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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1919
Page
4
A notice from The Athens Banner in Athens Georgia requests payment by express money order draft past office order or registered letter as remittance.
Summer ends with Athens reporting continuous business rush throughout 1919. Merchants prepared for fall with larger stocks while prices stay high postwar conditions. Land and city property rise. demand outstrips supply as building expands, aiming for fourth-ranked city status in the state next year. Cooperation urged to attract newcomers and develop a greater Athens.
The nation sees a new right for cotton growers as spinners rally in sympathy to secure fair prices. A Manufacturers Record letter from former President MacCall urges Southern growers to seek full, remunerative prices, noting production costs have risen while farmers have long earned less. The joint stance aims to stabilize markets and relieve inflation by aligning prices with fair values.
A Texas audience heard John R. Shillady, secretary of the National Association for Colored People, urged social equality. Judge Pickle ordered Shillady to leave Austin after a confrontation. The piece condemns Shillady’s tactics as harmful to the Negro race and predicts his influence will fade in the South while urging real estate building in Athens.
In Birmingham Alabama a building company was organized and contracts were let for nineteen residences and ten store rooms. The move reflects Alabama citizens seizing the demand for homes and commercial space, signaling continued growth and prosperity in the city.
American naval officers reviewing Allied Commissions on submarine terms see strong arguments on both sides. Some favor keeping subs, citing aircraft, mines, and long-range reach as war-essentials, while others warn abolition risks neglecting other powerful weapons. Small nations insist submarines remain vital for defense and deterrence.
Elgin August 23 Tommy Milton veteran driver won the seventh renewal of the Elgin automobile road race a 301 mile event here today in four hours five minutes and seventeen seconds Roscoe Sarles finished second nearly 25 miles behind Kurt Hitke was third Ralph Melford drove the last miles for Ira Wall and finished fourth The time was considered slow though Melford broke a course record for the first 160 miles
The National Association for Protection of American Rights in Mexico released a statement by Dr. P B Altenworf detailing German schemes in Mexico during World War I. He alleges a 45 000 strong German Mexican army planned to invade the United States as Germany pressed its western front drive, with Carranza’s help and German officials on payrolls.
Washington, ng 23 Success of the national railway shopmen strike now in progress will depend entirely on how transportation service can be halted, a circular from the American Federation of Labor sent to senators says. Senator Thom as of Colorado reported the document and noted the circular argues the move is a legitimate development of action by Congress in 1914 to exempt laboring organizations from anti trust laws. Demands for wage increases are being reviewed by Director General Hines.
A reader protests anti profiteering rhetoric and war time controls on merchants. The writer argues government taxes and direct selling undermine honest middlemen, disputes farmer profiteering claims, and defends local grocers in Athens Georgia while criticizing senators and national leaders.
Atlanta Aug 22 Bishop Theodore D Bratton of Mississippi Episcopal Church says the religion of the American soldier is genuine not always out of the books. He describes missions in camps in France and Germany and praises Y M C A workers and the devotion of soldiers and women serving abroad.
Doughs Arizona August 23. Hundreds of Mormons driven from Colonia Morelos by Villa's invasion 1916 seek to recover homes from Mexican squatters. About ten families remain in brick houses but cannot occupy them as others refuse to quit under Mexico for Mexicans. Many Mormons move to the United States while appeals to the Mexican government and to the American State Department have failed.
Paris reports the supreme council debated sending troops to Silesia if Germany allows foreign police forces before treaty ratification. Conference circles expect consent due to large property interests. The American delegation said it cannot provide troops without Washington instructions.
Washington Aug 23 After a 9 to 8 vote the Foreign Relations Committee urged Wilson to provide more details before amending the Shantung clause substituting China for Germany on German rights. The panel’s action shifts the Shantung fight to the Senate floor and centers on Poland Rhine treaties and negotiations in Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey.
New York, Aug. 23. Economic experts warn this city will face a winter of hardship unless living costs are cut before fall. Tenement residents struggle to cover food and clothing with no funds left for fuel, and officials fear worse than ever if prices stay high. Bolshevik threats and secret-service vigilance loom as July Fourth plots are tracked, while road conditions hinder tourism and commerce across the state.
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