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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1910
Page
7
Atlanta office of Section Director von Herrmann predicts more rain and less outdoor work and sports as heavy dampness lingers above. No clear stop date yet as showers persist and forecasts remain unsettled.
The August issue featured a piece titled Howard and Tribble Our Candidates for Congress credited to W C Birchmore. Readers in Madison and other counties asked for author details while Birchmore rushed the piece to press and produced thousands of circulars.
The Central Georgia Baptist association met in Eatonton for its annual session of 1910 drawing a large crowd of pastors delegates and visitors Rev J L Gunn preached the opening sermon and Rev J W Coombs closed the meeting Wednesday night The session featured reports on the year's work and addresses by E Y Mallary G W Andrews and others with emphasis on missionary and Sunday school efforts
The Southern Bell Telephone Company released a new Athens exchange directory with many new names and numbers, signaling growth in the city and surrounding rural areas as farmers gain lines extending connectivity beyond town. The directory reflects broader national expansion of telephone service.
Mr Gladstone Craig and Mrs Craig return to Athens after months in Lawrenceville and will settle here. He plans to enter the cotton seed and fertilizer business as the season opens, welcomed by many friends in the home city.
Elberton Georgia residents will vote on a 251000 bond issue on September 5 to macadamize streets outside the business district. The notice also promotes Champlain's Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as dependable for bowel complaints, suitable for children and adults, sold by all dealers.
Mr. Kelly Sharp leads the fig industry in his area and has shipped a large number of crates to the north. The crates bring two and a half to three and a half dollars and are eagerly sought by merchants in large cities.
Oswego resident A Cooper recounts relief from violent night coughs after using Dr King’s New Discovery. The advertisement touts quick relief for colds, coughs, sore lungs, lagrippe, asthma, croup, hayfever and more with trial bottles and a guarantee by B R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith and Bros.
Watertown Wisconsin resident J A Swensen credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing ten years of eczema after 15 doctors failed. The ad touts the salve as infallible for skin eruptions, eczema, salt rheum, boils, fever sores, burns, scalds, and piles. Available for 25 cents at local druggists.
The Banner reports a heated bid for senate presidency with Hon. J. E. Shepherd of Sumter as a progressive candidate and likely opponent Hon. John M. Slaton of Fulton. Shepherd’s supporters expect success, and his candidacy has drawn favor from newly elected senators.
Ed Cooley, a court stenographic reporter for the Northeastern circuit, will be reappointed by Judge J. B. Jones of Toccoa after Judge Kimsey’s defeat in the recent primary. Cooley, a licensed attorney with years at the bar, had strong support from circuit lawyers and is noted for his qualified reporting within the Northeastern district.
Judge C. H. Brand prepared the Gwinnett superior court calendar for the September term. The term convenes next week with many important cases on the docket in Judge Brand’s home county, to be disposed by Judge Prand.
A collage of notices for prescriptions pharmacy services real estate rentals sales and wanted ads includes Prince Avenue Pharmacy Lipscomb & Co J.C. Venter and Erwin & Company. Also listings for rental houses rooms barber training lost watch and a report on Col John B Gamble returning home. A tip about a home remedy with Chamberlain’s liniment is included.
Guy Strickland son of Judge John J. Strickland, a Naval Academy student at Annapolis, is home briefly visiting Athens friends. He plans a Southwest trip during his thirty days leave and is said to be taking high rank in the academy.
J Thomas Heardith Jens extends sincere gratitude to the chief of the fire department and associates for valiant efforts during the recent house fire on Cleveland avenue. He commends friends who bravely rendered invaluable service during the incident.
The Atlanta state convention adopts a platform criticizing the PayneAldrich tariff and liquor influence while urging rate revisions for the Georgia seaboard and an Atlantic railroad extension. It notes laws enacted from 1906 include registration, railroad powers, convict lease abolition, pure election laws, and disenfranchising measures.
Clarke County commissioners convene for routine roads and revenues business at the usual meeting place. The next meeting will address tax rate setting for the coming year.
Auburn Georgia September 2 Perry-Rainey institute formally opened the fall term with chapel and speeches by faculty students and friends. Most of last year’s faculty returned and enrollment is already large with plans for further growth. Summer improvements were made to buildings and grounds. A faculty recital tonight features Miss Rachelle Irvin reader and Miss Bertha Lee pianist and vocalist.
Greensboro Ga Sept 2 Berry Champion shot to death Beauregard Dunn a man he worked for near White Plains Dunn and Champion quarreled over the amount of work being done by Champion Dunn father of twenty children eighteen living authorities reported.
Elberton Georgia reports the death of Judge W G Field at about 76 after a long illness He was a Confederate veteran and had lived in Elberton for about twenty years having come from South Carolina.
Advert says kidney trouble may be acute or chronic and pledges quick relief with Foley's Kidney Remedy. Testimonial from J. Gibbon of Grand View Wisconsin claims one bottle made him well and encourages starting intake now.
The following judges and solicitors general were nominated across circuits: Atlanta W D Ellis and George J Bet judges. Atlantic Walter W Sheppard judge N J Norman solicitor. Augusta Henry C Hammond judge. Brunswick C B Conyers judge. Cordele A V Whipple judge W F George solicitor. Flint R T Daniel judge. Middle B T Rawlings. Northeastern J B Jones judge Robert McMillan solicitor. Ocmulgee J B Park judge. Pataula W C Worrill. Rome W C Maddox. Southern W E Thomas judge John A Wilkes solicitor. Tallapoosa Price Edwards judge and solicitor Hutcheson. Waycross T A Parker judge M D Dickerson solicitor. Western Charles H Brand.
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