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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1913

Page

4

Georgia school fund apportionment totals and city county lists

The report details a statewide education appropriation showing Clarke county receiving 7801.37 and Athens city 11665. The document lists city by city allocations and county tallies for the school fund, including major entries like Atlanta 101,912.33, Columbus 16,946.82, Macon 19,190.86, Fulton 19,470.14, DeKalb 17,171.89 and Chatham 61,447.28, with per child state shares and year-to-year changes noted.

Clarke County Athens Adel Adrian Americus Ashburn Atlanta Bainbridge Barnesville Blackshear Blakely Bluffton Boston Bowersville Canon Douglas Dublin East Point Fairfax Fitzgerald Flintstone Gainesville Glennville Griffin Hartwell Hawkinsville Marietta Martin Menlo Moultrie Nelson Newnan Nichols Ocilla Pearson Pinehurst Pineview Rome Roswell Roynton St. Marys Stone Mountain Tifton Thomasville Toccos Waycross Went Point Villacoochoo Winder Buford Cadwell Cornelia Dalla Lavonia Lithonia Rochelle Russell Senoia Statesbor Pies Chickamauga Alamo Appling Baker Baldwin Banks Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Campbell Carroll Catoosa Chariton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty

Ellerys Band to Play Athens Muscial Festival Night

The Ellery band solo in Athens at the Auditorium next week on the 11th under the Athens Musical Festival Association. Two singers Thomas Wallace and Bayne Young from Glasgow will join, with vast audience praise following recent Knoxville and Cotton Palace shows.

Athens Athens Musical Festival Association Ellery's Knoxville Atlanta Ellery Band Ellery Taddero di Girolamo Thomas Wallace Bayne Young Glasgow Scotland Wallace John McCormick Mr. Young United Kingdom Cotton Palace Waco South Texas

President's Message to Congress on Crisis and Reforms

The President outlines responses to the Mexican crisis and calls for action on the currency bill the Sherman Law and the nomination of the president by direct vote at primaries plus other matters of importance.

Wilson urges immediate currency act and anti trust clarity

In a joint session, President Wilson pressed immediate currency legislation and urged changes to the Sherman act to clarify its meaning. He addressed farmer needs, discussed the Mexican crisis, and called for direct presidential nominee selection.

Washington, D. C Houses of Congress Congress Wilson

Primary Nominations for the Presidency Urges Reform

A proposal urges nationwide primary elections to choose presidential nominees without nominating conventions. It allows conventions to declare primaries verdicts and draft party platforms, but only with delegates comprising incumbents and nominees for Congress and Senate, plus national committees and presidential candidates.

Congress Senate United States

President's message to Congress on state of the union

The speech informs Congress of the state of the Union and proposes focusing on department reports. The president notes the long list of matters and asks for consideration by committees and members, stressing the reports' importance as government business.

Congress Union Yeu

United States Leads In Peace Treaty Negotiations

The United States asserts leadership in international peace efforts and calls for ratification of arbitration treaties. It notes broad global support, with thirty-one nations participating in principle, and stresses honor and world peace as the standard for resolving differences.

United States Senate Department of State

Treaty Obligations and Their Interpretations

The article discusses the creation of new treaty obligations and how existing commitments are interpreted under evolving international law. It analyzes how states define duties, resolve ambiguities, and adjust to changing geopolitical contexts while preserving core treaty aims.

Huerta Is Declared Dictator and Forces Downfall Predicted

A public statement denounces Victoriano Huerta as usurper and dictator, predicting his collapse and urging U S recognition of constitutional government in Mexico. The text argues constitutional order must be restored by peaceful leaders and warns against legitimizing military despotism.

Mexico America Huerta United States Victoriano Huerta

Currency Bill Aims To Help Farmers And Banks

The speaker urges swift enactment of banking and currency reform to free credit and aid farmers. The bill should place farmers on equal footing with other businesses and enable them to access local, concerted capital without special government credit. The focus is on aligning agricultural credit with general enterprise and speeding passage.

