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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
2
The Athens Banner details subscription rates and delivery expectations for daily and weekly editions. It warns carriers are not authorized to collect payments and urges subscribers to report delivery issues to the office. The page also includes political commentary about Hoke Smith, Tom Watson, and possible candidates, with opinion on party unity and financial speculation.
The legislature is urged to promptly pass Mr. Rucker’s bill to appropriate twenty five thousand dollars for furnishing two new State Normal School buildings. Built with state and private funds, the facilities require proper equipment to serve students. the state’s investment is presented as yielding broad educational returns. The piece also rails at political figures and praises the University Summer School’s value to Georgia's education system.
The letter asks Clarke county residents to inspect the new road conditions near Gainesville Midland rails and pressures County Commissioners to vote to abolish the dispensary. It argues the Athens dispensary harms safety on the road and urges a remedy or sympathy, signed by C. Fred Ausland. The notice ends with an advertisement for Cheney's Expectorant at 25 cents.
The Southern Railway announces summer tour rates in effect May 15 to Sept 30, with final ticket limit October 31, 1906. Stopovers allowed on going and return journeys. passengers must deposit with agents on arrival where a stopover is desired and notify conductors of stopovers. Schedule lists Athens and Lula Branch trains with times for daily and weekend departures and arrivals.
Local fraternal groups list weekly gatherings. Glenn Lodge No 75 J O O F meets Tuesdays at 8 pm at Carlton Building Jackson Street inviting all in good standing. Williams Lodge No 15 O O F meets Mondays at 8 o'clock at the same Carlton address. Athens Lodge No 790 BPOE meets Wednesdays at 8 30 pm at Broad and Lumpkin lodge quarters. Soquee Tribe No 54 IORM meets Thursdays at eight in Knights of Pythias hall with qualified members urged to attend.
Excursion and weekend rail rates from Athens Georgia to several North and South Carolina and Georgia towns for summer 1906. Dates show sale Saturdays with final limits, plus a Washington trip rate of 17.74 from Athens to Washington for Christian Congress events with extensions possible by depositing tickets through August 11 1906.
The Southern Railroad offers round trip tickets from Athens Georgia to Knoxville Tennessee for eight dollars and seventy five cents for specific sale dates in June and July 1906. Final return allows fifteen days from sale with possible extension to September twenty first upon deposit and fifty cent fee. For details contact the Athens Georgia office at 106 Clayton Street or call Phone 81.
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