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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
8
Georgia political debate runs through several papers as Dr Lamartine Hardman emerges as a leading governor candidate. Editorials praise his constructionist program, medical career, and modern agricultural leadership in Northeast Georgia, while other contenders face caution about Atlanta headquarters and campaign strategy.
The Athens region shows strong representation in the nation’s armed services during the Mexican crisis. Sons and relatives of local families serve in the Navy and Army, including Setch Mitchell on the Utah and others in Vera Cruz and at naval forts. Local ties reach into engineering, Red Cross, and Mexican connections through relatives of Prof. Neal and Mrs. Hoke.
Columbus Ohio April 29 The hearing of the case of the Standard Oil company of Canada against proceedings to oust it from doing business in Ohio is on today It is alleged the Standard Oil company and its subsidiaries are operated in the state in violation of the Sherman anti trust law and the Valentinian trust act and the proceedings were demanded by George Phelps an attorney of Findlay Ohio
Major Kendrick of the University cadets will travel to Montgomery Alabama on May 2 returning about a week later. The article notes a firm stance against city temptations and highlights Dr. L G Hardman of Commerce as a leader of character and ethics. A Georgia woman praises Hardman and a schoolgirl calls him the greatest man in America. Repairs to civic leadership are praised while Atlanta police board routine is paused for opera week.
The University of Georgia cadets under Major Kendrick, commandant, took their first spring hike yesterday marching out full force to Mitchell's Bridge about six to seven miles from the city center. They had lunch sent out to them in wagons and enjoyed the meal.
A set of political announcements from Clarke County candidates including J H Hancock deputy continuity, and notices by Mallory H Linton and Walter E Jackson for tax collector and sheriff positions. Primary election context provided.
A 1914 Clarke County slate lists candidates for Clerk, Treasurer, Coroner, Surveyor, Senator, Representative and Commissioner positions. Names include E J Smith, J W McIntyre, Ben H Barrow, A B Stovall, O H Arnold Jr, J F Rhodes, Joseph M Hodgson, Robert L Bramblett and J L McLeroy, all seeking Democratic primary action.
J. H. Dorsey announces re election bid for Clarke county Tax Receiver subject to party action. E. K. Greer also announces candidacy for Tax Receiver of Clarke county subject to Democratic party action. Both emphasize respectful appeals and party process.
In a formal notice Brown announces seeking re election as coroner and also eligibility for the lower House of the General Assembly subject to the Democratic primary to be held August 19 1914. Weatherly signs the coroner bid while Brown seeks district support and urges reader attention to advertising wants.
The article highlights Jaegers sculpture for the Court of the Four Seasons at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. It notes the renowned sculptors contributing grand figures for the grounds and court displays.
The item combines a promotional note for Devoe paint and a poem about friends, then reports on the Philadelphia John Jasper Murder Trial. Notable figures listed include Justice John P. Elkin, Attorney General John C. Ball, Mayor Blankenburg, Owen Wister, and George Ade among others in the Dickens Fellowship event. The piece recalls the London King's Hall trial and the English jury foreman Bernhard Shaw.
The City Baraca-Philathea Union holds its regular monthly meeting next Monday night May 4 at First Baptist church. New officers will be installed led by Dr J L Pendley as president for six months. The program includes songs prayers reports and an address by Rev S J Cartledge on Equipment for Service. Everyone is invited and urged to attend.
Vincent Astor and Miss Helen Huntington will wed quietly tomorrow at the Huntington Rhinebeck estate beside the Hudson. The ceremony will be in the library with a small group of relatives and close friends, following a postponed larger church wedding plan. The couple’s families, including Astor’s mother Ava Willing Astor, share long New York lineage and social prominence.
In Boston on April 29 the Diocesan convention likely will adopt a committee proposed plan for clergy salaries. Married Protestant Episcopal ministers in the Massachusetts diocese would receive at least 1500 dollars a year and single clergy 1200 dollars, with the committee supporting the step amid broad diocese sentiment.
In Chicago on April 29 the government through the forest service showcases its wood conservation efforts at the Forest Products exposition. The display includes a fire tower and an equipment station staffed by foresters, highlighting government aid to conservation.
Interstate Commerce Commission opens a comprehensive hearing in Washington on April 29 to examine the New Haven road finances. Jos W Folk orders past and present Bil lard Company officials to testify, with indictments possible for noncooperating witnesses. The inquiry seeks the fate of the $2,700,000 linked to John L Billard in a single transaction with New Haven officials.
Vincent Astor, heir to the Astor estate, will celebrate his twenty third birthday on November fifteenth. The youth, once delicate in childhood, pursued private schooling, spent a period at Eton, attended Harvard briefly, and now manages Astor interests in the United States. His fortune is estimated between seventy five and one hundred million dollars.
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