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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1917
Page
16
Leila Ross Wilburn, architect of Peters Bridge in Atlanta, presents a plan book featuring 80 bungalows and two story residences with costs, photos and floor plans. Prepaid price 75 cents. It highlights Atlanta Ga offerings and design options for homes.
President at Red Cross memorial dedication pledges united national response to war with Germany. He says the struggle would erase sectional lines and race divisions within the nation while the U S mobilizes for total war. Taft introduces the president as Williamisfrom Mississippi speaks for Southern women.
In wartorn Europe three million Jews suffer starvation and peril, prompting appeals from Athens to aid their relief. Donations flow locally and to Herbert Lehman in New York and M G Michael in Athens, Georgia. Letters from J S Murrow and Henry Morgenthau praise the effort and urge broader Jewish relief nationwide.
Louisville reports Omar Khay-Yama won the forty third Kentucky Derby yesterday. Midway finished second with Omar Khay-Yama posting a time of 2:04.3.
The will of Patience Baker, described as colored, has been filed for probate in the office of the ordinary and ordered admitted to record. Advertise your wants.
A city charter committee under the mayor’s instruction has reviewed radical reform proposals. They aim to replace piecemeal amendments with a full charter adopting a commission government with strong city manager elements. Four ward-based council seats would be elected at large, preserving ward lines only in form.
A letter from a prominent Southern loyalist urges disbanding the Confederate Veterans Association and the United Daughters of the Confederacy ahead of their Washington reunion. The author, unnamed, argues that dissolution would show Southern sympathy with the Union during national stress and cites Athens as the CSA’s birthplace and a key hub in CSA activities.
The notice contrasts old lead glazed earthenware and chipped enamel with modern aluminum cook ware. It touts aluminum for lightness, strength, heat retention, rust resistance, and safety. It notes grandmothers’ iron pots gave way to durable aluminum that lasts a lifetime and appeals to the clean, bright kitchen. A sewing machine electric motor is also sought for temporary rental.
A large number of Athens lawyers and University graduates assemble at the officers training camp in Fort McPherson. The list includes Will Erwin Julian Erwin Frank Holden R L McWhorter Alban Reed and many others from Athens and surrounding towns.
Archibald Carlisle McKinley, aged 75, died May 8, 1917, at his Milledgeville home. He was a gallant Confederate officer, husband of Sarah Spalding, with no children. He was brother to Mrs. Howell jot and uncle to Mrs. Treanor, both of this city.
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