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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1903
Page
6
A long syndicated roundup from Athens and Georgia towns details Elks charity efforts in Atlanta and Milledgeville, mentions Waycross wood distribution, and cites opinions on national figures. It notes editorials praising or criticizing political figures, newspaper tones, and local announcements affecting communities.
Mrs. Ellen Daniel widow of Parker Daniel died Saturday at her daughter Mrs. H F Aiken home three miles from Watkinsville Georgia She was about eighty and grandmother of Parker Aiken of Athens Burial occurred near there The notice also promotes Chamberlains Pain Balm as a remedy with local salesmen listed.
The German government condemns Standard Oil as a nuisance and orders officials to boycott Rockefeller oil. It promotes Russian and Roumanian imports, cuts Rostan and Roumanian oil rates, and bars Standard Oil storage on railway land. The Saxon Finance Ministry issues a similar ban, signaling possible fallout.
Thebig edition noted as a holiday number celebrates The Savannah Presss twelfth anniversary. The paper began twelve years ago under Pleasant A. Stovall and faced skeptics who doubted its survival, yet the publication persisted and grew.
The Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore notes that rising cotton prices over the last five years have increased the South’s cotton crop value by about 2.6 billion dollars, with effects rivaling national industrial magnitudes. It cites that cotton and seed income this year will exceed 650 million dollars, and total five year value reaches roughly 2.575 billion against 1.775 billion in the prior five years.
Police rounded up eleven men on Willow street on Saturday night for disorderly conduct after a pastiche of illegal gaming. They were tried in the mayor’s court and fines totaling fifteen to twenty dollars per man were imposed, with a city fine of one hundred twenty dollars added. A local drug ad promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pills.
Saturday Asa J. Booth of this city went to the Confederate Veterans Home in Atlanta seeking admission without papers. After one meal he left, fell over an embankment on the way back, and sustained serious injuries. He is being treated in Atlanta and expected to recover.
Sunday afternoon at the Central depot a young woman named Miss Lillian Allgood fell from a moving train bound for Macon. She struck the platform and was severely bruised but survived, having lingered on the car too long while seeing a relative off.
Athens Dispensary commissioners elected Jesse M. Allen as manager to succeed John Ison who resigned. Cris Harris named to fill the vacancy left by promotion. R T Wright remains in his role. Pay scales to change after January 1 with Allen taking charge this morning.
Joseph Wilson of Athens area reports dramatic relief from chronic backache and kidney symptoms after using Dean's Kidney Pills from A Palmer & Son's. He notes dark kidney secretions, nighttime pain, and daytime disruption before treatment, then rapid improvement and lasting health after completing the regimen. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Dean's.
Hon Julian McCurry of Hart, a well known Toledo figure, is named as a candidate for speaker pro tem of the Ohio house. The note also includes a sworn statement by Frank J Cheney confirming a firm’s offer regarding Ostarrh cures and a testimonial notice for Hall’s Catarrh Care.
The Athens Banner calls for strict economy in city spending for 1904, arguing the dispensary revenue should not lower the tax rate below one percent. It questions adding four police officers and proposes electing a city marshal to free the chief of police for full-time duties, improving efficiency without extra costs.
Sunday morning a fire broke out in bales of cotton inside the Griffith & Welch warehouse on Clayton street. John W. Welch alerted the fire department after discovering flames among fourteen burning bales. rain had slowed spread. Firemen remained to guard the site, and one bale rekindled briefly the next day but was quickly put out. Interwoven notes promote Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets with testimonials from Detroit. local merchants advertise sale and regularity tips. Major Oscar J. Brown, A. S. A., visiting sister Mrs. E. S. Lyndon, noted as a popular Army officer.
John Simpson cites legal principle that eggs are protected like poultry as a man is jailed for stealing nineteen dozen eggs. A negro man selling produce vanished with a bucket of eggs found sold for twenty cents a dozen. Police recovered the eggs and Judge Ovbd sentenced the thief to twelve months on the chain gang.
Jesiper J. H. MoCardy of Meade South Dakota now 10 months or year away from Athena returns to the city with relatives for the holidays. His friends report a promotion and homecoming after three years of service in the cavalry. One hundred declare a 60 percent value on DeWitt Witch Hazel Salve.
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