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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1911
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner announces carrier delivery terms and subscription rates, urges timely complaint notices, and warns that no carrier is authorized to collect payments. It praises Georgia advertising, discusses politics around Governor Brown, and notes optimism for Athens in business, education, and agriculture.
A scathing call urges residents to silence a local critic by boosting town spirit. It compares the critic to a disease and endorses three actions: convert him, drown out his gainsay, or remove him. The piece cites Uncle Simon Peter Richardson’s revival rhetoric and urges Unity among boosters to drive forward town progress.
Georgia Governor Hoke Smith backs November 30 as Georgia Advertising Day urging every citizen to invite investment and share the state’s story. The Manufacturers Record applauds the plan while noting广告 should be year round, not a one day event, and suggests local papers publish community success stories to attract newcomers and business.
The Georgia Governor Brown announces plans to run in the upcoming primary for the unexpired term. Supporters praise his two year “rest cure” period, progress and property gains, and insistence on equal justice. The Macon Telegraph notes his notable administration and compares terms with Bullock and Smith.
The Man from Marietta opens campaign headquarters in Atlanta by Brown J P and Russell R B as they push to persuade Georgia voters that Joe Brown is the safest, sanest business governor. Gardiner Maine adopts the commission plan of government as a notable update.
Athens city time lists Central of Georgia Seaboard Southern rail schedules with departures arrivals and notes on limits. Local lodges and fraternal groups post meeting times at Max Joseph building and nearby halls. Several lines show daily times and specific station hours for Athens.
William Templeman born September 28 1844 in Fackenham Ontario. He founded a newspaper at Almonte at twenty three and later published in Victoria British Columbia. He entered politics in 1891, joined the senate in 1897, served as Minister of Inland Revenue from 1906 to 1910, and was elected to the House of Commons for Victoria in 1906.
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