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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1915
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists reader notices, weather quips, and civic updates. It calls for Mosquito prevention, mentions Rural Life Day, but teases calendar quirks and front news from Europe while poking fun at local officials and national figures.
Georgia faces rising demand for veterinarians as cattle and stock raising expand. The State College of Agriculture should establish a degree program to train locally. Georgia should produce its own veterinary surgeons to serve moving herds and farms.
The mayor and council in committee approved penalties of a new health ordinance to force stall treatments for horses cattle and mules using a borax powder method proven safe and low cost. It calls for biweekly applications and removal or treatment of stall accumulations to curb fly breeding and protect families.
Discussion on retaining the blue-back Webster spelling book or replacing it with newer texts continues. The piece urges teaching a practical spelling method, cites Florida Times Union on spelling drills, and proposes prizes to promote accurate writing among students, clerks, and professionals.
A rustic verse from D. G. B. celebrates Georgian summer scenes with July heat, gambling games, daytime songs, a singing mockinbird, ripening watermelons, and blushing peaches under bright skies.
The weekslong stream of reports has shifted toward a focus on German-made items as they arrive in London. This subtle relaying marks a shift in how wartime supply and production are being framed by the British press.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain’s Tablets as a remedy for bilious attacks and liver digestion problems. It includes a patient testimonial from Mrs. Otto Gans of Zanesville Ohio and notes the product’s price and availability. It also mentions piano lessons for a three year old named Arthur and his amused reaction.
Frederick Palmer recalls Ypres during the second battle, describing a city stripped of life. The Cloth Hall and turrets stand as symbols of a vanished civic heart while shelling. streets, shops, and homes lie ruined and abandoned.
A wartime observer details the continued bombardment and ruin of Ypres. Massive shells cratered streets and the Grande Palace area while most buildings remain shattered yet the Cloth Hall turrets and clock face largely stood through the afternoon sun. Evacuated residents attempt salvage amid restricted access and ongoing shelling.
The text argues that most deaths today stem from disease rather than old age. It contends that individuals die from a single illness because they are weakened by prior diseases or hereditary conditions passed down through generations.
A reader notes a humorous student description of water describing it as a white liquid that turns completely black the moment hands touch it. The remark highlights a child’s playful misunderstanding of water darker reactions.
Read of Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky who suffered months of illness and nervous trouble. After trying doctors she used Cardus the woman’s tonic taking eleven bottles and claims regained health and strength. Ad claims Cardus helps many weak women and urges purchase at druggists and Ladies Co Chattanooga.
Governor and Mrs. Harris and Secretary Stapleton traveled from Atlanta to Rome for the Dixie Highway celebration with an address to be delivered. Private Secretary Fritz Jones mourns his mother in Macon as the governor receives support from Macon’s Negro leaders praising law and literacy efforts.
Community organizations list meeting times and locations in Athens including Glenn Lodge No 75 I O O F at Car fellows Hall Max Joseph building. Also P O E No 780, Keystone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons, Woodmen of the World Camp 232, Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M, Williame Lodge No 15 I C C F, and Knights of Pythias Bim Lodge No 40 hold regular meetings at Max Joseph building Clayton street and nearby halls with officers named and visiting members invited.
Last week Messrs Gridley J W ror and Lowrey from State Agricultural College led meetings across Early Quitman Way Randolph Terrell and Stewart counties with good crowds. This week Hirleman McHatton and Starr take over in Dougherty Leesburg Crisp Macon Muscogee and Troup with Goodwin Crabb and Welch then covering Coffee Appling Jeff Davis Telfair Montgomery Toombs.
McLeroy brothers enlarge their gunnery building near the State Normal School adding modern machinery to reach a forty bales a day capacity. The corn mill is also being improved. The enhancements involve a sizable investment.
The city dog catcher, Mr. C. M. Bell, started duties yesterday and sold a considerable number of tags. He also impounded several dogs whose owners did not purchase the tag, evidencing tax payment.
During a halted council meeting a caller asked the mayor for permission to fire a firecracker for Uncle Sam's birthday. The request was approved in the middle of the mayor's appeal for an anti-firecracker ordinance, allowing a late celebration before he resumed discussing public health.
Willie Green, a Black man, was found near the city limits unconscious from a beating likely with a club. Wes Moody, a Black man, was charged with the assault as Green lay between life and death outside the city.
Judge Brand granted a new trial by the recorder of the city for Frank Hammond on certiorari from the municipal court. Hammond was charged with violating Sec 317 of the city code. The decision followed a certiorari appeal after a prior municipal court case.
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