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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists delivery by carriers in the city or mail with postage free. Rates are $5.00 per year, $2.50 for six months, $1.25 for three months, or 10 cents a week. The Weekly or Sunday Banner costs $1.00 per year, 50 cents for six months, all cash in advance. Remittances by express, post office money order, or registered letter.
Dr G A Nunnally writes from Newnan Ga April 14 1906 praising The Banner editorial on disfranchisement as a campaign issue. He calls the proposal a Trojan Horse Pandora's Box and urges readers to reject it to protect white voter privilege and state governance.
A Birmingham Age Herald analysis argues public sentiment seeks withdrawal from the Philippines. It claims Germany and Japan both want them, while the U S should avoid dangerous governance by non natives and pursue terms with Japan. A New York Press telegram says the administration aims to negotiate disposition of American possessions with Japan. A Republican member notes the need to exit a bad bargain. The piece endorses James M. Smith for governor, claiming he represents all classes.
A historical Georgia white guideline argues against making disfranchisement a campaign issue, warning it would backfire by empowering federal courts and threatening white self government. It favors maintaining the white primary system and outlines risks of tests based on understanding, noting fourteenth and fifteenth amendments constrain state action.
A Georgia political essay argues Republicans manipulate law to appease black voters via peonage prosecutions. It warns against disfranchisement and white primaries, claiming federal courts would sanction negro ballots and threaten white supremacy, urging caution to white Georgians.
Clarke county Farmers' Club plans an Easter exhibit to showcase scientific farming in Georgia. The piece discusses eggs as symbols of life from ancient Egypt to Christian tradition, urging local merchants and citizens to back the project. The club aims to place Clarke county in the state spotlight with a winning display and strong advertising value.
Clarke county farmers are urged to unite for a substantial exhibit of agricultural products at the Georgia state fair in Atlanta next fall. The plan aims to advertise the county and promote agricultural advancement through a robust display.
The text argues for education reforms and training teachers, supports technical and university education, and promotes Wm M Howard and Col James M Smith as Georgia governor candidates. It notes Clayton Street improvements, Oglethorpe County backing, a push to exclude Black voters from primaries, and a call for 25 cent reader donations for Japanese relief.
The article forecasts a Flagler backed railroad to Key West linking the island with the Florida mainland by long trestles. It argues bridges and sturdy roadbeds could enable rapid transport to Havana and the Antilles, boosting Gulf port exports to rival North Atlantic ports and transforming Key West into a major shipping hub.
The piece argues that Georgia voters in the white Democratic primary will elect James M. Smith of Oglethorpe County as governor, condemning straw ballots and predicting that managers will approve white voters while rejecting Black voters, with no federal court able to intervene.
Dr J Newton Hathaway, a leading South specialist in chronic diseases, offers free books on urinary tract diseases, vitality, varicocele, stricture, syphilis, throat and lung diseases, women's diseases, skin and rheumatism, nervous exhaustion with clear language. He invites afflicted individuals to write for titles and free advice from the Dr Hathaway Co at 60 Inman Building, Atlanta, Ga.
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