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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1889
Page
1
The Athens scene buzzes with tea gatherings hosted by Miss White and Miss Harris plus family gatherings, music and conversation. Young locals, including Miss Mannie Moore and Miss Abbott, plan weekends at Tallulah Falls and highland trips, with dancing, singing, and friendly sociability noted throughout.
A group will explore the sunny groves of Italy and other points of interest along the Mediterranean Sea. They will return to Athens when the autumn leaves begin to fall.
Deputy Moses and Marshal Knox led a raid within a mile of Athens on two alleged illegal liquor dens. In the first, about six gallons of whiskey and beer bottles were found. in the second, a barrel of beer and several gallons of whisky were uncovered. Authorities recorded names for strong cases.
The State University Prudential Committee met in the college library to discuss key issues. They re elected A I Franklin for the next year and decided not to lease Rock College for a preparatory school yet, hoping for legislature action on a normal school and to attract such a school to Athens.
The 3d Georgia Infantry will hold a grand reunion at Fort Valley on the 3d lnst with Northern veterans likely attending. A member of company K recalls a past Roanoke Island clash with Hawkins Zouaves and notes former captives were treated with civility. The letter to a Northern paper confirms many will come, signaling reconciliation between former enemies.
In Jackson Tennessee the long libel suit of Rev. Frederick Howard against George W. Jarman and others ends with a verdict for the plaintiff at one cent after twenty six hours in the jury room. Crowd reaction ranges from applause to disappointment as costs remain unsettled and Judge Swiggart sets next Thursday for cost decision.
In Albany Georgia on July 27 notices signed by the commander of the white caps threaten six colored vagrants with immediate employment or five hundred lashes on their naked backs. If not obeyed they will be taken to the swamps and lost, prompting the black and white communities to watch developments.
The Banks County Guards express that a summer reunion is impossible as only a handful remain able to respond to roll call. Captain Chariton holds the original muster roll, with a few living members not listed as dead on it.
The court house packed for the trial of John Ricks in the murder of his wife. After an autopsy showed neck fracture from a hammer blow, Ricks was deemed sane and indicted, awaiting a possible death sentence as jurors hear the case.
A thunderstorm yesterday evening sparked a fire in a house occupied by Negro residents in Warrenton's Negro settlement. The blaze, aided by strong winds, destroyed the house and an adjacent building. Rain helped limit spread, preventing further damage to the neighborhood.
Reports from U o cmsBes Georgia July 25 say Clapps factory and 800 nearby acres were sold to a Boston syndicate for 100000 dollars. Also, July 24 news from Greenville notes New York capitalists seeking Warm Spring property with a 100000 dollar offer, aiming to invest up to 200000 for improvements. In Bainbridge a railroad section master T V Fairgood suffered a leg injury when a pole car brake failed and he was struck, not fatally harmed.
The body of Col. A E Jones of 201 Park avenue Walnut Hills was found at 9 am in a Park avenue main hole near Francis Jane two blocks from home. He was strangled with a club and robbed of his gold watch and money. Charles Bligh, the coachman, is under arrest. Governor Ames of Massachusetts is mentioned.
Fa ctual report from Liberty county about Bell and James followers inciting frenzy among the colored community. Citizens appeal to authorities as crops neglect and social order deteriorates. Sheriff’s posse arrests James and twenty-nine followers. jury deems him a lunatic and seeks his incarceration.
Mr John Patman recounts a tale of a turkey hen near his home that laid eggs while he removed them. He placed a white doorknob in the nest to fool the hen thinking it an egg. The hen began setting, hatched eight poults, and Patman asserts the doorknob hatched as well.
The Macon Telegraph correspondent reports rumors that English and eastern capitalists are proposing to buy Southern cotton mills and unite them under one trust. Letters to manufacturers in the region are said to be circulating as part of this bid.
Special to the Banner from Varaposta Georgia reports Frank Blount was hanged privately at 2 200 o'clock for the shooting death of William Miller on an excursion train from Varaposta to Savannah on May 20. He confessed the crime and two additional killings to his colored friends as calm proceedings and no excitement marked the day.
Jesse Bass of Ty Ty Georgia married Miss Shevers of Irwin after eloping to a squire. Her family pursued with guns but no bloodshed occurred. The couple now lives together unmolested.
A light mist at sunset over the Niagara river shores gave way to a strange invasion as Canadian sand ties covered Tonawanda streets. Shops closed and residents retreated indoors as the surreal event left sidewalks blocked and toppled with debris. Many flies died the day before, their corpses piling on housetops.
In St Louis July 26 a gang of armed whitecaps stopped Henry Bokemp and his wife near Ellespire. They were dragged from the buggy and the woman abducted while Bokemp was hanged to an apple tree three times. Bokemp had prior suspicions of petty theft but no conviction.
Paris Kentucky July 26 James Kelly a burly negro who assaulted Mrs Peter Crow wife of the section boss for the Kentucky Central railroad was taken by two men and hanged to a bridge near the town at 2 o'clock this morning. Mary Anderson Not Insane New York July 26 Rumors of confinement in an insane asylum in England denied by cablegram stating Miss Anderson's health remains unchanged. Death Jackson Special to The Jefferson Jay 26 John Lewis Eldex who moved from Oconee and settled in Jackson county several years ago died last night surrounded by his relatives and friends. Peace be to his ashes. The report on the Samoa gnilove shows the officers to be in the right.
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