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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1893
Page
4
Local notices will be charged at the rate of 10 cents per insertion with a $2 extended period option. Publisher E W Reed and Stone & Co issue the notice policy for classifieds and advertising in this Athens paper.
The Ohio governor lacks veto power due to a historical clash over a $2 marriage fee paid to Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair. Lawmakers tied a salary increase to abolishing the fee, prompting a veto that preserved the governor’s pay. Subsequent conventions and votes sustained the lack of a veto for state governors.
The Memphis Appeal-Avalanche surveys Republican editors and proposes a satirical dictionary of partisan terms. It defines words like Rebel, Traitor, Mugwump, Patriot and other phrases as used to caricature Democratic opponents and convey partisan biases.
A Michigan centrist column argues the next U S administration will prioritize business over society. It praises Cabinet versatility and plans bold reforms while urging restraint on excess. It also discusses statehood for Arizona New Mexico and Utah and highlights their resource wealth and treaty with America.
The piece accuses Northern editors of bold commentary on the Texas lynching while lacking space for a brief note on a Michigan case where a white woman was burned at the stake on charges of devil possession. The author says they have pressed the Tribune to report the Michigan incident.
The passage notes many editors and figures from press history remain silent in the face of a polite inquiry. It lists Col Murat Halstead Charles Emory Smith and others as idle from public response while threats and chaos are referenced without eliciting a reaction.
The Savannah Morning News criticizes the new dispensary law in South Carolina noting likely tax hikes and possible school term reductions. It cites Clarke county use and Athens sales totaling 77 322.02 in sixteen months with profits of 26 896.24 gross and 14 693.54 net, claiming reduced drunkenness and crime as a benefit.
The Kansas Supreme Court confirms the Republican House as legally constituted leaving Populists with two options. They choose to submit and take seats as organized by Republicans, restoring order and covering the state's prior disgrace. Democracy is hailed as the country’s salvation.
The New York Sun notes that South Carolina politics is run by young men. It highlights figures such as Senator Irby and Governor Tillman, both in their thirties, and Congressmen McLaurin and Latimer, with most state legislators younger than typical. It cites famous orators who prepared meticulously and recalls a Milledgeville gentleman of 70 who has never ridden a train.
Remarks on a refined Georgia lady who avoids mirrors for 26 years surface amid chatter on potential senatorial contenders. Pope Barrow emerges as a leading candidate while editorials urge farmers to wake to opportunity and praise pension reform talks in Savannah and Topeka.
A curious 1886 column surveys a mix of notes from Augusta and national events. It mentions Southern speech traits in New York, a Plymouth Hospital surgery case, Richard Croker backing Cleveland’s Cabinet, Tennessee politics and a disbarment fight, Gresham as a future cabinet head, and local Y M C A efforts in Augusta. The piece also covers Montana senate politics, Irish Home Rule tensions, Hawaii annexation views, and a Hall’s Catarrh Cure testimonial.
The piece recalls Henry W. Grady earning a record rate for five 1000 word letters at twenty cents a word. It mentions a bloody Cedar Bluff tragedy with youths Hall and Cooper, plus other local notices from Rome and Washington Chronicle anecdotes.
Harmony Grove reports a busy day with visitors inclduing Judge W W Stark Earnest Youngkin and Tom C Threlkeld. Mrs O J Hood ill with pneumonia as farmers flock for guano shipments and Harmony Grove High School sees strong attendance and a planned dramatic club event at College Hall. Shilohs Catarrh Remedy advertised with nasal injector.
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