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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
5
A letter from Clarence Carn of Loudoun County praises Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for curing chronic dyspepsia and stomach catarrh. He notes relief after trying many remedies and endorses the product along with Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to stimulate the liver and cleanse impurities.
Padilla, secretary of Resistencia, has fled Tampa to Havana to avoid deportation. Organizers reportedly plan to leave the city after a full conference with all selectors, except one Cuban who is said to have been forcibly removed. Factories remain on usual hours as international workers increase and ready to reopen.
Lt. Taylor, a Tipton farmer near Knoxville, was killed by a negro farmhand who struck him with a stone after an altercation over children playing croquet. The assailant fled to the mountains as a mob gathered to pursue him. Local reports indicate heightened tension following the slaying.
Signor Crispi died at 7:45 PM surrounded by family and friends. His body will lie in state three days at Villa Lina Naples before a state funeral in Naples and burial in Palermo. Berlin and Naples reports note will and papers may be opened, with Paced memorials and a guard of honor by veterans, firemen, and police.
America's Cup challenger Shamrock II, anchored off Sandy Hook, was towed to Tompkinsville Staten Island and taken to Ere basin for immediate stripping and preparation. The vessel is described as the fastest boat ever turned out in British waters.
The state department reports a cable from Mr. Rockhill in Peking stating the final protocol draft is agreed upon with a 5 percent ad valorem tariff to be phased in over eight months and until specific rates are set. A Chinese free list will include rice cereals flour gold and oil. Flour’s inclusion is especially significant for coastal whippers.
In Georgia near Savannah, Joe Washington, accused of assaulting Mrs. J. J. Clark, was identified by the victim and executed by a mob at Ways Station. About 400 men watched as leaders of under a dozen carried out the punishment, driving a crowbar and torch into the pine to end his life, with Washington making no plea for mercy.
Mrs. Elizabeth Collier an 80 year old widow living with her daughter and granddaughter was fatally struck by a southbound train near her home in Apainsville Georgia. The accident occurred during her habitual Sunday walk as the engine driven by Conductor Joe Holcomb and engineer John Welch approached the town. No blame rests on the railway crew or road.
W W Cone sectionmaster of the Albany division was killed by an apprentice named Thornton who had just learned of a wife’s letter accusing Cone of insulting her. Thornton shot Cone on the front piazza then fled. A second murder by a negro, Frank Sweed, had occurred nearby days earlier and left Gardner Whidden at large. In Covington Georgia, Thomas Davis drew a 100 acre Oklahoma lot with uncertain value and previously held a government post, leaving Covington with his family on July 22.
The forty seventh annual International Typographical Union meeting opened in Birmingham Alabama at 10 this morning led by President J M Lynch of Syracuse New York. Welcome remarks were given by T T Nock of the local union and Mayor Cronnen. Committees were named and debate scheduled on taxation wages and allied labor support as the convention continues through the week with major business ahead.
Charles Aycock, governor's eldest son, died at Wilson of cerebrospinal meningitis. Funeral held in the afternoon with many state officials present, including Treasurer Grimes and Auditor Dixon. The governor’s office closed as a mark of respect.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder a bottle claimed to cure kidney and bladder troubles in men and women including diabetes and rheumatism with mail order options and testimonials from Dr E W Hall and a Ripley Tennessee user.
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