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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1910
Page
1
In Central America natives gather Cedron Seed a rare medicine with curative powers. Few drug stores stock it due to high price. The seed is a major ingredient in the famous catarrh remedy Peruna and is widely consumed worldwide.
Dr A C Holliday well known city physician was seriously injured when a rope stretched across Hancock avenue caused his automobile to crash. The rig tore the windshield and threw him, dragging him back over the car. He was taken to Dr J H Goss’s residence and then home on Hill street. Doctors say internal injuries, if any, may be less serious than first feared.
Dr A Knapp outlines a practical winter cover crop plan for farms. Plant cowpeas with corn, harvest, pasture cows, then sow rye by early November. Rye tolerates frost, improves poor soils, and with vetch or crimson clover boosts soil fertility. Crimson clover yields 1.5 to 2.5 tons of hay. winter grazing aids stock health.
Athens merchants display attractive millinery and fall fashions this season. Local shops offer stylish fall and winter dress supplies, reducing the need to shop in Atlanta or mail order houses for top women’s wear.
The Canon speech by Hon. Thomas B. Watson is slammed as a harm to the party. The Georgia Banner pledges loyalty to Hoke Smith after primaries and warns against bolting. It labels Watson’s opposition as an effort to wreck the white man’s Democratic Party and predicts little lasting effect from the independent push.
A credulous Athens dentist aided a smooth looking Black man who asked for attorney referrals and a supposed railroad case. The man listed a presumed attorney Jones and fed details to several lawyers, securing a five dollar loan before vanishing. Augusta records show no wreck or fatality, suggesting multiple attorneys were targeted.
In Athens a quarrel at a citizen’s home over a prayer meeting led to a report of chaos. The husband allegedly dumped a bucket of water on his wife and mother-in-law, driving them to a bedroom as police investigated. No arrest was made after officers found no grounds.
Special to The Banner. Arnoldville GA September 22 Evangelistic meetings end with a baptismal service at 10 am and add over one hundred new members to the Baptist church. Sixty five by baptism and forty by letter. A new house of worship is completed and more than six hundred dollars raised to seat and furnish it. Rev. W H Faust of Sandy Cross led the campaign.
The piece champions the rural phone as essential for elections and daily life. It cites Georgia and Southern Bell efforts, noting faster returns, better market prices, quicker doctor access, and fire protection, urging rapid countywide deployment before two years. The editorial also highlights a broader modernization via roads and communications.
Atlanta moves ahead with invitations for the Gate City Guards monument ceremony set for October 1911. Col J F Burke and a joint committee invite New York aldermen and possibly the Seventh Regiment to attend, with local chambers and citizens organizing visitor receptions.
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