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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
4
A death trust forms in Chicago and Athens grows rapidly with new courts, housing, and business prospects. Athens attracts investors, a revival begins on the 16th, and bankers aid Fulton county corn duties. The area boasts low taxes, improving roads, and strong chamber efforts while demographics and local issues shape growth.
Opinion piece praising state military companies for safeguarding the public order. Describes an incident where Gainesville and Marietta companies were sent to Forsyth to prevent bloodshed in a brewing riot. Commends Clarke Rifles for riot duty and urges community support and high standards.
A vintage editorial caption portrays Uncle Sam as a walking symbol of freedom and commerce. It notes 1910 11 exports totaling near two billion dollars to twenty nations led by England Germany and Canada with cotton and pork contributing strong ledger balances. It highlights the global reach of American goods and the gleam of foreign gold in Uncle Sam’s shop.
The article lauds a sanitary renaissance across society with hygienic reform in law, education, and governance. It highlights pure food and drug laws, civic organizations pushing healthier living, and the rise of state and local health boards as key to public wellbeing.
The Athens chamber of commerce announces Mr. C. C. Callaway as executive secretary. The organization aims for intensified, professional citywide commerce work with full community support to achieve tangible results. The Banner pledges support and urges local business leaders to join.
The Georgia State Normal School, the sole teacher-training institution in the state, faces underfunding and delays in salary pay. The essay urges Athens to press for better support, noting the school relies on private donations and that the legislature ignores its needs. It argues strong common schools are essential to empower higher education and quality teaching.
The Banner notes the first copy of The Nation's Business, official organ of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, praising its aims as a national clearing house for business opinion, materials for government, and a referendum measure to gauge business sentiment on legislation, linking diverse groups nationwide for better knowledge and cooperation. The piece highlights the Chamber’s 25 years of growth, its mission to connect local, state, and national interests, and to foster progress through organized collaboration.
The Athens community is urged to magnify the importance of the State Normal School as it opens its nineteenth annual session. A 10 o'clock opening exercises in the auditorium welcomes the new president and faculty, honors returning teachers, and greets hundreds of student teachers from across the state. The school trains Georgia's public school teachers, who staff classrooms in virtually every county. Athens should increase its interest and support for this influential institution.
The Democratic National Committee issues The High Cost of Living a tariff critique. Articles by experts attack protection, the Payne Aldrich bill, and tariff effects on cotton, wool, sugar, and prices. It covers tariffs, trusts, and the Tennesee Coal absorption with new facts.
A 1908 1912 campaign book compiled by the Democratic National Committee is described as well produced and timely. It includes excerpts from Roosevelt Taft and Wilson speeches, covers labor and public health laws, and notes rapid distribution from Chicago or New York HQs at 25 cents per copy.
The piece argues that international arbitration is increasingly favored over war, citing the Alsop & Co Chile dispute settled through arbitration and the Hague tribunal's success. It notes royal decisions shaping outcomes and predicts many future disputes will be resolved by arbitration to preserve peace and honor without armed conflict.
Athens hosts the state health board president as it praises the boards work this summer. It calls for expanding powers and funding, better training, and public education to improve state and local health, with emphasis on laboratories and prudent budgeting as vital investments.
Georgia gave Oscar Underwood a large majority in the preference primary andDemocrats in Athens plan a Wilson Marshall club. The piece notes Georgia’s loyalty to the party, calls for unity, and urges members to join and fund the fight. It mentions party harmony, Athens Democratic strength, and ongoing concerns about schedules and canal tolls affecting trade.
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