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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1908

Page

3

Bargain Sale At Store With Reduced Winter Goods

One lot ladies Sik Rain Coats four seventy five, worth ten. One lot ladies Automobile Coats eight, worth twelve. One lot ladies Rain Coats nine fifty, worth thirteen fifty. Special: children sleeping garments twenty five cents, boys and misses sleeping garments forty nine, ladies and misses gowns sixpence, ladies gowns eight cents, ladies gowns one dollar, worth one fifty. Winter undergarment sale. 2,000 yards white goods ten cents, 8,000 yards ginghams ten cents, cotton saltings one hundred, bargain counter quilts napkins towels. Carpets mattings rugs on sale 25 rolls mattings five ninetyfive, 26 rolls mattings seven fifty.

Bargain Bonanza Offers Yard Goods and Shoes

A listing of sale items including $1 25 rolls Mattings at 9.50 and 2.60 value, new White Goods Percales Madras Cloths, embroideries and laces, 2,000 pairs Shoes, ladies and misses coats and furs at cost, 1000 yards striped flannellette and plaid dress goods heavily discounted, silk-like plaids and checks, 60 Ingram carpet rolls, 50 art squares, 50 carpet/ matting rolls, and a shirt waist sale with 1000 white waist prices from 98c to 3.50.

Custom of Cremation Growing in America

Washington January 11. The cremation movement spreads with rising costs and private rites. A Washington doctor arranged incineration of his remains for $7 to $45, with ashes in a glass jar scattered from the Washington monument at noon next day. Cremation, once rare, now common, began with Dr. Julius LeMoyne in Washington PA, and urn designs range from plain to ivy-decorated.

R. M. Cheshire Washington Washington Monument United States Julius LeMoyne Japan Lawrence Biron von Palm Hardeun Ernest Rosin Eads Mississippi William P. Appleby French Pond Hempstead Emma Abbott Washington Crematory Abbie Sage Richardson Italy Kate Field Sandwich Islands San Francisco Whiting Miss Field Boston Mount Auburn Durrant

Willis J Swain Dies Suddenly

Willis J Swain editor for the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad died suddenly after a short illness from grip at Presbyterian hospital yesterday afternoon at 3 50 o clock. A letter from C O Floyd of Kershaw South Carolina touts Dr King s New Discovery as a cure for lung trouble and cough and claims thousands are healed yearly. Product advertised by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons drug stores. 60 cent 1 00 trim bottle free.

Atlanta, Ga Willis J. Swain Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Grip Presbyterian Hospital C. O. Floyd Kershaw Dr King W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons Chamberlain Mre John Lowe Cooper Maine H. R. Palmer & Sona Warren J. Smith & Bro L. P. Can‘ping E. C. McEvoy Orr Drug Co Athens, Ga Kingston Jamaica W. O'Reilly Fogarty West Indies H.R. Palmer & Sons L. P. Canning

Panama Canal costs large sum

Washington January 11 The minority on Panama canal board admit the 1905 estimate was too low and the cost may approach 200000000 Including administration sanitation and zone government expenses to be refunded by Panama and related items The 1905 estimate excluded interest during construction and relocation costs The present commission now pegs the cost nearer 200000000 than higher figures due to wider longer locks more excavation higher unit prices and labor costs The locks may cost 52000000 to 60000000 with a 10 percent rise if widened or rebuilt

Washington Board of Consulting Engineers Panama Canal Panama Colon Board of Engineers Navy Department edJquarterd

Walter E Jackson Wins In Clarke County Sheriff Race

Walter E Jackson, a native of Oglethorpe County and longtime Athens police officer, won the Clarke County sheriff race in a low-turnout election marred by bad weather. He carried the city precinct by 123 votes and defeated M D Browning by 107 countywide, with Browning sidelined by illness. The general election is set for the 17th and Jackson will assume office after bonding.

Sherif Walter E. Jackson Clarke County John W Wier Jackson Weatherly Puryears Sandy Creek Kenneys Bradberry Winterville Georgia Princeton Athens Messrs Jackson Browning Mr. Jackson Mr. Browning Oglethorpe County Spain Second Georgia Regiment M. D. Browning Messrs Williamson Kinnebrew

New Agriculture Textbook Issued by B F Johnson Press

A new agriculture textbook by Dr Andrew M Soule and Miss Edna Henry Lee Turpin from B F Johnson Publishing Company Richmond is simple and charming for schools. It includes end chapter outlines and illustrated experiments. It is expected to find wide sale and be used in many schools and Georgia district agricultural schools may adopt it.

B. F. Johnson Publishing Company Richmond Andrew M. Soule Edna Henry Lee Turpin Virginia Georgia

Explorer Dr. Dorsey to chart unknown lands aboard Lusitania

Dr. George A. Dorsey, curator at Chicago Field Museum, sails on the Lusitania to map a globe spanning expedition. He will visit London Paris Vienna Egypt Ceylon Siam Java Australia New Zealand Melanesia China Philippines Mindanao Mindoro Japan and San Francisco, seeking pioneering archaeological and ethnographic studies.

New York George A. Dorsey Department of Anthropology Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago Dorsey London Paris Vienna Egypt Ceylon India Nilgiri Hills Siam Cambodia Sumatra Java Australia New Zealand New Caledonia Hebrides New

Christmas Gifts From a City Poorhouse Overseer

Overseer of the Poor Barlow sent a circular to Atlantic City papers asking for Christmas gifts. Responses included a fur set, a marked hat, silk stockings, a new pipe with amber stem, and a twenty dollar gold piece. Barlow planned to pay from his own pocket and fled the city for Christmas. Also advertises Kodol as a remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion with druggist availability.

Atlantic City New York World Barlow Hst

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