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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
5
The Athens Daily Banner announces subscription rates and delivery rules. Rates include five dollars per year for daily, two fifty for six months, one twenty five for three months, or ten cents weekly, with weekly or Sunday at one dollar per year. Special notice says no carrier may collect subscriptions. payment by regular collector or at the office.
A survey of issues notes a quiet Clark County political year as the Aldrich bill draws criticism over currency reform. The treasury secretary urges national banks to return one fourth of government funds while statements on suffrage, education, Prohibition, and law enforcement touch on broader national concerns. The piece also comments on Taft, Bryan, and Russia’s literacy crisis, and reports Mayor Dorsey’s case handling in a separate incident involving a young black boy.
In Athens the city experiences a surge of improvements with multiple projects in progress. The business section shows a new hotel under construction, signaling broad growth and modernization for the area.
The piece highlights major local builders and companies advancing spring projects on Clayton and Jackson Streets. It notes cheaper materials, reliable labor, and rising spending as Athens recovers from the panic. With plans for a 30,000 population by 1910, merchants urge concerted effort to make Athens a greater commercial center.
On February 26 notable events include the Bank of England suspending cash payments in 1797, Victor Hugo born in 1802, Robert R Livingston dying in 1813, Napoleon I escaping Elba in 1815, John Philip Kemble dying in 1823, Poland becoming part of Russia in 1832, the Earl of Cromer born in 1841, and Austria’s new constitution in 1861.
Alumni and friends of the University of Georgia continue statewide support for the institution. Students form a club to circulate literature and promote collegiate study, with a large rally in the college chapel signaling strong enthusiasm and determination for the Georgia 8000s Club initiative.
A newspaper critique lists United States senators as millionaires led by Guggenheim with sixty million, arguing wealth blocks merit in the Senate and prevents capable nonwealthy leaders from serving, warning that predatory wealth taints the nation’s highest lawmaking body.
Elihu Vedder the venerable American artist born February 26, 1836 in New York is celebrated on his 72nd birthday. He studied in New York Paris and Italy before returning to the United States, later settling in Rome. Vedder is renowned for Rubaiyat illustrations and decorative panels including the Minerva mosaic in the Congressional Library in Washington.
A garrulous visitor accosts the city editor in New Orleans claiming newsroom sadness dominates papers. He contrasts a cheerful personal life with the harsh news cycle, then ends by suggesting a single happy item should appear, handing over his card before departing.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a universal cure for catarrh via constitutional treatment. The ad asserts the medicine works through the blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure, with testimonials available.
A collage from Georgia papers notes Seah Wrights barbed remarks on Chattanooga and Decatur Street, Joe Brown may challenge Hoke Smith for governor, and Georgia legislators face a tough path amid prohibition debates. Will Rogers sobriety and an upcoming trial loom over Savannah as Will Rogers possibly dodges capital punishment. Little Joe Brown of railroad fame may run for governor triggering cross-state political friction. Additional chatter cites Beckham’s Senate bid risk and a Pick-Me-Up joke about marriage goods guarantees.
The story recalls a Western town tale where a shabby stranger asked for old clothes but paid eight dollars for a year’s paper subscription. After paying, he donned the clothes and left, with the sheriff soon pursuing a horse thief fitting his description. The foreman joked he would not expose a subscriber.
Special notice states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs cold and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults and offered for sale by all druggists.
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