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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1903
Page
2
Long forgotten note recalls the Pioneer Paper Mills near Athens Georgia where the first sheet of paper south of the Potomac by machinery was produced on March 19 1849. It details water supply challenges and the mill’s later site reuse as Mallison Braided Cord.
Reduced rates announced by Seaboard Air Line and the A S Railway for travel to Richmond Virginia for the Southern Educational Conference April 1903. Round trips priced at one and one third first class fares or 19.27 with sale dates April 20 and 21 and final limit April th. Also mentions Clifton flour packaging and a local grocery promotion. An anecdote praises Dr King’s New Life Pills with a testimonial from M M Austin of Winchester Indiana.
Miss Taylor's domestic science class at the State Normal School staged a quiet woodland vine and flower decoration for April Fools Day. Professors and students dined amid a bower of spring beauty served by students in caps and aprons, leaving the guest professor charmed by the feast and amused by the joke. The community note mentions visits and social events of local figures including Misa Mabel Bramby of Chattanooga and Mrs. Dalton Mitchell of Atlanta, with updates on local residents and returning guests.
The University of Georgia board of trustees plans a January meeting in Atlanta to decide on the University Press and the Peabody library project. Architect Bleckley will confirm when library specifications are ready, and contracts for construction will be discussed along with the press issue.
Miss Jane Baker aged about seventy or eighty was found dead in her bed Wednesday morning near the lower bridge on Oconee Street. Coroner Rogers ruled death due to natural causes likely heart disease. neighbors recalled she was in usual health the night before.
Mr Patman Lester, long ill after a stroke at his Statham home, was brought to Athens on Wednesday for medical care. Friends here express hope for a rapid restoration to health.
Frank J. Carithers, formerly assistant manager at the Athens Oil Mill, has been promoted to a responsible position in the division office in Atlanta and left for the Gate City Tuesday to assume new duties. Friends in Athens congratulate him while regretting his departure.
J M Hodgson of J M King & Co and Turner & Hodgson will divide work between the two businesses. He will spend half his time at Turner & Hodgson and, when at that store, J R Orna will attend to J M King & Co duties.
Miss Ada Davis visits with Pattie Hilaman at Center. Ford McWhorter returns to Franklin county. Daisy Tichnor visits Carrie Hyde in Danielaville. Rath Lively travels home to Atlanta. Lively praised as charming and sociable in Athens. May Simms visits Winterville relatives. Gertrude Scott returns to school after mother’s illness. Mrs. Thomas of Madison at daughter Hallie Thomas’s bedside. Library party for O class nourishes popular readings. costumes idle shows include Hose in Bloom and Daughter of the Regiment. Prizes go to Ida Loyd and Hattie Carswell.
H R Palmer and Sons partners with W J Emith and Bro in a business listing noting collaboration or combined services. The item presents names of firms likely related to a trade or partnership notice and indicates a formal association between the two entities.
Investigating the fire that destroyed W H Eytle’s home the waterworks committee found the engineer at his post when the alarm sounded. Tests show long hose lines from hydrants reduced pressure. proposal to add a junction hydrant and raise plant pressure to maintain 140 feet head. Supt. Wood orders raising minimum plant pressure from 125 to 130 pounds. A neighbor credits Chamberlain’s remedy for a child’s rapid recovery from cramps.
Miss Adelle Jackson and Emory Parr wed at a home near Winterville after eloping from Oconee county. Jackson traveled with her cousin to the cross roads area and then to Athens to obtain a license. The couple now resides with H O Durham Jr and Joe Hansford on the cross roads, while Clifton Dawson accepts the arrangement.
The Keighta Temple new commandery in Athens has organized with Godfrey de Boulogne as the name. Atlanta commandery officers conferred degrees for the Athens group and will start conferring soon on more than thirty applicants. Eminent Commander Billops Phinny leads, with Generalissimo B F Hardeman and Prelate H H Linton among officers. remaining posts to be chosen later.
If you need sash doors blinds brick cement moulding tarned columns balusters brackets or mantels call Lyndon Manufacturing Co. You will get exactly what you need at the lowest price.
A fragment describes the experience of an Arnley line horse Masha, a half blood Arab hunter pressed into Stuart's Black Horse cavalry. The narrative follows the charge, dust, shouts, and the clash of colors as two regiments meet in a vivid wartime scene.
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