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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1911
Page
4
The Athens Banner notes Glidden auto tour difficulties in Virginia and celebrates Georgia corn club contest gains with higher yields. It praises railroads aiding agricultural education, touts boll weevil precautions, and reports the Industrial Index’s sixth enlargement since 1906.
The University of Georgia through its civil engineering department invites counties engaged in road projects to apply for expert assistance at no cost. Prof. C. M. Strahan, head of civil engineering, urges immediate contact for guidance and support.
Chancellor David C. Barrow of the University of Georgia turned fifty nine to a chorus of birthday greetings from students. The piece lauds his deep affection from students, his calm leadership, and the warm influence he wields over generations of Georgians.
Prominent African American figures in Atlanta back vigorous enforcement of vagrancy statutes. Both white and black vagrants are being compelled to work or be expelled from the city, with leaders stressing loiterers as dangers to family and community and urging lawful order.
Former Congressman John W. Maddox of Rome, now a superior court judge, urged Floyd County grand jury to back enforcement of the liquor law. He criticized Judge Russell's stance, warned against pardons being used for political gain, and urged citizens to stand by courts to uphold the law.
Key events on October 19 include the 1622 Peace of Montpelier ending Huguenot wars, the 1781 Yorktown surrender to Washington Rochambeau and de Grasse, Swift’s death in 1741, 1832 Chicago Baptists organize their first church, 1848 Nauvoo Temple destroyed, 1850 Woman's Suffrage Party first national convention, and 1864 Sheridan’s timely arrival shifting battle momentum.
In a Cedar Creek era note the 1910 contest shifts to Governor race with Congressman Eugene N. Ford backed by Massachusetts Democrats. Ford, a federal ally, seeks to lead the state government amid Civil War era style party realignments.
The parliamentary clerk in the national House of Representatives, Charles P. Crisp, born in Georgia October 19 1870, is the son of the late Charles F. Crisp who served as Speaker of the House in the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. He stems from a family of actors and received a liberal education.
The text notes a son elected to fill an unexpired term as representative, then returning to law practice and a decade as judge in Schley County, Georgia. It mentions Mr. Crisp being appointed parliamentary clerk after Democrats took control. It ends with a church in Atlanta failing to pay a superannuated preacher's streetcar fare, risking unmet promises to the faithful.
The August bulletin lists offenders against pure food laws including thirteen butchers for sulphuric dioxide treated chopped meat and two for pork sausage. It also fines twenty seven dealers for lemon extract misbranding rotten tomato pulp sand weight fake cream boric acid cheese and unsafe beverages as well as rotten vinegars and unsafe preserves.
Women suffer piles more than men and all will be grateful to know of a successful remedy in tablet form that brings a cure without cutting or salves. Hemroid tablets sold by R Palmer Sons Athens Ga for 1 dollar lasting 24 days with booklet available.
A massive tank crashed into the Atlantic Compress plant cotton shed in Columbus Georgia on October 18 narrowly missing forty workers. A wild west show drew the plant workers away from the impact site, saving lives. City officials and cotton buyers nearby escaped harm as the building was closed for the exhibition.
Jas Colbert, a alleged gang leader aiming to ditch Central of Georgia passenger trains, was jailed in Macon Georgia. Authorities seek motive and insights into mysterious accidents at Macon Fort Valley and Muchanan. Biliousness segment appears as unrelated ad copy for Chamberlain's Tablets.
Special to The Banner. Macon Georgia October 18. Sandy Parks a negro aged 106 died here today. He bore the title of the last surviving drummer boy of the Mexican War and had drawn a U S pension for 61 years. He was intelligent and highly respected and remained active until shortly before death.
An ad style notice touts Turnip Salad Ruta Bagas and cites Arnold and Abney. It advises when exposure or a cold looms to take Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, claiming its effectiveness and urging no substitute for the genuine product in a yellow package.
More than 20000 people entered the State fair grounds for Wiregrass Day in Macon Georgia with about 10000 from South Georgia in attendance. Ely's Cream Balm is praised as a reliable household remedy for colds and catarrh and widely used across the country in homes.
The annual meeting of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion in Philadelphia opened with representatives from twenty-one state commanderies. Lieut. Gen. John C. Bates served as commander in chief as discussions focused on a $500,000 national Civil War memorial in Washington.
$100 reward promises cure for catarrh and constitutional disease. Internal treatment acts on mucous surfaces, destroys disease foundation, and builds up the patient. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio backs the claim with testimonials and a $100 cure guarantee. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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