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ITE^RST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, CA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24. 1913.
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Athens
J Latest News oj North Leorgta
Rome
TO TOP NOTCH
Miss Ruby Gillen
ens, who has been visiting her aunt, Airs. S. D. Fambrough, at
Bishop. Miss Gillen is a 1913 graduate of the State Normal
School at Athens.
Figures for Year To Be $1,250,-
000—Nine-Story Structure
Is Ready.
ATHENS. Aug. 23.—The classic city
of Athens, once considered an educa
tional community only, is fast as
suming an aspect that will be as
commercial as academic, with tall
business buildings. fast going up. A
few years ago the tallest building
here was about four stories, and at
present there is a handsoms seven-
story structure completed and a $400,-
000, nine-story structure which will
be ready for occupancy about Octo
ber 1.
Building permits for the year will 1
probably total $1,250,000, which is as j
good a record in proportion to popu
lation as Atlanta’s banner year, and
perhaps a little better. The million
and a quarter will be the highest that
Athens has yet attained.
Commerce Chamber Active.
The Chamber of Commerce is con
centrating its efforts along construct
ive lines, and as evidence of what
the city is doingrpoints to new indus
tries that have located here in re
cent months.
Among the new plants is that of the
Athens Pottery Company, which, aft
er an investigation of raw material
supply in various parts of the coun
try, located in Athens because of the
high quality and large quantity of I
clays in this section. This plant came
from East Liverpool, Ohio, which is
one of the old pottery centers of the ;
country. There are within nineteen :
miles of Athens white silica clay de
posits that ase well suited for the
manufacture of high-class clay prod
ucts, an1 efforts are being made to
have manufacturers locate plants to
utilize this valuable raw material.
The Alien-Moss Tannery' Company
also was secured by the Chamber of ;
Commerce. This plant is costing $50,- !
000, and will manufacture sole leather ;
and by-products of soap and glue.
The Georgia Plow and Implement
Company, which has been in opera
tion about seven months, has a new |
plant and equipment costing about
$10,000, including cupola, woodwork
ing and ironworkmg shops and foun
dry and machine rooms.
Extensive Building Operations.
Prominent among buildings in |
course of erection is the Holman
Building. 65 by 200 feet, and nine
stories in height. This structure is
of reinforced concrete, with an ex- |
terior of dark red tapestry' brick.
Stores will be located on the first
floor anff offices above, with a ball
room on the top floor. The cost will
be $400,000. C. M. Strahan. of Ath
ens, is the architect, and the H. J.
Carr Construction Company, of At
lanta, the builders. This building is
very near completion, and will be
ready for occupancy about the mid
dle of September or first of October.
This is the second office building to
be erected in Athens. The other is
the Southern Mutual Insurance Com
pany’s building, seven stories in
height. Office space in both of the j
buildings is fully taken.
Athens is also to have a new Y. M.
C. A. building to cost, complete, about |
$110,000. It will be of fireproof con
struction. The architects are Shat-
tuck & Hussey, of Chicago. The Y.
W C. A. also has a new building, !
coating $35,000.
Demand for Office Space.
Barnes Smith is erecting a new
stricture three stories in height, 125
by 225 feet. This will be of fireproof
coistruction, the exterior of white
brisk and ornamental terra cotta
trinmings.
"here will be five storerooms on
th< ground floor, and these store-
roims have already been leased for
long terms, notwithstanding the fact
thlt the building will not be com
plied until near the middle of Sep-
letiber. J. W. Barnett, of Athens, s
th architect, and the L. C. Smith
Coistruction Company, of Athens, is
th builder.
The Athens firm of H. T. Huggins
&Son is building a four-story store
bidding. This building is being fln-
tyed in light colored brick and is :
q ite an addition to the business dis- j
tfct.
Atlantan Is Architect.
The new county courthouse, de- j
Igned by A. Ten Eyck Brown, of j
jtlanta, will cost $15 ),000. This build- j
ig is to be of reinforced conoreti, |
lith exterior of red brick and stone
Hmmings. It will be four stories
(igh, and one of its interesting fea-
ires Is that the county jail w ill bo
heated on the top floor. This will
eplace the structure at Prince ave-
iue and Hill street, known to thou-
lands of university men over the
ptate.
