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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1913
Page
4
Special notice urges subscribers to pay at the office or to the regular collector. It mentions Governor Slaton’s welcome message, elastic currency talk, and upcoming chautauqua summer school features. The piece portrays the governor as a trusted public servant amid political commentary and heat advice for horses.
Public notice urging residents to support local business and keep money circulating within the town. Emphasizes personal responsibility for growth, warns mall order houses undermine local shops, and calls for buying locally to aid neighbors and the community.
The Georgia legislature will visit Athens on the twelfth for a day to see state institutions. Athens invites over two hundred representatives and senators to view the University, State College of Agriculture, and State Normal School and to understand the state’s facilities and needs. The idea originated with Athens merchants and officials who will fund a proper welcome.
Governor Brown lauds Jack Slaton as the worthiest man to lead Georgia. The piece describes Slaton as honest, capable, conservative yet progressive, and devoted to public service, noting his private success and loyalty to the people who entrusted the state’s safety to him.
Dr. A W Van Hoose of Shorter College in Rome proposes training for wealthy Georgia girls in farming, gardening, dairying, and canning to build better citizen mothers and home leaders. He seeks a capable instructor to lead the program as a novel educational effort in the South. He argues wealth carries responsibility and that richer families should support practical, useful schooling beyond music and travel. The passage includes assorted notes and quotes, reflecting local attitudes and educational reform ideas.
The National Editorial Association congratulates Charles Marcil 53, former Speaker of the Dominion House of Commons, and George W. Donaghey 57, former Governor of Arkansas, on their birthdays today.
Mrs Elizabeth Bussey heads home to Charlotte N C after a pleasant visit accompanied by Mrs E I Smith. Miss Annie Mae Arnold of Stephens and Miss Kate Anderson of Watkinsville visited Athens yesterday while en route. Mr M L Manne spent the weekend in Macon. Summer school activity shown by many campus boys and the presence of a summer school girl. Tired weak and nervous Athens residents seek Doan s Kidney Pills for kidney trouble relief. Mrs W M Patten of 353 E Dougherty St Athens endorses the remedy as effective. Doan s Kidney Pills are sold by dealers nationwide. Remember the name Doan s. Do not take other brands Advert.
Two readers from Chippewa Falls Wisconsin and Providence Rhode Island praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from organic displacement backache and standing pain even while working long days. They state improved health and willingness to publish their names.
In Atlanta June 30 former speaker John N. Holder of Jackson County heads opposition to creating Barrow County for Winder. He says he had no role in the proposed delay strategy for new county legislation to 1914. Other lawmakers like Charles A. Picquet of Richmond debate governor Brown on riot and Augusta strike military rules. Clarke County seeks minimal legislative asks.
Representative J Frank Rhodes and F A Lipscomb advocate for state funding to expand the State College of Agriculture and the State Normal School, seeking about 75 000 and 50 000 plus 12 000 for repairs as the session opens. E D Cole promotes permanent voter registration. O H Elkins backs larger nets to protect fish stocks. Professor E C Dickens supports diverting oil and fertilizer inspection funds to district agricultural schools. several figures urge passage of proposed measures amid statewide budget limits.
McDuff Virginia family avoids serious illness by using Thedford's Black Draught daily. A mother recalls lifelong trust in the vegetable remedy to ease indigestion, nausea, headaches and stomach trouble, noting the product's 70 year history and widespread use.
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