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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1913
Page
3
Last night at 830 in the Georgia chapel sophmore declamation featured top class 1915 speakers. The winner will be announced Tuesday afternoon. The program included pieces on the flag Cuban liberty and Emmett’s vindication with George Donaldson and Clark Howell Jr among the declaimers. An advertisement urges Chamberlain remedies for digestion and rheumatism.
The article chronicles the rapid growth of the Baptist Tabernacle begun on the seventeenth day of last October led by Pastor Neighbour. It highlights winter gatherings in a Childs street tent heated by six stoves and notes the planned brick veneer and brick-covered roof. The portico vestibule and grand windows overlook a four-sided gallery.
A new tabernacle on Childs Street completed after a March start. The 95 by 95 foot frame structure includes four Sunday school rooms, white doors with transoms, a steel patterned ceiling, and a modern lighting scheme. Baptisms have occurred weekly since organization, totaling 105.
The Athens Tabernacle features mahogany pews seating 800 downstairs and 350 upstairs, 4 percent opera chairs for the choir, and a 1450 full capacity with extra chair space. A downstairs nursery, white tile baptistry, and three elevated choir rows mark the decor. Dedication includes Rev. Cooper gifts, Dr. Jenkens and Dr. Lynch among pastors, with Dr. J. H. Dew set as evangelist for a two to three week revival. The Tabernacle Sunday school meets under the tent with Butler addressing before seating becomes tight. Chamberlain’s Tablets praised for stomach and liver relief. advertised by dealers.
Madam Paulini, a renowned clairvoyant and palm reader, returns to Athens for a brief period. Office hours run from 10 a.m. to 8 a.m. daily except Sundays, at 293 Clayton St. West.
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