( The Athens Ice Company, a new in-
lustry for Athens, has just completed
ts plant at a cost of $30,000.
i Several new churches are included
n the building activities, among them
iring a Catholic church costing $20,-
)00, a Baptist tabernacle costing $10.-
)00 and a Presbyterian church eost-
ng over $25,000.
Costly New Residences.
Quite a number of new residences
are being built, prominent among
them being one for W. T. Bryan of
fireproof construction, costing over
$30,000. and a number of email resi
dences being erected by John E. Tal-
madge to cost $75,000.
Athens streets are exceptionally
well paved, and in the last ten years
the city has spent $300,000 in this
work, and not long ago voted $75,000
additional for further street im
provement. The expenditure of this
amount is now’ under way, and it is
conceded that when the work is com
pleted Athens will be one of the best
paved cities in the South.
The city has also voted $100,000 for
new schools. $25,000 being for a new
building and $27,000 for asite for a
modern high school, the remainder to
he used for improvements and addi
tions to established schools. With
this expenditure Athens can boast of
one of the most up-to-date city school
systems in the State.
The Athens Gas Light and Fuel
Company has recently expended about
$100,000 in laying new gas mains
throughout the citjf*
MEET AT ETON
Members of Order in Whitfield,
Murray and Catoosa to Hold
Convention Thursday.
DALTON. Aug. 23.—Masons of
three counties—Whitfield. Murray
and Catoosa—will gather at Eton, in
Murray County, next Thursday for
the annual meeting of the Tri-County
Masonic Convention, Dr. S. A. Brown,
worshipful master of the organiza
tion, having issued the formal call.
The day will be devoted to speak
ing and other matters of interest, to
be featured at noon by a big picnic
dinner. It is expected that several of
the Grand Lodge officers will* be in
attendance, and plans are being made
to entertain hundreds of visiting Ma
sons.
The elective officers of the conven
tion are as follows: Dr. S. A. Brown,
Eton, w r orshipful master; H. B. Far
rar, Dalton, yenior warden; F. J. Vin-
ing. Dawnville. junior w r arden; W. M.
Sapp, Dalton, secretary and treasurer.
Invitations have been extended to
neighboring Masonic lodges to meet
here Monday, when the grand master
of the State Grand Lodge, Robert L.
Colding, of Savannah, will be the
guest of Dalton Masons. Plans are
being made to entertain a large num
ber of visitors at the afternoon and
evening receptions for the distin
guished visitor.
Auto Traded for
Horse Wouldn’t Go
TICK ERADICATION WORK
IS PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
DALTON, Aug, 23,—Petty thievery
has annoyed housekeepers here dur
ing the last week, for all articles of
food possess an Irresistible attraction
to the depredators.
Pantries have been raided of flour,
meal, potatoes, etc., while fresh meats,
vegetables, butter and eggs have been
taken from refrigerators. Many have
been forced to worry through break
fast without bread. The citizens are
becoming desperate.
DALTON PRESIDING ELDER
BEGINS F.INAL ROUND
DALTON, Aug. 23.—Presiding El
der W. T. Irvine, of the Dalton Dis
trict, to-day began his final round,
and will visit the thirty-seven
churches in the district before the an
nual meeting of the North Georgia
Methodist Conference.
Brothers Accused
Of Abducting Girl
U. 3. Government To Be Notified of
Facts In Walker County
Case.
ROME. Aug 3.—The United States
Government will be notified by So
licitor W. H. Ennis, of Rome, of the
indictment of George and Will Walk
er, brothers, of Walker County, charg
ed with the abduction of 14-year-old
Susie Fricks, for possible prosecution
under the Mann white slave act
It Is charged that George Walker
lured the girl to his home during the
absence of his wife, and with hi.s
brother’s aid, took her to Chelsea and
bought her a ticket to Alabama City.
Georpre Walker, it is claimed, prom
ised to join her within two weeks and
I then take her to Oklahoma.
COUPLE REWEDS AFTER
HAVING BEEN DIVORCED
GAINESVILLE. Aug. 23.—After
living together for twenty years and
having several children born to them.
Mrs. Lizzie Cooper sued Thomas
Cooper for divorce, which was grant
ed. Then he sued her for the amount
of earnings, claimed as $1,800 in val
ue, during this twenty years, she hav
ing possession of It all, and the hus
band not a penny.
