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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1909
Page
6
The Athens Banner listing subscription prices and delivery notes, plus a mix of short items: a remark on the Constitution cartoon, a Birmingham negro group gift to Panama, Atlanta honey-eating challenge, R Simmons entering Georgia Congress race, Geographical Society backing Peary, upcoming Athens Atlanta auto race, Missouri elopement claim, and Harry Thaw pardon appeal reaching Taft.
A five hundred member committee will travel to Washington to press Congress on the issue. In Columbia physicians and scientists convene to study pellagra and seek a remedy as South Carolina battles the disease. In Savannah Judge Carlton rules McLendon has right to a railroad commission seat after Gov. Smith and lawmakers ousted him, a decision now heading to the Supreme Court.
Clarke county roads are hailed as the best in the region by motorists who have traveled the improved routes. The county’s road program, funded by a prior hundred thousand dollars, continues under fiscal limits with the support of citizens and commissioners.
An editorial argues farmers can prosper with grit and patience, noting city exodus hurts rural best interests. It praises farming as dignified and rewarding for those who work hard, aided by rural free delivery, better roads, and telephone improvements, and foresees fewer rural-to-city migrations.
The article argues that Japan drives cheaper cotton goods into China, challenging U S supremacy. It notes Japan’s lower wages and costs allow cut rate production, shrinking Southern exports while expanding Japanese presence, urging focus on commerce over potential military conflict as the real battle.
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The new Turkish Sultan Mehemmed V, born November 3, 1844 in Constantinople, ascended the throne a year after Abdul Hamid II. He led a life largely under palace surveillance and is described as lacking in practical governance experience, with two educated wives, daughters of prominent pashas.
Regents and governors seek influence as Osborn and Burdick weigh runs while Guild halts a Senate bid. Lawmakers and party leaders from Aldrich to Folk push for currency reform, treasury posts, and convention influence amid a broad national contest.
The New York Tribune describes Messina's habit of burying wealth in cellars and walls due to distrust of banks and bonds. The earthquake exposed hidden fortunes and draws fortune hunters, adventurers, and criminals.
The text expounds prayer as dependent creatures duty and the Christ centered path to access God. It emphasizes heart sincerity, Christ as mediator, and prayer as constant communication with God guided by faith and biblical verses, urging ongoing practice and spiritual readiness.
Authorities restrict ruin searches to official agents delaying cleanup and private effort. The state gains financially as treasure recovered from Messina ruins largely goes to state due to many families wiped out and no heirs.
The Philadelphia Record reports Rev. Dr. Forrest E. Dager of St. Pauls Reformed Episcopal church preached on A Model Wife with letters from male congregants. They describe an ideal wife as prudent with money, tidy at home, supportive of her husband, child‑focused, and sharply critical of superficial vanity.
The sermon extols a Mrs as epitome of domestic virtue valuing home over social duties. It praises devotion to husband and children, neat dress, timely meals, Bible study, church, and practical care such as hygiene. Dr Dager calls for a balanced view of virtue combining faith and daily duties.
The London Saturday Review outlines Japanese elementary education focused on virtues from early lessons in order, loyalty, and daily conduct to higher social aims like patriotism and public duty. Core subjects include language, arithmetic, gymnastics, with drawing, music, sewing, agriculture, commerce, and English added, all subordinated to conduct.
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