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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1889

Page

12

Georgia debate on co education and Bumstead remarks

Reconstruction era report details a Georgia House committee hearing on co education. Dr Bumstead advocate and Chancellor Boggs testify about racial policy, urging limited co education while warning of social tensions and unintended consequences.

Macon Teleiy Adlanta Criti Atlanta Boggs Bumstead J the Cwhitfield Speceh Jaunde Inetitus University Niever Howel Bogg Bumstead Fayvor Minneapolis Minn Hiss Minnesota South Contin- Uit Piesan South Carolina Bam Georgia Umstead Steal Atlanta University Hindostan Lam Pit

Reform effort to reorganize the State University discussed

The article recalls a 1876 bill introduced by H Carlton to reorganize the State University. It proposed a 100 member Board of Regents and a District-based Board of Trustees to govern the college, with broad statewide influence and rapid growth of matriculation. Gov J M Smith allegedly pocketed the measure.

Reese Chronicle le. Reese Reese Vo Hr. H. Carlton General Assembly State University Carlton House Senate Educational Congress of Board of Regents Old College J. M. Smith

Primus Jones Quietly Plans Second Season After First Bale

Tax Banner editor in Atlanta reports Primus Jones describing his first bale venture. He said he began with green lint dried in the sun, ginned the unmatured lint, and used last year’s seed to seal the interior to imitate new cotton. He plans to quit the first bale scheme and focus on producing more cotton for mules, predicting Texas will claim the palm unless Georgia farmers step up.

Tax Banner Atlanta Primus Jones Mr. Jones Primus South Georgia Texas

Notice to distillers in several Georgia counties

In the counties of Madison, Elbert, Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Lincoln, Greene, Taliaferro, Warren and Hancock, up to ten brandy distillers may engage in fruit distillation this season. They must register stills, post bonds to cover tax, and meet bond security requirements. Deputy Collector E L Moses of Athens will handle notices and bonds. Athens, Ga., July 12, 1889.

Madison Elbert Clarke Oconee Oglethorpe Wilkes Lincoln Greene Taliaferro Warren Hancock EL. T. Moses Athens Wien

Lilly Park Favored Site for Athens City Park Plan

Prominent citizens back Lilly land at end of south Milledge Avenue as ideal park site. They discuss purchase, land donation schemes, and benefits including streetcar access, lakes from springs, and enhanced nearby property values. The plan aims to name the park Lilly Park with community support growing.

Charlie Baldwin South Milledge Avenue Athens Land ‘Company C. G. Talmage Clayton Street Lilly

Sullivan Arrest in Nashville Triggers Writ Action

John L Sullivan and Charlie Johnson were arrested in Nashville on a Mississippi governor's requisition. Police resisted warrants as Sullivan and his backer faced a habeas corpus writ. authorities expect further legal action this afternoon. Moore and Muldoon were detained. authorities reported a $1000 reward for delivery to the Mississippi sheriff.

Nashville Louisville Lowery Mississippi Sullivan Johnson

Murderer Confesses in Absent-Patrol Slaying Case

Abb Cody, seventeen, was arrested in Secral Circle Ga and has confessed to fatally shooting his father, J. P. Upshaw, while asleep on the porch. He admits no accomplices and claims he acted alone, saying he felt no remorse. Protest and threats of mob action follow among local Black residents.

Malaria Cure Claims and Notices

An advertisement proclaims a radical cure for malaria and miasmatic poisons with no quinine or arsenic, offering free full treatment via ASAHEL MEDICAL BUREAU at 291 Broadway New York and a trial remedy? provide address. Other items mention an English man with artificial facial features and remarks on Frederick Douglass and Hayti. Warnings about dulness and disease conclude with Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery advertised for vitality and cure guaranteed or money back.

Asahel Medical Bureau Broadway, N.Y Dr. Pierce

Notorious Mollie Carvin Wounded in Lover's Quarrel

Mrs Mollie Carvin of Shelbyville Indiana, famed for eight marriages and divorces, lies dangerously wounded at home after Charles Suttles wounded her Tuesday night. Suttles had pursued her for two years and sought to be her ninth husband. she had divorced her seventh to marry him but, after a quarrel, married another man.

Shelbyville Ind Mollie Carvin Charles Suttles Suttles

Greensboro Club Defeats Bee B B C at Union Point

The Bee B B C loses its first game to Greensboro amateurs. Vason of Madison Howell of Warrenton and Palmer of Augusta stand out. Vason pitches a fine game securing the win.

Unoin Point Asion Porst Bee Greensboro Messrs Vason Madison Howell Warrenton Palmer Augusta Southern ‘Traveller J.R. Watts

Names and notoriety in advertising and crime

An essayist muses on how a name can shape fame and sales, noting Cesar and Caleb W Pickersgill, Patti and Jane Brown. The piece cites Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purga tive Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery ads, and reports the lynching of Martin Love after a brutal assault near Tunnell Hill.

Shakspeare Cesar Caleb W. Pickersgill Patti Jane Brown Dr. Pierce Datron Martin Love Addie Rodgers Tunnell Hill

Olive bill and Georgia road charter dispute clarified

Mr Hoke Smith asserts the Olive bill will not affect the G C & N charter despite an editorial claim. He notes a stolen ring case linked to Mrs Tom Bishop of Atlanta and reports three major dams near Johnstown were washed away, flooding the city and destroying bridges and the electric plant.

BaxseEr Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Company Friends of the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Tom Bishop Atlanta Johnstown New York

Sota Prizes Promoted as Backed by UK Banks in New Orleans

The notice warns prizes are guaranteed by UK national banks and issued by a trusted institution president, urging vigilance against imitators. It states one dollar represents the smallest ticket fraction and warns that any offer under a dollar is a swindle. readers should beware.

New Orleans Wed&sun-D-W

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