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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
2
The Athens Banner urges creation of county police to protect women and promote hotel development. It warns against state convention overstepping by naming three judges for the new court of appeals and calls readers to support the hotel fund and city growth. The notice links hotel expansion to local safety and economic progress.
The Clarke Fulton county district urges commissioning more rural police to protect women and children from assaults by roaming black offenders. The call cites recent crimes in Fulton and Atlanta as justification, argues tax increases are worth safeguarding families, and endorses adding officers despite cost. Also notes political appointments and local editorial stance, with a segue to promoting Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for home use.
A nervy tramp tells Mrs Hayskeep he is “attached to dogs” as she warns him to leave. The Philadelphia Press reports the exchange as a tense moment in a local back yard.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as emergency relief avoiding physician costs. It promises rapid recovery in colic and dysentery and lists H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro as sellers. The piece also includes a quoted humorous exchange about complaints to a restaurant waiter and a note on fine printing from The Banner Leads.
Georgia shows a vast rise in tax returns for 1906 with county digests up by 40.4 million and corporation returns up 6.9 million, totaling a 46.6 million gain and boosting state revenue. Early figures place total digests at 535.3 million and corporate at 89.2 million with notes on Jenkins and Toombs counties.
Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M meets the second Thursday monthly at Masonic Hall Clayton street all Master Masons invited. St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at 8 at Castle Hall Max Joseph building corner Clayton and Wall. Keystone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons meets third Tuesday at 8 in Max Joseph building. Glenn Lodge No 75 I O O F meets Tuesday at 8 in Carlton building Jackson. Williams Lodge No 151 I O O F meets Monday at 8 in Carlton building Jackson. Athens Lodge No 790 BPOE meets Wednesday at 8 30 at lodge quarters Broad and Lumpkin. Soquee Tribe No 54 ICRM meets Thursday at eight in Knights of Pythias hall.
George Thurmond offers 175 acre farm four miles from Athens on river road toward Jefferson. Features a good dwelling, strong well water, barn, crib, cotton house, shade trees, and pasture up to the house with three tenant houses. Land yields one to two bales per acre, includes 25 acres bottom land and timber for the place.
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