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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1914
Page
2
The Athens Daily Banner details delivery rates five dollars a year two fifty for six months one twenty five for three months or ten cents weekly plus accepted payment forms and carrier conduct notes. It comments on war effects, Latin American relations and economic topics such as cotton mills tobacco farming and a buy a bolt movement.
Northern and Southern merchants banks and farmers unite to avert cotton crop collapse. Confidence rising world wide, plans to hold and finance the crop advance with a shared risk, government aid unlikely, and timing stretched over months. The piece urges steady effort, cooperation, and patient persistence to weather the crisis.
A discussion on chewing gum as an essential soldiering aid. It traces gum’s American origin, its use by athletes and explorers, and its spread internationally. The article notes historical use by Indians, modern adoption in Greece and other countries, and wartime adoption among Haskars.
The Queen requested a shipment of chewing-gum for troops in Greece through a Greek newspaper in New York. The editor sought explanation, then confirmed the order, and a consignment was sent with compliments from an American firm.
Uncle Sam plans a pre Christmas mission to ship toys and useful gifts to European children made orphans by war. The cargo will come from American children not the rich, led by a movement started by James Keeley and supported by about twenty newspapers. Athens church Sunday school begins plans to join the effort, with Athens among the first Southern communities to act.
Reported notes show ongoing US Europe trade despite tensions. France orders unlimited blankets from an American importer. 560 000 weekly socks, 10 000 dozen flannel shirts, and 1 000 000 rolls of bandage gauze are placed. New England mills see war orders for cotton goods including 800 000 yards of cotton duck. Absorbent cotton and 55 000 barrels of gasoline arrive. gasoline shipments to Norway Sweden and Denmark bound for Germany. Cleveland auto firm orders 600 motor trucks for French army. Packard Detroit to supply 180 trucks for foreign shipment with bodies built by US firms.
The Banner argues the war teaches a new independence for individuals and the nation. It urges self sufficiency in farming and production, emphasizes thrift and economy, and notes the United States can live on its own fields and factories if necessary while welcoming trade in peace. It concludes with gratitude for the capacity to endure without surrendering broader cooperation.
The upcoming general election on November 3 will feature an unusually long ballot from U S Senator to coroner. Also included are constitutional amendments advertised statewide at county newspapers expense.
The text lists measures including forming the counties of Candler Barrow Evans Bacon and Macon circuit salary raise from 3000 to 5001 dollars extending general assembly terms until successors are elected abolishing county treasurer offices and abolishing Savannah justice courts or shaping a different system as decided by the general assembly
The piece denounces calls for an extra legislative session to address cotton relief, arguing the need lies with Congress not state action. It accuses lawmakers of masking national inaction, notes Governor Slaton’s refusal, and warns the public to hold Congress accountable while deriding the session as a cover for broader issues.
Across Georgia farmers report having food stored and intend to raise more staples while reducing cotton. They expect prices to rise with a two thirds cut rather than one half, hoping to avoid debt and stimulate market demand as they navigate hard times.
The piece argues against state level controls restricting the next cotton crop in the South and opposes federal mandates. It warns of legal risks and the lack of uniformity across states, urging farmer led action and possible congressional financial relief instead.
An analysis of Chicago’s school census shows a melting pot with two and a half million residents. Native-born whites are under a third, while over half were born abroad or have foreign-born parents. Large numbers hail from Germany, Poland, Russia, Ireland, Bohemia, Austria, and other nations involved or near the war. About 873,848 favored the Allies and 711,606 favored the Central Powers based on regional sympathy estimates.
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