28 Jan 1890
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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1890
Page
1
A veteran letter speaks of Archie's inheritance and the value of character over youth, urging belief in lifelong virtue and strength. A long Youth's Companion piece contrasts two town belles, one vain and social climbing, the other domestic and steady, noting how life reshapes beauty and status.
A Georgia column reports Ex-U.S. Senator Pope Barrow visiting Athens court, Col Barrow’s railroad cases, and J H Stone promoting The Baxner. Gainesville to get a new Air Line depot. a Lula pig litter yields twenty two piglets. Hartwell hosts a building association branch. Hart County records 1000 inhabitants. An Athens ties to multiple obituaries and marriages anchor a snapshot of regional life.
In Toccoa city news J F Earls weds Carrie C Bleckley. Clerical changes include J N Merritt named Clayton postmaster and Rev G K Fuller appointed Alliance store manager in Franklin county. A train westbound carried emigrants. Also notes on Prof Dobson’s whereabouts, Demorest growth, ads drawing attention, and Reid Davis’s new wooden leg made by A J Whitlock.
Judge N L Hutchins presided Friday and Saturday in Ballame & Sorrels et al v Hirschfield & Blumethal over appointing a receiver. Fraud alleged. plaintiffs seek permanent injunction. Numerous lawyers from Athens Madison Augusta linked to sides. Judge Hutchins reserved decision. Prof Branson cited for arithmetic work drawing offers.
A religious discourse praises saving money and insurance yet urges laying up treasure in heaven. It cites thrift, scripture, and parables from Florida phosphate discoveries, then reflects on ministerial life and the era’s discouragement before quoting a sermon by Talmadge on perseverance.
A Sunday at Home meditation contrasts spiritual thirst with worldly dissatisfaction. It describes souls longing for happiness, conscience alarm, and fear of death, then offers the Christian remedy through belief and divine salvation. The article cites biblical verses urging thirsting souls to come to Christ and drink, yielding eternal life.
Forward offers a 1896 New Year message urging readers to craft a beautiful year by living righteously and avoiding wilful sins. It likens the year to a white book to be written with kindness, innocence, and unselfish acts, emulating Christ’s example. The piece closes with a blessing for readers.
A fragment essay notes misery caused by gossips who collect gossip and criticisms to distort a person’s life. It cites Naomi and Ruth, hinting at departure and return to a poorer state, illustrating how harsh comments affect faith and status. The piece frames these people as warned in the Bible and urges reflection on such harms.
Alliance editorial argues cotton farming remains unprofitable due to uncertain yields and market manipulation by buyers and speculators. It criticizes inflated crop forecasts, notes price rises from short receipts, and urges farmers to diversify rather than rely on cotton alone. It ridicules optimistic reports and warns against trusting estimators who profit from predicting prosperity.
A fragmentary missive warns of overthrow and hidden dangers beneath a deceptive surface. It laments perpetual imprisonment and predicts Seattle's financial ruin while urging a turn toward prosperity and contentment. The writer signs as G. T. M.
General news notes a short tea crop, a Buenos Ayres commission failure, and a slew of tragedies and scandals. Noah W. Hamilton’s suicide in Birmingham follows love trouble, while a deadly gas explosion in Columbus claims six lives and injures others. Other items report a murder in New York, a Denver lamp fire, miners’ families facing eviction near Pittsburgh, illicit wine sales prosecutions, and a contested election clash in Johns town Texas. A Chicago speculator is duped out of 25000 by a clerk. a juried Mary Washington Mace case favors the defense. and a multiple crime round up includes a California insurance prince shot abroad and two Chinese men plus a woman found dead in a Birmingham laundry.
A train crash in Oregon during a snow blockade claims three lives while reports from New York, Chicago, and Denver note curiosities and crimes. Details include a bedstead once Washington’s, a thousand dollar coffin, political repudiation in Indiana, a recovered 1804 dollar, prohibition ruling in Kansas, a deputy sheriff's self-inflicted death in Missouri, attempted arsenic poisoning in Chattanooga, and various local incidents from Paris Kentucky to Denver Col. The roundup mentions railroad fare cuts in Kansas, a murder in Denver, a divorce filing in Chicago, a Polish leader’s bail, graveyard watchmen in Plymouth, farm protection demands, and other brief items.
Col W L Peek of Rockdale, newly elected Alliance Exchange president, hosts a visitor from Hin Views and showcases his farming method. The piece highlights Peek’s terracing system, high corn yield on one acre, and planned replication. It also notes political expectations, exchange business, and other Harmony Grove community items.
Georgia reports a Cordela steam cotton factory nearing operation and a long list of concerns from burglaries across the state to railroad progress toward Sparta. Other items note a 700 pound hog, strawberry shipments from Thomasville, a fatality in Rome with $85,000 life policy, and plans for a Savannah News founder to start a daily paper in Atlanta.
In a surprising midwinter reveal, Athens gardener E K Lumpkin sent Baynard Office a vast basket of vegetables grown in private soil. The shipment included cabbage, carrots, turnips, onions, and more, all described as fresh and mature. Lumpkin, Georgia's famed absent lawyer, praised as an enthusiast gardener, showcases rare winter produce challenging natural laws.
Cotton prices surge to about 10.44 cents with forecasts to reach 15.34 as the world market strengthens. In Georgia, farmers see renewed leverage after years of loss, while local authorities report increased evictions and a crackdown on illicit distilleries. A Georgia wedding in Rome stirs social circles as the state’s University reflects to a new term.
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