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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1916
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner outlines subscription rates and delivery policies while urging patriotic actions including Flag Day celebrations and home beautification. It raises economic questions about dyes nitrate and potash supply, and criticizes both major parties for neglect of the South amid wartime politics.
The article urges Athens residents to register and vote for a bond issue of forty thousand dollars to fund waterworks improvements. It emphasizes no opposition to better water, but notes registration closes April 14 and voting depends on timely registration. Tomorrow is April 3, with ten days left to register.
The measure includes a literacy test and Asiatic exclusion, potentially triggering a second veto by President Wilson. It would bar aliens over 16 unable to read English or another language, with exemptions for certain relatives and religious refugees. Hindu exclusion is explicit, and Pacific coast members back the gentlemens agreement with Japan on excluding Japanese laborers.
The piece praises the quality of American officers and soldiers in Mexico but laments the small size and inadequate equipment. It argues Pershing faces a difficult mission to trap Villa, notes remarkable American marches, and calls for a substantial expansion and modernization of the U.S. Army including equipment, transport, and a reserve of at least 500,000 men.
A dated collage-like piece contrasts an aggressive enemy who sows death with Worry stirring germs that devastate communities. It then pivots to reflections on money and care costs, from grocers to doctors, and ends noting cotton trade figures and a public health call for regular bowels and cold remedies, concluding with a teaser on April 11 celebrations.
A traveling speaker from the State College of Agriculture extols alfalfa as a superior Georgia crop. He cites soil and climate suitability, Belmont Farm at Marietta, Yakima Valley yields, and advantages over cotton including higher profits, multiple annual cuttings, and lower irrigation needs. He stresses seed bed prep, inoculation, and nitrogen needs for long-lasting stands.
Atlanta March 29. The Slaton inheritance tax law is expected to supplement state revenue this year, offsetting a planned deficit. Property tax collections are similar to last year, while expenditures rise several hundred thousand dollars. Estates like Col James M Smith and George W Parrott bolster receipts with estimated tax of up to half a million dollars more than railroad rental revenue.
In handling thousands of calls daily at high speed troubles will occur and the operator is not always to blame. The note urges patience with operators amid busy service environments and frequent errors.
Train No 2 departs Athens at 7 20 am and No 4 at 2 20 pm. Train No 1 arrives Athens 11 40 am and No 4 6 40 pm. Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder and Monroe and intermediate points. Connections available with Georgia Railroad Gainesville & Northwestern and Southern Railway routes.
Southbound trains No 11 at 5 35 am No 17 at 7 10 am No 6 at 3 46 pm No 29 at 6 17 pm Northbound No 30 at 10 40 am No 6 at 6 17 pm No 18 at 7 46 am No 12 at 11 42 pm
Southern Railway Athens Branch lists daily trains at 8:20 am and 1:00 pm with Sunday and weekday variations. Afternoon runs include 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm, arrivals 12:40 pm and 6:50 pm, plus 9:45 am on weekdays excluding Sunday. For information contact Paul Pinkhaton or Shelton.
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