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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
1
A garbled but readable draft shows local farmers debating crop surpluses, debts, and political alignments. Residents discuss paying old debts, farm prosperity, and potential tax changes amid a looming election. Names and places are obscured.
Chicago group challenges U.S. Veterans Bureau claims on hospital care and vocational training for disabled ex service men. A.A. Sprague argues the system requires stronger supervision to avoid misperception that government is a bene factor. He warns that one third of 30 000 hospitalized veterans remain in contract wards amid distressing conditions and calls for honest debt recognition and better coordination in care and training programs.
Washington reports March employment rose up to twenty eight per cent over February in forty three of sixty five cities. The national gain, drawn from 1428 firms, shows a two and a half percent increase. The South shows an improved tone with progress expected in the next thirty days.
In New York a jury acquitted Olivia M. P. Stone of the murder of Ellis G. Kinkead formerly a Cincinnati corporate lawyer. Crowds cheered outside as Stone expressed happiness, saying she would sleep and seek quiet afterward. The trial featured defense claims of a common law marriage and a political ring plot in Cincinnati, while the prosecution argued a deliberate act by Stone.
Chicago story about Lillian Collier and Virginia Harrison, proprietors of Wind Blew, sentenced by Judge Jacobs to read fairy tales to curb Bohemian tendencies. They deny vice and say they are living life as they see fit, while promising to read Little Women and Hans Christian Andersen to correct their values.
Preparatory to opening a series of meetings at the Pit Methodist church, many homes in Athens will host Friday night prayer meetings. Listed hosts include W. B. Hartley 795 Daxter street and T. K. Jago as leader, along with Rev. Walter Anthony and others at multiple addresses across the city.
E. D. Walmer of Maysville Georgia was held at the city jail Thursday night on charges of drunken driving following an auto crash. The incident prompted police to detain Walmer as the investigation continues.
Mrs. Newton Wing, chairman for Georgia products for the State Federation of Women's clubs, travels to Athens Friday to meet Dr. Soule and Mix Mary Creswell and Mix Lois Dowdle to plan Georgia Products week events. Talks focus on arrangements for Georgia Products dinners in each town on closing day while Made in Georgia week urges women to wear and buy Georgia products. Mrs. Wing will be hosted at a luncheon by the State college home economics senior class.
Officials report a Studebaker driven by Walker collided with a street car near Lumpkin and Hancock around 11 PM Thursday. Officers found a quantity of liquor in Walker's car. Walker escaped with only minor bruises despite the severe crash.
Col. M. G. Michael will conduct the evening services at the Hancock Avenue synagogue Col. Michael has led worship for weeks as the congregation awaits a sponsor The evening will feature a special musical program including anthems and joyful music prepared for tonight’s service
Mrs Winifred Sackville Stoner urged abolishing periodic school examinations at Athens University urging replacement with constructive teaching methods. She praised learning foundations, suggested daily learning records and using tools like typewriters with no exams. She urged mothers to foster talents and called women to vote and engage in local government.
Georgia Baptist centennial program announced with Dr. J. D. Mell and Dr. George W. Truett among speakers expected to draw more than 10 000 attendees to Mercer University campus in Macon on June 6. Mercer President R W Weaver says campus meals prepared for at least 10 000. list of speakers includes figures from Georgia and several Southern states.
Weather favors solemn funeral in Funchal for former Emperor Charles. The coffin draped with the Austro-Hungarian flag rests atop a temporary mausoleum as royal family members attend the service led by the bishop. A plaster cast of Charles’s features was made by a Portuguese artist, with plans to send the body to Hungary.
Athens Masons celebrated the opening of their new lodge rooms in the old Y M C A building above the Elite theatre. Wives, daughters and friends attended while prominent Masons spoke and Norris's orchestra provided music in the renovated space once part of the Majestic hotel.
Joseph Donald Grafton, son of a wealthy furniture maker, was indicted by a supreme court grand jury on a bigamy charge. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest as his whereabouts remain unknown to police.
She opened with questions about her methods and a round table discussion followed. Mother Stoner answered clearly and charmingly, urging parents to take up the work of educating their children along constructive lines with foresight for the future.
Cordell Hull, chair of the Democratic National Committee, opened a speaking tour in Oklahoma City criticizing the Republican administration for post-war failures. He accused GOP leaders of promising prosperity in 1920 and now offering an alibi for the 1921-22 panic, contrasting 1919-20 and 1921-22 conditions and faulting Congress under Harding.
New York judge orders an immediate trial of the American Cotton Exchange on an indictment charging bucketing of orders. Judge Rosalsky in general sessions directed the trial on motion by exchange counsel. Agreement with the judge will determine the assigned date and venue for the hearing. The exchange, with six directors, was indicted after a John Doe investigation before Magistrate McAdog.
Mrs Charles Akerman of Macon was elected state regent of the Georgia D A R society. Mrs Howard McCall of Atlanta was nominated for vice president general of the national organization. Mrs Julius Talmadge of Athens was elected first vice regent, Mrs Paul B Trammell of Dalton second vice regent, and Mrs J N Talley of Macau corresponding secretary.
Advices from St Vincent Cape Verde Inlands say Portuguese naval captains Saca dura and Coutinho will presume their transatlantic flight on April 11. They expect to reach Fernando Noronha off Braxis coast the next day. The hydro airplane used carries gasoline for hours and started from Gando bay near Las Palma.
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