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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1906
Page
5
Governor Terrell urged Georgia lawmakers to empower the prison commission to reapportion convicts among the eight new counties and to let the state board of education oversee census work to determine a fair share of the convict hire school fund, addressing inequities from recent county creation.
The jury found James Hargis and Ed Callahan not guilty in the Marcum murder case after a brief deliberation. The trial followed a long, bitter fight over alleged corrupt election actions tied to the county offices. The acquittal centers on a witness repudiation of a prior confession accusing the defendants.
Judge Norwood of Savannah weighs in on port gates and rail rate planks in a fiery communication. He attacks Hoke Smith and Howell over Atlanta rate demands and warns that a governor backed by rail interests could dismiss the Railroad Commission.
Al Brightwell, a Black man in Oglethorpe County, was tried before Judge Kinnebrew on peonage charges and held on a $300 bond until next week. He allegedly attempted to compel Annie Hawkins, a Black woman, into peonage and faced cruelty claims for beating her on multiple occasions.
Yesterday morning H P Betts, Bell Telephone employee on Pulaski street, fell about twenty feet from a pole suffering a dislocated shoulder and a sprained wrist. Dr Conway treated him as he prepared to be laid up for some time. The piece then pivots to a political critique of the Governor and Railroad Commission, arguing separation of powers and constitutional limits.
Col M G Michael announces a Saturday July 28 convention at 11 a.m. in City Hall Athens Ga to nominate a senator for the 27th District and confirm the primary results from Rockdale county. Delegates are instructed to govern themselves accordingly.
Mose Ford, colored, appeared before Mayor Dorsey and was committed to jail without bail for a capital offense after a nine year old girl testified to an assault. The mayor sent the case to the Superior court for trial. John Robertson was fined fifteen dollars for disorderly conduct and released after payment.
United States Deputy Marshal Thomas P. Trammell of this city almost drowned in Ellis Creek in Oglethorpe county. While crossing after rain, the buggy buckled in sand and the current swept horse and buggy away. Trammell and a negro boy were thrown into the water. the officer saved the boy and struggled free as the horse drowned and government papers were lost.
Frank Ernst, a Tallassee power plant worker, was whittling wool when a dropped knife slipped and severed a wrist artery. He was rushed to Athens in critical condition but stabilized after medical attention. doctors say results should not be serious.
Col Tribble, Franklin County solicitor, spoke at the teachers Institute on Parables. His address praised for deeper meaning and its potential impact on country schools this summer. Physicians promote Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy by H R Palmer Sons and W J Smith in Athena.
Irregular OCR text reports a claimed miraculous cure of a boy’s severe skin condition using Cuticura remedies. The fragment is unclear and lacks verifiable details or corroborating sources.
Jack Miller, a colored boy, lies near death after Ike Allen struck him with a rock near the Central depot. Miller’s wounds worsen with a physician noting a likely fatal outcome. Allen was briefly released on bond and later arrested, with authorities watching for further developments.
Macon Georgia July 17 officials of the Central of Georgia railroad suspect foul play caused a wreck of a freight train near Marshallville at 4 30 pm killing engineer Charles Greene Sam Nedd and brakeman Jon Redding all three men were aboard a two car engine that derailed violently as it moved at speed Superintendent H D Pollard went to the scene to investigate the derailment occurred to a special peach train in the southwestern division the details are scarce due to wire trouble
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