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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
4
The Athens Banner reports on the Uniformity textbook bill, public works like roads and the electric road to Carneaville, and local political chatter. It notes the Northeast Georgia Fair, the Athens Summer School’s success, and editor changes at the Banner, with various regional commentary and editorials.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for ailments described as skin eruptions and debility. The second item reports the Sunday evening marriage of Dr. Nat G. Slaughter to Miss Mamie J Fain at the Methodist church in Dallas, with Rev. F. A. Nonn officiating and the couple returning to Athens amid congratulations.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce calls on every member to attend the regular monthly meeting at the city hall on Wednesday afternoon. It notes the organization’s public‑spirit role and urges business men to sustain interest, especially during summer, to promote Athens commercially and otherwise.
A tribute from John Temple Graves honors General James Longstreet, praising the Confederate hero in Athens and the South. It reflects on his age, courage, and enduring memory as surgery nears, urging Georgia to keep faith with his fading years.
A Georgian city in distress calls for a new hospital to care for the sick poor amid typhoid deaths and destitution. The Banner cites two impending cases and urges organized effort to provide emergency care, clean linen, and proper nursing, asking residents to fund and create a adequately equipped facility.
Public notice in a 19th century column shows Hon. E E Willard delivering a pointed speech in district court. The piece promotes the Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for appetite loss weak digestion and blood purification while claiming to restore healthy tissue and weight.
Dr W P Lovejoy reviews Clarke County liquor regulation and compares drunkenness arrests under prohibition to those under the dispensary in 1902. He cites police records, argues dispensary fueled more drinking than bar rooms, and urges continued state action to curb liquor. He notes weekly dispensary sales approximating 9,500 dollars and 125,000 dollars annual gross in Athens.
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