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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
5
Georgia fans back the next spring baseball team as equal to the Philadelphia Athletics while wheat and boll weevil concerns fade. Taxes shift to a new city system and Taft tariff plans loom. Prof. Koch joins University of Georgia Civil Engineering for road work. counties urged to engage.
The corn club contests transformed Georgia farming by teaching scientific methods to five thousand boys, boosting yields from fifteen to over one hundred bushels per acre. Athens sparked the effort led by Prof. Joseph S. Stewart and the State College of Agriculture, with federal support, promising millions in value and Georgia's rise to the top farm state.
An editorial urges Georgians to ignore the prohibition debate in the upcoming gubernatorial contest. It argues the race concerns filling the unexpired term of Governor Smith and not changing laws. It calls for focusing on conservative, businesslike governance and delaying prohibition agitation until a full election.
The article discusses current cotton prices around nine cents and the mixed impact on Southern farmers. It notes farmers selling to cover costs, some holding out hoping for higher prices, and the influence of supply and demand on future prices. The piece contrasts gloomy forecasts with actual market behavior.
Georgia plans a regular road construction course at the University of Georgia guided by Prof. C. M. Strahan and Prof. John C. Koch. Aimed at counties and officials, the program includes long term study, short courses, and on site consulting to promote modern highway methods across the state.
Joe Brown is now actively in the race for governor and receiving enthusiastic backing from every section of the state. Old friends rally while many who opposed him before are giving cordial support.
Chronology notes births and deaths including James Logan born in Ireland 1674 and died 1751 in Germantown. Also mentions Viscount Palmerston birth 1784 and death 1865, Pope naming cardinals 1804, Florida cession 1820, Navarino battle 1827, Prince of Wales Canada US tour 1860, Red River uprising 1869, Froude death 1894, Dundee Hill Boer defeat 1899, David B Hill death 1910 in Albany born Havana 1843.
Birth notice marks Major John Robert Chancellor later governor and commander in Mauritius. He trained at Royal Military Academy Woolwich, joined Royal Engineers in 1890, served in Dongola 1896 and Tirah 1897 98 with Sirmur Sappers, saw action at Dargai Heights Sampalgia Pass and Arkan ex Pass and Bara Valley, awarded DSO, Staff College 1902, secretary to Colonial Defence Committee prior to Mauritius post. Chamberlains Tablets and Ointment advertised for biliousness and rheumatic pain.
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