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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
7
Mr. Crampton Dubois, a stenographer for Judge Foster, suffered a head wound after a fall on Monday morning linked to an old football injury. He has a feeble heart but recoveries show the attack was not serious. he resumed work after a brief absence.
An early city ordinance requires drivers of teams and vehicles in Athens to keep to the right and pass other vehicles on the right side. Violators face a fine of one to five dollars. The notice also mentions conflicting laws repealed. A separate ad touts Electric Bitters, claiming a political woman’s recovery from extreme weakness and sleeplessness.
Thirty one counties are represented in the University of Georgia contest for boys. More than eight hundred boys enter to win prizes totaling five hundred dollars from both the state and Macon fairs. Exhibits may be moved between fairs for two chances at the prizes and local boards offer additional county prizes. Counties listed include Bartow Bibb Butts Clarke Carroll Clay Cobb Early Floyd Fulton Gwinnett Hall Hancock Henry Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Madison Montgomery Morgan Newton Polk Putnam Rabun Randolph Thomas Walker Washington Walton.
Governor William T. Cobb of Rockland, Republican, is re-elected by a narrow margin, with Cyrus W. Davis winning a strong Democratic vote on the liquor issue. Congressmen Littlefield Edwin G. Burleigh Powers and Allen gain or hold seats amid a heated race with labor opposition. A Republican legislature is anticipated as well. A business meeting at city hall aims to organize a new Athens hotel company.
Whitney, a Cornell man famed for featherweight coaching, arrives Saturday to assess college players as they arrive. He brings strong knowledge and aims to mold new talent while many returning veterans and top newcomers are expected to form a strong Georgia football team.
Valdosta Ga September 11 Milton Jesse and Leonard Rawlings appeared before Judge Mitchell and received sentences for their alleged involvement in the Carter children murders. Milton and Jease were condemned to hang on October second while Leonard drew life imprisonment. Alf Moore remains under a death sentence for his complicity, to be executed October 5. The father J G Rawlings awaits a U S Supreme Court motion for a new trial, potentially delaying all executions.
Augusta residents O R Eve and W E Bush staged a fist fight in the city court room during a case in which Bush was defendant. Witness testimony about paid testimony led to tempers flaring and blows exchanged. They face contempt of court charges the following day. Also brief ads on Bucklen's Arnica Salve and local notes on vagrants in Athens.
A special meeting of the mayor and council was held yesterday morning at the request of property owners on south Lumpkin street. The object was to consult with county commissioners about widening paving from twelve to sixteen feet with six feet clay on each side. The matter was referred to the street committee and city engineer to reconvene with the county on the coming Yiving morning at nine at City Hall.
The article states that Mr J H Mealor, once appointed a jury commissioner, did not accept or participate in the revision of the jury box. It notes his past service and clarifies he is not currently part of the commission, which now consists of M Stern, J a Hunnicutt, W A Jester, J R Nunnally, and J G Payne.
The Chi Psi fraternity at the University of Georgia has leased the Mallory house on Prince Avenue from Mr. A. V. Deadwyler. The colonial home will be renovated for clubhouse use and ready when the university session opens. The move is praised as securing a premier city club-house site.
Jim Jackson, a Black man, saved a Bailey Supply Co. horse from drowning in the Oneco river. He spotted the animal trapped in mud, swam to a boat, then to the horse, and used a grape veil to secure the head before pulling it free, guiding it to safety.
Albany Ga Sept 11 Advisors report the assassination of Thomas Royal a negro who was acquitted at the April term of Worths superior court in the murder of Kal Fowler Royal lived alone and was found dead with the door windows open the coroner held an inquest authorities suspect Fowler relatives though no evidence supports the claim
Mrs Andrew Coleman dies in Atlanta after a long illness. She was taken to St Josephs infirmary for care but died. A former Athens resident, she had many friends here who mourn her passing.
Hazlehurst Ga Sept 11 C C Krider a bridegroom of only a few hours is dead. He and Miss Mae Wilson wed Friday night. He was in health until Sunday when he suddenly expired likely from heart failure. Krider was a naval store operator and half owner of Hazelhurst Hardware, also tied to Brannan Cromarte Krider dry goods. Captain Wilson Mack Strong Mr Brannan and the widow took the body to Salisbury NC.
Mrs Fleurney collapsed in the Macon Union Depot waiting room while en route to Atlanta to visit her children. Heart failure caused immediate death before medical help could arrive. Her age about fifty, survived by a husband and nine children. Remains were prepared for return to her husband and family.
Paul Stensland Chicago bank wrecker attempted death by poison on eve of removal from Africa. Attendants and a doctor saved him as guards watch him closely. He faces ship transfers via Gibraltar back to America. reporters helped in the arrest and will reach Chicago in about three weeks.
Atlanta officials report testimony before the special joint legislative committee probing the Georgia Soldiers Home. Witnesses allege cruelty toward inmates by former stewardess Mrs Bella Reid and superintendents Capt Thompson and Bowles while noting fears of poor feeding. The inquiry, authorized last summer, aims to reveal conditions and may extend over several days.
Odd verse from historic papers notes a man awaiting a maiden’s letter. Daily disappointment turns to hope as the postman nears. Instead of romance a bill arrives, sparking a humorously abrupt twist. Local humor snippets and stray phrases follow.
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