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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1899

Page

7

Timing and Plumbing. D. W. Bailey

Timing and plumbing notice for D. W. Bailey located at 223 Washington Street in the Holman Building.

D. W. Bailey Washington Street Holman Building

War Is Now On to the Transvaal in British War News

London reports claim Boers crossed the border before the ultimatum deadline, signaling a move toward war. British forces at Ladysmith and Dundee brace for Boer attacks while Natal frontier towns, Mafeking, and Candy Clough see rising anxiety and troop movements.

London South Africa Kruger Pretoria Great Britain Natal New Castle Ladysmith Dundee Orange Free State Gordon Highlanders Sululand Pietermaritzburg George Stewart White Bechaunaland Vryburg Mafeking Kimberly Cadysmith Candy Clough Transvaal Conyngham Green Capetown Conje Free State-Natal Wakkerstroom Volksrast Free State

Formerly a School for Old Confederates at Rock College

Recounting that after the Civil War Professor Hunter ran a school for Confederate soldiers under thirty at Rock College. The piece notes the school’s good work until Governor Bullock suspended it and suggests Winnie Davis Memorial Hall could be established there for Georgia’s Confederate veterans' descendants to learn teaching.

Winnis.Davis Memorial Hall Hunter Rock College Bullock Winnie Davis Georgia

Telegraphic News From All Points

Leesburg Alabama Oct 11 James Murphy of Ball Play bitten by a mad dog. Hydrophobia symptoms. critical, not expected to survive. Bowdre Georgia Oct 11 post office burglarized. stamps, cologne and valuables taken. Georgia gold miners meet Oct 21 in Atlanta with President Joquish presiding. Georgia Sea Girl team members seek hearing on Hilton trophy protest. Birmingham Alabama Oct 11 Democratic state executive committee meets. unusual interest. Anniston Alabama Oct 11 Jim Richards fatally shot near Piedmont. Rountree charged. Raleigh North Carolina Oct 11 Seaboard Air Line ice factory damages case docketed. Spartanburg South Carolina Oct 11 Converse will probate will. estate split with Converse College. Glencoe Alabama Oct 11 postmaster embezzlement charges. Sandersville Georgia Oct 11 circus billboards torn down after mayor’s order. Alexander City Alabama Oct 11 deadly shootout in Allen’s saloon. two doctors wounded. Washington Oct 11 Rear Henry L Howison retired from navy. to New York. Macon Georgia Oct 11 1500 bales cotton sold. near $50,000 cash. mills buy. New Orleans Oct 11 street duel between O Malley and Parker. both wounded. Planters Tea claims to cure dyspepsia and constipation. 25 cents. Brumby Drug Co. endorsement.

Leesburg Ala James Murphy Murphy Anniston Als Jim_ Richards Piedmont Rountree Richards Raleigh N. C Supreme Court Seaboard Air Line Charleston Glencoe T. L. Metton Post Office Rosson Sandersville Wallace Slexander City Allen J. Cameron Romanoff Land and Mining Company P. D. Mahoney Mahoney Cameron Bibb Manufacturing Company

Old Negro Woman Found Abandoned Beside Stormed Ditch

A century-old Black woman was found unconscious and unable to speak beside a ditch near the Bloomfield residence Tuesday night. Police housed her at city hall while seeking her identity and possible relatives, noting possible abandonment and tracks of horse and wagon at the scene.

Bioomfield

Not Guilty in Riot Case at Lawrenceville Court

Lawrenceville Ga Oct 11 The city court Judge S J Winn acquits Mrs Nanny Tomlin et al charged with riot after a short trial The prosecutor Gordon testified she horsewhipped him in Bu ford while her brother and father watched The defendant claimed provocation from Gordon slandering her The jury deliberated about five minutes with a not guilty verdict Also appears garbled ad text for kidney and ader remedies from Binghamton New York

Lawrenceville S. J. Winn Nanny Tomlin Gordon

The Red Shirts and Other Oddities in a City Paper

A miscellany of vivid items recounts convicts in California wearing red shirts as marks of failed escapes and sharp discipline, tales of prison guards and escape risks, a flat living joke about families, and old English bear and bull baiting lore alongside a tavern anecdote showing rustic bravado and a hazardous punch.

Penitentiaries California San Quentin San Francisco

Athens Prodigy Reaves Wood Noted Telegraph Genius

The Chattanooga News profiles Reaves Wood, son of Athens Superintendent W L Wood, as a telegraph prodigy who rose from Atlanta Western Union at 14 to lead AP circuits. At 23 he is described as among the world’s most skilled operators with a career including Chicago AP offices, Chattanooga work, and leadership roles in the AP and Southern AP formations.

Reaves Wood W. L. Wood Chattanooga News Athens Western Union Wood Atlanta Western Union Associated Press A P Chicago Denver Associated Press Service United States Chattanooga The Times News Atlanta Constitution Southern Associated Press

Former University Boy Elected Captain at Poughkeepsie College

Charlie DuBignon, a former University football star, has been elected captain of The Poughkeepsie Business College eleven. The prior captain died from a severe head injury in a practice game, and DuBignon succeeded him.

Poughkeepsie Business College Charlie DuBignon Poughkeepsie DaBignon

Also Mentioned on This Page

John Kelloes Ielphia T Co. Johnson Ares Bo Johnson Laboratories, Inc Y Pras H. R. Palmer & Sons Clayton St Chichester Bing Ana Eo Orem Reatara Eltef E. C. Dew J. R. Palmer & Sons Athens Savings Bank Broad Street Barbers McQueen & Carter K. H W. F. Dorsey Clayton Street Michael Bros Clayton Jackson Streets P. S. Marka Max Joseph Clayton and Wall Streets Davison & Lowe Clayton Stre- Phone Southern Express Company College Avenue C. D. Flanigen Furniturr ER. H Dorsey Athens Hardware Company K. D. Stone Jackson Street Mattress Works I P. Oliver Athens Treas Works Athens, Ga Music House D P. Haselton Athens Banner Telehone Telegraph Office Tera Union Telegrape Telephone S. Crane Bell Telephone Company Scott Rig Co Scott & Bowne New York the Sunday Sun the Sun KH. D.stone Brumby Drug Go Columbus J. M. Estes Birmingham Central Railway Estes Will Estes Atlanta L. H. Saffer Harrison, Ark Scanlan New Orleans Times- Democrat Dr. Tichnor Barran Gainesville Bowdre Southern Elgin’ Movement Southern Gold Miners’ Association Prudential Building H. D Joquish Savannah Georgia Sea Girl Jordan Jeas Gernant Bird Spencer Reena Democratic State Executive Committee Robert Lowe Spartanburg D. C D. E. Converse New Orleans Newspaper Row Camp Street Dominick O'Malley Evening Item Wll Harrison Parker Democratic State Campaign Committee Delta Antilottery Brumby Drog Co Sherouse Paris Harper’s-Bazar America France Mer & Sw Mae the Great Dr. Er & Co Binghamton, N. Y Kenwood John Jim Fred Chicago Inter Ocean England Liverpool Bruin Shakespeare Elizabeth Bener Ely Draugsists ELY Bros Warren Street N.Y Sion
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