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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1917
Page
17
Entered as second class matter in Athens Georgia the Athens Daily Banner lists carrier delivery options and rates including five dollars per year two fifty for six months one twenty five for three months and ten cents a week. It requests prompt notices of late or missing deliveries as the sole means to identify carrier issues.
A Charleston era style editorial urges Clarke County citizens to register on June 6 as a sacred duty and warns against evading the draft act. It argues that many must serve and that defiance weakens national effort, while promoting a memorial through local tax support for better schools as tribute to future children.
Georgia boards of registration urge volunteers to serve as registrars for men aged twenty one to thirty on June five. Presidents officials want unpaid volunteers but will pay those who demand it. Counties urged to canvass for volunteers and build a true roll of honor for Georgia.
The article notes that Southern states like Georgia lag in meeting regular army quotas due to a large African descent population and few Negro soldiers in the ranks. It argues Georgia will soon reach its full quota while rural South residents stay on farms to aid food production, delaying recruitment nationwide.
The Banner presents a special edition produced with the Elijah Clarke Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and local business support. The article extols the DAR's mission to preserve early American history and its notable memorial efforts, including infirmaries and other community work.
A solemn meditation on a sacred tree in soil that yields life and generosity. The poem praises unselfish labor that nourishes others and returns greater wealth, while hinting at a spring of endless supply for those who seek higher purpose through effort and sharing. A note mentions a Europe trip teaching sacrifice and the D A R's service inspiring Athens readers.
Mrs V J Berryman of 264 West Iowa Ave Memphis Tenn details struggles with chills numbness and gas from digestion and heart pressure. After Tanlac she gains strength walks uptown and says the medicine helped completely. Sold in Athens Citizens Pharmacy and Winterville Kroner Co. adv.
Mrs Zilla Hutcheson of Macon visits Mrs Thomas H Dozier Sr Mrs Gyenk Harrold returns to Americus after Lucy Cobb commencement Mrs Jim Tuck improves after an appendectomy Mrs William Revit of Greentille to visit daughter Mrs Walter A Mallory through the Mallory McArthur wedding Miss Annie Linton visits Mrs Claudia Flanigen Mildred Rutherford to return from Clemosa Nellie R O'Hara arrives to visit Mallory family Ida Beall Talmadge back from Agnes Scott Decoration Day observed at Fort McPherson Georgia troops to Athens Theodora Atkinson of Newnan visits Miss Nell Mallory Mrs Joseph M Thomas returns from Lucy Cobb commencement alumnae banquet attented by Miss Mille Rutherford DAR notes and praise for the Daughters of the American Revolution Whooping cough remedy from Chamberlains cited with a testimonial from S W Mc Clinton of Brandon Springs Alabama
Edith argues with Jack over a quarrel while Ethel declares her birthday is next week in a brief domestic exchange.
Ammonia is described as a gag dissolved in water and belongs to the alkali family. It is praised as a mineral-based foe of oils and grease, explaining its effectiveness on stains that soap and water cannot remove. Bath ammonia is cited as a fine cleanser, with a brief aside on vertigo and a playful Washington Post quote about love making the world go round too fast.
A close study of soils shows the relation is natural as crop preference hinges on water and warmth needs. Plant food is secondary and easily supplied by man, solving the problem. Knights of Pythias and related lodges listed with meeting times and officers.
Southern Railway announces Athens Branch departures and arrivals with daily times. Trains depart daily at 6:00 p m to All Points, daily except Gun at 1:00 p m, Sunday service 3:15 p m, and daily except Sun 3:30 p m. Arrivals include 6:40 p m and 6:60 p m daily, and 10:80 B m on Sundays. For information call Williams or Johnson.
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