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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1911

Page

3

Votes Offered for Subscriptions to Daily and Weekly Banner

A promotional contest offers votes for new renewals and arrears on the Daily and Weekly Banner. Points are awarded for various extensions, with prizes for top voters in Clarke and four surrounding counties. Subscriptions and payments yield vote certificates and coupons to collect. The contest runs for about two months and invites all ladies to participate.

Clarke, Oglethorpe Madison, Jackson Oconee Counties Iit Daily Banner Weekly Banner Ween Clarke County

Veteran Newsman Talks Of Talk With Oconee Rep

Smith Clayton reports from an interview with Hon. P. H. Elder the Oconee county representative. Elder extols Oconee as a leading agricultural county noting fertile Bogart tablelands peaches watermelons and strong stock raising and dairy sectors. He highlights railroads dirt roads and a planned Barnett Shoals power plant to spur development and trolley lines for Athens to Macon.

Smith Clayton P. H. Elder Oconee County Mr. Elder Elder Oconee Qconee Georgia Bogart South Athens Macon Farmington Watkinsville Bishop Barnett Shoals Apalachee River

Swamp Dirt Boosts Corn Yield in South Carolina Field

W L Park of the Illinois Central Railway lauds swamp soil reclamation after Jerry Moore, 13, wins a world corn-raising record by fertilizing his field with 200 and then 300 wagonloads of swamp dirt. Taft meets Moore in Washington. experts praise his seed bed for next year.

Chicago W. L. Park Ilinois Central Railway Company 19Th National Irrigation Congress South Carolina Jerry Moore Park Young Moore National Irrigation Congress West Washington Taft

Cobb Extends Hit Streak To Thirty-Nine Games

Baseball star Ty Cobb remains on a record chase as he collects a hit in his 29th consecutive game in a clash with St. Louis. Since May 15 he has 73 hits in 162 at bats for a .451 average, leading in all phases and pushing toward a 50 game goal.

Tyrus Raymond Cobb St. Louis Cobb

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Maxwell Dorsey & Funkenstein Oglethorpe, Madison, Jackson, Oconee and Clarke Counties Carolina D. D. D. H.R. Palmer & Sons Athens Sa
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