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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1914
Page
4
Subcriber notices urge prompt reporting of late delivery and strict lack of carrier sales. Athens hosts Trade Day preparations with thousands expected. Phi Beta Kappa honors Georgia and visits by John Burroughs and Mabie are noted. Athens participates in conferences in Louisville and Savannah. The Atlanta Constitution denies Hearst buyout rumors and asserts independent operation.
An article argues the fly is a danger signal of insanitary conditions. It notes flies multiply where filth abounds and urges abolition of breeding places as a path to cleaner communities. A single proactive person can start a successful extermination movement.
The Harrisburg Civic Club paid five cents a pint for dead flies at season end, a fraction of those killed in the campaign. Ella Marie Kriedler won two dollars for the largest score, turning in seventy four and a half pints and receiving three dollars and seventy five cents in prize money.
Athens merchants organize an association of fifty members to inaugurate trade days. The plan aims to bring in new trade, offer special bargains, and refund railroad fares. Excursion trains from Lula on April 7 and Union Point on April 9 invite regional shoppers to Athens with incentives and hoped for lasting economic growth.
A party of Athens citizens meets road-searchers from Washington to escort them toward selecting a capital route to the Empire State of the South. Athens urges the highway be supervised by the American Highway Association and the U. S. Good Roads Department. Athens emphasizes its material and sentimental benefits to the project and aims to attract the road through its city.
Dr Hamilton Wright Mabie, noted author educator and peace advocate, visits Athens at the invitation of Dr Harry C White to address students on Our Neighbors the Japanese. He will also install a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at the University, adding double honor to the event in the educational center of the state.
The National Drainage Congress will meet in Savannah from April 22 to 25. The body gathers prominent engineers public figures and business leaders to promote drainage of swamp and lowland areas across states with a focus on benefits to health and wealth, especially in Georgia Florida and the Carolinas.
The article explains how artists use nature to study form color mass light and atmosphere. It notes selection and elimination reveal the artist’s personality and thought, with examples from Callear Whistler and the Greeks. It defines synthesis as composing a new whole from chosen elements for personal expression.
U. S. Senator William S. West of Georgia lauds drainage as vital for public health and agricultural development. He supports the National Drainage Congress, urges Savannah sessions April 22–25, and pledges cooperation in educational efforts to advance drainage.
A reader in Athens touts Doan's Kidney Pills after relief from back pain and kidney symptoms. The note endorses Foster Milburn as US agents. In Athens, Lucy Stanton discusses art education and the value of permanent original paintings in public taste. Exhibition at the Library ends Saturday with daily hours and a children’s talk Saturday morning for 10 cents.
In Macon Hepzibah Orphanage, privately funded for eight years, cares for waif babies with Christian guidance and education. The facility has grown from a single $35 rent house to an 8 acre farm with a modern dairy, dormitories, and dining hall, costing $35,060 with $9,000 still owed. Mrs. S. B. Merritt and Miss Elizabeth Armstrong travel to Athens to solicit further support, hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Crow.
London reports reveal Secretary of State for War Seely took blame for a cabinet split over Ulster. He said he erred in assuring Gough of Crown force use while denying intent to crush home rule opposition. Seely offered resignation. Churchill acknowledged naval shows in Ulster but countermanded orders by wireless.
Rev. O. E. Buchholz of Union Theological Seminary Richmond Va will address the college Y M C A tomorrow night. The talk titled How Shall I Decide My Life Work will begin at 7 30 p m in Peabody Hall.
After a partisan contest the House approved a bill to bar foreign convict made and pauper made goods from competition with American free labor. The measure moves to the Senate and follows a prior bill forbidding interstate shipment of convict made goods into states banning their sale.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast effective regulator for dyspepsia indigestion gas and heartburn. It claims relief within minutes and offers a fifty cent case with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Jacksonville March 25 Miss Corine Hampton of Columbia S C has been named chief sponsor for the Confederate reunion to be held in Jacksonville May 6 to 8 Generals Bennett H Young commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans Association lauded the Hampton family, noting Wade Hampton's fame and offering high honor to descendants Miss Hampton, a granddaughter of the late Wade Hampton, is described as a celebrated Southern social figure and widely known.
Advertises French Market Coffee as a cost saver claiming more cups per pound than competitors. Advises adjusting quantity to suit strength and flavor if too strong. Emphasizes overall value and lower coffee bills.
The Industrial Index reports Southeast development with 16 towns starting public improvements funded by bonds including paving sewer waterworks and schools. It highlights contracts for a $100,000 Moultrie meat plant and many new banks and industrial plants across Georgia Florida and Alabama. Nineteen new corporations with $469 500 minimum capital were organized.
A court martial found Brigadier General William Hull guilty of cowardice for surrendering Detroit and Michigan in the War of 1812. He was sentenced to be shot, though the sentence was not carried out and he was later dropped from the army rolls. Hull died knowing some vindication from peers and prior Revolutionary service earned him public sympathy.
A. A. Jeffords of McGrew Nebraska praises Foley Kidney Pills for backache rheumatism and kidney ailments noting his pain vanishes after one bottle. Also recommends French Market Coffee for its aroma and soothing flavor inviting repeat use.
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