Athens and District Prospects Amid Bryan Crisis and Growth
The Athens Banner discusses the anti Bryan movement failing in New York and strong support for Bryan in the South. It highlights Athens economic recovery post panic, bank confidence, and plans for Greater Athens development including a Southern Railway link to Knoxville, new hotels, and expanded power sources. It notes 1907 as prosperous and forecasts a 1910 population rise.
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Athens
Greater
Banka
Southern Mutual Insurance Company
Mathews
Lumpkin Street
Athens Prohibition Report Shows Sharp January Decline
One month of prohibition in Athens yields favorable police court data with a 90 percent drop in drunkenness versus January of last year. The city notes few disorders, few signs of major illegal traffic, and suggests continued enforcement could sustain progress if trends hold through the year.
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Athens
The Awakening of Georgia Farmers to Agricultural Education
Georgia farmers finally wake to the need for strong agricultural education. The state college of agriculture gains support as the Cotton School success spurs wider attendance. A state exhibit train and lectures promise broad benefit, with improved methods and bigger crops yielding long term financial returns.
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Georgia
Georgis Karmer
Pmvementa
State College of Agriculture
Tte
Punishment for Arsonists in Oglethorpe County
Four barns destroyed by fire in Oglethorpe County are blamed on arson. The piece condemns lenient state laws offering seven years as maximum for arson and calls for stricter statutes to protect residents and property in city and rural areas.
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Oglethorpe County
Governor offers reward for arson arrests in Georgia
The Banner urges stronger action against willful burning of farm buildings and stock. It notes Governor Smith's $100 reward for two arsons in Georgia and calls for county incentives and harsher penalties to deter crop and property losses. It argues for statewide and local measures to curb widespread barn and gin house fires.
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Smith
Allen Talmage
Thomas Erwin
Oglethorpe County
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Local Testimony
A local storefront testimonial promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as the remedy for kidney weakness and its symptoms. W R Booth of 442 River Street credits the product with relieving backache excessive urination and night restlessness after eighteen months of suffering. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as the United States agents for the remedy.
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Ick
Dean
Athena
W. R. Booth
River Street
Flor. Palmer & Son
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan
Police Court Records Show Sharp Decline in January
The month’s docket lists 29 cases and fines totaling 473.15 dollars, a steep drop from January 1907 when 109 cases and fines above 1,000 dollars were recorded.
Ordinary Wingfield III Stricken By Grip
Ordinary Wingfield III has suffered days of grip and was confined to his room yesterday. His duties since the start of the year have increased beyond one man to handle. Friends wish him a rapid recovery and will be relieved to hear of his illness. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and chills the system. Genuine product in yellow package. For sale by all druggists.
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Wingfield
Lagrippe
Foley
Rale
State Treasurer Park Answers an Attack
R. E. Park, Georgia state treasurer and ex officio state bank examiner, defends his record amid a Georgia newspaper editorial accusing him of negligence in the Neal Bank failure. He details bank growth, legislative needs, and the Bank Bureau act of 1907, arguing funding relies on bank assessments and outlining prior examinations and endorsements by Atlanta banks.
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Asanti
St. E. Park
Neal Bank
Atlanta
Bob
Park
Athens Banner
Georgia
Iim
State Bankers' Association of Georgia
Bank Bureau
Treasury
Banka
Wnt
Clearing House Association
Clearing House
R. E. Park
State Bank Examiner of
J. D. Price Suggested for 27th District Senate
In the 27th district Oconee county likely names a senator this cycle with J. D. Price, current representative and prominent local farmer, viewed as a strong candidate due to his House experience. State executive committee to meet in Atlanta tomorrow to announce early primary plans.
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State Executive Committee
Atlanta
State House
General Assembly
Oconee County
J. D. Price
Augusta to Get Electric Trolley Line From Atlanta
Matthew Mason of the Atlanta & Carolina Electric Construction Co visited Augusta to seek a franchise for laying trolley tracks through the city. The proposed line would run from Atlanta to Augusta via Lithonia Conyers Monroe High Shoals Athens Lexington and Washington. Construction could start around March 1 and would open up farm country with an estimated three mile right of way supporting about 1600 people per mile. The project would pair with an Augusta to Columbia line to create one of the nation’s longest electric routes. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is also advertised.
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Augusta
Matthew Mason
Atlanta & Carolina Electric Construction Co
Atlanta
Lithonia
Conyers
Monroe
High Shoals
Athens
Lexington
Washington
Georgia
Columbia
Dynamite found in ship coal during refueling
Washington reports on a five inch dynamite stick found in coal loaded from Fortuna for the battleship Ohio at Port of Spain Trinidad. The coal came from Berwindwhite at Newport News Virginia, marking a second such incident in U.S. warships. An Evans era order urged careful coal inspection. The piece closes with an advertisement tainted by medical claims.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio
Fortuna
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Berwindwhite Coal Mining Company
Newport News
United States
Admiral Evans
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the Athens Banner
J. Rowe
Raltor
Prophiet
Athens Daily Banner
Sun Banner
New York
Bryan
South
Democratic Party
Knoxville
Tallulah Palls
Southern Railway Company
Athens Electricity Company
Jeamer Bae Rr
Oconee
Barnett Snoals
Neal Loan and Banking Co
AON
Senate
Atlanta & Carolina
Kennedy
Governor's Mansion
Thyomy
Hartier
Bel
J.O. Bagwell
Peachtree St
Bylleney
Bears
Castoria
Miler & Co
Cotton Commission Merchants
Broad, Thomas and
Oconee Streets
Athens, Ga
Columbia Supply CO
E. T. Bennett
Nixon Grocery Co
New York Central and
Hudson River Railway Co
New York State
G. Mollensec
United States Navy
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