12 May 1891
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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1891
Page
1
The piece recounts a Chicago Herald editorial criticizing Sunday operations at the World’s Fair. It notes public meetings in various towns denouncing any Sunday opening and argues workers and departments would be harmed by violating Sabbath norms amid debates over legal guarantees for Sunday operations.
The article discusses Sabbath meaning as a holy day set apart for rest and worship, distinguishing sacred garments as priestly and urging quiet, focused prayer. It contrasts real dangers with imagined fears, urging discipline in prayer and contemplation, and ends with local ads for medical remedies and furniture firms.
In a Paris building site a young worker sacrifices his life to save a fellow laborer and his family. As cranes swing and scaffolding fails, he lets go of a support and falls to the stones below, dying with a smile on his lips. Harper's Young People notes his unselfish courage and universal praise.
Harper's Weekly recounts young Don Alfonso of Spain charming all with frank remarks, including at mass where he commanded the preacher to be quiet. The incident amused the public while troubling his mother who urged restraint during divine service.
A boy laments strict rules at school and home while a discussion about pruning trees prompts thoughts on authority. Uncle Thed contrasts tidy shipshape could be with crooked growth left to nature, implying lessons about restraint and freedom.
Clarke county Superior Court reconvenes June 9 for an adjourned term with high priority cases. TheWill Jonson case, charged with shooting and killing John Webb on the G C N railroad, will be heard among several others. Jury commissioners are ordered to meet and draw a grand jury.
Rev Dr McDonald of Atlanta preaches at the Baptist church in Athens to a well filled house. He is in town to visit his son, who was recently shot, while the minister is widely known as a learned and powerful religious figure.
Col J J Strickland sails to Orlando Florida to attend the suit for recovery of much land on which Orlando is built. Col Geo C Thomas may depart soon to join the effort. The Strickland and Thomas firm is noted for vigorous land litigation.
In Washington on May 9 a special dispatch reports opposition within the Republican party to a Harrison renomination. Blaine supporters fear a split, while discussions of a triple arbitration with Russia and England to curb Behring Sea sealing unfold. Venezuela accepts the reciprocity proposal, and a southern-led push may influence the next House speakership.
Athens Baptists discuss building a new church with plans to sell the current church and lot by the ponte house to acquire a larger centrally located lot near the courthouse. An Aid Society meeting is set for next Wednesday to advance the plan with deacons present.
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