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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1915
Page
2
A summary of European war news, U S policy, and labor strikes. mentions Huerta and Villa in Mexico, Netherlands neutrality, German submarine caution, Chinese opposition to Japan, and Chicago trade unions on strike. discusses arbitration as a solution and notes on Panama Canal and Roosevelt.
A fund of thirty thousand dollars is being raised after the Third District Agricultural School at Americus was destroyed by fire with only three thousand dollars in insurance and twenty thousand dollars in net loss. Contributions support President J M Collum and Hon Crawford Wheatley, aiding state appropriation efforts via the General Assembly and public subscriptions to replace the lost building with a better structure.
The South faces a key issue for diversification as farmers consider reducing cotton. They need assured markets before expanding into new crops. While markets take years to build, progress already includes packing houses, grain elevators, and warehouses planned or underway to handle increased meat and grain output.
The Thaw case drags through New York courts as he fights to leave Matteawan asylum. Appeals, habeas actions, and a long history from murder trial to confinement mark the saga. Public sympathy grows for Thaw being misunderstood as not crazy, but law remains decisive.
The article notes countless postwar legal and international issues will emerge as Britain’s prize courts slow, holding ships for contraband investigations. American protests to Great Britain rise, with owners bearing unloading costs, and diplomats prepared to seek satisfactory postwar resolutions.
American manufacturers push to import two cargoes of German dye stuffs before the British embargo. Negotiations seek neutral port routing and passage on neutral ships, with Germany's consent yet to be secured. U S government is actively aiding the effort, deeming the cargoes highly important for cotton payments and industrial needs.
A major Athens convention on water works and sewage disposal, led by the University of Georgia School of Engineering, invites hundreds of Georgia officials and citizens. It aims to provide expert guidance, especially for smaller towns, to improve water supply and sewerage at lower costs, encouraging broad state participation.
J. M. Williams of Memphis, now paymaster general with brigadier general rank in the United Confederate Veterans, seeks two million dollars in Confederate currency to distribute to veterans at the Richmond reunion. The money, largely worthless and scarce today, is urged from Southern holders who still treasure it. Williams expects a broad response despite likely small contributions, as the sentimental project aims to please aging veterans.
A historic editorial argues the United States should avoid expansionism and consider ending rule in the Philippines. It cites Europe’s scramble for possessions, warns of burdens on armed forces, and stresses cautious action guided by fairness and reason.
Judge John Hart, state tax commissioner, calls local county assessors to meet in Atlanta this month to discuss issues from the new tax law. The meeting aims to improve administration, share methods, and consider amendments to strengthen the law for Georgia.
The South sees rising wheat acreage and interest in flour mills as diversification grows. Data show 16 Southern states gained flour mill capacity since 1860 in five states, with a 1914 yield pace potentially reaching 209 million bushels if per acre yields match 1914. State reports from South Carolina and others indicate growing yields, while some areas remain underutilized for flour mill materials.
A call for farmers to organize marketing associations now to sell diverse crops in cooperative groups. The piece warns that middlemen control prices and urges forming farm cooperative bodies to ship in car lots to ready markets, securing better prices and grading. It emphasizes planning crops for next summer to avoid delays and improve profits.
The article argues Germany seeks a break with the United States over neutrality. It cites Germany’s note accusing U S neutrality lapses and protests against American arms shipments to Allies. It predicts US policy will endure, inviting stronger German protests and a sharper response from the President.
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