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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1913
Page
8
The note discusses payment methods for subscriptions and a carrier authorized to collect money. It remarks on local topics including Athens factories, summer skies, postmasters, a Georgia Tech event, a farmers meeting on the 27th, and the parcels post impact on Athens merchants. It also mentions weather, school, circus, and state finances.
The Missouri governor questions prayer as a remedy for drought while urging practical action. The piece argues some prayers work as mindset shifts and motivates effort, and stresses forest preservation and law obedience to avert disasters.
The Georgia legislature approved key reforms urged by Governor Slaton including curbed appropriations, tax reform for more revenue, an inheritance tax, a double corporation tax, permanent registration, and a stock sales ban on wildcat schemes. The session is praised for honesty, fairness, and progress though some administration bills did not pass and momentum appeared slow earlier.
A classroom sing along guides a group through hymn practice from Christian Harmony and Sacred Harp. The instructor directs tempo, dynamics, and phrasing as students prepare to perform numbers such as Will the waters be chilly and I’m going home.
Governor Slaton appointed Judge John Hart as Georgia tax commissioner after swiftly passing a tax revision bill. Hart’s selection calmed sharp opposition and is viewed as essential to smoothing assessments and arbitration between state and county officials. The session also boosts funds via new taxes, raises auto and corporate levies, and restores $280,000 in appropriations, while setting up commissions on public schooling, road lease, and Clover plant issues.
August 17 marks births and historical milestones from 1799 to 1913. Notables include Archduke Charles Francis born 1887, linked to Austria Hungary succession, and mentions of Nelson’s Trafalgar Square monument support, Perry’s fleet visits, and various birthday anniversaries among public figures.
A historical note praises the Athens area for small manufacturing plants. It cites the Athens Spring Bed and Mattress Company employing twenty plus staff, selling to five states, and generating substantial local money. It urges diverse目标 factories from bag to coffin to pencil to glass to boost development, rail access, and economic resilience.
In Athens churches the Sunday sermon often ends with the ideal of reward for the virtuous. The piece argues that fidelity and probity matter more than intellect or visible success and notes the term infidel means unfaithful. It also mentions a foreign minister with a nom de plume.
On August 18 events include 1670 John Dryden becoming Poet Laureate of England, 1765 end of Pontiac's war, 1818 Baden grant a representative constitution, 1828 Wilkes Expedition departure, 1846 Kearny seizing Santa Fe, 1850 Balzac’s death. Balzac born May 16, 1799.
James M. Baker, born August 18, 1861 in Lowdensville South Carolina, rose to secretary of the United States Senate after serving as assistant librarian and earlier as stenographer. He has been active in Democratic politics and attended every national convention this two decades.
Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment and full instructions to mothers troubled by bed-wetting. No money required. The remedy claims to help children and adults with urine difficulties and urges readers to write today.
A Snow Hill North Carolina man reports severe dysentery from mid July, wasting weight from 145 to 125 pounds. After two months he used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, took two bottles, and gained permanent relief. Sold by all dealers.
A testimonial extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing bowel complaints after days of illness. The author claims it never fails and urges readers to try it during severe attacks. It ends with a note that the product is sold by all dealers and to advertise needs.
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