Athens Daily Banner Rates and Local Notes
The Athens Daily Banner lists carrier delivery rates and payment options with cash in advance, plus a note that no carrier may collect. The column surveys assorted items from Cook-Peary, suffragettes, air travel advances, Judge Turner’s death, Kentucky night riders, bubonic plague in California, a pension quip, Athens hosting two thousand guests, Atlanta bond reductions, and a veteran’s remark on Confederate money at the reunion.
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Athens
Sam
Athens Delights Veterans at City Reunion
The Banner lauds Athens for hosting a Union veterans reunion with over two thousand attendees. Northern and local residents organized meals, housing, and entertainment, praised as noble and thorough. Students and University men aided hospitality, leaving veterans full of appreciation and Athens united. Plans for a potential next-year gathering are discussed.
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Athens
Georgia
Athem
Georgia Prosperity Shown In State Industry Growth
Georgia earns praise for diversified industry growth with cotton, naval stores, lumber, and minerals fueling wealth. Officials cite over 700 million assessed value in 1908 and actual wealth near 1.5 billion, with per capita wealth doubling in forty years. Cotton remains key but Georgia diversifies beyond it.
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Georgia
Union
New York
Atlanta
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
South
Delaware
Nevada
Arizona
Henry W. Grady
Kentucky
Vermont
Maine
John Lee Carroll 79th Birthday Highlighted
Maryland statesman John Lee Carroll born September 30, 1830 at Homewood near Baltimore. Educated at Georgetown College Mount St Marys Harvard Law, admitted to bar in 1851. Served as Maryland state senator and governor from 1876 to 1880. later led the Sons of the Revolution.
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John Lee Carroll
Maryland
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Homewood
Baltimore
Georgetown College
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
Emmittsburg
Harvard Law School
Carroll
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Mr. Carroll
Ed’o'carroll
Ireland
Munster
Reunion register chaos kept veterans housed at Athens Hotel
Athens citizens organized a smooth reunion led by Capt. Herachel Carithers registering veterans and assigning homes. A four corps team handled the operation, preventing chaos as crowds gathered for parades and a large circus, with thousands in attendance and flags from Cobb's Legion to Second Georgia marching by.
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Athens
Herachel Carithers
Capt Carithers
Capt. Carithers
Ernest Haughey
Robinson's Circus
Parade Honors Confederate Veterans with Aging Servants
A grand parade featured four to five elderly Black men who had worked as body servants for Confederate officers during the war. Randall Cole Lewis Thomas Jim Bazell and one or two others marched behind the infantry delegation, saluting to Dixie as old age bowed them but pride remained high. Maj. W. B. Conway arranged their entry and drew strong applause from spectators.
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Athens
Clarke Rifles
Clayton Street
Carithers
Confederacy
Randall Cole
Bob. Thomas
Lewis ‘Thomas
Tom Barrow
T. R. R. Cobb
Jim Bazell
Lamar Cobb
Dixie
W. B. Conway
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Andy
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University of Pennsylvania
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Memorial Day
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Jackson
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Richmond
Robert E. Lee
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