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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
2
Mrs Jefferson Davis arrived in Jackson at 1 o clock to a large crowd. State officials and Governor Longino greeted her at the depot and escorted her to the capitol. Tonight legislators will host a reception at the governor s home. She plans to sell Beauvoir to the state for 10000 to establish a home for aged Confederate veterans.
M J Moore of New York says a syndicate plans a nationwide wire telegraph network. Three agents survey routes via Northern Pacific Union Pacific and Santa Fe lines. Wealthy New York Philadelphia London investors back the project and Marconi gear may be acquired. Moore heads to San Francisco for final report.
In Charlotte on February 18, Recorder Shannonhouse exposed a secret group among local African Americans, called the Market Association, sworn to never testify against fellow members. The alleged league has impeded prosecutions, with 15 Negroes awaiting trial after testimonies were coerced and later challenged.
The minority report on the Pacific cable bill argues government construction is unnecessary. It says Commercial Pacific Cable Co has already agreed to lay the line to the Philippines and Manila with stepped rates and government message priorities, while censorship provisions and future ownership terms are debated. The fragment ends with undesired ad-like text and non sequiturs.
A winter storm moving from Vicksburg toward the Atlantic caused heavy snowfall in the South with Charlotte reporting 15 inches and Nashville 10. Streetcar traffic in Atlanta was disrupted since last night and telegraph and telephone wires suffered damage as Arctic air spread from Wilmington to the cotton belt.
Snowstorms cripple Knoxville and surrounding towns with heavy 8 to 10 inch falls. Widespread travel delays persist as streetcars stall, lines are abandoned, and wires suffer damage. In Kentucky and Alabama, storm impact on telephones and rail service prompts extensive repairs. other reports note British army costs and boxing plans.
The American Association, based in Middlesboro Kentucky, begins erecting a large church on the former site of the burned Quarter House. Owner Lee Turner sold the acre to the association and has left the country, ending the feud.
The piece argues catarrh is more than a cold, dangerous if untreated, contaminates blood and spreads poison through the body. It criticizes salves washes and sprays for not reaching the root, claiming S.5,5 cleanses the blood and eliminates secretions to cure even severe cases.
Hammond Indiana February 15 Willie Nowak three year old son of Mr and Mrs John Nowak is said to have deliberately set fire to his baby sister's clothing and watched her die. The inquest found the mother left the kitchen for about fifteen minutes and the boy admitted lighting the clothes. The 16 month old girl burned severely lay on the floor as flames damaged the pine floor. the boy stood nearby without showing grief.
Joy and John Wages are jailed in Clarke county on charges of raising currency denominations. Joe Wages allegedly passed a $5 bill after altering a one dollar note to a five. Parker, a near Lampkin Street and Milledge Avenue storekeeper, declined the note at a National Bank. A second case involved John Wages identified by farmer J. P. Williamson near Clarkesboro. Williamson remembered the passer and identified John Wages at the jail. U S officers pursue further developments today.
In Washington on February 15 the senate approved a $100,000 appropriation for a public building at Selma Alabama. The chamber then debated a Lodge amendment to the permanent census bill proposing that current twelfth census office employees above skilled labor be placed in the civil service without further examination, arguing it would affect those already eligible.
Two men named William Horner of Compton City Kentucky and another unidentified Black man were killed when a dynamite blast in a doghouse near the Big Etna furnace at Ironton Ohio occurred at about 2 am. They had been sleeping while awaiting job offers. A companion who slept nearby reported waking to fire and escaping as the explosion rocked the ore-filled structure.
Mr Dudley M Hughes of Dasville Ga delivered a spoken address to agricultural students at the University on Wednesday afternoon. He stressed agriculture as vital to national education and urged students to devote time and effort to the industry, the country’s backbone. R J Redding, director of the experiment station, will speak today on the station’s work.
Reverend William J. Young of Lynchburg Virginia has accepted an invitation from the university to preach the baccalaureate sermon at the forthcoming commencement. Described as a powerful preacher in the Old Dominion and a leading figure in his denomination, he serves at the Sanodist Church of Lynchburg.
State Department cable advices confirm report that ransom money for Migs Stone was paid to brigand captors. Release timing uncertain. brigands demand one week to ten days for safe retreat before delivery. Woman cremated in Russellville Alabama after dress ignited from spark near a fire. she died the same night.
Boxing champion James J. Jeffries leaves New York for San Francisco where he plans exhibition bouts on the way to his awaited match with Bob Fitzsimmons. He will perform in Altoona and Cleveland next, citing a lingering cold and travel routines as he nears the coast.
Wednesday exercises marked the 101st anniversary of the Damar Itheanian society at Lucy Cobb Institute chapel. Edgar Oliver spoke on liberal education as essential for educated leadership in democracy, arguing education teaches people how to think and enhances freedom to use wealth wisely. the audience, including Lucy Cobb students, listened with keen attention.
Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda Lester were held Wednesday at 1 PM at the First Methodist church in Weston Ga. The Rev J T Daves read rites and preached a sermon with hymns Asleep in Jesus Oh where shall rest be found and I would not live alway. Interment followed at Oconee Cemetery with pallbearers J B Talmadge J S King W A Jester J A Hunnicnd T J Scott and T G Hadaway.
Mr H A Cook of Harlem Ga died Monday afternoon at three after a brief illness at his home. He was the father of Mrs D P Haselton of this city but she could not reach Harlem due to her little daughter Dorothy’s illness. Mr Haselton and Mrs Reuben Nickerson left for Harlem Monday, but Cook died before they arrived. Sympathy goes to the bereaved family. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised in the notice.
The annual report of the Dispensary Commissioners shows a year end sale of 99,472.85 with gross profits of 997,882.96. Net profits after expenses totaled 15,056.58, beating the previous high of 11,000 and reflecting large gains for the year.
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