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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
4
The Georgia peach crop is expected to exceed six thousand cars this year, a marked improvement from last year’s short crop. Experts note rapid expansion of peach orchards, rising investment, and the Georgia peach becoming a dominant market leader in the region as years of cultivation push production toward doubling.
In a strong address before the Southern Society of Boston editor Richard H. Edmonds urged Southern-born men in the North to return home to aid development of iron ore coal and cotton. He cited US Geological Survey data showing South ore reserves at 10 billion tons and rapid growth in coal cotton and grain production.
The country offers more abundant opportunities for profitable enterprise than many Southern states. The region is a rich field for capital and labor.
The schedule lists numerous circuit appointments from June to August at churches and chapels in Georgia towns such as Whitehall Union Point and Bogart. The Inland District Conference convenes July 7-9 at Union Point, with delegates to be sent to Reverend Flbl Jenkins.
At a session of state presidents of the Farmers' National and Cooperative Union in Memphis Tennessee the May 30 cotton acreage estimate was set at 31,376,000 acres nationwide, down 1.9 percent from last year. Conditions are unsatisfactory with floods, late growth, and boll weevil presence. If weather improves, the crop may reach about 12,000,000 bales. poor conditions could yield less than last season.
The column describes the strain of city and county life causing indigestion with symptoms like headache dizziness and insomnia. It urges readers to use Mona stomach tablets claiming safety and thorough relief with a money back guarantee from H. R. Palmer on every 50 cent box.
Tuesday night at Seney Stovall chapel Lucy Cobb Institute held graduation exercises to close the commence ment with an alumnae reunion planned. Miss Hattie Mae Jackson of Athens gave the valedictory and Miss Mildred Rutherford, retiring principal, delivered a moving address. Diplomas were awarded in Latin French and English courses to a large class, with prizes announced for essay and oratory. Sterling silver gifts were presented to Rutherford Lipscomb and the trustees, as new principals Gerdine and Bramby take charge.
Thirty five cases of coffee shipped to this city by the Tellaylor Com juety of New Orleans have been seized by the U S government for alleged violation of the pure food laws. The seizure was made by U S Deputy Marshal T P Trammell under H D Capers, special agent, who now holds the coffee. The charge is that the coffee does not meet the requirements of the pure food law the government is enforcing.
On June Vth at Tifton President A. M. Soule of the State College of Agriculture will address attendees at the closing of the Second District Agricultural School in Tifton. The school has been in session months, with attendance and enthusiasm noted, and aims to highlight agricultural progress locally.
New York reports the Cunard liner Mauretania cut 2 hours 45 minutes from the long distance Queenstown to New York run finishing 4 days 21 hours 18 minutes. Despite three of four engines, she beat the previous best by 38 minutes and trailed Lusitania by five minutes with a 28.6 knot average.
An old advertorial claims Healthy Kidneys filter impurities from the blood and improve health. It asserts the kidney cure strengthens the whole system and can cure all forms of kidney and bladder diseases. Sold by druggists.
President Soule of the State College of Agriculture organizes twenty four Farmers Institutes across as many senate districts in late month. Two institutes will take place at Rabun Gap and Clayton on June 18th and 19th with lectures by H P Jarnagin E L Worsham and Alfred Akerman. The goal is to attract hundreds or thousands of farmers to gain full benefits from the programs.
Across Virginia Georgia Alabama Florida Carolina Kentucky and Mississippi public and school ceremonies marked the 100th birthday of Jefferson Davis. In Richmond the Jefferson Davis Monument was turned over by the memorial association funded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy while New Orleans began Davis monument ground broken by Confederate veterans. Louisiana held Confederate Memorial Day as other states observed the centennial with public holidays and patriotic society events. The article recalls Davis life from 1808 birth in Kentucky through West Point and Civil War presidency to death in 1889.
London encounters renewed unrest in the East End over British ships hiring Chinese crews, sparking rioting fears. The National Seamen's Union protests Chinese hiring as ships omit European sailors, while Parliament discusses the issue and threatens legal action for boardinghouse operators supplying crews. Leaders claim Chinese workers accept lower wages and cheaper diets, complicating compensation claims.
An article extols human body as a superior machine and promotes Stuart’s Buchy and Juniper as a restorative tonic. It claims relief from kidney issues bladder catarrh diabetes dropsy gravel headache dyspepsia back pain appetite loss debility neuralgia sleeplessness rheumatism and nervousness. Bottle price is 1 dollar with free samples offered by Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co Atlanta GA.
Baltimore June 2 The Methodist Episcopal General Conference closed amid notable outcomes while deferring two debated issues dancing and a time limit on pastorates. A minority report renamed the title prosiding elder to district superintendent. The conference adopted reports on bishops and mission bishops and announced several episcopal assignments across multiple states.
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