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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
4
A lengthy Athens notice discusses education and civic topics. It praises Athens as the state education center, notes Georgia legislative items on compulsory schooling and tax relief, and commends recent school improvements and community support for schools.
The article advocates creating Barrow County with Winder as the seat. It notes Winder’s isolation from nearby county seats in Jackson, Gwinnett, and Walton counties and argues the bill deserves support to ease residents’ travel, taxes, and voting. A large Atlanta lobbying effort is planned this session.
The proposed Mortgage Recording Tax bill by Senator DuBose would levy fifty cents per hundred dollars on mortgage amounts before recording. It would fund state and county tax authorities, exempting mortgaged notes from other taxes for a year, and require monthly mortgage listings to update the tax digest. The measure cites reform of Georgia’s antiquated tax system and has precedent in four states, including Alabama since 1907, with expectations of substantial revenue.
At the state pharmaceutical convention the University of Georgia professor of pharmacy was elected president of the association. All senior students in the Georgia school of pharmacy took the licensure exam and every one passed. The school is praised for turning out top practitioners and should be publicly advertised for its excellence.
A poetic reflection on the term low as a source of sacred trust. The speaker praises honesty and inner resolve, noting its noble influence in night whispers and daytime trials. The passage elevates integrity, devotion, and personal steadfastness as guiding impulses.
June 13 marks multiple historical notes: 1786 birth of Gen Winfield Scott near Petersburg Virginia who died May 29 1866 at West Point New York. 1798 Bonaparte’s Egyptian expedition captures Malta. 1841 first United Parliament meets at Kingston Ontario. 1864 US House repeals Fugitive Slave Act. 1867 Gridley Bryant as projector of noted infrastructure efforts.
Richard Kestle an eighty one year old Cornish resident began a monument to celebrate his poetry though he has never written a word himself. He built three conical 20 foot towers from white spar with cement and sand and plans to place a figure of David the Psalm singer between them by May.
The west end finger stock of St Helens parish church in Ashby de la Zouch is a timber tool used to punish misbehaving parishioners. Oak construction, with finger holes and a lid, securely fixed to the wall and difficult to remove. Canon Denton noted it as the last such stock in a church connected to early American history.
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske born Lyons New York June 13 1854 and US Naval Academy graduate honored for heroic conduct at Manila led Atlantic fleet first division command until January. Inventor of naval devices including boat detaching apparatus electric range finder and turret turning system. Congratulates Baron Chesham Calvin H French and Henry Pomeroy Davison on their birthdays.
The secretary of Chautauqua Institution outlines a full 1913 season with engagements planned year round. Notable speakers include George Vincent, John Mitchell, John A Lomax, Arthur Restor, Scott Nearing, Richard Burton, S H Clark, Rev John Wesley Hill, H H Powers, Mrs J G Phelps Stokes, James Q. Fagan, Victor Berger, Henry Turner Bailey, Samuel McChord Crothers and Julia C. Lathrop with topics spanning independence day addresses social socialism and child welfare.
A dense list outlines July to August lecture and recital series featuring E J Ward Samuel Crothers Woolley Mathews Neilson Hamilton Pennybacker Powers Smaill Fisher Barnes Vincent Wheeler Bailey Ng Poon Chew Vincent Stough ton Holborn Schmucker Wyche Schmucker Neil Stone Stelzle Morgan Taylor Graham Taylor MacDonald Bain Eb erhart and other figures. Topics range from social reform to history language religion and morality with devotional hours lectures and performances across multiple dates.
Southern teams and others post varied results with Chattanooga losing to Atlanta and Birmingham beating Nashville, while New York edges Pittsburg and Boston defeats St. Louis. Multiple games list postponed or uncertain outcomes amid a dense, era-typical standings snapshot.
John Soroviani, a paper plant employee in Bogota near Hackensack New Jersey, was killed when trapped between two rolls of new made paper. While clearing broken ends he was found with his legs hanging from the rolls and had been dead about ten minutes. The incident followed a report that June has begun to relent.
The Athens city charter move to create a recorder prompts Mr Deadwyler to declare his candidacy. He insists the recorder must be elected by the people, not the city council, and urges Athens to adopt a recorder’s court to handle its complex police court. He says he will run if the position is created and elections follow the people.
Today begins the preliminary exercises for three new Sphinx members at the University of Georgia. The honorary club selects those excelling in college activity, with Frank Carter of Atlanta Ira Funkenstein of Athens and Bentley H. Chappell of Columbus named as candidates. Carter is a tennis figure and baseball team manager. Funkenstein is noted for debate and class work. Chappell is active in military affairs and scholarship.
The Resurrection a Tolstoy drama with Blanche Walsh opened at the Grand yesterday. Critics praise its realism from the Russian home to the prison cell and Siberian march. The production is noted as one of the season’s finest moving picture engagements and runs through Saturday night.
Revenue Officer Burrell yesterday brought Russ McDaniel and three of his songs to Athens to be committed to jail or make bonds for appearance before Judge Newman to answer the charge of most fragrant and persistent violation of the revenue laws illicit distilling in old Ben Smith's district in the county of Gwinnett.
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