Farmers Convention Planned In Athens On The 27th
Special notice highlights a forthcoming farmers convention in Athens on the 27th. It notes efforts by railroads to promote Southern advantages, a plan for a better farm rent contract, and discussions in Georgia about traveling workers voting while away from home. The piece also mentions a Merchants and Manufacturers Week and various public figures, urging readers to stay attentive to local farm and rent issues.
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Athens
Franklin County Farmers Tour State College of Agriculture
Fifty Franklin County farmers visited the State College of Agriculture to inspect the college farm dairy and stock departments. They wore white ribbons with Live at Home Club slogans and discussed future meetings to improve crop yields through better contracts and shared practices.
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Franklin County
State College of Agriculture
Athens Summer-Weight Population Shrinks In August
Athens shows a low August population as many residents and students are away. About 2,225 people are out of town, including 750 university students, 550 Normal School students, 125 Lucy Cobb girls, 570 summer school attendees, and 800 to 1,200 residents at summer homes. Census counts in August would misstate the city’s true size.
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Athens
United States
Tere
State Normal School
Lucy Cobb
President Finley Urged as Southeast Booster and Educator
A Southern railroad president known for versatile leadership urges newspapers to boost educational content and farm science reporting. He calls for wide publishing of agricultural research and to attract new residents by honest regional promotion while avoiding exaggeration. He also sees newspaper correspondents as key to disseminating favorable regional dispatches.
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Finley
Southeast
This Date in History August 7 events and birthdays
This date in history lists notable events from 1666 to 1912 including early shipbuilding in Quebec and the New England Courant founded by James Franklin. It notes the birth of Dr James Y Joyner on August 7, 1862 and lists several contemporaries turning ages such as Billie Burke Ellen Fitz Pendleton Powell Clayton Stanley Weyman and William Gibson.
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Canada
Quebec
James Franklin
New England Courant
Boston
Duke of Orleans
France
Louis Philippe I
Joseph Marie Jacquard
Paris
Charles F. Crisp
Georgina
National House of Representatives
National Progressive Party
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Hiram W. Johnson
Southern Educational Association
National Education Association
Billie Burke
Ellen Fitz Pendleton
Wellesley College
Powell Clayton
United States
Mexico
Stanley J. Weyman
William Gibson
Canadian Senate
New York Cotton Market Prices and Open Close figures
Weather unsettled as cotton futures quote across multiple months from January to December with prices ranging from 10.86 to 11.94 cents per pound. Cotton oil market lists opening and closing figures around 9.30 to 9.75, with monthly values noted. Cloths and march items show rates around 6.80 to 6.85.
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Close
Flower and Vegetable Prizes at Hiawassee Settlement Show
A list of decorative plant and vegetable prizes to be awarded in October at Hiawassee Settlement. Includes Best Porch Box one dollar and various 25 to 50 cent awards for roses, chrysanthemums, dahlias, zinnias, salvias, nasturtiums, peppers, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, carrots, and other garden items with multiple per category placements.
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Hiawassee
Georgia R R General Manager Visited Athens for Connections
Captain A G Jackson, general manager of the railroad's traffic division, spent two days in Athens to arrange connections for reaching phosphate works and nearby warehouses. He aims to secure a link with the Southern over which the Georgia railroad has passage rights, to benefit the road and its patrons. Rhea Springs offers golf, tennis, boating, fishing, and the famed Old Reliable Rhea Springs Water with reasonable rates.
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A. G. Jackson
Georgia Railroad
South
Augusta
Athens
Hardeman & Phinizy
Atlantic Compress Company
Jackson
Southern
Georgia
Pro baseball scores glimpse a busy yesterday
Yesterday’s major league results show varied performances across leagues. Notable tallies include Chicago 2 Washington 11, New York 1 Philadelphia 4, Boston 7 St Louis 1, and Pittsburg 9 New York 1, with scattered wins in the American and National circuits and several regional matches such as Albany 0 Jacksonville 5 Macon 6 Savannah 4 Brunswick 1 Americus 6.
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Atlanta
Chattanooga
Chatanooga
Birmingham
Nashville
American
Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Detroit
New York
St. Louis
Boston
National
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Sally
Charleston
Albany
Jacksonville
Macon
Columbus
Savannah
Empire State
Meevipu Srathenne
Wivey
Brunswick
Americus
Splendid Court Charge Moves Jury and Audience
Jackson County heard a dramatic court charge as Abel emphasized moral duty and the law, invoking biblical and historic parallels. Judge and Col L L Ray received praise from Col Ray, Rev McGarity, and the grand jury member as the audience rose to endorse spreading the remarks on court minutes.
