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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
4
The Athens Banner notes a wartime shift with ammunition control, suffrage quip, and submarine rumors. It praises the Associated Press, previews the Galveston Daily News jubilee, and urges universities and schools to expand summer and regular courses to support preparedness and patriotism.
Wholesale houses urge Southern customers to boost local food production as war expands. Emphasizes gardening crops and breeding poultry hogs milk cows and cattle to ensure self supply and support for the army and navy. Ends with the call The South Must Feed Herself.
The piece warns that high food costs rival the government’s concerns and risk hunger among households earning modest incomes. It calls for government action to curb prices, notes a looming food shortage with approaching fall, and urges individuals to boost home and garden food production to ease tension.
Clarke County authorities face road repairs after severe winter weather damaged the pavement. The grand jury urges careful analysis of topsoil for repairs and a systematic, ongoing plan to monitor and fix defects before they worsen.
A speaker traces Kaiser William II's rise, the Prussian threat, and Germany's naval buildup aimed at world dominance. He recalls earlier British resistance, Dewey's Manila law in harbor, and warns that a German victory would subjugate the United States.
A compact, period voice proclaims the flag should fly today over civic landmarks. The banner rises above the church spire and schoolhouse, while citizens note the duty to support government through resources. Industrial hubs and mills stand as a backdrop to the national sentiment.
The Banner prints part of Rev. A G Richards speech delivered at the Octagon on Causes of the War. He frames independence and liberty as at stake, cites twenty years of subjugation attempts, and recalls his Bavarian grandfather's service as background to his antiwar argument.
Trains arrive from Macon at 6 40 p m and 11 59 a m with connections at Madison to Georgia Railroad and at Apalachee to Greene County Railroad for Monroe. For information call 640 or 15 B R Bloodworth commercial agent.
Effective February 18 1917 Eastern Time Train 50 runs daily from Athens at 6 35 am Train 52 runs daily except Sunday from Athens at 4 pm Train 54 runs Sunday only from Athens at 4 20 pm Train 51 runs daily except Sunday to Athens arriving at 12 69 noon Train 53 runs daily to Athens arriving at 9 40 pm Train 65 runs Sunday only to Athens arriving at 12 40 pm
Schedule from Athens showing trains No. 2 leaving at 7 30 a m and No. 4 at 2 20 p m, with arrivals of No. 1 at 11 46 a m and No. 4 at 6 40 p m. Trains 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points, and link with Georgia Railroad for all points, with Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern Stations and Southern Railway north and south.
Daily and seasonal departure times listed for the Athens branch of Southern Railway. Times include 8:20 am and 1:00 pm daily, 3:16 pm Sunday only, 3:30 pm daily excluding Sunday, and 11:40 pm plus 6:60 pm daily with various exclusions. Information from A. Be. Williams and E Shelton with phone contacts.
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