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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1912
Page
4
A fragmented notice warns no carrier boy may collect subscriptions or exchange opera, urging subscribers to pay the regular collector or visit the office. It mocks fall of the year origins, references ballots, and quotes speeches by Wilson and Marshall about democracy, morality, and governance.
Atlanta dated report argues counties rely on pensions and school money rather than local taxes. It cites 1910 figures showing independent counties contributing to dependent ones, Michigan-like patterns, and calls for expanded local taxation to fund schools and pensions.
The Weather report notes showers along the Atlantic coast from Florida to Maine and unsettled conditions in Texas and the northwest. A midwest disturbance over Minnesota and a secondary over northern Texas and Oklahoma bring rain to the eastern states by week’s end. Temperatures drop with Asheville at 48 and a northwest high pressure bringing cooler air signals the end of hot summer weather.
A column with poems by D G Bickers contrasts deep feeling with surface speech and notes dated history events. It also lists birthdays and brief tributes to Clark Howell, H G Wells, Henry L Stimson, and James S Davenport with ages.
Chester S. Jordan, who killed his wife four years ago, is moved from East Cambridge jail to Charlestown state prison to await execution by electric chair. His case, aided by Jesse Livermore, has drawn country wide attention and spurred multiple appeals to the U S Supreme Court. The crime involved dismemberment and concealment in a Somerville home, shocking a vigilant jury and public.
Mt Vernon Masons meet Thursdays at Masonic Hall Clayton Street with officers Capps and Heidler. Keystone Royal Arch meets third Tuesday at Max Joseph building. Athens BPOE No 790 meets Wednesdays on Broad and Lumpkin. Williams Lodge No 15 IOOF meets Mondays in Ode Fellows Hall. Owls Nest Athens No 1460 meets Fridays at Owl's Nest Clayton Street. St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at Castle Hall Clayton and Wall. Glenn Lodge No 75 IOOF meets Tuesdays in Ode Fellows Hall. Geo B Davis Camp W0W meets Wednesdays in Woodmen Hall Clayton Street. Oliver Encampment No 14 meets Fridays in Odd Fellows Hall Clayton Street.
A city cleaning advocate urges strict enforcement of ordinances to curb littering and improve streets. He highlights anti spitting rules, mandatory garbage cans, fines for refuse drops, and prohibitions on posting handbills to reduce trash and visual pollution.
Industrial Index reports unprecedented construction activity in the Southeast with mobile and coastal cities planning tall office buildings. New railroad capital formed in Savannah. several Georgia Alabama Florida mills and power projects announced. Numerous school, hotel, paving, and warehouse projects along with new banks in Rome and Geneva.
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