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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1906
Page
3
Daily and exception schedule details list trains in Athens Georgia serving the Lula Branch. No. 262 departs 7:00 a.m. mixed. No. 240 departs 12:45 p.m. first class. No. 218 departs 6:00 p.m. first class. No. 201 arrives 1:40 p.m. mixed. No. 220 arrives 5:45 p.m. first class. No. 211 arrives 10:15 p.m. first class.
The Southern Railway issues summer travel rates effective May through October with various group dates. Stopovers allowed on return journeys within ticket limits, deposits required for extensions, and agents notified for stopovers. Rates include conventions and conferences from June to July in Hot Springs, Athens, Swannanoa, and Atlanta, with sale dates in June and a final limit in July. Contact R W Sizer, Gen. Agent, 106 Clayton Street, for details.
Atlanta rumors suggest Captain ZB Moon may enter the city council race from the second ward. Moon and his supporters held a quiet meeting as they weigh the prospect. Moon declined to discuss the matter but did not rule out a future decision.
An article explains kidneys filter blood and remove impurities. unhealthy function causes backache, headaches, and other symptoms. A farmer, Joseph Wilson, credits Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co with curing his backache and restoring normal urine, recommending the product.
Charlotte dispatch reports thirteen men named Niven Johnson Lewis Dunn Jones Bowman Meacham Martin Timmons Dunn Guiledee Robems jailed in Wadesboro on murder charges after the Monday lynching of John V Johnson. Additional warrants expected. Trial set to start tomorrow, with guards surrounding the jail as authorities pursue more arrests. The piece also contains unrelated medical blurb and local ads.
Savannah chamber of commerce meeting endorses a regional immigration convention to recruit Georgians, South Carolinans, and Floridans amid severe labor shortages in farms, railroads, sawmills, and turpentine plants. General Superintendent Riddle of the Atlantic Coast Line announces the resolution and railroad support.
President Harvie Jordan leads Southern Cotton Association officials at a meeting in Jordan, Mississippi to review state by state acreage estimates. The South totals 27,634,718 acres planted, up about 2.29 percent from 1905, with labor shortages and late crops reported in several states including Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi, and North Carolina.
Chas. Oswald of Rennesselaersville New York testifies arnica salve Bucklen’s Arnica Salve prevented blood poisoning and cured a severe neck sore in Seth Burch. It unites antiseptic healing for cuts wounds burns and sores 25 cents at local druggists W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
In Columbus Georgia June 1 a jury convicted John Small a Negro youth of burglary and recommended a misdemeanor sentence. Judge Little rejected the verdict and sentenced Small to ten years in the penitentiary.
Advertises Dr King s New Life Pills as best gentle regulators of stomach and bowels. Sold by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons druggists for 25 cents.
Atlanta Governor Terrell directed Attorney General Johnny Hart to sue the Atlanta Terminal Company and the Atlanta Baggage and Cab Company to abate their monopoly at Terminal Station. The move follows a petition from independent company attorneys representing the Travelers Protective Association and city residents. A suit will be filed in superior court to restore access to baggage checks and end the dominant position of the two firms.
A vivid night scene describes a pirate balloonist wheeling above Cleveland then dropping to abduct a pedestrian and robber his victim at leisure. The piece shifts to a testimonial note praising Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a household staple with local sale details.
The annual meeting of policyholders of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company will be held at the company's Athens Georgia office on Tuesday June 5 at 11 o clock in the morning.
In Montgomery West Virginia on June 1 a 5 year old boy, son of Robert Maroney of Cedar Grove, Kanawha County, was tied to a stake and burned by playmates imitating a Red Men pageant. Shavings were placed about his feet and lit, clothes caught fire, and the child died despite initial rescue.
A cold eyed customer secretly praised a hat while paying fifteen shillings, then told a companion she would have paid twenty five if warned, proving the value of crafty advice and prompting a wary shopping lesson. The story, cited from Tit Bits, shows how perception and price can clash in a small shop.
Raleigh reports High Point officials of the North Carolina Caseworkers Association meet tomorrow to discuss a price increase for furniture in the state and Virginia. Secretary Field cites sharp rises in wood and glass costs for mirrors as the reason. The industry encompasses about forty five large factories and many smaller shops, with High Point as the central hub.
A wealthy father shows off newborn twins to friends and staff. Coachman John quietly evaluates the babies, leaves, then returns the next day and correctly identifies one child, telling the parents which twin to keep. The humorous moment contrasts with other odd notices and ads in the clippings.
Dr Elias G Brown the medical examiner for defective school children in New York City reports malnutrition and nervousness linked to diet noting coffee and tea as stimulants harming children. City Superintendent William H Maxwell discusses the findings in his own report urging parental education.
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