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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
4
The Athens Banner outlines delivery rates for Subscribers and presses a harsh denunciation of a white male culprit preying on young women. The column condemns trafficking and calls for severe punishment, noting New York courts and a looming electric chair as potential penalties while urging the harshest state penalty.
J Edward Addicks continues to aspire to represent Delaware in the U S Senate. He says he will abandon his bid against Senator Allee if Allee’s supporters allow him the other senatorship. Despite long effort and funds, Addicks faces slim chances as voters resist his Washington ambitions amid strong anti-Addicks opposition. The public mood favors blocking him from the senate.
A Senate clash unfolds as President Roosevelt will not influence the railroad rate bill. Senator Tillman asserts control, saying the president is a secondary matter now and the measure will pass under Tillman’s direction. This marks Tillman's firm stance in shaping the bill without White House dictation.
A commentary urging expanded cotton mill development in the United States especially in the South. The author notes England built 61 new mills with vast spindles and looms last year, argues U.S. Southern mills should be favored, and asserts raw cotton should be processed domestically to boost markets and reduce freight costs. It advocates national action to extend markets for cotton goods and prevent shipment of raw materials away from producing regions.
The Banner supports a Southern man for 1908 Democratic nomination and Savannah Press notes Harper’s Weekly hints a Wilson boom. It recalls Wilson’s Georgia ties from Augusta and Princeton, praising his scholarship and potential to win Georgia’s electoral votes.
The Chicago Tribune cites city crime comparisons with New York to argue against lax saloon licenses. It notes Chicago’s higher saloon density, police per capita, and higher murder, burglary, robbery and assault figures in January and February, contrasting with New York under tighter licensing.
A New York politician named Robert Spriggs faces arrest amid revelations of a network of dives exploited to lure and exploit girls. The case outlines organized schemes used to control the victims and profit from their suffering.
The article suggests Harper's Weekly endorses a Democratic candidate. The tone implies support and a favorable stance toward the nominee, indicating tangible backing from the publication. It frames the endorsement as a strategic boost for his campaign.
Mr. Wallace, former Panama Canal chief engineer, criticizes sending crucial decisions 2000 miles from Washington. He urges appointing a single strong engineer with full powers or awarding a single contracting firm control, with broad congress approved supervision, to ensure effective Isthmian construction. He warns against bureaucratic detours and perfunctory progress.
Savannah Press lauds Georgia chapter effort to fund a dormitory at Rabun Gap High School to aid mountain students. The project aims to raise 2000 dollars, with half already on hand, to expand housing and support an industrial department teaching domestic skills to girls and women in Rabun County.
The Montgomery Advertiser argues the South has voted for Northern or Western candidates for over sixty years and urges firmness to nominate a Southern Democrat. It warns that southern hesitation allows a Northern candidate to prevail and calls for political independence to assert southern choice in 1908.
Secretary Bonaparte spoke on naval needs at Johns Hopkins University, noting smokeless powder stockpiles, continual gun practice, surplus vessels, and skilled machinists. He urged discipline and respect, contrasting enlisted sailors with officers educated at public expense and highlighting issues of naval uniform respect.
Farmers receive standard guidance from urban residents and the newspaper fraternity on the expected size of the next cotton crop this year.
The Birmingham Age Herald urges farmers to favor self-sufficiency by growing sufficient corn and meat and treating cotton as a cash crop. It argues that every farmer will tailor crops to local conditions, and a corn-based self-supply keeps money at home, boosting Alabama’s prosperity and resilience.
The piece attacks northern papers for sensationalizing alleged negro peonage while urging harsher action against the brutal practice. It argues the same concerns apply to white women held in New York dives near Broadway and criticizes selective outrage by prominent editors.
The south’s earning power is shown by farm investments and diverse sectors. Census figures indicate 355,791,659 acres in southern farms with 34 percent improved, value near 1.058 billion dollars, and 50 percent earnings on total acreage. Including farming, banking, merchandise, transport, and manufacturing, total receipts reach about 6 billion dollars, roughly 20 percent of national wealth. These figures, though ambitious, are cited as official estimates.
The piece argues against selective outrage over peonage, contrasting alleged white female enslavement by black men in New York or Alabama with the District Attorney Jerome described peonage. It cites hypocritical contemporaries and asserts a forthcoming response from self-respecting white Americans, while noting a broader historical discussion.
Fragment from a Tradesman editorial noting that many estimates of Southern earnings rely on six year old census data. It argues the period was the South’s most prosperous and that current figures tell their story without embellishment.
Washington reports that Senator Kittredge pressurized engineers’ testimony on a Panama canal project and showed flaws in the lock canal case. The canals committee weighs sea level versus lock type, with a majority leaning toward the sea level plan as the more feasible and possibly the only workable option.
Dr J Newton Hathaway presents free medical books on urinary tract diseases nerves and other conditions sent to any afflicted person without charge He offers confidential advisory service from his 25 years experience at 60 Inman Building Atlanta Ga Also includes political opinion endorsing a southern man for the presidency and Parker as alternative.
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