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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
4
The Athens Banner covers campaign chatter for Georgia governor races with Little Joe's growing support, Taft and Woodrow Wilson views, and local business notes. It notes a big upcoming poultry show, the Glidden tour entrant by the paper, and changes in newspaper management.
Captain William D. O Farrell dies peacefully after a long life of leadership and service in Athens Georgia. He aided the poor supported the weak and was loyal to friends and principles. His death marks a significant loss to Athens and Georgia.
The Macon Telegraph reports a proposed Southern Cotton Corporation led by George Dole Wadley to stabilize cotton prices by securing 75 percent deposits and controlling crop holdings. Backed by National Bank Audit Company, the plan aims to eliminate middlemen and prevent market gluts, with Norman E. Dodge endorsing the venture.
Athens will be well represented on the Glidden tour from New York to Jacksonville by three or four cars, proving the city’s roads and institutions are notable. Athens plans to advertise its hotel and accessibility to Atlanta, Savannah, and Augusta, with one or two cars on the state tours and the football week events featuring Georgia, the Red and Black.
The Athens summer scene shifts from coast trips to homecoming as churchgoers return. The column praises church life, singing, and good preaching, inviting all to morning and evening services. Readers may hear a new Bible passage and enjoy harmonious choirs while considering a small, promising investment.
Campaign urges voters to approve a 200000 bond issue for a new courthouse j ail and jail facilities in Athens. Funds retire existing debt, buy grounds, remodel current buildings, and keep property for education. Assures no tax increase and favors local contractors and workers.
The piece argues Germany and France spar over pride while war seems possible yet unlikely. It cites Taft’s proposal for an international tribunal and Roosevelt’s contrasting stance, urging public input to decide peace or war. It questions whether diplomacy or a people’s verdict should guide decisions and warns against repeating past rushes to conflict.
A metropolitan critique notes history teachers often learn to teach only through painful trial in class. It cites Schuyler arguing teaching history is hard, lacks guidance, and rewards outside productivity rather than classroom success, leaving newcomers to struggle alone.
Edw Bok editor of the Ladies Home Journal urges a shift from demolition to competition with the saloon. He argues for well lit social clubs offering sociability, affordable food and drink, and a warm atmosphere as a durable remedy. He warns against hollow reform and cites Ingersoll to emphasize constructive effort.
In Athens, countless nonprofessors from business, law, home life, and society educate Georgia's youth. The piece lauds teachers outside formal classes at the University of Georgia, State Normal School, and Lucy Cobb Institute, noting their lasting impact on students who become leaders and the ways mothers and mentors guide futures.
The article warns that typhoid risk follows poor sanitation and warns Athens has had fewer fevers than larger cities. It notes cases tied to local sanitary laxity or travelers bringing germs from resort areas. A New York dispatch is cited about no epidemic among summer travelers, but many resorts lack proper sewerage and pure water. Emphasizes cleaning and disinfection in fall as crucial.
A Athens essay extols the Y M C A as a triune institution uniting mental spiritual and physical growth. It argues most young men lean toward one aspect and miss balance, urging use of the Y M C A facilities by teachers doctors and preachers to round out character and health.
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