Stabilizing cycles to end hard times in a prosperity system
The piece argues hard times come from a man made economic system not a natural cycle. It suggests government programs like job creation in roads and irrigation or dollar stabilization and price regulation as paths to end cycles of boom and bust, urging readers to plan and think through solutions rather than accept recurring depressions. The tone echoes a columnist urging proactive economic reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard W. Ayres
William A. Durgen
Durgin
Bank of Barnwell Pioneers Farmer Support in year
The Home Bank of Barnwell South Carolina led by President Harry D. Calhoun helped farmers with 500 Rhode Island Red Baby chicks and three bushels of Weber 49 Long Staple cotton seed for each customer to plant about three acres. The bank plans to repeat the seed offer next year as it links its prosperity to the farms it serves while promoting cooperative distribution and local growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner-Herald
Bank of
Campbell County
Barnwell
S. C
Harry D. Calhoun
Rhode Island
Weber
Calhoun
Bank of Barnwell
Barnwell County
Athens 27 Years Ago Glimpses From Banner Files
In December 1894 Athens residents are noted through brief items from the Banner files. Mentions include Mrs J A Madden visiting Mrs TH Hale, Henry Francis from Atlanta visiting, Harry Hodgson traveling to New York, Minnie Bussie called home by illness, a New Year’s Eve YMCA reception, Mrs John Gerdine hosting a card party, Wingfield visiting Rhodes in Atlanta, and Bill Britton returning to attend to friends. An overcoat and hat were stolen from B H Kinnebrew’s Lumpkin Street residence by a quiet thief Thursday night, belonging to O C Carson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner Files
J. A. Madden
Marysville
TH. H. Hale
Henry Francis
Atlanta
Harry Hodgson
New York
Minnie Bussie
YMC
John Gerdine
Wingfield
B. H. Kinnebrew
Lumpkin Street
O. C. Carson
Did It Ever Occur To You column mix of lights and Y M C A care
A reader letter column critiques Athens white way lighting and praises modern street design changers. It highlights the Y M C A plant under General Secretary Forbes, praising the Turkish bath and massage service led by Paul Levine. The piece closes with a humorous negro revival prayer anecdote involving a banker and a preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Georgia
Forbes
C. W. Jones
Paul Levine
Levine
New Earthquake Felt In Chile
Strong earth shocks were felt at Iquique and Ovalle early Monday, with railway officials reporting communications north of Ovalle interrupted and telephone calls at Coquimbo not answered.
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Chile
Satiago
Preas
Ilapel
Ovallé
Coquimbo
Farmer Must Be Aided In Hard Times Gains Support
In a chat with Judge Holden, the Athens Banner clipping urges aid for farmers to grow another cotton crop despite boll weevil damage. It emphasizes calcium arsenate use, early planting between April 1 and 20, fertilization, and careful spacing to boost yields and deter emigration of Black workers, warning against overplanting and unproven methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Andrew C. Erwin
Bowdre Phinizy
H. J. Rowe
Athens Publishing Company
Athens Banner
T. Larry Gantt
Judge Holden
Athens
Middle
Georgia
Wilkes County
Gillen
Holden
Wilkes
Taliaferro
North Carolina
Virginia
A. J. Harper
Taliaferro County
Harper
Dusting Tells How Weevils Attack Cotton
Farmers advise regular dusting to control weevils as they attack cotton crops. Infestation grows quickly. a 20 percent infestation can ruin a crop in a week. Proper timing and immediate action are stressed to protect yields and profits.
Pastor Saves His Church From Fire Near Astoria
In Astoria Oregon the First Baptist church was saved from a Friday city fire by Rev E A Gottberg using only his hat as a fire fighting tool. He climbed to the roof through a trap door and beat out sparks igniting shingles, moving from blaze to blaze as fires started.
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Astoria
Ore
First Baptist Church
E. A. Gottberg
Mr. Gottberg
Advertising Creates and Sustains Demand in Modern Business
The piece argues that desire drives business profitability, with advertising shaping elemental needs into refined desires. It posits demand as civilization’s engine, produced by art and industry transforming raw materials into refined products, and advertising converting basic needs into consumer desire, a balance once ignored now plainly understood.
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Charles E. Martin
Henry J. Fleischauer
Philadlephia
Fleischauer
Ed Colling
Wodesman
State Line
Wis
Ed Collins
Death
Chicago
Herman Kusch
Herman
Nantine
Alabama
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Fuchun
Ike
Healey
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Atlanta, Ga
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