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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
8
Atlante Sept 18 reports Governor-elect John M. Slaton justified spending his twelve thousand dollars on political advertising and staffing. He says funds covered advertising space, clerks and stenographers, letter and circular printing, campaign buttons, stamps, postage, and related expenses. He emphasizes paying his way according to his means.
Many driven from home by coughs and lung diseases seek relief through Dr King’s New Discovery. It eases throat and lung trouble, boosts health, helps with coughs colds grippe whooping cough and drops in price. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by W. J. Smith & Bro and H. Palmer & Sons.
London dispatch reports a team of Australian cricketers traveling to New York on their way home to Australia via San Francisco. While in the United States they expect to play matches against teams in New York and Philadelphia and possibly other cities.
The Interparliamentary Union gathers in Geneva for its annual three day conference on peace through arbitration. Several hundred delegates from major nations attend, led by U S Representative Richard Bartholdt of St. Louis, a former president and long-time member. Local testimonials tout Foley Kidney Pills, though the ad section follows.
Buffalo N Y Sept 18 Ready for the third annual speed boat regatta at the Buffalo Motor Boat Club on the Niagara River. Tomorrow features preliminary events with the national and international champions to follow on Monday and Saturday.
A promotional blurb credits Electric Bitters with restoring energy and health, citing a testimonial from Choe. Allen of Sylvania Ontario and mentioning relief from rheumatism, fever, stomach issues, and kidney trouble after using four bottles. Sold by H.R. Palme and Bone.
In Toronto on September 18 the Brotherhood of St Andrew will hold a three day session. Prominent speakers are booked including Premier Sir James Wootner A B Wilcox of Halifax and bishops Farthing Talbot and Winchester.
The Sarepta Baptist Association gathers at Cabin Creek Church in Jackson County near Commerce. Rev Dr John D Mell of Athens presides as moderator with Rev A J Smith delivering the introductory sermon. Fifty seven member churches, including a new union, attend as the 113 year old church marks its founding and the association’s 110 year link.
Work on relocating a Confederate monument proceeds at two sites in Georgia. Crews have excavated the base at College Avenue and Washington Street and preparations are under way to set the marble shaft on its new east end location near the Green Park, with heavy equipment in place. The move will place the second monument in the state near the University of Georgia campus.
Misa Sarah P. Cobb of Americus, visiting Athens, obtained a relic gourd carved with U S symbols and inscriptions tied to her ancestor Col John B Lamar of Sumter and Bibb counties. The article recounts Lamar’s Civil War service, secession stance, and burial at Rome Hill cemetery, noting Cobb’s family ties to Cobb and Lamar plantations.
Atlanta reports James Jolly, a life-term murderer aged 63, has served 33 years and seeks a pardon. Governor Brown weighed mercy against the 1908 parole law's constitutionality, which could force continued imprisonment unless a full pardon is issued within a year. Jolly maintained innocence, claiming the woman died in an accident during a wagon ride.
The United States Brewers Association began its annual convention in Boston at the Copley Plaza with leaders from New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Kansas City Minneapolis Baltimore Milwaukee San Francisco New Orleans and others attending. An elaborate display features brewery machinery materials products and a miniature brewery while hop-field exhibits from irrigated western regions are shown. The report notes unusually gentle early fall weather in Albany.
Three Athens youths Oto Byrd 14 Louis Barrett 16 and J L Martin Jr 16 ran away from home and were arrested at the Union depot in Macon Ga after a day on the road. They had 45 cents from a five dollar bill and hoped to return home. A telegram from a father prompted police to detain them.
John T. Trowbridge of Boston marks his eighty fifth birthday today at home in Arlington after a European tour. He is the last survivor of New England's famed circle of authors and poets including Whittier Emerson Longfellow Holmes and Lowell.
The League of American Municipalities met in Buffalo for its sixteenth annual convention. Sessions run three days with experts discussing municipal government and improvement topics across the United States and Canada.
London, Sept. 18. At St George's Hanover Square Miss Edith Brooks, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Brooks of New York, married the Hon Arthur R Nutting, youngest son of Sir John and Lady Nutting of Dublin. The ceremony was attended by many social notables and followed by a breakfast at Claridge's.
The notice claims early home life cures from 12 Bucklen's Arnica Salve used by mothers and grandmothers for cures of cures for burns, scalds, sores, skin eruptions, cuts, sprains and bruises. It touts forty years of cure merit and lists availability for piles corns or cold sores at W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Son for 25 cents.
London dispatch reports Lily Langtry also known as Lady de Bathe sails for New York with three maids and twenty trunks full of French gowns and millinery. The famed actress under contract for a twenty week United States tour this winter says it will be her last professional visit to America.
Jeffersonville Indiana September 18 The Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opened its annual session in this city with over 600 delegates and visitors attending the initial morning session at Wall Street M E Church. Bishop Charles W Smith of St Louis will preside as the six day meeting continues.
Special to the winner Atlanta sept. 17 Fuzzy Woodruff tramp journalist is laid up in a local hospital after a one round encounter with a motorcycle The rider tried riding it in minutes and reached twenty five miles an hour before losing balance His hat blew off and his foot was caught in the bike’s spokes leaving him with severe injuries Friends send condolences and flowers as he slowly recovers.
A garbled note argues about Mexican Mustang Liniment and alcohol-based liniments. It asserts safety and absorption concerns, claiming the product is safe and effective while warning about dangers of other formulas and improper use. The text is fragmented and unclear about a concrete event or outcome.
Atlanta memorandum notes Comptroller General Wright ruling that the old ad valorem dog tax law stays in effect this year and the new system will not apply until 1913. Under the old law about 130000 yearly was collected from dog owners, blacks and whites alike, many with four footed pets. The new law may deter valuing large dogs, especially hounds and squirrel dogs, making enforcement doubtful.
Atlanta report details Captain Harrison recounting a Stewart County incident where a tax collector sought tax returns at a farmer’s home. The farmer fills blanks at dinner but denies dog ownership while hounds linger on the steps, implying the dogs’ owners wanted food as the collector did.
The Banner notes profitable truck gardening in Clarke county citing a case where a widow grew 50 bushels of onions on a quarter acre and sold at 160 dollars per bushel. With 200 bushels per acre at six dollars a bushel potential gross reaches 1200 dollars, minus seed and cultivation costs, confirming strong local profits in onion farming.
Mr H M Mallory head of Mallory Shoe Company returns after weeks away visiting South Georgia. He notes Chamberlains Liniment offers strong inducements to businesspeople and recommends it for lame back muscle soreness sprains and rheumatic pains available from dealers.
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