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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists daily, Sunday and weekly editions with carrier and mail delivery. Subscriptions include $5.00 yearly, $2.50 half year, $1.25 three months, or 10 cents weekly. weekly or Sunday at $1.00 yearly, 50 cents six months, full payment in advance by cash or money order.
The Central and Southern announce soon erecting a handsome depot in Athens to serve passengers. Other lines will also build suitable depots, including Gainesville Mid and Lind lines, as Athens finally gains the passenger facilities its growth requires.
Gwinnett Journal editor disputes a Athens mass meeting result claiming Hon Thomas Mell was elected county democratic executive chairman. He says no Hoke Smith supporter actually elected and accuses partisan papers of spreading straw-man claims amid campaign fevers and weather-forecast style almanac misstatements.
Judge Emory Speer delivered a lecture to Yale students praising Robert E. Lee and presenting him as a representative American and southern gentleman. The New Haven Register lauded the talk for its patriotic aims, tact, and effort to foster northern southern reconciliation.
The Athens area is described as rapidly modernizing with railroad progress and rising business values. A petition to repeal the 1841 dispensary is discussed, with supporters citing prohibition and opponents arguing for open barrooms. The piece also notes immigration policy debates and suggests Georgia seek targeted immigrant recruitment abroad.
The Atlanta Georgian notes a Dallas graduation speech by a negro teacher Professor Lovinggood praising honesty reliability and politeness. He argues whites will replace unreliable labor with steadier workers, urging blacks to reform conduct or risk losing southern employment in agriculture and domestic work.
A brief circulation notice notes activity in Ath and Clarke counties with several items in circulation. Details remain unclear in the fragment.
The Savannah Morning News notes strong statewide support for immigration. A Georgia State Bureau of Immigration bill is sought after by business leaders to address labor shortages and help occupy lands, boost rail and merchant activity, and drive new enterprise during the upcoming legislative session.
The city and county weigh whether to abolish the dispensary. Proponents argue it has reduced drunkenness and crime, citing prior barroom excesses and a prohibition-era surge in saloons. critics warn against returning to prohibition or saloon power. Historical license patterns in Maine Vermont New Hampshire Kansas and North Dakota are noted.
The speaker notes Alabama Georgia North Carolina Tennessee and Florida license ratios to population. Athens had a hundred whiskey licenses under prohibition and argues whether abolition would raise blind tiger activity given a population twice as large as before.
An Athens citizen extols Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney disorders and back pain. A farmer from between Athens and Barberville testifies the pills relieved his severe backache within forty eight hours and restored normal kidney function, urging buyers to remember the brand.
Mary Parker Dunwoody, 38 caliber revolver, killed herself at 229 Broad Street Macon at dawn after husband Felix Dunwoody knocked for admission. Household members heard a muffled report, then husband and brother Ralph entered to find her dead.
A stock dealer quoted by the Minneapolis Journal warns that pure white animals have no sense of smell and will eat poisonous plants, causing frequent deaths. He cites white pigs, white rhinoceros, and white sheep as unable to cope with certain foods. The note appears in a Banner Leada about printing.
An editorial argues waterways should be funded to compete with railways, urging $50 million yearly for rivers and harbors to deepen channels, expand markets, cut transport costs, and boost national prosperity. It frames public opinion as key to rate legislation driven by river competition.
M. L. Johnson, president of the Georgia Division of the Southern Cotton Association, calls on farmers and business leaders in Georgia to unite against speculative manipulation of the cotton market. He urges laws to curb bucket shops, raise a fixed minimum price for the coming crop, and empower producers to secure remunerative prices for their labor and investment. The statement stresses that current prices reflect manipulation, not market fundamentals.
Bluffton Indiana resident M F Burroughs endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best for bowel trouble after years of use. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro. The piece also laments river and harbor spending and praises congressional support. Publication date June 6, 1906.
An alarming situation from neglect of clogged bowels and torpid bowels leads to chronic constipation. Jr King’s New Life Pills are presented as the best and gentlest regulators of stomach and bowels. Guaranteed by W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons druggists. Gists price 26 cents. On fine printing the Banner Leads.
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