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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
2
The Banner reports on conventions in Athens with praise for delegates from business and agriculture, supports county road bonds, notes the University Summer School ending, and highlights Georgia education gains. It urges voter turnout for Clarke county bonds on Sept 3 and discusses the negro question with a white southern perspective.
The State Ginners' Association gathers progressive Georgians to improve conditions in the vital sugar and cotton industry. Athens welcomes this earnest group as they discuss questions of supreme importance in an able and helpful manner, with benefits from member discussions.
A columnist argues that growing unions thrive when well organized and arbitration is used. They claim strikes signal civilization’s advance, not decline, and contrast American labor pace with barbarians, urging workers to seek better housing, goods, and pay as civilization progresses.
The Southern Railway offers special weekend tickets on Saturdays through September 12 at greatly reduced prices. Some routes exceed one fare round trip. sale Saturday afternoon for trips to Atlanta and Tallulah Falls, Ga. All Saturday trains sell tickets to Asheville Hot Springs Arden Fletcher Hendersonville Flat Rock Saluda and Tryon N C with return by Tuesday after sale. Contact R. W. Sizer Sizer Athens Ga S H Hardwick Washington DC W H Tayloe Atlanta Ga for details.
Beginning May 17 through October 15 1903 Seaboard Air Line Railway offers Sunday round trip tickets to Atlanta for 1.00. Tickets for train 41 depart Athens at 5 35 city time with good returning date of sale. J Z Hoke Athens Ga agent W E Christian AGPA Atlanta Ga C B Ryan GPA Portsmouth Va.
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