Athens Daily Banner editorials and political notices
The Athens Banner urges readers to report delivery issues and notes that carriers must not collect subscriptions. It comments on Haiti, Georgia politics, the New Haven Railroad, public swimming pool plans, biennial legislative sessions, Georgia editors visiting Athens, Governor Slaton’s tax law, Virginia prohibition election, Carranza and Villa with Huerta, mediation in Mexico, and a suggested Democratic successor for District Attorney Akerman in Georgia.
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Carranza
Villa
Huerta
Vera Cruz
United States
Mexico
Akerman
Georgia
Public Pool Plan Advocated for Athens Court House Lot
A letter from Hugh H. Gordon favors building a public swimming pool on Athens city property formerly the court house site. He argues the project costs about five thousand dollars and would provide needed recreation for children and adults. The Banner supports fundraising and city involvement, pledging to assist with subscriptions and publicity.
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Hugh H. Gordon
Court House
Athens
Gordon
The Long Congress Ends or Continues
A lingering question frames this congress as it debates adjournment and anti trust bills. The president presses for passage of anti trust measures before adjournment while lawmakers debate timing, with July fading to September as the public waits for clarity.
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Congress
Washington
Lumpkin Gifts $5,000 to Georgia for Student Loan Fund
The Atlanta Constitution lauds Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin for donating $5,000 to the University of Georgia to establish a loan fund for needy students. The piece compares it to the Joseph E. Brown loan fund, notes the annual 6 percent interest generating $300, and highlights the fund’s self-liquidating, perpetual memorial as loans repay over time. It urges other Georgians of means to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Henry Lumpkin
University of Georgia
Lumpkin
Atlanta Constitution
Judge Lumpkin
Henry Lumpkin
Joseph E. Brown
Brown Fund
Georgia
Lumpkin Fund
Price clears up Macon 1912 convention charges
In Atlanta July 14 Fred Lewis reports Commissioner J D Price disproves claims of stealing the 1912 Macon convention with affidavits and proxies from Rabun Chattooga Floyd votes. The second ballot confirmed Price with 240 votes. Also notes mansion issue, Volstead act criticisms, Georgia express rate gains, Anderson to Eastman trip, and general support for the governor’s residence and salary law battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lewis
Atlanta
J. D. Price
Macon
Commissioner Price
Rabun County
H. H. Dean
Gainesville
Price
Dean
Blalock
Chattooga
Elmo BaNew
Floyd County
Jim Price
Floyd
Condemnation of Themselves in Speer Impeachment Inquiry
A New York Outlook piece condemns the House Judiciary sub committee’s impeachment inquiry into Judge Emory Speer of the Southern District of Georgia. It cites hearsay testimony, criticizes procedural fairness, and notes costs in Speer’s bankruptcy court as a point of analysis raised by minority member Volstead of Minnesota.
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House Judiciary Committee
Volsted
Majority Committee
Volstead
Congress
New York
Emory Speer
Federal Court of the
Southern District of Georgia
Lyman Abbot
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Messrs. Webb and
Fitzhenry
Senate
Judge Speer
Minnesota
Georgia Politics and County Growth Debates Archive
A survey of state issues notes efforts to abolish fees for an office and shift solicitors general to salaries, with debate over fair graduated pay. It covers anti negroes in office positions, including Hoke Smith's bill to bar negro appointments to district recorder offices, and county growth trends with Barrow and Tate counties. It ends with Governor Slaton’s senate campaign funded by newspaper advertising and a giant 25 pound lobster discovery off New Brunswick with detailed measurements.
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Solicitors General
United States
Georgia
United States Senate
Hoke Smith
District of Columbia
North Georgia
Barrow
Candler
South Georgia
Stephens
Tate County
Tate
Pickens
Slaton
New Brunswick
Fireplace Mantels and Grates Special No 1 Cabinet
Advertises solid oak cabinet mantel with mirror tile and grate at 15 50 and oak base mantel with grate tile at 10 50. Also notes a large stock of modern patterns and designs for fireplaces and tiles.
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Athens Daily Banner
Carrier Bay
Haiti
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Virginia
Old Dominion
TNE
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, GA
Ohne
State Railroad Commission
Paul B. Trammell
Anderson
Eastman
J. Randolph Anderson
State Senate
Dodge County
South Georgia Log-Rolling Association
the Woodmen of the World
Kimball
Apse
John M. Slaton
Athens Engineering Co. Smith
Athens, Ga
Keen Kutter
John Roberts
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