Athens Daily Banner Carrier Rates and Political Notices
The Athens Daily Banner outlines subscription rates five dollars a year two twenty six months and one twenty five three months with ten cent weekly rates. It urges timely delivery reports to the business office and notes that no carrier is authorized to collect subscriptions. Various political items reference Democratic nominee W M Howard, the Chamber of Commerce meetings, the all Round State tour, and commentary on regional politics including Tennessee Governor race and Woodrow Wilson. It also reports on a cotton congress held yesterday, school book rental hopes, city population debates between Macon and Augusta, and a bitter Jeffersonian attack on Howard by Thomas T Watson.
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Athens
Jeffersonian
Thomas T. Watson
Sage
Thomson
Congresman Howard
Watson
Howard
Tribble
Congress
Why Not Judge Emory Speer
The Macon Telegraph reports a Southern suggestion for a Taft Supreme Court appointment, endorsing Judge Emory Speer as a national Georgian whose bench service is widely honored. The Banner urges the Case proposal, predicting broad support across the South for Speer as a worthy addition to the high court.
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Taft
Supreme Court
Geo
D. Case
Milledgeville
Macon Telegraph
Emory Speer
South
Judge Speer
Georgia
United States Supreme Court
Case
Southland
Georgia Water Powers Vast Hydroelectric Potential
A Georgia study cited by the Macon Telegraph from the State Geologist of Georgia details extensive water power across basins. It lists the Savannah, Ogeechee, Altamaha, Apalachicola, Mobile, and Tennessee basins with minimum and high water horsepower estimates, totaling around 500000 HP at lowest stream stages and up to 1,000,000 HP with storage and auxiliary power. It notes the economic value and coal implications, comparing to Alabama’s 1907 coal output.
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Gifford Pinchot
Macon Telegraph
State Geologist of
Georgia
Savannah
Augusta
Ogeechee Basin
Coastal Plain
Millen
Ogeechee
Williamson Swamp
Rock Comfort
Altamaha Basin
Oconee
Ocmulgee
Altamaha
Atlantic
Darien
Mulberry Fork
Towaliga
Ohoopee
Apalachicola
Chattahoochee
Columbus
Muckalee
Mobile Basin
Gulf
Mobile River
Coosa
Etowah
Coosawattee
Cartecay
Connosouga
Chattocsa
Tennessee
Hiwassee
Nottery
Chickamauga
McCallie
Alabama
Trade of Loyalty Urges Local Support for Home Merchants
An appeal emphasizes loyalty to family, country, and home city, warning that buying from distant mail order houses harms the local economy. It argues that patronizing local merchants sustains jobs, libraries, and churches, noting how spending at home drives community prosperity and growth.
Loyalty to Home Business Urged Over Mail Order Trade
A local appeal argues reciprocity in commerce, urging residents to support home merchants who invest in the community. It claims national mail order houses offer credit rarely and charge delivery delays, while local shops provide better prices, immediate service, and strengthen overall prosperity. The message calls for spending locally to avoid enriching outsiders at the community’s expense.
Birthday rites and historians mark a notable year
A fragmentary obituary and biographical notes recount figures such as Dr George W. Prothero born October 14 1848 Wiltshire England and a sequence of historical milestones from William Penn to Governor George Madison. The text lists birth and death dates, offices, battles and colonial acts with scattered OCR garbles.
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William Penn
Pennsylvania
London
Rushcombe
England
Major Closse
Montreal
Massachusetts
Beverly
Taft
Michel
Quebec
New
France
Jena
George Madison
Kentucky
Paris
Virginia
William Vernon Mar +court
George I
Saxony
George W. Prothero
Feo
Wiltshire
Eton
Cambridge University
University of Bonn
Bonn
University of Edinburgh
Prothebe
Quit
Advertising Has Benefitted The South Says F H LaBaume
The South lags in publicity compared with the West yet has untapped potential. Northern railways and real estate promoters have drawn large immigration through aggressive campaigns. Virginia lands sold worth millions drew four to five thousand settlers, largely via northern and western papers. The article urges sustained intelligent advertising to boost Southern growth and returns.
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South
F. H. LaBaume
Southern Railways
State Commissioners of Agriculture
Virginia
Baseball League Talks Include Virginia and North Carolina Clubs
The Virginia Carolina League circuit features Danville Roanoke Lynchburg in Virginia and Greensboro Winston Salem Charlotte in North Carolina amid ongoing discussions. It wasn’t in the cards for Philadelphia to pass Chicago New York and Pittsburgh this season and doubts arise whether any manager could have done better with the Quakers than Charlie.
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Danville
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Virginia
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Pittsburg
Bualnens
Quakers
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the Athens Banner
H. J. Rowe
Fate Delivery
Sarmiers
Ellis
William M. Howard
Chamber of Commerce
W. M. Howard
Bob Taylor
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Macon
Georgia Water Powers
Rerr
Boston
Buffalo
City Hall
Young's
Public Library
Old North Church
Head & McMahon
Clayton Street
Prothero
United States
American Historical Association
Beeen Ee
Palmer
Clayton St. Prince Ave
J. R. Crane & Co
Wilson
J. P. Wilson
Dixie.Loan Co
College. Avenue
Clarence N. Walker
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
A. J. Bill
The
Science
Athens, Ga
Lot
J. T. Anderson
Gentral OF Gegreia
Madison
Georgia Railroad
H. R.mclean
D. A. Nolan
Tarins
E. R. McGregor
Southern Mutual Bidg
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