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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1915
Page
4
The item collects short items from Athens in a 1839 edition, listing notices on carriers and subscriptions, weather humor, court sentences, laws, and local politics. It notes the prohibition on carrier collection, a New Jersey sentence for theft, tax ideas, and comments on Alabama and Georgia events, with a nod to the German note on international law.
The University of Georgia consortium strengthens with ex officio trustees joining branch boards. A joint budget proposal to the legislature aims to unify funding, reducing separate fights and boosting support for all institutions involved.
The piece discusses a predicted Jewish move to Palestine after the European conflict, with the New York Sun noting Palestine could hold millions and Zionist leaders planning land purchases in Haifa near Jaffa and the Sea of Galilee. It cites American Jewish investments, improved land productivity, and a vision to cultivate Syria and parts of Mesopotamia up to the Euphrates.
Ignorance owned the Old Farm life long but died poor. Knowledge claimed the title by Justice and immediately mined diamonds from the hillsides with Science advising. The tale frames a clash of wisdom, property, and discovery with scientific guidance.
Poem fragment expresses a confessed inward fault and devotion that override will. The speaker laments an irresistible love described as a moral stain, admitting an inability to change or start anew. The tone is passionate and remorseful, centered on longing and self-reproach.
A race among Southern states to adopt compulsory education laws is under way led by Florida Texas and South Carolina already enacting such measures Georgia Mississippi and Alabama remain without a law. Florida requires attendance for 80 days for children ages 8 to 14 with exemptions and allows election to adopt statewide or district compulsory provisions. Attendance officers would enforce the rule and census counts cover ages 6 to 21.
The State Summer School of the University of Georgia unanimously passed a final assembly resolution expressing gratitude to the faculty for loyalty instruction and inspiration, to the Chamber of Commerce and Athens citizens, to Miss Stephens and participants in the festival, and to visiting legislators with notes on dormitories and future plans.
Local druggists report declining calomel sales as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. The vegetable remedy is guaranteed by sellers, costs 50 cents, and promises relief from liver sluggishness and constipation without griping or next-day discomfort.
A reader lauds Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as lifesaving for bloody dysentery experienced by her mother about twelve years ago. She notes its continued household use and urges keeping it on hand with a ready supply sold by dealers. The piece also mentions a crematory case in Atlanta and state compulsory education debates in the South.
National league results include Cincinnati 5 Boston 6 and Pittsburgh 8 Brooklyn 2 with St Louis 1 Philadelphia 3. American leaguers New York 6 Detroit 7 and Philadelphia 1 Chicago 4 Boston 4. Federal league Pitt sburg 3 Baltimore 0 St Louis 8 Newark 11 in 11 innings. Southern league Chattanooga 2 Birmingham 0 Atlanta 2 Little Rock 3 Memphis 1 Nashville 6 New Orleans 1.
A warrant sworn against J A Tanner a respected Abbeville area farmer on a grave charge involving a fourteen year old girl Gladys Lynne now under religious workers care. Tanner denies all wrongdoing and says he is prepared to prove his innocence by strong evidence.
In Calcutta on July 29 a Singapore legislature act requires all British nationals aged 18 to 55 to register for military training. A similar plan is proposed in Ceylon, stressing the need for a militia after recent native riots.
An ad touts Rexall Orderlies for bowel issues and general relief priced at 10 cents. A London war dispatch notes a Home Secretary directed weekly prisoner war news boosts discipline and productivity among inmates.
Lady Paget wife of Sir Ralph Paget has recovered from typhus caught while running a Red Cross hospital in Serbia and left London to resume her duties there.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as bottled nourishment for hair roots. It claims two daily applications improve appearance in a week, remove dandruff with two to three uses, and prevent its return, noting it cools the scalp and adds gloss and softness. Sold by H R vgalmer & Sons and leading druggists.
Elberton Georgia July 29 Mr J A Hinton the miller at Brewers Mill uncovered seven nearly hatched chicks in a barn brood with fresh eggs in the nest no hen seen to tend them He suspects heat and laying hens aided the hatch and is puzzled by the mysterious brood.
Sickness is not a sin but neglect of illness is wicked. A PoDoLax claim promises relief from liver ills headache indigestion and constipation with Podophyllin product PoDoLex arousing the liver increasing bile flow and aiding nature to remove the cause overnight Get a bottle from your Druggist today.
Lawrenceville Ga July 29 Mr T D Hoskins of Eastman takes full ownership of the Lawrenceville oil mill. The plant will be repaired and modernized with 150 horsepower electric power from North Georgia Power Co. General manager is Charlton C Cooper, a Gwinnett native. Day supervisor O C Starkie. night supervisor L B Hines. About 20 to 30 workers to be employed. mill to open August 15 running day and night. The gunnery overhauled and in first class condition. Ad inserted for a 25-cent medicine chest and Sloan's Liniment.
Prof. R J H De Loach head of the Georgia experiment station left Griffin for Berkeley to attend the Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations meeting August 9 14. He plans a western tour visiting Yellowstone Grand Canyon and petrified forest gathering information and meeting station officials to discuss administrative policy. He will return to Georgia in early September.
Advisory urges travelers to keep Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand before journeys. The ad claims the bottle is often needed and a fraction of its replacement cost, available from all dealers.
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