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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1913
Page
7
The Athens Georgia office notes Athens as the second largest inland cotton market in Georgia and sixth in the world. It cites C H Phinny as vice president and T Kilpatrick as secretary, with grain and weather reports, census forecasts, and market opinions from New Orleans to New York as part of daily market briefings.
Athens 1912 13 season receipts total 106 782 bales, down from 184 021 prior year and near 105 000 two years back. Wagon receipts 23 455. stock on hand Sept 1 only 330 bales. New York market notes indicate spot selling and a bullish bias with limited fall in prices, and expectativas of demand on dips.
Port statistics list values for Wilmington Norfolk and various ports, with figures for New York Liverpool New Orleans and totals. The excerpt shows yearly and last year totals with several port-specific numbers.
Griffith and Welch Athens note the cotton mill as one of the largest centers in the South. Reports cite currency bill progress in the House, tariff hopes in the Senate, railroad earnings, and crop data. National Farmers Union fixes 15 cent cotton sale price. arbitration delays. tax rate changes. market shifts on Dow Jones.
The Department of Agriculture Dairy Division reports low temperature pasteurization around 145 degrees F for 30 minutes preserves nutrients and yields less heat and ice use. Bacteria surviving are mainly lactic acid organisms linked to souring, while high temp pasteurization favors putrefactive bacteria and quicker spoilage if stored.
This season southern farmers should plant a winter legume in corn and cotton fields. They provide soil cover, reduce leaching and erosion, add nitrogen, and enrich humus when plowed under in spring. Crimson clover is highlighted for coastal states from New Jersey to South Carolina, with rising use each year.
The article discusses planted stand success for cotton and corn with 15 pounds seed per acre, noting dry weather as a major factor. It highlights crimson clover and hairy vetch as winter cover crops, with inoculation stressed for first-time growth. It also describes Cornell summer school’s new three year leadership program and funding for agricultural campus buildings including dentistry and barns.
Special to the Banner reports Col. T. J. Shackelford in Jefferson Georgia argues against all cotton policy. He cites corn oats and hay as signs of agricultural emancipation and says farmers are coerced into cotton by rent notes mortgages and warehouse contracts. He says Jackson farmers must choose crops freely. A second item notes Judge R C Orr has two lunacy cases pending from Madison county after recent sanitarium treatment.
A Pennsylvania resident reports rapid relief from diarrhoea after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on the recommendation of a local merchant. The note claims one dose cures and suggests its wide availability from dealers.
Mayor Rowe of Athens Georgia is asked by Logan Waller Page president of the American Road Congress to appoint three delegates to attend the Detroit sessions during the week of September 29. The congress includes 28 organizations led by the American Highway Association and the American Automobile Association with state highway officials and national figures attending. The event aims to discuss national road improvement policy and potential legislation, with an interstate commission considered and government and industry exhibits planned. The Colorado Building in Washington hosts the headquarters under J E Pennybaker.
A trustee announces a bankrupt sale of the entire stock at 225 Lumpkin Street. The stock includes imported wallpapers borders paint varnishes floor stains waxes wall colors and brushes. The sale runs twenty days with discounts below original prices. Jos H Lumkin is the trustee.
In Montgomery Alabama on September 5 the potato crop is so small it cannot meet two weeks of state demand. Farmers rely on cotton but diversification is urged. good cotton prices will ease costs, and more diversification is hoped for next year.
An essayist defends Niagara Falls against claims the site is spoiled by hotels, power houses, and tourism. He praises the falls’ enduring grandeur, the bridge, and the surrounding park, while condemning loud restaurants and trippers, calling the site a place of worship despite modern intrusion. A brief note from Blairstown, N J mentions a will requesting the return of wedding presents.
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