The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923, December 15, 1907, Image 11

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THE BANNER, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1907. B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4i4B4a4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4a4B4B4@4gI4B4H4B4B4B44B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4 l SHOES OF QUALITY FOR MEN FOR WOMEN NETTL ETON’S E. P. REED’S NONE BETTER MADE Call and Examine our Stock before you buy. This is all we ask. STYLE, FINISH, DURABILITY Our Stock of Shoes for Women and Children 21 is Equal to any in Athens. THE GUARANTEE SHOE CO. Henry Elliott, Manager. B4B4B4B4B4E414E<>S4g4a4E4E4E4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4B4e4E4S484g4g4g4S4S484H4B4B4 48484340484848484 10 DELAY Interior View of New Store F oom of R. Brandt. The Jeweler. We herewith show an illustnti a of the interior of K. Brand's new jew elry store as it "ill appear in the Southern Mutual Insurance building when completed. In order to embody every modern idea in this store. Mr. Brandt made an extensive tri » last summer through the North and West and visited about :*.r> recentiv j equipped jewelry establishments i:i ;• j riozfn large cities. These i leas m l | plans were turned over to ten f tin . best makers of store fixtures in tie* j I’nited States and the contract given j to the one best rquipped to dcliv* r j the finest job. Some of the noteworthy features are the beautifully tiled floor; the beautiful raised plaster ceiling orna- j mented in pure gold; the handsom * j fixtures made of the finest selected gelid mahogany; the best French plate glass: choice marble base boards, the elegant line plate glass horse-shbe center cases with French curved legs resting on large glass ’ balls, etc. .etc. Th° view illustrates the store as j you enter the front door. On yon- left there is a small room partitioned | off in a handsome manner where all repair work is to ho taken in and given out. Adjoining^.this is t-o ho ihe optical department, which will be most elaborately and completely furnished with dark room, testing in- trie lly lighted in-id i timed i ha; v\ hen th l the lights autmr.at In tin* far corner yo cut glass loom. Th: little house measures * leven feet b twelve feM; tin* wall- are c.»v« r* ! wit 1 large mirrors; the sin Ives a:** pi •!< glass; the ceiling i- finisho-i .e white etiam-l; the nn*t <1 fixtures ;•:••• s lid nickle and tin* room i> lighted hv 1" electric lights. Thi< em glass riMim will hold thousands -t dr.Ihir- worth of glass, and for beauty will r.o be equalled in ’in* <!;»!■*. Th*' a ras«* whiah admins this ill he likewise a striking new f r at present titer** is not like it in Georgia. On the right as you enter the front do r. 's th * di-tmon ! or private stiles room. Th** walls of this room aro wainscoted in mahogany, too. and finished with fun* furniture. All parts of tin* store are ronnect- ed with the office, the shop and each other by automatic ttleplion s. The store is three times as large as the present store room and will he light ed by nearly 200 lights. The office U located behind an i legant partition in tin* rear and hack f this is the shop. ''ill Co uinue Right Through the Clirisimas Hoi* idavs. THE ATHENS CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Corner Pulaski and Dougherty Streets. limb: room Owing t. t.ie large luimhei of stu- ients in at^ n l nee. many coming from so great a distance that thev •ould not afford to go heme for the holid tvs, the Byrne Business Colleges which tire located as follows: Athens Business Ci liege. Athens, Ga.; Fiv- doni i Business (’dlege. Fredonia. Kins.: Capital City Business College. Guthrie, Okla.. Tyler Commercial bdb g<*. Tyler. T« x.. will continue school right through tin* holidays win*, fin* exception of Christmas day for those who do not care to be absent on Xmas week.. This arrangement also enables nc w students to enrell at any day during December, take up the work to the very best advantage and „ continue without interruptioii during th? holidays. Any student who wants to enter and the membership college tat once, hut is hindered from nearly one hundred by The Christian church in Athens was organize d by the lamented Dr. T. M. Harris in the old town hall «»n Wash ington street in May. i*<76. wii.i a bon: a dozen members. T.iis hall was de stroyed by fire in the fall of lv.i.i The church had no regular pr**ac'uin:; until 1SS4. when L. D. Ridgeway was called to sv rv? tie m and was laigel. instrumental in erecting, at that time the present house of worship; though it was incomplete for seve.al \ \i:- on^ account of a small meinb. rship land low fittan?