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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1914
Page
4
Local column reviews politics in Georgia and nationwide figures. Reports on governors candidates, postal system changes, and labor cases. Mentions Joseph R Lamar in mediation, Governor Henderson race, Burleson appointments, and Colorado strike shifts. Also notes Athens street cleaning costs and city progress.
The University of Georgia alumni group chairs a plan for a permanent endowment fund for the library. Members donate annually for five years, with only interest used for books, ensuring long term growth. The campaign seeks several thousand dollars by commencement and cites UGA and UNC spending as context.
In New York City President Wilson honored the nineteen American bluejackets who died at Vera Cruz. He spoke of grief and pride, saying the mission in Mexico is a service for mankind and that these men, though of diverse stock, were Americans united by spirit. He urged duty, sacrifice, and patriotic service for the country.
The invocation delivered Monday morning in the courthouse at the first term opening, at the invitation of Presiding Judge C. H. Brand and recorded on motion by Col. T. W. Rucker. Reverend J. W. Lynch delivered the prayer, thanking God for the founders and the direct approach to divine grace.
A prayer asks divine guidance as a court convenes, calling for wisdom, impartiality, and truth. The text honors past leaders, liberty, and reverence for law, ending with a plea for mercy, forgiveness, and righteousness.
The Red and Black heralds Georgia’s 1914 baseball championship in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The piece lauds the lineup Carl Thompson to Starke Ginn and honors a near-perfect season loss only to Clemson, urging students to travel to Atlanta for the final Tech series and a Shriner gathering.
Senor Gutierrez de Lara argues in The Mexican People that Huerta may craft events to push U S involvement. He notes Huerta’s strong leadership and warns mediation could legitimize him, while urging Mexico to resolve its issues without foreign recognition or intervention.
The book argues the Mexican crisis centers on peon demand for agrarian democracy. It traces a century long struggle against absentee landlords and foreign intervention, asserting the right to buy and till small farms as central to Mexico's history.
Tango promises painless corn relief by roots out the core and safe guarantees. Also promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a spring cleanser for stomach liver and kidneys with mild laxative and 25 cent price.
View in Maiden Lane Albany shows flood aftermath from Bericus floods sweeping northern New York state revealing water damage and scattered debris after the storm.
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