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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1905
Page
5
Judge Richard B. Russell adjourned Clarke County Superior Court after a strong request from merchants and farmers due to heavy business. The court will reconvene on the second Tuesday in December, December 5, to continue all business pending.
The Saturday Book Club begins its ninth year with over six hundred books in its library. Each year eighty to one hundred new books are added. Dues are one dollar per year, due now to the treasurer. The club, started by young Indies, aims to secure top fiction at a nominal cost and enjoys high reading value. Membership is currently eighty.
At the October 1 meeting of the board of directors of The Mutual Life Industrial Association of Georgia the office force was reorganized with W. S. Johns as auditor G. L. King as cashier B. B. Parrish as book keeper Parrish formerly served at Fourth National Bank of Atlanta and Chas W Lyles of Brunswick becomes private secretary to J A Darwin General Manager and Secretary and Treasurer The changes indicate the company is performing well businesswise.
Earnest Jester, a popular 16 year old at Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, N Y, was elected to a Y M C A officer post and won a prize for rapid work. The college supports a strong football team and Jester now manages this term’s form.
Mr. George Mayne a well known Oconee county resident has moved to Athens and joined Bell Bros Marble Company. Mr. E. B. Dobbins also of Oconee will move to Athens January 1 after purchasing an interest in Bell Bros Marble Company. Both are described as energetic and of high character and will receive a warm Athens welcome.
Sixteen well known Athens citizens tee off a golf tournament at the Country Club links with play lasting through Thursday. Interest runs high as the field competes to determine the winner and possible entry to national play in New Orleans next May. Players include J. D. Mell C. I. Mell J. H. T. McPherson H. H. Linton R. E. Park C. A. Scudder Walton Griffith S. V. Sanford W. H. Bocock Morton Hodgeon C. M. Strahan R. L. McWhorter C. B. Griffith John Morris W. D. Hooper and Harry Jones.
Jefferson Ga Oct 9 The Martin Institute enrollment rises rapidly with nearly three hundred pupils already enrolled the largest start in school history. Principal H M Ivy and his staff are praised as attendance is expected to exceed five hundred by spring and may double within twelve months aided by the new railroad extension to Athens Ga.
The Athens post office publishes a list of unclaimed letters requiring one cent additional postage. Names include males such as Allen Jnc H, Bobo Walston, Bryant Sidney J, Crosby Geo H, and females such as Larnett Miss Sarah, BreMon Miss Lily, Collins Miss Null, Hill Mrs Ben, plus miscellaneous items 1003 Chase St and the Victor Manufacturing Co. The notice is signed by W. Fleming P M.
A couple from Jackson county, J L Hunter and Miss Sweet Cooper, asked Rev. George E. Stone to wed immediately. He performed the ceremony beside the church as people left, declaring them husband and wife.
Three prize bouts on the cruiser Tacoma in Brooklyn Navy Yard drew 500 sailors and 60 officers. The first bout Lin sky vs Beetham ended in a draw after four rounds. Shaffer stopped Dormerius in the sixth round, with the ship’s surgeon aiding the unconscious Dormerius. Adm Evans promotes boxing as drill, with Lieut Hanrahan arranging the events and a $300 purse distributed among winners.
The state convention of the Christian churches of Georgia will be held in this city November 6 9. Delegates from churches across the state will attend to conduct church business and hear speakers from national missionary boards. Reservations for hosting delegates should be reported to C T Hussey or G F Stephenson. Sessions are open to the public and all are invited.
An antiseptic dressing speeds healing of wounds bruises and burns before inflammation and lowers risk of blood poisoning. Chamberlains Pain Balm is promoted as an antiseptic that reduces pain swelling and recovery time and supports home first aid. Sold by A R Palmer & Son and W J Smith & Bra.
Athens faces a regular freight blockade with railroads unable to move the surging shipments. Cotton dominates the load, with September receipts around twenty five thousand bales, while other goods also run heavy. Merchants report strong fall business, but the backlog will take time to clear as rails push to move tendered freight.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy statewide convention meets in Macon October 25 to 27 during the Farmers Fair and Live Stock exposition. Major Walter A. Harris and Mrs. Walter Lamar will give welcomes, with receptions planned and tea at Sidney Lanier home. Local officers include Mrs. J W Wilson president and Mrs. Duncan Brown secretary.
The adjourned meeting of the city council yesterday dealt mainly with routine matters. It approved installing an electric lamp on Jackson street by the old cemetery and relocating the light near Hull and Waddell streets to illuminate both thoroughfares. Hot water boilers will be installed at the firemen's halls for winter use. The session then adjourned.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference fines of ten words in phrases linked to President Pain. Context unclear and no concrete events or entities clearly identifiable.
A memorial service at Stone's Chapel honored the late Judge F W Lucas a Baldwin street Sunday school teacher and regular prayer participant. Friends heard tributes from Judge George C Thomas and J P Fears with solos by Jeesye Butler Hallie May and others. The Sunday school issued resolutions praising his humble service to children and his Gospel life, noting his absence will be deeply felt in church and community activities.
While surveying eight miles from the city, J F Charlton, a young white man, cut off a finger while felling a small tree. He applied a cloth tourniquet to stop bleeding, was driven to Athens, where Dr Dillard performed amputation of the dangling finger portion. The injury was painful but not life threatening.
A Philadelphia boy, Harry Scheibel, ten, was near death from cerebro spinal meningitis when Dr. Otis L. Wingate punctured the spine and injected anti toxic and a carteret rod. The treatment relaxed the rigidity, restored consciousness, and his condition improved markedly. The article also includes a church resolution and obituarylike notes, plus medical claims about the carteret rod and a brief medicines ad fragment.
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