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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1917
Page
3
The Athens Daily Banner lists annual and short term rates for home delivery. The notice outlines payment options and requests prompt reporting of late or missing papers to ensure reliable service.
Editor urges rapid shipbuilding and food production while criticizing delays and censorship. Mentions candy spending, state legislature waste, enemy aliens handling, Athens Home Guards, East St. Louis rioting roots, and fears of lawlessness shaping wartime effort and postwar education needs.
The piece argues President Wilson is justified in challenging Georgia's two senators for blocking his plans. It asserts Georgians are Wilson’s friends and predicts a political reckoning when Smith and Hardwick face re election, urging support for leaders who backed the nation in the war.
The Athens Georgia community mourns Dr William C King longtime citizen and former mayor who joined General Clement A Evans and Rev Ellison D Stone as a notable trio in postwar Athens. Kings life spanned eras as the city recovered from the Civil War.
A short cartoon titled The Shaboth presents six jewels in a circlet with a seventh added as a keystone. The six are rich and beautiful but incomplete without the white dazzling seventh. The piece frames the seventh as the crucial final touch.
A war era appeal urges work and sacrifice to feed and equip the nation. Citizens are urged to produce food, build ships, and support the war effort through labor, skill, or money, while lawmakers respond to auto accident fatalities with tighter driving laws. The piece frames Kaiserism as the enemy to civilization and urges unity.
Lucien S. Loeb, president of the Winter Loeb company, touts the extensive use of the telephone as highly profitable for a major grocery house. He credits modern telecommunication with boosting sales and customer reach.
Lieut. B M LaBounty will on August 10 become Navy Recruiting Inspector for the Southern District with headquarters in New Orleans He succeeds Lieut Commander B K Johnson and will oversee recruiting in the South including visits to state stations He urges skilled machinists and machine shop workers to enlist and notes recent relaxations in enlistment requirements Commander ret L J Clark will replace him in New Orleans The week in Georgia features a peak in Queen Elberta peach movement with heavy shipments Tuesday and Wednesday.
Adults with coughs colds or bronchitis are invited to Palmer & Son for a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup a soothing lung remedy with fifty years of success. The ad notes a good night’s rest and free morning expectoration plus regular sizes priced at 25 and 75 cents.
Beginning next Sunday July 15 Seaboard Air Line will sell round trip tickets from Athens to Atlanta and back for 1.50. Tickets are valid only on the 7:10 a.m. train from Athens and the 5:00 p.m. train from Atlanta Eastern time. J Z Hoke Commercial Agent.
A sly quip from the Atchizon Globe notes that when a man insists he only plays for pastime the sign is he is quitting a loser, signaling a resignation to defeat.
Schedule notices list arrival and departure times for trains No 1 No 8 No 11 and No 2 No 4 No 12. It notes Sunday only service for No 1 and No 4, daily runs for No 8 and No 12 with mixed trains, and connections at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points. It also mentions exchanges with the Georgia Railroad and connections to Northwestern lines.
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