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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
4
Citizens are urged to kill flies and screen kitchens to reduce typhoid. Athens plans bonds for school buildings while voters back the courthouse purchase for education and park use. Congress and war worries, coal strikes, and flood distress loom as veterans anticipate Gettysburg reunion.
Athens readers are urged to invest in May by supporting the Y M C A plan to develop youth. The piece argues that funding training and care for 100 boys yields vast returns, likening young men to assets worth far more than cash, with dividends measured in health, skill, leadership, and communal benefit. It cites Rockefeller as a benchmark of wealth and extols character and discipline as priceless currency.
The Jacksonville Times-Union editorialized sharply on Titanic aftershock ideas. It faulted sensationalism and urged practical safety steps, noting life boats for all aboard and accountability for reckless ship racing, while dismissing costly, fanciful remedies.
This date in history lists events from 1534 Jacques Cartier reaching Newfoundland to 1911 Mexican insurgents capturing Juarez. Notable births include Rouget de Lisle 1760 and John Sherman 1823. The note also marks a personal birthday: John W Garrett born May 10, 1872 in Baltimore.
The article highlights the career of a secretary to the American delegation in Bering Sea disputes and Venezuelan arbitration, later Berlin and Rome posts, advancing to minister to Venezuela in 1910 and to Argentina. It also notes birthdays for the Prince of Asturias, James Bryce, James Gordon Bennett, and Rear Admiral William P. Potter.
Notes from the labor world report journeymen tailors forming a union in Phoenix Arizona and note that the cities of Wellington and Christchurch in New Zealand elected labor mayors. It also cites the Photo Engravers' International Union issuing six charters to new subordinates in 1911 and a general membership of 777.
Special to the Banner. Gainesville Ga May 9 Two thousand Odd Fellows and friends from Georgia will meet in Gainesville Wednesday May 22 for a two day session of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Georgia Local committees prepare for entertainment and arrangements through May 20 21 The Rebekah Assembly about 200 ladies will also meet here Three prizes of 300 each to several working teams Consideration of a permanent Odd Fellows home in the state committee reports from last year’s session
Fire crews battled a kitchen chimney fire at a cottage on Vine Street in East Athens yesterday. The roof caught fire but damage was limited, estimated at $12. No injuries reported.
Georgia state superintendent M L Brittain cites 1860 white illiteracy at 12 percent, 1910 at 7 percent, with 1870 at 25 and 1900 at 11 percent. Negro illiteracy drops from 92 percent in 1860 to 35 percent in 1910, from 52 percent in 1900.
Macon Georgia May 9 Ex Governor John M Slaton Joseph Hill Hall and Thomas G Hudson all candidates for governor were honor guests at a luncheon in Macon hosted by Emmett Barnes.
Augusta Ga May 9 The seventy seventh annual meeting of the stock holders of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company was held yesterday Reports showed the companys affairs to be in a very satisfactory condition Officers were chosen Jacob Phinizy president Rufus H Brown cashier directors Henry D McDaniel Leonard Phinizy James White William A Latimer Billups Phinizy of Athens Henry B King T M Green Edward W Butler Tracy I Hickman John P Mulherin Porter Fleming W J Hollingsworth H C Boardman W B White and Earnest Woodriff
The civil docket call for the term is postponed from May twenty one to June eighteen starting with case No. 38 of the Atlanta circuit and continuing through the docket. The civil docket closes June twenty fifth and the criminal docket closes July first.
University notes detail the Harper Memorial Library project creating Harper Court bounded by the Law Building, Library and Haskell Oriental Museum. A central driveway is removed and a surrounding drive to be built after dedication, with a President Harper statue planned.
Announcements show candidates for representative and senate roles under Democratic primary, with names like Frank A Lipscomb C B Griffith and R Toombs Du Bose plus solicitors general candidates in the Western circuit. Also includes lodge listings for Vernon Keystone Elmo Owl Athens and I O O F, with meeting times and contact notes.
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