Athens Banner Recap Of Local Notices And National Color
Local-rate subscription details and mailing options for The Athens Banner and Weekly Banner. Regional items include sports, politics, street improvements, threats of violence in Kentucky, Taft and Speer mentions, New York mayoralty race, Chicago gambling bombs, Gainesville Midland expansion to Tate, and election chatter. Also notes about Daughters of the Confederacy invitation, Dr Cook controversy, and road work progress and planning.
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Gainesville
Tate
Placia
Athens
Supreme Court Death Sparks Debate On Appointment Power
The death of Associate Justice Peckham prompts reflection on the Supreme Court’s power and history. The Macon Telegraph notes age, circuit representation, and past appointing presidents as factors in the looming Peckham successor decision by President Taft.
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Justice Peckham
Emory Speer
Supreme Bench
Taft
Judge Speer
Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Republic
Supreme Court of the
United States
New York World
the World
Hayes
Fuller
Cleveland
Brewer
Harrison
White and
McKenna
McKinley
Holmes
Day and Moody
Roosevelt
Marshall
Taney
David
Davis
Harlan
The
John Adams
Macon Telegraph
Supreme Court
Moody
White
Day
Will Harmon Be The Democratic Presidential Candidate
Ohio Governor Judson Harmon emerges as a favored potential nominee as Democratic columns praise his candidacy. Norman Mack hints support while denying strong backing, and Southern Democrats also back Harmon. If his Ohio re election goes well, his presidential odds rise. a loss would jeopardize the push.
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Judson Harmon
Ohio
Norman EB. Mack
New York
National Democratic
Harmon
Value of Farm Lands in the South Seen Rising Soon
The piece argues New York farmers abandon land priced at five dollars an acre in favor of the cheaper South where land costs are rising but still affordable. It predicts continued price increases as Southern growth accelerates and industry prospers, urging timely investment before values surge.
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New York
Wilson
New England
New York State
South
Purchasing Power of the Dollar Declines to Half
The piece argues the dollar now buys less than half what it did thirteen years ago, despite prosperity. It criticizes Republican governance for the era of a "fifty cent dollar," contending only the gold standard and tariff protections preserved wealth for a few while many suffer. It calls for the GOP to defend its economic record amid rising living costs.
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Bryan
Republican Party
Grover Cleveland
White slave traffic charge rocks New York mayoral race
The accusation that Tammany Hall protects men in the white slave trade surges through New York politics and may influence the mayoral outcome. The piece urges strict punishment and continued national, state, and local effort to suppress the crime, noting its growing menace and potential spread to southern cities.
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Tammany Hall
New York
Tammany
The Boll Weevil's March Heads Toward Alabama
The Mexican boll weevil has spread from Texas through Louisiana and Mississippi and is now within 100 miles of the Alabama line. It is expected to reach Alabama by fall 1912, with Georgia likely to follow unless a remedy is found. Farmers should diversify crops and prepare for possible invaders as scientists seek a solution.
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Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
A Staggering Blow to Japan Prince Ito Assassination Shocks Empire
The assassination of Prince Ito devastates Japan as the empire loses its foremost statesman and constructive leader. His insight into Russia, the Portsmouth treaty, and Manchuria policy shaped modern Japan and his loss promises long healing for the nation.
Rockefeller Gift to Combat Hookworm Ties One Million Dollar Fund
John D. Rockefeller pledges a five year fund of one million dollars to eradicate hookworm. The gift supports a board governed program to use the money where needed to fight the parasitic disease. Public health experts acknowledge varying severity of impact and emphasize decisive action.
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John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Speaking Well Of The Dead And The Times Union View
The Florida Times Union notes that denouncing figures in life and praising them after death shows inconsistency. It argues for recognizing good in others while they live and avoiding relentless exposure of faults. The piece urges brotherly interest over public flaying of character.
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Florida Times-Union
Patrick McCarren
Times-Union
Speculating Farmers Face Losses In Cotton Bets
Farmers in South Carolina who bet on future cotton prices at eleven cents now face losses. They sold bales to be delivered later, but cannot cover the delivery and must buy cotton at high current prices to satisfy contracts. The piece notes many farmers fear speculation and its strains on the agrarian South.
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South
South Carolina
Assassination of Prince Ito Shocks Japan in Manchuria
Prince Ito, Japan s leading statesman and noted diplomat, was shot in Harbin yesterday while on a mission tied to securing closer ties with China and countering American protest over a Japan China treaty. The assassin cited revenge and Ito s past executions of friends as motives. Ito had studied government in Europe after defying a ban on travel in 1868, fueling Japan s modern rise.
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Japan
Prince Ito
Harbin
Manchuria
China
Argu
Korea
England
Crosses of Honor for Descendants Deserved says editor
The Atlanta Georgian editor argues for giving Confederate crosses of honor to descendants of veterans. If General Lee deserved one, his son could receive it as an heirloom. Some such crosses have already been delivered locally, and the custom should extend to living veterans first, then to descendants of those who would have received them.
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Atlanta
General Lee
Lee
The Proposed Constitutional Convention Opposition
The United States faces debate over calling a constitutional convention as thirty one states push Congress to summon one. The piece argues the current constitution is largely sound, noting amendments are preferable to drafting a new charter, and urges leaders to enforce existing provisions and let the people decide lawfully on changes.
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United States
Union
Congress
State College Could Cure Cotton Disease Soon
The Banner highlights progress by the State College of Agriculture in developing a remedy for cotton anthracnose. Dr. A M Soule reports substantial advances and predicts a remedy may emerge from current experiments, saving the state vast losses in cotton farming.
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Georgia
State College of Agriculture
A. M. Soule
State College
Problems of the Central Bank
The article surveys a proposed central government bank, noting Taft’s support and mixed regional views. It predicts strong banker opposition, warns of political entanglement, and suggests Washington as a likely site, concluding the country may have had enough of central banks.
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Taft
Washington
Money cannot buy happiness for Coreys European life
The article examines William E. Corey and his divorce from his wife, who later aligned with actress Mabelle Gilman Corey. It notes her spentthrift aims in Europe, her realization that money cannot buy social standing or happiness, and contrasts with Mary Anderson who remained respected in society. It ends by calling Corey the happiest of the three main figures.
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William E. Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Europe
Mabelle Gilman Corey
New Orleans
Mary Anderson
Coreys
Arsistra
Corey
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Hearst
Metropolis
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Daughters of the Confederacy
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