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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
4
Weather improves cotton prospects and a multimillion rain benefit for Georgia. Athens hosts the quiet commencement season as students depart and summer conferences draw scholars to discuss health laws and vital statistics. Local improvements include street work, water and sewer extensions, and caution on summer planning.
John De Kay portrays General Huerta as an honest, decisive leader ready to restore order and credit in Mexico. He argues Huerta embodies national independence, seeks to empower a barefooted population with reform, and will push for economic liberty and gradual democratic expansion once peace returns.
Dr. R J H DeLoach, head of the Georgia Experiment Station, explains to the Banner the station’s purpose and impact. The station studies farm problems, saves fertilizer costs, improves soils and feeds, and aims to boost Georgia agriculture with verified research.
The station studies cotton seed meal toxicity to unlock a safe hog and human food alternative. If toxicity is resolved and ten percent of meal output could feed humans at sixty dollars a ton, annual savings reach about 180 million dollars. Beyond this, the station advances horticulture botany and plant disease work, stressing science as the cornerstone for long term success.
The writer argues the Civil War should be called the War Between the States, citing multiple authorities and facts. It asserts the Confederacy acted as a separate nation with its own government, currency, and military, making the term civil war inaccurate. It cites secession as defense of state sovereignty and notes recognition attempts by Napoleon II and British figures.
A sharp quip notes that the loudest critic of household spending tends to avoid cheaper pleasures, preferring cigars priced at ten cents or more. The remark satirizes moralizing about budgets and personal habits.
The London Chronicle notes a parade of quirky German inn names with Berlin listing several odd titles including Comfortable Chicken and Thirsty Pelican while Leipzig features The Old Straw Bag and Stadtohlen offers Open Bunghole. Nearby cemeteries are oddly described with Last Teat.
American silks resemble perfection in texture and design with Poiret motifs such as stripes flowers and animals. The 42 inch malted taffetas in pattern 8213 costs 1.25 and requires yards for size 36. Pattern 8228 shows a contrasting blouse and skirt, with 4% yards of 36 inch material for girls size 16. Patterns 8213 and 8228 run 15 cents. free offer via mail for sample patterns.
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