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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1916
Page
4
The notice asks subscribers to promptly inform the business office of late delivery or missing papers. It stresses the only way to know a complaint reason is through subscriber reports and that no carrier is authorized to collect subscriptions or sell papers.
The Augusta city spirit is lauded after a deadly fire that destroyed millions in property. The Athens Chamber of Commerce sent sympathy and offered aid, but Augusta replied that it would recover quickly, rebuild on broader lines, and continue relief efforts with resolve. The piece urges every city to cultivate such resilience year round.
An analysis argues sea power shaped the war, noting the fleet’s secrecy while detailing its unseen impact. It cites transport of 2.5 million troops, 500,000+ invalids, 3 million tons of supplies, 800,000 horses, and a billion plus dollars in Allied support, keeping sea routes safe.
D. G. recalls a friend who, plagued by illness, sails to a distant land famed for perfect climate, beauty, music, truth, and happiness. Many friends have visited, and though the narrator stays, he rejoices the friend found a lasting cure and health in that Land Beautiful.
The speaker reflects on self improvement, declaring a daily aim to be better in wisdom and character. He asserts that progress comes from pruning faults and gaining clearer life purpose, insisting that progress means being a little better each day.
A College Park, Atlanta carpenter testifies his wife’s health improved after taking Tanlac. He says she rose from near collapse, gained 20 pounds to reach 120, now eats well uses energy for housework, and praises the remedy she took for two years of stomach trouble. Sold in Athens and Winterville.
O H B Bloodworth Jr a Monroe Adver tiser editor and Forsyth attorney and University of Georgia graduate class of 1905 has entered the campaign for Monroe County school superintendent challenging incumbent T H Phinizy. Bloodworth formerly served as secretary to Senator Bacon in Washington and later held a key clerkship in the Georgia legislature.
In Berne Switzerland three clubs George Washington Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson houses for Swiss soldiers have opened. A new fund organized by Mrs Pleasant A Stovall wife of the American minister to Switzerland has already reached 300 dollars. A total of 6000 dollars was subscribed for the construction of portable soldiers clubs to be moved along the frontier where Swiss troops guard the line under harsh mountain conditions.
The gum habit costs Americans nearly 35 million dollars for chicle in the past decade, about five times the Alaska purchase price from Russia. Bureau figures show yearly chicle imports total around seven million pounds, with two and a half million dollars paid to origin countries and customs duties of about 760 thousand dollars.
The International Sunday School review links past fall lessons to Acts focusing on seeing the invisible. It traces how the disciples’ vision opened at Pentecost, Peter’s growth, and the call to witness despite persecution, portraying faith as perceiving unseen truth and enduring through weakness toward triumph.
The text traces how early church leaders like deacons gained spiritual sight through service, guiding the Ethiopian treasurer and Stephen’s martyrdom, while emphasizing that faith is the light of the unseen and the eternal over the temporal. It links visions of the invisible to future revelation seen by the Apostle Patmos and the saints who endure tribulations.
Beginning the 28th next Tuesday the Free Methodists of the Athens congregation will hold a series of tent meetings of an evangelistic nature. Rev E Ballenger the general conference evangelist will do the preaching. Further announcement of the meetings will be made in good time.
Mr. Gus Von der Lieth brother of Miss Rosa Von der Lieth and Capt. Carl Von der Lieth of Athens was killed in the Augusta fire. His home burned and messages to him from his sister failed to reach him. Another sister Mrs. Emma Davis traveling from Manchester to Florence D C visited the Von der Lieth home during the blaze.
Capt J B Y Warner and wife of Rochester New York and Mrs H T Lew and Mr Miles Lewis of Greensboro were guests of Judge and Mrs Hamilton McWhorter yesterday. Warner a former Greene County resident left the state thirty eight years ago to live in New York. They were returning from Florida where they spent the winter and used the trip to visit longtime friends.
Announcements show P Cooley entering the race for Solicitor General of the Western Circuit. Other notices include incumbents seeking reelection and candidates for Congress and the Georgia Senate, with statements of duty, crime suppression, and public service principles.
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