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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1907
Page
7
The Athens Daily Banner lists carrier delivery options with annual, six month, and three month rates plus a weekly and Sunday edition. Payment options include cash in advance, express, money order, or registered letter. subscribers should report late or missing deliveries to the business office to address issues.
In Athens the death of Mr. Thomas P. Oliver is noted as a loss to the city. The column comments on economic concerns, freight rate politics, and upcoming projects including a new pump for Atlanta. It mentions Henry G. Davis’s marriage speculation and a freight rates article by Joseph M. Brown. The piece notes a life insurance charter and upcoming Christmas shopping advices.
The Birmingham Age Herald opposes a merchant tax to cover saloon deficits and supports a three dollar per head street tax. It notes railroads seek federal waterway improvements as freight moves outpaced by business growth, and outlines Democrats aiming to win the next House majority to influence government spending.
An editorial calls for a state wide crusade against carrying concealed pistols following the murder of Officer Manier in Atlanta. It urges swift arrest warrants for armed suspects, harsh penalties, and tribunals to deter concealment and cites the Jamestown Exposition funding as a secondary concern.
A witty Southern line echoes in the Aulanta Constitution mock dialogue about Satan’s heavenly fall. It questions why a fallen angel could not endure prosperity, using sharp humor to critique vanity and downfall.
Notable events listed include the Siege of Quebec in 1775, Jefferson Davis taking a Mississippi seat in 184, Joel Chandler Harris born in 1848, Robert E Pattison born in 1850, and the Ring Theatre fire in Vienna in 1981. Also noted are the Immaculate Conception proclamation, Vesuvius eruption, Grant ordering Sherman on Vicksburg, and a Chilean church fire with large loss of life.
A brief clipped item from the Louisville Courier Journal quotes an optimist and a pessimist debating fashion or attitude with a humorous edge. The exchange hints at personal change and repeated challenges in a lighthearted tone.
The Athens Hardware Co. sells hardware and cutlery with items like guns woodenware garden hose lawn mowers and ice cream freezers. Located at 243 and 250 Broad Street the business provides a range of household goods.
Archbishop William Henry O Connell born in Lowell Massachusetts December 5 1s. He studied in Boston College North American College in Rome and was ordained in Italy. He served as rector of the North American College and Bishop of Portland before becoming coadjutor to Archbishop Williams of Boston with right of succession.
A mixed OCR snippet lists events and figures including Sierra Leone founded as an asylum for destitute Blacks, Moritz Netzsch born in 1857, the King of Sardinia’s abdication in 1798, Peru’s 1824 independence, a Texas annexation bill around 1844, Father Matthew’s death in 1856, Ezra Cornell’s death with birth in 1807, and a 1871 cotton mill strike in Atlanta.
The Kentucky senator Thomas H. Paynter, recently seated in the U S Senate, was born December 9, 1851, in Lewis County. A Center College graduate and 1873 law entrant, he served Greenup County as attorney, was elected to Congress in 1888, became Kentucky Court of Appeals chief justice, and is linked to the Beckham wing of the Democratic Party. He succeeds J C S Blackburn in the Senate and is described as a commanding figure and brilliant lawyer.
S Woolever a leading merchant of Le Kaysville New York testifies Amica Salve cured his piles eight years ago. It heals every sore wound burn or abrasion. Sold for 25 cents at W J Smith and Bro and H R Palmer and Sons drug stores.
A historical note describes Kennedy's laxative cough syrup as a gentle bowel aid that helps expel a cold, claimed to be free of opiates or narcotics and available from all druggists.
State news notes Senator Clay of Georgia introducing two prohibition measures and questions if Jim Griggs will gain House support. Other papers report Senator Bacon proposing a Chattanooga to Brunswick canal plan and a joking remark on canal boomers. Local items joke about fall weather and a Macon bar sign predicting a drug store fate.
A Banner note praises a peach and prune shipment to Athens while Weston the walker touts prunes for athletes. The Times-Recorder likens Gov Comer to the Georgia Railroad Commission and a News-Herald item discusses an expansion of power. Reports from the second district hint at a walkover for Griges with Roddenberry backed by Hoke Smith in a looming primary.
The Dublin Courier-Dispatch notes Governor Hoke Smith named many delegates to the National River and Harbors Congress. Atlanta supplies a third of the delegates although distant from navigable rivers. No town or county along the Oconee received representation. Athens Greensboro Duplin Mountenon Lumber City and other Oconee towns were given the marble heart.
Noting that digestion depends on useable food and that Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets invigorate stomach and liver, the ad promises improved appetite strength endurance and a clearer mind. Price 25 cents samples free. For sale by Palmer Sons Warren Salt Canning McEvoy Orr Drug Co Athens Ga.
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