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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
1
A supplier notes that Peruna is not stocked locally and invites remittance to The Peruna Drug Mfg Co in Columbus Ohio for single bottle price one dollar or six bottles five dollars with express prepaid. The notice urges customers to ask their druggist for the free Peruna Almanac for 1907.
Dr Ralph M Goss of Mt Sinai Hospital New York has been selected without examination to fill a key position for the next year managers praise his work The notice highlights other rising young physicians and students preparing to enter the medical profession including Ben Steediy M M Hill P F Hodgson and W J Moga Ravaud Benedict John Goodine Audley Morton with Athens noted for its medical growth.
Sherif announces two halls for the county jail. Tom Hall, white, a federal prisoner, awaits trial in Judge Newman’s court at the April term on counterfeiting charges. Alvin Tall, white, awaiting trial in superior court on a state forgery charge.
Laet. J. A. Harmon of Sizemore West Virginia says he found a perfect pill that never disappoints and recommends Dr King s New Life Pills for torpid liver and constipation. Guaranteed satisfactory use at W J Smith & Bro and I R Palmer Son Druggtata.
A Georgia rail letter from Savannah dated March 26 1907 notes the Southern Georgia and Seaboard have complied with the Athens Chamber of Commerce request and Gainesville Midland plans timetable changes to improve service. It cites delays in Seaboard Air Line yards as the main obstacle to better schedules.
Police recover a dress coat at the Seaboard Air Line station and uncover letters papers and an affidavit in pockets. The owner identified as J G Bostwick is uncertain and questions arise about a coat swap with an Atlanta hardware drummer during the morning rush.
Passover begins as unleavened bread replaces bread on the table and leavened foods and alcohol are set aside for eight days. The Seder rite and home cleansing ceremonies mark the festival, with strict adherence among orthodox Jews to unleavened bread.
Happy John Jones and Win Cleve land, two Negroes arrested days ago on warrants sworn by Mr Van Deadwyler for breaking a contract, appeared before Judge Cobb yesterday. They demanded a jury trial and the cases were carried over until next week to allow time to obtain legal counsel.
Mr. J. M. Head has purchased the Damore place in East Athens and will begin development at once. The sixteen acre tract will be laid out with streets and lots to be sold for residential use. preparations to put lots on the market will start in a few days.
Thirteen prisoners were listed yesterday at the Hotel de Wieran Hill Street. Bailiff Frank Wood will escort WI Green to the asylum at Milledgeville for lunacy treatment and may also take another convict, Mr. Dom.walker, editor of the Enterprise, to Macon to begin his sentence.
An Athens youth named R Crowe collected subscriptions for magazines on a clubbing basis last October. He was labeled a crook by the Publishers Association in New York after many subscribers did not receive magazines. A local attorney who paid five dollars for a sub asked Review of Reviews about Crowe, receiving a warning that he is a proven swindler and to provide bona fide receipts if seeking refunds. The publisher vows action to recover losses and protect canvassers.
The Boyd of Health forms a committee to study milk inspection and will report to the board next Monday morning. The board will discuss recommendations to the mayor and council on inspecting milk sold in the city and consider ordinances to prohibit undrawn chickens or fowls sale.
Mrs. Charles H. Lewis in Richmond was hanging out clothes when she sneezed with pins in her mouth and swallowed several of them. She was taken to a hospital in intense pain as doctors planned X rays to locate the pins.
Principal F. M. Harper oversees a two acre garden at the rear of the University campus where students in the higher grades grow English peas and early vegetables. Under expert direction the project blends theory and hands on work, teaching plants growth and botany, while providing valuable observation and reporting experience. The effort mirrors skilled truck farming and has generated evident student enthusiasm and tangible results.
Yesterday morning fire destroyed two large barns on the farm of William Eberhart near Winterville. The blaze was discovered early and work focused on saving the residence, which escaped damage.
Georgia moves to block a Tennessee bill backing a Chattanooga street extension that would bisect Georgia state railroad yards, tearing up twenty three tracks. The measure risks wrecking terminals worth thousands of dollars and claimed as vital state property. Georgia pledges a strong fight to preserve its assets and prevent loss of value.
Prof Sylvanus Morris of the law school spoke at the University of Georgia YMCA in the Teabory library last night. The students enjoyed the engaging and informative address, noting its usefulness.
Georgia University Cadets, about 275 strong, will encamp at Chattahoochee Park in Gainesville for a week starting April 20. Local residents plan social events around strict military regulations enforced by Major Kimbrough, aiming to provide a pleasant and beneficial visit for the cadets.
City Attorney West and Fire Chief McDorman prepare to attend the Royal Arcanum grand council convening in Macon on April 17 and 18. West represents the local council while McDorman sits on the grand auditing committee. The order is noted as a safe fraternal insurer.
Palmer and Sons plan to relocate from their Clayton street site into the former Cousar Furniture storeroom next door after removal of a wall. Cousar Furniture will shift to College Avenue, absorbing E. M. Andrews bankrupt stock. Movement began yesterday with more days required for completion.
Notice states Bishop Nelson will visit Emmanuel church Athens on Sunday April 21 to confer the fourth of the Six Principles of the Doctrine of Christ. Those seeking instruction or preparation for confirmation are invited to meet at the rectory Thursday at 4:30 PM or speak privately with Troy Beatty.
The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling in the case of Geo W Raiden formerly an agent for Southern Cotton Oil Co at Hull. He was convicted of misappropriating company funds. The court sent the matter back for a new trial after argument by E K Lumpkin George C Thomas for Raiden and Solicitor General Trible for the state.
A longtime local man known as Bunny McCurdy finally gets a Treasury order for 76 cents. Decades earlier he lent $5.75 to a stranger around the Spanish American War era. the borrower never repaid, and an ensuing postal discovery led to a lengthy recovery process culminating in the Treasury payment prompt.
Savannah reports John Betjeman of the Georgia Immigration Association in town to discuss a direct immigration line with European ports. He predicts the first Savannah sailing within sixty days and expects state supervised work to avoid federal interference. Betjeman cites 7,000 applications on file in Albany.
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