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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
7
A. E. Robinson offers a free prescription mailed in a plain sealed envelope to any man suffering nervous debility incited by excesses dissipation or youth forces. Write to 3983 Luck Building Detroit Michigan to receive details without cost or obligation.
For many kinds of fine repairing Automobiles Motorcycles Bicycles Graphophones Typewriters Lock and Key fitting Stationary Gasoline Engine work Typewriters for sale Athens GA listings indicate services and goods offered by Chasin' Cycle Co at 136 Wall Street and Athens Georgia location.
The Diocese of Georgia Episcopal convention meets to elect a bishop after the split that created a new diocese. Dr. Reece is favored by early estimates while Bishop Nelson may not attend. sessions run three days with devotions, committee appointments, and a missionary program at St Paul’s.
In Augusta, defense counsel argued the Georgia prohibition law is unconstitutional on five grounds, including failure to read the draft three times and lack of proper signatures. The state will answer within three days, with a court decision not expected for a week. a plea in abatement has been filed.
A damaged OCR passage recounts a testimonial from George Moore of Grimesland praising Dr King’s New Discovery as a life saver for coughs and lung issues. He claims improvement began with the first bottle and full healing after about one dozen bottles. The item reads like a vintage patent medicine blurb with garbled place names and prices.
Dr. Arthur F. Bishop of Austin declines the presidency of Trinity University, one of Texas oldest colleges and largest Presbyterian institutions, citing duties at the First Presbyterian Church of Austin where he has served as pastor. The church, organized in 1850, is a major center in Austin with two pastors for two years, including Rev Edward B. Wright who will retire next May. Governor Thomas M. Campbell is among the notable graduates associated with Trinity.
Augusta Ga February 11 two juries totaling 81 men were exhausted in selecting jurors for the McElmurray murder case. The panel includes Paul C Chavel Jas M Cates Oscar Cook Algernon Morgan Chas R McCord Geo W Oates Geo H Leitner John W Reynolds Jr and A R Bohler. The state seeks a murder verdict claiming McElmurray shot A T Ward in cold blood after a snapped gun. Defense portrays Ward as quarrelsome and dangerous, citing prior knife death threats while McElmurray is described as quiet and not prone to violence. Dr Timmerman of McBean testified as the first witness.
A historical notice describes Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup acting gently and promptly on the bowels to stop a cough by soothing throat and lung irritation. Sold by all druggists.
Augusta Georgia February 11 Captain George P Elloitt of Co K Clinch Rifles National Guard of Georgia announced yesterday that he would decline acceptance of the office of major of the Third Battalion of Infantry to which he was recently elected He assigns no reason beyond indisposition to assume the weight of authority incident to the position Also included is an ad for Bucklen's Arnica Salve promising relief for cuts burns sores and ulcers with price 25 cents at local druggists.
Augusta Ga February 11 J W Turner revenue officer charged in the Federal court at Augusta with failing to report an illicit suit which he knew to have been in operation was arraigned before Judge Emory Speer yesterday His case was postponed until the next term La Grippe and Pneumonia Foley s Honey and Tar cures la Grippe coughs and prevents pneumonia Refuse any but the genuine in the yellow package For sale by all druggists
Kodol is a scientific preparation of vegetable acids with natural digestive juices. Each dose claims to digest more than 3,000 grains of food. Sold by all druggists.
A sale listing enumerates numerous houses with rooms ranging from five to sixteen across Nacoochee Baxter Barber Jackson Winburn Meigs Seminole Nantahala Boulevard Grady Strong Lumpkin Hancock Dearing Pulaski Pope Saluda Waddell streets. The ad invites visits to the office for face to face talks and claims prices are lower than seen in years.
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