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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
5
Return day set with Judge Brand to organize civil and criminal calendars. Grand Jury members named. A lengthy list of cases filed to the April term includes divorces, injunctions, foreclosures, and damages against various defendants and corporate parties in Clarke County.
Athens real estate assessors report a total increase of 361,875 with 158 new houses added. They note no vacant houses in the city, demand far outstrips supply, and population may be at least eighteen thousand, possibly twenty thousand, amid plans for major new structures.
Messrs Katzenstein and Matthews were chosen to represent Carolina in the debate against Georgia on April 12. Six speeches were delivered, all of high quality. Georgia will select its representatives soon as several contestants vie for spots. The Chamber of Commerce held a lively meeting at one city hall Monday night with citizens pledging support to secure scholarships for a proposed big business college.
An 18 year old girl Mary Stevens of Planters near Athens and Danielaville has reportedly transformed over three weeks into a snake like human. She experiences daily convulsions, crawls on the floor, coils and darts her head, and licks her tongue. Neighbors seek funds for Dr Sam Hardman to study the case, while rumors blame a rejected suitor and possible poisoning.
Albert Brightwell a negro farmer on Hon. N D Arnold's plantation in Oglethorpe County was bound over by Judge E C Kinnebrew to the next federal court session on peonage charges. The case involves alleged cruel treatment of Mac Glenn a negro man who died from injuries after Brightwell reportedly flogged him and stamped him on February 28. The warrant named Glenn as the victim though he was dead. Brightwell's case, indictments and grand jury investigation follow this trial.
Wisconsin League clubs include Madison Eau Claire Fond du Lac Oshkosh La Crosse Wausau Green Bay and Freeport Ill The Hudson River League will restart around May 15 Monte McFarland to manage Clinton Iowa in the Three league Quincy will have Iowa State League results this spring Ike Durrette joins Holyoke in the Connecticut League Manager Charlie Babb vows to win the Southern League pennant and Birmingham’s Vaughan doubts the limit Hattiesburg franchise moves to Columbus Fort Worth signs four miners for the Texas League.
In Clarke superior court 9 the West Virginia Land Company sues Central of Georgia Railway for 10150 damages claiming a promised special rate from Madison to Athens for a lot sale was not honored. An agent misled buyers, deterring about thirty attendees and injuring the company’s Madison development plan and reputation.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock on the campus Hon Martin V Calvin director of the Georgia Experiment Station spoke to agricultural students at the University of Georgia on the subject of Forage. He urged moving beyond a single crop and increasing profits from farm labor. The speaker was described as interesting and instructive and the lecture regarded as one of his best.
A large Knights of Pythias delegation traveled to Atlanta for an entertainment honoring Supreme Chancellor Barnes of Jacksonville. Athena members included F. J. Carithers, J. F. Hart, W. P. Vonderau, G. C. Thoeas, C. A. Vonderlieth, and J. R. Brantley. The Ava Missouri mother credits Dr Ring's New Discovery for saving her son's life from lung trouble. Trial bottles offered free. available at Drew sists and local stores.
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