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Abel
Sinai
Marathon
Col
L. L. Ray
Mr. McGarity
Grand Jury
Court House
Weather forecast for Atlanta and region
The Weather Special reports for Atlanta Georgia forecast to 7 p m Thursday fair in Atlanta and vicinity unsettled with showers in Georgia and the Carolinas. The widespread weather remains fair across most of the country with warm conditions in the west. Local showers noted in the Carolinas and northern Georgia, with slight depressions in the southwest and Canadian northwest.
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Atlanta
Fair
Georgia
Carolinas
Worthern Missouri
Canadian Northwest
Phoenix
Kansas City
Roswell
N. Mex
Dodge City
Kans
Jury Revisors Begin Summer List Revision
Clarke county jury commission met at the courthouse with all members present to begin revising the grand and traverse juror lists. The process will occupy most of two weeks with possible extensions if recesses occur. The revisors are Robert W. Lamkin James Morton J F Jackson A C Erwin R J Hardeman and J G Paine Sr Elmer J Crawford acts ex officio as clerk to the board.
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Clarke County
Court House
Robert W. Lamkin
James Morton
J. F. Jackson
A. C. Erwin
R. J. Hardeman
J. G. Paine
Elmer J. Crawford
Board of Revisors
LaGrange Editor Praises Athens During Inspection Visit
Hon J A Perry editor of the La Grange Reporter visits Athens for inspection of the agricultural college and other educational institutions. He praises the city calling Athens growing and hustling and among the best in the South. He travels by automobile and will tour educational institutions and the city.
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J. A. Perry
The
LaGrange Reporter
Perry
Agricultural College
Athens
Mr. Perry
Georgia
Indiana Couple Weds at Broad Street Home
Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock at the home of the bride on Broad street the marriage joined Mrs. Lizzie Mahoney and Mr. B. B. Refford. Rev. W. M. Saye officiated in front of a small group of friends. The couple left for the groom's Monroe Indiana home.
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Broad Street
Lizzie Mahoney
B. B. Refford
W. M. Saye
Freeman couple head to Canada for Nova Scotia tour
Mr and Mrs F K Freeman left yesterday for a month long visit to Nova Scotia Halifax New Brunswick and other eastern Canadian points. Their departure signals a notable local journey with plans to tour multiple provinces and return in about four weeks.
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F. K. Freeman
Nova Scotia
Halifax
New Brunswick
Canada
Delightful Social At Oconee Church
The Young People's Missionary Society of the Oconee Street M E church plans a social at the church parsonage Thursday night August 7 from 8 30 to 10 30. All members urged to attend and invited.
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Young People's Missionary Society of the
Oconee Street
M. E Church
News Briefs and Labor Notes From Europe to Canada
News from Dr. Mathews and family abroad with Aug 5 Hague visit and July 234 letter to Athens. Wingfield family purchase trip to Baltimore and New York. local ad for Best Yet White Rabbit Flour. Labor notes report the Montana Federation of Labor convention at Roundup this month and Canada’s Labour events agendas. One thousand Chicago bakery wagon drivers back six day week. Calgary trades council seeks citywide unionization. Canada’s Labour Congress opens September 22 with Mentres af peat and La bor.
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Mathews
Marjorie
Europe
Hague
Athens
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Athens Banner
H. J. Rowe
Carrier Bay
Philip Buster
Congress
Huerta
Frank Case
Society Women of America
Chamber of Commerce
Hearst
Mountain City
Wrightsville
Tallulah Falls
Franklin, N. C
Watson Springs
Franklin Springs
Mister Trouble
Oy Hos
D. Gn Se
James Y. Joyner
Liverpool
Cosmos
R. R
Rhea Springs
Rhea Springs Company
Tennessee
C. PL
Jurrmann
Indiana
Mrs. F. K. Freeman
Oconee Church
M. F. Mathews
S. B. Wingfield, Jr
Baltimore
Williamson's
Montana Federation of Labor
the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
the Trades and Labor Council of
Calgary
Mentres
Peat and Labor Congress of Canada
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