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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1910
Page
1
The State Normal School in Athens reopens after a three month vacation as students from over one hundred Georgia counties arrive. Dormitories are full and many students find housing nearby. Opening services include devotions and class announcements with ministers invited to join in welcoming the students.
The State of Georgia may again nominate a candidate for a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford in 1911. The qualifying examination is set for October 25 and 26, 1910, with centers across the United States. Georgia's test at the University of Georgia will cover Latin Greek and Mathematics and may be taken as a whole or with optional postponement of Greek.
The University of Georgia board of trustees approved a $1000 appropriation last June for law library books. Purchases continued over the summer with more to come in the fall. several new volumes have arrived and the library is greatly improved. A student librarian will manage hours convenient for law students.
Wanted a collector and salesman. Our business is growing so large he cannot handle it with the present staff and facilities. The ad seeks energetic, reliable personnel to manage expanding customer accounts and sales operations.
Sunday morning Cash and Son of Bogart lost their gin by fire. Cause unknown. Fire discovered early, efforts to save the building failed. The gin and contents insured for about 1500 dollars. Total loss 3000 dollars. Cash and Son lose about 1500 dollars and plan to rebuild for fall business.
Dr W L Walker evangelist of the Southern Baptist home mission board began a two week revival at First Baptist Church in Washington Georgia aiding Pastor Rev D W Key. Walker, a Princeton graduate and former collaborator with Dr Len G Broughton, is joined by noted song evangelist Prof B L Wales and Dr Key in the meetings. Room and board wanted for a quiet lady with references, address A care Banner-tt.
Special to The Banner reports Hon. Thomas E. Watson of Thomson plans a Lincolnton speech on September 10 as Tenth district delegates gather to nominate Hon. T. W. Hardwick for Congress. Expect topics include district affairs and urging resignation of the nominee. Many Wilkes County residents will travel to hear Watson, whose Lincolnton visit is flagged as potentially fiery.
A typographical error in The Weekly Lincoln Journal led readers to think Mr. Watson would speak in Lincolnton on September 10, the same day the congressional committee meets in Thomson to nominate Congressman T. W. Hardwick. J R Hogan urged public attendance and clarified the intended Lincoln ton date.
Remodeling of the First Methodist church advances rapidly and is expected to allow worship in the remodeled building by next Sunday week. Sunday school rooms will not be ready until October 1 and the auditorium will seat over fourteen hundred with Sunday school space for at least twelve hundred children. The North Georgia Conference will meet there in November and preparations are underway.
A motor car pushing two loaded flats on the new Lumpkin street line broke loose on a steep grade. The motorman and two colored workers were injured in the ensuing derailment, with the two men sustaining matching facial gashes requiring stitches. The cars left the track and nearly toppled a flat.
Next Monday workmen under City Engineer Barnett will oil several macadam streets including Hancock avenue and Pulaski street to cut dust and preserve the road. One oil application lasts a year and is said to be cheaper than water sprinkling.
The State College of Agriculture conducting farmers institutes across Georgia reports strong turnout and high interest from farmers. Bolt incident at Bogart injured a man briefly as lightning struck Sam Cobb’s barn killing a mule and a hog. Lincoln county farmer R B Lang delivers the first cotton bale in Washington with 474 pounds selling for 15 cents a pound, plus 30 cents a bushel for seed, totaling about 80.89 dollars.
Dr. Andrew M. Soule president of the State College of Agriculture returns to Athens after summer at Niagara Falls Canada. He declined a Canadian college presidency to resume work in Georgia where he has led farming education and aims to do more good for farmers.
Telegram from Atlanta says crowds failed to view the feature at the Crystal Theatre Saturday. For the benefit of those unable to see it and hearing of its quality, the picture will be shown again today and tomorrow.
Police announce case against R L Hawkes for unlawfully selling sotry itous Mayors in violation of city ordinances. The matter is set for morning court before the mayor.
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