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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1891
Page
6
The piece laments city council plans to muzzle dogs to curb hydrophobia, mocks political rivalries in Athens, notes farmers' hopeful Georgia crop outlook, praises local courts, and critiques Congress spending while urging restraint. It discusses education funding, the State University, and a gender column on women pleasing men without bold self-promotion.
Congress report extols Representative Charles F. Crisp as a vigilant Georgia Democrat who has steered the minority through Reed era rules. It credits him with resisting Republican misrule, fighting for minority rights, and earning near-certain elevation to Speaker as the session nears its close.
Chancellor William E. Boggs of the State University visited Augusta to graduate the Medical Department class and delivered an inspiring address. He preached in the Presbyterian church and received strong admiration for his leadership and educational advocacy. A separate note critiques tariff protection and wage practice, arguing that protection shapes wages only when labor is scarce and that employers adjust wages independently of tariff benefits.
A Georgia observer urges terracing on all farms to combat soil washout on slopes. He notes hillside erosion creates watersheds that fuel floods in rivers and cities. Proper terracing slows water, preserves bottom lands, and reduces flood risk. Farmers are urged to take grave heed of the issue.
Georgia Midland to be built with Athens as key junction. Collected reports from Columbus and Macon say local interest along the Rutledge to Athens corridor is strong. Stock subscriptions reach two million. stockholders plan a speedy survey of the Marietta and North Georgia to Athens route.
The text contrasts how to respond if a man or a jeweler abuses you. It suggests walking away or staying silent with a man, and instead asking a jeweler for a pair of spectacles to judge the honesty and price at Skiff, the jeweler. It has a dated, instructional tone with a weekly publication cue.
A summary notes February brought more winter than November through January, with only five clear days and seventeen totally dismal days. Rainfall exceeded previous records by 8.50 inches, and the mean temperature was 78 with a low of 20 in Athens, marking a notably cold spell this winter.
The court met on Monday with several cases continued to the first Monday in April. Administrations granted for T. H. Dearing and Oliver P. Wife estates. Dismissal of James P. Dorsey executor. One year's support set aside for Elizabeth Kittle. Mary Jennings will probated. Public sales: Blanton H. Noble properties sold for $100 and $200, W. D. Griffeth 100 acres at $17 an acre, Jefferson Jennings 100 acres at $11. This concluded the session.
At Horse Creek in Walker county Dr. R. T. Matthews a prominent physician shot and killed his wife during a drunken quarrel. An infuriated crowd twice attempted to lynch him, but officers intervened and secured him in Jasper.
Athens plans a gala week in April to celebrate the completion of the electric line. The program includes races, speeches, barbecues, river sails, country jaunts, factory tours, and University military displays. Visitors will be hosted royally and shown the city’s mills and manufactories. Rheumatism is like sand in machinery. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is advertised as a cure.
On a Columbus to Montgomery train champion John L. Sullivan boasted he could lick any man in the car. Guards Leo Smith and another man misidentified him, Sullivan brandished a fist, Smith drew a revolver and leveled it at the slugger’s head, then lowered the weapon as the train continued with no violence.
In Whitechapel the latest grisly discovery follows a new murder rumor. A woman’s left leg and right arm were found in the Cambridge Heath road Regents Canal archway. Limbs wrapped in thick cloth appeared waterlogged after several days. No other remains recovered. canal dragging continues.
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