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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1914
Page
4
Local readers are urged to report late deliveries and carrier issues promptly. Special notice forbids carriers from collecting subscriptions or selling papers. The piece railes on Mexico, chautauquas, a park for Athens, and community concerns including education, national service, and civic improvement in a period voice.
The piece argues President Wilson aims to avoid war while pressuring Huerta. It notes confusion over how he can wage against a single man and his adherents and cites a Mexican gunboat incident with 500 soldiers aboard. It questions whether diplomacy or stronger measures are needed to prevent war.
Governor Slaton remains in office for now with potential resignation triggering Randolph Anderson's succession. Three candidates already compete, with more likely, as Georgia braces for a lively race where issues hinge on candidate personalities.
The president says no extra money is needed now for the Huerta movement but notes that future costs may require revenue. A stamp tax on checks and documents is favored, as is a beer tax. Additional levies on cigarettes and tobacco could follow if needed, with aims to tax luxuries and avoid tariff increases.
A collage of editorials highlights gubernatorial bids by Dr. L G Hardman and E L Rainey while discussing reform registration laws and political peace. Judges, editors, and candidates from Commerce Monroe Gwinnett Bulloch and Dawson regions weigh in on campaigns and headquarters shifting away from Atlanta.
The Pacific Inter Exposition Company previews exquisite figures by world renowned sculptors for the Panama Pacific International Exposition to be held in San Francisco in 1916. August Jaeger creates a notable piece for the Court of the Four Seasons showcased on the grounds and palace displays.
Athens residents praise Doan's Kidney Pills based on W. M. Patten's testimonial. He describes sharp back pains and kidney trouble relieved after two doses, urging others to seek the same remedy backed by home evidence.
An advertisement from Central Manufacturing Co of Dayton Ohio promotes 100 beautiful and colored post cards with a self filling fountain pen tree included. The set is priced at 50 cents postpaid and sold as a bargain for lovers of rare art pictures.
J H Scott of Blun Ga praises Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds calling it infallible and the best remedy. H R Palmer & Sons advertise the product and note strong sales. The ad also cites Foley Kidney Pills with a testimonial from J Wess Bryant of Cross Keys Ga claiming successful use and sales.
A London Express joke about winning at cards and losing with horses precedes an advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. The Middleton Georgia testimonial claims instant relief for children with colds and croup with no opiates, from H R Palmer & Sons.
Sculptors at the Panama Pacific International Exposition drew inspiration from the imagined barrier between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They featured figures of explorers pirates adventurers of the seas and pioneers. The display includes The Pirate by Allan Newman, noted as a brilliant American sculptor.
In 1913 more than 10 000 Georgia farmers joined with the Georgia State College of Agriculture and the U S Bureau of Agriculture to implement demonstration farming. Results include corn 36.3 bushels per acre on 18 000 acres, cotton 1 303 pounds seed cotton per acre on 15 000 acres, oats 43 bushels per acre on 4 055 acres, and 27 600 acres sown to winter cover crops. The program aims to teach practical methods, reduce errors, and build local leadership, though demand outstrips current capacity.
An average of two years of lime applications on corn cotton and cowpeas in Georgia shows best gains with legumes. North Georgia gains 3.7 bushels per acre for corn and 110.4 pounds of seed cotton verse 1.3 bushels and 80 pounds in South Georgia. North Georgia also records a 516 pound increase in something UNCLEAR from the fragment.
The text notes lime's low cost and long intervals between applications, making it a highly valuable fertilizer for legumes. It cites South Georgia figures of 1,168 pounds of cowpea hay per acre and emphasizes lime's usefulness when used with legume crops.
During July at the University of Georgia the Georgia Summer School for Teachers offers an agriculture course. It covers soils seeds plants and animals from elementary school needs and adds advanced work for secondary schools focusing on laboratory studies.
Georgia State College of Agriculture issues free bulletins to Georgia farmers. The notes stress proving methods via experiments at colleges and stations, with titles listed such as Poultry on the Farm Hog Raising in the South Butter Making Cotton Variety Tests 1913 Vegetable Gardening Farm Demonstration Work 1913 Boys Corn Club Work 1913 and more forthcoming.
A farming note urges shallow tillage with spring-tooth cultivators for corn, thinning to one stalk per hill by twelve inches high, and row width based on soil fertility. It warns against wet-season thinning and links planting density to soil richness while mentioning Athens and Tech games upcoming.
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