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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
1
A reader friendly blurb proclaims the paper’s aim to entertain with good stories and humor while staying current on big events. It invites readers to look for the patchwork cover and notes a sale listing at the Athens Cigar Store.
Nearly five hundred teachers from schools and colleges across the southern states gather in Atlanta for the nineteenth annual Southern Educational Association meeting. The program covers civic and social education topics, school grounds improvements, and high school work, with Professor P. A. Claxton delivering the annual address. The convention runs through December 31 with sessions at the First Methodist church and public talks aimed at fathers, mothers, and citizen workers.
Mrs. A C Williams of Backy credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving her life after a graveyard cough. She says the remedy restored her health, gained 68 pounds, and prevented pneumonia. Sold under guarantee at local drug stores with trial bottle free.
Shawnee Oklahoma December 29 Oklahoma teachers gathered for their second annual state convention. The three day program features addresses by Governor Haskell State Superintendent Cameron principals C H Roberts Guthrie President Charles Evans Ardmore and President Mc Laughlin of Central Normal School among others. Proceedings include papers talks and discussions on practical topics of interest to teachers.
Rev Millard A Jenkins new pastor of First Baptist Athens arrives soon and will preach his first sermon Sunday at eleven. A royal welcome is planned with help from other denominations. A welcoming meeting follows at eight. Readings, hymns, and addresses by local clergy and leaders precede Jenkins’s response and benediction.
Mrs. Nathaniel J Hammond, widow of a noted Georgian, died at 2:30 yesterday afternoon at 724 Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta after pneumonia and a sinking spell. She leaves a large family including Theodore Hammond and several Hammond siblings, with Mrs. J D Turner at bedside at her passing.
Chicago December 29 The post commander G F Bassett says civil war veterans will become extinct in 1950 With 247 alive in 1930 the count will shrink to 23 by 1940 and to one survivor by 1950 He cites experts as capable of estimating human life length.
A poem ponders a touring car lady behind veil and goggles, speculating on her hair color and eyes. The piece questions whether appearance reveals virtue or mystery, closing with a note that guessing would spoil a curious mood.
Mt Vernon Lodge of Masons observed St John’s Night on Monday with a large turnout, installing officers including W A Capps as Worshipful Master and J R Crane as Secretary. The retiring master Dr H R Palmer received a Past Master jewel, presented by Rev M L Troutman, with responses by Palmer and remarks by Past Master Troy Beatty of Emmanuel Church.
Tom Hammond, one of four men shot near Statham on Christmas day by Silas Thurmond, may lose his leg. The hip wound shattered bone and is deemed dangerous. amputation could be necessary. Thurmond fled and says he will surrender to authorities. Arthur Flanigan survived a rib wound after a misread breast injury. Sol Flanigan and Tom Holliday have minor wounds.
Huntsville, Alabama reports Captain Milton Humes a noted lawyer and capitalist found dead under his bedroom window after breaking two panes for air. Physicians and the coroner's jury concluded apoplexy caused his death, noting multiple cuts from the fall but no blood, indicating death upon impact.
David Freedman of Kempt, Nova Scotia testifies that Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets eased his heavy dull feeling after meals. The ad promotes digestion and liver bowels regulation, claims superiority to pills, and offers free samples at multiple local drug stores.
Reports from southern Italy and Sicily recount the catastrophe after quakes, tidal waves, and fires. Casualties reach an estimated 75,000 with many buried or perishing from exposure. Mount Etna erupts as relief efforts surge but face limits. King Victor Emmanuel leads government aid, Vatican appeals, and international ships rush to assist Messina and Palermo amid ongoing fear for missing consuls.
