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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1912
Page
8
Family of Bov W Haff, deceased, has filed a petition for twelve months support. All persons concerned are summoned to show cause by August in 1812 why said support should not be granted.
A long, data rich survey outlines Southern gains since 1880. It cites $3.5B in manufacturing capital, $8.97B in farm lands, vast cotton, coal, petroleum, and railroad expansion. Exports and bank deposits grew, while per capita wealth and industrial capacity surged, shaping a future described as a major national force.
The Minnesota Association of Stationary Engineers opens its annual convention in Winona on July 17, drawing representatives from all principal cities. The non-union, non-partisan group focuses on advancing engineers' interests through education and expects the meeting to be the most successful in its history.
Atlanta letters from Clay county reveal gratitude to Hon. John M. Slaton for siding with justice in 1896. A. L. Foster, a populist, won a seat by three votes despite a contested election. Slaton upheld the majority report to seat Foster, a stance that bridged party lines and fostered lasting friendships with former populists now in the Democratic fold. The tale carries a moral about fair process and political courage.
The Georgia house appropriations committee weighs requests totaling about half a million dollars while treasury cash in hand is barely one fifth of that. Educational and eleemosynary institutions seek funds, many from last year’s same allocations. Action hinges on speeches, priorities, and committee decisions as the panel meets twice weekly and plans to approve the most essential requests, with many surely disappointed.
The Industrial Index highlights rapid road construction in the Southeast with Georgia counties voting bonds for roads and Florida counties considering brick paving. It notes new $1,000,000 Florida and Savannah corporations, twenty-one new firms, bank expansions in Cordele Osterfield and Plains, and a Savannah bank capital increase. Construction plans cover city halls, jails, schools, factories, hotels, and bridges across multiple states, with Plant City Florida set to vote on $65,000 bonds.
Atlanta notes the Baltimore Evening News on July 17 asks What Is crackaloo a term unknown to Maryland readers. Georgia towns respond by claiming crackaloo is a female of its kind and more deadly than the male while a city librarian jokes that a crackaloo is simply a crackaloo. The piece mocks unfamiliar slang and highlights Georgia knowledge of the phrase.
Atlanta residents joke that oats are growing in the Belgian block crevices along Alabama Street between Broad and Whitehall in the central business district. Reported oats reach several inches high between car tracks as locals mock city paving delays.
The American Red Cross forms Women’s First Aid Detachments to teach first aid, home nursing, cooking, and sanitation. The program spans two to three years with post graduate courses, and detachments act as an auxiliary corps to prepare households and communities for emergencies. Washington, DC began the initiative in 1911 1912, with a notable 1914 conference and a partisan, service-oriented competition.
Members from across the country gather in Pittsburg for a four day session of the Young People s Christian Union affiliated with the United Presbyterian Church in North America. Renowned preachers and missionaries are on hand to address the gathering.
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