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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
3
Silk yardage on sale lists various widths and prices. 18-inch Wash Silks 35c yard, 19-inch Plaid Silks from 65c, 27-inch China Silks 60c, 36-inch Japanese Silk 75c, 36-inch Black Taffeta 1.00, 3¢-inch Taffeta 1.35 yard. Also Silk Chiffon Novelties for evening wear.
Complete display of Priestly & Co. dress goods including Volles worsted fabrics with lasting lustre and regular weave. Mohairs Cravenette Cloths Panamas Batistes Tamise Henriettas priced 75c to 2.00 per yard. Also colored dress goods from 50c to 1.50 and new trimmings and notions.
Three notable Georgians Samuel M. Inman John W. Grant and Dr Lamartine G Hardman pledge to establish and fund a Chair of Georgia History and Sociology at the University of Georgia. The board will appoint an adjunct this June with Robert Preston Brooks likely to lead the new department starting September.
The Knights of Pythias First district convention in Commerce concluded with high praise from Grand Chancellor T. H. Nickerson. The next gathering was awarded to Commerce by election for the following year.
Six years ago John Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana recounts learning a valuable lesson and began taking Dr King’s New Life Pills. He says the longer he takes them the better they feel. Guaranteed at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Son Druggists for 26 cents.
The display highlights Colored Wash Fabrics, Sheer Mercerized Scotch Zephyrs, Colored Dot Swiss, Silk and Cotton Mouselines, Tissue Battistes, Irish Dimity, Holly Batiste, Dalnoty Figured Laws, 36-inch Figured Madras, Best grade American Ginghams, Linen French Chambray, Dress Linen Silk finished, and Silk Dress Linen with prices from 10c to 40c per yard. These goods span plaids, stripes, and figured designs aimed at value buyers.
Listed fabrics include White India Lawn 32 inches wide at 10 to 15 cents per yard, sheer White Lawn 124 inches at 12 16 and 20 cents, 42 inch Mercerized White Mull at 20 25 cents, 8 inch Sheer French Nainsook 60 cents, 48 inch Paris Lawn 60 cents, Dotted Swiss 5 to 50 cents, Figured Madras 15 to 35 cents, White Cord Piques 15 to 36 cents, Figured Piques 25 to 36 cents, Check Nainsook Dimities and Pajama cloth 15 to 35 cents, White Percale 36 inches for Shirt Waists 25 cents.
A temporary injunction was granted in Clarke superior court against the City of Athens and the Athens Terminal Company to halt track laying on Foundry street amid a dispute over street rights and road grants. A hearing is set for April 24, with the case testing city powers and property impacts including the Swift building.
High Shoals Baptist church hosts a two day general meeting on March 16 and 17. The program opens with devotional exercises, sermons, and panel discussions led by local ministers and lay leaders including A G Jones H C Fears W B Walker Z N Crosby James Sheats and Willie Saye.
An apparently marketing text offers a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure and touts various pills for digestion and health. It mentions Fortcott, Walnina, Kinnan and Marvin and Hall's Catarrh remedy in a dubious promotional style.
The Jackson County Grand Jury endorses Judge Brand for efficient, fair, rapid administration and praises Solicitor Tribble as a just, honest prosecuting officer. They commend both for strong service to the western circuit and the people of the county.
The Fire Baptized Holiness Association of Georgia and upper South Carolina will hold its third quarterly meeting at Martins near Dewey Rose on March 9 and 10, 1907. G. O. Gaines will preside as ruling elder. the conference aims to show the denomination’s persistent evangelical effort and rapid growth in the region.
Habersham County was awarded the district agricultural school yesterday after a notable contest with Jackson and Hall County. A large Habersham delegation attended the Atlanta meeting, and Clarkesville will host the school as the district completes its eleven schools ready for students.
Yesterday afternoon city workers paid off Sherman Derriott, a Black man, 75 cents for services he provided gratis by saving the powder magazine near the 85 A. L. depot from a neighborhood fire. The woods burned toward the wooden decaying magazine building and an explosion would likely have occurred if flames reached the door.
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