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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1919
Page
5
Tomkinsville Ky resident M J Hutcherson recalls three months of paralysis from rheumatism and credits Ziron with restoring strength. He praises the medicine as the best he ever used and urges others to try it, noting Ziron’s claimed blood iron benefits for rheumatism and general weakness.
Monroe Georgia July 15 Georgia Press Association session featured Faith O Susong editor of the Greenville Democrat explaining how she built ad sales. She emphasized proactive solicitation, prepared copy and attractive dummy ads, plus cheerful persistence and pricing by space rather than inchage, urging specials and fair value while noting she cannot share her full formula.
Wright A Patterson of Chicago told the Georgia Press Association that the rural American press must lead with sane counsel to maintain world civilization. He warned Europe’s chaos could spread to America via urban strikes and mob action unless rural papers promote law, patriotism, and orderly change through elected leaders.
In Miami on July 15, Fred Sanders Jr J J Corbett and John Laing died after an elevator fell five stories at a new hotel under construction. Laing, in charge of construction, was among the deceased. a fourth man was fatally injured.
A large bolt of lightning likely started a blaze that destroyed a major Crawford business block yesterday afternoon, about 18 miles from Athens. Property valued around fifty thousand dollars burned, including Roland's Garage, Brooks Stable, Morris Mill, Brooks Grocery, Music Store, Orr Miller Store Rooms, Restaurant, and Pressing Club. The Bank of Crawford was saved by water, while Athens water communications to Crawford were cut off as the area burned.
The railroad administration plans to extend export freight rates to the South Atlantic and Gulf ports to cover territory from the Mississippi to the Ohio. Officials told protesters the plan does not cancel existing rates but expands them to all territories. Port representatives from Savannah Brunswick Pensacola Charleston and Jacksonville attended the hearing along with Mississippi Valley state lawmakers.
Six former American soldiers testified before a special House committee on alleged cruelties to military prisoners in France. They described merciless assaults by arrogant officers at camps including the Bastile stockade and the brig known as St Anns hotel. The incidents reportedly spanned 1918 with some officers convicted or awaiting trial. officers named include Lieut Hardboiled Smith, Lieutenants Mason and Sergeants Ball, Wolfmeyer and Bush.
Monroe Ga July 15 An unexpected clash arose in the Georgia Press Convention as a McAuliffe resolution urged editors to back the League of Nations and the peace treaty. The convention, nearly unanimous, endorsed the President and treaty, with Editor Woodall opposing.
Memphis officials report Hunter Maine, president of the Mercantile Bank of this city when it failed for over $1,000,000, was convicted in criminal court of fraudulent breach of trust connected with the collapse. The sentence ranges from one to ten years in prison.
Washington July 14 Eighteen million dollars for vocational training of injured soldiers sailors and marines is provided by an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill tentatively adopted by the house today. The original bill carried six million for this purpose but was vetoed by the president.
Washington moves to resume mail service with Germany effective immediately under a postmaster general order. Senate debate centers on Shantung, with Lodge calling it price for Japan’s league of nations acceptance while opponents argue it reflects conquest. The issue follows a push for information on a 1918 Germany Japan treaty.
The British airship NS-11, departing Pulnam for a mine sweeping mission, is believed struck by lightning with twelve crew members lost. The incident marks a fatal end to a wartime mine sweeping operation amid tense sea duties and weather hazards.
Washington reports late today that the White House sent invitations to a number of Republican senators to confer with the president on the peace treaty. The invitations will continue daily as he seeks ratification and outlines key issues on the league of nations and the Shan Tung settlement.
American members of the peace delegation take part in all talks on enforcing the German treaty and creating commissions to enforce its terms. They avoid discussing American membership in those commissions to prevent criticism of rushing enforcement before ratification by the United States.
Walter A Harris of Macon was unanimously elected chairman of the Georgia division of the American Legion at a meeting in Macon on July 15. Resolutions call for immediate deportation of all aliens who withdrew preliminary application papers to avoid military service during the war.
A compact poem surveys how nations greet each other from Danish to Italian, listing phrases like Live well and How goes it while noting changes after wars and shifts in politics. The piece plays on tone and curiosity across cultures with playful missteps and unfinished lines.
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