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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1919
Page
3
Remittance instructions for readers of The Athens Banner specify sending communications to Athens Georgia with options including stpress money order draft post office money order or registered letter.
A hopeful cotton market forecast notes prices around thirty five cents with expectations of reaching forty cents before year end due to a short crop and May rains. World war restrictions and rising goods demand support prices while a proposed American Cotton Association aims to secure fair prices for producers. Savings groups in New England back price stability and Gov Harding’s plan to push production efficiency spreads through Federal Reserve districts.
Director Lewis of the Savings Division urges citizens to aid the government in cutting living costs. He cites rampant extravagance and profiteering as price pressures rise amid wartime demand. The treasury launches a thrift campaign, public notices, and a nationwide push against bond swindlers targeting Liberty bonds and War Savings Stamps.
The Railway Age argues wage increases since the war began outpace living costs, noting 1914 to 1919 earnings rise and warning that Wilson’s stance on no further major raises could trigger a general strike. It cites rising payrolls and radical labor leaders backing Plumb plan as proof of growing threats to government control.
The passage argues that the nation has effectively become the government, with the real power lying with the people. It suggests the American public is not ready to accept a government destruction and concludes that a general railroad strike is unlikely to succeed, urging railway labor leaders to recognize this reality.
A. Mitchell Palmer, confirmed as attorney general, attacked Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey and his allies who blocked the confirmation. Palmer said no American interests sought an alien property investigation while asserting Germans complained, and charged Frelinghuysen did active work for German property owners during World War I.
Lexington August 30. Miss Linda Neville known as The Lady Who Looks After Blind Children has devoted her life to preventing blindness among Kentucky mountain folk. A leader in public health efforts, she spurred federal clinics and state remedial legislation and formed the Mountain Fund to aid poor patients needing treatment.
The University of Georgia professor from Athens, Dr. Charles H. Herty, has been chosen by President Wilson as special representative to travel to Germany to secure vat dyes for six months. The New York Commercial notes he will sail to Paris on September 3 to obtain dyes needed by American manufacturers, with shipment expected within sixty days.
The Baptist seven million campaign in Georgia shows strong progress as August ends. Dr L R Scarborough reports vast, systematic participation and optimism that Georgia will lead the movement. Local organizers note widespread church readiness and coordinated teams preparing for outreach and fundraising despite vacation slowdowns.
The Senate committee heard that a car shortage slashed bituminous coal output by millions of tons in ten weeks, risking a repeat of 1917 18 famine. John Callahan and Harry N. Taylor warned radical miners seek Soviet style methods, while unions plan wage hikes and a six hour day ahead of talks in Cleveland and Buffalo.
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes Victoria Falls of the Zambesi rising as a popular tourist draw. The report contrasts it with Niagara, describing accessible views from a railway and the potential Cape to Cairo aerial route, plus vivid impressions from a traveler’s ascent and sunset spray.
Attendees at the Griffith barbecue at Watson Springs include Mrs. Hamilton McWhorter Mr and Mrs Maxies Base and Mrs Peldman Mr and W G Griffith and children Mrs J H Huggins Mrs A L Harper Mrs George Thornton Mrs Cochran and Miss Nell Cochran.
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