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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1903
Page
1
Miles Ford, a Black man, is arrested after resisting a tax enforcement scene with Officer Bradberry on a Broadway Thomas Street route wagon. Mayor Rhodes orders Ford jailed. Hulme & Co. boss later posts bond and Ford awaits trial before Rhboden for the daytime incident.
Michael Bros advertises a general sale with low prices on ladies shirt waists in black white and colored silks lawn white madras and linen valates and skirts and trim hats plus linens and dress goods. The ad includes terse pricing ranges and emphasizes discounts across dress fabrics parasols laces and gloves with a testimonial note about Bitters usage for stomach ulcers.
The Law class announces eight candidates for speakers at commencement: Blount Dowling Heyward Kirkland Patterson Finley Jones and Swift. Moot court opened yesterday with a concealed weapons case and a full criminal docket will be heard as in a state court. The faculty lauds the class as one of the best in the department.
Robert O. Burkhart was returned to Athens by Officer Brad Berry after arrest in Griffin on a warrant by B R Pickrell accusing him of forgery. He admits forging a ten dollar check on Warren J Smith & Co and passing it before saying he was drinking that morning and not himself. If no bond is posted he will remain in Clarke County jail until the Clarke Superior Court session beginning May 26.
The Athens fire department will sell Old Rattler the bay horse long in service since the paid department began thirteen years ago. He and another department horse will be sold from the hall of Company No 2 at Prince avenue and Hill Street. Firemen regret parting with the beloved animal but state he has served his time. Dr King's New Discovery is promoted as a sure cure for lung and throat troubles with testimonials, available in trial bottles free and regular sizes.
The University of Georgia and Emory College announce a dual track contest on Herty Field with both teams optimistic. Key entrants include Dearing and Baxter for Georgia and M L Boyd, Hentz for Emory in events from the 100 yard dash to the mile. Records may fall if weather cooperates, especially in the mile and 220 yard dash.
Yesterday on the campus the second preliminary prize drill was held. Winners listed for Companies B C and A with top names. Also notes a medical ad for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint praising August Flower as a remedy with two doses claimed to relieve symptoms.
The building committee awarded the woodwork contract to Woodward Lumber Co after oral bids for the new building. The bid totals listed include 5,687.00 for wood and related materials with plans to use mahogany with enamel finish. An ironwork contract was won by Athens Foundry & Machine, valued around six hundred dollars, and floors will feature handsome tile.
At Evans Lodge No. 76 Independent Order of Good Templars regular meeting Thursday night the following officers were elected for the ensuing term Chief Templar A. W. Vesa Vice Templar Mrs H E Martin Chaplain Rev M H Eakes Recording Secretary H L Cook Financial Secretary Grady Wise Treasurer Miss J W Kenney Marshal E J Crawford Guard Miss Pearl Williams Sentinel Mr Zaber Organist Mrs H L Cook Past Chief Templar Rev G E Stone.
Athens Georgia calls surviving members of the Troop Artillery to meet at 3 p.m. May 2 1908 at city hall to organize a Troop Artillery association. The appeal stresses that all members of the command are urged to attend and notes the unit's gallant service in the Army of Northern Virginia EH Carlton and O W Motes sign the notice. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a blood booster.
The phrasing presents a maxim urging prudent counsel and assistance. It emphasizes giving help and applying sound judgment in guidance, echoing a call for practical support and timely aid.
An Athens extract describes the Winnie Davis Hall home for sixty daughters of the Confederacy at the State Normal School, funded by donors including Georgia men. It calls for a $1 annual gift from 6000 Georgians to sustain education, plus a community effort led by Houston veterans. The Masonic fraternity plans to refit Max Joseph building as a banquet hall, library, lodge meeting rooms, and a large hall seating 150, with a second floor kitchen and a third floor refurbished lodge room, to be completed in weeks.
The Epps bridge over the Middle river has been swung across and is being prepared for use. It will open to the public in about ten days. The new bridge is a fine addition for the section and contractor D M Kenney delivered steady work. Farmers who used the old road will soon resume travel after the washout. A woman shares advice on preventing complications from whooping cough, praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for its effectiveness.
Yesterday morning Mrs T J Wood faced a dog attack near the court house scaring her badly. She grabbed a rock and threw it at the animal then fled, slipping and injuring her hand in the fall.
A broken wheel at the city water works was replaced after sending for a duplicate. The plant, temporarily run by steam power, will resume with the new wheel today. Also cautionary notes warn against mercury containing cures for catarrh and promote Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills.
The Board of Governors of the Athenacumbia club will meet this afternoon at 6:30 p.m. on Broad Street to hear a report from a committee led by W. P. Briggs F. A. Lipscomb and B. F. Holder Jr. on selling remaining second mortgage bonds. The club has sold several hundred dollars of bonds since the last meeting and aims to raise the needed amount, with a new house committee to be named for the coming year.
Silk Malls in White and Tints, solid and self colored Poka Dot fabrics arrive. Mercerized White Brocade Waistings, plain and fancy Ribbons, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Laced ribbed Stockings and Belts. Black and blue Etamines and Voiles 50c to 1.60 yard. Jap and Silk Fans Parasols Umbrellas. Mattings that wear well. Shoes include Queen Quality Sandals and Oxfords. Closing out odds and ends in womens and children's low cuts 7c to 1.25. Skirts in Etamines and Voile. PICTURES Lot this week. 25 cents 150 White Pique Skirts for India 250.
Mr. W H Dickson died in Augusta yesterday. Mr. J T Dean and Mr W T Dean travel to Augusta to attend the funeral. Mention of J A Gulledge of Verbena and a testimonial to Bucklen's Arnica Salve curing severe piles with multiple tumors. Sold by W J Smith and Bro, H R Palmer & Sons, Druggists.
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