Community ties and political clashes in Georgia rhetoric
A compilation of varied opinions on community values, politics, and leadership. It laments division, cites Mercer University head Rev. Dr. T. W. O Kelley, discusses senate appointments and racial politics involving a negro nominee, and praises John N. Holder's long public service while urging county creation near Winder.
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Mercer
Mercer University
T. W. O'Kelley
Raleigh
Banner
Barrow County
Winder
Gonate
John N. Holder
Holder
Citiiens
Georgia
From Russia to America Athan Cahan’s ascent in journalism
The piece chronicles Abraham Cahan, born in Russia, who fled after being implicated with revolutionary Reds. It notes his rise as founder of a major New York newspaper and publishing house. It highlights his work guiding Jewish immigrants to American citizenship and his acclaimed literary contributions before evolving The Forward into a leading New York journal.
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Russia
Abraham Cahan
Cahan
Reds
Siberia
William Dean Howells
Forward
New York
Weevil Fight Planned From Athens For Georgia
A team led by Phil Campbell and others from the State College of Agriculture will travel next month to study and combat the boll weevil spreading into Georgia. Government and railroad partners report early gains from square destruction and rapid cultivation, with hopes for normal cotton production despite the pest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Campbell
Whittle
Georgia
United States Department
Knapp
Southern Railway
Finley
State Agricultural Commissioners
Agenta
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Farm
Alabama
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Department of Farm Improvement
Elkos
Seaman Knapp
Department of Farm Improvement Work
The Need of Farm Conservation and Education
Emerson urged land use noble, but Georgia farms show large waste. Statistics reveal 92.6 acres per farm and low animal labor. labor, machinery, and fertilizer costs have surged. Experiments suggest yields can rise cost-effectively through educated, broad training that values service, vigor, and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Georgia
Georgia's Education Needs and Agricultural Emphasis
The passage urges organizing and directing educational institutions from primary schools to universities to meet current needs. It stresses applied education while not neglecting other types, noting seven tenths of Georgians are engaged in farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Fifty Year Echo To Music From Gettysburg Anniversary
A historical note from Forest Park Illinois reproduces the copyrighted New Dixie by Orren M Donaldson honoring Gettysburg’s fiftieth anniversary. The song echoes a martial past with lines urging unity between North and South and loyalty to Old Glory while a chorus pledges peace with Dixie and a nation united from coast to coast.
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Forest Parks
Ill
New Dixie
Orren M. Donaldson
Battle of
Gettysburg
Gulf
Tax Digest Reveals Wilkes County Decline in Taxable Values
Wilkes county shows about a $50,000 drop in 1913 tax digest amid claimed causes including hard years for farmers and financial pressures. The article argues the real reason is “tax-ologitis,” noting white and black land acreages and values per acre, and estimating overall land value with improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes
J. T. Harris
Washington
Wilkes County
Harris
Grand Old County
The Croaker Prophet of 1914 Foretells Grim Times
The piece discusses prophetic knocking at events and cites Old Moore the prognosticator. It notes gloomy 1914 forecasts including British women paying taxes voting in spring and holding office by year end, with a royal death hint and emphasis on public reaction to forecasts.
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Dr. Troutman
British Isles
Old Moore
Prophecy of doom and a September marriage omen
A northern prophecy foretells a child born next year bringing upheaval in Britain and global calamities from earthquakes to floods. It warns of Turkey's fate, a looming war brink for Germany and France, and a revolution in China. Yet love conquers if proposals occur in September with a happy union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
European
Asia
Africa
Turkey
Europe
Germany
France
China
Modern life saving rules for electric shock emergencies
The Banner prints the new standard methods for resuscitating electric shock victims approved by medical and technical authorities. The plant manager of the telephone company has used these rules to save two workers, and readers are urged to study and keep the guidance for future emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Times
Bayner
Chair of Southern History Proposed at Peabody College
Miss Rutherford urges establishing a chair of Southern history at Peabody Teachers College Nashville inspired by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The plan aims for similar chairs at Southern universities, boosting teacher training and public understanding of the South in Georgia and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody Teachers’ College
Nashville
Daughters of the Confederacy
Rutherford
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Southern University
Southern College
Peabody School of Education
University of Georgia
University
Georgis
South
Georgia
Guarding Children Against Preventable Disease
A critique of schools neglecting health education and a call to widespread disease prevention. The text praises medical and public health efforts reducing child death rates and highlights the International Congress on School Hygiene to be held in Buffalo August 25 30, urging official representation to learn modern prevention methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Aus
Cotton Seed Day in Georgia Schools
Dr Andrew M Soule president of the State College of Arica Athens urges Georgia common schools to dedicate a day this fall to studying cotton seed and by products. He says seeds hulls and meal boost livestock feed fertilizer use and agricultural progress and urges wider dissemination of knowledge on their value and future potential.
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Andrew M. Soule
State College of
Arica
Athens
Common Schools
Georgia
Dr. Soule
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England
Mexico
Japan
Atlanta
Applebaum
Grace
Woodward Vs. Council
Frank
State College of Agriculture
Smith
Tom Hardwick
Hardwick
Moesra
Stovall
Elbert
Sheppard
Sumter
Congressional Record
Wilson
Allowine Suepiatmie
Sota Argh Ag
Reg Bealh
Ok- Seanad
Senate
Office of Register of the Treasury
Weevil
Ver
Dixie
Dixie Land
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