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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
4
The Athens Banner and The Athens Daily Banner charge rates for delivery by carrier or mail with options of 5 dollars per year 2.50 for six months 1.25 for three months or 10 cents a week The Weekly or Sunday Banner costs 1 dollar per year 50 cents for six months Cash in advance is required Remittances may be sent by express post office money order or registered letter
The article honors John Hay as a dedicated chief of the department of State and a capable cabinet member. It praises his strong intellect and skill in handling difficult questions of policy, noting bipartisan respect despite occasional differences with Democrats over diplomacy.
Editorials condemn the Watkinsville mob and urge justice for the Holbrook murders while urging swift action by Oconee county citizens. The piece also champions a $100,000 state appropriation to equip a new University of Georgia College of Agriculture with buildings and calls for mass meetings in Griffin and Athens to fund the effort.
The Banner reverses praise for Oconee County while noting seven black men and one white man were killed by a mob in Watinaville yesterday. It emphasizes that the community helped gather evidence to bring the guilty to justice.
The Banner denounces a small mob from multiple counties including Oconee and Walton for attacking unarmed negroes. It laments the crime as unexcusable and race indiscriminate, calling for swift, righteous judgment by a higher conscience rather than local blame.
Hon H E Leigh of Coweta county urged the legislature to back a resolution condemning lynching. He recalled Sam Hose and Joe Dean cases from his memory of Georgia, yet said he could rise above prejudice to support the measure and hoped for unanimous passage.
Dr. H C White presents a plan to extend the UGA campus by 4063 acres and provide grounds for an agricultural college. The editorial highlights alumni generosity and state effort to elevate Georgia's agricultural education, urging immediate action to advance the university’s power and status.
Editorial notes Georgia lags in providing equal educational access for farmers' sons compared with urban youths. Advocates warn each delay harms agricultural progress, costlier college setup later, and insist the current assembly can enact the needed legislation. Positive mentions include leadership by Representative Rucker and Senator Corithers, and praise for Governor Terrell's stance on mob violence.
The Banner, funded by local merchants, has invested in the Michle press to deliver high grade work at home. The new ten ton press, with four form rollers and multi color capability, will extend in an expansion to Petrie building. The Banner thanks Athens and surrounding patrons for their support.
St Petersburg reports an unprecedented scene as a powerful battleship sails the Black Sea under pirates who are treated as such by international law. The Kniaz Potemkine’s location remains unknown and no capture plans exist as non interference policy prevails.
A historical roundup catalogs numerous royal figures spared by fate amid repeated assassination attempts. From Queen Victoria’s era to Emperor Franz Joseph and others, a string of plots in Paris, Vienna, Naples, and Berlin show how monarchs narrowly escaped harm, with several attackers punished but royal lives intact.
President Roosevelt announced the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to the Washington peace conference. Russian envoy Muravieff, ex-minister of justice, now ambassador to Italy, and Baron Rosen will represent Russia, succeeding Cassini. Japanese envoys are Baron Komura, minister of negotiation affairs, and Kogoro Takahira, minister to the United States.
Arias Dicken son a prominent Hancock county farmer was killed here yesterday when a shotgun he held against his body discharged. The concussion caused internal injuries and he died. He was 60, leaves a large married family, and will be interred at Bethel cemetery.
During summer months children face bowel disorders needing prompt attention at first looseness. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is advertised as controlling any unnatural looseness in children or adults. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Bons and W. J. Both & Aro in Athens.
A pleasant surprise party may be sive to your stomach and liver, by tein a medicine which will relieve their pain and discomfort, viz. Dr. Sims's New Life Pills. The are a not wonderful remedy, affording sure elf and cure, for headache, dizziness and constipation, 25e at H. Palm er & Bona and W.F. Smith & Bros drug stores.
A dramatic description of the Parsees burial site The Tower of Silence near Bombay where corpses are exposed to vultures then dissolved by sun and rain The process strips clothing and leaves skeletal remains which are later dissolved and filtered into the ground Advocates claim it is the most hygienic burial method in its origin land
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