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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner itemizes local notices and commentary including mail rates, delivery advisories, and a special notice about carriers not collecting subscriptions. It highlights Chamber of Commerce efforts, geopolitical briefings, and impending rail extension discussions, plus remarks on wartime preparedness and the death of Col. C. B Stevens with nods to local civic loyalty.
State College of Agriculture hosts annual gatherings attracting prominent agriculturists from across Georgia. Attendees share ideas, bolster farming interests, and highlight the college’s strong extension work. The effort aims to boost Georgia’s farming prosperity and development.
The U S senate favors banning manufacture importation and sale of all non native beverages in the Philippines. The bill passed with a large majority, restricting imports and many alcoholic drinks for natives while sparking debate on implications for self government and potential echoes in U S prohibition debates.
A fragmented moral compares a fine cord that cannot break to a coarser rope that breaks easily. The saying suggests strength lies in proper binding as the finer thread endures where the thicker line fails. Presented as a dated quotation with incomplete wording.
A reflective poem urges enduring hardship as the furnace that tempers steel. The speaker argues tribulation tests reveal durable virtue, fading weak habits, while praising discipline as the path to resilience and better self.
Atlanta dated report states Robert Kitchens, convicted of murder in Washington County, had sought relief from the U S Supreme Court arguing his trial lacked Black jurors. The court denied the plea and affirmed the death sentence for the killing of H H Brantley.
The Athens Y W C A basketball team opened its season with a 67 to 4 victory over Athens High School on the Y W C A court. Captain and right forward Mrs. B H Barrow led scoring with 10 points, followed by Miss Stella Sparks with 9 and Mrs. W W Brown with 7. High school players managed only fouls. The Y W C A squad, veteran and strong, aims to surpass last season’s success as more games are booked locally.
Mrs. G. R. Burgin of 214 Second Street Birmingham says Tanlac increased her weight from 80 to 103 pounds in five bottles. She describes recovery from weakness nerves stomach and kidney issues and praises the medicine as the greatest on earth. Her father confirms the dramatic change and notes appetite has surged. Tanlac is advertised as sold by Citizens Pharmacy Athens and other southern druggists.
A plea asks Athens readers to donate to French relief amid freezing winter, noting 900000 starving and over a third without clothing. It urges timely, any amount, promising gratitude from the French people and directing subscriptions to BANNER office and J. LUSTRAT.
For sale a 200 acre farm near Winterville that rented for 7 percent on investment in 1916 terms to suit purchaser. Phone 225 3 calls.
A large audience attended the Clarke County Fair presented by the Athens Elks for two nights. The Elks organized rehearsals with over three hundred participants across ages. Receipts supported the lodge charity committee and will aid a needy cause. The success promises another fair in fall or next year.
Frank H. Spearman’s tale The Girl and the Game appears in Saturdays Banner and as a film at the Vaudette Theater. Miss Helen Holmes stars as the inventive engineer heroine performing daring feats on screen and in the story. The serial starts Saturday January 22 and runs for several weeks. readers are urged to see the first picture and read the initial story.
Athens resident Mrs. M. Garrison testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved back pain dizziness headaches swollen ankles and rheumatic pains caused by kidney trouble. She reaffirms the remedy's effectiveness after more than three years and recommends Doan's to others. Price 50c at dealers Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Special to the Banker Atlanta Ga Jam 19 The state supreme court has upheld the tick eradication law authorizing counties to spend money to aid the state in eradicating the cattle tick in Georgia The decision shifts the burden to opponents who must pursue other pending suits and bars county officials from withholding funds in the tick fight
Advertises Chamberlain's Tablets for women with little exercise to ease constipation and indigestion. Claims tablets are easy to take, pleasant in effect, and better than remaining constipated, though a daily walk is ideal. Sold by all dealers.
Reports from multiple Georgia associations recount officers chosen at year end sessions. The Georgia State Horticultural Society deferred officer elections to a summer Albany meeting after confirming annual meetings occur in January. A winter conference at the State College of Agriculture in Athens will assemble next January.
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