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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1914
Page
1
The Athens Banner notes wartime sentiment with cotton campaign talk and editorials. It highlights impartial neutrality, war reporting shifts, and local views on farming, Georgia clay industries, and university students returning to Athens. It quotes J M Allen on cotton experience in Washington.
The article warns of a possible global Mohammedan uprising during the ongoing war. It argues such a revolt could occur if religious zealots gain encouragement from warring nations and cautions against U.S. involvement while predicting Turkey may seize a chance to prove its power and join the conflict.
A call for rapid action to relieve the cotton surplus urges farmers to sell or borrow against cotton as 60 days remain before peak market readiness. The piece argues for self help by Southern investors to buy and hold, with government aid welcome but not relied upon, to stabilize prices and avoid widespread debt. Strong entities and numbers are cited as part of the debate.
The piece lambasts senators and congressmen for making pre election promises to aid cotton farmers, arguing immediate government relief is needed now as the crop is harvested. It warns voters will remember broken pledges at the next political reckoning and urges action before debts come due.
The Banner reports on proposals to use cotton instead of jute for bagging and coverings. Firing Line Smith of a major firm suggests cotton weaves could produce durable, wearable shoe leather alternatives. The letter from M. C. Peters Mill Co. highlights other cotton applications as war shortages impact supply.
A cotton centric appeal urges Southern connections to distribute circulars and push cotton bagged goods, aiming to boost cotton consumption across the South and North. It envisions 1300 bales used to produce yardage for mill products and calls on mills bag factories and consumers to join the movement and diversify uses of cotton.
The piece advocates rural outreach meetings of farmers merchants and bankers held away from towns to spur a price-setting shift. It contrasts farmer efforts with city business routines and envisions a revolution where farmers set prices like merchants, urging more country meetings near fields and crops.
The piece warns that cooler mornings bring fire risks from defective flues and careless habits. State Fire Inspector W R Joiner urges readers to destroy rubbish and follow safe practices with gas oil ashes and chimneys to prevent property loss.
Walter Cooper of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has sent letters to bankers in cotton states proposing a plan to halve the 1915 cotton crop to stabilize prices. The idea seeks unified banker support to finance the 1916 crop only if growers reduce acreage by half and boost food crops.
Representative farmers approve a plan they claim will aid diversification and usher prosperity for the South. They note cotton prices are down while food crops rise, and believe cooperation from banks and suppliers will cut acreage and raise cotton prices next year, making farming profitable even with reduced cotton output.
The piece highlights the unseen toll of war on women at home, noting that for every 11 000 soldiers fallen there are mothers wives sisters and daughters who bear years of sorrow and added burden. It asks if emperors and kings consider these homes when men fall.
The general secretary of the Associated Charities in Atlanta urges the public to address the deadly problem of trespassing on steam railways. He notes five thousand deaths and five thousand cripplings annually in the US, with Georgia suffering a large share, most victims being wage earners and breadwinners.
A Georgia Chamber of Commerce gathering in Macon on Wednesday aims to lay groundwork for a regional drive to raise food crops in the South. Delegates from South Carolina Georgia Florida Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi will attend with bankers merchants and officials to plan acreage expansion better markets and rail and warehouse facilities. The event precedes a Southeast agricultural conference in Atlanta October 5 6 and includes reduced rail rates starting October 31.
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