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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1892
Page
7
A delegation from New York conducted a previsit to various sites, meeting local leaders and inspecting projects. Officials discussed cooperation, funding possibilities, and potential joint initiatives with regional partners.
President Harrison tells the New York colored delegation to collect detailed lynching facts in the south for a year and present them publicly to build sentiment against mob punishment. The session followed a Cooper Union mass meeting and outlined federal versus state authority on crimes.
The Augusta meeting of the district Democratic executive committee chose Thomson as the July life convention site for nominating a challenger to Congressman Thomas E. Watson in Georgia's Tenth District. Major J C Black named as the Democratic candidate's chief opponent, with J R Kendrick elected chairman and 3 W Sturgis as secretary. The group pledged a strong fight and circulated a district wide address amid hopes of victory.
Four men charged with murder were lynched by a mob at an Inverness jail after overpowering deputies. Three were hanged near the jail and a fourth was executed after confessing, implicating two others still at large. Report notes earlier ties to Ocala and Brooksville cases, with inquiries to capture more suspects.
The item lists Southern and National League games with scores and locations including Birmingham Montgomery Mobile and Baltimore New York. It also notes rain impacts on schedules and a lighthouse board discussion of a 60 mile shoals project and cost estimates for a lighthouse.
A lengthy letter from Congressman R W Everett of Georgia’s Seventh district urges unity in the Democratic South replying to D F Peacock of Dooly County. He warns against division into a third party and condemns interference by alliances while praising Democratic solidarity and constitutional integrity amid national partisan battles. Also included is a short item noting a Kansas and Texas border clash with twenty plus dead in the townsite dispute.
A national convention of colored people of the south is planned for July 4 and 5 to enlist sympathy for justice. Each state gets one delegate per 10,000 colored population or fraction. The event is not intended to be political and no political party will participate.
A Richmond county Democratic mass meeting at Augusta selected delegates to the state convention. J. J. Doughty won a 120 to 106 vote for his uninstructed ticket, defeating W. C. Boykin’s Cleveland ticket. The body endorsed Comptroller Wright’s re election and J. C. C. Black for Congress.
Political notices report Harmony Grove meeting lasting late with stirring speeches after the Athens delegation’s departure. A May first Tuesday rally in Watkinsville for Oconee County Democrats is advertised with speakers from Georgia, including Livingston and Moses, and a Jefferson meeting in Jackson County scheduled the same day. Also mentions a breakfast at the Opera House and local candy merchants promoting French candies.
A headline records Prof. E. C. Branson facing bribery charges in a local court case. Details from the trial indicate scrutiny of alleged improper payments and official conduct. The outcome and dates remain pending further hearings.
The case stemmed from a personal dispute with J W Womack in Atlanta and accusations of bribery toward Chattooga county school commissioners to favor Ginn Co. Branson was arrested, released, and later acquitted in Summerville after a brief trial dated April 22. Womack was fined ten dollars and costs in the earlier Recorder's court proceeding.
Miss Mattie Lampkin died Wednesday evening after severe burns suffered days earlier. Her death ends a period of intense suffering and brings sorrow to many friends. The body was buried Thursday morning at the family burial grounds near Moon's shop.
In Milledgeville Georgia on April 22 James Ozborne confrontedLawson Garrett with a meat knife. Ozborne fired twice but missed. Garrett overpowered him, then Dr Moran restrained Garrett. Moran shot Garrett in the head killing him. coroner called it justifiable. Nearby, James A Palmer of New York has been arrested for a Tiffany & Co larceny of 50000 dollars. He was captured at his warerooms and lamented the loss saying he wished he had shot himself. The theft spanned over five years.
Mrs Nellie Sandford Chapin of this city chairman of the national equal rights committee authorizes the announcement that Hayne will nominate candidates for president and vicepresident for a mass convention. Delegates urged to attend and participate in the rally. Teo Fe Under German Protection. New York April 22 Herald dispatch from Buenos Ayres says revolutionists in Matto Grasso will resist government troops expected next week. German papers in that city back a new republic comprising Rio Grande do Sul Santa Catarina under German protection.
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