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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
3
Mrs Laura S Webb describes health gains during menopause and credits Wine of Cardul with easing menstrual pain and delaying negative effects. She urges others to begin treatment now, claiming it re establishes healthy functions and has saved thousands of sufferers.
Georgia Educational Association will meet on Cumberland Island off Brunswick from June 28 for a three day session. Prof D O Barrow treasurer will read a paper on Arithmetic with other Athens faculty including KO Branson Mell and Wooster. The program lists meetings lectures papers and discussions across June 23 to 25 with music and round tables for teachers and administrators.
The Troop Artillery Association held a meeting in Athens on Saturday with H H Carlton and W Motes among the attendees. Members discussed preserving Confederate memories, rosters, and funeral honors, adopting a constitution, and electing officers led by H H Carlton as president. The group plans monthly meetings and an April 24 annual gathering, dating to the 1861 war muster.
In 1903 a meeting is planned with coupons available ten days later. Coupon tickets will only be sold at regular coupon offices. In small towns, arrange tickets with your local agent days before the meeting date. Buy tickets and have baggage checked through to Cumberland Island.
An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as the remedy for summer ailments. It boasts stomach toning, better digestion, blood cleansing, and nervous system strengthening, citing a testimonial from J. D. Tripp of West Kennebunk Maine who claims recovery after three bottles and urges others to try the product.
At the Presbyterian church meeting in Athens the vote to not accept Dr. J. W. Walden's resignation was 90 to 82. A committee was named to inform him and urge withdrawal while the paper expresses hope for church unity and wider inclusion.
Through Mrs. M A Lipscomb permission the Athens Woman's Club offers two scholarships at Lucy Cobb Institute for two years One for county applicants and one for city of Athens Applicants face a competitive exam to qualify for the Junior class Papers go to the educational committee for merit review Past two years Miss Isabel Hilsman and Miss Lena Bird from Athens held these scholarships and performed well The exam is in the Latin room Margaret Hall Institute on September 7 at 10 o clock Applicants should send names to Mica Elizabeth J Watt chair educational committee.
Mr. Marion Watson died Monday morning at four o'clock in Winterville after a four week illness. He was eighty four and longtime resident and Baptist church member. He leaves four sons and four daughters and served in Lumpkin's battery during the Civil War. Funeral held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Winterville Baptist Church with Rev. W. M. Colle officiating and a pallbearer group of fellow veterans.
Mrs M A Lipscomb will resume the principalship of Lucy Cobb Institute at the opening of next September. Miss Mildred Rutherford, her sister and former principal, will visit Europe and Palestine before returning, not to come back until January. The two have led the institute for over twenty years, building it into a premier girls finishing school. Preparations for a notable commencement are underway with many visitors expected and events promised to be especially attractive.
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