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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
4
The note lists subscription rates and delivery reminders, then comments on local affairs. It highlights Athens cotton markets, planning for conventions, and public health notices. It also mentions university commencements, foreign affairs tones, drama league efforts, and local high school progress.
The article notes that after the European war many legal and international issues will take years to resolve. British prize courts detain ships for contraband cargo, with unloading and reloading costs borne by ship owners. American protests to Britain surge as cases accumulate, likely awaiting war’s end for final actions.
J. M. Williams of Memphis the paymaster general of the United Confederate Veterans seeks two million dollars in Confederate currency to distribute to veterans at the Richmond reunion. He asks anyone with Confederate money to mail it to him in Memphis hoping for a broad response despite the currency’s devalued worth and rarity.
A major Georgia meeting on water works and sewerage disposal is planned in Athens. The University of Georgia School of Engineering directs the convention with invitations to hundreds of city officials and citizens statewide. The event aims to provide expert guidance to all towns, especially smaller ones, for better water systems and sewage management at lower costs.
A poetic reflection extols three virtues as guiding paths: love tender as an angel's touch, honor as a steadfast protector, and remembrance as mentor and inspiration by night and day. The piece frames these traits as the true, noble way.
The piece argues that amid global war and social upheaval fraternity and mercy triumph over conflict. It adds praise for Georgia’s current tax law, noting it is largely sound and may need minor amendments, with little inclination to revert to the old system.
News arrives from Winterville of the death about 9 o clock of Mr Jasper Mitchell living three miles south of the place. The funeral and burial will be this afternoon.
A historical report by Dr. F L Rosenthal on the Woodmen of the World Georgia and national progress through 1914. It details 1913 and 1914 member counts, insurance in force, certificates issued and lapsed, death and disability payments, funds transferred between accounts, total assets and liabilities, emergency funds, and per thousand assessments across camps.
Governor Trammell appointed G. W. Saxon of Tallahassee and S. A. Belcher of Miami as Florida members of the Dixie Highway Commission. The Florida Senate rejected a statewide prohibition amendment proposed for voter submission by a 19 to 12 vote. Terre Haute election fraud case appeals argue in Chicago. Mayor Don M. Roberts refuses to resign as urged by council members.
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Thursday in Athens and vicinity and across Georgia. A storm center exists in the extreme west over Utah and another over North Dakota with unsettled weather west of the Rocky Mountain slope.
Delegates at the Georgia Woodmen convention in Athens chose officers including head clerk head escort head watchman and sovereign delegates amid spirited races. Americus named 1917 meeting site with Augusta vote losing narrowly. The Woodmen Circle met with 100 delegates and visiting officials from Arkansas Texas and elsewhere.
After the refreshments, the chamber of commerce joined in hosting. The college grounds were lit with hundreds of red lights making a pretty scene.
Governor Slaton appointed Hugh Rowe editor of the Athens Banner as trustee of the University of Georgia, succeeding the late Captain White. Rowe has long supported the university through advocacy with the legislature, city council, and in his newspaper coverage of sports, fraternities, literary societies, and faculty matters.
President Wilson signed an executive order for the fiftieth anniversary observance of Abraham Lincoln’s death tomorrow. The executive offices will close, the national flag will fly at half mast on federal buildings and military and naval bases, and ship owners are asked to display the flag.
Friends report John D Moss has recovered from appendicitis surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and has returned home. He is steadily regaining strength.
Mr. W. J. Lewis of the Dawson News, one of the state’s five papers, is in Athens this week for the Woodmen’s convention and plans to report back home about the city.
William Castle, a Dalton pattern-maker, builds a home-made motor-boat to travel from Georgia to San Francisco by water and back. The craft will launch on the Tennessee River after completion this summer and then proceed via inland waterways, the Gulf of Mexico, the Panama Canal, and the Pacific coast to the Golden Gate. Castle hopes to attract national attention during the Panama Pacific exposition as Georgians head to Frisco in large numbers.
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