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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
2
The Athens Banner column surveys national and state issues from Prohibition to suffrage, politics, and public welfare. It notes the District of Columbia refuge ban for enforceable temperance laws, explores toupees among Atlanta men, and cites overcrowding and planned reforms at Milledgeville’s state sanitarium with calls for new buildings.
The article weighs the value of a state constabulary for Georgia, noting it could be beneficial if funded adequately. It questions the state's ability to finance such a force without harming funding for schools and educational institutions.
Pablo Lopez portrays Villa as a vindictive villain whose orders he carried out. Lopez says he is sentenced to death and will be executed after healing. The interview argues for U S intervention to capture and execute Villa despite collateral Mexican affairs.
The piece argues progressives press Roosevelt as the Republican standard bearer or trigger another split ticket. It contends old liners must accept Roosevelt or risk a Democratic win led by Wilson, aided by conservatives who prefer peace and oppose entangling alliances in the war.
The commencement sermon is remembered as a closing benediction on college work. Preachers now craft practical life lessons from intellectual texts to guide students beginning adult life, offering inspiration and real help beyond religious rhetoric.
The State Normal School issues a bulletin by Professor E S Sell titled Methods of Instruction in Agriculture Lessons Arranged According to the Seasons for Rural and Village Schools of Georgia. It outlines 42 lessons for recitation 34 exercises, with references to state textbooks Farmer’s Bulletins and college bulletins. The program supports two lessons weekly for a nine month term or three per week for six months and covers school garden plots home gardens and beautifying school grounds.
Work begins soon after school starts with three or four plots for new crops like alfalfa and clover, plots for various farm crops, and plots for fertilizer tests. Beautifying the grounds will be part of agriculture class, with flowers planted and trees and shrubs set out. A spring home garden fair may encourage pupil projects.
The rain lifts spirits of farmers after a month of drought and late germination. Cotton acreage is 5 to 10 percent higher than last year with about 30 percent of seed up. Drought delayed growth but late planting may reduce boll weevil risk. fertilizer use is low and of poor potash value. Crop condition is rated 75 to 80 percent of normal.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler urged Americans to unite and uphold governing principles for a strong nation. He warned that opportunity for unity must be seized now, recalling Lincoln and urging a vision beyond selfishness and material gain to uplift mankind.
The article notes rising enrollments at the University of Georgia and associated schools, predicting more than eight hundred students next year. It argues local pride in the state institutions and calls for more teaching staff, dormitory space, and recitation rooms to meet increased demand and funding needs.
A senate subcommittee after a thorough investigation recommends confirming Louis D. Brandeis for the Supreme Court. Opponents offered charges but failed to prove them, and the committee says the nominee is suitable. The decision now rests with the full Senate to approve the President's choice.
The Mexican crisis worsens as Carranza pushes for American troop withdrawal or war. The United States, unready for conflict, faces a delicate balance with Mexico. Both nations risk near confrontation if Carranza persists, with no easy path to amicable settlement.
Legal questions arise as Georgia’s new prohibition statute is tested in court. Savannah attorneys urge accepting whiskey shipments, while Judge Speer weighs confiscation of seized liquor as possible due process issues under the Fourteenth Amendment. Further challenges may shape enforcement or revision.
Reports indicate growing public fatigue with the war in multiple countries. Food shortages in Germany, Italian setbacks, and Turkish reverses stir unrest while France shows less discontent. England debates peace but the government resists without ally consent. overall peace talk fills the air as nations edge toward exhaustion.
Educational institutions in Athens finish the annual exercises, noting increased attendance and greater interest from both teachers and students in the past session, marking a year of commendable work.
The piece notes that dye shortages from Germany threaten indigo supply, pushing overall costs higher by 50 percent with potential 15 percent more increases. It cites optimism about U S prosperity postwar by Charles Hamlin of the Federal Reserve, amid talk of expanding state bank participation in the federal system.
The document lists the number of presidential electors by state for a November vote, totaling 571 electors with 266 needed to secure the presidency. Alabama to Wyoming show varied counts, including California 13 New York 45 and Illinois 29, reflecting the electoral map of the period.
The distinctly American game of poker grew from its origins in the United States and has spread to nearly every country abroad, even reaching ships crossing the seas.
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