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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
7
Readers seek lively tales and humor in a monthly palavery as Athena Cigar Store advertises a patchwork cover sale. Citizens look for engaging content to lift spirits and keep boredom away.
Nearly five hundred teachers from southern schools and colleges gather in Atlanta for the nineteenth annual Southern Educational Association meeting. Sessions open at the First Methodist church and feature talks on school grounds, environment, and high school work with civic and social education topics emphasized. The program covers public sessions, negro education, and the annual address by P A Claxton. Mrs McRaney of Prentiss credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with relief after kidney and bladder trouble.
Spokane hosts the Washington Educational association as members take possession for the convention. A record attendance is expected with reception tonight at the Masonic Temple. Prominent speakers include Cornell University president Seaurman, Dr E O Sisson of the University of Washington, Miss Ida Bender of Buffalo, Dr Charles A McMurry of the Illinois Normal School, and H Yoder of Tacoma, the association president, delivering tomorrow morning.
Mrs A C Williams of Backy says a grave yard cough nearly killed her until Dr King's New Discovery relieved coughing and restored health gaining 58 pounds. The ad claims the medicine cures coughs colds and lung throat diseases and prevents pneumonia. Sold with guarantee at local druggists 60 cents and 1.00 trial bottle free.
Shawnee Oklahoma on December 29 hosts teachers assembling for the second annual state convention. Three days of sessions feature addresses by Governor Haskell State Superintendent Cameron Guthrie Principal C H Roberts Ardmore and Charles Bryan of Ardmore Central Normal and other prominent figures.
Athens readers welcome the new First Baptist pastor Rev Millard A Jenkins arriving this week. He will preach his first sermon Sunday at eleven. A multidenominational welcome service follows at eight that evening with leaders from several churches speaking. The arrangements committee includes Judge Andrew J Cobb B H Dorsey and Geo H Hulme. The program features hymns prayers scripture readings and a series of denominational welcomes concluding with Rev Jenkins’s response.
Mrs. W J Hammond widow of a distinguished Georgia figure died at home on Piedmont avenue after pneumonia followed by a sinking spell. She leaves sons Theodore Hammond and others, with sister Mrs J D Turner at her bedside. funeral plans unreported.
Chicago dated note cites G F Bassett predicting extinction of Civil War veterans in 1950 with 347 alive in 1930 and only 23 ten years later. The last survivor would die in 1960, stated by capable observers. The fragment then shifts to a poem about a veiled lady in a touring car, noting curiosity about her appearance.
Mt Vernon Lodge of Masons observed St Johns Night with a large attendance. New officers installed include W A Capps as Worshipful Master and W M Pittman as Senior Warden. Past Master H R Palmer received a jewel. speeches by Rev M L Troutman and Past Master Troy Beatty highlighted the ceremony.
Tom Hammond, one of four men shot near Statham on Christmas day by Silas Thurmond, may lose his leg. The hip wound shattered bone and could require amputation. success of the operation remains uncertain. Thurmond, who fled, says he will surrender soon to authorities.
Huntsville Alabama December 29 Captain Milton Humes a well known lawyer and capitalist was found dead beneath his bedroom window Physicians and a coroner jury ruled he died of apoplexy after breaking two panes to gain air He had several cuts but no blood indicating death upon impact Also an advertisement touts Chamberlain s Stomach and Liver Tablets with testimonials from David Freeman and lists local drug stores offering samples
Across southern Italy devastation from earthquakes tidal waves and fires claims tens of thousands of lives. Mount Etna erupts as relief efforts falter King Victor Emmanuel rushes to the zone US consuls and diplomats report missing officials and widespread destruction France Britain and Russia send ships while Rome appeals for aid.
Col H C Erwin of Cobb Irwin, representing Athens clients, returned from Cheraw S C where he attended Judge Watts hearings. Judge Watts in Columbia on Dec 29 announced receivers would be appointed for Seminole Securities, stock allegedly bought from Southern Life Insurance at high price with extra agent commissions. Bond set at 50000, no receivers named yet. Seminole capitalized at 300000.
