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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1914
Page
4
A miscellany of notes reviews city life in Athens with emphasis on Chamber of Commerce renewal, building booms, new residents, and tax trends. It discusses national politics including Wilson era anti trust bills, California wage proposals, and Tennessee independent Democrats defying administration guidance.
Apple growers of northeast Georgia prepare for a fourteenth convention in Cornelia on the 28th inst. Nationally known speakers will address a gathering of hundreds. Organizers stress the industry’s untapped value and the region’s strong track record in prize-winning apples. Public interest is urged from all Georgians to boost the state’s orchards and future fortunes.
The drive to retire Judge Speer under congressional action or proceed with impeachment gains pace in Georgia. Supporters demand a full committee report exonerating him while opponents push the impeachment path. Speer health and age are cited, but he refuses to retire under a cloud. The committee’s report, due soon, will decide whether impeachment proceeds.
The piece argues patience before US intervention in Mexico, warning against rushing to “step in” and end the conflict. It cites Major Gillette describing Mexican 80 percent peon population as enslaved, illiterate, and savage, suggesting liberation would risk violence and upheaval.
The Bookman notes authorship guesses for Overland Red with Houghton Mifflin promising disclosure. A new Satchel Guide edition adds Russia and Scandinavia coverage March 21. Dr Joseph K Dixon counters English humor myths with a London donkey tale. Bouck White links higher criticism to social unrest and IWW church disturbances. Eucken argues Christianity can evolve, provided ecclesiastical limits fade.
The full county board met in Tate Wrights office to approve bills and contracts for provisions. They discussed reducing a sentence for Willie Batiste and reviewed road taxes and upcoming road work on Princeton and Bear Creek roads. Bridge material purchases were authorized and bids for grading the court house lot were to be sought to complete the project.
Notable events include the 1766 repeal of the Stamp Act by Britain with retained legislative power over colonies, 1775 British caches seized in Boston, 1776 Washington capturing Campbells 1700 troops, 1805 Napoleon crowned King of Italy, 1861 Pittsburg's incorporation, 1863 birth of ex NY governor William Sulzer, 1864 Suez Canal concept, 1865 Richmond Confederate Congress adjourns, 1903 death of Schuyler Hamilton, 1912 SP railway locomotive explosion killing 32 strikebreakers, 1913 Greek king George assassinated and Constantine ascends, 1913 French Cabinet resigns.
The Associated Press reports that on March 17 in Washington D C Elijah N Zoline filed a pardon petition with the justice department on behalf of eighteen labor leaders convicted in the dynamiting cases The petition claims innocence and asserts Judge Anderson erred by not providing a fair impartial trial.
The Wallace and Beach Princess Girl Company at the Majestic presents The Barnstormers today with a complete program change and vaudeville specialties. New songs and acts headline a full show, with two reels The Who Was Guilty and The Steamer Scoop shown. Also includes a testimonial ad for Dr King’s New Discovery claiming cures for long standing coughs.
In Sacramento on March 17 the General Kelley's unemployed army of about eighteen hundred was dispersed. A few irreconcilables remained at the Yolo levee where deputies drove them last week. Sheriff Monroe warned seven leaders they would be released if the faction dispersed by nightfall. The district attorney announced Kelley and his lieutenants in jail would be prosecuted.
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association approved the Wilson administration in a March 17 resolution. At the convention's close, F. W. R. Hinman of Jacksonville was elected president for the coming year, with W. L. Halstead of Atlanta as vice president and William Clemens of Birmingham News as secretary. Asheville, N. C., was chosen as next convention city.
An Athens crowd and many out of town visitors filled the Colonial last night for Within the Law. The new company delivered a solid performance though Mary Turner’s portrayal by Miss Grey fell short of the prior standard, while Agnes Lynch and Inspector Burke earned praise from audiences.
Yesterday morning W. R. Moore Frank Terrell and N. M. Griffeth were adjudged guilty of violating the municipal ordinance on keeping for sale intoxicating drink. They were fined 200 dollars each and bound over to the city court to answer state charges of selling. Additional cases to be tried Saturday morning.
The New York Cotton Exchange adopted a resolution to standardize cotton types for trade after April 1, aligning with a government standard. The article notes debate over U.S. intervention in the conflict, with emphasis on commercial greed and President Wilson's policy of staying out of trouble as long as possible.
A bold advertisement claims ROOT JUICE restores energy and relief from fatigue in a week. It promises improved digestion appetite sleep and mood with a money back guarantee and nationwide druggist availability through H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Congressman Victor Murdock Republican of Wichita born in Bur ingame Kansas March 18 1871. He moved to Wichita in 1872 and was educated in local schools and Lewis Academy. He began printing trade at ten, reported at fifteen, moved to Chicago at twenty, married in 1890, and became managing editor of the Wichita Daily Eagle in 1894. He served in multiple congresses from the Fifty-eighth to the Sixty-third.
Grover Cleveland, the 22nd president, born 1837 to English parents, served two terms from 1885 to 1897 and died 1908 in Princeton. The page also promotes Kickapoo Worm Killer candy for parasitic worms with claimed relief and dosage information.
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