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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
6
What They Have Said of War in a Future Era
A visionary meditation foresees a world where war is replaced by peaceful commerce and open minds. It envisions universal suffrage among nations, arbitration by a sovereign senate, and public museums housing artillery as relics. The prophecy imagines a future United States of America meeting the United States of Europe in a shared gesture across the ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Angels of Heaven
England
Diet
Germany
Legislative Assembly
France
United States of America
United States of Europe
Buried Past Reproach Haunts No Present Life
Poem fragment urges forgetting past sorrows and sins to focus on present duties. It counsels letting memories lure only hope and happiness while ensuring life and living stay secure by choosing the present over the past. D.G, B.
Third Successive Year Ag. Stu dent Has Become a Proud Father
The birth on October 1 of a girl to Mr. and Mrs. C. Lee Gowan recalls a cycle at the agricultural college where a senior student has become a father each year for three consecutive years while still in school. Previous years saw Robert Suddath, Acree, and V. M. B. Young Davis experience similar events, with Davis noted as the youngest grandfather in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lee Gowan
The
Agricultural College
Robert Suddath
Ag. College
Acree
Lumpkin Hill
V. M. B. Young Davis
Thirley Tusewag
Agricultural Club at Georgia Debates Cotton Acreage Reduction
The Georgia Agricultural Club held its first debate with a crowded house. The issue argued was that reducing cotton acreage would benefit the state more than European or wartime policy. The affirmative, led by Uushaw and Drexel, won the debate. the negative by Y's Banner Alberson and M. W. Collins did not prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Club At
Georgia
Sunda
Messrs
Uushaw
Drexel
Political Gossip From the Capital Election Speculation Amid Georgia Sends
Ogden Persons of Monroe campaigns for the senate presidency by personal outreach to lawmakers and allies. The field narrows to McLaughlin Peacock and Stovall, with other progressives like C. W. McClure James Longstreet Sibley and Rafe Hutchens weighing runs against Hoke Smith and T. W. Hardwick. The state executive committee validates Bartlett’s Talapooosa judgeship while signaling a calm finish after a rowdy Macon convention. Prospective 1916 state offices begin to surface as campaigns quietly form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ogden Persons
Monroe
Senate
J. Randolph Anderson
Savannah
Anderson
Persons
Georgia
C. W. McClure
McClure
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Senate
Hoke Smith
James Longstreet Sibley
Milledgeville
Roosevelt
Taft
Sibley
Mr. Sibley
Rafe Hutchens
Rome
T. W. Hardwick
U. S. Senate
Macon
Hutchens
Teddy
Singing Convention Formed in Northeast Georgia
The Northeast Georgia Singing Convention organized yesterday in Athens with officers from several counties including Prof. J. B Vaughan as president and W. J. Wallace as vice president. About 275 people attended despite bad weather, with plans for a large meeting on October 24 in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Georgia
J. B Vaughan
4. L. Pendley
W. J. Wallace
Oconee County
E. B. Wells
Oglethorpe County
L. R Sharden
Jackson County
W. J. Glynn
Madison Counies
C. P. Majors
Oglethorpe Coun
Athens
Jackson
Madison
Oglethorpe
Oconee
Clarke Counties
Hall of the Odd Fellows
Woodmen
Max Joseph
Senate War Revenue Bill Moves Forward
Washington Oct. 3 The Senate finance committee, all Democrats, endorses two dollar per thousand tax on bank capital and surplus and removes taxes on straight and industrial life insurance. The tax on moving picture shows and other small amusements will be graduated by size. Committee expects to finish the bill on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Two Heroes And The Cost Of Political Campaigns
A fragmented prose passage discusses heroism and political ambition. It contrasts a conqueror celebrated as a hero with a secretive figure, then shifts to police authority and regional customs. The piece ends noting candidates planning for 1916 and the high cost of campaigns and advertising.
Hartwell School Leader Resigns After 30 Years
Hartwell Georgia reports the resignation of D C Alford after 30 years as superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school. J G Craft named to fill vacancy. a special service will honor Alford. Also notes on local farm news and anti saloon efforts, a Moore ferry bridge dispute, and a glowing preview of Winder Fall Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Years
Hartwell
D. C. Alford
The
Baptist Sunday School
Alford
J. G. Craft
Elbert
Madison
Moore’s Ferry
David W. Meadow
Court House
Elberton
W. D. Tutt
Col. Z. B. Rogers
Worley
Judge Meadow
Supreme Court
Woodruff Winder Fair
Winder
Georgia
Rocky Mountains
Nods and Becks Staff Winners Named at Lucy Cobb Institute
The Annual staff selections at Lucy Cobb Institute list Editor-in-chief Miss Julia Orr, Assistant editor Miss Lillian Mitchell, Business Manager Miss Meadow, Advertising Manager Miss Minnie Moss, Treasurer Miss Alice Wood. Junior class editor Miss Louise Daniel, Sophomore class editor Miss Nina Scudder, Freshman class editor Miss Mary Holden, with Joke editor Miss Marie Reviere.
Rockefeller foundation buys 85000 acre Louisiana wild fowl refuge
The Rockefeller foundation purchased the eighty five thousand acre Grand Chener tract in Cameron and Vermilion parishes Louisiana to establish another wild fowl refuge. The price is about two hundred twenty five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Grand Chener
Cameron
Vermiilion Parishes
Louisiana
Love stronger than death theme in animals and humans
A brief reflection notes that love surpasses death not only in humans but also appears in lower animals, sometimes more intensely than in people. The line suggests affection's primacy across species, framing humanity's view of love within a broader natural context.
Cotton Problem as Seen by Mill Owner in 1914
A Columbus manufacturer G Gunby Jordan writes to Southern Cultivator detailing how mills face rising costs from high cotton prices, scarce demand, higher labor and financing costs, and asks for fair advances in raw material pricing while defending mills as farmers’ allies and warning against policies that cripple milling operations. He argues mills need cost-based pricing and warns against blaming mills for farmer hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
G. Gunby Jordan
South
Eptech
Eagle & Poenix Mills
Cot
Columbus, Ga
Also Mentioned on This Page
International
International Harvester Company of
America
Manne Ecard
Victor Hugo
Alberson
M. W. Collins
F. C. Chandler
Fred Lewis
Mr. Persons
L. R. Akin
Glynn
Judge McLaughlin
Meriwether
Vance Peacock
Pulaski
MecLaughlin
Peacock
McLaughlin
Stovall
Tallapoosa
A. L. Bartlett
Paulding
Bartlett
Statehouse
Jericho
Darjeeling
Seville
Knights of Old
O. I. Agnew
Hart County
Canon
Tennessee
J. B. Richards
Jefferson
Becks
Atlanta Constitution
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