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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1922
Page
4
Editorial request lists republication rights for AP dispatched news and local items. It names Erwin Bowdre Whinity as secretary and treasurer and directs all business correspondence to the Athens Publishing Company.
Citizens must meet city tax payment requirements to vote on city bonds. City taxes are due by May 1, unlike county taxes due in December. Women voters owe one third of the yearly tax and must pay to be registered. Limited days remain to satisfy tax prerequisites for eligibility.
The Health Board orders all households within sewer reach to install sanitary connections or septic tanks by May 1, with June 1 as a deadline for complete sewer connections. It stresses typhoid prevention, urges public cooperation, and warns against noncompliance, calling for citizen support to sanitary efforts.
The piece discusses John D. Rockefeller's reported stance on living to a century, endorsing simple living and exercise as paths to longevity. It links his views to broader themes of health, diet, and temperance, noting tax burdens and comparing international levies, then ends with a quip about nature, fences, and human limits.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Athens reports about 300 members. Willams Lodge No 16 lists new officers J A Mealor N G A J Watson V G Joe B Maddox recording secretary Moses Morris permanent secretary J K Kenney treasurer Glen Lodge No 75 assigns W P Von derau N G D M Kenney V G H C Kenney ft Bi A L Baye I Sj A Shackelford treasurer Oliver Encampment hosts a large oyster supper. A literary club for local youths forms with members listed. An advertising push promotes local furniture sales and debt settlements at O Farrell Funkenstein. A four manufacturing site offer near the G C & N line is extended to attract industry.
A reader in Athens objects to a state income tax as harmful to thrift and progress. The writer proposes instead a tax on expenditures with a sales tax, arguing it would not dampen enterprise. JO J Wilkins signs as President.
The Lucy Cobb Institute unveiled its 1890s commencement plan with Rev. C. J. Harrell delivering the sermon on May 21. The program features recitals, two stage plays The Mystic Mirror and The Merry Wives of Windsor, an alumni reunion, and a series of concerts from April 25 to May 22 led by Miss Gertrude Turk and Miss Augusta Hardin's pupils.
Mrs. Robert C. Speer, head of the national YWCA, told the national convention that modern girls 18 and older have broader horizons than 19th century thinkers. She warned against restrictive "highroad" notions and urged guiding young women toward purposeful life, noting curiosity replaces fear. Krayed eggs hailed as a new grocery item.
The Pickett Brock Company presents Broken Threads at the Colonial theater in Athens. The Fulton Theater success by Ernest Wilkes opened Thursday to a full house and warm applause, with matinee Saturday and shows continuing through the week.
Ralph W Chambers and Lillian Pickett lead a cast including Robert Lacray Claudia Devere Adrian Lee Jack Doty Raymond Cook Gertrude Edinger and Clinton Dobson in a Colonial stage production. New York scenery crafted for each performance in Athens earns praise from hundreds of attendees.
Elsie Ferguson and Wallace Held headline George Fitzmaurice directed Forever a Picturization of Peter Ibbetson with George Fawcett Elliott Dexter Montagu Love Barbara Dean and Paul McAllister The supporting Fox Al St John comedy plays alongside.
Col M G Michael in charge of synagogue services again as he has been for months. The article notes an air propelled iceboat that carries ten passengers and can run on wheels or runners. Some readers mention leaving vests for spring attire.
An old advertisement asserts that 666 cures the cold fever and grippe swiftly, claimed to prevent pneumonia and listed among remedies of the era.
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