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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
2
An advertisement promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for catarrh and related symptoms. It claims to purify the blood and restore mucous membranes and nerves, offering safe, tested relief. Free sample requests are invited from the Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta, with bottles priced at $1 through druggists or express delivery.
Washington reports rising interest and anxiety over wholesale arrests in New Orleans of Black Hand members. The State Department monitors international tensions from Italian lynchings. Inland waterways advocate Carl Dennett praises hydroelectric power for the South and Maine case studies. Senate reshuffle and consular service reforms loom as George Washington University expands to a college of political science.
Washington June 26 Senator Knox's Yale law school speech is seen as confirmation that he aims to unite anti centralization factions in the Republican Party. He positions as an anti Roosevelt candidate while keeping Roosevelt policies in view, urging state power and limited federal reach.
New Haven June 26 Yale commenced with a procession of officers graduates and degree candidates from campus to Woolsey Hall. The exercises opened with Psalm 65 verses sung in 1718 and the graduation degrees were conferred in a large gathering. Alumni dinner followed in university dining hall with tables for thousands and a toast program. The evening closes with the president's reception in Memorial Hall. Athens shows heightened railroad development activity in the state.
Hon Joseph D Boyd of Spalding county will introduce a bill to appropriate 10000 to the University of Georgia trustees for a wedding department at the Atlanta Technological School to educate students in refining crude cotton seed oil and producing edible oils. Funds become available only after private donations are made and will be spent under the Technological School board supervision.
Montgomery June 26 The commission of John H Bankhead as senator from Alabama to succeed John T Morgan was signed by Governor Comer and delivered to Bankhead at the capitol. The legislature will elect the senator early in July as the governor's appointment lasts only until then.
Austin June 26 A bronze monument to the Terry Rangers Eighth Texas cavalry Confederate States was unveiled in the state capitol grounds with Governor Campbell and Captain R Y Young speaking. Judge James H Robertson delivered the oration and Miss Stella Holcomb unveiled the statue, a 14 foot high figure weighing 10 000 pounds by Italian sculptor Pompeo Cophini.
John Beeman a Black preacher in Montgomery Alabama asks jail to die on the gallows in place of his condemned brother David Beeman. He proposes the July 26 execution date and argues the sacrifice would ensure both reach heaven. Sympathy grows and a petition seeks governor clemency to life imprisonment. Davis Beeman killed his wife in jealousy after she paid attention to another man.
Mineral Wells Texas June 26 County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas holds its annual two day meeting to discuss public welfare topics including juvenile court law road timing and handling contagious diseases with attention planned on several items of importance.
Lansing June 26 The Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society begins its annual meeting with a notable feature the presentation of a portrait of F. Crary regarded as the father of Michigan public schools the event to continue tomorrow and include discussions on history and education.
A Dallas resident, Mr. E. W. Goodloe of 107 St. Louis Street, touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as effective against malaria and biliousness. The remedies are offered at 26 cents at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Son drug stores.
In Milwaukee on June 26 a few dozen to several score men gathered for the second annual convention of the International Association for the Prevention of Smoke. President John Fairgrieve of Detroit opened the meeting and Secretary K C Morris of Toronto gave a report as the three day session began discussing all aspects of the smoke problem.
Rev Dr Henry Ward Beecher argued there is no hell prepared for man, asserting heaven exists for all and hell is a self made condition. He differentiates eternal spiritual law and consequence, urging readers to reflect on accountability, remorse, and universal moral order. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup ad copy follows.
Atlanta June 26 A bill by Senator Hardman would establish a state institution for feeble minded and epileptic children with $100,000 appropriation. A five member board of trustees would oversee lands, buildings and separation of white and colored patients. The complex would include schoolhouses workshops and hospitals for about four hundred inmates and an agricultural program for post release work. Adults may be admitted and patients discharged on recovery.
Sewanee Tennessee June alumni day on the semi centennial program at the University of the South drew graduates from across the South for class reunions. Rev. William Alexander Guerry now bishop co adjutor of South Carolina delivered the principal address.
Cincinnati June 26 bankers from Ohio with capital in the millions gathered at the Hotel Linton for the seventeenth annual Ohio Bankers Association meeting. Mayor Dempsey welcomed attendees. Thomas H. Wilson gave the annual address. Prof Meade spoke on the independent treasury. Herrick and Treat addressed afternoon sessions. convention to adjourn tomorrow.
Atlanta June 26 The state court of appeals reverses the city court decision in W A Starnes v Atlanta Police Relief Association The court holds that Starnes beneficiaries who have reached majority remain his family and are entitled to relief It also rules that membership benefits cannot be forfeited merely by brief nonpayment of dues without an explicit removal action. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve advertisement follows.
Lee J Langley, 18, a well known Atlanta attorney, is jailed in Atlanta Ga charged with attempted assault on the daughter of Mrs. W M Mins of Hunter Street. A warrant has been sworn and a hearing set for tomorrow. The case is serious and associates are worried. He was recently before the recorder on arvera' ad ulting in fines.
An aged mother and her four sons brew whiskey, court trouble, and a revenue raid leads to violence. A breakdown with Uncle Sam’s agents and a fatal chain of events follows, ending with the brother’s imprisonment and the deaths of relatives before US court appearances. A murky tale of retribution across a family touched by crime and punishment.
Mark Twain and Ambassador Whitlaw Reid received honorary LL D degrees from Oxford University, among other notable honorees including Prince Arthur of Connaught, Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman, Rudyard Kipling, Lord Beresford, and Auguste Rodin. The day featured remarks on US UK ties and the installation of Lord Carey as chancellor.
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