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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
2
In Columbus Georgia Haw kins a veteran fisherman ends at Muscogee county farm for the poor. A stray canine who joined him earlier arrived at the farm before Hawkins and remained there awaiting his master prompting questions about the dog's prescience and loyalty.
A Knoxville man, George Davies, 47, received thirty days in the stockade for idling and loitering after arriving in Atlanta seeking work. He was fined 15.75 dollars or stockade time, and authorities later aided by Associated Charities and the Prison Association secured his trunk and found him a job. The case prompts calls for tighter police court scrutiny before trials.
Julian St George White a Atlanta mail carrier and editor of the Georgia Broadaxe is jailed in Washington Georgia charged with publishing material derogatory to white citizens of Wilkes county. He faces trial before Judge William Wynn once evidence and witnesses are secured. No violence is expected despite strong sentiment.
The stables at the fair grounds track hold hundreds of fast horses ready for a local race meeting beginning the day after tomorrow and running for thirty days. Afterward, Columbia horses will be taken to Charleston for the 100 day meeting there.
Massachusetts branches of the National Independent Political League and the New England Suffrage League with a citizens' auxiliary committee prepared for a centennial celebration in Boston. Exercises will be held in Faneuil Hall with a home address at the birth site on Common Street where Phillips was born.
At the executive committee meeting of the State College of Agriculture trustees six new instructors were named to start January first with extension funding. Appointments include L C Carter adjunct professor of soil chemistry and six extension instructors led by J H Firor and H W McLemore. The group will expand county soil surveys and broader extension work across Georgia under U S government cooperation.
In a rain drenched night, jurors in Arnold Grocery Co versus Central of Georgia Railway stayed in the city court house jury room to avoid a walk to a distant hotel. They returned the verdict in favor of the defendant railway, a trover suit over an engine held for months after a factory repair delay and disputed bill of lading.
Columbus papers feud over aviation meets with the Morning Paper announcing flights on Thanksgiving and the Afternoon Paper claiming a December 14 blowout event. The city sees rival coverage and a flag of truce smashed as each publication asserts priority in flight displays.
Fairburn Georgia November 23 Bill Sea brooke a Henry county man known as a skilled possum hunter climbed a tree seven miles from Fairburn in pursuit of a fat possum he fell from a limb and died the next day in bed Local authorities say he was found dazed after the fall but not thought badly hurt and his death is attributed to the fall in the Ninth district
Gov. John M. Slaton intervened to spare the death penalty for the baby’s death of Thomas Edgar Stripling, ordering mercy for the family, while allowing the Camden County murderer O J O Berry to face the law. He rejected clemency for O Berry despite pressure, saying mercy must yield to justice in that case.
Athens city court heard two railroad suits over Monday and Tuesday with two different railroads as defendants. Arnold versus Central Railway saw Col. Harris for Central and Col. Erwin for S A L as plaintiff. Rhodes versus G M Railway had Col. Dean for G M and Col. Strickland for Southern as plaintiff.
Georgia football features star players Robert McWhorter and Captain Kid Woodruff. The 1900s era report highlights McWhorter as a two year All-Southern selection, Woodruff praised as South’s best little man, with Maddox and Peacock also noted for strong line play and blocking impact. Savannah showdown with Auburn looms as Georgia hopes for dry field advantage.
Miss Birdie Marks of Athens completed the Glidden tour with a perfect score setting a new mark for women drivers. She travels in a custom Columbia car built by Paul Keller and hopes to enter future Savannah races if allowed as a woman.
A speaker argues for fair trial standards and notes that county residents favor hanging for the guilty, urging authorities to heed public cries in such cases and stating a personal refusal to intervene.
Pred Duebres, a mail carrier from Atchison, reports kidney and bladder trouble with severe back pain worsened by heavy mail loads. He began taking Foley Kidney Pills and says he has since eliminated his kidney problems and feels as sound as ever. Available at all druggists.
Athens was represented in a New York horse show last week with Hogan McCurdy among city police mounted units selected to ride Tuesday night. The exhibit drill, led by Lt David McCarthy, features a first and second platoon with officers and the Trafic Squad, including Sergeant John A Park and Chief guides.
H D Bly of Bantam Ohio says he refused a doctor and used Bucklen's Arnica Salve to heal a four year ulcer on his foot. The salve, advertised as healing burns sores and skin conditions, is sold by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Bons.
An advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT cures itching bleeding and protruding piles within six to fourteen days. The druggist offers a refund if the treatment fails to cure any case. Price listed as 50 cents.
Formal presentation planned tomorrow for the jubilee edition of Schiller's works sent by the German Emperor to Cincinnati's German Literary Club. The gift honors the club for promoting German culture in the city.
Fragmentary note shows H. FR. Palmer & GONG as a local business matter. References a week long period and a Saint location. No clear action or outcome stated.
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