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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1909
Page
4
The Athens Banner and Athens Daily Banner announce rates of five dollars yearly two thirty five? for six months and one dollar twenty five for three. Subscribers urged to promptly notify the business office of late delivery failure to deliver to porches or air carriers.
Local notes report talks of issuing road bonds in Butts County amid cotton acreage decline and rising farm interest. Georgia State College of Agriculture hosts commencement visitors praising President Soule. International skirmishes in Mindanao and tension between France and the U S amid ambassador recalls color the era.
The Banner notes growing alumni interest in the University of Georgia. Alumni participate in commencements and reunions, supporting the institution with time, labor, and money. Loyal alumni help advance Georgia and foster a stronger state. Class reunions cultivate unity and renewed dedication to the alma mater.
The governor elect Brown's bond proposal to create a loan fund for prompt payment of common school teachers gains wide support. Many prominent Georgians back the plan and legislators expect action to ensure salaries are paid promptly, though other laws may also be devised.
A chronicle of September 1 2 1775 noting George Washington named Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. Other entries record Massachusetts opposition to the war with Britain 1813, Arkansas’ status in 1863, Polk’s death 1849, and Civil War battles and events through 1908.
The soprano appeared with the Metropolitan Opera in New York after a Chicago bow on November 7, 1898 as Ortrud. Her American success led her to cancel Berlin contracts, and for the past decade she has performed mainly in the United States.
New York June 14 The following were the ruling prices in the exchange today.
A column urges Athens to move insurance business to Southern companies citing large outflow of premiums to Northern and European firms. It argues foreign agents exploit personal ties to drain local funds and calls for sustained effort to favor Southern insurers, plus noting notable figures and recent local moves. Capt J J C McMahan returns from Confederate reunion. separate notices on personal moves and travel.
The speaker laments premiums leaving the state and argues that keeping funds in Georgia would greatly increase local wealth. He notes that nationwide panics affect Georgia only if capital is sent abroad and urges bolder steps to expand Georgia’s insured business, stressing regional attention to Southwest progress.
The Sophomore Cup and ten university medals are shown in C A Scudder’s Clayton street window. Scudder redesigned the Sophomore Cup this year and the new design is praised as one of the handsomest in the city.
The University trustees declined to alienate any campus land for a YMCA building. The board resolved that if a YMCA structure is built on campus the title must remain with the university board, passing unanimously after Col W E Simmons introduced the measure.
Saturday night at the Georgian the Class of 1899 held a reunion followed by an elegant banquet. Attendees included G. F. Stephens on, Lee Morris, F. M. Hailey, H. P. Hinton, E. J. Crawford, A. V. Clifton, Harry Hull of Athens, A P. Adams of Savannah, C. L. Ayers of Tocoa, Jim Dougherty of Atlanta, Paul Doyal of Rome, Jasper Thompson of Gainesville, and Karl Sanders of Penfield.
Members of a new military company are notified to meet at the armory tonight at 8:30 for enlistment and examination. Captain elect H. Carithers signs the notice.
Jim Hutchison bound over by Judge Foster in 200 dollars bond on a charge of beating Charlie Henderson from Hutchins to Athens and into the city. Henderson testified Hutchison beat him unmercifully and after he arrived in this city.
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