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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
4
Local advertiser notes and public notices headline Athens involvement in Knights of Pythias and U C T meetings. Reports cite El Paso visitors touring Clarke county courthouse, Georgia peaches shipments and a push for Chinese cotton trade. Citizens urged to report delivery issues. carriers prohibited from collecting payments.
Eleven southern states including Georgia and Texas attend the International Health Commission session in an Atlanta hotel assembly room. Dr. Wickliffe Ross presides with Dr. John A. Ferrell directing discussions on past achievements and future aims, focusing on hookworm eradication in the region. Italy’s status is noted as neutral in balance.
The piece discusses the possible nomination of Elihu Root as a unifying candidate for a divided 1916 Republican Party. It weighs Root's age, potential running mate, and the tension between old-line Republicans and progressives led by Roosevelt, noting that a split ticket could aid Wilson's reelection.
The article foresees a long European war with Germany and Austria likely to be defeated. It notes Italy’s potential entry, Turkish involvement, and British naval dominance. It emphasizes that the British will be the decisive factor, maintaining a grip on the seas despite submarine losses. The end is distant, but victory for the Allies is seen as certain.
Georgia has 8,000 white common school teachers teaching over 300,000 children. The Athens summer school offers five weeks of study with a faculty of eighty, covering primary to high school subjects, plus home economics and arts. Cost is about 35 to 40 dollars. 50,000 teachers attend nationwide, and Georgia aims to raise participation and qualifications through state examinations and diplomas.
Middle aged men and women feel rheumatic twinges and aching joints with sleep disturbing bladder issues. Foley Kidney Pills are promoted as safe, prompt relief. H.R. Palmer & Sons.
A digest of historic milestones with anniversaries from 1815 to 1890 plus notable birthday milestones for figures such as General von Kluck, Pauline Chase, Rev. Blackwell, Oscar G. Murray, and others. Includes a prayerful verse, a note on Germany planning counter demands, and an update on Southern Bell's Employers' Benefit Fund Committee with protections ensuring medical guidance and town-visit permissions.
Pat gazes at a barbed wire fence with humorous resolve recalling how he waited on a fence in Ireland before proposing to Mollie. He bets a minute would suffice to pop the question now if sitting with her on such a fence.
Fans weigh the impact of shedding Connie Mack era pitchers for a young lineup at Shibe park. Last season attendance lagged as games ran long despite efforts by Ban Johnson and officials to speed play. Plank and Bender drew most criticism for slow pace, though the root cause remains unclear as new pitchers face the schedule.
Derrill Pratt born January 10 1889 in Valhalla South Carolina rose to prominence at Georgia Tech in 1906. He played for Alabama 1907 1908 1909 and starred for Montgomery before a 1911 sale to the Browns and became their secure second baseman in 1912. Pratt is a right handed hitter and thrower, five feet eleven inches tall, 172 pounds.
Brooklyn Federals business manager Dick Carroll notes last season’s heavy hitting due to a lack of left handed pitchers. He predicts more southpaws on Federal rosters this year will curb the hitters' pace and lower heavy hitters’ marks.
Bill Hinchman returns to major league baseball with the Pirates after leaving the American League in 1909. Once hailed as all in as a player he faces new scrutiny. He previously showed strong bat in the American Association and hit .366 for Columbus last season.
Mrs Walter Pulitzer of New York wife of the famed author has been invited to head a movement to build a large dance palace for society at the exposition in San Francisco. She believes ballroom dancing could curb divorce by offering harmless pastime and greater freedom of participation.
In Vancouver Washington Rev. R H Sawyer unites W L Powers seventy three and Mrs Sarah Smith sixty three in marriage. The couple had first fallen in love in Iowa half a century earlier, separated by time and distance, later reuniting in Cherry Grove Oregon after Mrs Powers's death and Miss Olive Smith's Portland life.
Eldred Tresize aged twenty one works as janitor at the Y M C A in Hutchinson, Kansas. He paints mountain and plains scenes in the engine room studio and has sold seventy five paintings in the past year with forty more orders. He learned by watching a street market artist and never had formal lessons. He continues his janitorial job as his art gains recognition.
National scores include Boston 0 Pittsburg 7 and New York 5 Chicago 1 with others. American league Detroit 3 New York 1 and Chicago 9 Philadelphia 7. southern and south Atlantic leagues list multiple city matchups with varied outcomes. college games note Yale 7 Brown 8 and Harvard 2 Holy Cross 1 in extra innings.
The quote reflects on pain and hopelessness teaching self discovery. It emphasizes that inner learning comes from personal struggle and self awareness rather than external sources.
A reflective excerpt notes Darwin contrasting human knowledge of future evil and public talk with beasts A compact aphorism on foresight and rumor. The line emphasizes the beasts freedom from anticipating malice and words.
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It asserts inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes hearing loss and offers one hundred dollars for a case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars and local druggist sales at 75 cents.
A compilation of lodge notices in Athens listing Glenn Lodge 76 and other bodies. Details include meeting nights, locations in Max Joseph building, K of P Hall, and Woodmen Hall, with officers named for each group.
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