Senate

Farm Credit and Rural Development in America

The nation’s prosperity rests on farms and mines not cities. Farmers face delayed notes as seasons govern crop maturity and market access. Government aims to expand rural credit, study European models, and secure steady capital for farmers through a formal commission and congressional action.

Nature Agricultural Department Treasury of United States Congress Europe Senate House Department of Ag

President Calls Currency Reform To Aid Farmers

The president urges currency reform to aid farmers facing financing difficulties for crops. He highlights current conditions that hinder farm credit and proposes safeguards and provisions to reduce government deposits in southern and western states to assist producers and curb repeated needs for large government funding.

Sage

No clear headline in fragmentary text

Fragmentary excerpt discusses agriculture and the drafting of suitable legislation. It notes that it would be presumptuous to dogmatize on a complex issue, but expresses confidence that common counsel will yield desired results. No specific persons, places, or dates are identifiable.

Upholds Anti-Trust Law and Calls for Clearer Rules

The speaker supports preserving the Sherman Act but urges supplemental, explicit legislation to clarify and facilitate its administration. He aims to reduce debatable grounds, lessen private monopoly, and make enforcement fairer, promising a special message later in the session.

Bnaines

Path for enterprise growth and free competition urged

The text calls for relieving embarrassment and enabling prosperity by destroying private monopoly. It advocates clear, open paths of action for enterprises and investments, stressing that ways of action should be thrown wide open to reduce anxiety and foster growth.

Favors Direct Elections For President Nomination

The author argues for nationwide primary elections to choose presidential nominees without nominating conventions. Conventions would remain to declare primary verdicts and draft party platforms, and should include all current nominees for Congress, pending Senate seats, and presidential candidates to ensure accountable platform formation.

Philippines Independence Goal in U S Policy

The speech argues for ultimate Philippine independence with steady steps toward self government. It endorses expanding native representation, local governance, and education while maintaining U.S. supervision until Filipinos assume full control. It calls for patient, principled administration and gradual withdrawal as trust and capacity grow.

Urgee Development on Alaska Territorial Government and Railways

A speaker advocates full territorial government for Alaska and national control of a railway system and port terminals. The plan envisions Alaska as a storehouse unlocked by government built and administered railways, with rail access central to economic development and national interests.

Alaska

Policy of Resource Use and Alaska Development

The speaker argues railways unlock a nation’s storehouse, urging staged practical conservation across the country. He notes Alaska offers more freedom for policy testing while principles remain the same, stressing use of resources over lockup and harmony between state and federal authorities.

Alaska Union

Wilson outlines Philippine policy and path to independence

President Wilson presents his Philippine policy urging development with eventual independence. He cautions readiness for self government and notes progress, including more natives on the Philippine commission.

Wilson Philippine Islands Philippines Hoe Philippine Commission

Common Purpose for Shared Resource Use

A historical statement urges aligning policy to use but not waste essential resources. It emphasizes conference and concession to release resources without harming communities or infringing on collective heritage. The speaker argues for regulative lines acceptable to people and government to achieve a unified approach.

Employer's Liability Act Urged to Safeguard Mine and Seafarer Labor

Woodrow Wilson calls for federal and state action to protect workers on land and sea. He urges an employer's liability act for railroad employees, stronger mining oversight, and reforms for safer, more productive industries. He notes the international sea safety congress in London and commends congressional cooperation while stressing social justice and conservation as guiding principles.

Bureau of Mines London Sallora Poten Mt Gence Woodrow Wilson

Advertisement Testimonial for Chamberisin's Tablets

Miss Margaret Campbell of Ft. Smith Ark recalls her father besting illness after using Chamberisin's Tablets six years ago. He bought a box from dealers and has not been sick since, with her sister also benefiting from the remedy. For sale by wl dealers.

Chamberisin Margaret Campbell Ft. Smith, Ark

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