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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
6
John R. Cain, superintendent of the street department, issues cards to answer questions on street improvements and timelines. The card reads in large text I can't read I can't write I don't know what on earth they are going to do.
It appears the Carneaville electric road will be built. Grading is ongoing and negotiations for electrical equipment are under way. Chief engineer Willis F. Brown has rented a house in Carneville and will move his family there soon. Builders expect completion to Athens within twelve months.
A wartime verse parody titled Down Where the Jersey Lilies Grow recounts an Army officer’s voyage from a Spanish city to Frisco and Los Angeles. It mentions the 12th Cavalry Troop E, Mr. P. B. Brantly, and touring phrases about California wine and the Philippines.
Joel Cloud won the Oglethorpe county ordinary position with 471 votes to L H Bacon’s 252, succeeding the late J J Bacon. Cloud, a University of Georgia alumnus, is noted as a young local figure. A consumer note plugs Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with endorsements from local druggists.
Howard White alleges a robbery at the dispensary on Christmas Eve claiming six dollars and whiskey were taken. He identifies the suspected thief as Hime Arnold, a Black man, who has been arrested to face the charge.
Charlie Shaw cdl is under arrest on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. A warrant has been sworn out and he will be tried before Judge Cobb for the offense. Also an ad praises DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin sores sold by dealers.
Christmas night Mr. R. S. Wingfield fired at a negro thief with three chickens in hand after he attempted to enter Wingfield’s house. The man dropped the birds and fled, having stolen from the hen house on Wingfield’s property.
Dora Jones, a bright mulatto woman, wore a suit of men's clothes and caused a disturbance in the street. Mayor Rhodea fined Dora fifteen collars after a case in mayor's court.
The funeral of Judge Pope Barre was held at Christ Church Savannah with many friends and the Savannah bar in attendance. Confederate veterans and McLaws camp joined the procession. Judge Barrow was interred in Oglethorpe county in the old family burial ground, with many Athenians traveling to witness the ceremony.
The Western circuit judgeship race could be lively as Judge Ravsell’s term ends. Judge Raasell seeks re election, Solicitor Charles H Brand will run, Col B F Camp of Franklin County may enter, and Judge W W Stark of Jackson County is thinking about joining. With four candidates it promises to be spirited.
Ben Johnson is charged with larceny after allegedly stealing a pair of Christmas pants from Foster Graves. Police found Johnson and the pants. he faces trial before Judge Dubb.
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