Athens Bank Suspends Operations
The Athens Trust and Banking Co closed late last night pending protection of depositors and creditors. President J. W. Griffin and associates expect a few days to adjust affairs with a state examiner taking charge. all liabilities are pledged to be paid in full.
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Athens Trust and Banking Co
College Avenue
Clayton Street
J. W. Griffin
Bernstein
R. H. McCrary
H. L. McCrary
L. C. Hart
B. L. Berry
Griffin
Athens Trust and Banking Com
Pany
Jury Exemption Sales Spur Angry Public Notice
The Clarke Rifles sell nineteen juror exemptions at 25 copecks each, with eleven sold recently and thirty total authorized. A court ruling deems the practice legal, allowing state-backed revenue to fund armory and range maintenance as controversy grows over paid exemption from jury duty.
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Clarke Rifles
Big Bobbin-Shape Dirigible Spotted Over Athens City
Residents reported a bobbin shaped airship sailing above Athens yesterday afternoon about 5 o clock. Two observers described two men in the suspended seat and a speed near forty miles per hour. The craft was seen over the Normal School and Seaboard Railway, heading toward Atlanta, with no authoritative confirmation by press by midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Terra Firma
Atlanta
Seaboard Air Line
Carlton Baptist Church Gains Two Active Pastors
In Carlton Georgia the Baptist church now holds preaching twice monthly. Rev A W Bussey preaches on the fourth Saturday and Sunday, and Rev A H Flynt covers the second Sunday and Sunday night. Bussey remains beloved though juggling four churches, leading to Flynt taking an additional monthly slot.
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Caritch
Carlton
Athens
Baptist Church
A.W. Bussey
A. H. Flynt
Bussey
Flynt
Carolton School
Prof
Testimony Begins in Missouri Beef Trust Case
Jefferson City Missouri January 11 The Attorney General brings suit against St Louis Dressed Beef and Provisions Co and Hammond Packing Co alleging they are part of the beef trust and violate Missouri anti trust laws as their business methods are questioned.
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Jefferson City
Attourney General of
Missouri
St. Louis
Golfing features Cloverhurst Club in Athens Georgia
Central of Georgia Railway promotes a Southeast golf booklet highlighting Cloverhurst Country Club in Athens with a nine hole course and a new clubhouse. The feature covers club members, greens, and views of North Georgia scenery, and traces golf history from Scotland to the United States.
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Central of Georgia
Athens
Cloverhurst Club
Springdale
Hugh Gordon
A. W. Brooks
James Mell
Ned Hodgeon
Cloverhurst Country Club
Club
First ‘Ee
North Georgia
The
State University
England
Scotland
James VI
James
Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society
Royal and Ancient
Golf Club of
St. Andrews
Blackheath
Britain
Royal Liverpool Club
Hoylake
Lytham St Anne's
United States
Yonkers
N. Y
Shinnecock Hills
L. L
Country Club
Colorado Springs
Colo
Chicago Golf Club
Newport
Golf Association
Southeast
America
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Storm damages freeze lines as crews race to restore
Two hundred local phone lines are out of commission due to ice laden wires. Only one toll line to Wintenterville remains up as Conway and Crane direct linemen from Atlanta to Gainesville and Athens to Elberton. Crews work along Central and Georgia lines to restore service within days.
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Athens
Winterville
Conway
Crane
Atlante
Gainesville
Elberto
Banner Article Reproduced Across Papers in Women’s Votes
A communication by George Foste to the Athens paper is reprinted in this month’s Woman’s Votes and in other periodicals. The Peabody letter targets anti-suffrage remarks and is noted as part of the suffragette movement's official organ coverage.
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George Foste
Peabody
Woman's Votes
Union
Athens
Aged Lady Falls and Injures Hip in City Home
Mrs. Nelson, mother of Ea Nelson a Webb and Crawford salesman, visiting from Hall County, slipped several days ago while helping with chores near the Normal and fractured her hip badly. She remains at her son’s home with a serious disability expected.
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Nelson
Ea Nelson
Webb & Crawford
Hall County
Edgar Thompson of Atlanta Dies in Mount Airy
News from Athens reports the death of Edgar Thompson of Atlanta at his daughter's Mount Airy home on Tuesday night. He was linked by marriage to the late Senator B. H. Hill of Athens and once lived on Prince Avenue, earning esteem among local residents.
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Athens
Edgar Thompson
Atlanta
Mount Airy
B. H. Hill
Prince Avenue
Thalians Present At Georgia at Colonial Theatre
The Thalians stage At Georgia this Saturday at the Colonial Theatre with Edith Branson as Dorothy and Sarah O Farrell as Polly. Perrin Nicholson Jr of Atlanta stars as Dict Seely in a lively college comedy with strong local interest in Athens. Beale tickets go on sale Monday at Paimur s.
