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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1899
Page
7
Cotton receipts in Ath ens show 45 000 bales with 17 000 held in warehouses for higher prices. Estimated total receipts for the season near 60 000 bales, far below last year’s 86 000. Farmers hold stock awaiting better prices, possibly through spring or summer. Also notes an ad for a health product and local drugstore price.
Scores of taxpayers crowded the tax collector’s office on the last day to pay taxes without an execution. Linton handled a heavy workload as state and county books closed, with people present from morning until night. Also advertised is a 25 cent cure for chilblains and aches sold by local druggists.
Daniel Ross, a colored man, was bound over for trial on larceny from the house of O. E. Underwood after a committal hearing before Judge Foster. He was captured nearby by Officer Ross with his dogs and granted bond after testimony. The report notes his health as excellent and promotes a patent remedy.
Governor Candler offers 500 dollars for the murderer of F M Holliday. Jackson County adds 250 dollars and a nephew of the deceased adds 0. The appeal aims to spur efforts to solve the brutal killing of the elderly man who lived near Jefferson. The article notes past suspicions but no charges and urges renewed pursuit with proof to convict.
A historical remedy urges giving Emulsion promptly when neck kernels appear in children. It claims swelling will diminish and heal with proper nourishment, promising improved flesh and healthy color as treatment proceeds.
Report states inmates attempted to break jail again Tuesday night. A prisoner improvised a rough saw and cut a front cell bar before the plan was discovered yesterday morning. Officials warn that without steel cells or jail improvements a wholesale escape seems likely.
The Athens Factory is repairing boilers and getting machinery ready to run night and day after Christmas. The Athens Manufacturing Company reports splendid prosperity as it works to meet the growing orders and maintain strong enterprise.
A century era profile notes General Jan Piet Joubert commander of the Boer forces in South Africa. It questions a reported link to Stonewall Jackson and portrays him as bold yet tender, valuing home and country and vowing to fight for freedom. It recalls Majuba Bronkhorst and Doorkop incidents and cites his loyalty to faith and troops. The piece includes a sensational claim about his past and a vignette of his command style. Also included is a short testimonial about Dr King s New Discovery for coughs and lung troubles.
Washington reports General Lawton as a brave seasoned fighter with Civil War service. He began as a sergeant in the Ninth Indiana in 1861, earned brevet colonel in 1865, joined regulars in 1866, and rose to lieutenant colonel before the Spanish American War. He commanded a division in the Fifth Corps under Shafter and distinguished himself before Santiago.
Lieut Tom Brumby's body reached Atlanta and lay in state at the capitol before a funeral at St Phillips Church. A military escort and thousands mourned as his remains were buried at Oakland cemetery. A Georgia-wide movement seeks funds for a monument in his honor with subscriptions urged through Athens.
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