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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
5
Clarke county officials expected to receive fifty overs for convict labor but many counties claim their share. The board now allocates white convicts to the state farm or state purchase projects, reducing overs availability. Clarke county has already received convicts and will pursue additional labor if a chance arises.
Secretary Brooks of the chamber of commerce has rented offices in the Hulme building at the intersection of Broad Thomas and Oconee Streets. He will be available there during the day to furnish information to chamber members. Committee meetings will be held there and advertising material will be prepared and mailed nationwide to attract Athens investors and home seekers.
Dr. T E Jago has tested nearly three hundred cows for tuberculosis under city health laws requiring milk sales permits. One cow out of the tested herd was tuberculous and died soon after. Two other suspicious cows will be re checked. overall, the dairy stock appears healthy and well kept.
The Georgia baseball team opens its schedule on Saturday March 20 in Athens against the New York Americans. It marks the third meeting with the Americans and follows last year’s narrow loss to Clark Griffiths team. Coach Less has Georgia in good shape and the early season is seen as a boost for the city.
March 9 report from Thomasville Georgia notes bigger watermelon acreage this year and smaller cantaloupe yield in the region. Last year cantaloupes dominated local production with high quality, but oversupply and California shipments drove prices down. Georgia ranks second among eight Southern states in naval stores output, with turpentine and rosin totals cited from 1907 and 1908.
Florida launches a state wide program to study and prevent tuberculosis the disease called the great white plague. The state urges citizens to use free educational resources and health measures while officials cite census data and economic losses from the illness. Governor Albert W. Gilchrist endorses the drive with Secretary H. Clay Crawford as witness.
On April 26 the Odd Fellows will celebrate the order founding with a lodge room collation as usual. Some members propose moving the anniversary exercises and banquet to the Georgian hotel. A final decision will be discussed at the upcoming lodge meeting.
Francis S Bartow Chapter of Waycross condemns sale of near beer by Confederate veterans. Thomasville’s John B Gordon Chapter misreads the Bartow resolutions. President Mrs FE A Pound clarifies the intent and calls for proper reading of the text to avoid censure.
Mrs Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania recalls years of severe lung trouble and near death before Dr King s New Discovery brought relief and a cure lasting twelve years. The remedy treats coughs colds sore lungs hemorrhages lagrippe asthma croup whooping cough and bronchial issues. C2 and 1. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by W J Smith & Bro H R Palmer & Sons.
In Brooklyn a keel laying ceremony marked the start of construction on the 20,000 ton battleship Florida. Attended by Rear Admiral Goodrich and Naval Constructor Baxter, the event linked to the Monitor Merrimac anniversary. The Florida will rival Delaware North Dakota and Utah as an all big gun battleship.
In Rochester New York the National Clothiers Association opens its annual convention with leaders from New York Chicago Boston Cincinnati Baltimore and Rochester in attendance. The group representing about ninety percent of U S cloth manufacturing conducts reports and business as woolen mills face criticism over high prices. Officers include Marcus M Marks president and Louis H Kohn vice president among others.
Judge William Jefferson Pollard of St. Louis argues jurors must be sober, contrasting with Circuit Judge William Hart of Tennessee who allowed drinking for some jurors in the Cooper trial at Nashville. He asserts jurors must be cool and alert, likening sobriety to the requirements of engineers physicians chauffeurs soldiers and firemen who rely on steady minds.
Dr G W Eliot former Harvard leader will tour the South and stop at Athens next Monday arriving at 10:30 am over the Seaboard Airline. A university committee will arrange a reception and he will speak at the University chapel around noon. The event signals a notable moment for the institution.
San Pedro California March 9 An amateur aeronaut Lester Elkins 20 years old soared four thousand feet then jumped with a parachute and was carried out to sea by a high wind. Rescue efforts failed as the balloon drifted farther from land. His body was not recovered and he had recently moved from San Antonio Texas where his mother lives.
Vidalia Ga March 9 W L Darby a longtime saw mill man shot and killed O G Moore on the street after a dispute over a mill settlement. Moore unarmed slapped Darby before the shooting. Moore died at 2 35 p m Darby captured at 7 pm and jailed in Lyons Coroner's jury returns first degree murder verdict.
A Jackson Mississippi dispatch reports Jesse Davis a prominent De Soto County farmer wed Friday and bring his bride to their Mobile home. Early that night a gate call went unanswered then a buckshot volley shattered the window narrowly missing the couple as they slept.
Washington reports that President Taft will not aid insurgents in ousting Speaker Cannon or reordering House committees as the tariff extra session nears. Talks at the White House included Cannon Aldrich Mann, with quotes stressing Taft cannot back the rebellion and that Cannon’s re election looks secure.
The article notes the administration facing questions about future revenues and mentions Franklin MacVeagh allowing himself to be quoted on the possible need for a stamp tax and the suggestion of an inheritance tax to meet forthcoming financial requirements.
Missouri Scent passenger and maximum freight lawn were nullified by a U S district court ruling in Kansas City. Judge Smith McPherson held the 2-cent rate confiscatory and unconstitutional, signaling a likely end to the rate in Missouri and influencing other states. Frank Hagerman argued the decision would kill the 2-cent rate nationwide while Missouri vowed to continue the fight for lower rates.
Macon Ga March 9 Friends of Dr T D Ellis pastor Mulberry Street Methodist church say he is slated for the presidency of Emory College at the close of the current collegiate year to succeed Dr Dickey head of the institution. Ellis is a leading Methodist of central portion of the state and has led the church here since Dr Ainsworth Went to Savannah years ago. The rumor has gained credit and will be closely watched.
Washington March 9 The navy secretary acting under presidential direction revoked the order to close the Pensacola Florida and New Orleans Louisiana yards. Florida and Louisiana congressmen urged reconsideration while noting legality. The department will monitor yard conditions and requires a report on work progress. No ships are to be assigned to those yards for the present.
Milwaukee March 9 The Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Brewers Association holds its annual convention with discussions on prohibition sentiment saloon moral tone and other matters of importance. Routine association business will occupy much of the schedule and the session is expected to extend into tomorrow.
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