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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1907
Page
5
The Athens postoffice has reached first class status after receipts exceeded the required annual amount. Beginning July the Athens post office will have more clerks and better service, reflecting rapid city growth. Population now exceeds eighteen thousand, aiming for twenty five thousand by the 1910 census.
Sunday night at her home in Winder Mrs M A Raiden died suddenly after supper. The death was due to heart failure. An aged lady she formerly lived in the city. She leaves six sons and three daughters including Rev W T Bell Stone Mountain R B Bell Cartersville G K B Raiden Ft Worth Texas J T Raiden Ft Worth Tex J M Raiden Honey Grove Tex R J Rodden Folsom Mrs F Rawson Athens and Mrs J H Jenkins and Mrs S H Jenkins of Winder.
A deed transfers a substantial Seaboard property near Pulaski street to Gainesville Midland Co from Gainesville at Athens Construction Co. The lot, valued in the thousands, is described as one of the most desirable city sections. The Banner notes the importance of fine printing.
The current season shows cotton receipts surpassing 106,000 bales with eight thousand bales on hand, much of it unsalable. Wagon receipts total 20,928 and railroad 83,671, while shipments reach 98,310. Local spinners consume 4,548, stock on hand 8,298. Previous season figures are given for Sept 1, 1906 and totals.
A late Saturday fishing party on the Oconeé river near a cemetery sighted the body of an infant surface in the water. The newborn appeared only days old and could not be retrieved. Police were notified Sunday as Chief McKle investigated but found no leads about who threw the child into the river.
Yesterday morning workmen began on two six room cottages for Dr Peacock on Mallory property Barber street. They will feature up to date furnishings and a fine view from the ridge overlooking the country. Mr Percy Huggins will soon start a handsome home on the adjoining lot.
President E C Branson via Crawford chapter of the Granddaughters of the Confederacy makes a neat Easter gift to Rabun Gap School, a generous money donation. The Athens school in the mountains earns high praise from its management for the effective work and the city anticipates prosperity with the Georgia road schedule inauguration.
A Banner visit to Princeton Factory and Mallison Cord Mill notes dramatic improvements to the county road from the city limits to Princeton. Commissioner Holman leads work with a healthful convict camp near Lumpkin Hill, new cooking range, and a top quarry. Challenges include macadamizing beyond the river bridge and transporting a fifteen ton roller, prompting plans to surface, drain, and coat with sand and clay, aiming to macadamize up to fifty miles of road with current funds.
Rev E L Hill, new pastor, inspires high church attendance and energy. Ten new deacons join the old board to form a strong, efficient group led by W C Ash J W Barnett H H Gordon A G Dudley J F Hart Jr T B Hudgin W Morton Bil lups Phinizy C A Talmadge J W Woods. The old board includes A B Erwin H H Linton C A Scudder J E Talmadge Sr J P Campbell R C Orr F J Orr C B Griffith C H Newton.
Chief Engineer Eppes of the Gaines Midland Railway Co resigns and will move to Texas to take a position as engineer with a street railway company. He is regarded as one of the nation’s best civil engineers, and many Georgia friends regret his departure from the state.
Clerks await the usual six o'clock closing on April first though this season the custom is not yet established. Merchants favor the hour but late shoppers between five and six push relief to seven, delaying clerks. If patrons shop earlier, tired clerks would be greatly helped and appreciated.
Former Ath enian Mr Charlie Childers returns to Athens making it his future home. He will join Athens Foundry, his longtime former employer, after years in Augusta Atlanta Cartersville and other cities. Diploma Coffee fresh roasted daily priced at 25¢ by Arnold Abney.
A Kennedy cough syrup with a pleasant taste is endorsed by Orr Drug Co and advertised as a medicine for children. It is said to drive out the cold through the bowels, contains no opiates, and is claimed to be made in strict conformity to a rigid Food and Drugs Law.
Mrs Fannie Connor of Georgetown Tenn credits Dr King’s New Discovery with ending a harsh pneumonia related cough and restoring her weak lungs after other remedies failed. The product is sold by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons with 60 cent and one dollar bottles and a free trial bottle.
Remodeling of the Princeton Factory building has begun and will continue through the summer. Plans include removing the third story, rebuilding a two story wall, adding a large opposite side extension, and under a fat roof. Machinery will be updated though mill capacity remains similar. Manager John White Morton expects most work finished by summer with a six week shutdown to complete the improvements.
Sunday afternoon services at the First Baptist Church marked the funeral of Mrs. Thomas H. Dozier Jr. Many friends attended to pay respects while floral tributes testified to her esteem. Hymns were sung by the choir and Dr. W H Young delivered a heartfelt sermon. Interment followed at Oconee Cemetery.
Mr. Osbourne of New York lectured to the student body on the George Junior Republic last Thursday night. The new piecers were installed at the Y W C A services Sunday night. Miss Sellars spoke encouragingly to the Association at the meeting. Mildred Rutherford Society debated the Evils of Fashion versus Tobacco Habit, with the negative prevailing. Mr. D L Earnest attended the West Georgia Oratorical Contest at Tallapoosa last week. Miss Helen Brewer returned to duties after a pleasant visit in Atlanta.
John Washington of Bosqueville Texas nearly lost a leg from blood poisoning after a spider bite. He credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve for relief after the first application. Available 25 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Son druggists.
Dr G M Fisher of Big Pool Maryland writes that eczema on his face from 1897 cured by Cuticura Remedies. He praises Cuticura Resolvent and Soap, notes sixteen years practice, and authorizes publication of the letter, dated May 24, 1905.
An advertisement touts Cuticura as a complete treatment for pimples and all skin humors. It promotes a three-product regimen using hot water with Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cleanse, soothe, and heal from infancy to old age, claiming a single dollar set often suffices.
Sunday morning the West End Baptist Chapel organized as a regular Baptist Church with Rev Earnest Jennings delivering a sermon on church organization. A presbytery for organization was appointed and officers chosen. about thirty-five applicants were admitted after meeting faith and decorum standards. A preacher will be called soon as the new church begins with strong enthusiasm and a bright outlook.
An advertisement urges guarding health against disease, noting the liver as a common entry point. It promotes Taye Kodol for Dyspepsia to clear the stomach and improve well being, claiming relief under a Pure Food and Drugs Law conformity. Orr Drug Co. sells it.
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