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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1893
Page
5
A regional report notes the opening of a five state normal school proceeding smoothly with classes begun and enrollment steady as administrators praise early progress and community support.
The State Normal School of Georgia at Rock College began its second annual session with 3 attendees. School Commissioner Bradwell noted funding from the Gilmer fund and Athens Clarke county support, praised teachers, and outlined a balanced program. President Evans urged focused study, while faculty outlined department plans.
In Washington July 4 Speaker Crisp says his trip was not tied to an early congressional session. He supports swift financial legislation and urges debate with constituents. He notes uncertainty on Sherman purchasing act repeal and predicts Democrats will unite behind the party platform in Congress.
A new enterprise plan emerges in Athens with partners including Paul, Marbury, Benson, Klein, and Mertin forming TM Pirtuerah to operate carriages and related services.
Harry Hill left Fulton county jail at 10 p m and was released at 11 p m after bonds totaling 6600 dollars were posted. His aunt Mrs Casey stood as surety on ten bonds of 600 dollars each, conditioned for appearance at the next superior court term. Several expect a settlement or compromise to make the liberty permanent.
The University Summer School opened its second year with Prof. Barrow directing mathematics and Prof. S. G. Brinkley of Augusta overseeing Latin Greek and German. Attendance is underway and the staff is praised for their ability and expected to deliver valuable work. Fire at the Grove destroys a residence owned by W T Harber & Bro occupied by Henry Herring causing total loss with no insurance. R & D R R Co begins work on a large new water station expected to be soon operational.
The advertisement touts Brandreth's Pills as a trusted remedy used by millions over fifty years. It claims to cure rheumatism indigestion piles liver issues and other blood impurity diseases. The pills are described as purely vegetable and safe to take in small doses nightly on an empty stomach.
Former Georgia Populist leader Thomas E Watson addressed several thousand listeners at Douglassville on July 4 announcing a campaign of political education. He denounced the Democratic Party for banking issues, urged bimetallic currency, criticized the Sherman Act, and called for an income tax and racial sectional harmony in law. He planned to continue campaigning across Georgia through the summer.
In Texarkana Arkansas on July 4 a sudden shooting interrupted the trial of R E Lee for killing Mrs Jesse Hale. Hale entered with his two daughters and fired multiple shots at Lee, wounding him in the thigh and forcing a postponement of the trial while Lee seeks treatment. Hale was arrested.
In Schwarting vs Bisland Mrs Henrietta HK Schwarting seeks $99 alleged borrowed to pay two years of ice cream purchases. The case questions whether ice cream is a luxury or necessity and notes prior Morrisania court ruling that it is a luxury. Judge McCrea held the husband not liable for his wife’s ice cream bills.
The New York Tammany society marked the one hundred seventeenth anniversary of Independence Day with a crowded Fourteenth Street wigwam program. Mayor Gilroy led the opening, Maurice F. Holihan read the Declaration, and speakers from Crisp to Fellows delivered patriotic orations praising American policy, while letters from Cleveland and Hill were read.
A century old ad touts a Dr Kim's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds claiming a million users. It sells promises of cure for throat chest and lung diseases with a money back guarantee and free trial bottles at local stores John Crawford and Palmer Kins.
Seville reports a citywide alarm as petards explode in multiple districts. Officials fear anarchist activity and refrain from sleeping as vigilance remains high. No arrests were made despite police efforts. Spain states no special actions needed for the silver crisis and expects improvement.
Denver merchants and allied exchanges urge unconditional repeal of the silver law arguing it would collapse silver mines and smelters and harm cotton and wool industries. They plan a July 7 delegation meeting in St Louis with southern and trans Mississippian representatives to map a tour of wool, cotton, and grain districts.
Ex Consul Alexander Webb and Abd urrahim Effendi of Egypt report plans to purchase lands in gin Alabama and Florida for Muslim colonization. They expect a large emigration and a syndicate funded by Indian financiers will provide several hundred thousand dollars for the land purchase.
Tuesday's games across several cities report results including Atlanta Macon Chattanooga Charleston Augusta and Savannah with scores showing Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, Nashville, and Memphis outcomes. Notable futher notes include Tutt's Pills promotion and a cave mystery narrative.
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