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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1910
Page
4
Notices outline payment options for subscriptions by express, money order, or registered letter and urge quick reporting of delivery issues. A special notice forbids carrier sales. Local political ads list Democratic nominees Hoke Smith and others. The issue also covers football, Jewish New Year, conventions, fall crops, paper shortages, and civic involvement in Athens.
The item lists notable events and births on October 1 across centuries, including Henry III of England born in 1207 and Benjamin Goodhue born in Salem in 1748. It notes rail, tariff, and postal milestones, plus Cardinal Logue born October 1 1840 and active in church history.
The Banner calls every county and state voter to the polls next Wednesday October 5 to cast ballots for the Democratic nominees Hoke Smith for governor and the statehouse slate. The editorial urges loyalty to the party and denounces Tom Watson's anti Smith stance as misleader.
The piece urges a statewide vote next Wednesday on a constitutional amendment allowing counties to levy a tax for high school funding. It explains that the change would not impose a tax without county approval and emphasizes the high school as the primary education many students receive. It argues the measure empowers local choice and benefits poorer communities.
New York September 20 cotton futures advanced to new highs for the growing crop as sales and money remained steady. Latham Alexander & Co notes continued buying interest and firm quotations in the market.
Dr. E R McGregor has the silver loving cup won by the University of Georgia over the University of Pennsylvania on April 15 1897 in Atlanta. He plans replating it and placing it in the Y M C A trophy room in Athens. The cup stands about a foot high with engravings recalling baseball days and viewers may see it at the Southern Mutual Building third floor office.
Arch bishop Logue advanced from coadjutor to successor of Archbishop McGettigan in Armagh, becoming primate of all Ireland. His elevation to the cardinalate followed in 1893.
General Secretary Forbes of the local YMCA was given a prominent place on the convention program of YMCA secretaries from Georgia and nearby. The meeting was well attended by general officers from the state YMCA organizations and Forbes presented a paper on physical training, receiving a warm reception.
Madison resident H Polk Atkinson, a leading figure, traveled to an Atlanta sanitarium after a dog bite believed to be mad struck him at his gate. The dog reportedly also bit a nearby person. The report notes the canine remained active and unbound.
Wilkes County announces a $680 per $1,000 tax levy for the year while $6,000 back taxes from a Georgia railroad property will fund construction of a new jail estimated at $12,500. Commissioner J W Callaway says the present jail is unhealthy and inadequate for the county’s criminals. Also noted is a Dixie team lineup featuring Clarke Land Adame Smith as catchers and Mitchell Dale Fanwell Mayberry as pitchers.
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