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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
5
D D Etount of Tarrytown California reports improvement after taking Ziron for weakness and pale complexion. He describes past fatigue and poor appetite but says sleep improved and energy increased after starting the iron tonic.
The Georgia House approved a bill to abolish regional time standards and set Central Standard Time as the legal time by governor proclamation. It passed almost unanimously. The House also advanced a Georgia Tech engineering and industrial research department bill, enabling equipment grants and federal funds, with a $10,000 special appropriation for Albany Negro school, totaling $15,000. No probe into food combines or high cost of living was approved, as the resolution for investigation was tabled amid opposition.
During the pastor's vacation the First Presbyterian Church of Oregon will have Dr Arthur F Bishop of Portland supply the Sunday sermons in August. He will also lead Wednesday prayer meetings at 6 pm on August 6 13 and 20 with topics The Christ of History The Christ of Conscience and The Christ of Experience. Dr Bishop will be in Athens most of August and available for special pastoral services.
Washington August 5 The Comptroller of the Currency said July saw the largest monthly rise in national banks in years with twenty new bank charters granted and fifty four applications for capital increases approved.
Senate confirmation of John Barton Payne from Illinois Thomas A Scott from Connecticut and Henry M Robinson from California to the United States Shipping Board is reported. Mrs C C Ruff has returned from Grits.
Reports from Paris indicate Austrian observers will submit treaty notes by August 6 as the peace conference weighs Rumanian and Italian agreements over Budapest. U S officials warn of potential withdrawal of economic aid to Romania if Allied directives are not followed. A separate Georgia stump elimination tour plans to demonstrate new machinery in multiple towns starting September 12, with demonstrations of dynamite, stump pullers, tractors, and land restoration.
Washington reports Pershing cabled the War Department that on July 31 a total of 98,497 American troops were still stationed overseas continuing active service in Europe.
Chicago on August 5 reports a sharp drop in corn prices as traders react to uncertain government policy on disposing of the 199 crop. The market plunged 32 cents per bushel from levels seen at the start of the campaign against high living costs.
Sergeant Fisher at the U S Army Recruiting Station handed out literature on enlist and earn while you learn. He read poems about army life and discharge to encourage recruits while noting real life hopes and later civilian plans. Local social notes mention Miss Katherine Dozier hosting guests in Gainesville with Mrs D G Bickers of Savannah among attendees.
Congressman Charles H. Brand arrived in Athens from Washington and will stay several days. He announced appointments to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, naming first principal Paul Richards, second principal R. L. Moss Jr., third principal Julian Duncan, all with local connections. Also listed are first and second alternates Mr. Wood of Athens and R. I. Poole of Lavonia.
The Montgomery house passed slight amendments to the workmen's compensation act today. The amendments were concurred with and the measure moves to the governor for signature.
Memphis Tenn August 5 Embargo on all freight with perishable and livestock exempt will be accepted subject to delay announced by the division freight agent of the Frisco. Similar action expected on other roads. Poignant poem interlude about The Weather Man up There contrasts heat and rain with hopeful night and rest.
An unidentified black man, alleged to hail from Chicago, was taken from a Southern passenger train in Cochran on complaints by black riders and was lynched by unknown people early this morning. His body was found swinging from a tree as tension rose amid reports of retaliatory violence.
A $250,000 county bond issue for good roads, authorized June 18, sold to Continental Trust Co. of Macon at par with accrued interest and a $3,375 premium plus engraving. Six bids were received from Stacy & Bond Toledo, Pigrett Co Atlanta, Trust Company of Georgia Atlanta, Continental Trust Co Macon, J H Hileman Co Atlanta, and Georgia National Bank.
Only two cases of typhoid fever existed in Athens last month while many Georgia towns reported higher per capita rates. The Board of Health devoted its meeting to the issue, planning continued sanitary work to achieve even better results than the already low figures.
Washington August 5 The league of nations and the Shantung settlement drew sharper criticism as the Senate foreign relations committee opened a public hearing on the treaty with Germany. Senator Watson Republican Indiana led a clash over the Shantung provision amid exchanges about Norman Davis and Wilson’s information.
Miss Daisy Burton and Mrs John Allgood depart Friday for New York on a Davison Nicholson Co business trip. The note casts ambition as selfish striving, with a moral reflection on desire for achievement.
Silas W. Davis promotes 1000 dollar Treasury Savings Certificates with four percent yield and tax exemption. Georgia National Bank of Athens leads with full directorate subscriptions, Memphis Clearing House subscribes for all members, and nationwide canvass aims to form 6,000 Savings Societies with 83,000 members to foster thrift and savings habits through schools and normal schools this summer.
Memphis report shows Oseir Johnson leading former governor Longino in a four cornered race for governor with Ross Collins and Lee Russell close behind as returns are slow and scattered in southern counties.
Paris reports Allied governments at a London conference will jointly purchase pork products through a common U S buying agency. The arrangement is expected to take effect August 8 and may involve Germany through the Treperstions committee—the text notes the likely participation of major powers in stabilizing pork prices.
The Athens Civil Service Commission met to discuss a traffic ordinance to limit repeat reckless driving and impose fines. The city plans more traffic officers at busy intersections and a citywide push to curb speeding and dangerous driving for public safety.
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