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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1913

Page

3

Cherokee Life Solvent Says Insurance Commissioner

State Insurance Commissioner W A Wright declares Cherokee Life Insurance Company solvent with policy holders protected. No evidence of corruption found as receiver bill looms over prior claims. Office work Sunday rules clash with industrial clerical needs amid religious and moral film debates in Atlanta.

Atlanta W. A. Wright Cherokee Life Insurance Compaany Cherokee Life Insurance Company B. B. Brooks State Insurance Commissioner Wright Cherokee Life State Insurance Department Buttolph

Resurrection Proof Highlighted by Judge Cobb at Church

Judge Andrew J Cobbs sermon at First Baptist Baraca class argued the resurrection of Jesus is among history’s best established facts. He contended that even Napoleon era skeptics doubted historic figures, while Christ’s rising has more substantiating evidence than Alexander the Great’s existence and exploits.

Baraca First Baptist Church Andrew J.cobb South Supreme Bench State of Georgia Jesus Cobb Napoleon Christ Alexander the Great

Wife of laborer enters Topeka mayoral race

Special to the Banner from Topeka Kansas dated March 24 covers a volatile municipal campaign. The mayoral race draws the focus as Mrs May Taylor, wife of a laboring man, becomes the surprise candidate challenging four male rivals in a primary. Initially dismissed as a joke, her bid gains serious attention as votes approach.

Topeka Kans May Taylor Taylor

Ladies With Him Alone Prevented His Arrest

Visitors at the Agricultural College grounds were warned not to pluck flowers. A man with two ladies took flowers, was warned by the foreman and a special policeman, laughed at them, and was not arrested. Authorities ordered arrests for future offenses and cessation of the activity.

Agricultural College

Follow Me: diverse paths to conversion at YMCA meeting

Rev. J. Cartledge spoke at the Colonial opera house on Follow Thou Me, outlining three conversion types from sin to salvation. He contrasted emotional experiences of Paul and the jailer with calm calls like Matthew and John, noting Jeremiah and John the Baptist as lifelong sons of God. The address stressed that God calls people in various ways, with genuine faith expressed by love for God’s will.

J. Cartledge Young Men's Christian Association Colonial Opera House Mr. Cartledge Jesus Christ Matthew Apostle God Paul Phillipian John Jesus Jeremiah John the Baptist

Dr Coleman Operated For Appendicitis At Home

Early today an appendicitis operation was performed on Dr E M Coleman at his brother George Y Colemans Cloverhurst avenue home. The procedure was successful and the doctor rested fairly well with friends hoping for a quick full recovery. Mrs Taylor campaigns for union wage and minimum hours for city workers.

Georgia Sunday School Convention Set for Elberton

The Georgia Sunday School Association holds its annual state convention in Elberton from April 22 to 24 with over twenty five leading Sunday School workers as speakers. Delegates from white churches will elect three delegates plus the pastor and superintendent. a 50 cent registration gains home lodging. Railroads offer low round trips as preparations proceed.

Georgia Sunday School Association Elberton John J. Eagan Atlanta J. L. White D. D Macon John D. Walker Sparta Education M. L. Brittain Frank L. Mallory H. M. DuBose C. A. Rowland Athens W. D. Upshaw W. M. Wilcox State Sunday School Association Elberton Committee

Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful to Athens Resident

Mrs. J. D. Garrison of 372 S Thomas St Athens Ga testifies she suffered kidney trouble with back pain fatigue and disturbed secretions before using Doan's Kidney Pills. After two boxes she felt much better and reaffirmed her praise in 1911. Product sold by dealers everywhere price 60 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the Same Dean's and take no other.

Athens Mra J. D. Garrison S. Thomas St Dean Doan Garrison Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States

Fanny Crosby Celebrates 93rd Birthday in Bridgeport

Bridgeport Conn March 24 Fanny Crosby the blind hymn writer marks her ninety third birthday anniversary in good health and active in her work She has written more than 6000 hymns widespread in the English speaking world She was educated at the New York Institute for the Blind where Grover Cleveland was among her teachers She married Alexander Van Alstyne in 1868 who died in 1902 and has since lived with a niece in Bridgeport

Fanny Crosby Bridgeport Conn New York New England Miss Crosby New York Institute For the Blind Grover Cleveland Alexander van Alstyne Thiity

Olympic 1S Largest Ship Afloat After Modifications

Belfast March 24 The 45000 ton Olympic the world s largest steamship afloat left for Southampton to prep for New York voyage a week from Wednesday. After four months in Harland and Wolff drydock she gains an inner hull expanding the double bottom to form a hull within a hull to make her upsinkable. Engineering experts say she could weather an accident like the Titanic with only the outer hull affected.

