farmers Congress in Plano Il on The Expansion of the American Cotton Industry. He impressed the national body with his deep knowledge from seed to financing the crop. JUST FOUR MORE DAYS UNTIL NORMAN FIELD PLAYERS' RETURN TO THE COLONIAL.
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Plano
R. J. H. DeLoach
State Agricultural College of Georgia
Agricultural Experiment Station
National Farmers’ Congress
DeLoach
Norman
Colonial
Norman Field
Masonic Lodge Called Communication In Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge Old No. 22 F and A M holds a called communication tonight to confer the M M degree. Worshipful Master W A Capps and Secretary J H Dorsey sign the meeting order. Norman Field Players re
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Mount Vernon
Atlanta Charter Defeated by Seven Hundred Majority
In Atlanta on September 24 with under 4,000 votes cast the proposed new charter lost by about 700. The tally was 1,495 for and 2,155 against, a win for Mayor James Woodward who opposed the measure. Amendments reducing recorder power and adding referendum and recall also passed, but the charter defeat nullified them.
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Atlanta
James Woodward
Council
Woodward
Citizens’ Committee Ith
Recorder
Sunday Schools Clarke County's Sunday Hosts March
Clarke County Sunday Schools plan a march on the neighboring town today led by their host group. Community members are invited to join as organizers say the event aims to promote fellowship and shared outreach in the region.
Clarke County Sunday School Meet Set in Winterville
Clarke County Sunday School Association gathers in Winterville with Rev. Troy Beatty presiding. Five county white schools outside Athens to send delegates. Program covers sessions on evergreen Sundays, teacher suggestions, and Palestine inspired lectures, with picnic lunch and multiple speakers.
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Winterville
Baptist
Athens
Clarke County Sunday School Association
Athens City
J. Cartledge
Jewish New Year Observance at the U N S
The New Year holiday will begin October first at 1 30 p m with services at the U N S. The observance marks the start of the Jewish year with communal prayers and reflection.
Rosh Hashanah Observances Begin In Athens And World Wide
The Jewish new year begins October 1 with services at Athens synagogue guided by Rabbi Hirsch and runs through October 23 with Shemini Atzereth. The holiday emphasizes self examination, remembrance, and the blowing of trumpets as prep for Yom Kippur.
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Athens
Jackson and
Hancock Avenue
Hirsch
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Israel
Innovation in Training and Playground Direction Growth
Teachers to be trained for efficiency as playground directors at the State Normal School as new students arrive. Dr Branson plans to assist Rock Hill South Carolina in forming a know your own state club. President Pound to present a paper on the functions of the training school at the Southern Educational Association in Nashville. The senior class leads vesper services this week. Aldine Pound visits campus. A new course of lectures from the Alkahest Lyceum Bureau and Chicago Glee Club planned for fall and winter.
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State Normal School
S. C
Branson
Department of Rural Economics
Rock Hill
State Normal and Teacher Training Institution
Georgia Club
State Normal of Georgia
Jerre Pound
Southern Educational Association
Nashville
Tenn
Athens
Aldine Pound
Pound
Alkahest Lyceum
Atlanta
Alkehest
Chicago Glee Club
Southtern
Muscogee
Largest Sarepta Baptist meeting marks Georgia session
The Sarepta Baptist Association annual session at Winterville drew about 1,500 attendees under a large tent, with 61 churches reporting progress and spirituality. Leaders noted women’s societies exceeded other associations in funds raising over 6,000 and overall receipts near 40,000. Dr. Rich of Elberton delivered a standout sermon and Dr. Telliferro spoke for the Judson fund.
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Winterville
Sarepta Baptist Association
Commerce
Winterville High School
H. R. Bernard
State Baptist Mission Board
Tironus
Rich
Elberton
Telliferro
Judson Fund
After Theater Supper at The Holland Tonight
The Holland offers supper after theater tonight and invites reservations this morning. Call 977 to reserve a table.
Businesses Move To New Smith Building On College Avenue
Notice to patrons states the business moves from Hancock and Hull to the Smith building on College avenue. They ask customers to be patient during the relocation, expecting to be settled within a day or two.
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Hancock and Hull
New Smith Building
College Avenue
Colonial Opening With Good Piece
The Little Millionaire opens the regular road show season at the Colonial tonight. Advance seats are strong and reports from other venues praise Cohan's musical farce comedy. A stock company has played the opera house for two weeks, but this is the first road show of the season.
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Colonial Tonight
Cohan
Opera House
Goss Doctors Move to New Quarters in Smith Block
The offices of Dr J E Goss and son Ralph M Goss relocate today or tomorrow from the old wooden building once used as Judge Emory Speer’s law offices to eight rooms on the second floor of the new Smith block. The facility features ample lighting, steam heat, hot and cold water, an operating room with white tiled floor, waiting and consultation rooms, rest rooms, and space for temporary patient wards.
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J. E. Goss and
Ralph M. Goss
Emory Speer
Smith Block
Erwin & Co
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D. W. Sims
A. A. Sullivan
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Palestine
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C. C. Jarrell
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