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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1909
Page
1
A race riot era report describes Mack Cheney, a Black man employed by Southern Manufacturing, seizing Mrs Morris near a ditch. She screamed, fled to a neighbor’s yard, and neighbors Mr Argo and Mrs Argo stirred help as Cheney was tracked down by witnesses.
Public sale chart details outline bids for a property action on DaManopck Avenue. The notice mentions general terms and the local sale action but lacks clear dates or participant names in the readable text.
On February 1 a sharp decline in alcohol sales was noted across the city. The list of druggists filling prescriptions included Orr Drug Co., E. C. McEvoy, W. J. Smith & Bro., H. R. Palmer Sons, and L. P. Canning, with a total of fifty six prescriptions filled during the month.
Fannie Bullock a Negro woman was tried yesterday on a writ of lunacy sworn out days earlier. The case occupied much time amid a thorough examination. It remains unclear if Mayor Dorsey will proceed against Cheney on a felony charge of attempted criminal assault or remand to state court.
A youth named Oscar Davis was arrested yesterday for allegedly swindling Kent, a boy described as older. Kent reportedly provided money and a bottle of whiskey in the incident, and the boy waited as police intervened.
A letter to Mayor Dorsey discusses syndicating an article about Athens in major papers abroad to boost the city’s profile. The writer asks for photographs of notable local items such as the world’s self-owning tree and a two-muzzled cannon, plus any similar city objects, promising to share clippings in return.
Commissioners yesterday awarded Smith Construction Co. $2540 for torn down old houses to replace with one large and two or three smaller homes. Materials from the old house will be reused. A cook will be provided for the poor. Mitchells bridge road work to Bogart continues beyond Mrs J W Wier’s farm. right of way not yet adjusted. Metal pens for vaults will be bid. electric lights to be installed at the courthouse with suitable fixtures. Commissioner W S Holman was absent.
A local movement seeks compensation for horse-related losses under Union lines amid alleged parole violations by Lee's Army. Committee chaired by B. J. Bondurant plans swift action with railroad officials to secure a union station for Athens. May 30, 1909, is the filing deadline for claims.
Dr G R Glenn president of the Dahlonega college is among guests of the Georgian. He attends a conference this morning with Chancellor Barrow and Dean Snelling of the University on matters pertaining to his institution. Glenn is noted as a prominent Georgia educator amid earlier taxing charges at North Georgia college.
Athens cooking school offers limited tickets for a class with an eager group learning to cook. Tickets sold at Palmer's Jay-Pastry with items like timbales cheese pastries muffins beverages and croquettes including oysters in the menu.
The Georgian Hotel entered its second day of operation with a lively lobby and satisfactory patronage. Workers were finishing small details left unfinished, and in the next week or ten days the premises were expected to be in perfect order.
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