Belfast Southampton New York Harland and Wolff

Egg Hunt at the White House in Washington DC

An army of Washington's children invaded the White House grounds for Easter Monday festivities. President Wilson and family watched from the portico as youngsters rolled colored eggs and played games on the grounds from morning until afternoon with full run of the grounds.

Washington D. C White House Wilson Executive Mansion

Gonna Go Lightly Minstrels at the Colonial March 31

George Evans and his Honey Boy Minstrels draw a large female audience with Charlies Hilliard’s performance as Chiomeyanna Golightly in De Go Lightly Guards Reception. Hilliard appears as an alluring octrooon beauty in costly gowns, drawing wonder and envy from women.

George Evans Honey Boy Charlies Hilliard de Go Chioeyanna Golightly Hamtown Alu Cicero Didimus Jones Woof Woof

Metropolitan Opera in Atlanta to be Successful

Atlanta hosts a major southern season with Caruso Toscanini and the new opera Cy rano drawing broad interest. Reservations spread from Savannah Macon Augusta Rome Athens and many other cities across the region and Texas party trips converge on Atlanta for opera week starting April 14.

Metropolitan Opera Atlanta South Caruso Toscanini Savannah Macon Augusta Rome Athens Valdosta Columbus Columbia Charleston Jacksonville Montgomery Greenville Tampa New Orleans North Carolina Texas Georgia

Easter Day at Emmanuel Church Fetes Choir of Boys and Men

Easter services at Emmanuel Church drew large congregations with elaborate chancel decorations. A 25-member choir led morning and evening music after six months of training under Mr R L Ayers, delivering refined intonation on the offertory anthem Awake Up My Glory. The rector praised the choir and presented gold stick pins to the younger sopranos and altos for their faithful, selfless work, naming Fleming Nickerson Frank Sizer Charité Beat Arthur Wood Francis Short Norman Nickerson Jefferson Eppes Hugh Harris Chase Talmadge Bruce Carrier Jack Wilkins Albin Dearing John Chipley William Eppes and Reuben Cain as recipients.

Emmanuel Church R. L. Ayers Fleming Sim Nickerson Frank Sizer John Chipley William Eppes Reuben Cain

Your Own Little Town After All Poem and Hearing

The piece opens with Douglas Malloch’s poem praising the charm of a small town and its valued memories. It shifts to a report from New Orleans dated March 24 about Louisiana railroad hearings in Shreveport Chamber of Commerce suit seeking a uniform mileage rate across the state.

Douglas Malloch New Orleans Louisiana Shreveport Chamber of Commerce inLaouisiana Polm

Great Antiseptic Pain Believer for Man and Beast

A fragmented notice promotes an antiseptic liniment labeled for both humans and animals. It mentions Mexican Mustang Liniment and slogans about pain relief, with garbled text suggesting oils and soaking action.

Farmer Item Derailed by Stray Memory Fragment

A fragmented OCR note from a farmer describes a memory lapse and stray letters, hinting at a garbled record or diary entry lost in transcription. The text shows indecipherable names and a jumbled sentence structure, reflecting early drafting or archival damage.

Easter crowds fill Atlanta streets on a gala Sunday

Traffic officers report more than 200000 people on Easter Sunday in Atlanta with crowds along Peachtree and at parks country clubs golf links and tennis courts. Pedestrians and motorists overwhelmed Five Points as the day drew on.

Atlanta Alinta Triffics

Julian Hawthorne to Serve Term in Prison

Atlanta dispatch states Julian Hawthorne son of the famed novelist will serve his prison term in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He will be invited to contribute to the monthly prisoner edited publication. Previously Hawthorne achieved success as a journalist before his mining stock venture failed disastrously.

Atlanta Julian Hawthorne Atlanta Federal Penitentiary Ben Hawthorne

Ninth District A. and M. Beats Piedmont College 4 to 1

Special to the Banner. Clarkesville Ga March 24 In a hard fought game the Ninth District A. and M. School defeated Piedmont College here by the score of 4 to 1. Sumpter Westbrook Jordan Blackman and Mize starred for the farmers while Loseby and Cunningham played good ball for Piedmont. Batteries A. and M Blackman and Sumpter Piedmont Cunningham and Luffman Shorty Brooks former Georgia star is fast developing a good team at the agricultural school.

Clarkesville Piedmont College Sumpter Westbrook Jordan Blackman Mize Farmers Loseby Cunningham Piedmont Batteries Luffman Shorty” Brooks Georgia Star Agricultural School

Amateur Billiard Honors Open National Clase A Championship

Philadelphia hosts the national amateur Clase A billiard championship in 18.3 balkline, opening tonight at the Union League club under the auspices of the National association. Top players from across the country compete for the title and honors.

Philadelphia Union League

Athens Eyes Spring Training Return for Big League Teams

Athens regrets losing the spring training camp and hopes several big league teams return next spring. The piece mentions George Stallings and weighs which team may come, expressing optimism for a future year.

Athens George Stallings

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