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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1892
Page
7
The city clerk stayed at his desk issuing 125 licenses yesterday as April lat tax collection began. Big businesses have not yet registered and most tax receipts are expected today. Estimated Specific Tax revenue yesterday around $1500, with projections ranging from two to ten thousand dollars overall.
A humorous ad endorses Dr Sage Catarrh Remedy as the wealth secret and health cure of a millionaire. A prospectus view of the new Episcopal church at Prince avenue shows brick versus stone choices, a 60 by 100 foot Gothic cross plan, 75 foot tower, 400 seating, and stone trim, with decision expected after Bishop’s May visit.
The commissioners report the dispensary is in good shape after six months with no debts and stock on hand valued at over five thousand dollars representing profits. Cash on hand is also credited to the Dispensary account in the city treasurer’s hands. The dispensary is getting along very nicely.
The new dog ordinance began on a Friday and eight tags were issued that day. Twenty four hours in Athens found eight untagged dogs at risk as the city lacks a regular dog catcher. Owners must tag pets or face removal by the dog wagon under enforcement.
Friday morning Jake Ells Zillis a 4 Legro man employed by Mrs. P. Marks received a painful eye wound from a sling shot fired by a youth named Gunn who boards across the street. The wound is serious and may endanger his eye per local mayor's court.
The Farmers Institutes under the State College of Agriculture report great success and good conduct. Officers aim to present concise talks on recent science and economics related to farming to stimulate knowledge among farmers. The next meeting is Cedartown on April 30 at 10 am with railroads offering a one fare round trip excursion.
A major political gathering in Douglassville on the second Wednesday features the People's party represented by Cole, Post, Ellington and Peek opposing Democracy speakers Cols. L. F. Livingston, C. L. Moses, John Temple Graves and W. Y. Atkinson. The event promises a spirited debate with thousands expected and Democrats predicted to win.
On All Fool's Day in Athens few practical jokes succeeded as small boys lined pavements with packages while gullible residents faced mischief like rag butter cakes and pepper coffee. Some learned relatives of Mr Williamson were joked about, and shoppers at Mr Jester's spotted a strange fish hoax, prompting demand not to be told who played the trick.
Editor W A Shackelford of the Ogiethorpe Echo said in a city talk that old Ogie thorpe would stand by the Democrats first last and all the time. Evidences of Third Partyism appeared but the Democrats would win decisively.
John Floyd pleaded guilty at a special City Court session for stealing clothes from Marion Higgins. Judge Colet fined him 40 dollars plus costs or twelve months in the chain gang. Hamilton McWhorter is in Atlanta. The text also notes a political quote about third parties.
John Boyd a noted train wrecker and six other prisoners escaped from Cuaptotrz jail yesterday morning. Police with bloodhounds failed to track them. Boyd is charged with wrecking the Western North Carolina train at Bestian bridge last August and implicated in the Statesville tragedy causing twenty two deaths.
At 1 o'clock near Birmingham ten miles east of here on the Georgia Pacific Railroad, train 53 bound for Atlanta was halted by three masked men. The mail car was robbed of eighty five registered packages while shots were fired at a guard. Postal Clerk Hughes was shot in the leg after resisting the thief as he opened the mail car. The robbers fled on two stolen mules, leaving officers to pursue into Irondale and East Lake. A loafing local man is suspected. search efforts paused with little prospect of success.
Congressman Thomas Lawson of Georgia denounces the tariff in a House speech, arguing a wool tax is unnecessary. He cites protection harms to wool growers, manufacturers, and consumers, claims the tariff costs $60 million annually, and condemns McKinley duties as unjust while urging redress and democratic action.
Washington report notes low House attendance due to weather and tariff distractions. Blount chairs committee on the free wool bill as routine business concludes. A resolution authorizes Martello tower Tybes island Georgia as a signal station. Separate New York items discuss May convention enrollment and delegate tactics at Syracuse.
Mills resigns and asks Speaker to appoint Crain of Texas to the interstate and foreign commerce committee. Crain, a Mills ally, is believed punished by peers for Mills's support, as he receives limited committee time despite strong backing. Silver Mines Forced Dow in Denver reports Aspen Consolidated Mining and others to close within a week. 5,000 workers affected as silver price stays low, with profits requiring 90 cents per ounce to operate.
A purported battle at Boyles to wreck a Louisville and Nashville train is debunked. A watchman saw suspicious figures, loosed fifty shots for fun, but no robbers were found. The trio now feared consists of two men and a woman, headed over Red Mountain, well armed. The report notes a Kentucky scandal and political fallout from the McInery Curtis case. Disastrous wheat weather follows heavy rains in North Dakota and Minnesota. Flooded fields threaten threshing, with at least ten million bushels in the Red River valley doomed. In Cleveland a man shot and wounded Mrs. H O Fick, claiming hypnotic control. she will die and he is jailed.
The grand jury adjourned after examining fifty witnesses without returning any indictments for the lynching of the negro prisoners. The attorney general asks the governor to offer a reward for each lyncher and will push the investigation to the limit.
The silver debate waits for Monday to begin as Morgan postpones until more senators can prepare. He seeks to reveal party positions and draw out views, while the House committee considers a milder futures bill in place of anti option proposals. Other items include Polk county untried democracy plans, a train wreck jail escape in Charlotte, a Kentucky Republican split, Ohio district redraw, a female clerk appointment, a West Point cadet exam, Quay faction battles in Emersonium, and Mississippi senators by direct vote.
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