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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1905

Page

5

Teachers Meet in Central Georgia

Georgia educators open sessions in Macon with Devotional led by Dr. J L White. Mayor Bridges Smith welcomes attendees as Superintendent S B Dean of Brooks County responds. Reports from Women’s School Improvement Clubs praised for library and grounds work. Hooper Alexander delivers address. Officials tour public schools tomorrow. Merritt to give annual address in afternoon. Several schools exhibit manual training work. A medical continues ad follows.

J. L. White Bridges Smith S. 8 Brooks County Schools Hooper Nab Ander W. B. Merritt

Decrease for April in Fertilizer Tags

Atlanta GA May 10. Figures from Commissioner O B Stevens show April 1905 fertilizer tag sales at 129810, down from 169350 in April 1904. The decline equals about 1000 tons, since ten tags tag one ton of fertilizer.

Atlanta O. B. Stevens

Dr King’s New Discovery Praised for Cough Cure

A Calhoun Georgia man recounts his wife suffering a severe cough before taking Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He claims the remedy eased the cough gave sleep and cured her, with the product sold at local drug stores for 50 cents.

Z. T. Gray Calhoun W. J. Smith , Bro H.R. Palmer

Red Men Name Their Officer At Augusta Convention

Augusta May 10 The state convention of the Red Men in Augusta named officers including Great Prophet W W Dykes of Americus Great Sachem James L Mason of Atlanta Great Senior Sagamore Orin Roberts of Hartwell Great Junior Sagamore L H Chapple of Atlanta Keeper of Wampum E Johnson Great Chief of Records M J Daniels of Griffin and Great Representative W W Dyke Mayor Allen welcomed visitors and a dance and concert followed at Lake View park with many Red Men from across the state attending.

Augusta Atalanta Red Men W. W. Dykes Americus Sachem W. M. Dykes B. B. McCowan James L. Mason Atlanta Lake View Park

Headache Cure From Stomach Ailment Promoted

An ad claims sick headaches stem from a deranged stomach and are quickly cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. The product is sold locally by H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro.

Chamberlain H. R. Palmer & Sons W. J. Smith & Bro

Sandersville Mourns Col. C. R. Pringle Death

Colonel C. R. Pringle died of pneumonia at his Sandersville home on May 10. A Monroe County native settled here in 1857, he served in the Georgia General Assembly from 1882 to 1885 and as state senator in 1886 and 1887. He led the Georgia Prohibition Association and shaped local church life. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with Rev. Whitley Langston and stewards presiding. interment with Masonic honors followed in Sandersville Cemetery.

C. R. Pringle Colonel Pringle Monroe County Sandersville Barnesville Washington County General Assembly Georgia Prohibition Association Methodist Church Whitley Langston Pringle

Terrific Race With Death

A Tampa man Ralph F. Fernandez recounts a miraculous recovery from liver trouble and heart disease after using Electric Bitters. He credits rapid improvement to the remedy, noting a return to health in three days. The product is sold by W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Son at 50 cents.

Ralph F. Fernandez Tampa Fla W. J. Smith & Bro H.R. Palmer & Sona

Georgia crops thriving amid warmth and rain report

Section Director Marbury reports Georgia crops show rapid germination and growth due to warm and wet weather. Damage from earlier hail and land washing noted. planting nearing completion north, steady elsewhere. corn and cotton promising though grassy. peaches dropping after freeze. wheat oats good. cane potatoes gardens pastures all excellent.

Southern Railway Announces Round Trip to Asheville N C

The Southern Railway Co. sets a six dollar eighty five cent round trip rate from Athens Georgia to Asheville North Carolina for The Annual Conference Y M C A and Y W C A in Asheville June 9 to 25 1905. Tickets on sale June 8 9 10 and 15 16 17 1905. Final limit June 28. Departure from Athens on mixed train No 262 at 7 00 am daily except Sunday arriving Asheville 7 40 pm. For more information call or phone number 81.

The Southern Railway Co Athens Asheville N. C Phon

Black Mourning Rose Claim Emerges in Savannah

Dennis Tapley, a bent and ill young man in Savannah, proclaims he has perfected a coal black rose named the Mourning Rose. He says he can grow the flower without chemicals and plans to sell the secret for $10,000.

Tapley

Real estate sale notes list multiple city lots and houses

A fragmented listing describes numerous parcels for sale on Prince avenue Barber street Pulaski street Childs street Barrow street Milledge avenue Lumpkin street and Springdale street with prices ranging from 350 to 10 000. It notes sewer water connections and varying lot sizes and depths and includes contact details for the office at Southern Mutual Building Clayton Street Entrance.

Prince Avenue Barber Street Pulaski Street Childs Street Barrow Street Milledge Avenue Lumpkin Street Springdale Street Southern Mutual Clayton Street

Excursion Rates to Asheville for Missionary Association

Athens Georgia hosts excursion rates to Asheville North Carolina for the Conference of Young Peoples Missionary Association from June 25 to July 2 1905 Tickets go on sale June 22 23 24 1905 with a final ticket limit by July 5 1905 at 7 40 pm For more information call Phone No 81.

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