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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
4
Athens newspaper column rounds up 1910-1921 events with editor notes on Mercer University ads, football rules reform, I A A basketball reg changes, Greece seismic episodes, population density in Georgia, steel price shifts, Brantley endorsement, Bryan absence at Jackson Day, Thomson plant gathering, and a Texas mob lynching incident.
A reflective column uses the two faced Janus motif to urge readers to recall the past year and glean lessons for business politics and society. It contemplates looking back for wisdom while preparing to press forward, with a note to study both faces tomorrow.
The piece argues for Elihu Root and Edward M. Shepard as Senate hopefuls, urging party unity and warning that seating Root’s law partner William F. Sheehan would spark scandal. Shepard supports Rochester platform ideas including tariff reform, corporate regulation, popular senatorial elections, income tax, parcels post, and natural resource conservation.
The Augusta Bar Association hosts a banquet at the Bon Air Hotel where Justice Joseph Henry Lumpkin delivers a keynote on the State Judiciary and the role of the Supreme Court. He stresses the court’s guardianship of liberty and its power to deem unconstitutional acts, underlining enduring respect for constitutional government.
The piece honors Justice Lamar as a historian of the Georgia Supreme Court and a future justice of the U S Supreme Court. It notes Georgia’s role in federal law, cites Chisholm V Georgia and the 11th Amendment, and praises Lamar as a native Georgian appointed to the high court. It closes with pride in Georgia’s lasting federal service.
The Augusta Chronicle reprints Judge Lumpkin's remarks on the farewell banquet toast to Justice Lamar by Augusta bar associates. The piece touts rhetoric and "solid thought" while a nostril remedy ad for Ely's Cream Balm follows, offering solid and liquid forms with spraying tube at 50c and 75c respectively.
Mixed trains and regular passenger services listed for Seaboard Air Line Southern Railway and Georgia Railroad. Times given for Athens departures arrivals and notable notes include north of Athens restrictions and city time reference.
Fragmentary timetable notes list times and abbreviations across multiple lines. The readable text references names C T Barrier T A James Freeman and scattered places or initials, but lacks complete context or events to date or clarify.
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