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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1893
Page
6
Readers are reminded of the notable events and public reactions from the past week as reported in local chronicles. The column surveys notable incidents, cultural moments, and ongoing stories shaping the community.
Athens ministers preached on Revelation and the second coming, stressing readiness and righteous living. At QCONEE Street Church Rev. Oliver urged parental responsibility, while Rev. Gwiltney of the First Baptist and Rev. Lovejoy of First Methodist preached on youth, duty, and the great supper invitation.
James Lambert of New Brunswick Illinois reports rapid relief from rheumatism using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He says a bottle cured his hip and leg pains in three days and urges others to use it. Local dealer John Crawford & Co. offers recent bottles for sale.
At an Augusta Agricultural Society session a luncheon for about four hundred featured Prof. Hunnicutt's eloquent tribute to the farmer's wife, calling her the cradle's power and guardian spirit. He praised her faith, support in adversity, and role in prosperity.
A jury delivered a verdict in an insanity case, declaring Miss Julia Force insane. The outcome assigns responsibility to medical and legal authorities for further action and confinement.
Miss Julia Force was tried under a writ of lunacy and adjudged sane by Judge Calhoun. Physicians testified she had long suffered insanity and murdered her two sisters in a deluded belief her family conspired against her. She protested the verdict while awaiting transfer to an asylum.
The court session drew a large crowd as Judge Estes announced Davis is debarred from practicing law. The ruling follows a contentious trial over disputed loans and fees with Simon, Hirsch, and bank evidence supporting Simon. Davis faces appeal and speculative resignation from the legislature.
A brief note cites respiratory organs as the weak point in man with lung diseases causing high fatality. The text recommends Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein for coughs and consumption.
Rev J B Hawthorne in Atlanta denounces so called society as a moral slaughter-house for young men, warning it leads to bankruptcy, ruin and crime. He condemns drinking whisky as sowing seeds of damnation and urges Christian parents to curb gilded society to prevent jailings and suicides.
Comptroller Hepburne decides no receiver is needed in the Gate City National bank affair. Bank Examiner Stone has arrived in Atlanta to assist Examiner Campbell. Campbell says assets exist to pay all depositors and the bank may reopen soon.
Arasta Georgia February 27 Special the Gate City National Bankers issue a statement denying Cobb Jackson’s involvement in Redwine’s defalcation noting the only loan to Jackson was twelve thousand dollars with Captain Harry Jackson endorsing. Sprixe Prac Georgia February 27 Special a mob removed Tom Hill a white man sentenced to twenty years from jail. It is unclear why the mob acted and whether friends or local tensions were involved.
Saturday evening John Jolly 63, a well known farmer near Clarkston on the Georgia railroad, blew out his brains with a shotgun barrel, the gun costing three dollars. Officials attribute the death to insanity. Beecham's Pills are faithful friends.
Obituary recounts Arthur V Weatherly, 29, son of J M Weatherly of Athens, who died in Orlando Florida after a long illness. He attended Athens schools and the University of Georgia and worked seven years for John Silvey Co Atlanta. Friends and family mourn his loss while noting his Methodist faith and engagement to be married soon.
The mob hanged Joe Payne for assaulting Miss Fannie Belle Cecil then allowed her to cut down the body. About five thousand people gathered as she severed the rope smiling, amid cheers. The scene followed a declaration to guard the corpse until morning.
The Fifty second Congress faces a flood of pending measures with appropriations dominating action. Fortifications army and district of Columbia bills are at issue while many others await conference reports or Senate action. Leaders weigh suspensions and private understandings to avoid extra sessions and push key amendments through.
Reported daring attempt to blow up the Dolsworth distillery at Cumminsville late Friday evening. A trap under the building held phosphate anhydrite and nitro glycerine, set to ignite on water contact and blow the distillery and warehouse to atoms as in a Chicago case.
Reports detail Edward Woejes in Bisbee custody awaiting extradition to Mexicans for a murder at Fronteras. A posse fired near the border as they moved him toward Fronteras, Mexico, after he was turned over by authorities. He had prior Yuma prison sentences. In Gainesville Texas, Mrs John Stewart whipped Jeff Masten with a horse whip at Baruma schoolhouse. her husband protected him with a revolver. Masten was badly bruised with blood loss from sixty wounds. Both suspects were arrested.
In Swickley Pennsylvania an epidemic of cholerine prompted a local doctor to promote Chamberlains Colia OCholers and Diarrona Remedy. The author reports selling dozens of bottles in one week and cites several cures of long standing diarrheas. Bottles priced 25 and 50 cents sold by John Crawford & Co.
The article declares ex Secretary of the Treasury Charles S Fairchild did not quarrel with the president elect. It states he cancelled Washington hotel plans and refused hospitality offers during inauguration week, asserting no intent to travel to Washington or seek favors for friends.
Multiple items report unrest and violence across towns. Western Union offices avoided a strike as workers signed new agreements. In Grenada Mississippi white caps attempted intimidation. in Carroll County a shooting followed a dispute involving T A Anderson. A black church burned in MontreeLio Georgia. Congress wrangles over Sundry Civil and Sherman bond amendments.
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