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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1915
Page
4
A Georgia business and farming audience heard leaders urge equal access to loans. Speakers emphasized stronger land title laws and improved collection rules to ensure farmers have solid collateral and banks maintain profits. The debate echoed earlier remarks from South Carolina and Atlanta on lending discrimination and farmer-friendly finance reforms.
Governor Harris urges the Georgia legislature to fund and expedite a statewide boll weevil campaign. He announces a formal proclamation endorsing a public education drive led by the agriculture department entomology board and state college. Forty experts will soon tour counties, while entomologist Lee Worsham prepares farmers for the effort.
Subscribers must promptly notify the business office about late deliveries or missing papers as the sole source of complaint. No carrier is authorized to collect subscriptions or sell papers. Weather chatter notes frost, rising cotton prices, and war rumors about Bulgaria and Russia with humorous etymology about equinox and restaurant origins.
AP wires report that Britain's wartime indebtedness could not fall below seven billion dollars by year end. They note overall Allied debt at about 30.4 billion, with Britain and France leading, while Teutonic allies show sharp postwar rises. Human losses are incalculable and await full tally after the war ends.
The Foreign Trade Department of the National Association of Manufacturers announces an International Trade Conference at the Hotel Astor in New York on December 6 7 and 8. Prominent inland and ocean transportation leaders bankers importers and exhibitors will attend to discuss foreign trade and the shifting global markets. The conference aims to explore ways and means to boost exports following a year of market improvements and stabilized exchange.
Representative M. M. Connor of Griffin argues most Georgians oppose including the prohibition issue in the extra session. He warns a major filibuster could arise if the issue is forced alongside the general appropriations measure, and predicts prompt action on prohibition bills with swift committee moves.
Mr. J H Lumpkin of this city was named yesterday by State Game Warden Arnow to serve as Clarke County game warden under state law protecting game birds and fish. The resignation of R W Lamkin, who served previously, was accepted by the state department.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills claiming to awaken liver action and increase bile. It asserts improved bowel movements and relief from moody days at a price of 25 cents per bottle.
The Athens High School band moves toward public performances under Prof. R T Dottery, former Georgia band director. Thirteen pieces are listed with tryouts featuring Wayman Davis and Evans Bullard on cornets, Miller and Thompson on clarinets, Creekmore on clarinet, and Peeler and Short on altos.
A collection of public notices lists multiple candidates announcing bids for Athens mayor and alderman positions across the First Second Third and Fourth wards. Names include E H Youngkin A G Dudley T E Jago Harold Tuck Vincent Mathews Albert E Davison Hugh H Gordon E K Lumpkin Jr and musicians Clarence Dunaway Allen Moore Chase Talmadge Artie Dunaway Tom Davis. The notices specify candidacy subject to Democratic primary action.
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