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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1891
Page
2
The Athens Daily Banner is published daily weekly and Sunday by The Athens Publishing Co with Remben Crawford as Managing Editor and D. Flanigen as Business Manager. It lists delivery by carriers in the city at stated rates and payment by cash in advance.
The piece weighs potential Democratic nominees with Cleveland Hill Palmer Morrison Gorman and Cummings while noting Tammany ties to Gorman. It predicts a Western candidate may emerge and the next Speaker will be a Southern man, with Charles F. Crisp favored over Mills McMillen and Wilson.
A proposed national program seeks to establish a negro college in Savannah or Americus with a full instructor corps and an admission age of fourteen. A June 16 Athens meeting of the Commission on the Negro College aims to resolve state Secretary Noble funding disputes to secure federal support and opening by October.
The Atlanta Journal notes 400 miners at Grape Creek N M striked for pay cuts but have returned to work after a "come promise" granting five cents less per ton. It argues high tariffs aid mining firms, while free trade would curb employer dominance and help both workers and consumers.
The Sunday Banner announces a new Woman's Department to be led editorially by Eva Freeman Hart from the state. The note praises her Southern literature reputation and urges readers to watch for upcoming content. Also mentioned is a Georgia University program for colored youths opening in Athens on June ast for a three month course under Chancellor Boggs.
Mr Stockton Axson, representing the Review of Reviews, visits Athens to appoint agents for the cosmopolitan magazine. The publication seeks to blend fashion and intellect for the general reader, aimed at every library and home.
A Souis Carolina newspaper praises Rev. Thomas F. Gatton D D, newly elected Bishop of Georgia, noting his age of about 34, his southern home, and his past refusals of offers to leave Sewanee or take other sees. The piece highlights his tenure at Sewanee, salary offers, and extensive speaking tour.
The text notes newspapers treated him civilly to the end as speeches were unloaded day after day. It mentions Murat Haerxap explaining Our Draft of Gold and comments on Raum family princes. It also references Sen RussExx and a Harrison administration, plus University of Georgia students finishing rere citations and preparing finals. Athens people know what news is, and so does the Banner.
A garbled column from Athens mixes stray phrases about a strawberry war, crop seasons, a Texas editor, Athens pride in competing with Chicago, and a University senior preparing for life. It offers regional banter and a mother's prayers as advice to a young man.
Parx Dr J F Park elected mayor of LaGrange without opposition. Harnes Judge James K Hines and family moved to Atlanta settling on Pine Street. Chancellor Wm E Boggs of the State University boosting Georgia educational interests. Rev W A Candler criticized for lease friction at Emory but supports baseball as good exercise. Governor Northen to address teachers at Thomasville institute on 27 and Captain S D Bradwell on 29. Quitman Press notes Editor Hanlon’s retirement. collector comment on Georgia press loss. 1887 endorsement from Dr L L Gorsuch of Hall’s Catarrh Cure with offer of $100 for an uncured case.
An illustrated note describes a folding tack rack for farmers not patented. It explains using planks ten inches wide with bolts, nails on blocks to create a stable rack. The device folds flat and can be mounted on a wall or work area for easy storage and use.
Instructions describe folding a rack end for use, extending to seven feet, with a front bolt on a heavy iron piece forming two loops. The ends pass through the loops and bolt securely, enabling a makeshift boat fire setup.
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