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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
4
A collection of notes urges farm rent contract reforms and permanent voter registration in Georgia. It links farm tenancy with citizen independence, discusses a business conference for farmers, and proposes a traveling voter provision with permanent registration and tax verification.
The Banner argues Athens should be named a federal depository as Secretary McAdoo routes fifty million dollars to move this year’s crops. Athens connects five railroads and handles over 150000 bales of cotton, needing millions for payment and seed, making it a strong inland cotton market.
Monroe in Walton County schedules an all round the county auto tour for the 29th to promote the town as the county seat. Merchants will drive and bear the trip costs, visiting farms homes and barns to strengthen trade ties and road familiarity. The plan aims to boost Monroe outwardly and inspire similar efforts elsewhere.
The piece argues railroads provide a social good by carrying the nation’s mail at government-set rates. It notes payments fell from 34 percent of postal revenue in 1901 to reductions in 1907 and 1912, with disputes over underpayment and calls for payment for all services rendered. It cites Senator Wolcott and a Joint Committee, urging fair compensation to reflect rising costs.
Editorial notes discuss a planned meeting of farm owners and tenants to be held Wednesday the 27th of August. The article stresses timing as favorable for business discussions and contract planning for next year, aiming to produce practical agreements drawing on broad experience.
The item lists dates and figures such as Eugenia visiting Queen Victoria in England, 1862 death of Sir Alexander Napier McNabb premier of Canada, 1897 assassination of Senor Canovas of Spain, 1912 Tancrede Haiti president, and remarks on Nelson A. Miles born 1839. It notes wartime service, ancestry, marriages, and honors, with brief age markers for several individuals including Baron Holmpatrick, J Alfred Spender, Charles S Diehl, and Prof Samuel B Christy.
In Atlanta on August 7 Speaker W. H. Burwell is praised for handling a house filibuster over the Kidd resolution aimed at forcing the temperance panel to back the Hixon Searcy bill to implement the Webb law in Georgia. Prohibitionists press for priority. anti prohibitionists use delay to stall tax and appropriations, risking stalls on major measures.
The article notes Speaker Burwell curbed a filibuster over the Kidd resolution, ruling it out of order to protect time and avoid an extra session. It highlights tax reform debates, Ed McMichael’s tax discoverer proposal, Judge John T. Allen’s leadership in the Senate, and concerns over special appropriations as the general bill is trimmed to fit state revenues.
A House measure proposed by Representative Hardman would remove the governor's power to appoint a United States senator upon death or resignation. Instead an immediate election by the people would fill the short term in line with a new national constitution, reducing patronage and executive strain.
Weather unsettled as cotton markets report 12c in New York. An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a cure praised after severe bowel illness, claiming it never fails and is sold by all dealers.
A party led by Mrs. E. C. McEvoy writes from Switzerland about travels through Venice, Milan, and a new Swiss railway from Brieg to Lake Thun. They describe Interlaken Jungfrau views, dining on the Jungfrau, and views of seven illuminated waterfalls at Giessbach near Brienz with companions Sallie Stanley Nelli Hunnicutt and Louise McEvoy, planning more from Lucerne.
Analysis by City Bacteriologist W. W. Brown finds Linton Springs water wholesome and healthful for drinking and free from contamination by colon bacillus or other organisms. Purity recommends it for drinking use.
Special to the Banner reports fair weather expected in Atlanta and vicinity through Friday evening. Showers occurred in parts of the east including Florida and the north Atlantic coast with Miami and Atlantic City reporting notable totals. A slight gulf disturbance forms, while Key West records winds over 40 mph and the Mississippi mouth area shows low pressure.
Tonight action lists Gunboat Smith versus Jim Flynn in New York for 10 rounds. Sailor Petroskey faces Bob McAllester in San Francisco for 20 rounds. Jack Dillion meets George Ashe in Winnipeg for 15 rounds. Patsy Kline boxes Tommy Buck at Rockaway Beach for 10 rounds.
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