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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1907
Page
5
A charter has been prepared by prominent citizens detailing the hotel organization and stock distribution. The plan will be published to invite subscription, and the measure will be taken up and driven to completion despite opposition and critics.
Fulton county grand jury indicted Mrs. Willie Stamper for murder and Charlie Johns with Griff Freeman for arson in the death of John Dodgen a justice court bailiff found shot on a Marietta street lodging house porch. All three held in the Tower.
George Williams, a young man, opens an office at Broad Street and Newton to supply servants and washerwomen. He aims to improve the servant problem by securing reliable help. Charges will be nominal and trustworthy staff sought. Also notes Cobb Street macadam extension to Milledge Avenue as an immediate city improvement.
Four YMCA junior teams will play on Mondays and Wednesdays after noon to avoid study interference. Coach Stouch from the University of Georgia will coach, starting immediately with guidance on improving play. The first game is Thursday night followed by a reception and social hour hosted by the Ladies' Auxiliary.
Mrs W D Beacham sells her large Webb Crawford Co stock to other shareholders and Walter C Pitner becomes a stockholder. Pitner is a well known local figure with years in the firm as a traveling salesman. The Crawford firm, founded by Tate H Crawford, remains under W N Webb and associates as it plans to elect officers for the coming year.
Dr. J. W. Walden departs this week for DeFuntak Springs Florida to lead a newly organized Presbyterian college. He will serve as president, oversee faculty selection curricula promotion and student recruitment ahead of the fall opening. Athens residents express regret as his family leaves with broad well wishes.
Mr. Herman Smith of Brunswick visits Athens seeking to locate a building for a pawnbroker's office. He reports Athens pleases him and notes the city has lacked a pawnbroker due to licensing but hopes to establish one here.
Cigarette smokers seek better quality and packaging. Mecca cigarettes, a new product, gain rapid acceptance for their oriental fragrance and taste. Manufacturers struggle to keep up with demand as the brand is praised for value and price.
Rev E L Hill of Eufaula Alabama preached twice at the Athens Presbyterian Church. He recently was called as pastor and the church will decide on the call soon. Congregations filled the pews and praised his earnest delivery and engaging manner. Hill will stay in the city until tomorrow before returning home. His acceptance prospects generate wide local interest.
Dean of Emerson College of Oratory Boston, Mr Henry A Southwick, will start a series of lectures and readings at Lucy Cobb Institute next Thursday January 10. The course includes two morning and two evening talks at 830 and a 9 am chapel talk Friday. Open to public and college students. he impressed audiences last year and is warmly welcomed back.
Mercury in catarrh ointments damages smell and overall system. Use only on prescription from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo cures catarrh internally, with testimonials free, sold by druggists at 7 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Da Fine Printing The Banner Leads
Secretary Van Valkenburg of the University of Georgia Y M C A lists lecturers for the remainder of the term. Clayton B. Cooper, an International secretary, will speak after a delay. Others include Rabbi Marx Atlanta Dr Ira Landreth Nashville Dr J I Sweets Louisville C L Gates Atlanta and Rev S L Morris Atlanta with more speakers sought to enrich campus M M C A work.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts addressed the Senate defending the presidents authority to dismiss soldiers without a court martial under the concept of summary dismissal. He argued the president cannot be constrained from removing dangerous personnel and that military discipline would fail otherwise. The Browns ville shootings and possible actions by troops or civilians were cited as context for the discussion.
August Sherpe, overseer of the poor at Fort Madison, Ia, praises Dr King's New Life Pills as rightly named and more effective than other laxatives. They cure biliousness and constipation and cost 26 cents at local drug stores. Start the new year by joining the Chamber of Commerce.
Philadelphia reports graft within the Pennsylvania Railroad as new president James McCrea vows to end malpractices. A five-member director committee led by C Stewart Patterson investigates internal affairs, with a report expected soon guiding sweeping reforms across the vast system and its contracts showing alleged favoritism and inflated salaries.
Pittsburg January 7 a supreme court justice and former attorney general advised Thaw's mother to plead insanity to save him from the electric chair Justice McKenna and Senator Knox two high officials consulted in a homicide case marking a historic step for two prominent figures providing counsel.
Philadelphia reports the Fourth Street National Bank bombing that killed cashier McLear and the bomber, likely Rolla Steele of Garner Town. Steele slept at the Grant house. a room search found detonating caps, a pistol, cartridges, fuse, tools, clothing. An overalls tag from Lynchburg merchant and a loan demand to bank president Rushton tied Steele to the crime. Messen ger Crump wounded but expected to recover as Rushton denies camera access amid nervous strain. DeWitt's Little Early Risers advertised by Orr Drug Co.
The New York Attorney General filed a suit in the supreme court on behalf of the people to oust George B. McClellan from the mayoralty, claiming he usurped and unlawfully holds the office. William Randolph Hearst is stated as legally entitled to the same office. The action is separate from last week's quo warranto case halted at Mayor McClellan's request.
Columbus Ga Jan 7 Kawart Carter aged thirty married marshal of Richland Ga was shot and instantly killed in the streets last night at seven thirty by an unknown negro who fled and has not been captured. The marshal attempted to arrest the man who matched a hundred dollar reward description The negro fired and killed him then disappeared Mayor Sims offered a hundred dollar reward and notified Governor Terrell to add to this amount. Wise Counsel From the South. Electric Bitters praised by J R Blankenship of Beck Tenn as curing lame back and kidney trouble after several bottles he was fully cured and recommends the remedy sold under guarantee at local drug stores 1.60
Nanale Taylor of Bedford Virginia says Cascasweet is the best medicine she used for babies after trying everything. Orr Drug Co. sells Cascasweet.
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