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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1910
Page
4
Advertising and delivery rates are listed for the Athens Daily Banner with guidance for reporting missed deliveries. Local news notes discuss baseball in Atlanta, Georgia journalism, funerals, a Y M C A camp, James R. Garfield’s campaign in Ohio, Clarke Rifles at Chickamauga, a poultry department at the State College, crop outlook, a large African American lodge gathering, and a Confederate monument tribute during a negro Pythian parade.
The Tennessee situation centers on a clash within the Democratic Party surrounding Governor Patterson and his government policies. Prohibition politics, Carmack’s killing, and Patterson’s pardons of his killers fuel a deepening divide. Senator Taylor faces an unwelcomed reception as he supports Patterson’s judicial slate amid public outrage over the pardons.
The Macon Telegraph notes a three decade rise in US iron and steel, with production over twenty six million tons annually. Exports have exceeded imports by about 1.4 billion dollars in the last fifteen years, while early decades showed heavy imports. Prices for pig iron and steel products fell notably from 1900 to 1909, and 1910 exports reached worldwide markets including Mexico, Canada, Britain, and Germany.
Walter Hume Long born July 13 1854 in Bath educated at Harrow and Christ Church Oxford entered Commons 1880 representing South Bristol since 1900. He served as parliamentary secretary to the Local Government Board 1886 1892 and later president of the Board of Agriculture until 1900 becoming Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
The market notes middle ground for Athens and New York cotton with steady to slight changes. Prices listed include 15.46 to 15.48 for New York and notable figures around 14.66 to 14.75, with other numbers in the 12.60s to 18.42 range.
Key historical notes dated July 13 include the chartering of the College of Philadelphia, abolition efforts, and notable births and events. The piece blends a historical timeline with a long meditation on slavery, using ant life and Maeterlinck’s writings to argue about freedom, race, and the moral meaning of emancipation across ages.
The weekly government weather report pleased traders prompting selling in New York markets. Cotton seed oil and related futures eased as spot prices held steady and no sales occurred. analysts expect no sharp declines.
A series of candidacy declarations from Georgia politicians for the 1910 Democratic primary. R Toombs Du Bose seeks the Senate in the 30th district. W E Whitehead runs for Western Circuit Superior Court Judge. Charles H Brand campaigns for re election as Superior Court Judge in the Western Circuit citing twenty seven years’ experience. Peyton M Hawes announces for State Treasurer from Elberton outlining banking law expertise. 7 3 Bpher introduces candidacy for State Treasurer citing twenty years service.
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