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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1913
Page
4
Special notice highlights daily life notes from Athens, praising Georgia pride, Chamber of Commerce meetings, YMCA representation in Richmond, local advertising boosts, and Wilson’s Capitol visit. It cites red lanterns signaling new water and gas mains, new streets, and ongoing urban development in the city.
Athens welcomes today a state organization, the Georgia State Optical Association, for its annual meeting in the city. The session aims to exchange ideas, promote better eye care, and seek state laws to protect the public from quacks posing as eye specialists while wishing the group a successful visit.
The Banner prints an editorial by Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb urging Athens men to heed the women’s appeal. She frames centuries of women’s aid from settlement days to reconstruction, noting women’s steady help and asking business men to read her direct message.
A leading Southern newspaper editorial argues for expanding vocational training in U S public schools to prepare youth for productive work while warning against sacrificing broad culture. It urges balance where practical skills support enduring truth and the ideal of education, highlighting Georgia as a example and noting Athens hosts a summer school for teachers.
The passage notes horses hitched together as a team pull a heavier load than individuals. It highlights that pulling against each other prevents progress and implies coordinated pulling yields greater strength and efficiency.
A poetic exhortation urges steady hope and faith as life darkens keep a singing through grief cold weather and doubt the verse envisions heavenly reward and enduring joy despite trials and aging, reminding readers to keep singing.
A historical calendar recounts dates from 1649 to 1912 noting Monmouth's birth, Lee's 1865 surrender, and other events. It also features a 40th birthday feature for Dr Raymond A Pearson, highlighting his career in dairy science and academia. Concise birthday notices for notable figures follow, including Balfour and others. The section ends with a public health quip about flies and disease.
The tale recounted by General Lee centers on two Confederate scouts who, while crossing a river in disguise to gather enemy intel, endured a rainstorm and a river flood. Surprised by Union pickets the scouts sprang up and shot five attackers before escaping, highlighting private soldiers’ bold deeds in war.
Plan of campaign to destroy flies and protect children from exposure. Keep windows screened in spring to autumn and abolish open dwelling places to prevent disease.
Loss of life among Confederate soldiers and prisoners held by Union forces was heavy with 26 774 deaths recorded over four years. The table lists 111 known death sites and 60 unknown locations, naming major posts such as Alton Camp Butler Camp Morton Camp Randall Fort Warren Nashville New Orleans Rock Island and others. Of total deaths, indirect graves total 6804 marked Unknown.
Fragmentary verse recalls brave dead and homecoming under spring light. The lines evoke national reverence, a resting sod, fairy imagery, and a ceremonial blessing of the turf where freedom resides.
Reports dispute who first suggested Memorial Day with Mrs. Joseph T. Mesgan of Athinia prominent in claims. USGG records show a meeting to organize memorial services for fallen soldiers during poverty when funds were scarce. Women gathered wild flowers, carried wreaths two miles to the cemetery as martial law blocked public speaking,. slaves joined in a simple song and prayer-filled service before graves were decorated.
A somber poem recalls a Civil War era cap named Co K. It honors fallen soldiers, their worn badges, and the memory of brave service as the cap rests in the graveyard where daisies bloom. The speaker mourns a lost comrade, the cap a symbol of sacrifice and duty.
Confederate veterans organization United Confederate Veterans began in New Orleans on June 10 1889 as a federation to unite Confederate veterans soldiers and sailors gather data for history preserve relics aid the needy protect widows and orphans and record member resources The movement grew into about 1300 camps with divisions grouped into three states its permanent headquarters remain in New Orleans and its mission spans commemorative and welfare aims.
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