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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
1
A promotional note asserts a quality in Royal Baking Powder aids digestion. Physicians have noted this peculiarity and reportedly use and recommend it exclusively. New York based company DER CO. markets the product.
Col James M. Smith, the people's candidate for governor, plans a state canvass in the next days. Supporters across Georgia praise his appeal, with residents from Fort Gaines to Clarke County urging votes for him as the representative of all the people.
W H Kenney contractor faced committal trial on a warrant by J H Williams charging larceny after trust for taking money to pay material bills and not settling them. Judge Young set a $500 bond. Kenney released. Trial to be before Judge Brand at April term in Clarke County. The article then debates Georgia governor candidates.
The Clarke County Farmers Club will convene in Terrell hall at one thirty on Saturday. Topics include crop diversification fruit patch and current agricultural literature with discussion led by Morton Snelling and Rhodes. Prof. Johnson will preside and all interested farmers are urged to attend. After adjournment the Clarke County Cotton Growers' Association branch will meet to transact important business.
An editorial urges Prof Charles M Snelling as a strong candidate for the University of Georgia chancellor. It highlights his mathematical mind, discipline, energy, and selfless service like running the students mess hall, arguing he would strengthen the university’s foundation and character.
Do not neglect a cold and let it run its course. The ad urges using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to cure the cold and counteract pneumonia risk, claiming it is best for acute throat and lung troubles. Sold by Hf. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro. The Banner Leads.
Assessors Cobb Lampkin A H Talmage and J R Crane prepare for this year’s rounds. Property owner changes and rising real estate values suggest higher assessments and a tax value near half a million dollars. The city has shown steady conservative growth with no boom.
Twenty six state and felony convicts near Midville revolted, twenty of them striking and refusing to work. Price Palmer, superintendent of public works, investigated with guards, used corporal punishment to restore order, and the convicts resumed labor after the whipping. One guard briefly struck a convict, and an officer sustained no serious injury. The motive cited was denial of time to write to relatives.
Yesterday morning Judge Young bound over Decker Kenney a negro boy in the sum of one hundred dollars on a charge of mis appropriating one dollar given him to purchase articles. The report notes the court action and the boy’s next appearance date. Also includes an advertisement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praising its use in homes and for relief from croup.
The Athens and Jefferson division grading progresses rapidly with a chief engineer predicting completion by mid May at the latest. The work crew reports no major obstacles, cars and ties have been purchased, ballast delivered, and officials hope to run the first train by early fall.
Report says Taft, pressured by many across the nation and Republican factions, considers a Supreme Court judgeship while some urge him to stay in the presidency. The nation watches as supporters and detractors weigh the political implications of a court appointment.
William Thomas a 22 year old from Saginaw Michigan and member of The Wonderland Company chorus killed himself with carbolic acid in the Columbia theater while a play was in progress. Ida Gordon a 16 year old chorus member in New York was the object of his affection and aided after his body was found.
The Athens mayor and council pass a unanimous resolution thanking Representative William M. Howard for securing the appropriation that funded the recently completed Federal building. Alderman Rowe to notify Mr Howard of the passage.
Washington reports point to Chauncey Depew being in a sanitarium and mentally strained while his secretary guards him at home. A New York home scene contrasts with New Jersey hospital rumors as associates note his deteriorating condition and his absent wife in Europe.
Genevive May of Indianapolis writes praising Peruna as a regulator of the stomach and enhancer of health after a severe catarrh. She notes quick improvement, recommends its use, and invites readers to contact Dr. Hartman for advice with confidential correspondence and mail order options.
Deputy Marshal T P Trammell Deputy Collector F B Brown and James Burch raided a seventy five gallon still near Maxeys Greene County. They captured John Winslett who was lighting the fire and three men were involved including I B Crisp owner of the still. Winslett was jailed after committal trial before Judge Kinnebrew in Athens and bond set for next federal court session. Warrants remain for the other two men.
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