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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1916

Page

7

Barrow County Becomes Gold Star Sunday School Leader

Special to the Banner from Winder Georgia describes Barrow County as a young, progressive area to the fore in Sunday school work. It notes the February 1915 First Baptist church organization, the April Banner county status, and the November Gold Star designation. It lists officers including Claude Mayne and W. H. Quarterman, and enumerates 34 schools with over 3 500 scholars led by superintendents such as John M Williams and R. L. Rogers.

Winder Barrow County First Baptist Church Barrow Banner County Gold Star W. C. Roberts Statham Division First Baptist Christian Statham Methodist Statham Baptist Bethabara W. H. Faust Jno H. Wood F Yarbrough Ernest Hays Homer Dalton Mr. Sims Fiora Davis Sims Miss Davis W. H. Quarterman Ernest Hayes Mayne E. A. Starr Starr Jackson County W. W. Jennings Bethlehem Statham H. H. Cooper Auburn Col L. C. Russell Levada Arnold Holsenbeck

Religious Leader Delivers Talks Across Town

The speaker visited multiple venues on Sunday, addressing congregations at two Sunday schools and covering a 45 mile itinerary during the day.

Tuberculosis Treatment Claims in 1910s Medical Progress

A paper presented before the Bex County Medical Society and in Louisville Medical Progress features Dr. J. W. Carhart of San Antonio praising lime salts and Eckman’s Alterative for pulmonary tuberculosis and related throat and bronchial conditions. The piece notes claimed extensive success and suggests readers request the Eckman Lab in Philadelphia.

Bex County Medical Society Louisville “Medical Progress J. W. Carhart San Antonio Texan Otter Eckman Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia

Elimination of the Middleman Measures Tightened in Austria Hungary

Vienna reports new and reinforced laws throughout the Austro Hungarian empire to stop middlemen from buying and reselling goods for profit. The crackdown targets foodstuffs and profiteering as wartime costs surge 50 to 400 percent, with civil and military bodies enforcing stricter provisions and closing legal loopholes.

Associated Press Vienna Austria and Hungary Austria

Austrian court upholds anti speculation law in grain case

In a Austrian superior court in this city three Galicians who bought and resold grain faced imprisonment and fines. The court held that profit from holding necessities for gain violated the law by restricting distribution and not adding value. Defense claimed constitutional rights, but admissions showed profits from hoarding.

Hastings Seeds 1916 Catalog Offers Free Flower Packs

Free offer from Hastings Seeds promises five free packets of flowers with the 1916 Catalog. The ad claims Hastings is the largest seed firm in the South and guarantees good garden luck. Send a postcard request to H. G. Hastings Co. for the free 100 page catalog.

Hastings H.G. Tastings CO Atlants Adrt

Also Mentioned on This Page

Star Sunday School Co’s Claude Mayne W. M. Holsenbeck Col. L. C. Russell Winder Division Barrow Co. S. S. Convention Winder Christian Claud Mayne John M Williams First Methodist R. L. Rogers Wesleyan A. T. McEleroy Presbyterian Second Baptist J. T Lord Muller McElroy Cedar Creek M. J. Stancil Auburn, Ga Auburn Division Appalachee L. E. Blakely Winder, Ga Barrow County Sunday School Association Carl J. C. Head County Line Harmony Grove Low Strickland Midway W. J. Ethridge Mount Moriah H. M. Cruse Nazareth J. A. Robinson New Pentecost A. D. Wall Oak Grove T. N. Suddath Old Pentecost R. W. Haynie S. A. Poland R. C. Willingham Methodist Johnson Academy W. M. Bailey Georgia Sunday School News Georgia Sunday School Association Barrow County Association Bethlehem, Ga Bethlehem Division Postum Cereal Co. Ltd Battle Creek Mich Postum Triangle The Love Golden Claw Bessie Barriscale Thos. H. Ince America Weber Mack Sennett ELITE
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