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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1891
Page
3
A terse column notes idle talk about farmers and others, hinting at local gossip and social tensions without clear names or events. The piece emphasizes rumors and who is involved, reflecting a dismissive, community-centered mood.
A farmers rally in Athens draws Northeast Georgia attendees from multiple counties to hear addresses on the Farmers' Alliance. Speakers include President Livingston and West region orators while tension grows over third party movement amid local press and editor personalities.
The legislature held a brief day with no major measures passed. The House adjourned after mostly routine votes and references to the Insurance bill, while a five member joint committee was named to study freight-rate increases. In the Senate, bills on school law consolidation and bank incorporation were moved along and tax book deadlines debated. A widespread but doubtful rumor linked Cecil Gabbett to the Plant system, denied by Savannah officials.
The firm Veas, Vonderau & Bickers dissolves by mutual consent. Bickers sells his interest. A S Parker buys an interest and the business name will be Veas Vonderau & Co. They assume all liabilities and debts.
Athens pays 2.95 per ton for coal freight and 2.70 for manufactories while Atlanta pays 1.50 and 1.25 respectively, a distance of 106 miles vs 290 miles from mines. Advocates claim rates are unfair with Athens near three times higher, likely to be taken before the railroad commission.
The August 7 gathering in Clarksville offers a basket dinner at Campbell Spring for surviving members of the 52d Georgia Regiment and other Confederate veterans. Nearby residents pledge hospitality with baskets and plans to provide homes for many veterans, aiming to honor their service.
Mercer University in Macon resolves internal disputes by adopting a new code of rules. Trustees reelect the old faculty and President Nunnally, with resignations withdrawn. Professor Sanford retires, Ryals steps in. salaries cut overall except for Nunnally and O'Kelly.
Report from Torrka July 15 notes eastern Colorado grasshoppers are native and not destructive. Finney and icy counties see no red-legged pests feeding in gardens. Separate dispatch: Adjutant General Mabry plans Kansas state troops encampment with over 2000 soldiers, cavalry, battery and other units arriving, with streets to be barricaded as in Paris.
An old advertisement touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion and general debility claiming to restore strength and digestive health through tonic iron.
A chaotic mix of reports spans Atlanta suicides, a Georgia sheriff’s deputy shooter arrest, a Georgia murder conviction by hanging, stock and railway mutterings in Paris and Florence, mosquito fires in Alabama, a diphtheria scare, and a large 3 million dollar charter in Texas. A Vatican plan to assert recognized status, Lisbon trade headaches, a Dania drowning, a Rochester gas tank explosion with two deaths, a minister’s sudden death during a funeral, Colorado killings uncovers, and Virginia murder-linked intrigue.
The Tate security case ends with a defense verdict for the sureties over a $50 000 shortfall tied to ex state treasurer James W Tate who disappeared in 1888 leaving about $150 000 unaccounted for The state sought repayment but assets reduced the claim and questions of diligence remain The defaulting treasurer has not been heard from in two years and still lives locally Also included is news of a Cole City convict captured in Chattanooga and diamond jewelry found elsewhere along with a Georgia fraud case and a missing hunting case watch theft at Prince George’s cabin
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