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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1901
Page
4
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The Virginia suffrage convention debates two voting plans. One plan requires a veteran status or property tax payment or three months of work with literacy, plus residency rules and a $1.60 capitation tax six months before election. A minority plan proposes male citizenship 21+, two-year state residence, poll tax $1, registration, and prior tax payment or literacy/readiness tests.
The New Orleans Daily States contrasts English and European attitudes with the United States, noting fewer blacks in official roles and social equality in elites while criticizing European discrimination as based on weaker principles than in the South. It argues class lines among the same race persist in Europe and compares social stratifications.
The author rebukes English press for criticizing the southern race issue while praising class conventions. Social barriers in Britain are contrasted with southern attitudes toward race, arguing hypocrisy and a double standard in judging American segregation and English social norms.
The piece recalls a New York teacher praising John Brown alongside Washington and Jackson while citing Prof. John W. Burgess of Columbia University who calls the uprising a fiasco. Burgess questions Brown's financing, leadership, and support network, suggesting outsiders aided him with full or partial knowledge of his aims.
The Brooklyn fired five inch shells believed to have hit the Colon and Viscaya while its superior gunnery is credited with many of the Spanish fleet’s hits. The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes the Brooklyn likely caused several of the eight inch and five inch strikes, underscoring its standout performance.
Clarke County residents will vote on issuing 52 000 in four percent bonds to fund outstanding county indebtedness. The election requires at least one thousand votes to determine whether the bonds are issued and the county’s financial obligations are addressed.
An aged promotional piece touts 8.8.8 as a blood purifier and tonic claiming cures for cancer scrofula eczema psoriasis and other blood related troubles. It promotes the Swift Specific Co Atlanta GA and urges readers to vote on a bond issue next Saturday detailing tax impacts and repayment terms.
The Banner notes a decade of urging local manufacturing and reports Union Manufacturing Co initiating candy vinegar turbentine packing soda and coffee roasting plants. Fleming Bons harness shop expands with new machines and power. A soap and cracker plant is planned next spring along with a future furniture factory, signaling broad small industry success in Athens.
The American Forestry Association backs Dr C H Horty of the University of Georgia in a formal resolution approving his investigation into conservative turpentine tapping methods. His Georgia study seeks preservation of pine forests while sustaining southern wealth with practical forestry backed by the national bureau of forestry.
Delegates at the Georgia division session in Columbus review the Athens chapter’s year of giving to Winnie Davis memorial fund with four hundred dollars, Confederate Veterans Home fund fifty dollars, and Jefferson Davis monument fund thirty five dollars. The chapter has conferred twenty three crosses of honor and plans twenty more on General Lee's birthday in January for Monroe veterans. They aim to start crosses for descendants of deceased veterans and urge laying the Winnie Davis memorial hall cornerstone at the State Normal School. Also notes a Village Blacksmith Saved His Little Son's Life praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy, and Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for various ailments.
Correspondents praise Canada but lament the brief glimpse of the United States. In Portsmouth naval parades are set for the royal voyage, with fifteen battleships and cruisers meeting the royal yacht, while London officials prepare a grand finish and a 10 000 troop procession from Victoria to Marlborough House.
A southbound freight on the Southern railroad and a Buffalo Bill’s wild west section collided near Ullwood twelve miles from Buffalo, injuring Train Master Williams of Greensboro and three other crew. About 150 horses perished including Col Cody’s saddle horse. The crash was caused by an overorder on the southbound train.
Two darkey tailors F. H. Wavera and F. O. Jackson arrived in Athens and rented a buggy for a ride. A frightened horse ran from College avenue to Lampkin street, throwing them from the vehicle. Jackson suffered severe bruises while Wavera dislocated his hip in the mishap.
Asheville scene shows half a million dollars poured into electric railway improvements mainly by General Electric. Asheville Electric Company absorbs a chartered firm, building dams and a plant on Ivy Creek twenty miles away to power an expanding system. Ivy plant soon to operate, while Winston financiers exit by selling plant to new buyers, signaling reduced competition. A weather note and ads follow, including Chamberlains remedy and PynylBaleam promote.
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