Athens Plans fifty thousand dollar sewer bond election
At a city council meeting Alderman Rowe introduced an ordinance to issue fifty thousand dollars in bonds to build sewers. A committee will set election details and report back soon. The plan covers extensive western and southern areas with a main line, branches, and a pump for a western watershed, aiming to provide complete sewerage for a large portion of Athens.
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Rowe
Athens
River Street
Grace Street
Rae Street
College Avenue
Sea‘ Report
Ware Street
College
Cleveland Avenue
Aski Street
Pulaski Street
Nce Avenue
Barrow Street
Hull Street
Grace
Lumpkin
Ware
College Avenue Strom
Savannah
Hull
Sre
Prince Avenue
Moss Manufacturing Company
Augustavenue
Farber Street
Barber Street
Barber
Millor
Athens Avenue
Augusta Avenue
Atlanta Avenue
Newtown
Corner
Boulevard
Park Avenue
Cherry Street
Trndon Avenue
Chase Street
Prince
Len
Supt. Barnett
Hollingsworth Remains Athens Resident Takes Hotel Position
Mr. Thompson T. Hollingsworth returns to Athens after a brief stay in Chattanooga and accepts a position at the Commercial hotel in the city. His friends welcome his decision to remain a citizen of the Classic City.
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MR. Hollingsworth
Athens
Commercial
Thompson T. Hollingsworth
Chattanooga
Hollingsworth
Commercial Hotel
Athens council passes street renames and upgrades city services
The mayor and council approved police uniforms and bicycle purchases for outskirts patrols. Gantt street became Tibbetts street and Hodgson street became Berry street. Hill street segment near the Plaza was accepted with a six inch water main. J W Bradley resigned as assistant engineer. B M Betts was named interim. Public schools, lighting, water contracts, fire department upgrades, shade trees, and granolithic sidewalk paving rules were addressed with several new ordinances and budget provisions.
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Gantt Street
Tibbetts Street
Hodgson Street
Berry Street
Hill Street
Lynwood Park
J. W. Bradley
B. M. Betts
Young
Board of Education
Best
Athens
Abe Jenaipeas
Écumuittee Scilen
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Gainesville Midland
West Athens Colored School
Plon2er Hall
Major Sanford in Command of Georgia National Guard Battalion
Major 8 V Sanford of this city assumes command of a battalion in the Fifth regiment of the Georgia National Guard. The battalion includes companies from Athens Winder Cedartown and Lindale. Sanford noted as one of the state’s most efficient officers and his appointment deemed eminently proper.
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8. V. Sanford
National Guard of
Georgia
Athens
Winder
Cedartown
Lindale
Sanford
Council reviews 25 monthly grant to Bessie Mell Industrial Home
The city council considered continuing a $25 per month appropriation to the Bessie Mell Industrial Home. The item was sent to the finance committee for investigation and report and will be acted on at the next council meeting.
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Bessie Mell
Georgia Democratic plan sets June 4 primary and June 23 convention
The Georgia Democratic Executive Committee approves a June 4 state primary to nominate all state officers, congressmen, U S senators, judges and railroad commissioners with a June 23 convention to ratify results. A second primary would occur June 17 if no majority is reached. The committee also rules on voter eligibility and campaign expense disclosures.
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Atlanta
United States
Democratic Executive Committee
Piedmont Hotel
Learly
J. A. Bagwell
Gwinnett
R. L. Berner
Bibb
J. Pope Brown
Pulaski
A. L. Miller
Hone
Boykin Wright
Magon
Deffalb
N. A Morris
Henry G. Greene
Chatham
J. A. Barrell
Macon
Nmpareus
Bagwell
Gualrman Miller
C. H. Hall
Executive Mansion
Smith
Jefferson Davis
Denver
James R. Gray
The
Atlanta Journal
Georgia
Clark Howell
Foster
Cobb
Populleta
Hoke Smith
Berner
Bagnel
Progress on Savannah Augusta and Northern rail line advances
The Savannah Augusta and Northern railway project reports substantial progress with about miles of road bed graded despite financial strain. Locomotive crews remain at work guiding operations, and the line is now located to Washington with a preliminary survey discussed from Washington to Gainesville via Colbert and Commerce. Some expect Athens to gain the main line if steps are taken, while promoters deny Southern involvement.
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Savannah, Augusta & Northern Railroad
Louisville
Washington
Colbert
Commerce
Gainesville
Athens
Knoxville
Savannah
Augusta
Northern
Athens Police to operate with sixteen officers plus chief
The council decided not to elect a successor to Officer J A Coffee who resigned. This reduces the force by two from last year but officials believe efficient work will continue despite fewer officers and stricter enforcement under the prohibition law.
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Athens
J. A. Coffee
Ladies Aid for Ordinance Backed by Athens Society
Mrs L D Du Bose and Miss Jessie Jackson of the Athens Humane Society asked the mayor and council to pass an ordinance giving the mayor authority to try cases of inhumanity to animals. The council will investigate and act later. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and expels colds, guaranteed, in yellow package, sold by druggists.
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L. D. du Bose
Jessie Jackson
Athens Humane Society
Foley
Educational Train to Tour Georgia Starts Monday
The State College of Agriculture launches a 35 day educational train tour from Athens visiting 150 towns and reaching about 300000 people. Gov. Hoke Smith will speak at Commerce as the train stops, with lectures on seed selection fertilizer use livestock care and agricultural education plus exhibits on farming methods and cotton seed products. Railroads provide equipment free of charge, valued at about 25000, while funding comes from limited state funds and borrowed resources.
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State College of Clericulture
Athens
Georgia
Soule
Hoke Smith
Athena
Commerce
Armers
State College of Agriculture
the Southern
Atlanta
Birmingham & Atlantic
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Georgia Southern
Piorida
Macon
Dublin
Savannah
Central of Georgia
West Point
Louisville
Nashville
Sefaat
Finith
Lmited
Georgia Division Faces Financial Crisis at Cotton Growers Meet
At Atlanta on February 6 the Georgia Division of the Southern Cotton Association debated financing for 1908. A committee was appointed to secure funds or the division would cease. The group authorized growing crops domestically to sustain farming and to run a 26 percent reduction in cotton acreage for the year.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Southern Cotton Association
Jon
Endorsement for Judge Brand and Solicitor Tribble
The Oconee Enterprise praises Judge Brand for a strong grand jury charge and firm enforcement of the prohibition law, warning violators face the chain gang. It also commends Solicitor Tribble for diligent state interests and steadfast re election prospects. A kitchen remedy ad for Kodol stomach relief appears at the end.
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Oconee Enterprise
Watkinsville
Brand
Tribble
Oconee Superior Court
Judge Brand
Lke
Georgia 800-08 Club plans historic University Chapel meeting
The Georgia 800-08 Club prepares a major campus gathering at the old University Chapel to discuss boosting enrollment to 800 next fall. Students, alumni, and a proposed committee will urge state lawmakers to fund more and better dormitories as growth accelerates at the University of Georgia in Athens.
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University Chapel
Georgia
Baewlty
Georgia Legislature
Athens
Elton man praises DeWitt Kidney and Bladder Pills
Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin says he has taken four dozen of your Kidney and Bladder Pills and they have done more for him than any other medicine. Barber refers to DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills which are sold by all druggists.
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Bert Barber
Elton, Wis
Mr. Barber
DeWitt
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Cure All
The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh claiming it treats the blood and mucous surfaces and strengthens the patient while offering a $100 reward for proof of cure. It lists J Cheney & Co as proprietors with a pledge to pay if failure.
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Hall
Cheney &O
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