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Athens Weekly Banner

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Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1913

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Prof John C Koch Resigns From University Of Georgia

Prof John C Koch resigns from the University of Georgia civil engineering faculty where he taught good roads engineering. He will study medicine at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for four years and plans to join the public health service afterward. He contributed to road building, bridge construction, and county guidance in Georgia and the Philippines.

John C. Koch University of Georgia Koch Johns Hopkins Baltimore University and Hospital Philippines Good Roads School of Engineering Athens

Inspectors Check Up Athens Post Office Operations

Inspectors from Augusta and Atlanta arrived in Athens this week to conduct a thorough annual audit of the Athens post office. Multiple inspectors are reviewing books and records, with routine, unannounced visits noted over the years as part of ongoing inspections.

Athens

Fifth Congressional District Ag School Moved In State

Monroe Ga Sept 4 The Fifth District Agricultural and Mechanical School began its fall term with eighty enrolled, sixty three boys and seventeen girls. Dormitories full and students placed with neighbors. Opening chapel featured Rev W A Chastain and remarks by State School Superintendent W N Sheats on regional growth and life preparation. Editor Caldwell welcomed students and invited church services. Visitors included Sheats, James Sheats, Garrett, Chastain, and Caldwell.

Monroe Agricultural and Mechanical School W. A. Chastain W. N. Sheats Florida

Keeping the Banner Straight If It Has to Be Done from Outside

A visitor praised the Banner’s new Smith Building site on College Avenue stating its surroundings offer strong protection. He notes nearby Baptist church, seven story building, solicitor general offices, judges, city hall, police, post office, and county courthouse within easy view.

Smith Building College Avenue Baptist Church Superior Court Post Office United States Newman

Judge West Sentences Boy to State Reformatory

Ed Saylers, a small white boy, pleaded guilty to stealing and was sent to the Milledgeville State Reform School by Judge West of the city court. The judge spoke of the sentence as a painful duty and expressed hope it might bless his future, noting five other boys had earlier been sent to the reformatory.

Ed Saylers Reformatory West Milledgeville

Pay As You Enter Cars to Replace Street Rides in Athens

Athens implements pay as you enter on streetcars, remodeling existing cars and adding two new steel cars for winter service. A double Boulevard-Prince line schedule will speed loading, curb crowding, and curb rushing by students, with conductors aiding boarding and alighting. The change aims to smooth transit on busy occasions.

Athens Boulevard-Prince

Athens Chamber seeks rail service restoration to Tallulah Falls

Callaway of the Athens Chamber of Commerce will spend today collecting affidavits from station locals at Commerce to file complaints with the railroad commission. They protest the Athens Tallulah Falls Frank Liz line for absent schedules and inadequate equipment, aiming to press for action.

Callaway The Atheny Chamber of Commerce Commerce Railroad Commission of Athens Tallulah Falls Frankliz Railroad Commission

American English and French study by Prof Payne title

Prof W O Payne departs for Harvard for months of history study then Cambridge England and Paris Sorbonne. He holds leave of absence from the university to pursue a year focused on American English and French history enhancing his philosophy of history teaching.

W. O. Payne East Harvard University Cambridge England Paris Sorbonne Chicago University Columbia University Feerich America Old Cambridge

Paint and Eczema Ads In A 1900s Page

A mix of old promotional lines on paint used to deter water and improve appearance plus a skin care ad for Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment and a testimonial. Also includes a cold remedy endorsement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a Tipton Iowa reader note.

Samh E. Doncan Tipton Iowa Chamberlain All Deaters Ady

Atlanta Car Car Line Franchise Renewed For Athens Route

A called meeting of the mayor and council granted a renewal franchise to the Atlanta Car Railroad Company for a line from Watkinsville through Lumpkin street and University property to Cemetery and Baldwin streets, then to Oconee and Foundry and on to Athens Terminal at Broad and Foundry. The plan requires work within a year and full service within three, with capital believed in hand. The project aims to extend Atlanta to Augusta via Athens, expanding trade and city prospects, with local merchants promising support and the Banner backing the promoters.

