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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1906

Page

2

Missionary Convention to Convene in City Next Month

The Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies of the North Georgia Methodist Conference will hold their annual convention in this city mid next month. Two hundred delegates are expected, with a four day program featuring eminent Methodist leaders including Bishop Warren A. Candler. The society reports strong mission work postwar interest and continued fundraising and activity.

Society of the North Georgia Conference Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies North Georgia Methodist Conference Christian Church Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the North Georgia Conference Russia Japan Methodist Church Warren A. Candler

Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warns Public

The notice cautions against using catarrh ointments containing mercury as they ruin smell and disrupt the system. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio is mercury free and taken internally. Sold by druggists. price is 75 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio

Full limit given to Robert Spriggs

New York March 27 Robert H Spriggs the man recently convicted of abduction in detaining white women at a resort frequented only by negroes was sentenced to twenty years in state prison Sallie Bennett who assisted Spriggs and pleaded guilty to abduction was sentenced to ten years in state prison

New York Robert H. Spriggs Sallie Bennett Spriggs

A Judicial Privilege and a Fly on the Ear

A southern court scene recounted by Harper's Weekly shows a lawyer invoking privilege and the judge replying with formal restraint. The attorney repeats a statement, the judge denies signaling how he will construe the evidence, and then notes a fly on his ear while asserting the right to remove it as he sees fit.

Harper’s Weekly

Do Not Neglect a Bad Cold

Do not ignore a cold and let it progress toward pneumonia. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy will move your cold and counteract any tendency to serious lung trouble. For sale by H. R. Palmer & Sons, W. J. Builth & Bro.

Chamberlain’s H. R. Palmer & Sons W. J. Builth & Bro

Ninth Southern Educational Conference in Lexington

The ninth annual Southern Educational Conference meets in Lexington Kentucky with May 2 sessions. Notable speakers include Harvard’s N S Shaler and Tennessee’s I Brown Ayres. sessions cover agricultural education and state supervision. The Woodland Park Auditorium hosts discussions aimed at broad educational uplift across the south.

Southern Educational Conference Lexington A. B. Munford I. Kt. Dashiell Richmond E. A. Alderman University of Virginia C. D. Melver State Normal College of North Carolina Woodland Park

Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Pain Says Athens Fireman

J R Allgood of Fire Company 2 in Athens Georgia reports chronic kidney pain diabetes and back trouble eased by Doan's Kidney Pills after trying various remedies. He praises almost immediate relief and urges others to use the product sold by H R Palmer & Sons Drug Store with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as agents. Remember the name Doan's.

Athens J. R. Allgood Fire Company 2 Dean H.R. Palmer & Sons Doan Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States

Georgia Senate Vacancy Sparks Watson Ambition Note

If Hoke Smith were governor of Georgia and a vacancy existed in the United States Senate from this state, Tom Watson would realize his ambition and Georgia would have a populist senator. That is all there is to it. But then Hoke is not going to be gone, for which fact we are thankful.

Hoke Smith Georgia United States Senate Tom Watson Hoke Gonia Géfalstest United States Cuba Wheeler

General Evans Speech at Wheeler Memorial

General Clement A Evans spoke at the Wheeler Memorial in Atlanta detailing Confederate service and postwar loyalty. He praised General Wheeler and urged national unity while honoring Southern veterans and the Union, emphasizing reconciled tribute and civic duty. A late paragraph notes postwar health ad claims for Dr King’s New Life Pills by Cary Maine postmistress Mrs Alexander.

Alexander Cary, Me Dr. King W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons

Hoke Smith Fails to Answer Question in Georgia Stop

Cummings Ga March 27 Hoke Smith spoke with his usual energy until Colonel Wills pressed him on whom he would support if A C Bacon and Thomas E Watson contested the U S Senate seat Smith avoided a direct answer saying contingency might never occur and he could not now say whom he would vote for The crowd appeared less enthusiastic than expected and Smith did not strengthen his local support

Cummings Hoke Watson Mr. Smith

Warrant Requests Tangle in Life Insurance Probe

In New York on March 27 District Attorney Jerome sought arrest warrants for several figures in a life insurance inquiry. Magistrate Mags delayed ruling, demanding proof of a crime before issuing warrants. Jerome planned to submit further deposition tomorrow, with publicizing names tied to Cortelyou Bliss and Perkins noted in reports.

New York Jerome Mags Cortelyou Republican National Committee Cornelius N. Bliss George W. Perkins New York Life Insurance Company

War remarks surface before Judge in Athens governor race silence

Mentioned by Mr. Jerome before Judge O Sullivan in a war warrants case. Magistrate Moss reports no names were discussed with the district attorney. Athens sees no early third candidates for governor touring the state solo. The Columbia Record notes controversy over a nodal secretary for the wife president and questioned appropriations tied to office duties.

Jerome O’sullivan Moss Athens Columbia 8. C

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Robert Spriggs J. C. W. Beckham Kentucky N. 8. Shaler Harvard University Irown Ayres University of Tennessee John W. Yorkes Washington, D. C James W. Robertson Macdonald College St. Ann de Bellevue Canada Seaman A. Knapp United States Bureau of Plant Industry Lake Charles Wallace Buttrick Walter H. Page South Conference For Education In Capon Springs W. Va Winston-Salem N. C Evans Wheeler Memorial Atlanta Clement A. Evans Lee United Confederate Veterans Charthy Joseph Wheeler Union Commonwealth The Grand Army of the Republic General Wheeler National Review Robert Lee Confederacy Elvil Sec Uonal Atrife Gulf of Mexico Gulf Lakes Ssrumbiacs.c. Fs Royster Guano CO Farconics Golden Eagle Edgewood Ave Ue Bese Buggy CO Atlanta, Ga Gus Bacon A. C. Bacon Thomas E. Watson Zotton Colum Ginner LY CO Iwners Columbia, &. C Griffeth Implement Company Athens, Ga Kentucky and Tennessee Holman & Deadwyler Athens, Georgia Juite
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