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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1907
Page
1
A Texas city mayor reports a branch commercial college seeks Athens Georgia as its location. If established, about one thousand students may attend and spend significant sums monthly. The Chamber of Commerce and city officials will coordinate and respond.
At the State Normal School oyster fete Friday evening the orchestra led by Prof. Charles Stanage will present a varied program. It includes marches waltzes intermezzos and popular songs with titles such as March Clubs are Trumps Iris Little Kinkies Dancing on the Veranda and The Geisha Girl. Also tonight the S A E fraternity will hold a dance at Harawa hall to compliment friends.
After a meeting of the Soquee tribe Improved Order of Red Men officers and local hotel men discussed hosting the Grand Council of the order when it meets in May. Delegates from about 150 Georgia tribes and 100 to 150 ladies from the Grand Council of the Pocahontas degree will attend the convention in this city, with the local tribe showing strong interest in the event.
E B Epps general manager of Athens and Gainesville Construction Co now absorbed by Athens Terminal Co arrived from Savannah where he attended directors meetings. He denied any Southern Midland deal and said Savannah meeting set terminal work with Seaboard railways. Mutual operation terms for both lines into the city were arranged.
Chairman Hodgson of the agricultural committee of the eighth congressional district school has called a trustees meeting in Madison on February Mth to discuss plans for new buildings and contracts. Nearly every district in the state has set contracts and trustees in this district will close theirs next Thursday. Piles of people have Piles. De Witt's Carbonized Witch Hazel Salve offers relief with warnings about imitations and stamps on each box sold by Orr Drug Co.
Rev E J Hill of Eufaula Alabama, recently called to the Presbyterian church in Athens, arrived Wednesday night and stays with Mrs J K McDonald. He will preach Sunday morning and occupy the pulpit Sunday evening. His family will join in about two weeks as the community welcomes the new minister and his family.
The University baseball team plans an inter-class match between Freshmen and Juniors this Saturday weather permitting. If rain delays, the game will move to Wednesday. This is the start of a ten game series sparked by class rivalry after recent banquets.
The Gainesville Midland Railroad held its annual meeting and named officers including George J. Baldwin as president W W Mac Frank J Crohran as secretary Edward L Douglass as treasurer and vice presidents. The road was reported to be in a most prosperous condition.
Yesterday Joseph L. Hull as receiver for S. H. Buchwald sold the entire Buchwald stock to M. Farbstein. The business had already closed, and Hull had entered negotiations for sale at once with Farbstein as the highest bidder.
Dr H H Sweet of Louisville who lectured at the University library last night will stay to conduct evangelical work among students today tomorrow and Sunday. He will also address the Y M C A afternoon service in the city. All are invited to hear him.
Advertisement for DeWitt’s Orr Drug Co markets an "Early Riser" pill claiming headaches fade as you grow wiser. The copy touts safety and reliability for common headaches with a nod to daily use.
Reports show Hall and Gwinnett counties contending to host the Ninth District agricultural school. Hall proposes 200 acres of land and 10 000 county cash plus Gainesville 5000. private donations bring Hall’s total to about 25000. Gwinnett mobilizes 200 acres and 10000 cash with Lawrenceville press urging strong support.
At the Bes sie Mell Industrial Home monthly meeting Mrs Flani gen served as treasurer and secretary pending an election to succeed Mrs Adams. The report shows expenses totals including wages purchases coal and wood and a balance on hand. Annie Laurie Mell was elected treasurer. Margaret Jones to sell garments weekly. three new members joined the Home.
Mina Mildred sce cford has complied with the request of the Mildred Rutherford Literary Society of the State Normal School and will repeat her delightful lecture on Rip Van Winkle at the institution at an early date.
Yesterday at 3:30 the University held tryouts for the coming season. The Havana car hall was secured for training the nine with lectures on game science and demonstrations. Players will be tested for the squad and soon cage work in pitching catching and bat handling will start. Coach Stouch hopes to build a strong team from the material available.
Mr Robert H Harris of the Harris Parkinson Co now showing at the Colonial is a son of the late Congress man Henry R Harris of Georgia. His father served as representative from the fourth district. Harris keeps Georgia as home and runs three companies and a Bloomington Alabama opera house. Ed B Thompson of near Watkinsville visited the city yesterday.
Property owners on Broad Street between the dispensary and Foundry Street near the excavation for the Galneaville Midland and Seaboard terminal seek details on street and sidewalk plans. They ask whether Broad Street will be stepped down or cut to grade to align with the proposed terminal buildings and Georgia depot.
The Tennessee legislature approved two hundred fifty thousand dollars for Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville. Combined with a one million dollar Peabody Education Fund gift and other sources, total state and private endowments exceed 1.7 million dollars for the current year with further donations anticipated upon permanent endowment.
Petition in Clarke County Georgia seeks incorporation of Canadian American Gold Mines Limited by William Murray and others of Winnipeg and R K Reaves of Athens. Requested capital of one million dollars with authority to increase to one million five hundred thousand, to mine and operate mines mills ditches water powers and related works, to hold land and issue stock, borrow money, and form a board of 5 to 11 directors with Athens as principal office. Filed February 7 1907 by attorney E K Lumpkin and clerk E J Crawford.
A peculiar fundraising notice from Tuckston School in Athens Georgia invites friends to a sock themed event at the school on February 22 1907 with a penny donation twice each wearer shoe size and a playful warning to bring a sock and a friend the note signed by principal Misa Wesley 44 R F D No 1.
Capt B B Landers deputy A 8 marshal of Gainesville brought Ell C Giles and Sim Ivey two alleged White county moonshiners to town yesterday. They faced bench warrants for illicit distilling and posted bond before J Comer Moore for appearance at the next term of Judge Newman's court.
Mrs Eva Uncapher of Grover Town Stark Co Ind credits Dr King's New Discovery with curing a severe cough after four one dollar bottles. The testimonial notes the remedy heals throat and lungs and is sold by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Son druggists with trial bottles free.
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