Aleck James, a colored man, is jailed in Clarke county after the mother of a young child swore out a warrant alleging he beat the child and took it from her home. James says he regards the child as his grandchild and has occasionally taken it to his home, while the committal trial is set in a few days.
Ollila Peeler a white youth was arrested on a warrant by Harrison Edwards a colored man for shooting Edwards son. The boy reported a air gun accident with a single nonlethal shoulder wound, trial held by Judge Foster, bond set at 100 dollars, and Peeler released after binding over.
In Commerce Georgia on December 29 at five o'clock at the bride's mother Mrs Jennie Barber Truitt home Lauree Trust and Joseph H Holbrook were married by Rev Robinson pastor of the First Methodist Church. Miss Truitt daughter of Mrs Truitt has been a prominent social figure in Commerce while Mr Holbrook operates a leading hardware firm Holbrook Brothers. The ceremony and decorations created one of the most impressive weddings in local society.
A Buffalo man Leo F Zelinski of 68 Gibson says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured a severe cold sore. He applied it once daily for two days and saw the sore vanish. The product offers a cold under guarantee at local drug stores for 25 cents.
John Pickren, longtime nightwatchman for Frazier DeFoor Lumber Company, died instantly after shooting himself in the head Saturday evening at his home. He was seated by the fireside talking with his wife when the fatal shot was fired. he left a wife and two children.
The intense itching from eczema and tetter is quickly eased by Chamberlain's Salve. Many severe cases have been cured. For sale by H. R. Palmer & Sons, Orr Drug Co., Warren J. Smith & Bro, C. McEvoy, L. P. Canning.
Will Bowden, son of C. C. Bowden, was wounded by an accidental pistol discharge at his boarding house in Atlanta. While cleaning the weapon he lay across a bed and the shot struck his left cheek, passing near the nose but not entering the brain. He was treated and remained at home with physicians expecting no serious complications.
A fire at the corner of Fourth and Water streets destroyed the home of Jack Owens, a colored man, shortly after three o'clock yesterday morning. Owens escaped with smoke and flame filling the room, saving only a few furnishings as the blaze overwhelmed the structure before firefighters could save it.
The force under City Engineer Barnett finished laying the new water mains. The last mains on Nacoochee avenue were completed with possible few small lines remaining. Mains now cover Barberville, Lumpkin Street agricultural hall area, the new compress property, Boulevard, and several side streets, extending water supply to a larger portion of citizens.
Birmingham December 29 figures from internal revenue show a drop in Alabama in the year after prohibition. Collector J O Thompson noted the totals for 1907 were 438038.40 and 1908 149149.88, with whisky revenue the prior three years 25000.07 in 1906 26000 in 1907 and 15000 in 1908.
Nearly 10 000 songbirds and fowls fill Madison Square Garden for the twentyeth annual New York Poultry Pigeon and Pet Stock association exhibition. Main floor hosts fancy chickens turkeys ducks and geese while platforms nearby display pigeons rabbits and delicate breeds. Foreign birds this year are notably more numerous than in prior years.
A bizarre claim promotes “Dr. King’s New Life Pills” as painless cure, promising removal of the appendix by a car goon. The ad sells the product for 26¢ at W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons drug stores, touting relief from constipation headache billows ness and malaria.
The city starts laying new sewer mains immediately aided by arriving materials. The initial sewer will run on Broad street from the old dispensary to Foundry street, followed by the River street bridge to western city limits main. Lateral sewers will progress faster and should be ready by next summer.
The brick abutments for the new steel bridge over the Oconee at Broad Street are finished and will be capped with stone. Steel work depends on February 1 delivery by the steel supplier. The bridge will rise five feet above the old height to clear high water.
Atlantic City hosts the fifty fourth annual New Jersey State Teachers association gathering with seven hundred teachers present. James Bryan of Camden delivers the opening address as president. Speakers include Miss Mary Louise Arnold of Simmons College and Charles H. Morse of Massachusetts on industrial education. The convention runs three days.
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