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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1889
Page
7
Athens citizens discuss building a Georgia Midland railway linking Athens with the planned line to Atlanta via Donough and Columbus. Prominent local backers push stock subscriptions, aiming to connect southwest Georgia with the North and East, boosting industry and shipping.
A Georgia editorial blasts Olive's proposed measure to forfeit rail charters over consolidation. It argues the contract of stock sale harms no citizen and warns the bill risks destroying vital regional rail expansion and violates constitutional limits on legislative power.
Last Saturday at Chester South Carolina contracts were awarded for fifty miles of grading on the Georgia Carolina and Northern Railroad from Chester. Engineers began planting grading stakes and work will start at once with a large crew to push the project toward early completion. The next section between Athens and the river will follow after current work ends. A separate note reports Mr. Harry Norris injured in an accident at Princeton yesterday when his left hand was caught in a picker room machine, leaving him unable to work for several days.
Mr Bill Hardeman hosted a barbecue at his Madison county bar for a small party of friends with several Athens gentlemen present. The event reportedly was a splendid time and marked in honor of Col Zeke Edge. Opponents of progress in Athens are urged to relocate to Jura Village as the city continues to outgrow them.
Washington special reports State Senator Gee of Petersburg district Virginia, recently appointed Sitka lumber agent, predicts General Mahone will be the party nominee for governor. He says opponents will aid his election, rails against debt, and plans to resign to take the Sitka post and return home.
Ole Erickson, a butcher, tried to hitch his sorrel horse to a wagon when the animal attacked him and ran loose through Curiaco. It bit eight horses and seriously injured a child before a street car conductor and a policeman intervened. The mad horse was shot and killed.
Tele grams from Surgeon General Hamilton and Brunswick health authorities state no yellow fever case and town health is sound. The steamer David Clark was detained briefly in Savannah to verify reports, while Savannah pursues no quarantine and sees no plans for one.
Mr. E G Harris new manager of the Classic City Street Railway arrived from Macon and stated the company is ready for emergencies and will pay the $6,700 offered for the road. Plans include tearing up old track, laying new line, and favoring an electric or dummy engine system, with electric favored. The company supports a city park extension and promises regular rapid service, inviting public encouragement.
Two petitions circulate in Clarke County on prohibition. One asks Tuck to obtain the local option law for Athens if a majority favor it. the other seeks to keep existing laws requiring a majority of legal voters to call a prohibition election. Both petitions attract broad support with many signatures, though counts are unknown.
A. L. Hull cites uncertainty over whether the Georgia Carolina and Northern grading contract for a 50 mile section was let on the 27th, while Dr. Norvin Green of Western Union warns Postmaster General Wanamaker that the company cannot accept government messages at rates below current charges.
A fragment from Abbie C. Keever appears in the Pittsburg Bulletin. The lines describe life as sweet and light, with romantic longing amid rain and clouds and a request for assistance.
At a Berkeley anniversary, Professor Lemuel Jones Carey unveils a new field in dust science after a dramatic lab reveal. The ultimate atom is claimed to reveal each mote’s story and possibly heal humanity, but the gifted mind dies from heartbreak and fear of unintended harm.
A Lewiston Journal report notes two women pushing a carriage with a happy two year old. When the child fussed to go home, the mother yielded, teaching the child she can get its way. The scene prompts reflection on parenting and future influence.
Laborers unearthed two jars of nearly four hundred sovereigns in a field near London. The lord of the manor claimed the money, but a tradesman revealed he had buried it years earlier during a delusion. After recalling the location with a rumor of the find, the money was returned to the rightful owner.
A thief dumps manuscript pages of Poole's Index to Periodicals under a street counter. The pages, forming about twenty pages from three years of labor by fifty editors, were recovered, saving a lengthy restart. The incident highlights era hardships and editor concern over lost work.
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