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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
2
Wooster Ohio October 17 Major Taggart seeks to take Culver from his mother amid a guardian dispute Judge Eason placed the children with the father The 11 year old Culver defied his father on the street calling him a liar and vowing to stay with his mother The house where Mrs Taggart and the children reside is watched to prevent abduction attempts
In Southern Arizona Prof W J McGee of Farley slept four months on hot desert sands with an Indian, centipedes and a gila monster for companions. He returned to Des Moines vigorous, saying his desert study of insects reptiles and plants revealed a cure for mental and physical collapse.
A city hotel project gains momentum as subscriptions rise. The committee reports twenty five thousand dollars pledged months ago and a new pledge of fifteen thousand dollars, totaling forty thousand from under a dozen men. Officials expect twenty thousand more in the next week and aim to secure sixty thousand from city patrons for the new building.
The opening football game will be played next Saturday at four on the University campus between Georgia and Clemson. Clemson boasts a strong lineup led by Derrick and Furtick while Georgia shows a swift, light squad. A new grandstand and five boxed seats will enhance crowd viewing. season tickets cost $1.25 and individual admission is fifty cents.
The meeting at Mr. Thomas Bailey's home drew enthusiastic support for building the Stone Memorial church. The canvassing committee reports encouraging progress and aims to raise two thousand five hundred to three thousand dollars before the North Georgia Conference. A follow up meeting is planned within a week or ten days to report fund completion and church organization.
In an interview with a Banner representative John J. Strickland states he will not apply for the unexpired term of Judge R. B. Russell. He cites duties to clients and firm, railroad client concerns, and risk of unfair criticism to Governor, ending with gratitude for support from the circuit bar and peers. Business in Athens this fall has prospered.
Patrick OConnor rose from a two year stint as a waiter at Feeney Fitzgeralds to wealth after returning to Youngstown. He claims O B OConnor publisher and broker, recently deceased, was his father and that the will left him 100000 and 250000 to his daughter. He states his wife is dead and says he will be coming here.
Red Bank Penna Oct 17 Mrs Betsy Freeman celebrated her 111th birthday inviting friends and jokingly spanking her youngest son William 82 in front of guests to prove she is still a young woman. The ceremony drew neighbors from miles around as she read her Bible with keen memory and health.
Philadelphia October 17 X rays are touted as a cure for idiocy after animal tests proved satisfactory A University of Pennsylvania expert says use of X rays could check all idiocy A recent Pennsylvania law permits surgeons to perform sterilizing operations on inmates deemed non improvable after tests but the new method is claimed to offer a more lenient alternative thanks to X ray treatment by leading doctors and surgeons.
An article asserts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is safe for children and free of injurious substances. It touts its world wide reputation for curing coughs colds and croup and notes availability from Palmer and Sons and Wichod or Bra.
Athens Officer B O W Rose returned from Walton County with his two dogs to aid in tracking a Negro man who murdered Constable Darby. The dogs trailed for ten hours forcing the fugitive to hide under hay and he surrendered in Monroe. Local sentiment runs high and fear of vigilante action eased once the suspect was jailed ahead of trial.
Mr B F Holder former editor of The Banner has issued the first number of The Manufacturer a periodical devoted to building Chattanooga and southern manufacturing interests It contains thirty four pages is handsome and well patronized in advertising high merit with several special articles readable and informative The young journalist is expected to succeed and The Banner predicts great success for The Manufacturer
In Anniston Alabama on October 17 J T Trigg a leading citizen is dead after a shooting by L E Pippin city street overseer who opened fire on the steps of the city hall wounding Chief Dill and Mrs Trigg who was struck in the right breast The assailant was overpowered and jailed amid friends present.
Memphis Tennessee October 17 The Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South suspended Dr W W Hicks for six months after a trial committee found conduct unbecoming a minister for kissing a lady on a dare years ago The case arose when the lady complained recently about the minister provocation noted by eye witnesses Pippin’s friends say he did not know what he was doing due to cordial relations with Mr Trigg and Chief MI
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