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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1908
Page
4
We will begin moving next week to a state class leading drug store in this city. Our new home will be one of the most complete drug stores in the state with money experience taste and comfort. Visit our new home soon and be greeted in a few days by H. R. Palmer and Sons.
Delegates from Elbert Madison Oglethorpe and Clarke met at the Commercial Hotel in Athens. Col Hamilton McWhorter Jr called the gathering and Judge George C Thomas presided. Cornelius C Stevens nominated as senator with a new executive committee elected to govern primary procedures.
An advertisement seeks a board of furnished rooms with light housekeeping. The applicants are a couple with a five year old boy and request lodging at F. W. Reiland Kare Commercial Hotel.
Dr. Isaac S. Hopkins resigns as pastor of the First Methodist church in LaGrange due to ill health. Dr. Walker Lewis of Atlanta is appointed to the vacancy and will begin duties next week. The LaGrange Reporter lauds Hopkins as a leading southern minister and wishes him health restoration.
The column lists scores from games in Birmingham and Nashville with batteries and umpires, noting Montgomery Nashville games were forfeited in the seventh inning due to dilatory tactics. An ad for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy is also included with local sellers.
A major solar eclipse will be visible tomorrow across the United States Canada Mexico Central America and northern South America. The path passes near Mexico City Tampa Bermuda and continues over the Atlantic to western Africa with partial views in populated regions. A December annular eclipse will be visible only in the southern hemisphere.
Proposals for two year public printing contracts at Georgia Secretary of State office in Atlanta must be submitted within 30 days from June 1 1908. Bidders must provide a twenty thousand dollar bond from a state authorized surety. Forms available from the Secretary of State. Signed Philip Cook A Wright R E Park.
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