Atlanta-Carolina Railway Company Watkinsville City Lumpkin Street University Central of Georgia Railway Company Cemetery Street Baldwin Street Thomas Street Oconee and Foundry Athens Broad and Foundry Streets Atlanta Augusta

Strengthen Weak Kidneys With Electric Bitters

Don’t suffer longer with weak kidneys. Electric Bitters offer prompt relief praised by many. A San Francisco man reports his wife was cured when other remedies failed. Also aids indigestion and biliousness. Price 60c to $1.00 at local druggists W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons.

John Dowling San Francisco W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons Atly

Market Reports Expanded by Banner This Morning

The Banner highlights fuller market quotations and improved service daily. Diarrhoea cure claims are presented as a testimonial for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a Virginia reader noting quick relief.

Banner

Athens Presbytery to Meet in Jackson County Soon

The Athens Presbytery, covering fourteen counties, plans a September 16 meeting at Thyatira church in Jackson County. Local ministers and delegates from thirty four churches will gather to decide important matters. The presbytery includes Athens First Church, Gainesville, Toccoa, Commerce and other congregations with four to five thousand members total.

Athens Presbytery Athens Kingdom of Righteousnes South Clarke North Carolina South Carolina Jackson County Athens Presbyterian J. D. McPhail First Presbyterian Church Thyatira S. J. Cartledge Prince Avenue

Young Lad Henry McCune Runs Away From Home

Andy McCune of Southern Manufacturing seeks his fifteen year old son Henry McCune who left home Tuesday week. Henry wore a blue serge suit with short pants and carried a brown suitcase. He wove at the mill earning ten to twelve dollars weekly, saving some money, and may be headed toward Abbeville or Anderson in South Carolina. The boy left just before the Athens to Atlanta train passed through on the morning of the eighth.

Andy McCune Southern Manufacturing Company Abbeville Anderson 8. C A. L Athens Henry McCune

Reverend Lynch Returns From Mountain Trip

Hundreds of friends greeted Rev. Dr. James W. Lynch back home yesterday after a month away. He spoke of a delightful stay in the mountains and finds the fishing good.

James W. Lynch

City Court Terms Change for Jefferson Judge Sets New Schedule

A legislative act shifts Jefferson City Court terms to the second Monday in March June September and December with the September term beginning September 8 1913 and filing day August 19 1913. The notice names G A Johns as judge and calls for practitioners jurors witnesses and parties to note the new schedule. A separate ad promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a safe laxative with a testimonial from Mrs M Dunlap of Leadill Tenn and local retailers listing price 26 cents.

Jefferson City Court of G. A. Johns Dr. King

University Gets Davis Library

William M. Davis of Macon presents to the University Law School at Athens a rare law library in memory of his father Buford M. Davis and brother Bryan M. Davis. The donation follows Davis family ties to the university with the library to be installed by the new school term. The article also notes families prominent in Macon law and lists several local probate and guardianship notices from Clarke County.

Macon Buford M. Davis Bryan M. Davis William M. Davis Georgia University Law School Athens Sylvanus Morris The State University University Law School Davis Bryan B. Davis

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Faculty OF Georgia Agricultural School Agricultural High Ag. High University of the State State College of Agriculture Madison C. J. Martin Boone Mill State Reformatory Rnlroad Commission Devoe Devor. Talmage Hardware Co Interurban Railway Co Yorke M. E. Gobbart Oriole Addy Egbert Burns Custon Barnett J. D. Méphate First Baptist Church Clarke County Lens Morton Wyets Annie B. Morton Lena Ebb Morton Sach County R. C. Orr Rosa Wallace T. W. Wallace T. W. Waestete Omion ORR Jo We Noell Jennie Noell
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