New Athens Theatre to Open After Monday Start
Athens will gain a modern theatre after contractors begin work Monday. Frank Day of Chicago and the Michael Bros. sealed the deal for plans by renowned architect Frank Day. Jortatowsky Bros. of Albany lease the new house, and top attractions are booked for next season.
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Athens
Messrs
Michael Bros
Frank Day
Chieaca
Cox
Uno City
Jortatowsky Dros
Albany
Michael Stros
Death of Mr A B Bond on Confederate Memorial Day
Ed F Bond of Barber street died yesterday afternoon after a three week illness with pneumonia. He was nearly seventy and survived by his wife and children Ed F Mathew Emmet of this county and city and Mrs J Hodges Cobb and Fowler. A Confederate veteran he will be buried on Confederate Memorial Day. he was a steadfast member of the Methodist church.
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Ed F. Bond
Barber Street
Bond
Ife
Mathew Bond
Emmet Bond
Mr. Bond
Cage case continued in federal court against Southern Railway
In federal court the trial of Mrs. Joseph J. King v. Southern Railway was continued with substantial evidence offered. The report notes it is likely the case will be concluded today.
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Joseph J. King
Southern Railway
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh case. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan & Marvin and others who vouch for F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 7 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Fleming Soberly Resists Racial Disfranchisement Charge
James Callaway relays a public letter by Wy. H. Fleming criticizing Mr. Hoke Smith’s plan to disenfranchise Black voters. The piece cites constitutional text and Supreme Court language, arguing the proposed law hides its true purpose and would fail under judicial scrutiny.
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Smith
Fleming
Supreme Court of the United States
Georgia Grand Jury Polls Show Smith as Leading Governor Candidate
In a state wide grand jury session the sentiment points to Col. J. M. Smith as the people’s governor choice, with a vote skewed toward Smith in north Georgia. The text discusses the grandfather clause, disfranchisement debates, and contrasts Georgia law with Mississippi rulings, warning against foreign party influence and noting rising living costs.
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Col. J. M. Smith
North Georgia
James M. Smith
KR. B. Russell
G. A. Nunnally
Hoke Smith
Clark Howell
Clarke County Farmers to Exhibit at State Fair
Clarke County Farmers Club met at city hall to plan a county exhibit for the fall state fair. C B Griffith chaired the committee with G H Thurmond and W T Lester naming A Van Dendwyler and J L Jarrell to canvass farmers. The finance portion reported $54 subscribed toward a $700 goal as local support grew with talks from King Thurmond McMahan Weatherford Johnson Jarrell and others.
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Clarke County Farmers’ Club
C. B. Griffith
G. H. Thurmond
W. T. Lester
A. van Dendwyler
J. L. Jarrell
Messrs. Deadwyler
Jarrell
Messrs
J 8 King
G H Thurmond
J. J. C. McMahan
Alderman Weatherford
Johnson
Meadow Brook Name Given to Farm by J L Jarrell
J L Jarrell who bought the University farm renamed it Meadow Brook and plans to display products at the state fair. The note also mentions rheumatism relief with Chamberlains Pain Balm offered by local merchants.
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J. L. Jarrell
University Farm
Meadow Brook
Registration closes for county primary vote May eighth
Saturday at six the registration books close for voters in the county primary on May eighth. About 1300 have registered to date in county and city, a light turnout versus an expected 1800. Sheriff Wier faces Browning and Treasurer Pitner faces Smith, with these races drawing significant attention.
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Amn
W. Wier
M. D. Browning
Pitner
Smith
Local Committee to Meet Next Wednesday Morning
A city committee plans to reconvene next Wednesday at eleven o'clock in the city hall. The notice also includes a brown article about a constable in Chaplean Ontario recounting a burglar capture in a forest swamp last fall and endorsing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro.
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H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Wm. Thos
Lanorgan
Chaplean
Ontario
Munes
Chamberlain
Roosevelt declines Samoan lecture and mocks Root debate
Washington musing notes President Roosevelt will not attend a lecture on archetypal philology and prioritizes Elihu Root over Samoan studies. The report also mocks New York senate prospects and political prophets amid Bailey Hepburn talk and Georgia gubernatorial chatter.
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Roosevelt
Washington
New York World
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Watson's Magazine
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C. M. Snelling
Talmadge Bros
J.om. Johnson
Deep Rock Ginger Ale Co
Allen IL. Talmage
John B. Wier
Mgr
B. Wingfield, Br
B. Davis
J. Crawford
J. W. Wher
H.W. Linton
BE. Brooks
McKie
Dorsey & Funkenstein
W. C. Wingfield
J. W. Woods
White
Empire State Chemical Co
J.C. Cooper
W. OR. Tuck
Palmer & Bon
Davison-Nicholson Co
Hodgson Cotton Co
J.B. King and Co., Sree
J. J. Jarrell
Louis Morris
J. L Jarrell
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New Spring
China
McClure Ten-Cent Co
O K. Reaves
W. J. Morton
Athens Marble CO
Little & Barrett
Hoyt Street
Thomas
Arnold Grocery Co
Bailey
Party of New
Platt
New Yorker
New York
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Baley
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Michigan
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Nolee
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Urey Woodson
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