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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
4
Remittances may be sent by express, post office money order, or registered letter. Athens expands public works. Georgia Legislature backs Democratic presidential nominees. Roosevelt campaign drives with party platform debates. high school aims to boost industrial education. local auto law observance improves after lessons. Ninth District campaigning accelerates with Congress bids and reelections.
The Valdosta Times discusses a new political party uniting disaffected voters from both major parties. It argues populism and progressivism have splintered Republicans and Democrats, suggesting Roosevelt or Bryan could lead a militant third force to unify progressives and clarify the nation’s political choices before the 1916 election.
The piece declares Athens is lively despite summer, with commencement echoes, auto traffic, summer school, high school meet, Peabody alumni visit, Chau tauqua events, and a surge in building activity. It notes 400 students for six weeks, state contests, and robust Saturday trade amid ongoing public works.
A historical statement arguing for state sovereignty and anti centralization. It contrasts Democratic and Republican stances on federal power, warning that centralized control benefits private interests. The piece stresses preserving three federal branches and defending reserved state powers against encroachment.
The text argues for federal remedies alongside state ones to regulate interstate commerce and prevent monopolies. It notes the Democratic party's return to the people’s rule, direct election of U.S. senators, and promises to fight corruption, fraud, and machine rule in American politics.
The Democratic platform defends judicial independence and aims to protect labor rights. It calls for reform of injunctions in industrial disputes, supports wage earners organizing, and proposes a federal Department of Labor with mining included, plus employee compensation for injuries or death.
The speech reprised Democrats' aim to pick leaders after defining platform principles, centering Tariff Reform and a push for revenue tariffs aimed at relief for producers and consumers. It argues against high Republican tariffs as unjust, urging downward revisions and free lists for domestically protected yet noncompetitive goods.
A Bureau of Railway Economics study shows net operating revenue per mile declining across 1910 to 1912. Despite higher aggregate revenue, per mile figures fell in 18 of 22 months, with April 1912 posting a $6,026,440 drop from April 1911 and taxes rising 9.4 percent per mile.
F M Dockles reports rapid progress at the Rockford Boys' Club in Maine. Over a year, 108 boys passed tenderfoot tests, eight first aid demonstrations were given, 36 passed exams, 32 learned the Myers alphabet, five can send 16 letters a minute, 47 passed observation tests, 48 learned the pace for a mile in 12 minutes, 54 were trained in knife and hatchet use, and a carpenter aided construction. Forty-five learned camp fire safety, 30 cooked meat and potatoes by camp fire, 45 practiced roe cake and related dishes, five passed that test, 72 saved money, 47 learned compass points, 10 enlisted and trained new boys, nine walked seven miles there and back with reports, 18 identified 10 tree species, 30 tree kinds noted at camp, and 35 joined clay modeling classes two winter evenings a week.
South wealth rose from 9.18 to 27.6 billion amid postwar recovery, with schooling and public works expanding. Despite cotton price pressures, farm buildings and roads grew, and expenditures on common schools surged 483 percent from 1880 to 1909, reflecting broad investments and evolving priorities.
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