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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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