Big deal announced as United Cigar Stores to lease Holman building
The Holman building in Athens is to be leased for fifteen years to United Cigar Stores Co. through broker Bir. Alexander. W. S. Holman, a Confederate veteran and key Athens developer, led the city’s growth including education and transit, and now his landmark building is set to host the cigar company with plans for further renovations and new offices in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 3. Holman
Holman
United Cigar Stores Co
Bir
Alexander
Augusta
Athens
Uno Bulla
W. S. Holman
State Normal
WS. Holman
Atrent
Washington
Kentucky
Athone
Confederacy
Bie
Halman
Petere and
Tolman
Shackelford
Hotman
Church Crusade on Low Neck Gowns
Paris reports a church notice forbidding women with necks showing too much to attend services while a priest refused to perform a marriage ceremony over a dress deemed too short. Sermons in Paris churches condemn low necklines and short skirts as unfit for worship.
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Paris
More liberal benefits for ex service men announced
New amendment to the War Insurance Act extends benefits to exservice men and their relatives and beneficiaries. Information from Atlanta cites U S Senator William J Harris of Georgia as reporting the change now in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
U. S
Wm. J. Harris
Georgia
Ziron Iron Tonic Promoted By Tenn Woman
An advertisement touts Ziron Iron Tonic for weakness from illness and overwork. Mrs Emma Manus of Las Tassas Tennessee testifies she felt stronger after a bottle, praising Ziron as a splendid tonic with no habit forming drugs and a money back guarantee.
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Emma Manus
Lastassas, Tenn
Inventor Tackles Blinding Headlight Glare in Connersville
In a modest Connersville box room Samuel Feirbuckle, engineer for United States Automotive, refined a semiautomatic movable reflector lamp to curb headlight glare. Fueled by piston vacuum, the device tilts lights automatically when parked and aligns with New York’s no glare standard, urging broader adoption and legal uniformity.
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Connersville
Indiana
Samuel Feirbuckle Ales
United States Automotive Corporation
Dave
Society of Iluminating Engineers
Arbuckle
Nixden
Aden
New York
California
Jaber
Bank of Jackson County Declares Thirteen Percent Dividend
Jefferson January 20 At the regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Jackson County a dividend of thirteen per cent was declared with eight per cent paid out and the remainder to surplus. The bank ten years old has earned trust and patronage. Directors and officers elected for 1920 include I. I. Mobley president P. J. Roberts vice president J. B. Story cashier and directors A. C. Brown J. H. Boggs T. A. Evans J. D. Ellington H. I. Mobley P. J. Roberts J. A. Wils W. C. Willa E. L. Williamson.
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Jefferson
Bank of
Jackson County
Iie
Mobley
P. J. Roberts
Jarrow County Superior Court Session Opened and Closed
Winder January 20. The arrow County Superior Court concluded a heavy week with Judge Andrew J. Cobb presiding. Col Thos J Shackleford attended multiple days on important cases and discussed 50 cent cotton with friends. Cols West Thomas and Nix represented the Athens bar in notable matters.
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Jarrow County Superior Court
Winder
Arrow County Superior Court
Andrew J. Cobb
Col
Thos. J. Shackleford
Barrow
U. S. Senate
Cols. West
Thomas
Nix
Athens
Noted Leader of Baptists Speaks at First Baptist Church
Frank H. Leavell renowned Baptist leader and Georgia B Y P U state secretary will speak at the First Baptist Church Sunday January 25 at 11. He will stay in Athens January 25 26 27 to organize a Baptist Young People Union. Leavell recently completed lectures at Bessie Tift College and Mercer University whose faculties voted resolutions praising him. He has long been active in B Y P U work and helped reorganize the IYP O U. The Baptist Young People’s Union of America began in 1890 to unify Baptist youth under their own influence, with contentious Southern reception and strong support from some Baptists and opposition from others.
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Frank H. Leavell
Baptist Young People’s Union
Georgia
First Baptist Church
Leavell
Athens
Bessie Tift College
Mercer University
Mercer
Bessie Tift
Baptist Young Peoples Union, of America
Christian Endeavor
Chicago
South
Srom
Southern Baptist Convention
Nashville
Tennessee
Dallas
Texas
Winder Bank Elects Officers for 1920
Winder Bank holds its annual meeting in Winder Georgia electing officers for 1920. Winder Trust Co names include President Woodabeon View president and T. Flanigan added as director alongside Judge Johns and AJ Camp. Capital and surplus rise to 220000.00 as business booms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winder
North Georgia ‘Trust Cane Thing Co
Woo Ortott
Woodabe Heon
Wo Potlobhard
Easn
Ehairman Oof
Johns
T. Flanigan
Evans Reelected Education Head for 38th Term
Augusta Ga Jan 20 Lawton H Evans has been reelected secretary of the board of education and superintendent of public schools for the thirty eighth consecutive time. He marks thirty seven years in service with a salary rise from 5000 to 6000 dollars annually. He is a son of the late General Clement A Evans and a leading southern educator and author of several textbooks used in southern schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Lawton H. Evans
Board of Education
Evans
Clement A. Evans
Billion Dollar Road Plan Outlined for 1920
New York dispatch reports Secretary E J Powers of the American Road Builders Association states that more than a billion dollars will be spent in 1920 on road and street construction and maintenance nationwide. He cites confirmed appropriations at federal state county and municipal levels and careful local estimates where funds are not yet allocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
E. J. Powers
American Road Builders’ Association
Relief Work in Siberia Led by American Red Cross
Tokio January 20 The main relief effort in Siberia is under the American Red Cross according to Colonel R B Tuester Red Cross Commissioner in Siberia with authorities assigning operational control to the relief agency and its personnel.
