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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1917
Page
5
The Athens Banner announces subscription prices for The Athens Daily Banner and explains delivery options. It outlines annual, semiannual, quarterly, and weekly rates and requests prompt notification to the business office for late or missing deliveries and delivery irregularities.
Pershing Day highlighted the national Red Cross drive as Athens plans a twenty five thousand dollar push and Georgia cities race to join. Hoard leads a Wisconsin conservation group while Canada and Greenland daydreams reflect wartime rationing and weather chatter. If Americans donate gum and liquor taxes, a large share could fund the war effort.
The piece defends granting the president expanded authority to manage the food supply during war. It lauds the House for sending the measure to the Senate, urges swift enactment, and contends Georgia voters back President Wilson despite some opposition from two Georgia senators. The editorial predicts the Senate will back the bill, even if it takes a few days.
The Athens drive for Red Cross subscriptions starts now and will run until the local quota is met. Officials urge large and small gifts from every resident, noting the $100 million target may not cover six months of needed work and urging participation from all ages.
A type cartoon notes the Army Hospital head taking on a larger mission. Father and Mother America provide the necessary equipment and means for the new, larger job, signaling broad public support and wartime mobilization.
The passage describes the Red Cross as a symbol of sacrifice and conquest over sin and death. It links Christ’s sacrifice to the mission of relief, urging the organization to deepen its work to meet the world’s greatest need through grace and selfless giving.
Washington June 25 government expresses gratitude for the Liberty Loan of 1917 support shown by employees of the Southern Railway System and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co. A letter from R W Woolley thanks George O Watson for the patriotic backing, calling it loyalty that made the loan a big success.
Hartwell Georgia June 25 Hartwell lawyers have changed offices this week J W Parke Skelton moved to the Farmers and Merchants Bank Building Their old suites are now used by Senator Aiben McCurry Both offices are described as among the most elegant in the region
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to treat children's constipation with California Syrup of Figs. It claims a laxative cleanse is the first treatment for illness, warns against counterfeit products, and directs buyers to a 50 cent bottle by the California Fig Syrup Company with full usage instructions.
Hartwell Georgia June 25 crowds fill McCurry Theater as about 110 residents join the new Red Cross chapter. Dr W R Hendrix of Atlanta delivers a stirring speech on the Red Cross work, with Dr Albert S Hawes Miss Gladys Shepherd and Col and Mrs James Young Swift in attendance. Julian B McCurry presides and W Edgar McCurry acts as temporary secretary. Officers elected include President Wook McCurry Vice Chair Magele Adams Secretary Winnie Power Treasurer Frank T Kidd with an executive committee of W OR McCurry Mrs Adams Miss Power Arthur Richardson and John H Cheatham. Music by the Hartwell Cornet Band and Mildred Dodd with Vonnie Sanders at piano.
Atlanta June 25 Gov Harris refused the pardon for Milton Rawlings after solicitor R C Bell protested. He also directed a pardon for Turner Cox of Mitchell county who was convicted of manslaughter in the killing of a man named Booth. The governor notified Rawlings grandfather of the denial.
Grand masters past grand masters and grand lodge officers from five southern jurisdictions will gather in Atlanta to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the grand lodge of England. The event, under Gate City Lodge No. 2, features leaders F. O. Miller of Georgia, Walter Smith of Alabama, R. A. Cooper of South Carolina, and Appeles S. York of Florida.
A single housefly can yield 20,000 larvae which rapidly reproduce to create 20,000 more, then swell to over 8 billion in roughly five months, illustrating the rapid exponential growth of this pest.
An old advertisement urges readers to treat colds early with Dr. King’s New Discovery. It claims the balsam soothes coughing inflamed tissues and helps recovery after exposure to drafts or after exercise. Available from druggists for 60 cents to 1.00.
A brief exchange weighs in on whether stamps must be inclosed. The poet asks if inclusion is necessary and the seasoned author counters that it is more essential to inclose poetry.
Mrs. Mary E. Haygood filed a formal claim against the city for 38 dollars alleging her car was damaged by a city vehicle driven by a Black man. She cites repair costs and fifty cents for two broken eggs, claiming the city is responsible for the damages.
New York June 25 Horrow the aged gelding of Harry Payne Whitney's stables won the Brooklyn Handicap. Regret finished second. Time was 1 49 2/5 for nine furlongs setting a new world record for the distance.
Stephen Mitchell of Atlanta, a Georgia graduate and Harvard Law School attendee, has earned a second lieutenant commission in the regular army. He trained at Plattsburg last summer, was briefly ineligible for a commission, turned 21 in March, and now joins Uncle Sam.
The Banner notes a correction to a feature titled A Revival from last Sunday's edition. The intended wording should read When a person tries to be Christian in fame he will live everywhere he is, everyday replacing the previous phrasing.
Two men review an art show in New York. One criticizes the work while the other frets about a new ill fitting suit. The comforting friend declares the issue is imagination not attire and urges creative thinking as a solution.
A Southern Pacific circus train near Galveston stalled when elephants thirsty and dusty extended trunks into the water tank. After unloading four elephants, they were hitched to pull the locomotive three miles to a new water supply.
A machine invented by a German automatically sews the open end of a filled bag and knots the thread. The device speeds packaging by completing side seams with minimal human labor, representing a breakthrough in textile production.
Eastern time notice lists train numbers 52 54 51 53 and 55 with routes Athens departures and arrivals. Train 52 runs daily except Sunday from Athens at 4 00 pm. Train 54 runs Sunday only from Athens at 4 20 pm. Train 51 runs daily except Sunday arriving Athens at 12 59 pm. Train 53 runs daily arriving Athens at 9 40 pm. Train 55 runs Sunday only arriving Athens at 12 40 pm.
Gainesville Midland Ay timetable lists Train No 2 leaving Athens at 7 20 am Train No 4 at 2 20 pm Train No 1 arriving Athens at 9 40 pm Train No 4 arriving Athens at 6 40 pm Connections: Nos 2 and 4 meet at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points with Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern Stations and with Southern Railway north and south.
Southern Railway Athens Branch lists daily and Sunday train departures at 5:00 am 1:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:30 pm and arrivals at 12:40 pm 6:50 pm 10:30 am with daily and Sunday variations. Information lines provide contact numbers B Williams commercial agent and Johnson ticket agent.
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