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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
8
Atlanta July 30 L M Paul sues Georgia Railway and Electric for five dollars claiming personal injuries from Nov 17 when his hand was caught in Home machinery. Attorneys Burton Smith and George Gordon filed the suit.
Captain Nive of North American Commercial Company based in Dutch Harbor Alaska accuses Japanese flag vessels of killing seals on Pribilof Islands to suppress feeding of nearby areas. He warns Pribilof seal populations could vanish within a week if depredations continue.
Two failures announced in London include A B C Graven & Co and robber Ansulino H N Kilby. No major impact as markets rise. Georgia governor offers $100 rewards for suspects linked to the Washington Hill home arson on July 24. New York News plant to be sold at auction August 21. Brief social notes from Charleston and Buford visitors.
The Doylestown National Bank in Doylestown Pennsylvania posted that it is closed and in the hands of the Comptroller of the Currency. Deposits exceed 1 million dollars and capital was 105000 with surplus and profits 131780. President Henry Leer is a Republican judge candidate.
Jefferson City Mo July 20 State Senator William Sullivan of Christian county is charged with soliciting a 4500 bribe tied to baking powder legislation at the recent session. Judge Timmons presided over a plea in abatement challenge fearing prejudice by the attorney general in the grand jury room. The court overruled the plea and heard a demurrer as defense counsel Pope argued the points at length.
The notice claims ministers should recall the liberal supply of Longman and Martinez Pore Paints for churches parsonages and voluntary institutions. It notes twenty seven years of giving millions in sales and guarantees repainting if not satisfied. Samples are free and oil is added quickly. Sold by Dosler Lamber Co Athens.
Ten workers were killed and nine wounded when troops fired on strikers at Mikhailovo on the Tillis railway July 28. Strikers tried to stop trains. 40 soldiers faced a stones and gunfire assault before orders to fire were given. Odessa street car service is suspended as drivers join the strike for higher wages.
A Moscow dispatch via The Times reports large military conferences in Odessa by South Russian chiefs. Exhaustive troop inspections spread across the region as the War Office orders more ammunition cases and government magazines stockpile steres. Reports mention plans for possible fleet withdrawal under a commercial flag between Odessa and the Far East.
A War Department report from the Bureau of Insular Affairs shows Philippine customs revenues for the first months of 1907 at 2,951,702, up from 2,901,011 in the same period of 1902 and 1,218,657 in 1899. The comparison with Spanish rule and the ten year span under American occupation indicates roughly a fourfold increase in business.
Misa Minnie Rowe of Comer, who had been visiting Miss Myrtie Lou Power, returned home yesterday.
Georgia House votes 74 to 75 to reconsider a measure tied to felon convict disposal and to restore the Candler compromise as a substitute. The body then passes a separate $15,000 appropriation for Milledgeville sanitarium improvements. Senate debates railroad commissioner elections and rejects the new election bill while introducing several new measures on county recordkeeping and estate administration.
Mr. J. A. Harbin and his two children left yesterday for Augusta. Mr. L P. Crawford of Neess is very ill with fever at his father’s home in Barberville.
In the second trial of Curtis Jett and Thomas White for the murder of James D. Marcum at Cynthiana Kentucky new witnesses and evidence surface. Taulbee testifies to seeing Marcum fall and Ewen run away from across from the Jackson courthouse. Comba recalls hearing the shot and seeing Marcum and Jett after the incident. Hezekiah Comba adds that Noble, Jett and White were together just before the shooting and Jett and White entered the side door of the courthouse.
Northern capitalists plan to erect a large silk mill in Charlotte after inspecting sites including Highland Park. Officials say power from the Highland Park plant will be ready by January to support the mill. Also noted are church services and local social news.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Crawford and Cres charter official action and dates around July 16 with signatures. The legibility is poor, not enough to identify full names or precise actions.
The item touts Clifton cake and condemns inferior flour while praising Bransford’s for better baking. It notes Wingfield Dish Grocer Mrs. 8 A Corker and Mrs. N J visiting Barber Street and mentions Seoben Aren al re pcon and Virginia Beach as people spend weeks there.
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