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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
5
The Athens Banner lists subscription costs and delivery notices, notes mail options, and urges timely payment. It questions Mr Mears and Taft’s visit, cites Atlanta Athens races, and mentions the San Francisco graft probe, a Georgia highway plan, and local views on riverine health campaigns. The Griffin Herald opposes Rochefeler’s hookworm fund.
A heated argument pits supporters who say football is acceptable despite occasional deaths against opponents who call the sport barbarous and want it banned. The piece also notes President Taft’s disappointment with the tariff bill, arguing tariffs affect revenue, manufacturers’ profits, and political interests.
The South should push Latin American trade along with Oriental efforts as markets for goods rise. Birmingham mills recently sold 60,000 tons of iron for a railroad in Uruguay, signaling potential large scale rail and machinery sales and new trade routes via port cities. A heel of sales and language knowhow, plus local brokers, could spark swift growth in Latin American demand for American groceries, hats, cotton goods, and rails.
A discussion on replacing congressional power with commissions surfaces, with Florida Times Union opposing commission rule and warning Taft imitates takeover. The piece argues commissions threaten the republic by centralizing power, undermining Congress and the people’s elected representatives.
The Maryland result shows a decisive defeat for the disenfranchisement proposal with a margin exceeding fifteen thousand votes. Democrats retained the state legislature, 38 Republicans to 0 Democrats, revealing a split within the party and signaling future efforts to push the measure, possibly via a constitutional amendment.
Scientists and physicians push pellagra study at a major Columbia South Carolina convention. Officials warn the disease could damage the corn industry and spread beyond the South, with Illinois cases cited. Proposals include using Rockefeller’s million gift to stamp out pellagra and notes on hookworm debate.
This date history recalls 1494 German meister singer Sachs shaping Goethe, Oglethorpe with colonists departing, 1846 Continental Congress in New York, 180, Inkerman clash and Burnside replacement, 1880s Harrison election, 1908 Charles Morse guilty. Also notes Georgia painter Allston and the Ionian protection by Britain.
Alban Goshorn Snyder born November 5 1877 in Charleston West Virginia. He earned a degree from Washington and Lee University and studied at West Virginia University. His diplomatic career began in 1899 as American vice consul in Porfirio Diaz Mexico, later serving as secretary of legation and charge d affaires in Bogota and consul general in Buenos Aires before his Panama posting. The labor notes cover union activity across North America with several local and national developments. details include a new labor temple in New Westminster and organizational moves among craftsmen, painters, and musicians, plus immigration statistics and a Tennessee farm union convention.
The Lithographers' unions of Europe have had three representatives in the United States for some time studying trade conditions to arrange a working agreement for mutual aid in trouble. The Independent Metal Polishers' local of New York voted by a large majority to affiliate with the International. The Brass Workers' unions of New York City Jersey City Pittsburg Hartford and Chicago, previously independent, have now obtained charters.
Athens market notes show middling at 14 1 2 cents with New York cotton futures quoted. The item provides a brief snapshot of prices but lacks broader context or additional market movements.
The president rode through College street to Bond and Coleman Hill then along Georgia Avenue to Mulberry Street into the business district where a vast crowd cheered and horned. Sixty thousand had already gathered, with record crowds arriving on special trains. He spoke briefly at the park, inspected agricultural exhibits, shook hands with exhibitors, watched a Mercer football game, and departed by special car around 12 40 to conclude a joyous Macon stop.
President William Howard Taft arrived in Macon at 7 30 am from Columbus with calm, cheerful reception. Joined by Congressman Bartlett and local leaders, he dined at Congressman Bartlett’s home then toured College Street in carriages as throngs of schoolchildren and students waved and cheered.
Mt Vernon Masonic and fraternal lodges listed with meeting nights and sites at Max Joseph building Clayton street. Includes Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M Keystone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias Athens B P O E No 790 Williams Lodge I O O F Glenn Lodge I O C F Oliver Encampment No 16 Geo B Davis Camp No 292 W C W addresses and officer names.
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