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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
3
Local sale notice from Michael Brothers Company highlights discounted merchandise and limited stock. Customers are urged to attend at the store to take advantage of advertised price reductions and special offers.
Athens forms the Ginners' Mutual Insurance Company of Athens to insure cotton gins at actual cost, promising gin insurance at about 40 percent below current rates. The officers include John D. Walker as president and Wilson T. Dreger as vice president. directors feature Capt. J. H. Rucker and John Bostwick among others, signaling strong Southern backing and gin-owner involvement.
Miss Pearl Jones, a night telephone operator in Selma, North Carolina, shot and fatally wounded Hud Anderson after he allegedly planned to rape her. Anderson confessed to the attack, said to be his third attempt, and named a companion who was jailed.
Hon. George Foster Peabody writes to The Athens Banner denying any intent to abandon his current endeavors in New York while praising the University of Georgia and urging a successor who blends scholarship with practical leadership. He stresses the state’s educational system, hopes for a modern, inclusive approach, and anticipates progress under a new chancellor. Lake George New York June 6 1906.
Moultrie Georgia June 11 Mrs Jesse Hobtana nee Peteran the young woman who allegedly eloped last Saturday night and married has been spirited into another state by her mother to avoid habeas corpus. Young Holland secured a writ before Ordinary T H Parker ordering Mrs Laura Peterman to appear and show cause why she should restrain the daughter against her will but the mother reportedly whisked the girl across the state before the officer arrived. Holland is here with his lawyers but will not reveal plans. Col James M Smith will address Clarice and the region before the primary.
The Statesboro News recalls editor J R Miller on a heated debate over the populist push for a gubernatorial candidate. It cites Chairman Holloway’s planned state convention to nominate or discuss options while noting Hoke Smith’s backroom effort to control the Populists via Watson & Company.
Macon Ga June 11 Dr Y Jameson newly elected president at Mercer University arrived to oversee efforts to boost enrollment and readiness for the next college season He aims for at least 350 students at fall opening and pushes two major projects a $40000 library funded with Carnegie support and a new dormitory already financed Construction plans for both facilities are advancing with work soon to begin Congressman Adams attends a district congressional convention stressing Democratic principles.
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