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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
2
The Athens paper argues for equitable coal freight rates for Athens and insists on reforming tax laws to balance the burden. It notes Georgia’s need for full senate representation, critiques current free list politics, and comments on animal taxation including dog taxes and a poll tax repeal. It also mentions the W O W convention in Athens andMoonshine presence across settlements.
The Athens college welcomes Prof. R. H. J. DeLoach as he begins July 1 as director of the Georgia agricultural experiment station. A naturalist and bird-lover, he has been a key figure in the college of agriculture, known for research, practical farm matters, and tireless efforts to advance Georgia farming. His energy and adaptability are trusted to meet the station’s challenging tasks for farmers statewide.
The Georgia legislature meets in June and must enact a law for electing a United States senator by popular vote. Without prompt action, a vacancy could arise as the old appointment by Governor Crown becomes questionable under the new federal statute. The senior Senator Bacon remains until the legislature acts, which must occur quickly within fifty days to preserve full representation.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce has broadened its vision by extending its activities to nearby towns. Delegates visited Commerce and Jefferson, met with local trade groups, shared boost ideas, and exchanged problems. A recent trip invited them to Comer to witness the formation of its own Chamber of Commerce.
Yesterday the pension money for Clarke county arrived nearly three months late. Budgets, salaries, and taxes are debated as the state urges overhaul of the tax system. The piece calls for business men to lead reform, urging honest returns and unified taxation while warning against demagogues.
A local fable compares a muddy shallow pool to shallow minds and urges simple honesty. It notes a road repair exposing a tiny hole once feared, now clear, urging people to reflect sunshine and share cheerful light despite perceived depth.
A Southern Merchant warning described a practised credit rating scam where a so called Retail Merchants Credit Rating Agency prepares customer ratings then sells the data to foreign mail order firms. Merchants are urged to avoid giving access to financial records and to resist such schemes.
From Riese Italy a peasant boy named Beppo rose to the highest clerical rank in Rome. He entered Vatican doors, inspired loyalty, and became Cardinal Giuseppe Sartor before being chosen as Pope Pius X amid rival cardinals Rampolla and Vannutelli.
The article lauds the Sanitary revolution in the Panama Canal Zone as vital to the project. It notes prior deaths from tropical diseases, the French and American efforts, and pivotal 19th century medical advances by Ronald Ross and Walter Reed that changed tropical medicine and reduced disease among workers. The piece emphasizes the government led sanitation push as equally monumental as the canal itself.
Surgeon in the U S Army announced his board in 1901. The mosquito carried yellow fever and malaria, transforming tropical America’s health. Havana, under U S control, saw yellow fever disappear within a year and malaria deaths plummet from 350 to about ten per year after a decade of mosquito work while Panama began applying the same methods with the last yellow fever case on the Isthmus in May 1906.
An editorial urges Georgia to pay for slaughtered tuberculous cattle and cattle infected by the cattle tick. It argues slaughter is prudent to prevent disease, cites recent condemnations around Atlanta, and calls residents to pressure legislators to enact a law reimbursing owners.
A critique contrasts American woman suffrage activism with English militants. It notes Connecticut has 18 000 eligible women in Hartford yet only 95 vote in a school election and questions the push for a state fracture revision while mourning political reform limits. The piece labels militants as anarchists and condemns supposed martyrdom claims.
Sunday morning the new St. Joseph’s Church in Athens was dedicated with Father Clark leading a service joined by the bishop visiting priests and friends from several cities. The marble site on a historic Athens location was praised as a monument to devotion and energy, promising future church work and growth for the small yet devoted congregation.
A historical reminiscence contrasts religious faith with practical tactics in war, noting a general’s “Trust in God and keep your powder dry” exhortation. It then shifts to farming, describing a three month workload compressed into weeks, urging farmers to be busy and rely on providence for weather as intensive ploughing begins.
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