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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
4
The proposed bill would force Athens public schools to use state adopted rural textbooks, creating a substantial annual expense for patrons. Superintendent Bond estimates year one costs across grades totaling about $2,927.76 plus high school book purchases.
Banner's Atlanta Bureau reports from Santa Georgia that Chairman Stark of the temperance committee offered his resignation to the House speaker. The House declared its confidence in Stark, rejecting the resignation by a unanimous vote after discussion of pending prohibition bills and committee duties.
Judge W H Hopkins of Thomasville voices concern that the Senate interferes with the House as a special inquiry into veterans at the Soldiers Home unfolds. The probe, appointed under the Foster resolution, targets Magh Colquitt and others, with critics urging procedural scrutiny.
Atlanta Aug 2 The committee to investigate the state school for the deaf and dumb has been appointed under a pending senate resolution. Speaker Burwell explained delays and misapprehensions about the resolution while detailing joint authorship and district appointments for the probe.
Atlanta reports Forrest Adair and the Georgia delegation received many honors at the Seattle Shrine convention. A live bear cub, gifted by Mirthful Shriners without his prior consent, arrived with him in Atlanta where he learned of the tribute. The piece notes travel heat and suggests Athens as a summer destination.
Madison learns Col John T Newton longtime board member of the University of Georgia and State College of Agriculture died in a private Atlanta sanitarium aged sixty two. He leaves a wife five children and five grandchildren and funeral services set for Madison. Fellow trustees and university figures mourn a loyal capable leader with two months of illness preceding death.
Savannah Morning News reports strong opposition from city school systems including Savannah Athens and Atlanta to a senate passed bill mandating state adopted textbooks. Otis Ashmore says the measure would force cities to abandon local texts and raise costs benefiting rural boards while harming urban schools.
Mrs. M Williams of 180 Barrow Street Athens testifies three years of kidney trouble with back pain and sleepless nights eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports relief from symptoms and only one recurrence since. Price 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y
Agricultural Laboratory lauds a newly published Soil Manual by Prof. Ginn & Company. The 40 exercises cover soils origins structure moisture ore crop rotation fertilizers and aging with field verification and minimal equipment needs. It suits high schools agricultural schools and normal schools and supports laboratory and classroom study.
A summer school verse and resolution express gratitude to the faculty and dormitory staff at the State Normal School. Students praise meals by Mr Rhodes and Mrs Kinnebrew, Misses Allen and Webb, and note the Dean Wardlaw family’s presence. They vow to return in sixteen.
Washington reports the U S Department of Agriculture says the cotton crop was 76.3 percent of normal on July 25, down from 80.3 on June 25 and 74.4 last July, with 31.6 million acres planted and under cultivation.
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