The Supreme Court this week
granted him a half interest. The wife
claimed she had paid out $1,000 in
fines for selling whisky, etc., but ad
mitted she had also sold liquor. The
two have become reconciled and have
again married.
REVIVAL AT ELBERTON.
ELBERTON. Aug. 23—The Rev. R.
C. Cleckler, pastor, is conducting a
series of meetings at the First Meth
odist Church. P. M. Boyd, of Nash
ville, is in charge of the singing.
Runs Small Farm
In Heart of Griffin
Young Man Makes Large Yiild of
Irish Potatoes
and Corn.
GRIFFIN, Aug. 23.—James C. Nutt,
one of Griffin’s best-known young
men, is running a small farm in the
heart of the city, and is making good
at it. On a plot of land adjoining the
cemetery, Nutt planted four acres of
Irish cobbler potatoes. So many Irish
potatoes in one field had never been
seen in this section before.
For some time now the crop has 1
been in process of harvesting. Up to
date only a portion of the crop has
been disposed of, but 400 bushels of
the potatoes have been sold at a price
ranging from 80 cents to $1 per
bushel.
Doctor Calls on Other Man to Swap
Back, and He Says Was
Cheated Again.
ROME, GA. f Aug. 23—Dr. W. A.
Wright’s fondness for automobiles
was the cause of trouble with A. W.
WiUiman, of Cave Spring, which re
sulted in the arrest of the latter on
a warrant charging him with cheat
ing and swindling.
Dr. Wright has discovered that an
automobile, which looks as good as
new standing still, easily could be not
worth anything running. It is alleged
that William traded an automobile to
the doctor which, aftasr the deal, re
fused to move.
A horse and buggy was given in ex
change. When the physician called
upon Filliman to trade back, he was
quite willing, but had sold the horse.
He, however, agreed to give him an
other. This horse was defective. Dr.
Wright alleges. The case will be
aired in the September term of the
City Court.
Cupidllits Old Mark;
Children Wed, Too
One Pair Experienced In Matri
mony, While Other Had to
Run Away.
Louis S. Daniel, of Rome, Boosts
Organization Similar to Ameri
can Federation of Labor.
ROME, Aug. 23.—The organization
of a National Farmers and Merchants’
Co-operative Association for the mu
tual benefit is the plan conceived by
Louis Spencer Daniel, the well-known
booster and director of the local as
sociation and former director of the
Rome Merchants and Manufacturers'
Association.
Daniel states that he is sure of the
success of the national organization.
He has already received hundreds of
letters from all parts of the country-
The National Farmers and Mer
chants' Association would have an or
ganization similar to that of the
American Federation of Labor and
Farmers’ Union that would be abso
lutely free from politics.
JUDGE DANIEL TOO ILL
TO PRESIDE OVER COURTS
GRIFFIN. Aug. 23.—Judge R. T.
Daniel, of the Flint River Circuit,
who was so ill last week that he had
to adjourn the August term of Spald
ing Superior Court, and who has not
been able to attend the Butts County
Court this week, continues quite 111
at his residence here on Poplar street.
He will not be able to preside over
the Monroe Superior Court, which is
to convene at Forsyth Monday.
Judge H. A. Matthews, of Macon,
presided over the Butts court for
Judge Daniel, and it Is likely that he
again will preside for ihm next week.
WOMANS MISSION TTnION
CONVENES IN GAINESVILLE
GAINESVILLE, Aug. 23—The an
nual meeting of the Woman's Mis
sionary Union, auxiliary to the Chat
tahoochee Baptist Association, was
in session at the First Baptist
Church here several days the past
week, bringing a number of promi
nent women church workers to this
city. It is said that the work of
this union has become one of the
most important in the denomination.
H. J. Rowe Petitioned by Hun
dreds of Citizens to Enter
Race Again.
ATHENS. Aug. 23.—Despite the
fact that he has already served two
terms as mayor of Athens, H. J.
Rowe, who is now at the head of the
city government, is being urged
strongly by his hundreds of friends
here to enter the race again this fall.
