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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists carrier and mail delivery options with annual and half year rates. It specifies prices 5.00 per year 2.50 for six months 1.25 for three months and 10 cents a week. The weekly or Sunday Banner is 1.00 per year 50 cents for six months. Payments via cash money order or registered letter are advised.
Athens residents vow a strong protest to railroads over filthy, overcrowded depot waiting rooms. They warn of further action if Georgia lines fail to provide decent facilities, while praising moves toward new depots from Southern and Central lines.
A satirical column recalls prayers by Wall Street figures including Mrs. J Aiden Gaylord and Rev Henry Warren. It reports a mocked New Orleans States portrayal of financiers asking God to bless lambs for slaughter and to keep gold and stocks from the defiled, portraying greed as a divine mission.
The Atlanta Constitution notes Hon. H. H. Perry of Hall and allied friends push for agricultural education in Georgia, yet their numbers remain small while they display strong, mistaken zeal on the subject.
In a critique of Georgia Railroad Georgia Central Seaboard and Southern schedules the Athens viewpoint argues the Augusta favored timetables draw shoppers away from Athens. It notes trade impact and urges parity while citing the Southern's new schedule as potentially beneficial to Athens.
The text highlights Theodore Roosevelt as both a war figure and a peacemaker. It notes his role in mediating labor conflicts, especially the Russia Japan peace efforts and now the Southern Pacific Railroad engineers and firemen dispute, with broad public support for averting a massive strike.
The article argues that the North should adopt Southern racial views and accept segregation, asserting that whites and blacks will not mix and that the solution should be left to Southern states without federal interference. It claims California and Pacific states must regulate the Japanese question similarly.
The South advances in wealth and productivity with seven million dollars daily growth, rising farm and mineral outputs, expanding railroad mileage, and greater bank deposits. Georgia boosts education with over four million dollars spent in a year, Savannah News notes expect higher school attendance and better rural facilities, and new agricultural colleges emerge across districts.
The Senate debated replacing the term war of the rebellion with civil war in a pension bill. Senator Bacon of Georgia objected to calling the conflict a rebellion and southern senators argued for the real name War between the States.
A colonial era editorial notes California race tensions over Japanese immigration and school integration. It compares California views to Southern states rights arguments and warns against interracial marriages while reflecting on distant regional attitudes.
The south has boosted farm product value by 728 million dollars and manufactured goods by 761 million, with cotton mills adding 3 493 000 spindles. Cotton output rose 48 percent since 1900 and iron, coal, and exports surged, while railroad mileage and property values climbed. Counties and cities invest in roads bridges schools public buildings water systems and street improvements as railroads modernize and households upgrade homes and machinery.
The passage describes counties pledging property and cash valued around one million dollars to new state colleges. Bidding fought over district locations, with counties offering money and land. Some counties plan independent colleges, and in five to six years Georgia may have fifteen to twenty such institutions. The piece praises Georgia’s strong educational spirit and rapid school growth.
Local drug stores report a sharp drop in catarrh remedy sales over the past year as Hyomel claims a cure with no stomach dosing. Purchases now come in smaller lots, while Hyomel’s inhaler method and Palmer guarantee attract buyers despite minimal risk.
Judge William T. Newman Clerk Comer Moore and Deputy Marshall Trammell opened an adjourned term of United States Court which extends to February 7. The court remains open under law with a regular term set for the fourth Monday in April.
Mrs G A Jennings died suddenly from heart failure at her home Sunday morning causing a great shock to relatives. Her funeral was held yesterday afternoon at Mara Hill Oconee county where burial took place. Chief Henry Jennings of Atlanta was present at the funeral. A dental ad occupies the remainder of the column noting a digestor product sold locally.
Mrs Busan Jane Taylor died at her Crawford Georgia home on December 1 1906 in her seventy third year. She was mother of seven children and wife of Col Richard G Taylor a noted Athens Georgia figure. Her long life combined luxury education and grace and she faced illness with Christian devotion. Her death scene featured music from her children and the memory of her mother. Her family honored her as a noble gracious mother and a devoted guardian to her orphan granddaughter.
Indoor baseball at the YMCA features close play with Joe OFarrell’s team winning 13 to 12 over Mid Winfield’s squad. A Thursday double header pits all four teams against each other, with drills starting at 3 15 each class day and punctuality enforced to avoid disrupting class work.
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