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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
3
Athens shoppers are urged to visit Davison-Nicholson Co for a grand sale of lawn waists, linens, muslins, silks, and dress goods. Discounts reach to 40 percent off Swiss edgings, 5 cent lawns, and 10 cent white goods with numerous lower prices on organdies, batistes, and linens. Major items include five thousand yards of edgings, a thousand yards of fine fabrics, and wholesale-lower prices on silks and dress materials.
Short Silk Gloves priced at 50e, 1.00 and 1.25. FANS FANS offer Jap, Silk, Satin Palm fans in bulk. Ready to wear skirts on closeout with special lots and bulk reductions. Voile skirts Panamas and trunks heavily discounted across all sizes. Includes ladies misses boys men steamer trunks from 2.50 to 25.00.
Hand Sachels priced 75 cents to 15 dollars and 40 cents to 2 50 each. Rid your summer trip with a full line of Colgate's Toilet Soaps Borax products and toiletries. Milliners warn of vacation and season closeout prices.
Supt G G Bond’s annual report to the city board of education notes declining Negro enrollment due to lack of seats and private schooling, while white enrollment rose. Plans for multiple new school buildings and Nantahala avenue’s primary school are outlined to meet future demand, plus strong library usage and updated texts and notable music and physics program gains.
At yesterday's Board of Education meeting, Prof. F. M. Harper resigned as principal of Washington Street School and assistant superintendent. Prof. Edward B. Mell, principal of Baxter Street School, was chosen to succeed him. The Baxter Street posting will be filled at the next board meeting. The panel discussed appointing a female principal for that school. Miss Pattie Hillsman was promoted to high school teacher. The board also voted to add one more grade to Oconee Street School and adjourned after final items.
Miss Louise DuBose has renewed a large photograph of the battleship Georgia sent by officers of the ship. The officers praised her great undertaking in securing funds for a handsome silver service, described as the most elaborate presented to any battleship named for its state.
A humorous exchange from Chicago News features a man suggesting placing cheese in a vest pocket to deter his wife from checking it nightly. The other replies with skepticism about attracting mice, but the plan hinges on a surprising mouse sighting to deter the habit.
Yesterday Judge Cobb adjourned city court until the August term. The National Bank vs Phinizy case was not tried due to absence of some lawyers. All jurors for the term were dismissed. a new jury will be drawn for August. A Minneapo lis Journal note recounts a commencement day address urging broad views.
A new surveying corps led by Royal KR Smith departs Athens to map the line to Thomson and beyond along the Savannah Augusta and Northern route. Chief Engineer E M Rice from Statesboro approves progress and anticipates talks on locating railroad shops near Athens. Local enthusiasm grows as work advances, promising lower freight and coal costs and regional development.
Rev Homer Hodge of Atlanta leading nightly revival on the vacant Childs street lot beside the public school. A large tent is set with ample accommodations. Hodge, former president of Hodge Broom Works, now preaches and saves souls. He is joined by Garrow of College Avenue candy kitchen and Rev E E Shellhamer and wife of Atlanta. Services at eight nightly on Childs street and at six at College avenue and Clayton street. All invited.
A dialogue from Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday shows a lawyer asking why an action is sought against a man and a farmer replying that the man called I a person of unblemished reputation. The exchange satirizes legal defamation talk within a humorous anecdote from the period.
Judge George F Gober of Marietta urges University alumni and Georgia citizens to raise under ten thousand dollars to restore the 1801 Old College on Athens campus. He warns the structure could cost forty to fifty thousand to replace and should be preserved as a monumental, historic foundation of the Greater University.
Building Inspector Larnett reports the remaining walls of the old Imperial hotel must be removed. Only a small section could possibly stand, and that may not be used. Demolition starts immediately as construction of the new Head building proceeds.
Cities of Georgia well represented at Atlantic Beach Florida as the Georgia Crushers Association begins a two day convention. Georgia mills from Atlanta Macon Savannah Athens Waycross Columbus attend. An Anti Tuberculosis League of America address on cotton seed oil in treating consumption is a leading feature. J L Benton of Monticello reports European investigations on expanding American cotton seed oil trade.
In Fedora Tennessee C V Pepper recounts a dramatic recovery from severe respiratory illness aided by Dr Kings New Discovery. After doctors failed and hope faded he started the remedy, experienced instant relief, stopped coughing and bleeding, and returned to work in three weeks. Sold and guaranteed by Gest W J Smith & Bro HL Bon's drug store with trial offers.
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