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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1906

Page

3

University of Georgia baseball to northern tour under Carmichael

Manager Carmichael has outlined a spring trip for the Georgia baseball team. The Red and Black face Clemson in Clemson to start the trek, then Washington and Lee, VMI, Naval Academy, George Washington, Virginia, and a two game stand at Charlottesville. The schedule pairs the road trip with a Georgia Washington Lee debate in Lexington on the same day.

Carmichael Georgia Clemson Washington Lee University Lexington V. M Naval Academy Anapolis George Washington University Washington, D. C University of Virginia Charlottesville Washington Lee Uiversity

Hill at Bowie Tex grows twice as big as last year

Local note highlights W. L. Hill, from 90 to over 180 pounds, crediting Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds after a severe illness. He claims complete cure after 12 bottles. Advertisers promise trial bottles free with price 60 cents and 1.00.

Bowie Tex W. L. Hill Dr. King W. J. Smith & Bros H. R. Palmer & Son

Governor Terrell Plans Washington Trip for Georgia Schools

Governor Joseph M. Terrell will leave Sunday for Washington to discuss Georgia congressional district agricultural schools and seek increased government funding for agricultural stations and experiments. He then travels to New York to confer with George Foster Peabody on Georgia education plans for the coming year.

Atlanta Joseph M. Terrell Washington Agriculure Wilson Congressional Georgia Agricultural College Athens New York George Foster Peabody

Athens Cotton Receipts Near Hundred Thousand Bale Mark

Receipts of cotton in Athens approach the hundred thousand bale threshold for the season, with eighty thousand bales already on hand and fifteen thousand more than last year at this time. The rise is driven by railroad shipments, as Athens receives far more cotton via rail than previously. The table shows stock on hand as of Sept 1 1906, with total receipts by wagon and railroad and shipments and stock on hand, though figures are partially obscured in the record.

Athens Mente Wsanu Wat Raihoad

Beware Mercury Ointments Warn Catarrh Cure Ad

Public health cautions against mercury in catarrh ointments and praises Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Cure taken internally and claimed to act on blood and mucus surfaces. Also mentions sale by druggists and Banner fight for better schedules. Boifeuillet contributing column in Macon Telegraph adds notable reading for Georgia readers.

Phyallana Hall Toledo Ohio F.4d Cheney & Co Drogeista Price John T. Boifeuillet The Macon News Telegraph

Farmers Club Sets Regular Meeting Schedule and Lectures

The Clarke County Farmers' Club met at Dr. H. C. White's office on campus and set a fixed date for monthly meetings. Beginning next year meetings will be held on Friday before the third Sunday, with January featuring talks by Prof. A. Rhodes and Prof. J. M. Hohnson on soil preparation.

Clarke County Farmers’ Club H. C. White A. Rhodes State Normal School J. M. Hohnson University

Fulghum Appointed General Agent of the Georgia Road

Mr H H Fulghum of Augusta is named general agent of the Georgia road and will assume the post on the 26th. Mr C D Cox, long time general agent, becomes auditor for Athens Electric Railway Co. starting January first. Cox departs after valued service. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised by W L Rawls of Bells Tennessee for nasal catarrh relief. 36c at W J Smith & Bros H R Palmer & Son, Druggists.

H. H. Fulghum Augusta Georgia Road Pulghum C. D. Cox Athens Electric Railway Co Cox Tennessee W. L. Rawls Bells, Tenn W. J. Smith & Bros H. R. Palmer & Son Drusists

Athens Hardware expansion boosts four floor storehouse

The Athens Hardware Company has leased the building’s upper floors, expanding to four occupied levels with over two hundred thousand square feet in use. A new elevator links four sections, enabling full access to a now unified, expansive operation. The firm, among the largest in the South, serves many traveling sales reps and supports a broad headquarters staff in Athens. The company’s prosperity underpins its extensive regional reach. Also noted is a forthcoming bill to create a state Board of Regents overseeing University, Normal School, North Georgia, Agricultural College, and Georgia Industrial College for colored youths, with Governor-elect Hoke Smith supportive of the reform.

Athens Hardware Company Athens General Assembly Board of Regents University State Normal School North Georgia Agricultural College Georgia Industrial College Savannah New York Hoke Smith Eject

Fireman Bradley Remembered as Steady Soldier

Fireman W. Bradley who lost his life after jumping from an engine near Carlton is praised as a splendid soldier. Captain McCurdy, longtime Clarke Rifles captain, recalls him as a diligent drillsergeant and one of the best drilled men in the company despite living far from the city.

Bradley Carlton Capt. McCurdy Clarke Rifles

Southern Cotton Growers Association Elects Officers

The Southern Cotton Growers Association held its regular meeting at the University of Alabama campus with Dr H C White addressing theory. Officers for the year were elected: Wa A Jester president J T Crowley vice president and secretary treasurer, and James W Morton named to the National Cotton Growers convention in Birmingham January 17. Crowley named as delegate to the Georgia state convention in Atlanta January 3. The group reported a prosperous condition and heard several encouraging talks.

Southern Cotton “Gir Association H. CG. White Ares Wa Birmingham J. Crowley Atlanta

Book Reviews: La Mere et Son Chat and Related Works

A review roundup lists La Mere et Son Chat edited by Freeman Josselyn with notes and vocabulary, Ritchey’s High School Manual Training Course in Woodwork, Davison’s Practical Zoology, and Davison’s biology text. Descriptions cover content, format, pages, prices, and the practical classroom value, noting illustrations and diagrams.

la Redolliere Freeman M. Josselyn Docteur de _l'Univeraire.de Paris Boston University Price American Book Company New York Cincinnati Chicago Ritchey B. Ritchey R. T. Crane Davison Alvin Davison Lafayette College American’ Book Company Dment Fism

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Michael Brothers CO Michael Brothers ‘Co Manager Carmichael Trp Dael Vere Oerhay Terrell Wilson H. M. Adams Henrietta W. J. Smith & Bro Chamber of Commerce Veesseesevereeree Eee AGIST A . Fulghum Santa Claus Tutt Cotton Growers’ Association Rhe
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