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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1893
Page
8
Long Island felt a severe quake at 12 30 a m with walls shaken and havoc reported in many homes across the area. Observers say the tremor appeared to travel in a southerly direction, causing widespread disturbance throughout Long Island.
A Banner reporter visited the Huggins China House and found a vast stock of china ware, lamps, and glassware. The store, in Georgia, showcases dinner sets from 60 cents to 900 dollars per set, tea sets, chamber sets, and hundreds of jobbing items. Wholesale buyers are invited to inspect a large stock with low prices, including six hundred dozen plates and cups and barrels of glassware. Corner Broad and Spring streets.
The Dairy School at Rock College under Prof J B Hunnicutt drew a large crowd yesterday. H J Wing spoke on Cleanliness in the Dairy and concluded with a joke on the missing cheese. The cheese and butter produced by Wang yesterday were praised as the best seen. Warcues Herarmer advertises watch and clock repair at Palmer Kipne brew's drug store in Athepe Ga with first class workmanship guaranteed.
The committal trial of Allie Beusse concluded with Allie sent back to jail on murder charges while Henry Beusse was released by the court. Defense attorney Lumpkin argued for hours, State attorney Mell rebutted, and Justice O Kelley announced the verdict. Bail for Allie may be sought near the April Clarke Superior Court term. The case likely rests until next month's grand jury. Confederate Survivors in Augusta report Captain Edge Eve to Athens for a memorial address on The Cobb Legion Battle Fish, honoring fallen officers and men from Athens and Col. Cobb lineage.
A reader from Blue Mound reports a respected Athens family consumed with dime novels turning toward lunacy. The sister breaks an engagement over reading, mother and father enslaved by yellow back books, meals interrupted by pages. Salvation Oil praised for inflammatory rheumatism.
Dr James T Leftwitch, retired from the pulpit due to ill health, will probably settle in Atlanta. He led Central Presbyterian in Atlanta for 13 years before moving to Baltimore in 1879 to lead First Presbyterian. Baltimore church recently accepted his resignation and allocated about 50,000 for his lifetime income of around 4,000 yearly.
Harmony Grove March 11 notes Prof C M Sanders from near Homer visits this morning. Isaac Allen of Mutual Life Insurance Co of Kentucky returns home. Neal Chandler of Madison noted among town friends. Hon Dean of Lee White County Ga visits his daughter Mrs W A Quillian this week. Mayor and council announce sidewalk and street improvements promising top streets in Northeast Georgia. March term city court adjourned Wednesday night after a busy session. next term begins Wednesday in June.
Demorr March 11 Rev Dr T De Witt Talmage of Brooklyn spoke on the financial troubles of his large tabernacle. He said years of building and paying left the church strained after fires and lightning destroyed earlier structures. He noted $1,040,000 raised for religious purposes and urged congregants and the press to support efforts to avert closure. Contributions may be sent to him in Brooklyn for prompt acknowledgment. World’s Fair Rates Adopted in Jacksonville A mass meeting of rail lines south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi resolved to set round trip fares to Chicago for the World’s Fair at 4 cents per mile, contingent on assent from absent lines. about fifty agents attended. Two Lawyers in Trouble in Texas James W. Woodard, Arkansas lawyer, arrested in Coleman and sent to San Angelo on a governor’s requisition for offenses at Bellville Ark. Jesse Taylor, ex-land agent and attorney of Sonora, arrested in Brownwood, en route to Sonora for forgery.
An Athens woman told a friend Kemp’s Balsam for the throat and lungs stopped her cough instantly when other remedies failed. She offered to prove it with a free sample from a druggist, citing immediate relief.
Patient suffered from salt rheum for over twenty years and was cured after using CuTICURA remedies. A testimonial by Dr. M. K. Jenkins of 298 Houston Street, Atlanta, GA, states the subject recovered sound and well in three months.
A broad Athens catalog touts a full dress goods stock for the season. It highlights English and French fabrics, silks, Indian prints, and Pongees with many pieces offered at low prices. Stock includes silk wraps, Henriettas, linens, Lawns, Percales, Dimities, and a large array of hosiery, gloves, and undergarments. Specials list Standard Prints, Ginghams, Percales, and remnants at sharp values, plus a wide range of house furnishings and trunks.
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