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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1909
Page
1
Fulton county officials mismanage prisoner distribution as the old penitentiary system ends. Over 200 inmates move from Chattahoochee Brick Company to county camps. bonds of friendship with wardens surface amid farewells. Officials face criticism for uneven allocations while the new system begins.
Mr J McNeely a contractor died yesterday at his Baxter street home after a brief pneumonia illness. He had recently come to Athens to build Judge Charles H Brand’s Milledge avenue residence. Survived by his wife and six children including Mrs H W Rosas. Remains to be taken to Greenwood Pennsylvania for interment tomorrow.
Atlanta Ga April 1 The prison commission yesterday recommended parole under the new law for several convicts. Herman McElroy Fulton county six years for burglary Dan Lyon Newton county accessory to murder life Bully Artemus Fulton murders life has served twenty two years Ben Galdwin Clarke county manslaughter fifteen years has served nine Arthur Richardson Hall county burglary seven years with recommendation Oliver Wilcos Telfair county manslaughter ten Rich Ferguson voluntary manslaughter six John H Coteman Cobb county rape twenty years has nearly served his sentence and is now almost 80 years of age
Washington dispatch says a strong probability exists that Holzendorf the Negro collector at the port of St Marys will be removed and a white man named in his place Representative Brantley endorses Captain John Richardson for the post. Darien’s collector position also stirs interest and a shake up is possible there.
Clarke County received its convict quota from the state yesterday under the last session’s law. Two from the state and twenty five from Tatnall County had been purchased earlier. Thirteen of the new arrivals are serving life sentences. They were sent to the county farm and will be put to work on the roads today. Clarke has long used convicts on the farm and roads and has the best roads in the state. Only two more convicts were allotted to this county out of over fifteen hundred statewide.
Judge Hamilton McWhorter leaves today for New York to be a principal speaker at the annual University of Georgia society banquet tomorrow night. He will deliver the toast titled The University of Georgia.
The University of Georgia chapel hosted the selection for the Georgia versus North Carolina debate team to meet April 16 in this city. Judges chose Y. B. Smith and D. L. Rogers as debaters with H. G. Bailey as alternate. Smith previously faced Carolina, and Rogers has won several inter-society debates. The topic: Should the United States establish a system of postal savings banks? Georgia will argue the affirmative. Carolina the negative.
Savannah Georgia April 1 George M Brinson owner of the Brinson railway has acquired by purchase the Savannah Valley railway extending from Egypt to Mill Haven about 40 miles. Brinson plans extend line north from Springfield and connect seven miles to Savannah Valley near Egypt and operate the property. It is understood he intends to carry out Savannah Valley plans and build to Augusta and Athens, the intended terminus at inception. City administration will order street improvements this year.
Seventy-eight prescriptions filled by the local druggist represent the amount of alcohol sold in this city for the month of March. The Orr Drug Co. W. J. Smith & Brow. E. CG. McEvoy. L. P. Cannings. H. R. Palmer & Sons. Totals.
City water condition worsened by heavy rains and an overloaded filtration plant prompts the waterworks committee to bolster staffing at the plant. Engineers and doctors coordinate to accelerate sedimentation basin completion and expand daytime and nighttime labor, including Sundays, to relieve the situation.
The Georgia squad departs for Clemson this morning for two games despite several ill players and study-related travel limits. Coach Lewis must decide who starts against the Tigers as Brannen battles a tight schedule and this week’s heavy load.
At a recent meeting of the Home's Friend Insurance Company policy holders elected Mr. W. H. Shelton, president of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company, as their president. The young company is growing fast and paying on all blocks 500 dollars each. Their growth since organization has been wonderful.
A jewel case containing a pearl necklace and gems worth 20000 dollars, belonging to Mrs. Russell Hopkins of Atlanta, Ga., was found by a taxicab chauffeur last night and returned to its owner through the Hotel St. Regis manager. Ownership was confirmed after contents were examined. the finder received a handsome reward. The article notes a brighter business outlook.
The Athens Board of Health announced the city water is safe to drink with boiling advised for extra protection. They noted gas producing organisms from heavy rains but no typhoid cases since January 14, and projected completion of plant improvements within one month, including a new sedimentation basin in about a week.
Ath ens bar will meet at eleven in Judge Brand's office to fix a calendar for the April term of Clarke Superior Court which convenes on the 12th. Several cases are filed for the term and a calendar will help dispatch business efficiently with attorneys. Last year the African hunter faced opposition but plans suggest a new challenger's approach.
Indianapolis April 1 three Indiana counties Bartholomew Vermilion and Jennings voted dry in county option elections yesterday bringing the total counties with saloons ousted under the option law to forty one Seventy five saloons will be closed by yesterday s elections After a meeting of officials of the Anti Saloon league at the state headquarters a statement said it was best not to circulate a petition for county local option in Marion county until a canvass and working organization are ready An Indianapolis committee will be formed and business and manufacturing interests consulted before action toward an election is taken.
Promotional text extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as an honest, standard remedy made from roots and herbs. It rebuts accusations of fraud by physicians and asserts wide efficacy for female illnesses, describing the product as nationally needed and reliable.
Sorrento Italy April 1 Starion Crawford the novelist is seriously ill. Dr Enrico de Renzi director of the medical clinic at the University of Naples is called in. He reports serious bronchial and pleuritic complications with possible pneumonia risk. Villa Crawford hosts the attending physician as Crawford’s condition worsens. Brother-in-law Winthrop Chandler arrives from Calabrral. Chandler says Crawford has only a fighting chance.
Thomas D. Osborne reports strong southern interest in funding the Davis Farm at Fairview Kentucky birthplace of Jefferson Davis. Subscriptions range from five to one hundred dollars, totaling about two thousand dollars toward a three thousand dollar option due April twenty seventh. Colonel Bennett H. Young pledges to advance funds if needed to prevent default.
Letters from Rosa Royer of Franaton Newfoundland and Mary Jones of Burning Springs Kentucky praise Peruna for curing lingering illness and restoring health. Another note mentions Man-a-lin as an ideal laxative and a neighbor benefiting from Peruna.
The University of Georgia cadets will encamp in Gainesville at Chat tahoochee Park. Cadets arrive April 26 and stay through the week as Gainesville residents prepare the grounds for the Georgia boys. Maj Kimbrough leads the best battalion yet for the institution.
In Stone Mountain Georgia on April 1 Mrs John Camp and a woman named Doney Banks a Black woman are charged in warrants issued by Marshal C L Arendall with attempting to kill an infant. Both are under guard awaiting jail tomorrow. The baby was found in an outhouse at 5 AM and reported by the negress. Mrs Camp denies involvement claiming no knowledge of the child. The couple had not lived in harmony for seven years. Mr Camp was away when warrants were issued.
Cincinnati Kennel Association opens its fourth annual event at Music Hall with a large, high quality lineup of prize winning dogs from Eastern kennels and a record number of local entries. The show runs through the remainder of the week.
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