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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1910
Page
7
Yesterday morning at 625 Pulaski Street Mrs C S Fellows suffered severe burns from a gas stove explosion in her kitchen. Initial fears for her eyesight proved unfounded though she sustained painful facial and hand injuries and scorched hair and eyebrows.
A Coal City Alabama man claims Dr King's New Life Pills cured 12 years of liver and kidney trouble and high malaria related debility. The pills are sold for 26 cents by W J Smith & Bros plus H R Palmer & Sons.
The race for congress in the Highth district grows more lively as Howard supporters claim gains across Gaines Moss Ruckeraville Long street Wyche Webbaboro Elberton Petersburg and potentially Goshen Pike districts. Tribble backers counter in Elbert and other counties with close contests and defections noted. The outcome will be known in two weeks as Elberton Star reports.
Georgia politics heats up as Governor Brown and Hoke Smith campaign with contrasting views on state government. Analysts expect battles over legislative control, with Smith aiming to place allies in key posts from the senate to the house while Brown supporters push for autonomy of state departments and railroad regulators.
Aug 9 Atlanta report notes Western Union and Postal Telegraph free franks end August 17 under Hepburn law. Southern Bell warns intrastate and interstate free conversations end, restricted to authorized personnel and families. Georgia had state rules, but now nationwide scope applies after August 17. Also a note promoting Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Nearly a thousand spectators, including many women and girls, witnessed a drill exhibition by the Clarke Rifles at Herty field on the University campus. Captain Carthers praised his company for their splendid performance and the city shared in the pride of their display.
Tens of thousands watched as sixty thousand Knights Templar in white plumes and gold insignia marched along Michigan Avenue from Thirty-fifth Street to the county building. Police led the parade with Sir Leroy T. Steward at the head. Sir Charles C. Haley directed the day’s grand procession with divisions and flags decorating the route. The immense reviewing stand on the lakefront held about fifty thousand spectators, many women, as dignitaries from England Canada and the United States rode in carriages. The event closed with high praise for the pageant’s splendor and organization and followed by commentary on streetcar revenue and planned extensions in Athens.
Revenue officers Trammell and Bergstrom seized a large illicit distillery about two miles from Smithonia in Oglethorpe county. The raid followed reports of a moonshine operation south of Smithonia. The still, two stands, worm and equipment were taken, and over two thousand gallons of beer destroyed while the operators fled, to be pursued later by federal agents.
Special to The Banner from Atlanta reports the Wright anti lobby bill was talked to death in the senate. It was not read a second time before adjournment, making passage impossible as the session ends. Senators Calhoun Irwin McCurry Morris McDowell and Price led the filibuster. Foley Kidney Pills are advertised.
The passage comments on the decline of real poetry due to materialism and aging tastes, urging a return to serious verse. It then shifts to health and a Foley remedy while noting a senate bill to abolish the fee system for solicitors general and replace it with a $3,000 salary, seen by many as crucial.
The Herald and Advertiser notes Hewlette A. Hall pioneered the 1897 reform law ending the old convict lease system, creating the Prison Commission and public works labor. It credits Hall’s bill with laying the groundwork for Felder’s later reforms and cites the 1908 convention platform endorsing abolition of convict labor. The piece argues Hall, not Felder, was the original driving force.
The Georgia House and Senate approved abolishing the fee system for solicitors general and set their salaries at $3,000 yearly. Clerks of court will forward all fines and forfeitures to the state treasurer, who will pay salaries and refund any surplus to counties pro rata. The session also moved the automobile regulation bill and authorized a 15 member Georgia bar commission to study judicial reforms. Fulton county tax returns show $86,757,705 total with a net gain of $4,860,760 and 2,004 dogs registered.
Claude Brown of Reynoldsville Alabama reports months of kidney trouble baffling doctors. After using Foley's Kidney Remedy he achieved complete cure with several large bottles. He calls it of inestimable value and says it helped him greatly. Sold by all druggists.
Friends in Jefferson greet Col. R. L. J. Smith of Commerce as a likely entrant for solicitor general of the circuit next term. He formerly lived in Jefferson and served as city court solicitor, with strong backing from Jackson County residents.
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