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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1912
Page
4
The Athens area faces soaking weather with spring events planned to draw visitors while Georgia politics focus on presidential primary and road-commissioner races. A South Georgia judge faces scrutiny as talk of water power legislation and housing needs emerge amid candidates vying for county offices.
A call to register before the second day of April to participate in this year’s primaries. Citizens may name county officials express a choice for president and select state officials. The notice urges timely registration to vote in upcoming elections.
The piece argues the May primary asks whether Georgians choose their president or remain passive under a dictatorship. It frames the vote as a test of self rule versus external control and emphasizes the stakes in expressing national will.
The Georgia corn club movement, started 1905 1906, has grown nationwide with support from the University of Georgia and state agriculture, boosting farming methods and yields. In Wilkes county, two months of 1911 saw forty one carloads of Western corn shipped to Washington versus six previously, mills handling more local corn into meal, six hundred dollars awarded in prizes, and plans for larger participation and purses. Businessmen and farmers hail wider corn acreage as the county’s best agricultural investment.
Day by day it becomes clear that the Democratic hope for the presidency lies with Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama. Support grows as voters study his record, with Southern Democrats especially backing his candidacy to unite the party for the next election.
Key events listed include the Habeas Corpus Act suspension in 1689 and the births and deaths of notable figures such as James Madison in 1751 and the Duchess of Kent in 1786. The timeline also notes institutions and places like West Point founded in 1802 and Lansing becoming Michigan’s seat of government in 1847. Funeral for Charles Sumner occurred in 1874.
George Wharton Pepper born March 16 1867 in Philadelphia has been appointed special Assistant Attorney General to assist in the U S Steel prosecution. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and has taught law there since 1893. Also marking birthdays are Elsie Janis Percy MacKaye E D Warfield and Charles Harding Firth.
A historical piece notes a shift in Georgia as prolonged rainfall ends bringing relief and a forecast of drier days ahead. It records community adaptation and the anticipation of agricultural and daily life returning to normal after a period of wet weather.
In Decatur Illinois March 16 several renowned educators from Chicago and other cities attended the Central Illinois Teachers Association annual convention. The gathering opened today for a two day session with attendance reported unusually large.
Baseball notes report possible new league including Rock Island Waterloo Iowa City Clinton Cedar Rapids and Freeport. Boston Nationals arrived in Augusta twenty three strong after a New York trip in twenty three hours. Pittsburg will travel the most among the sixteen majors, with Barney Dreyfuss needing 346 673 miles of transport for twenty five men per trip.
Rochester chemist J A Begy developed Begy's Mustazine now Begy's Mustarine sold in Athens by H R Palmer & Sons. Rub on relief for earache toothache head pains neuralgia cold chest pleurisy bronchitis lumbago sore throat stiff joints and lameness. 25 cents a box equal to forty mustard plasters money back if not satisfied. Mail orders through J A Beg Co Rochester NY.
An ad touts Hyomei as a complete outfit including an inhaler for 1.00 and extra bottles at 50 cents. It promises to end catarrh, hawking, snuffling, and mucus buildup by destroying catarrh germs. Claims include relief from coughs colds and sore throat with no habit forming drugs.
Manager McGraw enforces a 25 cent limit on poker games among the Giants to curb gambling with stakes reaching up to 100 dollars for violations. The rule aims to curb losses and maintain discipline within the team.
Depart for Macon daily at 7 30 a m and 5 p m City time Arrive from Macon daily at 1 15 p m and 10 45 p m City time
Athens timetable lists northbound and southbound trains with arrival and departure times in Western time. Trains 67 and 68 do not run north of Athens.
Arrive times for mixed trains No. 261 at 9 35 a m and No. 262 at 8 45 p m. Regular passenger No. 217 arrives 11 51 a m and No. 287 at 7 25 p m. Departures include No. 217 and No. 240 at 12 60 p m and 12 50 p m respectively. Sunday timing notes list additional arrivals and departures for No. 262 and No. 287.
Partial timetable notes for Georgia Railroad show departure and arrival times including a morning and afternoon window and a post meridiem reference, with fragmented entries and unclear context for exact stations or services.
The notice lists train arrivals and departures under the Gainesville Midland schedule. Daily except Sunday arrivals at 6:35, 10:04 am, and departures at 4:38 pm and 9:00 pm. Sunday only arrivals at 6:00 pm and 11:00 am, with Sunday departures at 8:00 am.
Fraternal groups meet weekly in Athens. Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M Thor regular Thursdays at Masonic Hall Clayton Street. Keystone Chapter R A M meets third Tuesday 8 pm. Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Monday 8 30 pm Castle Hall Clayton and Wall. O E No 790 Theta meets Wednesday 6 8 pm Broad and Lumpkin. Williams Lodge No 15 I O O G meets Monday Odd Fellows Hall. Owls Nest 1460 meets Friday 8 30 pm Clayton St. Oliver Encampment No 14 meets Friday Odd Fellows Hall Clayton. Glenn Lodge No 75 I O G F meets Tuesday Odd Fellows Hall Clayton and Jackson. George B Davis Camp meets Wednesday Woodmen Hall Clayton. Visitors welcome at all meetings.
R B Collins Barnegat N J says violent coughing fits from a lingering illness ceased after taking Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. He reports being completely exhausted after each coughing bout and endorses the remedy as unbeatable. An effort is planned to organize Russian laborers near Fresno California.
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