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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1915
Page
4
Athens daily column mixes editorial chatter on Georgia Tech football with public notices and civic interests. It mentions President Wilson, Taft, and European war context, plus local items like eye care access in Springfield and forestry aid for North Dakota schools, while warning carriers and noting social dances and random lines.
The article argues that the United States is too large and busy to engage in war. It emphasizes peace, humanitarian principles, and defense only when necessary, portraying Uncle Sam as a protective, nonbelligerent figure with responsibilities to his people. It frames war as inappropriate except for defense or clear humanity.
The University of Georgia's School of Engineering, through its good roads department, provides survey services, grade determinations, material recommendations, and bridge plans at minimal cost. Under Prof. Slack, the extension effort aids counties with expert advice, increasing recognition and demand for faculty time as more boards learn of the department's high quality services.
Harota W. Foght reports from a U S Bureau of Education bulletin that permanent community provided homes for rural teachers boost loyalty and school integration. The study notes most teachers are young and itinerant, averaging under two years per post, urging salary improvements and mandated teacher cottages near schools to foster professional stability.
A poem fragment narrates Philomela calling the speaker at dawn to hear her song. The speaker describes an alluring incense like a wraith from Araby, with rich sensuous fragrance and sweet honeysuckle imagery guiding the encounter.
Fragmented excerpts present contrasts of nations choosing different rulers and the ideal of a democracy where humanity is the president, contrasted with references to war reports and a health remedy advertisement for Chamberlain’s Tablets and Liniment, noting civilian suffering and public notices.
Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner denounces government armor purchases as a global trust scandal. He cites average cost estimates of 247.17 per ton versus 440.04 paid since 1887, totaling 95.6 million, and argues a government factory could have saved tens of millions. He notes Navy Secretary Daniels' call for a plant but congressional resistance persists. He warns of wartime profiteering and global price coordination among armor makers.
A compact 19th century style recap notes key anniversaries from 1815 to 1890 in New York harbor Napoleonic era prep, Napoleon’s remains, Lincoln assassination trial, and Windsor statue unveil. It lists births of U S Senator Alden Smith Henry Lodge Scannell Bernstein Henry L Henry Crane Demarest plus a public health ad for Dr King’s New Discovery.
Bennie, a young boy, fastens candle bits to the backs of geese to provide tail lights. His amused mother asks why he is doing this, and he replies that the birds have honkers in front, so he is making them glow from behind.
The article outlines planting several pea varieties after frost danger ends and explains expected yields from one planting. It covers inoculation with free cultures, drill spacing of twenty four inches, light cultivation, and soil amendments including 300 to 400 pounds of acid phosphate and 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of pulverized lime rock per acre. It also notes lime should be applied after plowing and harrowed in two weeks before planting.
Milton P. Jarnagin and Georgia State College of Agriculture partner with county agents to recruit farmers who own one to five cattle to fatten on a planned program. Demonstration agents assemble carloads, assist in marketing, and issue feeding instructions. Visitors from the college will advise. sorghum is planted in rows as roughage with corn stover oats straw and cotton seed meal as concentrate. The plan aims for cheap, efficient beef production nationwide.
A demonstration agent ensures sufficient farmers join the carload shipment and begin feeding together so they will be ready to sell at the proper time in more favorable markets.
Loy E Rast outlines a summer program at the Georgia State College of Agriculture from June 28 to July 31. The course trains participants in cotton grading under new mandatory standards, aiming to prepare graduates for warehouse management and cotton trading roles.
Pres. Andrew M. Soule of the Georgia State College of Agriculture urges full use of Georgia native grasses for summer grazing and hay. He notes regional potential for high quality hay, promotes Bermuda pastures and cereals for winter grazing, and argues native hays offer rich nutrients at reasonable costs to boost statewide livestock numbers.
J B Berry of Georgia State College of Agriculture outlines a Forest Garden project to create a forestry nursery supplying Georgia’s reforestation needs. Students build seed beds and plant care as part of coursework while learning erosion control planting methods. Willow varieties for baskets and furniture are grown to provide annual student basketry work income.
Plans are set for a summer session of the School of Forestry at Freedom Lodge Forest near Blue Ridge Georgia from June 21 to August 21. The program, open to college forestry students and others, includes dendrology surveying ornithology mensuration silviculture camping geology zoology and forest botany with lectures and practical field work.
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