Tea culture and Cuban military census in historic notes
The Athens Daily Banner outlines subscription rates and advertising charges. It then reports on Tea Culture in the United States, noting Pinehurst Sumerville experiments, yield projections, labor solutions, and irrigation needs. It also cites a Governor General Brook report on Cuban troops and a push for a Cuban republic election and governance reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pinehurst
Summerville
D. C
Charles A. Shepard
United States Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Orient
Augusta Herald
Brook
Ccuba
Washington
Hospital
Signal Corps
Ludlow
Tropics
Fitzhogh Lee
Congress
Prospects of Georgia Economy and Cotton Trade Rise
The piece notes Georgia’s interest rate debate urging a seven percent cap to align with state law. It reports widespread mill activity in the South, hours extended at several Georgia mills, and strong demand for print cloths and homespuns. Traders predict cotton prices may climb toward eight cents by January amid a short crop.
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Carlton
Georgia
New England
South
Raleigh
N. C
Toccoa
Griffin
Barresville
Southern Mills
New York
Fall River
Exchange
Southern resources debate at Huntsville convention
At a Huntsville gathering Mr Hargrove of Louisiana argued for southern resource development. He cited 1870–90 population growth near 100 percent and cotton value growth, urged competition to raise prices, proposed a national textile university, public schools, and state colleges to advance cotton manufacturing. He called for a $500000 southern textile university funded by the national government to train workers and boost exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Hargrove
Louisana
South
New York
Great Britain
United States
National Textile University
Officers Rule By Court Orders Tax Collectors
The grand jury recommended Sheriff Wier and Constables Gibson and Bailey be ruled by the court and compelled to collect all tax fiefs without discretion. The rule is issued and taxes must be forthcoming or levy and sale will follow. A later note warns about cramps and diarrhea and promotes Pain Killer Perry Davis at 26c. and 50c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wier
Gibson and Bailey
Perry Davis
Price
Militia Mobilized in Barnesville After Negro Uprising
In Barnesville Georgia on October 17 police reported about 40 to 50 Negroes gathered with rifles and clubs near the square ready for a potential midnight attack. Mayor Kennedy ordered out the Barnesville Rines and the city quickly fell under military rule with sentinels at all entrances, the unrest linked to a recent Oxford Knitting Mills strike and threats to Negro workers.
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Barnesville
Kennedy
Swatts
Oxford
Illusion of Death and a Dead Man’s Feast
While in Rome I met a patient in a lunatic asylum who believed he was dead and refused to eat. To refute him, attendants dressed in white shrouds entered a room and began a meal, prompting the defunct to ask if dead men eat, with the reply that dead men do eat, and the patient planned to join them.
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Chicago News
Rome
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J. Rowe
Lessee
J. W. Reed
Athens
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Experimen
Carolina
Lee
Macon Telegraph
Hood
H. E. Thom
Milledgeville
Mit
Swift
Atlanta
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cath Melek
Barnersville
London Standard
New York Sun
Castiria
Samuelp Planphin
Bears
Castoria
Lipscomb & CO
Fire Insurance
Athens Gas Co
John L. Arnold
East Clayton Street
Clayton Street
Athens, Ga
J. Y. Carithers & Co
Cotton Commission
Broad, Thomas and Ae
Grint
J.y.carithers & CO
Broad Street
J S. King & Co
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