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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1902
Page
6
A stark call underscores the urgency of prompt decisions to curb growing hardship this season. Authorities warn delays will worsen suffering, urging immediate measures and resource allocation to ease impacts on affected communities.
Advertisement proclaims Paine's Celery Compound as cure for nervous prostration insomnia rheumatism neuralgia dyspepsia and blood diseases. It claims physicians widely prescribe it, boosts nerve function and red blood cell growth, and banishes weariness within a week. It urges readers to begin now for summer vigor and to demand Diamond Dyes brand with take no other.
Salem female academy and college marks its hundredth anniversary in Winston-Salem North Carolina as visitors from across the country join grandmothers mothers and daughters to recall girlhood days. Distinctive cedar and elm trees planted in 1766 by Frederick Marshall frame the scenes as bishops senators and educators arrive with congratulatory messages from Baron von Holleben Mount Holyoke College and the University of Pennsylvania.
M L Moore, a Charlotte County farmer who traveled to the city from his home, vanished after arriving Thursday. His horse and buggy were found near Latta Park, with personal items scattered nearby. theories include murder by burial in sewer construction or drowning in the park lake, though relatives fear he is dead.
London May 26 Government leader A J Balfour declined to forecast a peace announcement on South Africa as Parliament reopens. Better informed observers did not expect a statement today and expect no major disclosure until after tomorrow's cabinet meeting. Officials see only a proclamation of peace as a matter of hours.
Miss Lilla Suttles was shot and killed at Wesley Chapel Methodist Church in Ben Hill Georgia after services ended Millard Lee fired twice and the second bullet pierced her heart Her father Dr J M Buttles and brother Earl Suttles aided in pursuing Lee as a violent jealousy tragedy rocked Fulton County with local residents promising pursuit and potential vengeance against the suspect Ben Hill community known for its culture now shaken by this crime tied to social tensions and a prominent local physician's family.
A telegram from Yalta Crimea dated yesterday says Count Tolstoi’s typhoid fever shows no complications and his general health remains satisfactory. The message arrived in London today confirming the patient’s stable condition.
Raleigh May 26 The state charters the Farmers' Ginning and Milling Company of Rich Square with capital 30000 and the Bell Lumber Company of Mt Olive with capital 20000.
New York May 26. the Coya arrived after passing through volcanic dust from Mont Pelee. An officer recalled sights Fifty miles from St Lucia and south of Barbadoes, including a 70 foot dead whale and a fleet of Mother Carey birds. The ship spent an hour amid wreckage and smoke off St Pierre as flashes of fire were visible from 60 miles away.
Tampa records indicate the city registration books have closed with a new high, estimating about 3,000 names, roughly 1,000 more than any previous year. The surge reflects unprecedented participation among residents as registration ends.
Reports from Fort de France Martinique describe a mass exodus as Mont Pelee erupts with ash and fear. Relief ships arrive including Fontabelle bringing 150 tons of supplies and notable figures like W. H. Corwine and Professor Angelo Heilprin. International aid is organized while refugees flee to Guadeloupe Dominica and St Lucia.
Walter Miller, professor of classical philology and secretary of the faculty at Stanford University, has resigned and his resignation has been accepted by President Jordan. Miller is currently in Europe. Jordan said the resignation was voluntary, arising from friction within the department and at Miller's own instance.
The French battleship Gaulois bringing the French mission for the Rochambeau monument ceremony in Washington arrived in New York from Annapolis. It was followed by U S battleships Kearsarge and Alabama and the cruiser Olympic, which arrived about half an hour later.
A powerful tornado struck Union South Carolina yesterday at 4 PM from the north, with a second storm from the southwest. Four people died, including Misaca Sallie Hart and Annie Lawson, and Mrs. Maxey Simo and her daughter Vera died later. Dozens of homes, a knitting mill hill school, and multiple farms were destroyed, with extensive tree and orchard ruin. Damage estimates run into thousands of dollars.
Augusta Georgia May 26 all mills in the district started this morning and all but King mill have full complements of hands. King mill has 460 operatives and hopes to recruit more during the day. King mill houses occupied by workers refusing to work must be vacated by night, likely driving many to work or to poverty. An increase of 14 percent is granted in some King mill departments.
A contrived list details yardages and prices for fabrics such as Percales and Dimity, linens, muslins, lawn, cheese cloth, and mosquito netting, plus remnants of dress goods. Also offered are napkins, linen suitings, ginghams, dress linens, napkins, fans, ammonia, soaps, talcum, collars, silk ties, and umbrellas with marked sale prices and worths.
Closeout sale includes one hundred dozen goblets at $1.00 per dozen and a lot of desert plates and saucers and fine china dishes offered at factory cost. Limited quantities remain, with prices reflecting bulk disposal.
A new shipment of Black Dress Goods Poplins Cheviotts Serges Brillantin es and Etamines plus Wash Silks is offered. The line includes 80 inch Linen Suiting at 10 cents, originally 15 cents, with additional stockings for ladies children and men priced 10 to 75 cents per pair.
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