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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists subscription rates and delivery options, urges readers to support the war effort at home, and highlights Georgia students at the State Normal School. It notes government assurances about food and calls for library support for cantonments, while praising civic mobilization and domestic service for servicemen.
Athens merchants praise Secretary Haselton for keeping the S A L local train from Abbeville to Athens and Atlanta. They warn that discontinuing the train would harm retail trade with Elberton and degrade commercial interests during wartime. The chamber urges continued support to maintain reasonable service and oppose war‑era cutbacks.
Chicago hosted a large rally to show loyalty amid wartime tensions. Prominent figures Elihu Root and Samuel Gompers condemned antiwar rhetoric, calling such acts traitorous to the United States and urging voters to elect loyal representatives. Georgia is praised for patriotism and urged to support prowar candidates.
A communique warns Georgia voters about Hardwick’s plan to split the conservative vote to aid his re election and urges unity behind Will Harris or another loyal opponent. It claims a Howard candidacy would fail outside Atlanta and predicts coordinated maneuvers by “tricksters” to swell the field.
Citizens urge Athens Chamber of Commerce and merchants to unite in pressuring the Railroad Commission to change the Athens to Lula schedule. They call the two trains a day pattern a nuisance harming commerce, note wartime excuses are false, and urge preparedness to secure relief without harming military transport.
Washington reports indicate the attorney general has not decided whether to prosecute Thomas E. Watson editor of the Jeffersonian. Officials fear treasonable utterances during wartime, warning that leniency would set a harmful precedent and embolden Watson’s Washington co-workers to cause further trouble. The government must either punish him or allow him to resume publication under the same title with the liberties he has enjoyed, challenging the nation’s war effort.
The Lucy Cobb Institute begins its sixtieth session on September nineteenth with Miss Mildred Rutherford as president and directing official. Attendance promises to be the largest in its history as boarding space fills and local enrollment grows, a sign of stable operation since chartering in 1858. Rutherford will devote full time to the school for the 1917-18 term, ensuring a successful year for Georgia and Southern students.
The piece urges Congress to adjourn promptly after enacting tax and revenue legislation. It argues lawmakers from both parties should return home to inform constituents about wartime conditions and stewardship, praising President Wilson's leadership and calling for orderly adjournment.
A Spanish steamer in Ballin Port was seized by customs today as about fifty thousand dollars in gold coin was removed before the ship's scheduled departure. An investigation is in progress.
Commerce News laments that two hundred Georgia girls were denied admission to the State Normal at Athens last week as dormitories filled. The author argues the state should provide space for all rural and city girls seeking education, stressing the institution’s value and the need for more housing.
County fair preparations under way at the Elks Home in Athens with Miss Oliver and Mr. Burns overseeing county club displays. Boys and girls from across the county will exhibit pigs corn club entries four crop club projects and home economics and poultry work. Prizes expected to be larger and more valuable as merchants banks and individuals continue their generous support.
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