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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
1
Katie Davenport a Clarke County resident was arrested for larceny after stealing Ike Jackson's clothes and household goods while Jackson was jailed for selling whiskey. Davenport carried the items to Elberton and was apprehended there. she faces trial on the larceny charge.
Lamar Wilkins was arrested in Madison on a state warrant sworn by Talmage Hardware Co. He allegedly took a company order and left Ath ens three weeks ago without paying, claiming no intent to defraud. He previously worked as bookkeeper for J. M. Rogers before moving to Madison.
The ad promotes JELL O as an instant dainty dessert with seven flavors and a 10c package. it cites a Boston Transcript quote about a quarrel and marriage. It urges readers to buy JELL O from grocers and warns against substitutes while asserting compliance with Pure Food Laws.
A Georgia Clarke County legal notice records a petition to amend the charter of the Deep Rock Ginger Company to expand capital to ten thousand dollars, subdivided into one hundred dollar shares, with power to increase to one hundred thousand dollars later by stock vote. The document, dated March 1908, seeks incorporation under the amended charter for twenty years with renewal rights and governing by the original by laws.
The Athens cotton season shows receipts near 110000 bales with wagon gains of about 8000 bales over last year and slight railroad declines. Stock on hand now 16511, compared with 22958 or more at similar times last season, while shipments reach 89751 against 93210 earlier.
Indianapolis reports 250000 coal miners refuse to work awaiting wage settlement between United Mine Workers and operators. While not aiming for a prolonged strike, temporary suspension occurs as districts align on new scale amid open winter and stockpiles. Also notices publicize Clarke county road creation and local goods from The Huggins China House.
The university announces May 4 and May 5 debates with Washington and Lee and Tulane respectively in the city, and a North Carolina debate at Chapel Hill next week. Georgia team members are E. O. Smith of Gainesville and Y. B. Smith of Atlanta. The April 8 campus contest decides who will represent the university in Tulane and Washington and Lee debates, reflecting growing student life and training.
Representatives of the people's party and reform bodies gather in St Louis to nominate a presidential candidate and adopt a platform at an Olympic Theater convention. Thomas E. Watson of Georgia is the leading presidential hopeful with talk of South and West support. The convention plans include no fusion with old parties and emphasis on the money question and direct popular nomination.
For sale two good farm horses offered by J H Huggins and Son of Athens Georgia Cash or on time terms Gentle Annie described as reliable yesterday but durability not guaranteed with certainty
In a Washington letter ex-senator Hon. Butler praises Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble, calling it a wonderful medicine and tonic. He cites catarrh of the stomach as the cause of most dyspepsia and urges eradicating catarrh with Peruna, offering to mail orders for one bottle or six bottles prepaid from The Peruna Drug Mfg. Co.
Washington April 1 The long expected correspondence between the United States and Venezuela on pending claims was submitted to the senate and is seen as reaching a critical phase Secretary Root’s presentation and the president’s action have focused attention on the case The foreign relations committee has a tentative program including a prohibitive duty on Venezuelan coffee excluding asphalt from Lake Bermudez and authorizing the president to take necessary steps to negotiate with Venezuela.
The ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease swollen or tired feet and painful shoes, claiming it cures aching feet, corns, bunions, and blisters. It offers a trial package free and lists Le Roy New York as the address, urging readers to buy from druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
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