Local rates and notices for The Athens Daily Banner
The Athens Daily Banner announces subscription rates of 5.00 yearly 2.50 half year 1.25 quarterly or 0.10 weekly. Remittances may use express postoffice money order or registered mail. A special notice warns carriers cannot collect or sell papers. Telephones listed. The piece then reports on Clarke county political contests and national implications with references to Taft Roosevelt Underwood and Bryan, noting mobilization for the Baltimore convention and agriculture’s appeal to youth.
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Athens
Agriculturist’s Rapid Strides Highlight U S Farm Growth
The Macon Telegraph summarizes government data showing Georgia near the top in farm product value and the nation-wide rise in farm land and improved land shares. It notes shifts in farm size, land vs buildings values, and rapid gains in farm equipment worth since 1850.
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United States
Georgia
Macon Telegraph
Britain to launch own inquiry after Titanic hearings
Britain plans a sweeping independent probe into the Titanic disaster, arguing U S Senate testimony may be garbled. Parliament seeks to question the White Star Line and related parties, aiming to tighten ocean passage laws and prevent future calamities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Great Britain
Senate Committee
London
Athens to be Represented at Great Sociological Congress
A number of Athens residents will serve as delegates and attendants at the Southern Sociological Congress in Nashville from May 7 to 10. The announcement frames the congress as essential to a redefined Southern patriotism and national unity fostering social justice and progress.
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Georgia
Athens
South
Nashville
New South
Southern Sociological Congress
Southern Sociological Congress Calls for Social Reform
The Southern Sociological Congress invites volunteers across the South to unite for child welfare education prison reform public health and racial and church driven social services. Notable speakers include Dr Hastings Hart Miss Jean Gordon and Dr Luther Gulick among others urging universal education health and moral uplift.
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South
Hastings T. Hart
Russell Sage Foundation
New York
Jean M. Gordon
Southern Conference On Woman and Child Labor
New Orleans
Alexander Johnson
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Angola
Ind
Kate Waller Barrett
Florence Crittenden Mission
Alexandria
Bernard Flexner
Louisville
J. D. Nelson
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Gertrude Knipp
American Association For the Study and Prevention of
Baltimore
J. T. Mastin
State Board of Charities
Richmond
C. H. Detwiller
West End Methodist Church
Nashville
Luther H. Gulick
N. Y
Owen ‘R. Lovejoy
National Child Labor Committee
Camp Fire Girls of America
Luther Gulick
Southern Sociological Congress
G. W. Dyer
Vanderbilt University
Thomas Finty, Jr
Dallas News
Dallas
Texas
W. H. Thomas
Montgomery
Ala
Seale Harris
Southern Medical Association
Mobile
John Little
W. D. Weatherford
International Committee of the
Church
Samuel Z. Baten
Social Service Commission
The
Northern Baptist Church
Des Moines
Iowa
Churca
Modern Industry
Chas. S. Macfarland
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Commission On the
Church and Social Service
Congress
John M. Glenn
Specet
Sage ‘Foundation
Bruce Payne
George Peabody College For Teachers
Henry F.cope
Religious Education Association
Chicago
Ill
THIS DATE IN HISTORY May 2 61st birthday of Graham Taylor
May 2 marks anniversaries from 1670 to 1890 including the Hudsons Bay Company formation 1785 Jefferson’s France mission 1843 Oregon Champoeg Civil government 1863 Stonewall Jackson wounded 1876 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences opened 1878 silver 20 cent coin act 1885 Otter attacked Canada shell 1890 Oklahoma temporary government act. This date also notes the 61st birthday of sociologist Graham Taylor born Schenectady New York 1851 and ordained minister 1873.
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Hudson's Bay Company
England
Thomas Jefferson
United States
France
Oregon
Champoeg
Cut Knife Creek
Congress
Territory of
Oklahoma
Announcement of Democratic Candidates in Clarke County Georgia
Local notices reveal multiple candidates announcing for Georgia General Assembly and related offices in Clarke County. Names include Lipscomb Griffith Bailey Toombs DuBose Gamble Quarterman Smith Stevenson and others seeking Democratic primary action for representative senator solicitor general in the Western circuit.
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Clarke County
General Assembly of Georgia
Democratic Party
Re “Tully
Frank A. Lipscomb
Cc. B. Griffith
S. W. Bailey
Western Circuit
John B. Gamble
W. H. Quarterman
R. L. J. Smith
W. A. Stevenson
Masonic and Fraternal Lodge Directory for Mt Vernon Area
Mt Vernon and Athens fraternal groups list meeting times and locations. Lodges include Mt Vernon Lodge No. 22 F and A M Clayton Strega Max Joseph building Keystone Chapter No. 1 Royal Arch Masons St Elmo Lodge No. 40 Knights of Pythias Owls Nest Athens No. 790 Elks Williams Lodge No. 15 I O O F Oliver Encampment No. 14 Glenn Lodge No. 75 Woodmen Camp 292 W C W meets weekly at local halls and buildings with dates and contact names for attendees.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
AMM
Vernon Lodge
A. M
Keystone
Royal Arch Masons
Max Joseph
St. Elmo Lodge
K. of P
Knights of Pythian
Castle Hall
Claytom
Wall Streets
H. E. Davis
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the Athens Banner
Carrier Bay
Joe Cannon
Underwood
State College of ‘Agriculture
Teddy
Upiti
Alabama Statesman
American Economist
Taft
Roosevelt
C. Q. D.call
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Clark
C. S. Pots
University of Texas
Austin
Philip “Weltner
Georgia Prison Association
Atlanta
F. E. Lyon
Central Howard Prison Association
W. F. Drewry
Central State Hospital
Petersburg
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Charles A. Ellwood
University of Missouri
Chas. L. Minor
Asheville
North Carolina
C. W. Stiles
National Marine Hospital Service
Wilmington
N. C
W. S. Rankin
State Board of Health
Raleigh
J. L. Ludlow
Winston-Salem
Nlc
Lee K. Frankel
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
J. H. Dilliard
Jeanes
Slater Board
Graham Taylor
America
Schenectady
Rutgers College
Reformed Theological Seminary
New Brunswick
N. J
Reformed Church
Hartford
Conn
Hartford Theological Seminary
Senate
State Senate
R. Toombs DU Bose
Lodge Directory
J. Carter
Fred T. Moon
Lodge Quarters
Corey Broad
Lumpkin Streets
Dobbs
E. R. Geo
H. Palmer
Gee’y
Order of Owls
0.C
Owl's Nest
Clayton 'T
John Mappin
P. H. Corbett
Oliver
Odd Felows
Davison-Nicholses Co
Clayton Street
H. L. Hemrick J. A. Meeealaor
Glenn Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Clayton
Jackson Streets
C. E Otis
N. G
H. L. Garebold
Rec
Geo. B. Davis
Woodmen Hall
Talmege Building
J. D. Severns
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