Georgia faces forestry crisis and need for coordinated action
Georgia's virgin timber has fallen to about one million acres, with five million acres burned in five years. The Georgia Forestry Committee and the Georgia Forestry Board, both active for a year, will meet in Macon on June 6 and 7 to discuss fire control and feasible legislation. A state-led protective system is urged to halt ongoing forest destruction.
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Georgia
Pacific States
Mississippi
Georgia Forestry Committee
Southern Forestry Congress
Georgia Forestry Board
Hardwick
Macon
Free accident insurance for Banner Herald subscribers
The Banner-Herald offers free one year accident insurance to all registered subscribers. Coverage includes injuries from accidents in trains, street cars, or automobiles, plus a total disability weekly indemnity. Registration requires signing the blank and remaining a subscriber.
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Banner-Herald
Banner
Herald
Béedira
Mae
Optimistic Georgia farmer outlook from Dr Soule
Dr Andrew M Soule, president of the State College of Agriculture, tells the Banner that heavy rains and early boll weevil signs need not threaten the next crop. He urges intensive calcium arsenate use and field cultivation, plus growing seeds and food for winter to keep cotton as a surplus money crop.
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Andrew M. Soule
State Iy of Agriculture
Soules
Georgia
Cotten
Pentecost Anniversary Analyzed by Dr Morgan
Dr Morgan analyzes the significance of Pentecost as the birth of the Christian church. The piece discusses historical context and theological implications, highlighting how the event shaped early Christian identity and mission.
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Dr. Morgan
Pentecost celebrates unity in the Christian Church
Dr. G. Campbell Morgan notes Pentecost marks the church birth when the Holy Spirit united disciples with Christ and each other. He argues unity exists despite differing forms, with uniformity and unanimity as secondary, urging recognition of shared life and Spirit.
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Disciples of Jesus of Nazareth
Christian Church
Christ
World War Reflections on Cambrai Front and 1917 Ends
Dr J A Bell surveys the Cambrai front in late 1917 noting a British victory against German assaults and missed opportunities for a decisive breakthrough. He contrasts German hopes with aliado defeats, discusses Eastern theater changes, Italy’s peril after Caporetto, and Britain’s vast manpower and empire-wide mobilization. The piece closes with layers of wartime analysis and a note on 1921 records.
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Cambrai
France
Welsh
Marconig
Haig
Byng
Italy
Marne
Verdun
Flanders
Bagdad
Jerusalem
Palestine
Belgium
Indias
South Africa
Canaa
England
Imminent danger cited in protest context
A reader's note explains the word imminent meaning threatening to occur immediately. It notes Latin roots and shows usage with a sentence about protesters in Russia facing lynching risk.
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Feta
Russia
Have You a Phobia by Dr R A Bishop
Dr R A Bishop discusses common phobias such as agoraphobia social phobia and batophobia. He explains symptoms causes and suggests thorough examination to determine if a real medical occasion exists and to treat fears seriously.
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R. A. Bishop
Jaguar
Ion
Other Side of Nowhere Poem Reflects Escape Urges
Brushed 텃 Brer Br Big lines reveal a poet’s wish to escape modern rush and debt and seek a quiet place away from trains and errands. The piece notes longing for rest, novelty, and a distant place called the Other Side of Nowhere as the author contemplates change.
Heart to Heart Talks by Mildred Rutherford
A devotional piece on Thanksgiving urging frequent gratitude to God. It highlights biblical commands to give thanks and names numerous scriptural exhortations. The writer urges readers to thank God for His mercies and to remember those who knew God.
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Mildred Lewis Rutherford
Athens, Ga
Anna
Daniel
Paul
High Freight Rates Drive Building Boom to Standstill
A letter blames elevated railway tariffs for a nationwide slowdown in construction and lumber trade. It cites two dry lumber shipments showing freight costs absorbing profits while shipper and carpenter work falter. The writer urges a railroad rate reduction to revive business and employment.
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Emailway Labor Board
Athens
Hethen
Greene County’s Black Belt shifts as negro labor departs
A Greene County observer notes the boll weevil crisis and racial labor patterns have driven thousands of black residents to leave. He predicts white labor will replace them, improving farming in time, and cites Montgomery’s mill failure with black labor as support.
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T. Larry Gantt
Greene County
Greene
Georgia
Black Belt
Middle
Black
Madison
Jackson
Capt. Montgomery
New Holland
Gainesville
Charleston
8. C
Montgomery
Excavations Begin at Colophon in Asia Minor
Scientists start excavations at the ancient site of Colophon between Smyrna and Ephesus in Asia Minor. The dig is a collaboration between the Fogg Museum at Harvard and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Annual fellowships at $1000 go to Franklin Clari Fry of Hamilton College and Philip Haldane Davis of Princeton University. Also noted: 199 German submarines were lost in the war.
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Athens
Alte of
Colophon
Asia Minor
Fogg Museum of Art
Harvard University
American School of Classical Studies
Athena
Hetty Goldman
Bryn Mawr
Carl W. Blegen
Yale
Smyrna
Ephesus
Ita
Franklin Clari Fry
Hamilton College
Philip Haldane Davis
Princeton University
Calvary Theme Reflected in Daily Sermonet Verse
A reflective piece on sacrifice citing John 15 13 and an anon authored meditation. It links love with laying down life for friends and portrays Calvary as the path from sin to redemption. The text blends devotional lines about nobility born in agony and the crucifixion’s redemptive power.
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John
Reviews of Glasgow and Haggard Novels in Local Journal
Virginia Lott reviews Ellen Glasgow’s One Man in His Tivgop praising its modern, hopeful spirit set in Richmond and featuring Gideon Vetch and family. H. Rider Haggard’s The Virgin of the Sun is deemed a fairy tale like tale of Quilla, Moon child, with Rupert of Hastings as a tepid new hero in a Peruvian romance.
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Ellen Glasgow
Tim Ty
Miss Glasgow
Jad
Misa Glasgow
Richmond
Gideon Vetch
Patty
Stephen Culpepper
Corinna Page
H. Rider Haggard
Lorton
Peru
Quilla
Allen Quatermain
Rider Haggard
Hamlet
Rupert of Hastings
Tea Growers See Optimism Amid Indian Tea Market Strife
Delegates at the Indian Tea Association meeting in Calcutta voiced optimism despite labor shortages and nationalist protests. They urged policies focused on settling and supporting workers, warning against agitators, while noting Russia’s loss as a cheap tea market for India and efforts to expand sales in the United States and Britain.
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Calcutta
India
The
Indian Tea Association
Therman
Association
Russia
America
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Athens Publishing Co
Impany
DR. Soule
DR. G. Campbell Morgan
Dr. J. A. Bell
Sive
Far North
United
Canada
Berton Braley
Jjie
NEA
Porto Rico
Franklin Auto Supply
W. L. Coxe
Thomas St
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Virginia Lott
Lucy Cobb Institute
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