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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1913
Page
2
The market report predicts big fall and winter activity in Athens as merchants prepare for strong business. Education and rail rates are highlighted, with universities expanding and calls for a new law school building funded at fifty thousand dollars. The Cotton Exchange promises protection for regional cotton.
A fragment discusses the proverb that a single advert does not ensure success. It notes one swallow signals potential summer, but a lone ad yields limited results and suggests continuous advertising is needed.
Secretary Callaway and E J Bondurant press Vice President Capps of Seaboard to align Athens coal rates with those in other Georgia cities. They argue the unfair rate harms consumers, especially homeowners, and hits manufacturers hardest by elevating ongoing production costs and reducing potential profits as factories seek new locations.
In Genoa the Daily Consular Report summarizes Italian government monopolies for year ending June 30 1912. Salt net 14112008 dollars. Quinine net 177514 dollars. Lottery net 8684184 dollars. Commentary argues Italy extends state ownership and paternalism, warning America against similar policies.
Judge John C. Hart, Georgia’s new tax commissioner, starts work studying the new tax law this year to prepare enforcement next year. He aims to widen returns and fairly distribute the burden, while Clarke County earns praise for low tax rates and road improvements. The Banner wishes him success in a fair trial of the law.
The Athens mayor plans a curfew for boys under fourteen, requiring them off the streets after 10 PM unless with parents or adult relatives. Citing recent juvenile thefts and reform school stays, the measure aims to reduce misbehavior by keeping boys indoors at night and is to be vigorously enforced.
President Wilson seems troubled by his attorney general McReynolds who was expected to be independent of trusts. The text suggests McReynolds struggles under perceived influences and may not stand firm against them.
Discussion centers on the attorney general who warned Standard Oil officers to avoid antitrust ban risks. The episode ties to Wilson policy to curb trusts in New Jersey and rumors of McReynolds’s Cabinet retirement. Public scrutiny grows and impeachment probes against Judge Emory Speer are noted, with calls for official investigations.
A reflection on Pascal and the majesty of law, stressing obedience because laws exist and are just. Georgia leaders, including Judge Cobb, advocate reverence for the supreme law, urging citizens to revere and respect the legal order as essential to public harmony and justice.
The piece argues that representatives shape policy and thought, highlighting Athens where teachers and others study at major universities to represent communities. It describes summer school students as stand-ins for busy professionals and students, bringing back knowledge to sustain local commerce and education.
The Banner announces its relocation after a decade on Lumpkin street to the Smith Block on College Avenue opposite the First Baptist church. Friends are invited to visit the new, convenient office near the post office Georgian hotel I Cy Hall the new courthouse and Southern Mutual. Messages by phone stay on the old number seventy five.
The Fourth International Congress of School Hygiene showcased a shift to a positive health movement for schoolchildren. The scientific exhibit highlighted sanitation and hygiene, moving away from the old “chamber of horrors” displays and emphasizing real health improvements.
The piece praises a Buffalo exhibit showing New York and Cincinnati school children in wholesome outdoor activity. It contrasts past pauperized, sickly images with pictures of tuberculin-free health progress, dental clinics, and a shift to healthy living, air and sunlight. Delegates urge health over disease and a future of normal development.
Athens participates in a New York conference of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. The city earns high recognition for low fire losses and strong protection, with modern equipment including auto trucks and horses, and a new downtown station. The article surveys post five years of change in fire apparatus, noting steam engines remain vital, while automobile systems and gasoline propelled pumping engines reshape firefighting.
The National Farmers Union sets a minimum of fifteen cents per pound for this season and urges its ~2 million members to hold cotton until reaching that price. Leaders warn results depend on individual judgment and credit needs, hoping merchants, bankers, and farmers cooperate. The plan could impact fall trade as it unfolds.
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