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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
2
Chancellor Walter R. Hill will arrive Friday night for a business trip and remain through Saturday possibly Sunday. A temperance lecture may be arranged, and a public banquet is proposed to welcome him to Athens as his alma mater hosts his first visit since 1886.
Danielsville Georgia reports the incorporation of the Danielsville and Comer Telephone Company. Directors include W O Buchanan E J Alexander J E Greene Berry J Moseley and David W Meadow. Line to be built at once with Buchanan as president and Greene as vice president. Also four accused of turkey theft Ada Butler Jennie Butler Minor Pierce and Spec Edwards posted bonds of 125 and await superior court as jail detains them on default.
The Tignal conference of the Athens district M E church appointed J A Moss Tignal T H Dozier Athens Dr A C Davison Norwood J C Hollingshead Little River Circuit to represent the district at the North Georgia Conference in LaGrange, with Winterville chosen as the next session site. The meeting endorsed the Willingham temperance bill and praised Chancellor Walter B Hill's appointment.
The transport Tartar sailed from San Francisco for Manila with General Joseph Wheeler, a unit of the Nineteenth Infantry, and recruits bound for service in the Philippines.
Trustee ordered bankruptcy sale in United States District Court Northern District of Georgia. On the first Tuesday in August, real and personal property of Geo. M. Booth, bankrupt, in Athens Clarke County, Georgia will be sold at public outcry at the courthouse door. Property includes multiple city lots with dwellings and improvements, an acre plus parcel in Wheeler's survey, Hamp ton and Crawford lot, and an undivided one fourth interest in Lucas property with specific bounds described.
In Dothan Alabama and Montgomery Alabama a pretended governor signed telegram directed Captain Slocum to muster the Dothan military company with arms to oppose a mob moving toward southwest Georgia. The company armed itself but was countermanded by a second telegram. both messages proved fakes and authorities investigate the hoax. Also ads hawk Dr Sawyer's Little Wide Awake Pills and Prickly Ash Bitters.
Fifteen people in Montgomery Alabama were seriously poisoned after eating ice cream made from condensed milk at a boarding house owned by Mr Crenshaw. Several residents faced life threatening illness as authorities investigate the source and motive.
Cuban Oil cures cuts burns bruises rheumatism and sores. Price twenty five cents. Sold by Brumby Drag Co. Bed Topazes Sets Ane Severie None Life Away. Bae the wonder worker that makes weak men strong. All druggists. Score one dollar. Cure guaranteed. Booklet and sample free. Address Stirling Remedy Co Chicago or New York.
Washington July 26 Surgeon General Sternberg received a Havana report via Major O'Reilly. Harvard telegraphs from Santiago stating July 25 no cases no deaths. July 23 one new civilian case and one civilian death. July 24 no cases no deaths. a soldier case on the 20th traced to barracks with garrison moved to camp and no new cases.
An advertisement touts Mozley Lemons Elixir as a cure for biliousness indigestion headaches malaria kidney disease fevers and nervous prostration. It claims lemon and liver tonic combinations yield strong stomach liver and blood benefits and cites testimonials from several named individuals across Georgia and Virginia.
A railroad clerk recalls a man seeking transport for his wife under strict rules requiring a physical description. The husband cannot name her age within five years nor precisely describe height eye color or hair, only asserting she is slim, highlighting the amusing gap between certainty and detail.
A humorous tale recalls Theodore Hook tipping at a dinner after party. He discreetly gave bright coins to servants including the cook, causing a servant to mistake the coin value as a sovereign ride. Hook continues dispensing largesse and waves the coach on with, I never give less.
In Grimes County two weeks after a lynching a Faqua Prairie church was burned by an incendiary. John and Randall Hamilton, two black men, were suspected. Randall confessed John burned the house. John Hamilton fired on officers, wounding Van Wright. Randall was captured and hanged. Another black man escaped badly wounded. Authorities expect no further trouble.
Messenger boys who began a strike last Saturday faced hoodlums surrounding telegraph and district offices. Today messengers rode in cabs with police guards as missiles and stones hit vehicles. Several messengers were seriously hurt. two stabbed and others injured.
T W Pratt president of West Huntsville Cotton Mill in Alabama extols a Roundlap bale he says yields $2.00 more per bale for his mill than square bale. He reports two years of experience with the American Cotton Company showing comparable sampling to square bale, 8 percent waste savings, easier unwinding and labor saving in the opening room. Mixed or false packs are said to be absent.
Three persons died when a bathing party at Bolls Bluff in the Satilla River near Waycross Georgia went under around noon. Victims include Mrs M J Mock and her son Joe Mock and an orphan girl Gera Smith. Ex-deputy L B Henderson and Barney McDonald attempted rescues. all three bodies recovered by evening.
Emmett Jackson of Dayton Tennessee was found on the Cincinnati Southern line near Rockwood after a passenger train struck him. The engineer saw fleeing figures and believes Jackson was robbed and murdered to conceal the crime. Jackson had moved from Virginia about three months ago.
A period piece advertises a free booklet Before Baby Born from Regulator Co. Atlanta GA, promising essential guidance for expectant women. It contrasts calm reassurance with warnings about common consumer swindles and markets.
In Pidtkard Alabama a posse stopped a Plant System train near Jakin while Sheriff Reeves tried to move Albert Wright to Georgia. Wright, held in custody for days, was to be delivered to authorities. Sheriff Reeves escaped pursuit en route to Atlanta. Kid Jim has been sighted in Troy and is pursued.
A passage details a bill of sale for a valuable printing office print and related assets. The document references Clarke County and Athens in 1807 context, notes a Superior Court filing, and mentions a Board of Directors seeking recovery of principal sums and titled claims. The text is fragmentary and references legal actions and names without full clarity.
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