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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
4
In Athens and Georgia a mix of political talk and infrastructure notes frame the 1912 outlook. Taft’s campaign stance, Atlanta streetcar debates, and Birmingham labor mood blend with Athens rail and road upgrades, Gainesville Midland efforts, and Macon fire apparatus purchases as veterans prepare for a May reunion.
The Banner places its motto Keep Your Eye on Athens across the top of the front page. It highlights major local developments including a half million dollar railroad terminal, a large freight yard, a $50,000 bank, a $60,000 factory, Southern line improvements, and new G M railway management, portraying Athens as prospering and central to regional growth.
An Atlanta dispatch reports W. C. Wright of Georgia’s state Democratic executive committee calls a March 12 meeting to set a presidential primary date, boosting early county primaries and challenging Harmon Underwood factions. The piece argues the committee serves party interests over the people, urging accountability and broader voter access.
The sentiment favors Underwood as a steady capable leader shaped by long service and unseen hard work. National press notes from The New York Sun and The Birmingham Age Herald highlight his tariff mastery, constitutional defense, and sound business sense, framing him as a strong Democratic presidential candidate.
Foe YeeS from Lexington notes on Washington College after 1906 when pushball replaced bowl rush on the Washington and Lee campus. The letter details classes staging bets by color, changes in player handicaps, and the alternating victors from 1906 to 1911 with no score in 1911.
The text notes an annual ball rush shortly after session opening that bars football squad members from playing and mentions Lexington Virginia and historical figures tied to Washington College now Washington and Lee University. Veterans offer info as two baseball games are expected on Sanford Field this spring.
This date lists events from 1780 Bank of Pennsylvania charter to 1911 Senate vote on Lorimer, noting this is John Calvin Ferguson’s 46th birthday and mentioning a lone note on a Tate imperial position. The fragmentary record includes varied historical milestones and a brief biographical reference.
The obituary honors Dr Ferguson born in Canada on March 1 1866 educated at Albert College and Boston University who led Nanking University for six years and served on treaty revision commissions with the United States and Japan. He held key posts in the Chinese Imperial Railway Administration and as a councillor to viceroys at Nanking and Wuchang.
The old Georgia hills will soon echo with the song of the ploughman as the air again carries the scent of commercial Sea Island guano.
Gwinnett superior court will convene Monday morning for its spring term with Judge R. T. Daniel presiding the first week in place of Judge C H Brand who is in Florida for health. Judge B. F. Walker of the Tooms circuit will preside the second week.
Special to the Banner reports that by order of the state board of health all public drinking cups towels and combs will be abolished after today on all trains and railway stations in Missouri. The piece warns that colds can lead to serious germ diseases like pneumonia and consumption and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a sales pitch for coupons.
Al Delmont and Tommy Shea are set to box in Waterbury Connecticut on March 14. Jimmy Jarvis won the 133 pound National amateur boxing championship and will compete in Brooklyn on March 20. Boxing and wrestling have strong followings at several large universities with frequent student tournaments across classes.
An ad touts Rexall 93 Hair Tonic as a scientific remedy for dandruff itching scalp and baldness. It claims to banish dandruff restore color and promote growth by stimulating follicles and improving blood circulation with a risk free trial if unsatisfied.
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