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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1916
Page
5
Special to the Banner. Atlanta November 28. Inflamatory speeches spurred violence as dynamite damaged street cars, police report confessing dynamiters and implicating strike leaders. Joseph T. Wilson says leaders urged guns and dynamite to win the strike, with charges against organizer William Pollard still pending.
May Irwin America’s foremost singer headlines at the Colonial in a tour of 33 Washington Square a bright comedy based on Leroy Scott with songs and lively humor. The Birmingham Age Herald lauds her performance and the show for its strong cast and engaging local color.
Banks of the city national and state will be closed all day tomorrow. Those needing banking services that cannot wait should complete business before two oclock this afternoon.
Winterville reports visitors and travel from Hull Athens Griffin and Sylvania. Rev Louie P Winter died in Augusta and was interred after funeral services led by pastors England Gary and Colle. A benefit play Miss Fearless & Co. debuts Friday December 1 at 8 pm in the school auditorium with admission 35 cents adults 20 cents children to aid the school.
In a police court session a man named Hanle was fined $10 and another man named Smith $15 for scrapping. They argued that the high cost of fighting outweighs any gain and questioned the value of the skirmish.
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery for hacking coughs and weakened systems, praising its pine tar blend and sleep aid. A theater review lauds Miss Irwin s engaging performance and Frances Gaunt as a fashionable lady, with Aldrich Bowker and Rosamond Carpenter in key roles, noting a lively matinee and evening show at the Jefferson attracting state officials and students.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent box that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels while you sleep. It claims relief from bilious headaches bad taste foul breath dizziness insomnia and gassy stomachs and urges parents to give Cascarets to children for a pleasant taste with no griping or sickness.
The post office will observe Thanksgiving Day tomorrow. If you need stamps, it is advised to purchase them before 9 this evening. One mail carrier will operate in the city tomorrow morning. All departments will have windows open for one hour from 12 to 1. There will be no rural delivery tomorrow.
Mrs L L Winston of Gladys Virginia died yesterday afternoon at the home of her son A P Winston on the Agricultural College campus after a brief illness. She is survived by a daughter Mrs J C Clay of Gladys and three sons Lee Winston Reaumer Winston and A P Winston. The body will be sent to Virginia on the 12 60 train over the Southern Railway. Athens residents mourn her passing.
Grady Harden, a colored man, was fined 30 dollars or six months in the stockade yesterday morning for slashing nearly all the clothing off another Negro after an argument.
Chief Henry Beusse of the police department said the docket is filling rapidly and November is likely to record more business than any month in two years. The statement comes as court activity increases, signaling heightened enforcement actions and more cases awaiting adjudication.
The notice warns that repeated colds weaken immunity and raise chances of chronic catarrh pneumonia or consumption. It endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a proven cure used by thousands and affordable at a quarter. Available everywhere.
E J Reid a colored worker from Ole Firginny faced two police court cases in Athens. He denied beatings but admitted chastising his wife on the street after she attended a show. He received a 30 to six months fine in one case and four months in stockade for the beating, insisting he had a right to whip his wife.
The Elks urge full attendance at the regular session at 8 30 with a business of importance. A delightful social session will follow the business meeting and members are invited to stay.
G R Skinner of Missouri joins Georgia State College of Agriculture as a dairy expert under a cooperative arrangement with the U S Department of Agriculture. A 1915 Missouri graduate, Skinner has dairy contesting experience and previously led Gold en Valley Dairy near Kansas City. He will supervise field dairying across fifty six tick free Georgia counties, succeeding F H Dennis who left for commercial dairy work in Ecuador.
Atlanta appeals for Georgia and Florida to send cast off clothing to war sufferers in Belgium. Donations should be sent to Dr F E May Grand building Atlanta Ga, for rapid transport by express or parcel post. Items needed include shoes stockings dresses trousers coats hats and underclothes for poor Belgian and Northern France children.
Mrs Thomas Casey of Geneva New York writes that her husband suffered from indigestion for years with stomach pains and distress after meals. After taking Chamberlains Tablets he was relieved promptly. Obtainable everywhere.
A columnist quotes the Houston Post on how people were meant to listen twice as much as they speak. The piece emphasizes restraint in speech and urges greater listening in everyday discourse.
German manufacturers find willow herb a viable substitute for jute and hemp and urge cultivation. The wild plant, common as a weed in Germany and the United States, is being harvested widely by schoolchildren during vacations, signaling a shift toward plant-based fibers.
The text argues humans can thrive on a vegetable diet, citing strong men like Oriental porters who live largely on rice and its byproducts. It notes that horses and oxen derive strength from vegetarian feeds and rejects the old belief that massive meat consumption is required for power, deeming it scientifically outdated.
An old philosopher notes that Providence fixes roles of leader and follower. The speaker warns the hilltop may seem inviting yet brings great danger as thunder looms, urging steadiness to avoid being toppled.
A Kansas City Star report quotes a prominent Petuna citizen describing Emmett Whillikens hosting nightly visitors at his home while his wife was away. The crowd drank elderberry wine played dominoes and danced to phonograph tunes well past nine thirty.
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