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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
1
A brief note suggests making small hot biscuits as a light dessert or side. Use Royal Baking Powder for best results. Bake just before serving and enjoy with butter and honey marmalade or jam.
The regular November term of the United States Court for this district will convene in the county courthouse on November 6. Postponement was considered due to the unfinished federal building, but arrangements allow a normal session. Judge Newman opted to proceed. several important cases and grand jury business are expected. The next session will move to the new building once completed late next month. Mr and Mrs John J Strickland announce the marriage of their daughter Norma to Dr Joseph Harold Holt on Wednesday November 8 at First Baptist Church with a reception at the bride’s Milledge Avenue home. Dr Benedict departs Monday for Florida for seven weeks, aiming to resume practice around November 20.
The Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company of Georgia announces formation in Athens with plans to begin operations by November 1. Officers include President George B. Deadwyler, Vice President and General Manager Wilson T. Dreger, Secretary Treasurer M. M. Stephenson, Veterinarian R. B. Harris, and General Counsel Shackelford & Shackelford. The firm will insure horses and mules across Georgia from offices in the Talmadge Building at College Avenue and Clayton Street. Dreger, new to Athens from Augusta, is welcomed as a seasoned insurance professional.
Macon Georgia October 2 A B Hull of Savannah was reelected president at the convention today. Other officers were also reelected. The constitution will be revised to allow collateral descendants to be eligible for membership. There is a big sight on this issue.
Mrs M W Camak had urged the Laura Rutherford Chapter to present a Winnie Davis likeness for the Winnie Davis Memorial Hall. Varina Davis replies from New York that she has sent the portrait to the Daughters chapter, thankful for their efforts and noting her illness and delay.
Theaters nationwide report difficulty securing top vaudeville acts as hippodromes drive demand. Donnelly Hatfield Magnificent Minstrels signs the Tuscano Brothers, Roman Axe manipulators, in a high risk showcase with daring throws and elaborate stages. Mrs. John Gerdine and Mrs. Wooster return from Macon for the Gerdine Burke wedding.
Major Henry H. Carlton, veteran Confederate soldier and Athens leader, died after long illness. Born seventy years ago, he served as first lieutenant then captain with the Troop Artillery, fought at Lee’s side, and earned honors from General Lee. He led Cobb-Delaney Camp UCV, edited The Banner, practiced law, and served in the Georgia legislature and Congress. He remained loyal to his state’s memory and the Confederate cause throughout his life.
In Walton superior court this week three murderers, all negroes, faced trial. Solicitor General Tribble pressed the cases. two were quickly found guilty and sentenced to be hanged on November 13 and December 18. A third, J. J. Weems, was convicted on circumstantial evidence and given a life term in the penitentiary.
Hyomel from H R Palmer & Sons guarantees cure or money back with a $1 outfit and optional 50 cent refills. The ad touts inhalation therapy, odorless balm, and ozone enrichment claiming permanent relief from catarrh. Also notes the late Hon. Alex S Erwin Jr and Major Carlton, with Savannah seeking a new hotel and Athens urged to act.
A wartime era testimonial notice endorses Peruna as an excellent tonic with letters from SAAC SELARP ex Governor of Kansas and merchant James Currie of Montres Canada. It urges readers to write to Dr. Hartman for free confidential advice at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
In High Shoals Oconee county Georgia Rev E L Shellut writes in the Southern Evangelist praising W P Price and his farm. He notes 45 acres of cotton expected to yield 65 bales and 10 acres yielding 22 23 bales with Floroderm variety earning about 4 cents more per pound. He describes wide rows tall stalks and two pickers per row. He recalls 10 acres produced 485 bushels of wheat two years ago and asserts a small well tended farm can sustain a family, education and happiness. Dissolution notice for Hale & Tuck dated September 20 1995.
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