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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1916

Page

4

Dorsey Speaks At Athens Rally In Record Audience

Jan. Hugh Dorsey of Atlanta, candidate for governor, addressed a capacity audience at Moss auditorium last night. He outlined his platform, touted education and pensions, opposed sale of the W. and A. Railroad, urged a state board of efficiency, and defended his record against Hardman and Pottle claims while pledging loyal, no-pardon administration. The event drew delegates from Clarke, Oconee, Madison, Oglethorpe, Jackson and other counties.

Hugh Dorsey Atlanta Moss Auditorium Dorsey Club Athens Clarke County Oconee Madison Oglethorpe Jackson Franklin Hart Walton Barrow Gwinnett Wilkes Greene Morgan Dorsey Col T. F. Green Harry Hodgson Louis Camak J.D. Bradwell Lamar Rucker J. L. McLeroy E. H. Dorsey R. G. Davis J. F. Payne Blantof B. Forteon C. R. Dobbs Green Wilson Democratic Party Georgia Grey Milledgeville Millegeville State Board of Efficiency Treasury Board of Efficiency Pottle Harris Hardman Macon Telegraph Great Britain Ror Harri Neill Law Nelms Texas Innesees

Cottontown Mother Praises Foley’s Honey and Tar

Mrs Ada Sanders of Cottontown Tennessee writes that Foley’s Honey and Tar is the best and only cough remedy for her two little girls. She says it relieves colds hoarseness tickling throat bronchitis hay fever asthma and croup. H R Palmer and Sons advertise the product.

Ada Sanders Cottontown Tenn Foley H. R. Palmer & Sons Adv

Getting to a Basis for Real Conference

Secretary Lansing says personal rights and interests of Americans in Mexico must be considered in a permanent US Mexico settlement. The conference to begin soon in New London will test for trust. Louis Cabrera of the Mexican Commission says the goal is exactly that.

New York Mexco United States Mexico Lansing Aald

Governor Harris 10 to Speak in Athens Saturday Evening

Clarke County Harris Club announced Governor Nat Harris will address voters and the ladies of Athens Clarke county and surrounding country at 8 o'clock Saturday night in the Colonial Opera House. He will also speak in Social Circle and Monroe Saturday morning and afternoon before arriving in Athens. A band will be engaged and local interest runs high.

Clarke County Harris Club Nat Harris Athens Colonial Opera House Social Circle Monroe Harris

Japanese Chinese Crisis Deepens as Demands Spread

Secret demands pushed by Japan to China following a clash at Chong Chistun threaten Chinese authority over Inner Mongolia. Washington reports risk of a broader crisis that could draw the United States into regional conflict. Tokyo also cites another clash at Chaoyangpa with heavy Japanese reinforcements.

Associated Press Washington China Japan Chong Chistun Inne Mongolia United States Tokio Chaoyangpa Mongolia

Son of Athens Receives Highest Chemistry Honor at U Chicago

Dr Howard Cartledge son of Rev and Mrs J Cartledge of Athens has earned a Doctor of Philosophy magna cum laude from the University of Chicago. The degree, the department’s highest honor, came after graduate work there. He declined three offers and will return to Presbyterian College of South Carolina as head of Chemistry and Physics for three years.

Son of Athens Department of Chemistry University of Chicago Howard Cartledge 5. J. Cartledge Ed University Georgia Cartledge Presbyterian College of South Carolina Eevee Todt

Argument Reached In Jim Smith Estate Litigation

Gainesville Ga Sept 4 Before Judge J B Jones the new turn of the Jim Smith estate litigation reached the argument stage and the hearing was continued to next Saturday Intervenors seek injunctions to restrain the ordinary from naming permanent administrators and to appoint a receiver The hearing on permanent injunction is ongoing at Gainesville Also mentions kidney remedies and a note about the state s Georgia seeing fever

Gainesville J. B. Jones Northern Jim Smith Sallie Smith Habersham James M. Smith

Chafin Arrested In Wife Murder Near Athens

The Clarke county jail housed Thadeus Chafin after his arrest Sunday for the murder of his wife near Lexington. He was moved to Atlanta in the afternoon amid rumors and a wide public interest. Investigators seek the timeline between the phone call, his movements, and the alarm. The case draws intense local attention as theories and details emerge about the brutal death.

Thadeus Chafin Lexington Athens Clarke County Watkins Ogiethorpe Scott Jackson Atlanta Hancock Cook Oglethorpe Anto Chafin Fulton Tower

Doan's Kidney Pills Ad in Athens Notice

Delay is dangerous in Athens declares an urgent ad for Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. 8. F. Davis of Cobb Street credits two boxes with back relief and reduction of kidney symptoms amid a price of 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY advertises the remedy.

Athens Dean F. Davis Cobb St Doan

NEXT PRESIDENT Hodgenville Visit Turns Into Campaign Rally

President Wilson arrived in Kentucky to honor Lincoln and avoid politics, drawing vast crowds who turned the event into a campaign moment. He accepted the Lincoln log cabin for the federal collection, amid cheers and calls of him being the next president.

Hodgenville Wilson Kentucky Lincoln

Former officer found dead near Atlanta river

In Atlanta on September 4, G. Plumer Brown, former assistant treasurer of the Empire Trust and Safety Deposit Company, was found with a bullet wound in the head in the Chattahoochee river. The coroner's inquest could not determine if the shooting was self-inflicted. Trust Company officials said Brown's finances were sound and friends noted he had recently traveled to Ellijay to visit his sister.

Atlanta G. Plumer Brown Empire Trust and Safety Deposit Company of Chattahoochee River Here Trust Company Brown Ellijay Georgia

Foley's Honey and Tar Advfor Respiratory Ailments

Every sufferer should know Foley's Honey and Tar is a reliable remedy for coughs colds bronchitis hay fever and asthma. It stops racking coughs heals raw inflamed membranes loosens the phlegm and eases wheezy difficult breathing. H. R. Palmer & Sons.

Foley H. R. Palmer & Sons

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