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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1907
Page
3
Classified ad lists 26 inch solid color dress linens in multiple colors light blue cadet lilac pink light green brown black white. Mentions 32 inch mercerized linen in checks stripes and plaids. States 40c quality at .32c a yard all colors and repeats. Continuous ad truncation leaves unclear final details.
Athens plans a new sixty two mile railroad from Athens via Hartwell to Anderson South Carolina to open new business districts. Judge Walter L Hodges of Hartwell promotes the enterprise, with Athens and Hartwell citizens named as incorporators. A mass meeting is planned after Hodges returns to Athens to rally support.
Mr. David H. Blair of Winston Salem N C elected trustee for the E M Andrews Co syndicate stores recently declared bankrupt. He appoints Col B C Upson receiver for the property in its city to dispose of stock of dry goods furniture and furnishings located in the McDowell building on College avenue.
A donation by Mr. W. J. Derenne boosts Georgia history funding at the University of Georgia. The chair requires 3,500 dollars with a projected extra 1,000 to run three years. other gifts include 1,500 from Hon. S. M. Inman and 500 each from Hon. John W. Grant and Dr. L. G. Hardman. The fund now totals substantial support toward a lasting program.
Athens churches push for the Georgia State Sunday School Convention to meet in Athens in 1908. A mass meeting at Pirat e Methodist church passed a resolution urging the association to hold its March 1908 session in Athens and to secure school support for inviting the convention to come to the city next year.
Damage to the Boston Bakery was estimated at three hundred dollars with similar building damage. The fire department acted effectively preventing a larger conflagration as houses nearby were clustered. Plans for Athens events such as a fair or carnival are discussed for this year.
Yesterday Judge Foster bound Will Green on the charge of stealing a sack of shorts from Talmadge Bros. & Co. The case goes to the superior court meeting here in April. The article notes nearly five hundred million dollars of raw cotton and cotton products exported from the country in the past year. Cotton remains a king of exports.
In Athens the Young Women’s Christian Association gains community support as businessmen pledge monthly funds to ensure ongoing operation. A canvass shows local men in sympathy with the effort, with many yet to be approached for contributions and a focus on sustaining rent rooms restaurant and services for young women.
Crawford educator John M. Stokely travels to Atlanta to arrange publication of a new Word Book praised as useful for state schools. He has long been a successful teacher and his book creation draws interest from friends and admirers.
The Athens community gathers support for the YWCA with pledges to provide $47 monthly, funded by twelve monthly instalments starting April 1. Sponsors anticipate continued giving in coming years and the Banner will note further additions. donors are urged to contact Miss Mildred Rutherford, Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb, or Mrs. H. C. White to pledge support.
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