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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
6
Hon J H Esst ill of Savannah enters the Georgia gubernatorial race as a Democratic candidate. He pledges impartial law enforcement and fair treatment for all, plans to meet voters across counties, and seeks support for the primary. Savannah Ga January 12 1906.
Macon Ga Jan 13 In under thirty minutes after he was married at his brother’s home on Huguenin heights Lee Wood was arrested as a deserter from the US army He is being taken to McPherson barracks Atlanta to serve as a private The bride Miss Ricks of Chattanooga and Wood planned to seek release from service and appeal to Congressman Bartlet for help Wood helps operate a meat market with his brother
A report from Manuel Paris describes a false prophet in Ponce Porto Rico who claims to be the Spirit of St John the Evangelist. He preaches varying truths and leads crowds to wear three crosses. About 3 000 villagers abandoned homes and work, and a service drew roughly 10 000 listeners.
A local sale advertises large discounts across fabrics, garments, and accessories. Items include rugs, shades, matting, lace curtains, stockings, gloves, bed comforts, flannels, outerwear, knits, neckwear, blankets, underwear, caps, eiderdown, jeans, bags, corsets, napkins, soap, and hosiery. Prices show substantial reductions with many items offered at about half to two thirds off. The sale emphasizes quick list-making and immediate visits.
Baltimore dispatch reports The Manufacturer's Record credits the South with growing wealth and farm values since 1900. It notes 1905 farm value near two billion dollars and total southern wealth rising through agriculture, sugar, tobacco, iron, cotton mills, and railroad expansion.
Dangers of a cold are described as greater than any other cause if untreated and local remedies are recommended. The piece promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as prompt and effective, with claims of easing coughs and aiding recovery. It lists Athens Ga merchants H R Palmer and Sons and W J Smith & Bro as distributors.
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a Savannah ordinance permitting pawnbrokers to charge 7 percent monthly on loans over 25 and 10 percent on smaller loans is unconstitutional and conflicts with state interest laws. The case Lockwood vs Muhlberg from Chatham Superior Court reversed.
The Missouri Supreme Court sustains the constitutional validity of the Brice law but rules the provision barring counties that vote out the dispensary from school funds unconstitutional. The decision, unanimous, roots in 1904 legislation allowing dispensary or prohibition with sixteen counties already voting out.
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