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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
4
The Athens Weekly Banner edition discusses editorials, local politics, and national issues. It mentions Georgia politicians, Judge Russell on the George contract law, Editor George Bell's Dems' candidate, and comments on hay laws. It also covers dot puzzle interest, journalism figures, and military losses from the Civil War era context.
The column compiles city notices and editorials from Athens and surrounding papers. It cites the Normal School summer session drawing hundreds, plans for new offices on Lampkin Street, civic needs like a depot and hotel, and reactions to national figures and events. It includes commentary on Roosevelt and disloyalty debates.
Congressman Howard asserts that the people should not expect any anti trust legislation from the Republicans.
John L. Sullivan visiting Stratford, Connecticut, was bitten by a wild cat after kicking at its cage on a hotel porch. Terry McGovern, barefoot, forced the animal away with a blow, saving Sullivan as the cat’s grip released and a rope secured the animal.
The Textile Manufacturers Journal of New York discusses unionism in the South. It cites a Fall River interview with a United Textile Workers official managing a strike against John P. King Manufacturing in Augusta Georgia. It notes Georgia operatives and South Carolina workers learned promises of support often failed to match actual wages.
The summer school program at the State Normal School attracts over two hundred Georgia teachers, with August 19 as the opening of the regular session and potential attendance exceeding a thousand. The paper urges state funding to allow all worthy Georgians to study a ten month program for forty dollars total, covering all costs, and asks lawmakers to grant a generous appropriation.
The comptroller general reports a healthy statewide tax condition with a net increase of over three and a half million dollars from ninety one counties. In the Eighth District nine of twelve counties have submitted returns showing eight gains. Elbert county alone declines. Clarke leads district gains with substantial increases, and expected adds from Greene Morgan and Putnam may lift the district total near six hundred thousand dollars.
A call for Democratic harmony in 1902 to secure 1904 victory. Emphasizes unity over factionalism, warns that pride and independence fragment the party, and cites Jeffersonian precedent on compromise and following trusted colleagues to avoid Federalist gains.
Long list of students enrolled for the Summer School of Methods at the State Normal School in Athens. The article notes high enrollment, crowded rooms, and the arrival of Chancellor Walter B Hill. It lists numerous student names from cities such as Union Point, Sparta, Macon, Athens, Columbus, and others, alongside notes on lectures and future announcements.
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