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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
5
The Athens Daily Banner lists subscription rates and carrier guidelines, asking prompt reports of delivery issues. It notes no carrier can collect payments, and urges readers to shop early for Christmas. Local items mention Zelaya’s resignation, a belief Congress will pass the appropriation bill, and comments on price rises and marriage proposals by Rev. Hopkins.
A Southern editorial urges quiet festive behavior on Christmas Day avoiding drunkenness and dangerous fireworks. It also weighs in on The Charleston News and Courier's 1912 presidential prediction, arguing Mr. Bryan will not secure the nomination despite strong southern support, and notes the South’s growing fatigue with his candidacy.
Secretary Meyer of the United States Navy moves to make the service more independent and efficient by appointing four naval experts as advisers while bureau chiefs handle bureau affairs. Proponents claim the change will curb inefficiency and extravagance, strengthening readiness for war and peacetime emergencies alike.
The essay argues annexation clouds loom as US policy could push beyond Panama. It notes Nicaragua and other Central American republics as future targets under the Monroe Doctrine, with Panama likely first after the canal’s completion. Mexico is seen as a distant, unlikely candidate for annexation while debates persist.
A piece criticizes inland waterways folly arguing against a proposed Lake Michigan to Lake Erie canal. It notes the Chicago to Lake Erie route saves little, would need many locks, and offers no safety gain, urging supporters to abandon fake waterway schemes to protect public funds.
A historic December 18 roundup notes arrivals and events from 1795 to 1905 including New Jersey ratifying the U S Constitution and Washington’s remains laid in Mt Vernon. It mentions Roger Allin births, Civil War actions in Lexington Kentucky, the Thirteenth Amendment, railway development in Georgia, and Jamaica relief funding. Prof Joseph John Thomson is celebrated as a born English physicist. A weathered farmers’ note urges restraint on cotton acreage to preserve price and profits.
A roundup of political notices notes Elizabeth Pennsylvania naming a woman town clerk. Speeches by Senator Gore in Grand Rapids Democratic banquet. Calls for third party debate by Judge Grosscup. Ransdell reelected president of Rivers and Harbors Congress. Mayors, governors and senatorial races across Oklahoma Missouri New Jersey Indiana and North Dakota highlighted. Prohibition and local option battles touch Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Money of Mississippi slated to retire from Senate.
The piece cites Georgia figures 117000 black men and 75000 black women employed on farms. It argues these workers are the least thrifty and most exploited, with planters like Hon. J. Pope Brown lamenting loss of reliable labor as tenants are enticed away, leaving crops and investments at risk.
The piece argues that white farmers receive extensive support through farmers institutes, demonstrations, fairs, and 365 USDA experts, while negro tenants and laborers receive little systematic aid. It notes negro farmers supply about 65 percent of Southern crops and calls for Clark University extension work to coach and empower them to become independent producers, asking who will assist.
Jacob Schrall of 432 South St Danville Illinois reports over eighteen months of kidney and bladder trouble. After seven weeks on Foley's Kidney Pills he says he feels better daily and offers to share his experience with interested readers.
If you suffer bilious ness, constipation, indigestion or chronic headaches, send one cent on a postal card with your name and address to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa for a free sample. Sold by All Dealers.
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