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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
5
Lexington judge P W Davis is expected to run for the Northern circuit judgeship. Friends and supporters pressure a race as he is a well known former city court judge with a high bench record. Col D W Meadow may also seek the post and a heated primary race is anticipated in the circuit.
Rev H C Ostrome shifts from Presbyterian missionary plans to head the Lay man’s Missionary Movement with Atheng as its headquarters He will tour multiple states across the South directing a large-scale effort described as one of the greatest movements inaugurated in the region
G W Brock, publisher of the Aberdeen Enterprise, recalls that Chamberlain's Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured bowel complaints quickly and safely. He has used and recommended it for twenty years with consistently good results. Available from local druggists H R Palmer & Sons Warren J Smith & Co L P Canning and E C McEvoy.
The Canton ceremony honors President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley with a grand dedication at the pink Milford granite mausoleum on West Lawn Cemetery hill. President Roosevelt attends with Vice President Fairbanks and Supreme Court Justice Day among speakers. The National McKinley Memorial Association oversaw a $500,000 fundraising campaign and a $100,000 endowment. Construction began 1908 under H. Van Buren Magonigle, mausoleum rises 108 feet high with a 200 foot long stairway leading to the tomb.
Joseph Bazett fourteen years old drowned this morning while swimming with other youths at Mell's Landing Savannah Georgia. He had been pulled from the water briefly unconscious around half an hour earlier and revived before returning to the sea where a final rescue attempt failed as the tide swept him away.
The plan includes terraced landings forming a grand approach to a mausoleum finished in Knoxville marble with a black granite sarcophagus. A long artificial basin mirrors the facade, flanked by two drive-through rows for an unobstructed view, and a portrait statue by Charles H. Niehaus towers above the stairway.
Thousands cured by Hyomei call the inhaler a pocket sized physician. The portable kit includes the Little Pocket Physician and a Hyomel bottle, offered by HR Palmer & Sons at 1.00 with a money back guarantee if it does not cure catarrh.
Emory College in Oxford Georgia reports Prof. W L Weber has left to become president of Centenary College in Shreveport Louisiana. Dr A B Wise arrives to join the Emory faculty as head of the English department and will begin duties Tuesday morning. Weber helped establish Weber athletic field and the dining hall system, earning wide respect. Wise comes with strong recommendations and takes over English duties.
McKenzie and Deleon of Atlanta have taken over the erection of the University of Georgia agricultural hall. Architects Dougherty and architect are reviewing preparations as foundations begin. Buildings will be brick with terra cotta trim, ready by September 1908. New barns for dairy operations are planned with a model sanitary dairy to serve students and Athens residents. President Soule aims to assign six faculty to distinct departments to oversee all college work.
The old saying applies to a sore burn or wound treated with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It clears piles and strains and leaves them unseen. Guaranteed by W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons Drugstore, 25 cents.
A special mayoral committee favors a Jackson street property known as the Ash property for temporary school quarters, aiming for occupancy within days. Deeds are being prepared, with city and company attorneys to review before formal transfer and company organization. Public details to follow next week amid rumors, as residents urged patience and support for the venture.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools will hold its annual session on November 7 and 8 in this city with about fifty eminent educators and University of Georgia in attendance. The program is not yet set but will cover school and college management topics, with special focus on university and high school work.
An eight three year old Dublin Georgia woman thrives on Electric Bitters according to W B Benison who notes she has used them two years with good appetite and strength The ad also touts benefits for female weakness debility stomach liver and kidney troubles and kidney pills from DeWitt and others at 60 centserd.
American Telegraph School offers positions by telegraphy training to graduates. One railroad company requested a claim for qualified operators, advertising Box 614 Milledgeville Ga for enrollment and job placement.
Nathan Dean, a Black man, stood before Judge Young on kidnapping charges. His brother acted as prosecutor while the kidnapped child was the niece. The defendant had sent the girl to his son’s home in Oconee County, sparking the case. After evidence, the brothers decided to settle and the case was dismissed.
Dr A J Battle aged 81 longtime Georgia educator and former Mercer University president died at daughter Mrs T S Lowery’s Vineville home after weeks with typhoid fever. A Tuscaloosa educated tutor and president of Tuscaloosa Baptist College and Judson Female College he later led Mercer then Shorter College Rome. Survived by daughter and two sons.
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