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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
2
A parent from Lisbon Illinois recounts how Cuticura products cured her six month old daughter of severe cephalgia and skin issues after many remedies failed. She credits Cuticura Resolvent and other products with eradicating the humours and saving the child’s life.
An advertisement touts Cuthura as a permanent cure after five years without disease return. It claims benefits for skin conditions in infants and adults, with baths and ointment strategies, and promotes related products like Putheiers Resolvent and Cuileure skin Book from a chemical company catalog.
In Atlanta on December 12, Mrs H C White was acquitted in Judge Roans court after a joint pickpocketing indictment with her husband and Charles Gray. Gray fled after posting bond, leaving Mrs White to face trial alone with her testimony and denial of conspiratorial involvement.
Harper resident Geo W Hoffman declares he battled stomach and liver trouble for seven years and finally cured them with Electric Bitters. He urges others to try the remedy, praising its effectiveness. Sold by H R e. & Sony and W J Smith & Co with bottles available.
Yesterday afternoon nominations for 1906 managers in football and baseball at the University of Georgia were announced. Four candidates for football and five for baseball were named, and the final selections were to be made today. The football group includes John R. Fawcett Savannah C L Turner Atlanta Walter O Marshburn Barnesville and Roy Strickland Athens. Baseball nominees are C A Dozier Gainesville A Smith Atlanta Ike Fleischmann Atlanta I C Levy Augusta and Joe Burke Sharon. The list suggests capable managerial choices for both teams.
Atlanta, Dec 12. Plans are made at Georgia Tech for receptions and entertainment for delegates to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association convention to convene next Saturday in Atlanta. Sessions will be at Tech with Dr. F L Dudley presiding. A luncheon will be provided by the Tech Athletics Association and an evening entertainment is planned.
A moving appeal describes two sisters living with their grandparents in extreme poverty. They lack basic care and footwear, given little weather protection, and the writer urges Christmas aid through the Orphans' Home. The note also mentions John Sharp Williams's influence in the House as colleagues respond.
Congressman Webb of North Carolina introduces a bill for daily reports on cotton ginned for six days before semi annual reports and another bill to issue daily cotton data instead of semi monthly publications. Representative Lovering of Massachusetts introduces a resolution to require the secretary of agriculture to collect data for a more accurate season’s cotton crop estimate and publish it on January 10, 1906 with method and report details.
A tobacco factory in Elkon, Kentucky, owned by Mrs. M DB Penyek and run for the tobacco trust by the American Snuff Co, was blown up by dynamite at 1 30 this morning. No lives lost but extensive damage. nearby houses and trains damaged. The Dark Tobacco Growers association is blamed by some, though the group condemns such acts. Insurance had been cancelled days earlier.
Washington D C Dec 12 The senate confirmed the president s appointment of Carter Tate as district attorney at Atlanta. Charges filed by Darnell the Republican applicant were not considered by the judiciary committee and the appointment was confirmed unanimously.
Midshipman Minor Meriwether Jr is sentenced by court martial to one year confinement within the naval academy and a public reprimand by the secretary of the navy. Bonaparte orders the sentence carried out but remits the portion barring service on a practice ship. Meriwether acquitted of manslaughter but guilty of fisticuffs and conduct prejudicial to discipline. Representative Broussard says he is satisfied with the findings.
Edward Atkinson, noted economist and fire insurance adjuster of Boston, died in his Brooklyn home Monday morning after an acute indigestion attack. Nearly 79, he led Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance of Boston and wrote several books on economics while lecturing widely.
Ida Pennington five year old daughter of W. W. Pennington of 148 Bedford Street was run over by a trolley car on Marietta Street opposite the Exposition. She died at Grady Hospital shortly after the accident. Motorman H. S. Sea states the car was on an incline when the tragedy occurred. Body cared for by Harry Poole & Co. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Mr Tom Gerdine of Washington Day will visit his mother.
Athens reports a shooting scrap Monday night near a negro woman’s house in Barberville. El Brawner and Will Martin argued, Martin fired wounding Stump Graham in the back. a lamp was hurled at Martin, missing him but injuring Manse Graham. Martin fled. two combatants escaped uninjured. Police cannot yet catch Martin. Stump Graham appears fatally wounded.
Atlanta Georgia December 12 Frank A Arnold a leading member of the Georgia bar died suddenly from apoplexy in his office shortly before 9 am He had practiced law for about thirty five years in nearly every Georgia county Known for his bright mind and genial disposition he dictated a case to his stenographer moments before the stroke He died at 3 45 pm surrounded by family and colleagues The Banner Leader prints an advertisement for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and mentions Athens dealers
New York reports expose harsh holiday labor for children in factories and candy plants. Stories cite a 14 year old girl toiling 78.5 hours weekly plus long shifts, and another case of a girl aged 11 to 15 turning out box covers from dawn to dusk for meager pay. Authorities note widespread violations despite laws and inspectors, with Christmas rush intensifying abuse.
A historical account surveys child labor in the city during holidays, noting many 12 year olds working twelve hour days delivering parcels and acting as messengers. It details dangers, the harsh conditions, and the lure of higher pay in rough districts, highlighting the Tenderloin area and the exploitation by sports and patrons.
Memphis dispatch reports Jim Green a Black man was lynched at Boyle Mississippi by Black residents after he assaulted an eight year old girl. He was captured at Shaw station and returned to the crime scene where Alf Blacks dragged him from a cap and hanged him from a tree limb.
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