In Commerce Georgia on Monday at five o clock at the bride’s mother Mrs Jennie Barber Truitt home the marriage of Miss Louise Truitt to Mr Joseph H Holbrook was performed by Rev Robinson pastor of the First Methodist church The ceremony and decor delighted guests as the couple began life together Miss Truitt notable in local society and Mr Holbrook head of Holbrook Brothers hardware firm praised for courteous service and success in North Georgia
Buffalo man Leo F. Zelinski reports Bucklen's Arnica Salve erased a painful cold sore in two days after a single daily application. Product sold under guarantee at local drugstores W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R Palmer & Sons for 26 cents.
Col H C Erwin of Cobb and Irwin, representing Athens clients, returns from Cheraw S C where Judge Watts ruled to appoint receivers for Seminole Securities Co. The decision follows claims of illegal stock purchase of Southern Life Insurance Co of NC with excessive agent commissions. Bond set at 50000. Seminole capital around 300000.
A Black man named James, accused of beating a child described as a grandchild, faces committal for trial in a few days amid claims of familial right to care. The mother says the child was assaulted. James denies the charge and awaits legal proceedings.
A white youth Ollie Peeler was arrested on a warrant filed by Harrison Edwards for shooting Edwards’s son with an air gun on Pope Street near the courthouse. The injured boy received a shoulder wound described as painful but not dangerous. Peeler was bound over for trial by Judge Foster in a $1,000 bond and released after committal.
John Pickren, longtime nightwatchman for Frazier DeFoor Lumber Co., died after a self-inflicted gunshot wound fired at about 8 p.m. while he sat in a rocking chair by his fireside. He left a wife and two children. The report notes his suicide occurred while his wife spoke with him. The ad text about eczema salve follows unrelated content.
A fire at dawn yesterday gutted Jack Owens's home on Fourth and Water streets. Owens awoke to smoke and flames, barely escaped, saved a few furnishings, and the blaze was then deemed beyond saving. A police officer alerted the fire department, which arrived as the structure burned out. In Atlanta on Sunday, Will Bowden, son of C. C. Bowden, was injured when a pistol discharged while he cleaned it, injuring his left cheek. He is recovering at his father's home with no serious complications expected.
City Engineer Barnett reports the laying of the new water mains is finished with the last sections on Nacoochee avenue. Most main lines are complete across Barber ville, near the agricultural hall on Lumpkin street, through the new compress property, along the Boulevard and several side streets, extending to all city areas and increasing access to water for many residents.
Birmingham reports sharp drop in internal revenue receipts due to prohibition. Alabama collected 433,688.40 in 1907 and 149,149.88 in 1908. Whisky revenue over three years declined from 25,000.07 in 1906 to 26,000 in 1907 and to 15,000 in 1908.
Warbles and cackles of nearly 10,000 birds echo through Madison Square Garden for the opening of the New York Poultry Pigeon and Pet Stock association twenty first annual exhibition. The main floor hosts fancy-bred chickens turkeys ducks and geese while platforms house bantams pigeons rabbits and other animals with reputed pedigrees. The foreign birds display this year is larger than usual.
An old advertisement extols Dr King s New Life Pills as safe and painless and claims the remedy cures constipation headache biliousness and malaria. The copy warns that dangerous operations like appendectomies are avoided by using the pills and cites W J Smith and Bro H R Palmer and Sons drug stores as sellers for 25 cents.
The work of laying new city sewer mains will begin at once as material has arrived and the balance will arrive soon. The first sewer will run on Broad Street from in front of the old dispensary to Foundry Street. Construction starts immediately. the project is not expected to finish before next April with laterals moving faster so all mains may be ready by next summer.
Abutments for the new steel bridge over the Oconee at Broad Street are finished. Steel work can begin after February 1 when the steel supplier must deliver material per contract. Brick abutments will be capped with stone and are designed to support the bridge, which will be five feet higher than the old structure to clear high water.
Several hundred teachers attend the New Jersey State Teachers association amid the Atlantic City opening. James B. Bryan of Camden delivers the annual address as president. Other speakers include Miss Mary Louise Arnold of Simmons College and Charles H. Morse of Massachusetts on industrial education. The convention runs three days.
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