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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1899
Page
2
Farmers across the county report crops have suffered irreparable damage with cotton and corn buried in mud. The distressing condition highlights record hardship as weather and flooding impact yields and livelihoods.
A sweeping Tuesday night storm caused widespread damage across Athens Clarke County and surrounding farms. Lightning struck Mary Echols in East Athens, while businesses on Broad and River streets faced flood and wind losses. University sparrows perished, poles and fences collapsed, and crops suffered heavy damage estimated in the thousands. Town streets flooded to depths up to eighteen inches as roofs blown off and gutters overwhelmed, with county farms reporting extensive cotton and corn losses and up to a 25 percent crop decline.
In Watkinsville Ga Aug 23 Miss Ells Hudson of Harmony Grove closed her Welcome Academy school with an outstanding exhibition praised by a large audience as the year's best entertainment in Oconee. Local society includes Col Higgins of Athens and editor Morcock visiting Elbertton carnival. Protracted meetings planned. weddings and travels noted. A rain with hail refreshed the town for the first time since spring. Cotton crop data and remarks on compress bales and Texas bales referenced in a letter from Moravia Texas.
In Fairburn Georgia Judge Candler convened Campbell superior court to try George Tatum and John Jemison for arson in the Palmetto burning last January. The verdict returned a recommendation for life imprisonment after the state rested on a confession corroborated by strong circumstantial evidence while the defense offered no testimony.
Elberton Georgia August 23 third carnival day featured Dr A S J Stovall’s horse winning races and afternoon baseball 7 to 1 Elberton over Harmony Grove Speakers included Hon C H Jordon and Dr J B Hunnicatt with Hon James M Smith ill Tomorrow’s program promises further horse races and main speaker Hon L F Livingston Also mentions Dr Sawyer's Amaca Witch Hazel Salve and Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as sold by H R Palmer & Sons.
The Mulberry Street Methodist Church hosts a complimentary reception for Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Hill before their departure for Athens. A planned program features Mrs. Clifford Williams, Mr. Monte Pickens, and Professor Guttenberger's fall orchestra. Refreshments follow as the Hills bid farewell prior to his new duties as chancellor of the University of Georgia.
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