A petition m being circulated freely
by his friends and many are signing
it, but as yet the Mayor has kept
quiet as to his decision, and it will
probably be several days before he
gives out a statement as to whether
he will stand for re-election again.
A bill providing a commission form
of government for Athens passed by
the general assembly is to be voted
on by the people this fail and ^Miat
bearing this will have on the mayor’s
race is still problematical.
MET SISTER SHE HAD <
NOT SEEN IN 30 YEARS
DALTON, Aug. 23.—The northern
part of the county was this week the
scene of two weddings of interest,
owing to the wide difference in age
of the couples, together with their
popularity.
At Cohutta the Rev. W. C. Had
dock and Mrs. Mary Ann Hartley
were married. The wedding proved
“Uncle Billy” Haddock’s fourth ven
ture, while his bride, Mrs. Hartley,
was marrying for the third time. The
Rev. J. C. Parrott performed the
ceremony.
On the same date Miss Nola Starke,
of Concord, became the wife of Wil
liam Crain, of Beaverdale, the cere
mony being performed by 'Squire J.
D. Brackett. Mrs. Crain is 14 and
her husband is just two years her
senior.
While the wedding of Miss Starks
and Mr. Crain was a runaway match,
witnessed by only a few intimate
friends and coming as a distinct sur
prise. there were fully 100 friends as
sembled to witness the Hartley-Had
dock nuptials.
FOOD THIEVES "HARASS
RESIDENTS OF DALTON
FIRST BALE BRINGS 14 1-4 CTS.
ELBERTON, Aug. 23.—G. P. Hall
Hold the flrnt bale of eotton here. It
was bought by T. O. Tabor & Son
for 14 1-4 cents per pound, and It
weighed 466 pounds. It was classeu
as strict middling.
ROME, Aug. 23.—Being introduced
to a sister whom she had not seen in
30 years was the experience of Mrs.
B. D. Ilarbin yesterday. The sister.
Mrs. Richard Tavenner, of Greenville,
S. C., had been notified by wire that
another sister was seriously ill. and
she immediately came to her bedside.
Here she met another sister. Mrs.
Harbin is 72 years old.
FRONT END OF MULE WAS
"LOADED;” TALLEY IS KICKED
DALTON, Aug. 23.—Not dreaming
that the front end of a Georgia mule
could be “loaded,” -Sam Talley, of
Harmony, came near being seriously
Injured when his mule jumped at him
and struck him down with his fore
feet. Mr. Talley rolled out of reach of
the mule after suffering a number of
severe bruises.
FLAG AND BIBLE ARE
PRESENTED TO SCHOOL
DALTON, Aug. 23.—The Patriotic
Order Sons of America of Dalton
yesterday afternoon gave to the Dug
Gap School a handsome American
flag and a Bible.
Anpropriatc exercises marked the
flag raising. Senat >r At. C. Tarver and
the Hon. T. R. Ridley being among
the speakers.
DALTON, Aug. 23.—The report
made by E. M. Xighbert, inspector'n
charge of the tick eradication work,
shows rapid progress the last montn.
Twelve dipping vats are in opera
tion. There are now 372 herds, con
taining 2,347 cattle, free of ticks. The
herds under local quarantine number
175 and contain 1,224 cattle.
The county has appropriated money
to assist in the work, and it Is be
lieved the quarantine will be raised
from this county by next year at the
latest.
GRIFFIN AFTER MEETING OF
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
GRIFFIN, Aug. 23.—Through Its
secretary. W. B. Royster, the new
Griffin Board of Trade has extended
an urgent invitation for the State
Horticultural Society to appoint tills
city as Its place of meeting In 1914.
The invitation, is heartily Indorsed
by the Georgia Experiment Station.
This Is the first Invitation sent out
by the newly organized Board of
Trade.
Another move by the hoard is to
make Griffin the city beautiful. To
this end a committee has been ap
pointed to employ a civil engineer to
look over the situation and make sug
gestions for improvements.
HALL SUNDAY SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
GAINESVILLE, Aug;. 23.—One hun
dred delegates representing 65 Sun
day schools of Hall County will come
together In an interdenominational
association, the first annual session to
convene in this city next Tuesday
morning for a two days’ session
Hammond Johnson is county presi
dent, Henry H. Estes county secre
tary. and J. T. Telford, treasurer.
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