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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists delivery options and rates for daily, Sunday, and weekly editions. Daily rates are five dollars per year, two dollars and fifty cents for six months, one dollar and twenty five cents for three months, or sixteen cents weekly. Weekly or Sunday Banner costs one dollar, or fifty cents for six months, all payments in advance.
The National Rivers and Harbors Congress will convene in Washington on Wednesday December 4 and continue sessions through the following Thursday and Friday. It seeks a fixed policy of annual river and harbor improvements funded by merit, with broad representation from all sections. The piece argues for fair railroad treatment, capital access for the South, and a plan to raise agricultural productivity through a state college led lecture train to farmers.
The Manufacturers' Record issues a pamphlet urging South readers to study how demagogic assaults on capital threaten regional prosperity. Citing The Atlanta Constitution’s interviews with business leaders, it warns reform pushes against railroads and major vested interests could harm growth while calling for lawful, efficient rail service and fair rates.
The movement to tour Georgia with a car full of agricultural exhibits and expert lecturers, railroads delivering the train, has drawn enthusiastic comment from the public. The Savannah News editorial says the college aims to bring practical agriculture insights directly to farmers across the state.
The Banner condemns rough handling of cotton from field to manufacture. It notes poor shelter on farms improper packing with second hand jute, street storage and mud delays. It calls for better warehousing and practices to protect this nation changing crop and its trade balance.
A Texas man named Blackstock who has forty children from four marriages draws praise as a Roosevelt era hero. The Washington Herald notes the family links as a bold example amid anti race suicide discourse and suggests Roosevelt should take notice despite political shifts.
The congressman Hobson is called not a statesman and has spoken out of turn. In Greenville he warned of imminent war with Japan claiming it could begin before Admiral Evans could move his fleet. The piece notes prior talks of war were unresolved and later settled by diplomats. The voice criticizes his intrusion into sensitive foreign policy matters.
A congressional remark by Hobson sparks embarrassment for Secretary Taft and unsettles U S Japan relations. The commentary argues Americans know Hobson’s stance and urges calm use of common sense to keep exchanges pleasant for both nations.
Mrs T P Oliver of Seminlee and Nantahala Aves Athens Ga says Doan's Kidney Pills gave relief from long standing backache and kidney troubles after six remedies and physicians failed Her relief was rapid and the trouble has not returned She bought the remedy at H R Palmer Sons drug store Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents Remember the name Doan's and take no other
Vice President Fairbanks plans a late October Southern swing with stops in Dallas and Atlanta. Taft supporters prepare a Wisconsin meeting this month. William J. Bryan sets November 25 for a major address in Washington. Col Dan M Swab announces a Tennessee district run against Brownl w. Bryan opens Wisconsin talks November 11 in Milwaukee. Wakeman reports tariff sentiment in Middle West favors Roosevelt renomination. A few governors to be elected this year in New England and several four year terms in others.
The time honored Sans Souci Club hosted a notable golf event as E C Branson of Athens Ga defeated Wisconsin star M H Pettit in a closely fought match. Branson displayed steady play while Pettit pressed hard, but Branson won on the South Carolina course amid praise for local courtesies shown to Co I Mell and E C Branson.
At a Lula Baptist Association session near Toccoa, a large Black congregation faced a violent disturbance as clashes erupted with white residents. Police arrested Rich Marber, while a white man John Cape exchanged gunfire with a drunken Black intruder in a tense night near Lavonia.
A fragmentary newspaper snippet describes a shooting incident with a wounded man and crowd turmoil. An accompanying medical advertisement touts a Restorative remedy claimed to calm nerves of the stomach and relieve ailments caused by stress.
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