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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1909
Page
5
A New York column laments easy theft and rare prosecutions, recounting a $4.60 purse snatching and a woman in a sheer gown drawn by crowds on Wall Street. It notes art fraud against wealthy New Yorkers, and odd anecdotes about burglar alarms and matchmaking Bureau antics.
Atlanta reports Daniel J. Sully once dubbed the cotton king is in the South for several weeks on business described as big. He asserts the South will lead in industry and commerce due to cotton’s evolving uses and a potential canal-fueled freight advantage, predicting cotton's rise may rival steel in the future. He praises Southern youths as future business leaders and notes plans to visit Birmingham and other Alabama cities.
Yesterday afternoon at one o clock fire department responded to a blaze on the roof of J B Cross residence on South Lumpkin street. The cause was a defective flue. Fire was out on arrival. Damage deemed nominal.
New York March 27 fashion notes predict a spring summer shift toward a modified directoire look. Skirts become four gored and plainer with less flare, coats 34 to 36 inches long, and collarleaf necklines with velvet or silk trim. Silk and wool bengalines, satin serge, and Ottoman influences appear in tailored costumes. diagonal shantung and sheer laces drive lightweight ensembles. Separate, trimmed coats and various collar options reflect evolving styling while practical materials like corded silk-wool blends gain traction.
The Mississippi prison commission issued an order prohibiting chains or shackles on any female convict in the penitentiary or chain gangs. The rule aims to address a complaint about a white woman on Clark county’s chain gang being shackled and sleeping in chains, with authorities saying she was vicious. No formal action or case submission has occurred, and approval by the governor was noted.
Clarke county commissioners arrange delivery of convicts from Tattnall and Chattahoochee areas. Mr W T Long and two others moved to Brookfield to escort twenty five convicts, while Mr F L Mann goes to Fulton to obtain two convicts from the Chattahoochee Brick Co. They plan to begin road labor Friday morning, boosting road-improvement efforts across the county.
Chicago story of a civil war romance that ended in a Denver wedding between Mrs Anseline Gunn and Captain Sel den M French. She sent letters as a wounded soldier admirer years earlier. he was 67, she 65, now married after long separation. Includes ad for Perry Davis Painkiller.
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