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American Red Cross
Tokio
Siberia
R. B. Tuester
Red Cross
Rotterdam Funds Approved for Aviation Work
Rotterdam municipal council has resolved to construct grounds to advance national and international aviation at an estimated cost of about 600,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotterdam
Municipal Conncil of
Grand Jury thanks foreman James H Dozier Clarke County
The Grand Jury thanked foreman James H Dozier for able courageous and courteous handling of business. They praised his mix of ability courage and courtesy and called him the politest man in Clarke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Dozier
Jim Dozier
Clarke
Insanity Decline Tied to Prohibition Efforts
Dr W H Gillette of Jacksonville, Atlanta city manager, cites a drop in insanity cases as a result of prohibition, urging funds for enforcement. He notes 89 percent of Milledgeville asylum inmates linked to alcohol and warns the state faces huge costs to operate the institution.
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W. H. Gillette
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Gillette
Germany
Joseph E. Johnstone
United States
Milledgeville
Georgia
Yearn for Truth and Courage in Honest Living
A passionate call for authenticity and courage. The speaker denounces hypocrisy and pleads for men who act with clarity, fearlessness, and fidelity to nature, to cast off deceit and strive to live simply and honestly as themselves.
Weekly letter on New York conditions and rising costs
New York readers report a campaign against profiteering as DOJ action targets price fixes on food, clothing, and fuel. Women’s groups warn of price relief, while citizens fear shortages in coal and liquor as cold weather strains supply and endangered stocks loom.
Crowe Thacker Wedding A Lovely Athens Social Event
Miss Hallie Bisie Crowe wed William H Thacker in a Charleston, SC, ceremony at First Baptist Church. Rev Jennings officiated and a large assembly witnessed vows. Guests wore pink and green, bridesmaids in blue organdy, luncheon at Georgian hotel, couple to Charleston where He serves in the Army.
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Crowe-Thacker
Hallie Bisie Crowe
William H. Thacker
Charleston
S. C
First Baptist Church
HM. Jennings
H, C. Crowe
H. G. Smith
Mae Wood
Frances Crowe
Lillian Cate
Evelyn Crowe
Genevieve Cate
Mr. Whitten
Anderson
H. C. Smith
Lilian Cy
Tower
Miss Drake
Claudine Henry
Mendelsohn
Mensis
Grover Moon
H. ©. Smith
Erwin Haskell
Georgian Hotel
Mra. Thacker
3. C
U. S. Army
Athens
Von Mackensen seeks home in Germany with land for shooting
Field Marabal von Mackensen, once in Dantzig, advertises for a home in Germany with a bit of land near woods for farming and a little shooting. He notes he will not reside in Dantzig now that the city is internationalized as a Polish port.
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Von
Associated Press
Berlin
Marabal von Mackensen
Dantzig
Poland
Germany
Evans speaks at Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles Wis
Dr Willan Evans of Los Angeles Wis preached at Central Presbyterian Church to a large audience. After the service a committee met about a Bible conference planned for February and many offered cordial remarks. Mr and Mrs Parker hosted a dinner for Rev S J Cartledge and Rev E F Dempsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willan Evans
Los Angeles
Wis
Mra
Parker
Prince Avenue
Central Presbyterian Church
Cotton Body Holds Rallies in Georgia
In Warrenton Georgia January 2004 the American Cotton Association held rallies led by Colonel Harvie Jordan national campaign director. Mayor Devereaux F McClutchhey Georgia division executive secretary reported strong attendance and enthusiasm with good turnout in Warrenton and similarly positive reports from other counties across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton
American Cotton Asso
Harvie Jordan
Usea
Four Cities Reject C of C Ship Sale Proposition
Brunswick, Macon, Rome, Savannah and Valdosta rejected the Chamber of Commerce of the United States plan to sell wooden ships under 6,000 tons to bidders. Athens supported it, while Atlanta, Augusta and Columbus did not participate. they voted against selling heavier government vessels to regional associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Macon
Rome
Savannah
Valdosta
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Athens
St. Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
National Chamber
Reging
Brazilian Ambassador to the United States Praised as Veteran Diplomat
Tito de Janeiro, in Brazil at the end of January, profiles Augusto Cochrane de Alencar as Brazil’s most accomplished diplomat. Alencar has 29 years in service, served as minister to Peru from 1911 to 1918, then became sub secretary at the Foreign Relations Ministry, and speaks English fluently.
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Tito de Janeiro
Brazil
Augusto Cochrane de Alencar
United States
Peru
Ministry of Foreign Relation
de Alencar
Winterville social notes and events summary
Misses Zolie McArthur and Mary Pittard of Athens visited the Pittards in Winterville. Mrs J B Winter visits relatives in Athens. A benefit for Winterville high school features the comedy Mrs Tubbs of Shanty Town at the school auditorium next Thursday January 22. Rena Pittard assists the Anti-Saloon League in Athens. A Methodist church men’s get together included talks and a supper, followed by a smoker. The Woman's Missionary Society installed new officers and planned year funds. the Winterville Auxiliary is reportedly well organized in the Athens District.
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Winterville
Zolie McArthur
Mary Pittard
Athens
C. W. Pittard
Georgia Chandler
Cornelius Chandler
Bishop
D. F. Winter
M. B. Pittard
J. B. Winter
Tubbs
Shanty Town
Winterville High School
Rena Pittard
Anti-Saloon League
Mr. Benson
Methodist Church
Woman's Missionary Society
W. H. Dean
Walter Amis
Dean
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L. E. Evans
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New York City
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Department of Justice
Wien
Ellis Island
Light and Traction
DR. Evans
Presbyterian Church
Cotton Body
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