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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1903
Page
2
The Banner urges supporters to mail notices rather than call in and stresses the need for reader submissions with name attached. It campaigns for bond issues to improve roads, transport, and farm prices, urges citizens to promote the primary election method, and references political reforms, baseball interest, and Georgia state affairs.
Secretary Cortelyou leads a push for preventive immigration legislation after citing 857,000 arrivals in the past year. He aims to bar undesirable immigrants aided by transportation firms, noting many come from European slums and end up in jails and charities in major Eastern cities.
A northern South regional viewpoint argues whites must isolate blacks from federal posts, support subordinate civil service roles for African Americans, and advance industrial education while resisting black political participation. It endorses Booker Washington’s approach but warns against black officials in major offices and politics in the South.
The Southern Railway will sell special weekend tickets on Saturdays through September 13 at greatly reduced round trip rates. Tickets are available for trips to Atlanta and Tallulah Falls, Georgia, on sale Saturday afternoon after trains depart and on all trains.
The late government wheat report shows the wheat crop is thirty five million bushels lower than last year. Resulting in higher flour across markets with another harvest not due until 1904. All flours rise though Bransford’s Clifton brand has not surged as much. It is a strong time to buy now before prices climb further. Fresh flour constantly arriving at Wingfield Cash Grocery.
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