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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1913
Page
4
The Athens Chamber of Commerce pushes for better railway schedules and urban improvements while a citywide convention on the 27th draws landowners tenants and merchants. Prohibition measures spark debate but growth remains strong with road paving schools and a planned cotton exchange boosting prospects.
The Georgia State Board of Health, led by an Athens physician, is praised for its strong laboratory efforts, diphtheria antitoxin, rabies serum, and typhoid vaccine programs. It also publishes weekly health articles aiding citizens, with The Banner reprinting them as a practical family health resource for widespread, plain language guidance.
A Georgia speaker urges lawmakers to act on tax revision and equality, arguing citizens value fairness and truth. He warns legislators misread voter wishes and calls for town meetings, business groups, farmers, bankers to study facts and press for decisive reform to lift Georgia from fiscal dereliction.
The article notes a forecast of 14,700,000 bales of cotton, up from 13,700,000 last year, with Texas and Oklahoma acreage rising and prices favorable. It explains cotton’s export nature, global demand, and varying regional conditions, highlighting how late fall factors will largely shape final output.
The Augusta era report notes Speaker Burwell backs a temperance committee with Adams and Ennis steering prohibition. It explains the Webb law’s Georgia placement, the risk of court rulings, and the chance of delays in action during the current session. It also covers National Guard bills, Western & Atlantic Railroad plans, and salary parity for Macon judges.
Georgia lawmakers debate creating a state bureau of vital statistics under the state board of health. The bill has broad newspaper support but faces slim odds this session due to closing days politics. Ministers’ protests delay the Searcy Bible-reading measure, while Wheatley pushes for a lieutenant governor office with uncertain fate for the current session.
This August 6 timeline lists events from 1736 Virginia’s first newspaper to 1912 Roosevelt’s Progressive Party address. It notes births of Daniel O’Connell and Alfred Tennyson, ventures in Algeria, Dewey’s Manila demand, and Lord Strathcona’s Canadian public service lineage and 93rd birthday.
Sculptor aged 79, Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger commander of the Atlantic Fleet at 60, Rt Rev James H. Blenk New Orleans archbishop at 57, Louis Lepine famed Paris police chief at 67, Bishop James H. McCoy of the Methodist Church South at 45, and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt former White House mistress at 52.
The report lists opening and closing prices for cotton oil futures across several months. Notable figures include Aug at 9.35 to 9.45, Sept near 9.36, Oct around 9.18 to 9.21, Nov around 7.01 to 8.13, Dec near 6.76 to 6.81, Jan about 6.75 to 6.81, Feb around 6.74 to 6.81, and March at 6.70 to 6.83.
The forecast extends through Wednesday evening with fair conditions for Atlanta and vicinity and generally fair weather across Georgia. Atmospheric pressure trends show high pressure over the northeast, moderate disturbances over Minnesota and the southwest, and scattered showers in the Rocky Mountain and Plateau regions. Heat is noted in western locations, with Phoenix 104, North Platte and Kansas City 100.
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