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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists mailing rates and urges prompt subscriber reports for late deliveries. It also discusses Athens civic efforts, Y M C A and Y W C A campaigns, playground plans, railway freight rate concerns, and the closing of Athens public schools as the city seeks to attract families.
The Lucy Cobb Institute trustees and University of Georgia board discuss a coordinative plan to expand Lucy Cobb into a University for girls of Georgia and the South. Alumnae oppose renaming and loss of Lucy Cobb identity, urging a solution that preserves the historic girls school while enabling a unified women’s university.
A reporter describes trials of amerite with a man handling a stick and blasting rock to demonstrate safety under normal use. The article notes potential benefits for farmers and orchardists and discusses broader land reclamation and immigration of sugar policy impacts on US and Cuba, with Canada pursuing flour trade strides.
West Indies and several European nations urged tentative concessions to Cuba to gain access to the U S market if Cuba ends its sugar duty. Prosecution for manslaughter begins in Chicago over reckless driving as coroner Hoff man cites rising auto fatalities and urge action. Smoke pollution harms vegetation, with patent fuels and briquets touted to reduce emissions and clean air. John E Wilkie, ex Chicago reporter turned secret service man, notes trading stamps and labels as major counterfeiting targets with widespread impacts on consumers.
The Knox Colored Industrial School ends a productive year with a Morton's theater program drawing up to 450 students. An address by Dr. A M Soule of the State College of Agriculture will cap the night, highlighting manual, academic, and literary training for Black residents across the city and state. Principal Clark earns broad support for planned expansion and community work. New acts at Colonial Theater are praised as the best of the season.
Miss Louie Lane leads an antifly crusade at the East Athens Night School with students collecting and weighing flies daily. Prizes of one dollar each incentivize pupils, as Miss Mildred Rutherford sponsors the contest to educate about disease vectors.
Roy Strickland now operates in Jefferson the capital of Jackson county with the law firm Strick land and Strickland opening a branch. Judge John J. Strickland and Roy Strickland lead the firm as Jackson county business reportedly grows heavy.
Rev E L Hill D D pastor of the First Presbyterian church is back from Davison North Carolina where he has been visiting. He plans to resume duties and deliver sermons at the church this week.
Home grown peaches ready for sale by Arnold and Abney with contact at phone 1076.
Fair weather across New York exchanges with closings due to federal actions. Cotton spot prices in Little Rock remained quiet with middling 11.75 and 12.25 cents per pound reported in readings. Baseball updates include Pirates postponing games and several player movements. Ty Cobb era notes and Roosevelt speech preparations cited.
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