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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner notes subscription rates and delivery, city hotel updates, and calls for public support of Athens improvement. It references the State Fair at Valdosta, Georgia pension debates, wheat and oat fair progress, and upcoming political appointments. News touches Georgia politics, editorial changes, and regional commentary on economy and governance.
The Banner urges Athens to back a liberal appropriation for the Winnie Davis Memorial Hall at the Georgia Normal School. It notes only about sixty thousand dollars has been privately raised, while hundreds of women seek education. current facilities are insufficient for about two hundred students and the next General Assembly will be asked to fund much needed building projects.
The piece cites six hundred twenty million cross ties laid on U S railroads and a need for ninety million new ties annually. It notes hogs yield higher profits than cotton and criticizes farmers wasting effort on worthless dogs. It also notes The Banner praising itself for news and a Missouri judge removing obey from marriage vows as anti feminist.
The general assembly cannot ignore demands from the institution and must act. An approaching session is urged to appropriate no less than $50,000 for the State Normal School to address ongoing needs.
The coal famine worsens in New York and other eastern towns with coal prices rising to eight dollars a ton for bituminous coal and up to 31 dollars for anthracite. Hospitals and schools face disruption as Welsh coal orders wait a month for delivery while troops arrive in the anthracite region amid strike tensions.
The piece asserts children notice a mother's mood and that a sad or sighing mother shapes a child's temperament and social life. It warns against letting parental sorrow darken a child's springtime, urging mothers to avoid shaping a lasting gloom and to recognize their impact on family happiness and growth.
The Nut Growers Convention gathers in Macon today with professional and amateur growers from several states. Addresses by successful farmers offer instruction for expanding income by planting nonbearing trees. Southern pecan and nut opportunities are highlighted to spur farmer involvement.
The Macon convention outlines nut growing for profit, showing how to maximize yield with minimal outlay and time. It suggests intercropping cotton in wet groves, followed by cowpeas or legumes, then livestock grazing, and notes poultry and beekeeping as suitable in nut groves. Georgia farmers already report good returns on nut trees with proper care.
A provincial editor laments the pressure from readers on editorial choices. He notes type size and reading matter affect engagement, telegraphic reports spark criticism, jokes spark criticism, and balance between original content and selections triggers claims of laziness or stealing money.
Distress after eating and other digestive symptoms are blamed on dyspepsia. The ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills cure dyspepsia by toning digestive organs. Mrs. William Q. Banner of Providence reports relief after four bottles, noting improved appetite and sleep.
University library houses scarce volumes not found elsewhere in the state or Booth. English dictionary project started 1878 by English Pathological Society with key literary editors, unfinished and vast. Otis Ashmore of Savannah visited to consult the work. the dictionary is highly valued. Croup and cough remedies praised, including One Minute Cough Care with testimonial from McMahon Hampton and Warren J. Smith.
The Oglethorpe county fair will open later this month drawing visitors from the city and county to Lexington for the event. Premiums of value are offered for agricultural displays, horse racing, and other contests, with several listed races and cash prizes. A separate note describes a South African store in Cape Colony and praises Chamberlain's remedies as widely used by local farmers.
The registration books show 801 students enrolled by yesterday afternoon, the largest for this period, with more still to register. Officials expect full enrollment near 850 in the next week or two, a result that pleases all interested in the university. The notice also promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a free trial offer claiming wide healing uses.
Manager Heyward announces the university football game between two selected teams scheduled for Saturday afternoon will not be played. After multiple postponements, management has decided to call the contest off altogether and confirms the decision.
Preparations for laying the cornerstone of Winnie Davis Memorial Hall at the State Normal School on November 1. The Georgia Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy leads the project with Miss M Rutherford as organizer. The ceremony will feature Masonic rites and a major musical program by Mt. Vernon Lodge and Lacy Oot Institute. The hall, designed by Chas E Choate, will be a three story brick building to house sixty dormitory students, a reception room, dormitory and infirmary, on the Normal School grounds. The project has raised about 11,600 dollars with a further 4,000 gift from the General Education Board toward a total cost of 21,000 dollars.
The Athens Wheat and Oat Fair will be held again next year after a successful two year run. Organizers led by O T Hussey and O B Griffeth secured premiums and a cash market, drawing hundreds of entrants from nearby regions. The event boosted local grain production and interest in home bread making, with 41 00 farmers already signaled to enter next season. The fair will run in summer atop August with car test specs to be announced soon.
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