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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1914
Page
3
The Athens Daily Banner lists subscription rates and payment methods. The page also covers weather, banking, currency laws, pensions, meat prices, and political opinions, noting Georgia pension rolls, Morse, suffrage remarks, and Mississippi liquor restrictions. It mentions Governor Slaton and clemency debates, plus stray editorial jabs.
The piece questions any prediction of a lasting Chinese republic. It notes Yuan Shikai’s purge of parliament and the government run by a small council, with most people ignorant of governance. It argues democracy may take decades to mature and calls China’s republican experiment clearly uncertain.
The New York World asserts three major reforms from the new currency law. It establishes a true elastic national currency on the gold standard, separates the banking system from Wall Street gambling, and ends centralized control of money and credit, eliminating the Money Trust.
Opinion argues that Wilson era diplomacy needs Democrats in key posts to align with policies. It cites Eliot and Bryan as opposing spoilsman charges, and traces Jeffersonian precedent. The piece contends that Democrats must fill important foreign postings to honor party promises.
Dr. Samuel Johnson’s quip about patriotism frames a Chinese shift under Yuan Shikai. He replaces a brittle parliament with a 71 member consultative body to curb selfish gaming and push practical patriotism. Americans may regard Yuan’s actions as an attempt to preserve republican democracy amid external and internal meddling.
The article urges cooperation between citizens and city leaders in Athens. It likens residents to stockholders, stressing shared responsibility for city success or failure and calls for unified effort under the new city administration and officials.
Citizens are urged to actively back the municipal administration and cooperate with elected officers. The message stresses obedience to ordinances, rallying behind city actions, and devoting time and effort to help Athens prosper this year. Encouragement is sought over criticism to ensure normal growth for the Southern city.
Wisconsin tests a eugenic marriage law as clerks report no license applications while many couples wed under common law. The piece notes that common law marriages remain legal in Wisconsin and questions practical enforcement of eugenic mandates. It suggests educating the public on eugenics rather than forcing its adoption.
The piece argues Europe pressures the United States to protect foreign citizens in Mexico, citing the Monroe Doctrine. It notes Wilson seeks peace and prefers not to wage war, while acknowledging U S action may be required to police the doctrine and prevent conflict between Mexico and foreign nationals.
The seven naval powers spent about 800 million dollars in 1913 revealing the heavy tax burden of naval budgets. Britain led with nearly 250 million, the United States about 150 million, and Germany high in tonnage. The text urges reductions and a possible international agreement to ease the burden on citizens.
With the death of Simon Bolivar Buckner the last of the generation of Civil War veterans and Confederate generals fades from living memory. Buckner, a prominent figure in Kentucky and the South, passed away leaving a legacy tied to the end of an era in American military and political history.
The obituary notes the passing of the final distinguished Confederate general, aged ninety. It recalls how death has claimed many Confederate officers in recent years and reflects on the aging veteran ranks, predicting few gray veterans remain in a decade. The piece honors a soldier of great bravery and loyal citizenship.
State Superintendent M. L. Brittain takes a firm stand against teaching eugenics in Georgia public schools. He favors parental handling of such topics and supports general physiology education while opposing sex relation material promoted by eugenics advocates.
Nathan Straus, famed philanthropist and New York magnate, plans a grand effort to modernize Jerusalem. He aims to fund waterworks, sanitary reforms, and health initiatives while guiding others to assist, noting existing projects like a soup kitchen and a health department. He believes American money should back Palestine’s development, and his broader goal is a lasting, regionwide improvement beyond his lifetime.
The piece mentions President Wilson’s winter home at Pass Christian Mississippi near Beauvoir, contrasts him with Jefferson Davis, cites a Georgia insurance misstatement case striking a policy as void, notes fifty thousand pellagra cases prompting government funding for research, and comments on military restraint versus allowed cussing in service.
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