(s. In 1V»:> the pres ent minister. W. A. Coast’tin. wa.-> call ed lo the pastorate and end* avored to put new life into toe orgoniza*ion. Tile Board of Missions co-operate i in supporting a preacher, full time, while toe little hand of lo members undertook to wipe out a debt of more than $0,000 and also to finish the building. By the aid of the good wo men in Augusta First church tin 1 oili er friends this was successfully done increased to 1S'.»9. In Dec. getting the ready cash, owing to the of that var the pastor. \\\ A. Ceas tern porary financial flurry, may coni'* tain. thought, best to resign and was right on to school, bringing such called to the 2nd Church Augusta, money as he has at his command, in During the six years that follow el the form of money order or currency, the Athens church was served by E. and make satisfactory arrangements L. Shelnutt. A. B. Reaves, .1. Crotien for the Ira lance. burger and F. J. Longdon. In Fob. — 1906, Mr. Chastain, who was th a For Parna Violets phone 229. tf, living at Collage Dirk accepted a Rev. W. A. Chastain. call tk> the second pastorate and re turned to the Classic City, where dur ing his former pastorate he found his companion, who has been of inesti mable value in his chosen calling. . Tills church held last. year in the j Moss warehouse one of the most suc cessful meetings ever conducted in jthi scitv—having more than a hun dred accessions—and several months ago began planning another cam paign with the same evangelist, for tin* spring f 190S. The membership now numbers about two hundred and sixty. \Y. A. Chastain, jmstor of the Christian church is a native Georgian and was educate l at l<e.xington. Ky. Beginning there in 1SS5 he t<x>k a four year course and in June 1889 graduate d from the College of the Bible in Kentucky Unversitv. He has been since that time engaged in regu lar pastoral and evangelistic work. He was for two consecutive years, president of the (So rgia State Mis sionary convention and for sometime member and s oretarv of the State Missionary Board and is at present treasurer of the Georgia Christian Education Society. As a preacher he is plain, practical and enthusiastic. He believes that the model church is the evangelistic church and that if , the churches were awake to their I possibilities and obligations there would be not only an elevation of Christian character hut a general de- { > velopment of latent powers and a gradual increase of membership. Mr. | Chastain is nearing the close of his 1 ninth year of service with this church and during these years he has ever inspired the members with hope and courage, taking the position that they .are able financially and every other ! way to do what the Lord would hav* ; them <k>. Nice rooms and board. Bo* Air. R. BRANDT, THE JEWELER Will be Located in the Sou hern Mutual Insurance Co. Building when it is Completed. Has Spent Larjje Amount for Ffvures anJ will b * cne of the Most Complete Mi’cs in the State Tile workshop will bo equipped with a number of electric motors for the different departments; in one de partment they will he prepared to grind all kinds of lenses, so that any one breaking their g! esses can have them replaced within a few hours. In another department, machinery will he installed for working up gold and silver into jewelry <*• tnoiH mounting- ami Tie* most elab •*:: r :• : v made to repair >!: nd American w: • sum. will he .*» turned g<v d condition as if :n< back from the fa :r*rv it* •ert artificers will \\- ’Ids department alone, fieo. th“ snlesrcom an. department \x?U each special force of help. R. Brandt’s .1 welrv | h s be-**- me one of th. Athens, and thousands a ly awaiting the cpeninc h?welry store ns they ar ill kinddia *va «*!» cases par lions will t'uesi Foreign THEsATHENS CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND ITS CONSECRATED PASTOR r:»:**, the o. you in a:; • sane* came • i If. Five ex- empl '.yed in w.iilc thi| of- 1 tlv* have their sf.V>lishtn»*nt wondens of * as anxious- of this .new looking! fo**- ward for th'* completion of the sky scraper itself. R. Brandt's business has grown beyond his own expectations and was accomplished by this most Uiioijougti knowledge ot the business and his ex ceptionally fairminded business 'deal ings with the public. . READY to attend to your wants. DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY. Latest Designs—GOLD AND SILVER HEAD UMBRELLAS—Large Variety Leather Purses and Art Metal C. A. Scudder, Jeweler Hand Bags Goods Athens, Ga.