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Thalians
Georgia
Colonial Theatre
Athens
Edith Branson
Dorothy
Sarah O'Farrell
Polly
Thaliann
Perrin Nicholson, Jr
Atlanta
Nicholson
The
Dict Seely
Yale
Beate
Paimur
Athens Boy Named as an Alternate
Washington dispatch notes Barrington Flannigan of Athens named as an alternate for West Point by Congressman Tribble. The alternates include B arrington Flannigan from Athens and Whitney Powell of Pinfield, Greene County, alongside nominee B. M. Tate of Elberton.
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Athens
Washington
Barrington Flannigan
D. Flanegan
the Electric Company
Tribble
B. M. Tate
Elberton
West Point Military Academy
Barrinston
Rhodesville Yards Win Four Chickens At Atlanta Show
J. F. Rhodes and son won four prizes with white orpingtons at the Georgia Poultry Association show in Atlanta. The Rhodesville Poultry Yards entered the stock in the big event yesterday.
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Rhodesville Poultry Yards
J. F. Rhodes and Son
Quorgia Poultry Association
Atlanta
Hookworm Found in Most Georgia Counties
A Georgia health survey reports hookworm in 141 of 147 counties with six counties still unlisted. Dr. A Q Fort says the parasite likely exists in the remaining areas. Since April 1910 a field force of five to ten men has promoted prevention and treatment through local education.
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Georgia
A. Q. Fort
State Health Department
Taylor
Richmond
Towns
Gilmer
Glascock
Union
Board of Health
Brown Leaves for Greene County Hunt
L C Brown the Coca Cola dealer and Nimrod departs today for a Greene county hunting trip in Woodville. Mrs Brown and the children will visit Mrs Satterfield in Woodville during the ensuing days.
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L. C. Brown
Woodville
Greene County
Athens Guests Listed At The Georgian Terrace
Athens residents G. E. Scott and Mrs. Millie Rutherford appear among attendees at yesterday’s Georgian Terrace register in Atlanta. Other visitors include Gunton Hot Springs Virginia, F. J. Robinson Savannah, C. D. Clark and R. D. Pusey New Orleans, W. W. Brooks Rome, Warren C. Rohr Chattanooga, J. B. McDuffle Columbus, W. J. Ashtroot Nashville, Clifton and C. R. Ryan Norfolk, G. H. Bowers Memphis, T. C. White Wilmington.
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Athens
Atlanta
G. E. Scott
Mis
Millie Rutherford
Gunton
Annual Chamber Banquet set for January 19 in Athens
The Athens Chamber of Commerce annual banquet will be held Friday night January 19 at 8 o'clock at the Georgian Hotel. The event is organized by John D. Moss chairing with C B Griffith Z Y Carthers C M Sneilling and Prof Alexander Rhodes. Officers for the year will be elected and committees named. The postponed monthly meeting precedes the banquet with plans for the year and a booster, fellowship oriented program expected.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Z. Y. Carthers
C. M. Sneilling
Alexander Rhodes
Eity
Jury to Probe Buggy Whip Blow Death in Jackson County
Henry Smith is jailed on an assault with intent to kill charge after a fatal blow believed to be struck with the butt of a buggy whip in August last year. Sherman Hawkes died weeks ago in Athens after illness. the case centers on events between Jefferson and Athens and will be tried in Jefferson.
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Didlick
Hawkes
Henry Smith
Sherman Hawkes
Jackson County
College Avenue
Smith
Jefferson
Athens
Arcade
Stenographer Claims Fort Estate In Atlanta Scandal
Miss Litsle Carroll, longtime secretary to Col. Tom Fort, asserts control of Col. John P. Fort estate worth about a quarter of a million dollars. A settlement and partition decree followed a disputed will and deeds war among heirs, with Chattanooga properties and income involved.
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Atory
Athens
John P. Fort
Tomlingon Fort
Chattanooga
Col. Fort
Litsle Carroll
Chat‘snooga
Julius Brown
Atlanta
P. Fort
Migs Call
Colonel Fort
Oss
Boy Runs From Father-Selected Home After Move
Henry Sutton, sixteen, slept in a detention room at City Hall with a lock on his door. He ran away from a new home chosen by his father near Oak Grove. Officers found him on the streets, noting he did not like the move amid a family moving scene.
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City Hall
Henry Sutton
Endergrass
Bergan
Athans
Dow
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Athens Trust & Banking Company
Poe
Col
Roger
Colonial
Rhodesville Yards
A. G. Fort
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