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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
4
A condensed column from The Athens Banner lists notices on delivery and rates, local civic notes, and early shopping. It comments on Athens Railway progress, the cotton season, socialist votes, and the 1908 presidential race with Wilson and Taft, plus a Yale legal scholar's praise for Wilson and a Progressive Republican league drive.
The state electorate overwhelmingly passed an amendment authorizing temporary loans by the governor to meet early expenses. The change aims to speed teacher salaries and sustain higher education during treasury shortages, with Clarke County giving strong support and The Banner predicting improved educational funding statewide.
Ambassador Myron T. Herrick warns the United States against unbridled speculation in cooperative credit. He urges federal and state oversight to avoid past abuses seen in European rail securities and land mortgages, arguing Europe offers a model for financing agriculture with safe, low interest securities and gradual amortization.
This October entry lists notable events and anniversaries from 1573 to 1904 including Leyden siege end, Limerick treaty, New Jersey motto adoption, and the birth of historian George Bancroft. It notes anniversary birthday marks for Prince Maurice of Battenberg and congratulates several prominent figures. The public laments railroad and union conflicts.
A fragmented column humorously laments the first of the month bill onslaught. It riffs on laundry, bakery, and electricity charges, notes plays on word sounds like pray and pay, and ends mid thought with a reflection on truth and a heart.
A fragment notes a blocked passage built with granite blocks and marble stone. Heaps of bags held wealth described as silver wedges and gold, all belonging to one person, D. G. Bickers, with emphasis on possession and the nature of the buried haul.
The bureau of statistics reports US cotton crop condition on Sept 25 at 69.6 percent of normal, down from 74.8 on Aug 25 and 71.1 last year. State figures show Virginia 70, North Carolina 70, South Carolina 68, Georgia 65, Florida 65, Alabama 68, Mississippi 63, Louisiana 69, Texas 75, Arkansas 68, Tennessee 68, Missouri 72, Oklahoma 69, California 90.
The Census Bureau’s second cotton ginning report states 3,015,033 bales of 1912 cotton had been ginned by September 25, counting round bales as half. Compared with 3,676,594 last year and other prior years, Sea Island and round bales figures are noted. Also contains an ad for Electric Bitters praising health benefits.
Special to the Banner reports temperature variations across the Cotton Region with readings above normal in the east and south central areas and below normal in central and western zones. Frost occurred in the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, rainfall was uneven but generally heavy in the Carolinas, Georgia, and southern Texas, while Oklahoma and parts of northern Texas saw little to no rain.
The High over Virginia and North Carolina brings cooler air with temperatures under 60 in Georgia and below 50 farther north. Light frost noted at Asheville Pittsburg Buffalo and Toledo. Unsettled conditions persist on the north Pacific and lower plateau regions.
Mrs J J Wilson near Gainesville reports relief after Foley Honey and Tar. A two year old girl had whooping cough and improved with the same remedy. T Sims of Commerce, Ga praises Foley Kidney Pills for back pains and scant urine, claiming full relief and customer satisfaction.
The University of Georgia hosts the University of Chattanooga next Saturday at 3:30 PM. Admission is 60 cents general and 25 cents grandstand, with ladies admitted free. The game marks the start of a heavy fall schedule and tests new rules and team balance.
Athens booster drive promotes Georgia spirit at Sanford Field practices. Ed Dorsey emerges as a standout freshman quarterback amid praise for Powell of Riverside. Saturday’s game against Chattanooga set for 3:30 pm with 50 cent tickets, grandstand half price for ladies, and no sideline access. Cups from 1894 and 1897 trophies linked to University of Georgia lore are on display in the Chancellor’s office.
Athens police received a wire request to arrest Tillman Gillespie a Tech student who vanished days after entering the college. His father J F Gillespie of Birmingham Alabama supports a wide search led by detectives with no foul play suspected and wandering cited as the cause.
In New York a two year old, John Murphy of 223 East Forty first street, known as Smiling Johnny, was killed by a wagon. Public School No 27 pupils gathered at the home as word spread. Cornelius Curran led a fundraiser at the school door to cover funeral costs, raising about $3.50 by nine o clock.
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