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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1921
Page
7
Daily and Sunday one month sixty cents. Daily and Sunday three months one dollar fifty. Daily and Sunday six months three dollars. Daily and Sunday one year six dollars. Notify promptly about late or missing delivery. The Associated Press is entitled to republication of all news dispatches and local news unless credited to other sources. All rights reserved.
The Georgia Manufacturers’ Association gathers in Athens with officers and members welcomed warmly. The event underscores Athens as a center of education and a developing commercial hub. Alumni and Georgia natives alike celebrate the convention’s potential for local progress and prosperity.
The piece warns farmers that cotton prices hinge on planting. If growers cut acreage 40 to 50 percent, prices may rise. with normal crops price could fall to five to six cents. It urges a 40–50 percent reduction this year to salvage the season and economy.
Citizens praise Solicitor Boykin of Atlanta as he leads prosecutions in cases drawing national interest. The piece condemns an alleged organization that formed in Atlanta’s business district to rob the public.
An editorial argues police corruption in Atlanta ties to a criminal ring that operates bucket shops. It praises Solicitor Boykin and calls for community support to sustain law enforcement and deter crime.
London April 12 Associated Press report that talks among mine owners, mine workers and government officials failed to resolve the miners strike. Miners insist on a pool of profits while Premier Lloyd George rejects it as impractical and unacceptable to Parliament. Transport workers and railway men suspend strike notices as triple alliance plans to meet again tomorrow.
Sunt. H. R. Woods and Foreman C. R. McOttram Everett Hicks and J. B. E. McMillan, of Southern Construction on the Lee highway in Grainger county, were arrested by federal officers in Knoxville on charges of peonage and conspiracy to hold seventy five men in peonage.
Lamar Jeffers won the Democratic nomination for Congress by a margin of 400 votes over P. McDonald in a Selma special primary to succeed the late Fred L. Blackmon from the Fourth District. L. Longshore becomes the Republican candidate for the June 7 special election.
The Red Cross fund drive by the Allen Fleming Jr post of the American Legion reported 3389.36 raised to last night, with 1900 in cash and the rest pledged. A goal of 3600 was set and workers will seek remaining pledges by Friday. The drive also launched a new member campaign with three prizes and dues raised from 3 to 4 dollars effective May 11.
A speech by A Rhodes welcomes Georgia manufacturers to Athens. He stresses need for finance and labor solutions, cites cotton and hides value, argues for higher raw material value via local plants, and highlights Athens教育 resources and local institutions as incentives. He invites investment and offers city hospitality.
Georgia and Alabama ready for a highly anticipated clash at Sanford Field as tickets far exceeded expectations. The Crimson Tide seek revenge after a prior defeat, while Georgia aims to erase that loss and protect home turf. Lineup preview lists Cody at first, Watson second, Hutcheson at third, Mangum in center, McWhorter in left, Mize at short, Fitts in right, Rawson catching, Pantone pitching.
Lake Charles Louisiana in April suspects held by police in death of local merchant Frank Scalls. He was killed with an axe as he lay asleep. His wife and child were bruised when a second blow aimed at her missed. house ransacked suggests robbery as motive.
A collage of verse and quiz items appears with whimsical lines about care and patience for creatures, a short riddle tale of a defiant obstacle and an answer section for a Sunday quiz. The piece praises kindness, memory, and protection, ending with a list of quiz questions and partial answers.
Athens quotes at 12.50c while New York New Orleans and Liverpool cotton markets show tone steady with sales around 5 000. The market letter from New Orleans notes a rumor about threats reported April 12.
Georgia Governor Hugh M. Dorsey appeals to state citizens to donate to relief funds for the Chinese famine crisis. He cites the dire food shortage in north China affecting tens of millions and references appeals by ex-President Wilson and President Harding for national aid.
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