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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
8
Atlanta correspondent reports Fulton county a key battlefield in the gubernatorial contest. Brown backers claim strong gains and organize clubs across the county while Smith’s allies push petitions and canvasses in banks, offices, and shops. Observers note machine divisions, union sentiment, and early primary implications as candidates court farmers and urban voters.
Pensacola March 31 a Whitehead torpedo fired from a torpedo boat destroyed its target. The Blakely suffered a ragged hole below the water line on the port side and sank at the scene while a board of inquiry prepares to investigate why the vessel could not move from the torpedo’s track. The lost torpedo costs $5,000 and the captain asserts no fault amid prior similar incidents.
New York March 31 Dr Luis De Lago consul general of Honduras to New York donated his own blood in a rare transfusion to save Emilia his wife but the procedure failed and she died aged 29 yesterday in a French hospital. The husband is seriously ill from the operation and shock. Mrs De Lago mother of five children had suffered rheumatism many years. In a separate note an advertisement endorses Chamberlains Pain Balm promising relief from pain and better sleep with local sales listings.
Foley Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no apiates or harmful drugs. We recommend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. Sold by all druggists.
Washington March 21 The senate approved Senator Macon’s plan authorizing an appropriation to be used by the secretary of war for surveys examinations and final cost estimates of building a canal from the Tennessee river near Chattanooga Tennessee to the Ocmulgee navigable waters to connect the Mississippi with the Atlantic. The measure goes to the house where Representatives Lee Livingston Bartlett and Brantley aim to push its passage.
Jesse P. Morris of Skippers Virginia faced a fierce cough and feared consumption in spring 1906. He credits Dr King s New Discovery with a rapid improvement after two and a half bottles, declaring it the best cough and throat remedy worldwide. Sold with guarantee at W J Smith Bro H R Palmer Sons drug stores 60c and 1 00 Trial bottle free.
Voters are urged to register now as primary books close May 2 at 6 p.m. No registrations after the deadline. Mr Linton will tour to aid registration and all eligible residents should visit the court house to take the oath and register. Few have registered so far, risking a light turnout.
At the Georgia Educational Association meeting action was taken to organize a High School Association in each congressional district to study high school problems develop new schools and host annual contests in declamation essay debate music and track. The eighth district organized with Prof Wilbur Colvin Elberton as president and Prof K E Mell Athens as secretary. Twenty three high schools exist in the district with fourteen accredited. The first conference will be in Athens on April 24 25 with contests in declamation essay music and track. The district aims to include two competitors per category from each eligible school and expects a profitable contest and broader educational influence. The eighth district is described as the most active among districts.
Ike Taylor, colored, with no legs and one eye, is jailed after dishing out ardent liquor in violation of prohibition. He has a history of accidents leaving him legless and blind in one eye. He will be turned over to the city court and likely sent to the county farm for a term.
An advertisement warns that kidney disease is insidious and fatal if untreated. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy that corrects irregularities and prevents Bright's disease and diabetes. Sold by all druggists.
Washington March 31 Charges of serious nature against Gifford Pinchot head of the forestry bureau were made in the house by Smith of California and Mondell of Wyoming during the consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill. Smith accused him of seeking water rights for Los Angeles in the Owens River valley against private claimants. Mondell charged him with paying forest official expenses for West conventions and using government funds to boost the bureau in newspapers. Pinchot was defended by Pollard and Scott. The bill's forest service provisions were heavily debated and largely struck out.
Health note claims most cases arise from habitual constipation. It promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a mild remedy that stimulates the bowels to restore normal action. Warns against substitutes and notes availability at druggists.
London March 31 The House of Commons backed a Redmond resolution by 314 to 157 asserting that Ireland’s problem can only be solved by granting legislative and executive control of purely Irish affairs to the Irish people, though within the supreme authority of the imperial parliament.
Medicines that aid nature are always most effectual. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts on this plan. It allays the cough relieves the lungs aids expectoration opens the secretions and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Thousands have testified to its superior excellence. For sale by H. R. Palmer & Sons Warren J. Smith & Bro L. P. Canning E. C. McEvoy Orr Drug Company Athens Ga.
Grand Master James H. Dozier of the Grand Lodge of Georgia Odd Fellows toured numerous lodges across the state including Augusta Statesboro Savannah Blackshear Waycross Valdosta Moultrie Tifton Douglas Cordele and Macon. He spoke at five banquets and praised the lodges for strong work while noting 37 new lodges formed this term and a projected 50 by the May Grand Lodge session. Athens may host the Grand Lodge next year inviting a visit.
Jim Jack was brought before Mayor Dorsey after severely beating a woman on January 18 and escaping. He was colored up, fined one hundred dollars, and sentenced to six months on the rock pile. Police had been tracking him and located him yesterday morning.
Elder John T. Ongley of Rootville Pa reports years of severe skin itching ended after using the salve since December 1906. Sold by HOR Palmer & Sons Warren J. Smith L. P. Canning E C McEvoy Orr Drug Athens Ga.
Kansas City March 31 Democrats from across Missouri about 2000 attended a dollar banquet in Convention Hall under the Young Men's Democratic Club. William J. Bryan and Judson Harmon led as honored speakers with 15000 people as auditors. Delegates from St. Louis St. Joseph and other cities filled the hall. The event was a Bryan affair with strong cheers for his presidential candidacy and for Harmon. Bryan urged appealing to progressive Republicans and Democrats for 1908 reform. He praised La Follette as a reformer if Republicans rally to him, and noted Taft’s limited reform tendency among cabinet members.
In Atlanta on March 31 a mob of African Americans dragged R. R. Chapin from a bed in a negro house on Thielkald avenue and seized him. Two county officers arrived early, used Winchester rifles to intimidate the mob, and escorted Chapin to the Atlanta jail for safety. Chapin, a Vermont native and mill employee, was frightened by the rescue.
The product claims to act promptly yet gently on the bowels to expel the cold from the system while reducing inflammation. Sold through unspecified outlets.
In Douglas Georgia on March 31 Sheriff Ricketson pursued Barton Teston after the youth shot and killed his father Manning Teston, a noted farmer, during a quarrel when the father attempted to shoot Barton. The gun discharged amid a scuffle, striking Manning in the neck.
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